Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- February 2012

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Before Hiroshima: The Confession of Murayama Kazuo and Other Stories by Josh Barkan from AmazonEncore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

** This is $1.99 at the US Kindle store

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In this collection from Josh Barkan readers will meet: a man confronting the mistakes of his youth; a man travelling to Uganda; an amnesiac discovering his real identity; two lonely co-workers searching for love; a newlywed couple working to patch up an already faltering marriage; and a young man falling in love.

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The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman (St. Martin's Press) is $2.99 for US Kindle ($9.99 at B&N)

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Berlin, 1932. In the final weeks of the Weimar Republic, as Hitler and his National Socialist party angle to assume control of Germany, beautiful girls are seen sleepwalking through the streets. Then, a young woman of mysterious origin, with her legs bizarrely deformed, is pulled dead from the Havel River. Willi Kraus, a high ranking detective in Berlin's police force, begins a murder investigation.

A decorated World War I hero and the nation's most famous detective, Willi also is a Jew. Despite his elite status in the criminal police, he is disturbed by the direction Germany is taking. Working urgently to identify the dead woman and solve the murder, Willi finds his superiors diverting him at every turn, and is forced to waste precious time on a politically-sensitive missing person case. Colleagues seem to avoid him; a man on a streetcar stops him from reading a newspaper over his shoulder; he is uncomfortably aware of being watched. But he persists, and soon enters the dangerous Berlin underworld of debauched nightclubs, prostitutes with secrets to hide, and a hypnotist with troubling connections.

As he moves through darkness closer to the truth, Willi begins to understand that much more than the solution to a murder is at stake. What he discovers will mean that his life, the lives of his friends and family, and Germany itself will never be the same

Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin) is $2.99 for US Kindle ($9.99 at B&N)

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When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good because he's a Baltimore detective that has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new taskforce created to deal with the problems that Homeland Security can't handle. This rapid response group is called the Department of Military Sciences or the DMS for short. It's bad because his first mission is to help stop a group of terrorists from releasing a dreadful bio-weapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies. The fate of the world hangs in the balance....

Visit www.stmartins.com/jonathanmaberry to download the free short story COUNTDOWN

Born at Midnight (Shadow Falls) by C. C. Hunter (St. Martin's Griffin) is $2.99 for US Kindle ($9.99 at B&N)

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Don’t miss this spectacular new series that will steal your heart and haunt your dreams, Welcome to Shadow Falls camp, nestled deep in the woods of a town called Fallen…

One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever. Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear that her fellow campers aren’t just “troubled.” Here at Shadow Falls, vampires, werewolves, shapshifters, witches and fairies train side by side—learning to harness their powers, control their magic and live in the normal world.

Kylie’s never felt normal, but surely she doesn’t belong here with a bunch of paranormal freaks either. Or does she? They insist Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought here for a reason. As if life wasn’t complicated enough, enter Derek and Lucas. Derek’s a half-fae who’s determined to be her boyfriend, and Lucas is a smokin’ hot werewolf with whom Kylie shares a secret past. Both Derek and Lucas couldn’t be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart.

Even though Kylie feels deeply uncertain about everything, one thing is becoming painfully clear—Shadow Falls is exactly where she belongs…

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All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple from the Pages of Fortune by The Editors of Fortune from Fortune ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Steve Jobs possessed a legendary knack for knowing what people wanted from technology, and Fortune magazine covered every step of his journey. The magazine's anthology of 17 stories, from 1983 to 2011, yields a comprehensive picture of the visionary man who revolutionized computing, telephones, movies, music, retailing, and product design.

Wuthering Heights: The Wild and Wanton Edition by Annabella Bloom from F+W Media ($3.50) is the NOOK Daily Find (Feb 24)

* This book is price-matched at Amazon ($3.50)!

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This smoldering, expanded edition of the brooding Bronte masterpiece tells the same tale of the ruinous love between Heathcliff and Catherine, but with added fiery passion as wild and wanton as the Scottish moors themselves!

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The Oracle Rebounds by Allison van Diepen (Harlequin Teen) is $2.87 for US Kindle ($7.37 at B&N)

Book Description

As the "oracle of dating," Kayla is supposed to have all the answers about love and relationships. She's supposed to have the perfect relationship. But now that Jared is "taking a step back," Kayla feels like a total fraud.

So the expert on dating starts taking her own rebound advice—and some from her friends—and stops moping around. Yeah, there are other possibilities out there—including the beyond-cute French foreign exchange student she's showing around town.

But when controversy erupts about the Oracle's advice, Kayla is sent reeling once again. Will anything work out for her this year? Yet when her friends start seriously needing the Oracle, Kayla begins to focus on what really matters: Viv, Sharese, Amy and Ryan, her true-blue buds. And suddenly, everything starts making sense again….

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Deadly Appraisal (Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series #2) by Jane K. Cleland (Minotaur Books) is $2.99 for US Kindle ($6.99 at B&N)

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Josie Prescott is settling into her new life in New Hampshire. Her antiques business is thriving, she's beginning to make some close friends, and her relationship with the local police chief is becoming more interesting. Not bad for someone who has completely uprooted her life as a New York City auction house expert in order to get a fresh start in a small New England town.

With so much suddenly to lose, Josie can't help but worry when murder invades her seemingly quiet community. Josie is sponsoring the Portsmouth Women's Guild Annual Black and Gold Gala and is looking forward to receiving a kindly worded thank-you for her efforts. Instead, the Guild representative, Maisy Gaylor, dies a horrible death in the midst of the banquet. Who could have wanted to kill earnest, drab little Maisy? "Funny, isn't it," muses the hostile Detective Rowcliff, "how a lot of people end up dead when no one has any enemies."

Everyone who had access to the wine Maisy drank, including Josie herself, soon comes under suspicion. Can Josie manage to ferret out the truth, keep her business running smoothly, and continue to put down roots in her new town, or will everything prove too much for her to handle on her own?

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This smoldering, expanded edition of the brooding Bronte masterpiece tells the same tale of the ruinous love between Heathcliff and Catherine, but with added fiery passion as wild and wanton as the Scottish moors themselves!

Uh, Wuthering Heights is in Yorkshire? Glad the "author" read the original so closely.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm not shooting the messenger.

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Paw Tracks in the Moonlight: The Story of Toby Jug, a Very Fine Cat by Denis O'Connor from Constable (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Denis O'Connor rescues a three-week-old kitten from a snowstorm, he has no idea of how the tiny creature will change his life for ever. From an invasion of bees at Owl Cottage to the case of the disappearing tomatoes, life with Toby Jug--who believes himself to be human--is never dull.

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The Best American Series from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The "Best American" series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Today only, the 2011 anthologies of short stories, science & nature writing, essays, "nonrequired reading," mystery stories, travel writing, and sports writing are just $1.99 each.

The books are:

The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Geraldine Brooks and Heidi Pitlor
The Best American Essays 2011 by Edwidge Danticat and Robert Atwan
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 by Mary Roach and Tim Folger
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 by Harlan Coben and Otto Penzler
The Best American Travel Writing 2011 by Sloane Crosley and Jason Wilson
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 by Dave Eggers
The Best American Sports Writing 2011 by Glenn Stout and Jane Leavy

Blood of the Wicked (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Series #1) by Leighton Gage from Soho Press Media ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Feb 25)

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Bishop Dom Felipe is murdered in a Brazilian argicultural town, and Mario Silva, the brooding Chief Inspector for Criminal Matters, is called to investigate in this charged thriller set in the complicated world that is contemporary Brazilian society.

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FYI, amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Blood of the Wicked (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Series #1) by Leighton Gage also $2.99

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A Royal Mess by Tyne O'Connell (Bloomsbury USA Childrens) is $2.51 for US Kindle

Book Description

Calypso Kelly has finally joined the in-crowd at her exclusive English boarding school. She also just happens to be dating Prince Freddie himself! But balancing her social life, her prince, and her parents’ visit to London proves to be more than Calypso can handle.

Then, Freddie does the unthinkable and breaks up with Calypso--setting in motion a school-wide plan for a royal Counter Dump. Can Calypso win Freddie back just to break his heart?

All is fair in love and war . . . except, of course, if you’re in love with a prince!

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Love All the People (New Edition) by Bill Hicks from Robinson (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The renegade comic artistry that made Bill Hicks an iconoclastic social commentator is recorded, celebrated and revealed as true genius in this collection. A radical philosopher masquerading as a comedian, Hicks attacked the justification of the Gulf War, the power of mainstream media to confuse and corrupt, and the cynicism of the marketing culture.

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Slumberland: A Novel by Paul Beatty from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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He created the perfect beat, but turntablist DJ Darky wants avant-garde jazzman Charles Stone to round out his masterpiece. With bombastic and laugh-out-loud prose, Paul Beatty takes his protagonist to a recently unified Berlin where DJ Darky stumbles through the city's streets in search of his artistic, and spiritual, other.

Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell from F+W Media ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Feb 26)

* This book is price-matched at Amazon ($3.99)!

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Aspiring authors everywhere find structuring the plots the most agonizing of tasks. Now here's a practical, hands-on guide to creating a great one, providing tips, techniques, exercises, and checklists sure to set your story in style.

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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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This 1990 Newbery Medal Book describes how a ten-year-old Danish girl's bravery is tested when her best friend is threatened by Nazis in 1943.

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching in their town.

The Nazi won't stop. The Jews of Denmark are being "relocated," so Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family.

Then Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission. Somehow she must find the strength and courage to save her best friend's life. There's no turning back now.

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The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Volume: Collector's Ed by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is $9.99 (US Kindle, B&N)

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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

This new edition includes the fiftieth-anniversary fully corrected text setting and, for the first time, an extensive new index.

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but while he studied classic works of the past, he was creating a set of his own.

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The Watermen by Patrick Easter from Quercus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Boylin is an underworld criminal whose back is scarred from lashings he received following a naval court martial--a punishment for which he holds Captain Tom Pascoe responsible. Years later, Boylin gets his chance to exact revenge when Pascoe joins the marine police force. But fate takes a cruel twist when the two men find themselves involved with the same woman.