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The Death of Vishnu: A Novel by Manil Suri from W. W. Norton & Company is $1.24 (US Kindle)

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“Enchanting. . . . Suri’s novel achieves an eerie and memorable transcendence.”—Time
In Manil Suri’s debut novel, Vishnu, the odd-job man, lies dying on the staircase of an apartment building while around him unfold the lives of its inhabitants: warring housewives, lovesick teenagers, a grieving widower. In a fevered state, Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe.

With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful by Glenn Greenwald from Metropolitan Books/ Macmillan (US Kindle)

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From "the most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years" (Bill Moyers), a scathing critique of the two-tiered system of justice that has emerged in America

From the nation's beginnings, the law was to be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all. But over the past four decades, the principle of equality before the law has been effectively abolished. Instead, a two-tiered system of justice ensures that the country's political and financial class is virtually immune from prosecution, licensed to act without restraint, while the politically powerless are imprisoned with greater ease and in greater numbers than in any other country in the world.

Starting with Watergate, continuing on through the Iran-Contra scandal, and culminating with Obama's shielding of Bush-era officials from prosecution, Glenn Greenwald lays bare the mechanisms that have come to shield the elite from accountability. He shows how the media, both political parties, and the courts have abetted a process that has produced torture, war crimes, domestic spying, and financial fraud.

Cogent, sharp, and urgent, this is a no-holds-barred indictment of a profoundly un-American system that sanctions immunity at the top and mercilessness for everyone else.

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The Heat of the Sun by David Rain from Atlantic Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 21) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When recently orphaned Woodley Sharpless first encounters Ben Pinkerton--known to all as 'Trouble'--at the exclusive Blaze Academy, he is instantly enraptured. The two are polar opposites--Ben is exotic and daring; Woodley is bookish and frail--yet their lives quickly become inextricably intertwined.

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Identity: Your Passport to Success by Stedman Graham from Pearson Eduction is the NOOK Daily Find (September 21)

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Take control of who you are and take control of your life. Stedman Graham argues that the secret to success lies in knowing who you are, having a great sense of self, and knowing what matters to you. In this bestselling book, Graham draws from his own story as well as others' experiences to show how resolving questions of identity can allow you to build a life that truly matters.

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (September 21)

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The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert eschews partisan rhetoric in favor of hard science as she confronts the threat of global warming, offering an unflinching appraisal of the crisis we face, as well as solutions for saving our planet and ourselves.

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Valeria's Last Stand: A Novel by Marc Fitten from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 21) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Valeria has long been the grumpy and respected touchstone of her Hungarian community, but when the village potter captures her fancy, her social standing starts unraveling. Joyful and wise, this small-town satire takes an honest look at later-in-life romance and the notion that it's never too late to start anew.

Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce from Harcourt Children's Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Daily Deal (September 21) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Flora knows not to take shortcuts in her home, Crackpot Hall. The house has 11,000 rooms that move around at random, but Flora is late for school, so she takes the unpredictable elevator: huge mistake! Lost in her own house, she stumbles into a mind-blowing muddle of intrigue and betrayal.

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The Kindle version of this popular number game allows you to choose your own skill level, and for one week only, it's just $0.99.

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The Dummy Line by Bobby Cole from Amazon Encore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 22) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Avid hunter Jake Crosby is thrilled that his nine-year-old daughter Katy shares his love of the outdoors. When they head off into the Alabama woods for a weekend of hunting, fishing and camping, Jake expects nothing out of the ordinary. But even his worst nightmares cannot prepare him for what befalls them that evening.

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Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" by Corey Olsen from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 22)

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Happy Hobbit Day! Celebrate the lives of Bilbo, Frodo, and excellent and admirable Hobbits everywhere with this brand new look at J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved story. Featuring everything from insights on the races of Middle Earth to meditations on the book's themes of evil, despair, luck, and choice, this is the must-have companion that will make your favorite story come alive as never before.

Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (September 22)

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The nation's first black members of congress -- some former slaves -- are the focus of this compelling history of Reconstruction. As they championed reforms in the wake of a traumatic civil war, these pioneering legislators laid the foundation for generations of black politicians to come. Revealing and inspiring in equal measure.

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Minerva: The First Volume of the Six Sisters by M. C. Beaton (as Marion Chesney) from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 22) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In the first volume of Marion Chesney's popular historical romance series, "The Six Sisters," prudish and beautiful Minerva goes to London to woo a wealthy husband. Unfortunately, the London dandies despise her moralizing. These so-called gentlemen plan a scandalizing assault on Minerva's virtue, backed with a wager of 50,000 pounds.

Daisy Meadows's The Rainbow Fairies Series ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Daily Deal (September 22) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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All seven volumes of Daisy Meadows's popular "Rainbow Fairies" children's chapter-book series are only $1.99 each (80% off). The books follow the adventures of seven colorful fairy sisters. They keep Fairyland dazzling and bright, but when evil Jack Frost sends them away, Fairyland is threatened to turn gray forever.

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Another Alice: An Inspiring True Story of a Young Woman's Battle to Overcome Rheumatoid Arthritis by Alice Peterson from Icon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 23) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Love, lust, boys and shopping--the main worries of a teenage girl? Not for 18-year-old Alice Peterson, who, at the height of her youth and an extremely promising tennis career, was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthiritis.

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The Power of Purpose by Richard Leider from Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 23)

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There is something out there for you. That thing -- that purpose -- that makes your life matter. Richard Leider knows that not only does purpose fill us with passion but also that it's something within reach of everyone. Here, he provides a graceful, practical, and ultimately spiritual process for discovering your purpose and making it a core part of your life.

Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous! by Stéphane Hessel from Grand Central Publishing is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (September 23)

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An impassioned call-to-arms from 93-year-old concentration camp survivor Stéphane Hessel, this book challenges readers to throw off the yoke of "soft tyranny" and demand the essential rights that he argues have been allowed to erode in the name of free markets and national security.

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10 Best-Selling Mystery Novels by Max Allan Collins from Thomas & Mercer ($1.99 each ) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 23) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Ten books from the long-running Nathan Heller historical mystery series by award-winning author Max Allan Collins are just $1.99 each (80% off). Set in the 1930s to the 1950s, Collins's gripping and humorous hard-boiled stories follow Heller, a Chicago private eye with a knack for nabbing high-profile cases involving famous people.

Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Daily Deal (September 23) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Join Tinka, a dandy, sandy Golden Retriever, as she unexpectedly visits her owner at school and helps his class learn to read. Bright illustrations rendered in acrylic paint add to the excitement in this playful back-to-school story about a boy and his "loves-to-hear-a-book" dog.

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FYI, Amazon matched the Nook deal yesterday:

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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There by Sinclair McKay from Aurum Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Bletchley Park was where Germany’s "Enigma" code was cracked during the War. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain’s most brilliant mathematical minds, including Alan Turing. It was also the scene of immense advances in technology and the birth of modern computing.

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The Delta Solution by Patrick Robinson from Vanguard Press ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 24)

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It's high seas adventure with Cdr. Mackenzie "Mack" Bedford, back to take on Somali pirates in this rousing Navy SEAL adventure by Patrick Robinson (Diamondhead, Intercept.) When pirates sieze a freighter on a mission of mercy, Mack takes charge of the Delta Platoon, a new unit of handpicked SEALs, to race to the rescue.

The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (September 24)

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Originally published in 1955, this classic history of financial calamity is notable not just for its astute examination of what went wrong but also for the sardonic wit economist John Kenneth Galbraith brings to a book that remains sharply relevant in today’s uncertain climate.

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Bewitching by Jill Barnett from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Joy, a witch whose powers of white magic are not always well controlled, turns the life of the most serious and snobbish Duke in England upside down when he decides to marry this arousing and beautiful Scottish pixie. Passion holds them spellbound in an irresistible tale of two enchanted hearts.

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine from Puffin/Penguin ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Daily Deal (September 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Caitlin has Asperger's, and before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon has died, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught he's not helpful. Wanting everything the way it was, Caitlin comes across the word "closure," and she realizes it's what she needs.

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The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery by Inger Ash Wolfe from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.80 (US Kindle)

Book Description:

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is having a bad year. After major back surgery, she has no real option but to move into her ex-husband’s basement and suffer the humiliation of his new wife bringing her meals down on a tray. As if that weren’t enough, Hazel’s octogenarian mother secretly flushes Hazel’s stash of painkillers down the toilet.

It’s almost a relief when Hazel gets a call about a body fished up by tourists in one of the lakes near Port Dundas. But what raises the hair on the back of Micallef ’s neck is that the local paper has just published the first installment of a serialized story featuring such a scenario. Even before they head out to the lake with divers to recover the body, she and DC James Wingate, leading the police detachment in Micallef ’s absence, know they are being played. But it’s not clear who is pulling their strings and why, nor is what they find at the lake at all what they expected. It’s Micallef herself who is snared, caught up in a cryptic game devised by someone who knows how to taunt her into opening a cold case, someone who knows that nothing will stop her investigation.

The second novel featuring Hazel Micallef, “a compelling, unlikely hero” (EntertainmentWeekly), is a stunning and suspenseful exploration of the obsessive far reaches of love, confirming Inger Ash Wolfe as one of the best mystery writers today.

The Driver by Alexander Roy from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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The riveting memoir of a life lived at the right-hand edge of the speedometer.

Alex Roy’s father, while on his deathbed, hints about the notorious, utterly illegal cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York of the 1970s, which then inspired his young son to enter the mysterious world of underground road rallies. Tantalized by the legend of the Driver—the anonymous, possibly nonexistent organizer of the world’s ultimate secret race—Roy set out to become a force to be reckoned with. At speeds approaching 200 mph, he sped from London to Morocco, from Budapest to Rome, from San Francisco to Miami, in his highly modified BMW M5, culminating in a new record for the infamous Los Angeles to New York run: 32:07.

Sexy, funny, and shocking, The Driver is a never-before-told insider’s look at an unbelievably fast and dangerous society that has long been off-limits to ordinary mortals.

A Stranger’s Game (Bitter Creek Novels) by Joan Johnston from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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From New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston comes a dazzling new Bitter Creek novel that features all of the passion and intrigue in Texas high society that her readers know and love, mixed with an explosive, spine- tingling tale of murder, wrongful imprisonment, and a woman who counts no cost too high to see a killer brought to justice.
FBI Special Agent Breed Grayhawk has the hottest sex in his life with a stranger who calls herself Grace Smith, only to discover early the next morning that her real name is Merle Raye Finkel — and she’s a convicted double murderer who broke her parole a year ago and disappeared. Now she’s his prime suspect in a terrorist threat against the U.S. president.

Grace Caldwell is determined to find the killer who framed her for the murder of her father and stepmother — and make him pay. She burgles the home of her #1 suspect and nets a surprising haul: a hot-pink, silk-covered diary — the record of a sex-addicted wife’s adventures — which suggests that Grace’s #1 suspect is a serial killer. But her theft has been caught on tape, and the man she’s been chasing becomes the hunter…with Grace as his prey.

With just five days until the president arrives in Austin, Texas, the last thing the FBI needs is a serial killer on the prowl…and a terrorist suspect who will stop at nothing to clear her name. The clock is ticking down, and Agent Grayhawk is racing time to discover the truth about his dangerous lover.

Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland by James St. James from Simon & Schuster is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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Murder Was Never So Much Fun!

When Disco Bloodbath was first published, it created a storm of controversy for its startlingly vivid, strikingly fresh, and outrageously funny depiction of the hedonistic world of the New York City club kids, for whom nothing was too outré — including murder. Nominated for the Edgar Award for best true-crime book of the year, it also marked the debut of an audaciously talented writer, James St. James, who himself had been a club kid and close friend and confidant of Michael Alig, the young man convicted of killing the drug dealer known as Angel.

Now the book has been brought to the screen as Party Monster, with Macaulay Culkin playing killer Michael Alig and Seth Green as author/celebutante James St. James.

Diary of a Player by Brad Paisley with David Wild from Howard Books/Simon and Schuster is $4.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description:

The Story of a Life with Strings Attached

Brad Paisley is one of country music’s leading men—admired as a recording artist, a performer, a songwriter, and a guitar slinger. This was not always so. In Diary of a Player, Paisley for the first time fully retraces his entire musical and personal journey to date. And it all began with a loving grandfather who gave eight-year-old Brad Douglas Paisley a Sears Danelectro guitar—the Christmas gift that would alter Brad’s life forever. In Brad’s own words, we read his emotional tribute to his late great “Papaw,” Warren Jarvis, who sparked his dream come true:

When I was eight I got a gift from my grandpa. No coincidence that around that time I also got an identity. See, no matter how I have changed, learned, and evolved as a person, the guitar has been a major part of it, and really the only constant. A crutch, a shrink, a friend, love interest, parachute, flying machine, soapbox, canvas, liability, investment, jackpot, tease, a sage, a gateway, an addiction, a recovery, a temptress, a church, a voice, veil, armor, and lifeline. My grandpa knew it could be many of these things for me, but mostly he just wanted me to never be alone. He said if I learned to play, anything would be manageable, and life would be richer. You can get through some real tough moments with that guitar on your knee. When life gets intense, there are people who drink, who seek counseling, eat, or watch TV, pray, cry, sleep, and so on. I play.

Calder Born, Calder Bred by Janet Dailey from Pocket Books/Simon and Schuster is $2.99 for US Kindle

Book Description:

Ty Calder was a stranger to the mighty empire that was his legacy — the ranchlands that rose to meet the Montana skies. He learned the ways of ranch life from young Jessy, who knew the land her own heart.

But Ty worshiped dark, glamorous Tara, scion of the new “corporate West,” of vast power and big money. Tara lured Ty on, greedy to be mistress of the Calder kingdom. Yet when her world rushed in to plunder the fortune beneath the prairies, it was Jessy who fought for Ty, defying death to save a birthright that was Calder Born, Calder Bred.

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A Poisoned Season (Lady Emily Mysteries, Book 2) by Tasha Alexander from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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London's social season is in full swing, and Victorian aristocracy is atwitter over a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Adding to their fascination with all things French, an audacious cat burglar is systematically stealing valuable items that once belonged to the ill–fated queen.

But things take a dark turn. The owner of one of the pilfered treasures is found murdered after the theft is reported in the newspapers, and the mysterious thief develops a twisted obsession with Lady Emily Ashton. It takes all of Lady Emily's wit and perseverance to unmask her stalker and ferret out the murderer, while faced with a brewing scandal that threatens both her reputation and her romance with the dashing Colin Hargreaves.

Twisted Tree by Kent Meyers from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $3.85 (US Kindle)

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Hayley Jo Zimmerman is gone. Taken. And the people of small-town Twisted Tree must come to terms with this terrible event—their loss, their place in it, and the secrets they all carry.

In this brilliantly written novel, one girl’s story unfolds through the stories of those who knew her. Among them, a supermarket clerk recalls an encounter with a disturbingly thin Hayley Jo. An ex-priest remembers baptizing Hayley Jo and seeing her with her best friend, Laura, whose mother the priest once loved. And Laura berates herself for all the running they did, how it fed her friend’s addiction, and how there were so many secrets she didn’t see. And so, Hayley Jo’s absence recasts the lives of others and connects them, her death rooting itself into the community in astonishingly violent and tender ways.

Solidly in the company of Aryn Kyle, Kent Haruf, and Peter Matthiessen, Kent Meyers is one of the best contemporary writers on the American West. Here he also takes us into the complexity of community regardless of landscape, and offers a tribute to the powerful effect one person's life can have on everyone she knew.

Esperanza Rising by Hope Munoz Ryan from Scholastic is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.

Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America by Les Standiford and Joe Matthews from HarperCollins is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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There are two periods of history that pertain to missing and endangered children in the United States: before Adam Walsh and after Adam Walsh. In the aftermath of that six-year old's abduction and slaying in 1981, everything about the nation's regard and response to missing children changed. The shock of the crime and the inability of law enforcement to find Adam's killer put an end to innocence and altered our very perception of childhood itself-gone forever are the days when young children burst out the doors of American homes with a casual promise to be home by dark. And, due in large part to the efforts of Adam's parents, John and Reve Walsh, the entire mechanism of law enforcement has transformed itself in an effort to protect our children. Before Adam went missing, there were no children's faces on milk cartons and billboards, no Amber Alerts, no national Center for Missing and Abused Children, no national databases for crimes against children, no registration of pedophiles-in fact, it was easier to mobilize the FBI to search for a stolen car or missing horse than for a kidnapped child. Such facts may be sad testimony to the weariness of a modern world, but there is also an uplifting aspect to Adam's story - the 27 years of undaunted effort by decorated Miami Beach Homicide Detective Joe Matthews to track down Adam's killer and bring justice to bear at long last. "Bringing Adam Home" tells the story-the good, the bad, and the ugly-of what it took for one cop to accomplish what an entire system of law enforcement could not. Matthew's achievement is a stirring one, reminding us that such concepts as hard work, dedication, and love survive, and that goodness can prevail.

Bind, Torture, Kill by Roy Wenzl, Tim Potter, Hurst Laviana and L. Kelly from HarperCollins is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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For thirty-one years, an unremarkable family man stalked, killed, and terrorized the people of Wichita, Kansas. He was a devoted husband. A helpful Boy Scout dad. A reliable, conscientious employee. A dependable church president. And behind it all, the notorious serial killer BTK—a self-anointed acronym for "bind, torture, kill."

Now that he's in prison serving ten consecutive life sentences, the whole world knows that Dennis Rader is BTK. But the intricate twists and shocking turns of this story have never before been told by the people who were intimately acquainted with the BTK killer and Rader the family man, or by the dedicated cops who finally caught him. Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door takes readers behind closed doors, revealing the full and horrific tale as seen through the eyes of the killer, his victims, the investigators, and the reporters who covered it all.

Bind, Torture, Kill is written by four award-winning crime reporters for The Wichita Eagle with the enthusiastic help of Wichita police lieutenant Ken Landwehr and his BTK Task Force. With hours of exclusive interviews with key Task Force members; in-depth interviews with the families of victims; an interview with Jeff Rader, the notorious killer's brother; and over thirty years' worth of original reporters' notes, archival news stories, photos, documents, and material previously suppressed at the request of the police, Bind, Torture, Kill lays bare the secret story behind the BTK psychopath and the people who brought him down.

Restless Souls: The Sharon Tate Family's Account of Stardom, the Manson Murders, and a Crusade for Justice by Brie Tate and Alisa Statman from It Books/HarperCollins is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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The gruesome murders of the beautiful and talented actress Sharon Tate, her unborn child and four others that same night at the hands of the notorious “Manson family” rocked the nation. As one of the most horrific crimes in modern history, these atrocities, the trial and the subsequent conviction of Charles Manson and his followers caused a media sensation, spawning movies, documentaries and bestselling books, including the classic Helter Skelter. A defining moment in an era otherwise associated with radical peace, love and understanding, this incident is one that still resonates with millions today.

Yet while this crime left an indelible mark on society’s consciousness, it was, first and foremost, a shattering personal tragedy for those closest to Sharon—the loving family left to cope with the emotional devastation of her loss. Now, after nearly forty years, their story is finally revealed.

Compiled by close family friend Alisa Statman and Sharon’s niece Brie Tate, Restless Souls draws on a wealth of material including interviews with the Tates, personal letters, tape recordings, home movies, public interviews, private journals, and official documents to provide a powerful, poignant, and affecting four-decade, three-generation memoir of crime and punishment, anguish and hope, rage and love, that is both a chronicle of death and a celebration of life.

Extending beyond all previous accounts, Restless Souls is the most revealing, riveting, and emotionally raw account not just of these heinous murders, the hunt and capture of the killers and the behind-the-scenes drama of their trials, but of the torment victims families’ endure for years in the wake of such senseless violence.

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The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge by T. J. English from HarperCollins is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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Amazon Best Books of the Month, March 2011

In the early 1960s, uncertainty and menace gripped New York, crystallizing in a poisonous divide between a deeply corrupt, cynical, and racist police force, and an African American community buffeted by economicdistress, brutality, and narcotics. On August 28, 1963—the day Martin Luther King Jr. declared "I have a dream" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—two young white women were murdered in their Manhattan apartment. Dubbed the Career Girls Murders case, the crime sent ripples of fear throughout the city, as police scrambled fruitlessly for months to find the killer. But it also marked the start of a ten-year saga of fear, racial violence, and turmoil in the city—an era that took in events from the Harlem Riots of the mid-1960s to the Panther Twenty-One trials and Knapp Commission police corruption hearings of the early 1970s.

The Savage City explores this pivotal and traumatic decade through the stories of three very different men:

George Whitmore Jr., the near-blind, destitute nineteen-year-old black man who was coerced into confessing to the Career Girls Murders and several other crimes. Whitmore, an innocent man, would spend the decade in and out of the justice system, becoming a scapegoat for the NYPD—and a symbol of the inequities of the system.

Bill Phillips, a brazenly crooked NYPD officer who spent years plundering the system before being caught in a corruption sting—and turning jaybird to create the largest scandal in the department's history.

Dhoruba bin Wahad, a son of the Bronx and founding member of New York's Black Panther Party, whose militant activism would make him a target of local and federal law enforcement as conflicts between the Panthers and the police gradually devolved into open warfare.

Animated by the voices of the three participants—all three of whom spent years in prison, and are still alive today—The Savage City emerges as an epic narrative of injustice and defiance, revealing for the first time the gripping story of how a great city, marred by fear and hatred, struggled for its soul in a time of sweeping social, political, and economic change.

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The Hills is Lonely (Bello) by Lillian Beckwith from Aurum Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Lillian Beckwith advertised for a secluded place in the country, she received a letter with the following unusual description of an isolated Hebridean croft: 'Surely it's that quiet even the sheeps themselves on the hills is lonely…' Her curiosity aroused, Beckwith took up the invitation.

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Priceless Memories by Bob Barker with Digby Diehl from Center Street ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 25)

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For decades, millions of Americans invitied Bob Barker into their homes as host of beloved game shows, pageants, and specials. Now he shares stories of his favorite moments on-screen and off. From being raised by a single mother through the Great Depression, to his days as a pilot during World War II, through his success with The Price Is Right and Truth or Consequences -- this book is like discovering new dimensions to an old familiar friend.

The Great Game of Politics: Why We Elect, Whom We Elect by Dick Stoken from Tom Doherty ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (September 25)

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Political partisans work to win over voters permanently to their side, but Dick Stoken argues that such beliefs are mere wishful thinking: the political pendulum always swings back. Drawing on diverse examples from American history, he makes the eye-opening case that no one party can triumph over the other for long.

FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal:

The Great Game of Politics: Why We Elect, Whom We Elect by Dick Stoken also $2.99

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Two Richard Castle Mystery Novels from Hyperion ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Related to the hit television comedy-drama, Castle, these entertaining mystery novels are just $1.99 each. The show's fictional author, Richard Castle, is the credited writer for both books, which follow New York City detective Nikki Heat in her stormy professional relationship with superstar journalist Jameson Rook.

Zombie-Kids (KiteReaders Monster Series) by Julia Dweck from KiteReaders ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Daily Deal (September 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This fun rhyming adventure shows how zombies have feelings, too. They like to be loved and spend their time bowling, dancing, skating, and having an eerily good time, just like me and like you. (Available on Kindle Fire, Kindle Cloud Reader, Kindle for iPad, and Kindle for Android)

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Priceless Memories by Bob Barker also $1.99

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The Goddess Test (A Goddess Test Novel - Book 1) (The Goddess Chronicles) by Aimée Carter from MIRA Ink (£1.19) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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It's always been just Kate and her mum--and now her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear her mother won't live past the autumn. Then she meets Henry: dark, tortured and mesmerising.

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The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson from Pearson Eduction ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 26)

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Rae Carson (Crown of Embers) creates a rich world of magic in this fan-favorite novel. Taken from a comfortable and complacent life, young Princess Elisa discovers adventure and danger around every unfamiliar corner. To become the person she's destined to be, she must find in herself courage she's never had to draw on before.

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With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful by Glenn Greenwald from Holt, Henry & Company ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (September 26)

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Our founding fathers envisioned the law as the great equalizer. But in the latter half of the 20th century, says political commentator Glen Greenwald, a two-tiered system has emerged whereby the elite are shielded from prosecution and the poor are imprisoned with increasing ease. A scathing argument for reform.

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The Raven Ring: A Lyra Novel by Patricia C. Wrede from Open Road ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The fifth book of the acclaimed Lyra fantasy series features Eleret, a young woman who embarks on a deadly quest to claim a magical family heirloom from her mother's body: a ring, etched with a raven. Eleret doesn’t understand the ring's powers, but it's her destiny to unlock its mysteries.

Jungle Bullies by Steven Kroll and Vincent Nguyen from Harcourt Children's Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Daily Deal (September 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Even bullies can learn to share. That's what happens after Leopard picks on Monkey, who then asks his mother for advice. Monkey's mom comes up with just the right solution to solve the problem. (available on Kindle Fire, Kindle Cloud Reader, Kindle for iPad, and Kindle for Android).