Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- September 2012

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Here's the new thread for September (*here's a link to my August thread to check out the last bargains I posted there)

Okay, so you may know me since I posted a lot of free and bargain books in this forum. I did add affiliate links to my posts before (the links look like this-> http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Woman-Wa...ag=arcadata-20), but I've been told that isn't allowed anymore in the main forum. I'll be allowed to continue to post my affiliate links in this personal thread though.

Basically, what happens is that I earn referral fees (starts at 4%) whenever a visitor follows my link to Amazon.com (for example) and then makes a qualifying purchase. It was a pretty good incentive for me to spend time here sharing any freebies and bargains I found since I would get extra money per month to spend on books & apps!

So, hopefully, if you don't mind me getting a commission, you'll come visit this thread and click on my links when you're planning to buy something!

And here's the first deal(s) for September 1!

Out Of It by Selma Dabbagh from Bloomsbury Publishing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Out of It is a vivid and moving depiction of the lives of a Palestinian family in Gaza. Rashid wakes to discover he's got a scholarship to London, the escape route he's been waiting for. Meanwhile, his twin sister, Iman, frustrated by the atrocities around her, grabs recklessly at an opportunity to make a difference.

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The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: Politics by David Borgenicht from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 1)

Product Description

The experts behind the fan-favorite Worst Case Scenario series turn their attention to politics -- and just in time. Take a look at the light-hearted side of the election season with this fun-filled look at the very worst examples of people seeking power -- plus tips to keep in mind should you ever find yourself in your very own sticky electoral situation.

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: Politics by David Borgenicht is also $1.99 for US Kindle.

The Little Mermaid - Classics Illustrated Junior #525 by Hans Christian Andersen from Trajectory Inc. ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (September 1)

Product Description

A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself. On the Little Mermaid's fifteenth birthday she visits the world above the sea for the first time and falls in love with a prince whom she rescues from a storm. Capturing the magic of Hans Christian Andersen's original tale, Classics Illustrated reveals the spectacle of the worlds below and above the sea. Beautifully illustrated, this classic tale will capture children's interest and spark their imagination inspiring a lifelong love of literature and reading.

Classics Illustrated Junior is an iconic comic series featuring vibrant, full-color adaptations of literary classics; featuring fairy tales, folk tales and myths.

These digital graphic novels are presented in a comic book format with robust color illustrations that introduce literature to readers of all ages.

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True Crime (Nathan Heller Novels) by Max Allan Collins from AmazonEncore ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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1934 Chicago dazzles with fast action and calculating, cold-blooded meanness as private detective Nate Heller combs the Windy City's North Side looking for John Dillinger. However, things take a turn for the strange when self-aggrandizing G-Man Melvin Purvis shoots down a Dillinger lookalike in front of the Biograph Theater.

Jessica Day George's 'Dragon Slippers' trilogy from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($1.99 Each) is the Young Readers' Daily Deal Deal of the Day (September 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, all three novels of Jessica Day George's "Dragon Slippers" trilogy are just $1.99 each. Together, these enchanting tales of dragons, betrayals, and the power of friendship provide captivating reading for young and old alike. It's an engaging world filled with quirky twists on what's expected in fantasy literature.

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The Amazon 100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or Less has updated for September! Check out the new batch of discounts.

Looking for great books at a low price? Browse the newest section of our store--100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or Less--a diverse selection of deals hand-selected by our editors each month.

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Weekly Kindle App Deal:

Puzzle Baron's Cryptograms

This popular word-puzzle game tests deductive and word-finding skills as you decode a series of letters to reveal a hidden message, and for one week only, it's just $0.99.

And through September 3, you can prepare for school with $0.99 Kindle Study Aides! Also, through September 7, 15 best-selling Kindle eInk games are on sale with prices range from $0.99 to $1.99.

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FYI, For UK Kindlers:

The Amazon 100 Kindle Books for £2.99 or Less is a new promo for Amazon UK.

We've pulled together a selection of 100 Kindle books, each for £2.99 or less, to make it easier for you to discover and try a new book or author. We'll be adding new books from time to time and titles may vary, so make sure to check back often. There's also the Kindle Daily Deal, which features a new Kindle book deal every day.

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Hush by Eishes Chayil from Walker Childrens is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 14 and up | Grade Level: 9 and up

Inside the closed community of Borough Park, where most Chassidim live, the rules of life are very clear, determined by an ancient script written thousands of years before down to the last detail-and abuse has never been a part of it. But when thirteen-year-old Gittel learns of the abuse her best friend has suffered at the hands of her own family member, the adults in her community try to persuade Gittel, and themselves, that nothing happened. Forced to remain silent, Gittel begins to question everything she was raised to believe.

A richly detailed and nuanced book, one of both humor and depth, understanding and horror, this story explains a complex world that remains an echo of its past, and illuminates the conflict between yesterday's traditions and today's reality.

Mrs. Ted Bliss by Stanley Elkin from Open Road is $4.00 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Elkin’s National Book Critics Circle Award–winning classic: The story of an elderly woman who suddenly becomes mixed up in a world of criminals and con artists

After her beloved husband dies of cancer, Dorothy Bliss is consigned to a life of tedium, waiting out her remaining years in a Miami beachside community shared precariously by its Jewish and Latino residents. When Dorothy attends a series of parties intended to lighten the community’s racial tensions, she is unwittingly pulled into a world of drug smuggling, con artistry, and underground gambling—and a series of adventures that will renew her passion for life.

At once heartfelt and hilarious, Mrs. Ted Bliss is a captivating novel of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances, reconciling the regrets of her past and rediscovering adventure in the twilight of her life.

This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.

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FYI, new eInk Kindle apps:

Handy Calc (A Basic Calculator for Kindle) by HandyX ($0.99)

Picture Cross Summer Games (A Logic Game For Kindle) by puzzle.tv ($0.99)

Quote of the Day (Sale! - Back to School with Kindle) by Svellsoft ($0.99)

Loteria (A Latin Bingo Game for Kindle) by Flying Tiger Entertainment ($1.99)

PenguinRoot Portuguese Verbs (Back to School with Kindle) by PenguinRoot ($1.99)

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Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby by Laura Marney from Saraband (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Everybody’s on anti-depressants, trying desperately to be happy, with mixed results. Carol's uninhibited sex leads to public humiliation, Donnie's trip to the Third World leads to a spider bite in an unfortunate place, and Daphne is trying to find a hosepipe to fix a Vauhall Vectra's exhaust pipe.

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The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith from BelleBooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 2)

Product Description

She, a beautiful woman, scarred for life. He, a tortured man, seeking redemption. These two damaged people find each other in the Appalachian mountains in this unforgettable story from fan-favorite author Deborah Smith.

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith is also $1.99 for US Kindle.

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Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel by Harlan Coben from Putnam Juvenile ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

In this young adult debut from internationally best-selling author Harlan Coben, Mickey Bolitar's train-wreck of a life is finally improving until his new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes without a trace. Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld and uncovers a shocking conspiracy that makes his high school drama seem small.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($2.99) is the Teens Daily Deal Deal of the Day (September 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

This highly regarded science fiction classic follows Charlie Gordon's quest to better himself. With an IQ of 68, he can't even beat the laboratory mouse, Algernon, at solving mazes. Charlie undergoes the same experimental brain operation Algernon had, and Charlie's IQ steadily rises to genius level and beyond, for a time.

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Ritual: A Novel by Mo Hayder from Atlantic Monthly Press is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Mo Hayder's previous novels The Devil of Nanking and The Treatment have ranked her among the most exciting and provocative thriller writers now working. In her latest, Ritual, Hayder gives us a taut, chilling tale of clandestine occult practices, New Age medicine, and the drug underground, set in a hypermodern urban landscape challenged by colliding immigrant cultures.

Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body attached is disturbing enough. Even more disturbing is the discovery, a day later, of the matching hand. Both have been recently amputated, and the indications are that the victim was still alive when they were removed. DI Jack Caffery has been newly seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol. He and Flea soon establish that the hand belong to a young man who has recently disappeared. Their search for him—and for his abductor—lead them into the darkest recesses of Bristol's underworld, where drug addiction is rife, where street-kids sell themselves for a hit, and where one of Africa's most disturbing rituals may be making an unexpected appearance.

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The First Time: True Tales of Virginity Lost and Found by Kate Monro from Icon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

A groundbreaking and very personal insight into modern sexuality. Author Kate Monro decided to ask as many people as possible how they lost their virginity. Men and women, old and young, gay, straight, Christian and Muslim; the stories range from the funny and the sad to the happy and, occasionally, the unbelievable.

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The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven from Hyperion ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 3)

Product Description

Today may mark the unofficial end of summer, but as we look toward what winter may bring, take comfort that we're unlikely to face any icy hardships like those endured by the crew of the Karluk. In 1913, this doomed expedition set out to explore the Arctic, unprepared for the tragedy that would follow. You'll never forget this extraordinary true tale unfurled in harrowing detail by Jennifer Niven.

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The Sleeping Night by Barbara Samuel from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

In award-winning author Barbara Samuel's triumphant tale of forbidden love, he's a hometown native returning from World War II. She's his secret friend since childhood. Her war-time letters kept him alive, but he's black, and she's white. In 1946 in Gideon, Texas, their undeniable love might get them both killed.

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up? by Bill Martin Jr. and Laura J. Bryant from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Daily Deal of the Day (September 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Kitty Cat should be getting ready for school, but she's practicing her purr, looking for her socks, and chasing a little mouse. Will Kitty Cat be late for school? Delightful pastel illustrations rendered in watercolor paints and colored pencil highlight this sweet, fun, and timely picture book

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Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

“This novel...is a gifted writer’s love affair with the language” (Newsday).

A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying.

Anyone But You (Hqn Romance) by Jennifer Crusie from Harlequin is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Part basset, part beagle, all Cupid... For Nina Askew, turning forty means freedom—from the ex-husband, freedom from their stuffy suburban home, freedom to focus on what she wants for a change. And what she wants is something her ex always vetoed—a puppy. A bouncy, adorable puppy.

Instead she gets...Fred.

Overweight, middle-aged, a bit smelly and obviously depressed, Fred is light-years from perky. But he does manage to put Nina in the path of Alex Moore, her gorgeous, younger-by-a-decade neighbor.

Alex seems perfect—he's a sexy, seemingly sane, surprisingly single E.R. doctor—but the age gap convinces Nina that anyone but Alex would be better relationship material. But with every silver-haired stiff she dates, the more she suspects it's the young, dog-loving doc she wants to sit and stay!

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Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 14 and up | Grade Level: 9 and up

Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse.

Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland—known as The Death Shop—are slim. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She’s been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He’s wild—a savage—and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile—everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria’s help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky.

In her enthralling debut, Veronica Rossi sends readers on an unforgettable adventure set in a world brimming with harshness and beauty.

Partials by Dan Wells from Balzer + Bray is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 14 and up | Grade Level: 9 and up

The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out.

Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic-in-training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws have pushed what's left of humanity to the brink of civil war, and she's not content to stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will find that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between them—connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew were there.

Dan Wells, acclaimed author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, takes readers on a pulsepounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question—one where our humanity is both our greatest liability and our only hope for survival.

FYI, the prequel novella Isolation (A Lost Tale in the Partials Sequence) is also $2.99

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Gone by Michael Grant from Katherine Tegen Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 13 and up | Grade Level: 8 and up

In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE.

Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened.

Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.

It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: On your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else...

Eve by Anna Carey from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 13 and up | Grade Level: 8 and up

Where do you go when nowhere is safe?

Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth’s population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns the shocking truth about her school’s real purpose—and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Arden, her former rival from school, and Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust . . . and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.

In this epic new series, Anna Carey imagines a future that is both beautiful and terrifying. Readers will revel in Eve’s timeless story of forbidden love and extraordinary adventure.

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John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Publication Date: October 6, 2009
For more than a quarter century, Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom belonging to the world's most beloved pop group was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, here is the comprehensive and most revealing portrait of John Lennon that is ever likely to be published.

This masterly biography takes a fresh and penetrating look at every aspect of Lennon's much-chronicled life, including the songs that have turned him, posthumously, into a near-secular saint. In three years of research, Norman has turned up an extraordinary amount of new information about even the best-known episodes of Lennon folklore—his upbringing by his strict Aunt Mimi; his allegedly wasted school and student days; the evolution of his peerless creative partnership with Paul McCartney; his Beatle-busting love affair with a Japanese performance artist; his forays into painting and literature; his experiments with Transcendental Meditation, primal scream therapy, and drugs. The book's numerous key informants and interviewees include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin, Sean Lennon—whose moving reminiscence reveals his father as never before—and Yoko Ono, who speaks with sometimes shocking candor about the inner workings of her marriage to John.

Honest and unflinching, as John himself would wish, Norman gives us the whole man in all his endless contradictions—tough and cynical, hilariously funny but also naive, vulnerable and insecure—and reveals how the mother who gave him away as a toddler haunted his mind and his music for the rest of his days.

Shelter Me by Juliette Fay from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

In the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother's year of heartbreak, loss, and forgiveness...and help that arrives from unexpected sources

Four months after her husband's death, Janie LaMarche remains undone by grief and anger. Her mourning is disrupted, however, by the unexpected arrival of a builder with a contract to add a porch onto her house. Stunned, Janie realizes the porch was meant to be a surprise from her husband—now his last gift to her.

As she reluctantly allows construction to begin, Janie clings to the familiar outposts of her sorrow—mothering her two small children with fierce protectiveness, avoiding friends and family, and stewing in a rage she can't release. Yet Janie's self-imposed isolation is breached by a cast of unlikely interventionists: her chattering, ipecac-toting aunt; her bossy, over-manicured neighbor; her muffin-bearing cousin; and even Tug, the contractor with a private grief all his own.

As the porch takes shape, Janie discovers that the unknowable terrain of the future is best navigated with the help of others—even those we least expect to call on, much less learn to love.

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The Stupidest Angel with Bonus Material by Christopher Moore from William Morrow is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

For a limited time, devour a heartwarming tale of Christmas terror in Christopher Moore's The Stupidest Angel, for a special price. Also included is a sneak peek at his forthcoming novel, Sacre Bleu, A Comedy d'Art.

In The Stupidest Angel, 'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiny community of Pine Cove, California, people are busy buying, wrapping, packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit.

But not everybody is feeling the joy. Little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a holiday miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.

But hold on! There's an angel waiting in the wings. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that needs granting. Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris Kringle," he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.

Move over, Charles Dickens -- it's Christopher Moore time.

The Seventeen Traditions by Ralph Nader from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

My boyhood in a small town in Connecticut was shaped by my family, my friends, our neighbors, my chores and hobbies, the town's culture and environment, its schools, libraries, factories, and businesses, their workers, and by storms that came from nowhere to disrupt everything. . . . Yet childhood in any family is a mysterious experience. . . . What shapes the mind, the personality, the character?

So begins this unexpected and extraordinary book by Ralph Nader. Known for his lifetime of selfless activism, Nader now looks back to the earliest days of his own life, to his serene and enriching childhood in bucolic Winsted, Connecticut. From listening to learning, from patriotism to argument, from work to simple enjoyment, Nader revisits seventeen key traditions he absorbed from his parents, his siblings, and the people in his community, and draws from them inspiring lessons for today's society. Warmly human, rich with sensory memories and lasting wisdom, it offers a kind of modern-day parable of how we grow from children into responsible adults—a reminder of a time when nature and community were central to the way we all learned and lived.

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Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin from Greenwillow Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 14 and up | Grade Level: 9 and up

Everything is in ruins.A devastating plague has decimated the population, and those who are left live in fear of catching it as the city crumbles around them.So what does Araby Worth have to live for?Nights in the Debauchery Club, beautiful dresses, glittery makeup . . . and tantalizing ways to forget it all.But in the depths of the club—in the depths of her own despair—Araby will find more than oblivion. She will find Will, the terribly handsome proprietor of the club, and Elliott, the wickedly smart aristocrat. Neither is what he seems. Both have secrets. Everyone does.And Araby may find not just something to live for, but something to fight for—no matter what it costs her.

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Legs Benedict: A Bed-and-breakfast Mystery (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) by Mary Daheim from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

A week of "mayhem-as-usual" at Hillside Manor kicks off with the arrival of a mysterious "Mr. Smith" and his floozie "Mrs." from New York City—and it accelerates into chaos when Mr. Smith himself kicks off, a victim of the foulest of plays. Hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn is shocked to learn that her now-defunct roomer was actually "Legs" Benedict—hit man for the notorious Ronzini Family—and that virtually every other guests at her B&B had good reason to want Legs broken. Judith's policeman-hubby Joe is understandably peeved that homicide happened (again!) under his own roof. And when the FBI moves in—more interested in nabbing a Nazi nutcase than a malicious mobster murderer—the local cops clear out, leaving Judith, Joe and irrepressible cousin Renie to find out who whacked the wiseguy before the hits keep coming.

Flash and Filigree by Terry Southern from Open Road is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

A satirical dream-logic journey through the dark heart of 1950s Los Angeles

Dr. Frederick Eichner, world-renowned dermatologist, is visited by the entrancingly irritating Felix Treevly who comes to him as a patient and stays as an obsession. Prosaic incidents blossom into bizarre developments with the sharpened reality of dreams as the spectral Mr. Treevly leads the doctor into a series of increasingly weird situations. With the assistance of a drunken private detective, a mad judge, a car crash, a game show called “What’s My Disease,” and a hashish party, Treevly drives Eichner to madness and mayhem. It is through comedy and a strange blend of violence and poetic delicacy that the novel charms.

Southern’s first novel, Flash and Filigree was turned down by seventeen timorous American publishers. It was Southern’s mentor, the “genius” English novelist Henry Green, who brought the book to the attention of a leading British publishing house, which released it to high praise. A fast-paced dark comedy, Flash and Filigree established Terry Southern as one of the finest American prose stylists to emerge in Paris after the War.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Terry Southern including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Carsten Jensen’s debut novel has taken the world by storm. Already hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, whose inhabitants have sailed the world’s oceans aboard freight ships for centuries. Spanning over a hundred years, from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War, and from the barren rocks of Newfoundland to the lush plantations of Samoa, from the roughest bars in Tasmania, to the frozen coasts of northern Russia, We, the Drowned spins a magnificent tale of love, war, and adventure, a tale of the men who go to sea and the women they leave behind.

Ships are wrecked at sea and blown up during wars, they are places of terror and violence, yet they continue to lure each generation of Marstal men—fathers and sons—away. Strong, resilient, women raise families alone and sometimes take history into their own hands. There are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, forbidden passions, cowards, heroes, devastating tragedies, and miraculous survivals—everything that a town like Marstal has actually experienced, and that makes We, the Drowned an unforgettable novel, destined to take its place among the greatest seafaring literature.

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Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $3.99 (US Kindle)

Product Description:

Daughters of the Witching Hill brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt.

Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow living in Pendle Forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman. Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future. As she ages, she instructs her granddaughter, Alizon, in her craft, as well as her best friend, who ultimately turns to dark magic.

When a peddler suffers a stroke after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate, eager to make his name as a witch finder, plays neighbors and family members against one another until suspicion and paranoia reach frenzied heights.

Sharratt interweaves well-researched historical details of the 1612 Pendle witch-hunt with a beautifully imagined story of strong women, family, and betrayal. Daughters of the Witching Hill is a powerful novel of intrigue and revelation.

Accidents of Providence by Stacia Brown from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Product Description:

Rachel Lockyer is under investigation for murder.

It is 1649. King Charles has been beheaded for treason. Amid civil war, Cromwell’s army is running the country. The Levellers, a small faction of political agitators, are calling for rights to the people. And a new law targeting unwed mothers and “lewd women” presumes anyone who conceals the death of her illegitimate child is guilty of murder.

Rachel Lockyer, unmarried glove maker, and William Walwyn, Leveller hero, are locked in a secret affair. But while William is imprisoned in the Tower, a child is found buried in the woods and Rachel is arrested.

So comes an investigation, public trial, and a cast of extraordinary characters made up of ordinary Londoners: gouty investigator Thomas Bartwain, fiery Elizabeth Lilburne and her revolution-chasing husband, Huguenot glover Mary Du Gard, a lawyer for the prosecution hell-bent on making an example of Rachel, and others. Spinning within are Rachel and William, their remarkable love story, and the miracles that come to even the commonest lives.

Accidents of Providence is absorbing historical fiction for fans of Fingersmith and The Dress Lodger. And Rachel Lockyer, a woman wronged by her time, is a character neither history, nor we, will ever again forget.

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A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow from Parthian Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Stan Barstow's landmark novel of the 1960s immortalised protagonist Vic Brown as the amiable working class lad from the North. Barstow led the way for authors such as Nick Hornby to write similar slice-of-life drama. As fresh and vivid today as ever, A Kind of Loving is essential, quintessential 'Brit Lit'.

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The Grifters by Jim Thompson from Little, Brown & Company ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 4)

Product Description

Jim Thompson is an undisputed master of noir and The Grifters is, arguably, his masterpiece. If you've never enoyed his blistering crime tales before, you owe it to yourself to read this tale of con man Roy Dillon and his mother Lily--and thank heavens your family is nothing like theirs.

The 39 Clues: The Cahill Files #3: The Redcoat Chase by Clifford Riley from Scholastic ($3.35) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (September 4)

* FYI, Amazon has this book cheaper: The 39 Clues: The Cahill Files #3: The Redcoat Chase by Clifford Riley is also $3.03 for US Kindle.

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A brand new adventure from the world of The 39 Clues!

After 500 years, the Cahill family's most dangerous secrets are about to be revealed. Read at your own risk . . .

With the British marching on Washington under the command of a Vesper General, it's up to a young Madrigal in 1812 to save a treasure hidden in the White House. However, the enemy will stop at nothing to seize the artifact, even if it means burning the city to the ground.

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Two Mitch Albom Books from Hyperion ($1.99 Each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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To mark the September 4, 2012, release of best-selling author Mitch Albom’s new book, The Time Keeper, today's Daily Deal includes two Albom favorites: For One More Day, a haunting novel about the family we love, and Have a Little Faith--his first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie--about Albom's eulogy for an 82-year-old rabbi.

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Winner of the 2006 Newbery Honor Book award, this fresh take on the traditional princess story follows the adventures of Miri, daughter of peasant stone-quarry workers. When the king's priests divine her village contains the future princess, Miri's sent to learn the ways of royalty in a bitter, dangerous competition.