Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- January 2013

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A belated Happy New Year! Back from a break

Here's the new thread for January (*here's a link to my December 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 deal(s) for January 4!

Letters from My Sister by Alice Peterson from Quercus (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

From the bestselling author of Monday to Friday Man comes a tale of sisters and secrets. Bells is always writing to her sister Katie, but Katie never replies. Then Bells announces that she's coming to stay, and when she arrives, everything changes for Katie. Perhaps her perfect life isn't so perfect after all?

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The Devil's Waters (A USAF Pararescue Thriller, Book 1) by David L. Robbins from Thomas & Mercer ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

This gripping thriller features explosive close-quarters action, an elite Air Force para-rescue unit, and ingenious plot twists.

Of Eternal Life by Micah Persell from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

From the moment protagonist Eli Johnson opens his eyes--in the hidden basement lab of a military research facility--the action never stops.

The Woodcutter by Kate Danley from 47North ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Blending magic, heart-pounding suspense, and a dash of folklore, Kate Danley's The Woodcutter is an extraordinary retelling of the realm of fairy tales.

Once Upon A Curse (Tales of the Frog Princess) by E. D Baker from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Princess Emma is anxious to marry Eadric, but first she must undo the family curse that threatens to turn her into an evil hag after her upcoming 16th birthday.

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The Reason by William Sirls from Thomas Nelson ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 4)

Product Description

When terrible things happen, when suffering seems insurmountable, when all seems lost...what, then, do you believe? That's the question at the heart of William Sirls' gripping debut novel, where a mysterious carpenter comes to repair lightning damage to a Michigan church--and to teach a few lessons about the true nature of faith.

** A little cheaper on US Amazon

The Reason by William Sirls is $3.49

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The Amazon 100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or Less has updated for January! 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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FYI, For UK Kindlers:

The Amazon 100 Kindle Books for £2.99 or Less is a continuing 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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FYI, For Canadian Kindlers:

The Amazon January Monthly Deals in Kindle Books is a promo for Amazon Canada.

Each month we unveil a new collection of Kindle books for $3.99 or less in a wide variety of genres. You'll find great deals in mysteries, science fiction, romance, biographies and memoirs, and more.

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FYI, lots of $0.99 books from Sourcebooks! (Amazon search link)

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The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch from Amazon Crossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

The first book in the Hangman's Daughter series of historical thrillers by Oliver Pötzsch set in 17th-century Germany. When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a crude tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called in to investigate whether witchcraft is at play in his small Bavarian town. The new third book in the series, The Beggar King, will be released on January 8th, and can be pre-ordered for only £1.99.

The Dark Monk: A Hangman's Daughter Tale by Oliver Pötzsch from Amazon Crossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK 2nd Kindle Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

The second book in the Hangman's Daughter series of historical thrillers, The Dark Monk, is a labyrinth of clues and murky characters set in 17th-century Bavaria. The new third book in the series, The Beggar King, will be released on January 8th, and can be pre-ordered for only £1.99.

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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh from Little, Brown and Company ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

In this classic tale of British life between the World Wars, Evelyn Waugh parts company with the satire of his earlier works to examine affairs of the heart.

Wicked Intentions (Maiden Lane) by Elizabeth Hoyt from Grand Central Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

From the New York Times best-selling author of To Desire a Devil and the Maiden Lane series comes this thrilling tale of danger, desire, and dark passions.

Riddley Walker, Expanded Edition by Russell Hoban from Indiana University Press ($2.79) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Set in a remote future in a post-nuclear holocaust England, this masterpiece of 20th-century literature depicts humanity in an iron-age, semi-literate state.

Another Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup and Jeffrey Stewart Timmins from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

The plan was simple. Ethan Cheeseman would travel back in time to save his mother. But as narrator Dr. Soup relates, everything that can go wrong, does go wrong.

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Only You by Deborah Grace Staley from BelleBooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 5)

Product Description

Escape to the small town of Angel Ridge, Tennessee in this charming romance from Deborah Grace Staley (I'll Be There, Unforgettable.) Librarian Josie and handyman Cole are an unlikely couple, but sometimes true love starts with accepting people as they are.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Only You by Deborah Grace Staley now also $1.99

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My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers) by Rachel Vincent from MIRA Ink (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Fans of Twilight will enjoy this new crop of otherworldly beings. Something is wrong with Kaylee Cavanaugh--she can sense when someone near her is about to die. And when her classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, and only Kaylee knows who'll be next.

My Soul to Save (Soul Screamers - Book 2) by Rachel Vincent from MIRA Ink (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

When Kaylee Cavanaugh screams, someone dies. So when teen pop star Eden croaks onstage and Kaylee doesn't wail, she knows something is dead wrong. She can't cry for someone who has no soul. But the last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad's ironclad curfew and putting her boyfriend Nash's loyalty to the test.

My Soul to Keep (Soul Screamers - Book 3) by Rachel Vincent from MIRA Ink (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

My Soul to Keep is a thrilling urban fantasy with a twist in the tale. Kaylee has tried hard to work out what is going on, but the Netherworld continues to put stumbling blocks in her way. Kaylee and Nash have to cut off the source of the super-addictive substance, Demon Breath, and protect their friends from its evil grip. But someone is already hooked... Nash.

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Witches on Parole (WitchLight Trilogy: Book 1) by Debora Geary from Fireweed Publishing ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

The top-rated Witches on Parole offers light contemporary fantasy with a dose of humor, a little romance, and characters you won't want to leave.

All three books of Shéa MacLeod's Sunwalker Saga from Montlake Romance ($0.99 each) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Today only, save on all three books of Shéa MacLeod's Sunwalker Saga, an arresting trilogy of paranormal romances with a tempting twist of steampunk.

Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro from AmazonCrossing ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

A mysterious incident, buried in the news, is the only warning humanity receives that civilization will soon face a voracious virus that creates monsters of men.

13 top-rated titles from the American Girls Collection ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (January 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Today only, save on 13 top-rated titles from the American Girls Collection, a series of short, illustrated, historical fiction books for young readers.

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Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food by Lysa TerKeurst from Zondervan ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 5)

Product Description

As you consider diet and health plans, it's important to realize that human beings were made to crave. But that instincitve desire isn't just for food, but also for true spiritual satisfaction. With this book, Lysa TerKeurst provides a vital companion for your use alongside whatever lifestyle plan you choose to ensure health both in body and in spirit.

FYI, Amazon has not yet matched this Nook deal, but Lysa TerKeurst's second book:

Made to Crave Devotional: 60 Days to Craving God, Not Food by Lysa TerKeurst is $2.99 for US Kindle

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FYI, Amazon has now matched the Nook deal:

Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food by Lysa TerKeurst also $2.99

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M: MI5's First Spymaster by Andrew Cook from The History Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

This is the amazing true story of the real 'M': William Melville, MI5's founding father and the inspiration for Ian Flemings's character in the James Bond books. With the help of recently declassified records and family material, this is the story of M's Secret Service career--including the breaking of German spy rings prior to the outbreak of World War I.

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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Barbara Kingsolver's ambitious novel dances between the dark comedy of human failings and the breathtaking possibilities of human hope.

Her Secret Desire (A Novel of Lord Hawkesbury's Players) by C.J. Archer from Montlake Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Funny, fast-paced, and with a deliciously dark edge, this historical romance offers a romp through Elizabethan England, where finding love is written in the stars.

Return From The Stars (Helen and Kurt Wolff Books) by Stanislaw Lem from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

From the most widely translated science-fiction author outside of the English language comes a novel that imagines Earth filled with medically neutralized humans.

My Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Depicting the harsh reality of life in Alaska and told by five different narrators, this powerful story was a 2011 National Book Award Finalist in Young People's Literature.

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The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming from Crux Publishing ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 7)

Product Description

The fall of the Incan empire at the hands of Spain's conquistadors is a fascinating story, as compelling as any thirller novel. Learn this pivotal moment in world history with this John Hemming's account, reflecting the region's latest acheological discoveries.

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The Inquisitor’s Apprentice by Chris Moriarty (Harcourt Children’s Books) is $2.99

Book Description:

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

The day Sacha found out he could see witches was the worst day of his life . . .

Being an Inquisitor is no job for a nice Jewish boy. But when the police learn that Sacha Kessler can see witches, he’s apprenticed to the department’s star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf. Their mission is to stop magical crime. And New York at the beginning of the twentieth century is a magical melting pot where each ethnic group has its own brand of homegrown witchcraft, and magical gangs rule the streets from Hell’s Kitchen to Chinatown. Soon Sacha has teamed up with fellow apprentice Lily Astral, daughter of one of the city’s richest Wall Street Wizards—and a spoiled snob, if you ask Sacha. Their first case is to find out who’s trying to kill Thomas Edison. Edison has invented a mechanical witch detector that could unleash the worst witch-hunt in American history. Every magician in town has a motive to kill him. But as the investigation unfolds, all the clues lead back to the Lower East Side. And Sacha soon realizes that his own family could be accused of murder!

The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story by Joel ben Izzy (Algonquin Books) is $1.99

Book Description:

When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he’s lost everything. In fact, he’s been given a great gift.

Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and his livelihood, he retreated into dark, sullen silence and depression. While searching for a spiritual explanation, he encountered his former mentor, a cantankerous and often drunken old man. Their meetings began a journey into the timeless wisdom of ancient tales: of beggars and kings, monks and tigers, lost horses, buried treasures, and ultimately the secret of happiness.

In this altogether original book, Joel ben Izzy shares his personal account of surviving loss, gaining wisdom, and rediscovering one’s true purpose. Weaving in tales he’s collected over the years from Sufi, Muslim, Chinese, Jewish, Iraqi, Zen Buddhist, Italian, and Indian cultures, he passes along the lessons he has learned. As we travel with ben Izzy from tragedy back into light and sound, we are encouraged to see our own lives as stories, and to open our own hearts to happiness.

The Space Between Us by Megan Hart (Harlequin MIRA) is $1.99

Book Description:

Tesla Martin is drifting pleasantly through life, slinging lattes at Morningstar Mocha, enjoying the ebb and flow of caffeine-starved customers, devoted to her cadre of regulars. But none of the bottomless-cup crowd compares with Meredith, a charismatic force of nature who can coax intimate tales from even the shyest of Morningstar’s clientele.

Caught in Meredith’s sensual, irresistible orbit, inexpressibly flattered by the siren’s attention, Tesla shares long-buried chapters of her life, holding nothing back. Nothing Meredith proposes seems impossible—not even Tesla sleeping with Meredith’s husband, Charlie, while she looks on. After all, it’s all in fun, isn’t it?

In a heartbeat, vulnerable Tesla is swept into a spectacular love triangle. Together, gentle, grounded Charlie and sparkling, maddening Meredith are everything Tesla has ever needed, wanted, or dreamed of, even if no one else on earth understands. They’re three against the world.

But soon one of the vertices begins pulling away until only two points remain—and the space between them gapes with confusion, with grief and with possibility….

Gentleman Captain (Matthew Quinton Journals) by J.D. Davies (Sourcebooks Casablanca) is $2.99

Book Description:

1662: Restoration England. Cromwell is dead, and King Charles II has reclaimed the throne after years of civil war. It is a time of divided allegiances, intrigue, and outright treachery. With rebellion stirring in the Scottish Isles, the hard-pressed sovereign needs men he can trust to sail north and defuse this new threat.

Matthew Quinton is such a man—the second son of a noble royalist family, he is loyal, if inexperienced. Having sunk the first man-of-war under his command within weeks, Matthew is determined to complete his second mission without loss of life or honor. Upon taking command of His Majesty’s Ship the Jupiter, the young “gentleman captain” is faced with a resentful crew and has but few on whom he can rely: Kit Farrell, an illiterate commoner with vast seafaring experience, and Phineas Musk, a roguish but steadfast family retainer. As they approach the wild coast of Scotland, Matthew begins to learn the ropes and win the respect of his fellow officers and sailors.

But he has other difficulties on the voyage north: a suspicion that the previous captain of the Jupiter was murdered, a feeling that many among his crew have something to hide, and the growing conviction that betrayal lies closer to home than he had thought.

With cannon fire by sea and swordplay by land, Gentleman Captain is a rousing high-seas adventure in the finest nautical tradition.

An Affair Before Christmas (Desperate Duchesses) by Eloisa James (HarperCollins) is $0.99

Book Description:

Magic under the mistletoe . . .

One spectacular Christmas, Lady Perdita Selby, known to her friends and family as Poppy, met the man she thought she would love forever. The devilishly attractive Duke of Fletcher was the perfect match for the innocent, breathtakingly beautiful young Englishwoman, and theirs was the most romantic wedding she had ever seen. Four years later, Poppy and the duke have become the toast of the ton . . . but behind closed doors the spark of their love affair has burned out.

Unwilling to lose the woman he still lusts after, the duke is determined to win back his beguiling bride’s delectable affections . . . and surpass the heady days of first love with a truly sinful seduction.

The Duke Is Mine (Happily Ever After) by Eloisa James (Avon) is $1.99

Book Description:

Tarquin, the powerful Duke of Sconce, knows perfectly well that the decorous and fashionably slender Georgiana Lytton will make him a proper duchess. So why can’t he stop thinking about her twin sister, the curvy, headstrong, and altogether unconventional Olivia? Not only is Olivia betrothed to another man, but their improper, albeit intoxicating, flirtation makes her unsuitability all the more clear.

Determined to make a perfect match, he methodically cuts Olivia from his thoughts, allowing logic and duty to triumph over passion…Until, in his darkest hour, Quin begins to question whether perfection has anything to do with love.

To win Olivia’s hand he would have to give up all the beliefs he holds most dear, and surrender heart, body and soul…

Unless it’s already too late.

Don’t miss a new version of The Princess & the Pea, asking an age-old question: What is a perfect princess?

Beat the Reaper: A Novel (Dr. Pietro Brnwa Novels) by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown and Company) is $2.99

Book Description:

Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan’s worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he’d prefer to keep hidden. Whether it’s a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

Pietro “Bearclaw” Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he’s the last person you want to see in your hospital room.

Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is Dr. Brown’s new patient, with three months to live and a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brnwa might-just might-be the same person …

Now, with the mob, the government, and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours-and somehow beat the reaper.

Spattered in adrenaline-fueled action and bone-saw-sharp dialogue, BEAT THE REAPER is a debut thriller so utterly original you won’t be able to guess what happens next, and so shockingly entertaining you won’t be able to put it down.

The Soldier’s Wife by Margaret Leroy (Hyperion) is $2.24

Book Description:

A novel full of grand passion and intensity, The Soldier’s Wife asks “What would you do for your family” “What should you do for a stranger” and “What would you do for love”

As World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that there will be sacrifices to be made. Not just for herself, but for her two young daughters and for her mother-in-law, for whom she cares while her husband is away fighting. What she does not expect is that she will fall in love with one of the enigmatic German soldiers who take up residence in the house next door to her home. As their relationship intensifies, so do the pressures on Vivienne. Food and resources grow scant, and the restrictions placed upon the residents of the island grow with each passing week. Though Vivienne knows the perils of her love affair with Gunther, she believes that she can keep their relationship—and her family—safe. But when she becomes aware of the full brutality of the Occupation, she must decide if she is willing to risk her personal happiness for the life of a stranger.

If You Lived Here by Dana Sachs (HarperCollins) is $1.99

Book Description:

Forty-two-year-old Shelley Marino’s desperate yearning for a child has led her to one of the only doors still open to her: foreign adoption.

It is a decision that strains and ultimately shatters her relationship with her husband, Martin — the veteran of an Asian war who cannot reconcile what Shelley wants with what he knows about the world. But it unites her with Mai, who emigrated from Vietnam decades ago and has now acquired the accoutrements of the American dream in an effort to dull the memory of the tragedy that drove her from her homeland.

As a powerful friendship is forged, two women embark on a life-altering journey to the world Mai left behind — to confront the stark realities of a painful past and embrace the promise of the future.

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FYI, Amazon matched the Nook deal:

The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming also $2.99

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Open Road Iconic Ebooks) is $1.99

Book Description

Alice Walker’s masterpiece, a powerful novel of courage in the face of oppression

Celie has grown up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse. Not only is she poor and despised by the society around her, she’s badly treated by her family. As a teenager she begins writing letters directly to God in an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear. Her letters span twenty years and record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through the guiding light of a few strong women and her own implacable will to find harmony with herself and her home.
The Color Purple’s deeply inspirational narrative, coupled with Walker’s prodigious talent as a stylist and storyteller, have made the novel a contemporary classic of American letters.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

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How to Destroy the Universe: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Physics by Paul Parsons from The History Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

This is an entertaining and fascinating introduction to the world of cutting-edge physics. How do you generate a force field? Could you survive falling into a black hole? How do you turn lead into gold? If you thought physics was all about measuring the temperature of ice in a bucket, think again.

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Dead In Red (The Jeff Resnick Mysteries) by L.L. Bartlett from Polaris Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Since the vicious mugging that changed his life, murder and mayhem follow Jeff Resnick, a down-and-out insurance investigator with unruly psychic powers, and the hero in this mesmerizing mystery.

Under the Moon (Goddesses Rising) by Natalie J. Damschroder from Entangled Select ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Quinn Caldwell is the epitome of a modern goddess, her abilities restricted only by the phases of the moon. But someone has learned to drain a goddess of her powers, and Quinn is a target.

Technomancer (Unspeakable Things: Book One) by B.V. Larson from 47North ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Quentin Draith wakes up in a sanatorium with no memory of who he is or how he was so badly injured. Soon he realizes that some truths are better off staying buried.

Beta by Rachel Cohn from Disney Hyperion ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Elysia serves the wealthy inhabitants of an island paradise, until she realizes that she is a "Defect," and that if any humans finds out, it will cost her her life.

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Live Life Right Here Right Now by Carole Lewis from Gospel Light Publications ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 8)

Product Description

Some people live in the past, consumed with reget. Some live for the future, fretting about what might be. But the only true path to happiness is to be present in the present. Learn how to make today your best day with this no-nonsense guide from Carole Lewis (Hope 4 You, A Thankful Heart.)

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FYI, Amazon matched the Nook deal:

Live Life Right Here Right Now by Carole Lewis also $3.99

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The Falls: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates (HarperCollins) is $2.99

Book Description:

It is 1950 and, after a disastrous honeymoon night, Ariah Erskine’s young husband throws himself into the roaring waters of Niagara Falls. Ariah, “the Widow Bride of the Falls,” begins a relentless seven-day vigil in the mist, waiting for his body to be found. At her side is confirmed bachelor and pillar of the community Dirk Burnaby, who is unexpectedly drawn to her. What follows is a passionate love affair, marriage, and family — a seemingly perfect existence. But tragedy soon takes over their lives, poisoning their halcyon years with distrust, greed, and murder.

Set against the mythic-historic backdrop of Niagara Falls in the mid-twentieth century, this haunting exploration of the American family in crisis is a stunning achievement from “one of the great artistic forces of our time” (The Nation).

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Nightwatcher by Wendy Corsi Staub (Harper) is $2.99

Book Description:

As the city sleeps in the early hours of September 10, 2001, the killer waits and watches, unaware of the cataclysm to come. Even the nightmare of 9/11 will not postpone his private reign of terror.

Allison Taylor adores her adopted city, New York, loving every minute of the invigorating urban hustle. But on a bright and clear September morning, the familiar landscape around her is savagely altered—and in the midst of widespread chaos and fear, a woman living upstairs from her is found, brutally slaughtered and mutilated.

For Allison . . . for her neighbor, James “Mack” MacKenna, desperately searching for news of his missing wife . . . for homicide detective Rocky Manzillo, hunting for a monster called “The Nightwatcher” amid the smoking ruins of a devastated city, this tragic day will hold a special horror. Because a different kind of terror has entered their lives . . . and it’s coming to claim Allison Taylor as its next victim.

Song of Slaves in the Desert by Alan Cheuse (Sourcebooks Landmark) is $0.99

Book Description:

The Legacy of Slavery
The Loyalty of Family
The Lure of Love

He has no history in the rice fields, no background in being a master. Plantations are as foreign to him as the African plain that birthed the slaves his uncle owns. Surely, though, he knows his own heart. She has no say in his decisions, his day, his life. She doesn’t even have a say in her own. But when Nathaniel Pereira plunges into the murky mysteries of freedom and survival in the suffocating Southern heat, Liza can see how she might change her life forever.

Tracing the thread of slavery from sixteenth-century Timbuktu, Song of Slaves in the Desert explores one man’s struggle to understand a world where honor is in short supply yet dignity cannot be sold. His mission in peril, his mind nearly undone, Nathaniel’s obsession binds him to his fate more tightly than chains ever could.

One Good Deed a Day by Chronicle Books (HarperCollins) is $0.99

Book Description:

If kindness is indeed contagious, it’s about to go absolutely viral.

This uplifting book suggests 365 seemingly simple actions that have the power to ignite a chain reaction of compassion. Each brightly illustrated page features an inspiring prompt ( tell a friend why she means the world to you, pay for the car behind you at the toll booth, say a blessing for one thing you’re grateful for today ) encouraging people to make meaningful connections with loved ones, build community, spread cheer to strangers, or prioritize their own happiness.

The Story of Charlotte’s Web by Michael Sims (Bloomsbury Publishing) is $2.99

Book Description:

As he was composing what was to become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White was obeying that oft-repeated maxim: “Write what you know.” Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats-White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours.

Painfully shy his entire life, “this boy,” White once wrote of himself, “felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people.” It’s all the more impressive, therefore, how many people have felt a kinship with E. B. White. With Charlotte’s Web, which has gone on to sell more than 45 million copies, the man William Shawn called “the most companionable of writers” lodged his own character, the avuncular author, into the hearts of generations of readers.

In The Story of Charlotte’s Web, Michael Sims shows how White solved what critic Clifton Fadiman once called “the standing problem of the juvenile-fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole” by mining the raw ore of his childhood friendship with animals in Mount Vernon, New York. translating his own passions and contradictions, delights and fears, into an all-time classic. Blending White’s correspondence with the likes of Ursula Nordstrom, James Thurber, and Harold Ross, the E. B. White papers at Cornell, and the archives of HarperCollins and the New Yorker into his own elegant narrative, Sims brings to life the shy boy whose animal stories–real and imaginary–made him famous around the world.

My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper (Pocket Star) is $1.99

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A brand-new novel in an original eBook series from popular romance author Molly Harper!

When Sadie & Josh compete for the same Kentucky Tourism Commission job, sparks fly—turns out Kentucky really is for lovers.

Sadie Hutchins loves her job at the Kentucky Tourism Commission. Not only could her co-workers double as the cast of Parks & Recreation, but she loves finding the unusual sites, hidden gems, and just-plain-odd tourist attractions of her home state. She’s a shoo-in for the director’s job when her boss retires at the end of the year…until hotshot Josh Vaughn shows up to challenge her for the position.

Josh is all sophisticated polish while Sadie’s country comfort, and the two have very different ideas of what makes a good campaign. So when their boss pits them against each other in a winner-takes-all contest, they’re both willing to fight dirty if it means getting what they want. But it turns out, what Josh and Sadie want could be each other—and Josh’s kisses are the best Kentucky attraction Sadie’s found yet!

Season for Seduction by Jennifer Haymore (Forever) is $2.99

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Although the widowed Lady Rebecca has sworn off marriage, men are another matter. London’s cold winter nights have her dreaming of warmer pursuits-like finding a lover to satisfy her hungry heart. Someone handsome, discreet, and most importantly as uninterested in marriage as she is. Someone like Jack Fulton.

A known adventurer and playboy, Jack seems like the perfect choice. There’s just one problem: Jack isn’t interested in an affair. He needs the beautiful, mysterious Lady Rebecca to be his wife. And he doesn’t have much time to persuade her. A secret from Jack’s past is about to surface, and by Christmas Day he’ll be either married to Rebecca or dead.

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At a dinner party, a young boy slips out of sight beneath the table, leaving an MP3 player to record the adult voices chattering above him. What he hears changes everything he thought he knew about him family, and sets the plot racing towards its final devastating conclusion.

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Set against the backdrop of colonial 19th-century New Zealand, In the Land of the Long White Cloud is a soaring saga of friendship, romance, and unforgettable adventure.

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In her debut novel, Brazilian freelance graphic designer Denyse Cohen weaves a fiery contemporary romance between a wannabe rock star and his band's photographer.

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The poetic and reverent Zombie Bible continues with the tale of Devora, the navi ("prophet") who forges a difficult alliance to stave off the shuffling hordes.

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From the award-winning author of Little Pea comes a clever take on the age-old optical illusion. Is it a duck or a rabbit? (Grades K-2)

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Everybody knows that everybody cheats. Everyone cuts corners, compromises principles, choses expediency over integrity -- that happens all the time, right? Wrong. Jon Huntsman became a self-made billionaire, building up his business based on honesty, respect, and generosity. Read how he did it -- and how you can do it too.