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Kindle Daily Deal: The Black Stiletto - April 19th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 19th, 2012

Title: The Black Stiletto By N/A



About: While caring for his elderly, Alzheimer's-stricken mother, Martin Talbot discovers her cached diaries. Reading through them, he's stunned to realize that his mother may be the mysterious, deadly vigilante of yesteryear, the Black Stiletto. Martin doubts the accounts until one of the Black Stiletto's most vicious enemies returns for revenge.

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Could Martin Talbot's elderly, Alzheimer-stricken mother, Judy, really have been the Black Stiletto? When Martin discovers several volumes of her diaries hidden by his mother, he is stunned beyond all imagination. His mother, the underground heroine of yesteryear? The famed ,still unidentified woman who battled Communist spies, took on the Mafia, and preyed on common crooks? The woman who exacted punishment on evildoers without mercy?But it is all described, in great detail, in the diaries. What caused her to begin her quest for justice. Her decision to act outside the law. Her feats as the famed and feared vigilante. How her reputation exploded. In short, how it all played out. Could it be true? Talbot is filled with doubt and disbelief. But the reappearance of one of the Stiletto's old enemies with a thirst for merciless revenge makes the story more than real and could imperil the life of not only the Stiletto, but her son and granddaughter as well.

Language: English
# of Pages: 286
File Size: 426 KB
Published by Oceanview Publishing, on September 5, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Through a WindowDetailing Dr. Jane Goodall's decades of pioneering work with wild chimpanzees in Africa, Through a Window - April 20th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 20th, 2012

Title: Through a WindowDetailing Dr. Jane Goodall's decades of pioneering work with wild chimpanzees in Africa, Through a Window By Jane Goodall



About: Detailing Dr. Jane Goodall's decades of pioneering work with wild chimpanzees in Africa, Through a Window reads like a novel. Her research paints a vivid portrait of our closest relatives and reveals the essence of human emotions. Goodall holds up the mirror of chimpanzee life, and we see ourselves reflected.

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YA-- The detailed observations of the life, habits, and behavior of chimpanzees in the wild continues in this interesting account. The conversational storytelling style is readable for both science students and non-science-oriented teens. Readers meet the assertive but caring Gigi; the aggressive Goblin; and the cannibalistic Passion. Chapters are organized around either a theme or a particular chimp who displays a special character trait. The last two chapters and two appendixes are special pleas for conservation and wildlife management to prevent the extinction of chimpanzees in the wild and for care of the chimps used in laboratories.
-Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language: English
# of Pages: 400
File Size: 958 KB
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 50th Anniversary of Gombe edition, on April 7, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Solomon's Oak - April 21st, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 21st, 2012

Title: Solomon's Oak By Jo-Ann Mapson



About: Nearing ruin on her Central California farm, young widow Glory Solomon holds weddings in a chapel beneath her 200-year-old white oak tree to make ends meet. When her farm draws an abandoned teenage girl and the tree brings a broken-down ex-cop to her door, the three forge an unexpected bond.

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Newly widowed, Glory Solomon is barely holding on to her feelings or her finances when she begins hosting destination weddings in the rustic chapel her late husband built in the shade of their towering, historic white oak. On the day a pirate-themed ceremony takes place, however, Glory embarks on a bigger adventure than any saucy bride or her swashbuckling groom could imagine. Having raised foster sons in the past when Dan was alive, Glory finds herself totally unprepared for the tattooed, pierced, and ill-tempered 14-year-old girl who is put in her care. Juniper’s family fell apart when her older sister disappeared, and her raw emotions at being abandoned by her loved ones prove to be more than fragile Glory can handle. Fortunately, help arrives in the form of Joseph Virgil, a wounded ex-cop with significant emotional baggage of his own. With abundant compassion and soothing humor, three damaged souls are rescued in Mapson’s delicate tale of renewal and healing. --Carol Haggas

Language: English
# of Pages: 382
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Published by Bloomsbury, on October 19, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Distant Land of My Father - April 22nd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 22nd, 2012

Title: The Distant Land of My Father By Bo Caldwell



About: Anna and her father forged a special bond during her childhood in the magical world of Shanghai before the WWII Japanese occupation. Her family fled the war, but her father remained. Late in his life, Anna reconnects with him, but she doesn't fully understand him until finding his extensive journals.

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Caldwell's memoirlike first novel begins in 1930s Shanghai, a city where enterprising foreign entrepreneurs can quickly become millionaires and just as quickly lose everything as victims of the volatile political climate. Six-year-old narrator Anna Schoene tells the tale of her insurance salesman/smuggler father, Joseph, the son of American missionaries, whose life-long obsession with the city's opportunities gains him great riches, though it ultimately costs him his family and almost his life. Anna worships her father. Her life in Shanghai has been one of privilege, thanks to his shady business dealings. But after a harrowing kidnapping incident, and frightened by the Japanese invasion of China, her mother, Genevieve, flees home to South Pasadena, Calif., taking Anna with her. Joseph is convinced that his connections will keep him safe and refuses to leave. Imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese and subsequently the Chinese Communists, he survives, although he loses everything and is finally deported back to America in 1954. Over the years Anna has distanced herself emotionally from her father, realizing he needed money and power more than he needed his family. But when the physically broken and spiritually reborn Joseph returns to California, he reconciles with the grown Anna and her family. The memoir-style structure lends the characters a certain flatness, but Caldwell's even tone gives the tale a panoramic elegance. Though lacking in narrative vitality, the novel is interesting from a historical perspective and vivid with details of prewar Shanghai and Los Angeles. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Language: English
# of Pages: 385
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Published by Chronicle Books, on September 1, 2001.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Into the BlackOn its maiden voyage, the Odyssey - April 23rd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 23rd, 2012

Title: Into the BlackOn its maiden voyage, the Odyssey By N/A



About: On its maiden voyage, the Odyssey pushes past Earth's atmosphere and deep into the galaxy. During their journey, Captain Eric Weston and his crew encounter new horrors, wonders, monsters, and people. All will test their resolve and abilities while putting in sharp relief what is necessary to be a hero.

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Evan has been writing most of his life in one format or another, and though his post-secondary education was in computer sciences and he has worked in the local lobster industry steadily over the last decade, writing has always been his true passion. In his own words, "It's what I do for fun and to relax. There's not much I can imagine better than being a storyteller."

Language: English
# of Pages: 587
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Published by 47North; Remastered edition, on March 27, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Heroes and Monsters - April 24th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 24th, 2012

Title: Heroes and Monsters By Josh James Riebock



About: In this stunningly honest book, Josh James Riebock explores issues of trust, grief, purpose, and the unexpected stops along the journey that shapes us into the people we are. Riebock shows readers that pain and beauty are so inextricably linked that to lose the former costs us the latter.

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Every one of us is both a hero and a monster, and the world we inhabit is both beautiful and twisted. We are shaken by changes, losses, gains, insights, desires, mistakes, and transitions. And just when we've gotten settled back down, things get shaken up again. This is the life we've been given. So how do we make sense of life's unexpected nature, find a way to embrace the tension, and live with a sense of peace despite pain?

In this stunningly honest, compelling, and ultimately hopeful book, Josh James Riebock explores issues of trust, obedience, intimacy, dreams, grief, purpose, and the unexpected stops along the journey that form us into the people we are. In a creative way, he shows readers that pain and beauty are so inextricably linked that to lose the former costs us the latter.

Those grappling with life's inconsistencies and trials will especially find a welcome resonance between their lives and Heroes and Monsters. Riebock both validates their experiences and challenges them to live beyond them in this ever-changing life.

Language: English
# of Pages: 304
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Published by Baker Books, on March 1, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Shell Games - April 25th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 25th, 2012

Title: Shell Games By Kirk Russell



About: After California Department of Fish and Game Lieutenant John Marquez finds thousands of empty abalone shells and two murdered divers, he learns he's next on the hit list. Who's the killer? Marquez suspects Kline, a vicious drug smuggler turned abalone poacher that Marquez knew while serving with the DEA.

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In an era of global terrorism, saving California's endangered abalone might not seem like the highest of priorities, and Lt. John Marquez -- head of a special operations unit of the state's Department of Fish and Game -- knows it. "A faction of the public had grown weary of trying to save species, of competing with animals for space and the right to make a living," he thinks as he prepares to confront a bereaved Vietnamese poacher whose teenage son has drowned and who has a freezer full of illegal abalone.

But Marquez also knows that the particular band of abalone poachers he's after now -- people who have already killed a couple of times and will continue to escalate the body count -- are not just a "handful of former commercial divers disgruntled with DFG regulations, scheming to get rich."

These villains are more like the vicious band, headed by a vindictive Irish psychopath named Kline, that wiped out Marquez's team when he was with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration a few years back.

A large part of the considerable strength of Kirk Russell's first mystery novel (along with his clear and pungent writing, especially about the primal weirdness of life along the Mendocino coast) comes from the way he makes us quickly believe in Marquez and his cause -- mostly by letting us watch as the Fish and Gamers get frustrated, pushed around and generally shut out by the FBI and local police agencies. One of Marquez's bosses points out that the country's "post 9/11 gear-up" is a lot like the way the FBI responded to the Cold War communist threat of the 1950s: "They spent a lot of money and threw a lot of agents at the problem and our enemies just adapted."

Marquez, of course, isn't about to sit back and suck up the punishment, but he has to be extra careful -- especially with a newly pregnant team partner, a wife wondering whether to go on with their shaky marriage, and the scary Kline floating around out there, holding on tight to an old grudge. -Chicago Tribune

"You know as you read this one that you are on to something good. Kirk Russell comes out of the gate with a story brimming with fresh characters and artful prose. Shell Games announces the start of what I think will be a great career." -Michael Connelly

"Excellent...a compelling plot, fully realized characters, white-knuckle suspense, and unusual yet accessible settings. What truly sets it apart, though, is Kirk Russell's vigorous, lovely, unadorned prose. Shell Games marks the debut of a substantial new talent in crime fiction." -John Lescroart

"Shell Games integrates spellbinding suspense into a wonderfully unpredictable plot that holds the reader hostage to the very last page." -Ridley Pearson

"Compelling characters, unrelenting suspense, and vivid settings all add up to a great read. Kirk Russell's Shell Games is so well-crafted, it's hard to believe it's a first novel." -Jan Burke

In recent years, mystery writers seem to have entered a secret contest to see who could come up with the best variant on the traditional detective heroes: cops or ex-cops (usually wounded or traumatized) turned private eyes. Russell should walk off with the award for far and away the most inventive new detective hero-an ex-DEA agent who now heads a covert special operations unit of the California Department of Fish and Game. Lieutenant Marquez's job is to protect wildlife, but two discoveries-a slew of empty abalone shells and the bodies of two murdered divers--propel Marquez back into his narc-fighting days. Behind the empty shells and the slain divers is a drug runner making big money smuggling abalone. The plot moves, credibly and intriguingly, from Marquez's bewildering discovery to a fight for his own life as the drug lord hunts him down. A first-rate start to a projected series. -Booklist

A special squad of undercover endangered-species investigators goes after poachers and ends up taking on a nightmarish int

Language: English
# of Pages: 362
File Size: 491 KB
Published by Chronicle Books, on September 9, 2004.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Blue is for Nightmares - April 26th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 26th, 2012

Title: Blue is for Nightmares By N/A



About: Boarding school junior Stacey Brown has nightmares too real to ignore. When they come true, Stacey's shocked to find that they're about her best friend, Drea. A psychotic stalker targets Drea in Stacey's nighttime visions, and Stacey knows she'll need to summon all her magical abilities to protect her friend.

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"A 2007 YALSA Popular Paperback" "A 2005 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers" "A 2004 YALSA Teens' Top Ten nominee" -- YALSA Committee "American Library Association"

Language: English
# of Pages: 289
File Size: 1737 KB
Published by Llewellyn Publications, on November 1, 2003.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Sirens of Titan - April 27th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 27th, 2012

Title: The Sirens of Titan By N/A



About: Malachi Constant is a feckless, kind-hearted millionaire moving through the solar system on a quest for the meaning of existence. He's aided by fellow tycoon Winston Rumfoord, who--with the help of aliens--discovered the fundamental meaning of life. Together, their goofy charm barely shields them from the indifferent universe.

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The Sirens of Titan (1959) is Vonnegut's second novel and was on the Hugo ballot with Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers but lost in what Harlan Ellison has called a monumental injustice. Sirens of Titan is a picaresque novel which almost defies being synposized; it is an interplanetary Candide (lacking perhaps Voltaire's utter bitterness), the book follows lead character Malachi Constant, a feckless but kind-hearted millionaire as he moves through the solar system on his quest for the meaning of all existence.

Constant is aided by another tycoon, Winston Rumfoord, who with the help of aliens has actually discovered the fundamental meaning of life (the retrieval of an alien artifact with an inscribed message of greetings). With the assistance of Salo, an alien root and overseeing the alien race, the Tralmafadorians (who also feature in Slaughterhouse-Five), Constant attempts to find some cosmic sense and order in the face of universal malevolence. Together Constant and Rumfoord deal with the metaphysics of ""chrono-synclastic infundibula"", they deal with the interference of the Tralmafadorians; the novel is pervaded by a goofy, episodic charm which barely shields the readers (or the characters) from the sense of a large and indifferent universe.

All of Vonnegut's themes and obsessions (which are further developed and/or recycled in later work) are evident here in this novel which is more hopeful than most of Vonnegut's canon. It is suggested that ultimately Constant learns that only it is impossible to learn, and that fate (and the Tralmafodorians) are impenetrable, unavoidable circumstance.

On the basis of this novel, Vonnegut was wholly claimed by the science fiction community (as witnessed by the Hugo nomination), but Vonnegut did not likewise wish to claim the community for himself and the feelings were not reciprocal. He felt from the outset that being identified as a science fiction writer could only limit his audience and trivialize his themes. His recurring character, the hack science fiction writer, Kilgore Trout (who also features in Slaughterhouse-Five), represented to Vonnegut the worst case scenario of the writer he did not wish to become.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) is one of the most beloved American writers of the twentieth century. Vonnegut's audience increased steadily since his first five pieces in the 1950s and grew from there. His 1968 novel Slaughterhouse-Five has become a canonic war novel with Joseph Heller's Catch-22 to form the truest and darkest of what came from World War II.

Vonnegut began his career as a science fiction writer, and his early novels - Player Piano and The Sirens of Titan - were categorized as such even as they appealed to an audience far beyond the reach of the category. In the 1960s, Vonnegut became closely associated with the Baby Boomer generation, a writer on that side, so to speak.

Now that Vonnegut's work has been studied as a large body of work, it has been more deeply understood and unified. There is a consistency to his satirical insight, humor and anger which makes his work so synergistic. It seems clear that the more of Vonnegut's work you read, the more it resonates and the more you wish to read. Scholars believe that Vonnegut's reputation (like Mark Twain's) will grow steadily through the decades as his work continues to increase in relevance and new connections are formed, new insights made.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

From classic book to classic film, RosettaBooks has gathered some of most memorable books into film available. The selection is broad ranging and far reaching, with books from classic genre to cult classic to science fiction and horror and a blend of the two creating whole new genres like Richard Matheson's The Shrinking Man. Classic works from Vonnegut, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, meet with E.M. Forster's A Passage to India.

Language: English
# of Pages: 338
File Size: 380 KB
Published by RosettaBooks, on July 1, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Because of Winn-Dixie - April 28th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 28th, 2012

Title: Because of Winn-Dixie By Kate Dicamillo



About: In this 2001 Newbery Honor Book, 10-year-old Opal moves to Florida with her father and brings home a big, suffering dog from the supermarket. She names the mongrel Winn-Dixie, after the store, and with Winn-Dixie breaking the ice, Opal spends the summer making new friends of all kinds.

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DiCamillo's debut novel, a 2001 Newbery Honor Book, percolates with heartfelt emotion and eccentric Southern color as superbly performed by Tony Award-winning actress Jones. Ten-year-old Opal, lonely in the Florida town where she has just moved with her preacher father, instantly takes a shine to a scraggly stray dog she encounters in the local Winn-Dixie supermarket. The pooch, named for their meeting place, becomes a trusted companion with whom Opal can share her thoughts and fears, and her hurt, confused feelings about the mother who left the family when Opal was three. Winn-Dixie is soon helping Opal in other ways, too. The dog's "smile" and sweet temperament act as ice breakers that allow Opal to meet a whole new group of friends who grow to be an unusual extended family. Jones imbues her depiction of Opal with a tone of youthful, hopeful wonder and skillfully transforms her voice to distinguish the other older, life-weathered characters. A Tennessee native, she never sounds hokey as she adopts a Southern accent, and she effortlessly slips into a compelling storytelling rhythm. This is a top-notch treatment of an award-winning tale. Ages 8-up. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Language: English
# of Pages: 182
File Size: 477 KB
Published by Candlewick; Reprint edition, on September 8, 2009.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: More than 100 Mystery and Crime Novels - April 29th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 29th, 2012

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More than 100 Mystery and Crime Novels



About: Buried beneath every modern mystery and crime novel is an influential body of work. The Prologue Crime Collection mines these gems to shed light on books from generations past that have influenced today's new releases, offering a page-turning look into the evolution of the modern-day crime and mystery genres.

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Kindle Daily Deal: After Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilMarilyn Bardsley exposes the naked truth behind the death of Danny Hansford at the hands of his eccentric lover, the iconic Savannah, Georgia, socialite Jim Williams. It's a bizarre, pag

Kindle Daily Deal for April 30th, 2012

Title: After Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilMarilyn Bardsley exposes the naked truth behind the death of Danny Hansford at the hands of his eccentric lover, the iconic Savannah, Georgia, socialite Jim Williams. It's a bizarre, page-turning look at the crime which inspired the best-selling novel and hit movie, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. By Marilyn Bardsley



About: Marilyn Bardsley exposes the naked truth behind the death of Danny Hansford at the hands of his eccentric lover, the iconic Savannah, Georgia, socialite Jim Williams. It's a bizarre, page-turning look at the crime which inspired the best-selling novel and hit movie, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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(A 100-page True Crime Short with photographs) Clint Eastwood’s movie and the book from which it was made — Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil — put the grand historic city of Savannah on the map. Tourists flocked to see the gorgeous mansion where flamboyant designer and antiques dealer Jim Williams, played by Kevin Spacey, killed his young gay lover, played by Jude Law. While the movie portrayed the natives of Savannah as remarkably decadent, exotic characters, it missed the amazing dark side of Jim Williams himself.

Savannah owes Jim Williams an enormous debt of gratitude for his remarkable restoration of historic houses. A brilliant and intensely interesting, charismatic figure, he brought a style and sophistication to the city that it did not have before. Rich and famous people, like Jacqueline Onassis and Rockefellers, made special trips to bargain for his extraordinary antique treasures. However, he was also a smooth predator, whose crimes could have put him behind bars long before he shot his lover.

The wonderful world of Jim Williams came crashing down on him one night after he killed Danny Hansford. Williams stood trial four times for premeditated murder. Between the passionate and dedicated prosecution and the best defense lawyers money could buy, precisely what happened that night is still a mystery. The prosecution’s documents, never published before, reveal its highly effective strategies and the intrigue that caused the Georgia Supreme Court to overturn two convictions.

“Finally! The real story of one of the most bizarre cases in modern crime history. Marilyn Bardsley has nailed it. The movie was Hollywood. The book was...a stretch. After Midnight is the unvarnished truth.”

—Chuck Hustmyre, bestselling crime novelist and screenwriter, A Killer Like Me and House of the Rising Sun

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marilyn Bardsley is the editor of RosettaBooks’s Crimescape series and the former executive editor and founder of Time Warner’s Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. She has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers.

ABOUT THE SERIES

From the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures, comes Crimescape™ — a new collection of compelling short nonfiction crime eBooks from leading independent eBook publisher RosettaBooks. Taking readers into the dark minds of criminals and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they have personal experience in crime investigations, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. As riveting storytellers, Crimescape’s writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case.

“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”

—Paul Alexander, #1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered

Language: English
# of Pages: 86
File Size: 805 KB
Published by RosettaBooks, on July 19, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Touch of Frost - May 1st, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 1st, 2012

Title: Touch of Frost By Jennifer Estep



About: Gwen Frost has a unique gift: she can know any object's history just by touching it. But after she has a serious magical meltdown, the 17-year-old is sent to Mythos Academy. The school caters to people like her and is filled with myths, magic, and warrior whiz kids.

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My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy -- a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest. But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other bad, bad things. Freaky stuff like this goes on all the time at Mythos, but I'm determined to find out who killed Jasmine and why – especially since I should have been the one who died …

"Touch of Frost is an intriguing start to an exciting new series!” -Award-winning author Jeri Smith-Ready

"…surviving high school means staying alive!" --New York Times bestselling author Kerrelyn Sparks

Language: English
# of Pages: 385
File Size: 545 KB
Published by Kensington Books; 1 edition, on August 1, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Camera Boy - May 2nd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 2nd, 2012

Title: Camera Boy By Fred Minnick



About: For more than a year, Fred Minnick covered the Iraq war as a U.S. Army public affairs photojournalist carrying a Nikon and an M-16. He accompanied combat troops on missions ranging from raids on suspected terrorists to school openings. Minnick's eye-opening account includes more than 40 of his black-and-white photos.

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“Camera Boy is a gripping and beautifully written narrative that goes to the heart of the Iraq controversy. Fred Minnick’s book should be read by anyone who relishes a compelling story.” – Lary Bloom, co-author with Tom Ridge of The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege...And How We Can Be Safe Again

“Sometimes deadly serious, at others wholly frivolous, but always genuine. This is what our soldiers experienced in Iraq in 2004 and Fred Minnick has allowed us to share in that experience.” – General Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army Europe Commander

Language: English
# of Pages: 202
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Published by L&R Publishing; 1st edition, on March 1, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: A Single Thread - May 3rd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 3rd, 2012

Title: A Single Thread By Marie Bostwick



About: After her marriage ends, Evelyn Dixon moves from Texas to Connecticut and revives a dream by opening a quilt shop. Evelyn's venture attracts a troubled young lady and her aunt, along with a down-sized career woman, and they all stitch together an unexpected friendship as unique as their fabric creations.

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''Bostwick makes a seamless transition from historical fiction to the contemporary scene in this buoyant novel about the value of friendship among women . . . Bostwick's polished style and command of plot make this story of bonding and sisterhood a tantalizing book club contender.'' --Publishers Weekly

''Bostwick succeeds admirably in this departure from historical fiction . . . This is a pleasant story of friendship, with a message of starting over despite the odds. It will remind readers of Debbie Macomber's popular The Shop on Blossom Street. The first in Bostwick's 'Cobbled Court' series, this comforting book is highly recommended.'' --Library Journal

Language: English
# of Pages: 353
File Size: 508 KB
Published by Kensington Books, on November 1, 2008.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Perfect Assassin - May 4th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 4th, 2012

Title: The Perfect Assassin By Ward Larsen



About: While sailing solo across the Atlantic, young American doctor Christine Palmer spots a man clinging to debris and rescues him. This sole shipwreck survivor, David Slaton, has a secret. He's a Kidon, a highly-trained Israeli assassin, being hunted by double agents with a terrifying nuclear plot aimed at Slaton's homeland.

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First there was the Jackal, then Jason Bourne. Now meet David Slaton, the Kidon - a highly-trained Israeli assassin who is both hunter and hunted.

A gripping first novel. High octane action. Immerses you in the world and mind of the assassin. Nothing is what it seems.

A stunning blend of intrigue and espionage. A thriller of the highest order. Larsen's cast of characters keeps you riveted to the very end.

".plenty of action.technical detail that would do Tom Clancy proud"-Publishers Weekly

Winner, Royal Palm Literary AwardsGold Medalist, Military Writers Society of America AwardsSilver Medalist, Florida Book AwardsSilver Medalist, ForeWord Book of the Year Awards

Language: English
# of Pages: 362
File Size: 637 KB
Published by Oceanview Publishing, on May 1, 2008.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Second Honeymoon - May 5th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 5th, 2012

Title: Second Honeymoon By Joanna Trollope



About: After Edie Boyd's third child left home, empty-nest syndrome hit her hard. When her kids find life away from the family tree a bit too daunting, Edie's wish for maternal intimacy comes true as, one-by-one, they come home. It's an artful and moving story of work, love, and eternal parenthood.

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"With her acute observation and lyrical writing, she has few peers when it comes to laying bare the lives of today's middle-aged middle class. . . This book, on a stage in family life that many parents dread, is one of her best."
— Irish Independent

"Utterly absorbing, constantly surprising, and often extremely funny."
— The Independent

"Accessible but sophisticated."
— The Times

"Playful, unguessable and clever."
— Sunday Express

"The ebb and flow of relationships is brilliantly handled by Trollope. This is a much more metropolitan crowd than her normal characters — no timid country wives here. There is a very believable cast of characters, all in different and complicated relationships . . . Trollope has perfectly captured what it takes to be a mother."
— The Observer


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Language: English
# of Pages: 338
File Size: 504 KB
Published by Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition, on December 13, 2008.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Deal - May 6th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 6th, 2012

Title: The Deal By Adam Gittlin



About: Commercial real-estate broker Jonah Gray and New York City fit each other like a key in a lock, until he's caged in by a golden deal. After signing on, Jonah is mysteriously thrust into the epicenter of a personal and international scandal in which death and deception lurk at every corner.

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Adam Gittlin is a commercial real estate executive who lives with his wife Raina in Manhattan.

Language: English
# of Pages: 454
File Size: 2722 KB
Published by Ocean View Pub, on May 1, 2008.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: PsychopathForensic psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland peers into the mind of the cunning and unconscionable serial killer H.H. Holmes. Posing as a doctor during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Holmes may have killed upwards of 200

Kindle Daily Deal for May 7th, 2012

Title: PsychopathForensic psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland peers into the mind of the cunning and unconscionable serial killer H.H. Holmes. Posing as a doctor during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Holmes may have killed upwards of 200 people. His infamous crimes inspired Erik Larson's best-selling The Devil in the White City By Dr. Katherine Ramsland



About: Forensic psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland peers into the mind of the cunning and unconscionable serial killer H.H. Holmes. Posing as a doctor during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Holmes may have killed upwards of 200 people. His infamous crimes inspired Erik Larson's best-selling The Devil in the White City.

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"(A 69-page True Crime Short with photographs) H. H. Holmes was a central character in Erik Larson’s hugely successful The Devil in the White City, which is planned as a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Holmes is commonly viewed as a real-life Hannibal Lecter, a devious and cunning serial killer without equal. Holmes used the persona of a successful doctor and entrepreneur to draw untold numbers of young women to his three-story Chicago hotel to experiment on before killing them. Not one to waste, he’d often deflesh the corpses to sell the skeletons to medical schools. He enjoyed trying out methods of murder and watching his victims die. Scientists from his era believed Holmes’ brain would unlock the secret of his perversity, but he denied them the chance to find out. Today, we can figure him out without access to his brain. We know more today about the neuroscience of sadistic psychopaths and we can better understand what his brain – if dissected – would reveal. For the first time, we can look to research findings about killers to decode Holmes’s vile behavior.

From Psychopath:

“After the girls died, he’d enjoy viewing ‘their blackened and distorted faces’ before he dug a shallow grave, removed their clothing, and dumped them into it with ‘fiendish delight.’ Holmes considered that ‘for eight years before their deaths I had been almost as much a father to them as though they had been my own children.’

“It is precisely this behavior that most puzzles the ordinary person and draws the researcher’s attention: how can a man torture and asphyxiate children, or burn them and view it as entertainment? How can he ‘befriend’ them for years, knowing the whole time that he will end their lives? How can he describe it as pleasurable? This is the reason the psychopath holds our fascination. It’s why researchers even during Holmes’s era tried extracting criminal brains post-mortem for study. They hoped to locate the seat of disturbed moral consciousness.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Katherine Ramsland, who teaches forensic psychology and criminal justice at Pennsylvania's DeSales University, is unique in having extensive experience in researching and writing about crime and the vampire subculture. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, philosophy and criminal justice. Dr. Ramsland has written over 1,000 articles and thirty-eight books on forensics, serial killers, mass murderers and the popular vampire culture.

ABOUT THE SERIES

From the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures, comes Crimescape™ — a new collection of compelling short nonfiction crime eBooks from leading independent eBook publisher RosettaBooks. Taking readers into the dark minds of criminals and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they have personal experience in crime investigations, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. As riveting storytellers, Crimescape’s writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case.

“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”
—Paul Alexander, # 1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused, Murdered and Homicidal"

Language: English
# of Pages: 61
File Size: 521 KB
Published by RosettaBooks, on December 15, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Heat WaveDrawing inspiration from the hit comedy-drama television series Castle - May 8th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 8th, 2012

Title: Heat WaveDrawing inspiration from the hit comedy-drama television series Castle By Richard Castle



About: Drawing inspiration from the hit comedy-drama television series Castle, this plot-twisting mystery follows NYPD homicide detective Nikki Heat as she works to unravel the secrets of a murdered real estate tycoon. Complicating things is the wise-cracking, attractive journalist Jameson Rook, who's riding along with her while researching a magazine story.

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Richard Castle is the author of numerous bestsellers, including the critically acclaimed Derrick Storm series. His first novel, In a Hail of Bullets, published while he was still in college, received the Nom DePlume Society's prestigious Tom Straw Award for Mystery Literature. Castle currently lives in Manhattan with his daughter and mother, both of whom infuse his life with humor and inspiration.

Language: English
# of Pages: 213
File Size: 354 KB
Published by Hyperion e-books; 1st edition, on September 29, 2009.