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Kindle Daily Deal: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating - May 29th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 29th, 2012

Title: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating By Elisabeth Tova Bailey



About: Bedridden with an illness, Elisabeth Tova Bailey chronicles the life of a snail she finds hidden in a gift of potted violets. Told with wit and grace, this award-winning memoir provides an appreciation of what it means to be fully alive and how nature illuminates our own human existence.

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A charming, delicate meditation on the meaning of life. -- Kirkus Review

Language: English
# of Pages: 201
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Published by Algonquin Books; 1 edition, on August 24, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Last Good Day - May 30th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 30th, 2012

Title: The Last Good Day By Peter Blauner



About: Escaping post-9/11 New York City life, Lynn Schulman relocates her family a short distance to Riverside, the suburban town of her youth. But her safe haven shatters after her oldest friend is found dead in the Hudson River, and the cop investigating the case is Lynn's still-bitter ex-boyfriend.

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You know you're in the 'burbs when a cop's epitaph for a murdered local drug dealer is, "Man, he was an asshole, but he had a beautiful lawn." In his fifth novel, Edgar-winner Blauner (The Intruder, etc.) imagines an idyllic suburb up the Hudson River from Manhattan, full of karate moms and commuter dads; in the shadow of September 11, he peels away the affluent veneer and exposes the roiling class tensions and frustrated ambitions beneath. The decapitated corpse of a local housewife is spotted floating in the water by commuters waiting for the inbound 7:46, including Barry Schulman, counsel for a start-up pharmaceutical company now teetering on the brink. Barry's wife, Lynn, a mother who's had to relegate her passion for photography to a hobby for the kids' sake, was the victim's best friend. To her horror, the investigating officer, Michael Fallon, has had his long-dormant passion for Lynn awakened by the case. Fallon, a struggling blue-collar nth-generation Irish-American cop, has dark secrets to hide concerning his prior involvements with both Lynn and the victim, which in turn necessitates his withholding information from his "former best friend" (now the town's first black police chief) Harold Baltimore so as to keep his prying rival, "a pugnacious Puerto Rican" named Paco Ortiz, from making Fallon the prime suspect. Harold, Lynn, Michael and the victim all went to school together, and the uneasy tensions arising from their uneven rises to various stations in life fuels a dangerously explosive tinderbox of resentment. Readers who can follow Blauner's intricate plot will be well rewarded, but only at the very end-no giveaways here.
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Language: English
# of Pages: 442
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Published by Open Road, on March 29, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Naming - May 31st, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for May 31st, 2012

Title: The Naming By Alison Croggon



About: Maerad, a young slave-girl living in an unforgiving settlement, learns she's been born with the "Speech." It's a gift that extends her life threefold and grants her power over a great evil threatening the world. Under the tutelage of Cadvan, Maerad develops her skills along a treacherous journey.

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Starred Review. Grade 7 Up–In this first volume in a projected quartet, Croggon has created a world that is both authentic and exotic, welcoming and frightening. When 16-year-old Maerad meets a man named Cadvan, she is catapulted from her life as a slave to an epic destiny. Cadvan is a Bard, one of the magically gifted Starpeople, and he begins to teach her about her own gifts and abilities. He believes her to be the prophesied One who will oppose the Nameless, the dark power working toward the destruction of the Bards and the Balance of the world. As Maerad and Cadvan travel, they join forces with Hem, a mysterious orphan, and learn that the Nameless's influence reaches far into the world of the Bards. Encounters with great mythic figures of their world and threatening evil forces add to the epic flavor of their journey. Maerad's story is presented as a translation of the great epic of a lost civilization, and explanatory appendixes add to this fantasy's realistic feel. Maerad is a strong, bold, and appealing character, and her lack of knowledge about her world provides a framework for Croggan's background explanations. Supporting characters, including the Bards and those who oppose them, are given realistic traits and flaws. While some coincidences in the plot may stretch readers' belief, they are integral to the story. Maerad seems a kindred spirit to Tamora Pierce's Alanna, and her story will find a welcoming audience among readers looking for a challenging and fully realized epic adventure.–Beth L. Meister, Pleasant View Elementary School, Franklin, WI
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Language: English
# of Pages: 530
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Published by Candlewick, on December 7, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Manhattan Project - June 1st, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 1st, 2012

Title: The Manhattan Project By N/A



About: The race to develop the world's first nuclear weapon began in 1939. This groundbreaking collection of documents, essays, and articles from, and about, the original creators of the atomic bomb is the first of its kind. Included are accounts by Einstein, Oppenheimer, and many others, along with dozens of photos.

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"I was enthralled by these vivid and compelling accounts of personalities and events at Los Alamos and elsewhere that produced the Bomb, ended a World War, and transformed our lives forever."–Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona

Language: English
# of Pages: 499
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Published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, on February 10, 2009.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Postcards From Nam - June 2nd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 2nd, 2012

Title: Postcards From Nam By Uyen Nicole Duong



About: This 2012 International Book Awards finalist follows Mimi, a young Vietnamese immigrant practicing law in Washington, D.C., as she searches for Nam, the unknown sender of beautiful, hand-drawn postcards from Thailand. Mimi's long quest awakens memories of growing up in war-torn Saigon with her best friend: could this be Nam?

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Uyen Nicole Duong earned a B.S. in journalism/communication from Southern Illinois University, a J.D. from the University of Houston, and an LLM from Harvard Law School. She worked for ten years as a law professor in Colorado before moving to Houston, Texas, where she lives today. Postcards from Nam is the third installment of a three-book series on the end of the Vietnam War and the settlement experience of Vietnamese Americans in the United States. The first two books are Mimi and Her Mirror and Daughters of the River Huong, the latter of which has been used in Vietnamese studies courses at Yale University and San Jose State. In addition to writing fiction, she pursues L’Art Brut (raw art).

Language: English
# of Pages: 115
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Published by AmazonEncore, on August 15, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Cypress Grove - June 3rd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 3rd, 2012

Title: Cypress Grove By James Sallis



About: The first book of the masterfully-written John Turner trilogy follows a former big-city cop, psychotherapist, and ex-con as he tries to forget his past in a small town outside Memphis. His plan unravels when Sheriff Lonnie Bates asks Turner for help solving the ritualistic murder of a homeless man.

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His Lew Griffin series behind him, Sallis turns to a new hero. On the run from his past, which includes stints as cop, convict, and psychotherapist, Turner has settled in the deep country outside Cypress Grove, Tennessee, looking only for solitude. Then the local sheriff shows up bearing a bottle of Wild Turkey and a plea for help: murder has come to Cypress Grove, and the sheriff needs the expertise of a mean-street-hardened investigator. Turner allows himself to be drawn into the case--a bizarre ritual killing--and follows the trail to a cult filmmaker whose unreleased final film includes a death scene that appears to have been the killer's inspiration. Jumping between the main story and a series of flashbacks detailing Turner's tortured past, Sallis combines an intensely introspective hero with a detail-rich plot (the foray into B-films is especially fascinating). Sallis' prose tends to walk a thin line between lyrical and mannered, sometimes falling one way, sometimes another, but this time he remains in balance throughout. A strong series debut from one of the genre's most original voices. Bill Ott
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Language: English
# of Pages: 272
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Published by Walker Books, on May 26, 2009.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Maps and Legends - June 4th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 4th, 2012

Title: Maps and Legends By Michael Chabon



About: Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon's collection of 16 essays champions the cause of sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, westerns, and other genre novels, comics, and pulp fiction. For Chabon, stories that give us great pleasure are, in many ways, our best art, the building blocks of our shared imagination.

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Chabon declares, “I read for entertainment, and I write to entertain. Period.” But of course there’s much more to his vivid and mischievous literary manifesto in 16 parts than that. A writer of prodigious literary gifts, Chabon brings the velocity, verve, and emotional richness intrinsic to the best of short stories to his exceptionally canny and stirring essays. Musing over the various literary traditions he riffs on in his many-faceted novels, he concludes, “All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.” Chabon zestfully praises the many allures of genre fiction and celebrates writers, among them Vonnegut and Byatt, who infuse their fiction with “the Trickster spirit of genre-bending and stylistic play.” He offers a fresh and affecting take on Arthur Conan Doyle and pays witty and provocative tribute to M. R. James, a seemingly serene British author of superb horror and ghost stories. Norse myths, Will Eisner, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road are all are interpreted with acuity and vigor. And then there are Chabon’s hilarious and puckish personal essays about his early writing misadventures and evolving sense of Jewishness. A writer so versatile he seems to be a master of disguises, Chabon provides invaluable keys to his frolicsome creativity and literary chutzpah in this truly entertaining collection. --Donna Seaman

Language: English
# of Pages: 203
File Size: 534 KB
Published by Open Road; 1st edition, on December 20, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The File on H. - June 5th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 5th, 2012

Title: The File on H. By Ismail Kadare



About: In the mid-1930s, two young Irish-American scholars voyage to the Albanian highlands--the last stronghold of the oral epic--with a first-generation tape recorder. Their mission? To discover how Homer composed the Iliad and the Odyssey without writing. This entertaining work is a spy novel and a comedy-of-errors combined.

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Two American researchers head into 1930s Albania with a tape recorder in search of the Homeric oral tradition but find unexpected complications. A stuffedshirt bureaucracy that against all evidence thinks them spies provides only limited hindrance, but a violent Serbian monk who resents Albania getting the credit sets out to stop them. For good measure, throw in a dreamy governor's wife, who fantasizes about an affair with one of the foreigners, and some real spies, including Dull Baxhaja, whose florid prose in missives about the foreigners makes the governor drool, and you are bound for a complicated outcome. Without giving away too much, the researchers head home lacking hard evidence, one of them going blind, seeming to become a rhapsody himself. Kadare (The Pyramid, LJ 4/1/96) and translator Bellos consistently get the tone just right, and their product is both slyly funny and wistful. Recommended for all world literature collections.?Robert E. Brown, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, N.Y.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language: English
# of Pages: N/A
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Published by Arcade Publishing, on January 31, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: A Kiss Before Dying - June 6th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 6th, 2012

Title: A Kiss Before Dying By Ira Levin, Otto Penzler



About: This winner of the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel set a new standard in the art of psychological suspense. It tells the shocking tale of a charming, intelligent young man willing to use everything in his power--even murder--to prevent his dreams from being derailed.

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Ira Levin is the author of The Boys from Brazil, Rosemary’s Baby, Son of Rosemary, The Stepford Wives, This Perfect Day, Sliver, and A Kiss Before Dying (for which he won the Edgar Award). Levin was also the recipient of three Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Awards. His website is iralevin.org.



Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He is the founder of the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books, and has received an Edgar Award, an Ellery Queen Award, and a Raven Award for his contribution to the mystery field. His anthology The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps was a New York Times Bestseller.

Language: English
# of Pages: 288
File Size: 407 KB
Published by Pegasus Books; Reprint edition, on May 10, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Child in Time - June 7th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 7th, 2012

Title: The Child in Time By Ian McEwan



About: Stephen Lewis, a successful children's book author, takes his three-year-old daughter, Kate, to the supermarket one Saturday morning. For a moment, he gets distracted, and when his attention turns back to Kate, she's gone. This powerful, beautifully written, and unforgettable novel earned Ian McEwan the Whitbread Novel Award in 1987.

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A sense of loss pervades this fine, provocative new novel by the author of The Comfort of Strangers. The protagonist, Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children's books, is introduced to us in a scene more frightening than any from a horror novel: while he is shopping with Kate, his three-year-old daughter, the child is kidnapped. Stephen's mounting terror as he combs the store for Katetrying in vain to recall the face of the dark-clad stranger he glimpsed behind themis palpable. As the story moves forward, it focuses not only on Stephen's search for his daughter, but also on his attempts to come to terms with his loss and the likely collapse of his marriage to Julie, a musician. Woven through the narrative is a subplot that deals with childhood and loss of a different sort. It is the innocence of youth that Stephen's friend and former editor, Charles Darke, longs for and ultimately recaptures at a terrible price. This is a beautifully rendered, very disturbing novel. First serial to Esquire.
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Language: English
# of Pages: 258
File Size: 405 KB
Published by RosettaBooks, on February 11, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Stealing Trinity - June 8th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 8th, 2012

Title: Stealing Trinity By Ward Larsen



About: In the last days of WWII, the Third Reich tries to retrieve a spy planted deep in the Manhattan Project, birthplace of the atomic bomb. For the mission, the Nazis choose a ruthless killer, American-born Alexander Braun. When the British find out, Major Michael Thatcher is sent to hunt Braun.

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Leaders in the Third Reich see the end coming and decide to launch a bold plan. One of their most valuable spies in the U.S. is working on a top-secret initiative called the Manhattan Project, prompting the Nazis to send their top agent, ruthless killer Alexander Braun, to reconnoiter with the spy. Born in America, Braun heads back to the States with a personal agenda: visit the woman he was forced to leave behind when he left the country. He finds himself torn between his feelings for her and his mission. Meanwhile, British intelligence learns of Braun and sends one of its best agents after him. All of their lives collide at the dawn of the atomic age. This is well-trod ground—Joseph Kanon’s Los Alamos (1997), for example—and Larsen’s characters and story line provide no real surprises. Still, for readers who can’t get enough of the Manhattan Project in fiction, this is a serviceable thriller. --Jeff Ayers

Language: English
# of Pages: 332
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Published by Oceanview Publishing, on October 1, 2008.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: 23 world-class mysteries - June 9th, 2012

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23 world-class mysteries



About: These page-turning debuts and first books in popular series promise something for all lovers of great mysteries and thrillers. From Edward Bunker's critically-acclaimed classic, No Beast So Fierce, to book one of Loren D. Estleman's award-winning Amos Walker series, Motor City Blue, this selection features masterfully-crafted novels for all tastes.

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Kindle Daily Deal: A Discovery of Witches - June 10th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 10th, 2012

Title: A Discovery of Witches By Deborah Harkness



About: This imaginative and suspenseful debut portrays a passionate tale of obsession, in which Diana Bishop--a young scholar and descendant of witches--discovers a long-lost and enchanted manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.

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In Harkness's lively debut, witches, vampires, and demons outnumber humans at Oxford's Bodleian Library, where witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her. Against all occult social propriety, Bishop turns for protection to tall, dark, bloodsucking man-about-town Clairmont. Their research raises questions of evolution and extinction among the living dead, and their romance awakens centuries-old enmities. Harkness imagines a crowded universe where normal and paranormal creatures observe a tenuous peace. "Magic is desire made real," Bishop says after both her desire and magical prowess exceed her expectations. Harkness brings this world to vibrant life and makes the most of the growing popularity of gothic adventure with an ending that keeps the Old Lodge door wide open. (Feb.)
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Language: English
# of Pages: 594
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Published by Penguin, on February 8, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Search for Major Plagge - June 11th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 11th, 2012

Title: The Search for Major Plagge By Michael Good



About: Part detective story, part personal quest, Michael Good unfolds the incredible true tale of WWII German commander Karl Plagge. In charge of a Lithuanian work camp, Plagge saved hundreds of Jews in the Vilna ghetto, including Good's mother. This expertly researched and well-written account reveals one man's remarkable courage.

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This book is a personal quest, personal journey, and a personal history.


...unprecedented insights into the burden of silent memories and a disastrous heritage of guilt.-Edith Wyschogrod


This is an exceptional story of one man's bravery and compassion in a world where six million Jews were murdered.

Language: English
# of Pages: 308
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Published by Fordham University Press; 2 edition, on December 31, 2006.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Carbs & Cadavers - June 12th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 12th, 2012

Title: Carbs & Cadavers By J.B. Stanley



About: Divorced, overweight, and shy, former English Professor James Henry moves back home to help his recently-widowed father. After arriving, James joins a supper club for dieters. When a mysterious death strikes fear in their small community, the club members dodge delectable temptations by working together to find the killer.

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J.B. Stanley has a BA in English from Franklin & Marshall College, an MA in English Literature from West Chester University, and an MLIS from North Carolina Central University. She taught sixth grade language arts in Cary, North Carolina for the majority of her eight-year teaching career. Raised an antique-lover by her grandparents and parents, Stanley also worked part-time in an auction gallery. An eBay junkie and food-lover, Stanley now lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, two young children, and three cats.

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# of Pages: 286
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Published by Midnight Ink, on September 8, 2006.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: More Sweet Tea - June 13th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 13th, 2012

Title: More Sweet Tea By Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Virginia Ellis, Deborah Dixon, Maureen Hardegree



About: Settle into a comfortable chair and enjoy the latest volume of poignant, humorous, and nostalgic stories from the acclaimed Sweet Tea series. In this anthology, authors Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Virginia Ellis and Deborah Dixon spin tales about the legendary South, from vindictive mules to marriage rituals involving a pig.

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Language: English
# of Pages: 220
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Published by BelleBooks, Inc., on April 30, 2005.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Twisted Justice - June 14th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 14th, 2012

Title: Twisted Justice By Patricia Gussin



About: Dr. Laura Nelson's perfect family life starts crumbling after discovering her husband Steve, a TV-anchorman, is having an affair with his costar, Kim. When Kim is found murdered, Laura's the prime suspect and she's forced to cut through deceptions and dark secrets to prove her innocence and protect her family.

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Patricia Gussin, M.D. is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine, is Board Certified in Family Medicine and holds an MBA from Columbia University. Pat practiced medicine and directed medical research as a worldwide vice president for a leading healthcare company. Gussin is also author of Shadow of Death and the upcoming What's Next for You?

Language: English
# of Pages: 338
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Published by Oceanview Publishing, on April 1, 2008.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: A Gay and Melancholy Sound - June 15th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 15th, 2012

Title: A Gay and Melancholy Sound By Merle Miller, Nancy Pearl



About: The first book in nationally renowned librarian Nancy Pearl’s new Book Lust Rediscoveries series, this lost literary classic is available for the first time in decades. As funny and entertaining as it is captivating and heartrending, this shattering depiction of modern disconnection explores the consequences of a life without love.

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Merle Miller was born on May 17, 1919 in Montour, Iowa, and grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa and the London School of Economics. He joined the US. Army Air Corps during World War II, where he worked as an editor of Yank. His best-known books are his biographies of three presidents: Plain Speaking: An Oral History of Harry Truman, Lyndon: An Oral Biography, and Ike the Soldier: As They Knew Him. His novels include That Winter, The Sure Thing, Reunion, A Secret Understanding, A Gay and Melancholy Sound, What Happened, Island 49, and A Day in Late September. He also wrote We Dropped the A-Bomb, The Judges and the Judged, Only You, Dick Daring!, about his experiences writing a television pilot for CBS starring Barbara Stanwyck and Jackie Cooper, and On Being Different, an expansion of his 1971 article for the The New York Times Magazine entitled “What It Means to Be a Homosexual.” He died in 1986.Nancy Pearl is a librarian and lifelong reader. She regularly comments on books on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Her books include 2003’s Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason, 2005’s More Book Lust: 1,000 New Reading Recommendations for Every Mood, Moment and Reason; Book Crush: For Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest, published in 2007, and 2010’s Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers. Among her many awards and honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal; the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association; the 2010 Margaret E. Monroe Award from the Reference and Users Services Association of the American Library Association; and the 2004 Women's National Book Association Award, given to "a living American woman who …has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her profession or occupation."

Language: English
# of Pages: 585
File Size: 924 KB
Published by AmazonEncore, on April 3, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Cold Dish - June 16th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for June 16th, 2012

Title: The Cold Dish By Craig Johnson



About: In his outstanding first novel, best-selling author Craig Johnson introduces his popular character Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming’s Absaroka County. Johnson uses his law enforcement background and deep attachment to the American West to create this fast-paced mystery filled with memorable characters, good humor, and a strong sense of place.

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The Cold Dish, a multilayered whodunit mystery, stands out in its genre. Shades of racism, mysticism, and revenge give the novel nuance; dead-on dialogue, good-natured humor, and flesh-and-blood characters, including the foul-mouthed deputy Victorian "Vic" Moretti, give it life. Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, knows the Western landscape well, and creates stunning and violent scenes (including a raging blizzard) of the Rocky Mountains. Only The Philadelphia Inquirer faulted the novel’s roughness and comparatively immature prose. The other critics look forward to reading more from Johnson’s powerful voice and reconnecting with his eccentric mélange of characters.Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.

Language: English
# of Pages: 380
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Published by Penguin, on December 29, 2004.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: $0.99 Mysteries and Thrillers - June 17th, 2012

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About: Today's deal showcases the world-class work of D.M. Annechino, Scott Nicholson, Blair S. Walker, Traci Hohenstein, and Rex Kusler. With settings ranging from Kusler's gritty, Great Recession-era Las Vegas to rural America and Nicholson's harrowing Monkey House drug trials, these suspenseful books promise to keep you reading into the night.

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