West of the Tularosa ($0.99), by Louis L'Amour, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.Book Description
A collection of classic L’Amour stories, restored to their original magazine versions!
For millions of readers, the name Louis L’Amour is synonymous with the excitement of the Old West. His brilliant stories and novels capture all the adventure and action of those glorious days of the American frontier. But for too long, many of these tales have only been available in revised, altered versions, often very different from their original form. Here, collected together in paperback for the first time, are eight of L’Amour’s finest stories, all carefully restored to their initial magazine publication versions.
These are stories of range wars and wagon trains, saloon singers and hired guns. They are tales of courage and danger, hardship and survival. And each thrilling story is presented the way Louis L’Amour originally wrote it, packed with the flavor and feel of the American West.
It took them a while to respond, but Barnes & Noble has finally instituted a NOOK Daily Finds page, where the deal will change daily for those who have one of their readers. Maybe Kobo or Sony will join the fun, for those who have a non-proprietary DRM scheme. Today's selection is Black Hawk Down, by Mark Bowden. It's $7.81 on Kindle, but (today only), it's $2.99 from Barnes & Noble. I've already added a link in the "Daily" section of the menu at the right and will try to remember to update the book daily here, also, along with the Kindle Daily Deal, for those who read via RSS or email.Book Description
Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen. Their wounded are bleeding to death. Their ammunition and supplies are dwindling. This is the story of how they got there-and how they fought their way out. This is the story of war. Black Hawk Down drops you into a crowded marketplace in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia with the U.S. Special Forces-and puts you in the middle of the most intense firefight American soldiers have fought since the Vietnam War. Late in the afternoon of Sunday, October 3, 1993, the soldiers of Task Force Ranger were sent on a mission to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take them about an hour. Instead, they were pinned down through a long and terrible night in a hostile city, locked in a desperate struggle to kill or be killed. When the unit was finally rescued the following morning, eighteen American soldiers were dead and dozens more badly injured. The Somali toll was far worse: more than five hundred killed and over a thousand wounded.
Award-winning literary journalist Mark Bowden's dramatic narrative captures this harrowing ordeal through the eyes of the young men who fought that day. He draws on his extensive interviews of participants from both sides-as well as classified combat video and radio transcripts-to bring their stories to life. A Black Hawk pilot is shot down and besieged by an angry mob, then saved by Somalis who plan to ransom him to the local warlord. A medic desperately tries to keep his grievously wounded friend alive long enough to be evacuated-only to have him bleed to death in his arms. The company clerk, who is the butt of jokes in the barracks, rises to the task and per-forms extraordinary feats of valor.
Authoritative, gripping, and insightful, Black Hawk Down is a riveting look at the terror and exhilaration of combat, destined to become a classic of war reporting.
Some recent price drops by HarperCollins (likely same price at other stores or will be soon), with links to Amazon:
- Intervamption by Kristin Miller ($0.99)
- Diaries of an Urban Panther by Amanda Arista ($0.99)
- Final Appeal by Lisa Scottoline ($2.99)
- The Strain by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del Toro ($1.99)
- The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry ($2.99)
- The Haunting Hour by R. L. Stine ($1.99)
- Nightmare Hour by R. I. Stine ($1.99)
- The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel ($2.99)
- The Pilgrimage by Paul Coelho ($1.99)
- Veronika Decides to Die by Paul Coelho ($1.99)
- Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho ($2.99)
- The Blessings of the Animals: A Novel (P.S.) by Katrina Brittle ($2.99)
- Very Valentine: A Novel by Adriana Trigiani ($2.99)
- In a Perfect World by Laura Kasischke ($2.99)
- The Weight of Heaven: A Novel (P.S.) by Thrity Umrigar ($2.99)
- Husband and Wife: A Novel by Leah Stewart ($2.99)(discounted during a previous sale)
- The Summer We Fell Apart: A Novel by Robin Antalek ($2.99)
- The Life You've Imagined: A Novel (Zielinski) by Kristina Riggle ($2.99)
- Commuters: A Novel (P.S.) by Emily Gray Tedrowe ($2.99)
- Light of Day (P.S.) by Jamie M. Saul ($2.99)
- The Safety of Secrets by Delaune Michel ($2.99)
- Dirt by Stuart Woods ($1.99)
- Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods ($3.99)
- The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People ($3.99)
- The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard ($2.99)
- Catastrophe by Dick Morris ($1.99)
- Parlor Games: Fallen Angel by Julia Templeton, Jess Michaels and Leda Swann ($2.99)
- Stigma by Philip Hawley Jr. ($2.99) Originally Harper in paper, appears to be be self-published ebook Just for those outside the US:
- The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind ($3.74 africa, asia, latin america, india, middle east)
- A Witch In Time (A Bewitching Mystery) by Madelyn Alt ($3.97 africa, asia, latin america, middle east)
- Nauti and Wild by Lora Leigh and Jaci Burton ($2.37 australia, $4.37: africa, asia, latin america, india, middle east)
- Wanderlust by Danielle Steel ($1.07 canada)
Love Wins Companion: A Study Guide for Those Who Want to Go Deeper (pre-order), by Rob Bell, and Secrets Uncovered - Blogs, hints and the inside scoop from Mills & Boon editors and authors (US/UK) are both free on Kindle (although the second is only for those in the UK. Both are promotional books about other books, which is why I didn't give either one their own blog post, even if Rob Bell's offering is over $11 in paperback.