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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Today's Deals

Additional formats on free books (the first two are now free in the US; the next two are DRM-free worldwide):
Today is the last day to take advantage of these KSO deals:

Live and Let Die ($1.99), by Ian Fleming, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
Live and Let Die is the second documented mission of James Bond, secret agent 007. This breath-taking hunt for secret treasure takes Bond to Harlem, Florida and Jamaica and brings him to Mr Big, a SMERSH operative and criminal mastermind who holds the dazzling fortune-teller Solitaire in his deathly grip. In Ian Fleming's second Bond novel, agent 007 faces his most dangerous enemy yet, and faces hazards no reader will easily forget.

Son of Heaven ($1.59 / £0.99 UK), The first of two prequels to David Wingrove's Chung Kuo series, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US Edition is $9.04).
Book Description
The year is 2085, two decades after the great economic collapse that destroyed Western civilization. With its power broken and its cities ruined, life in the West continues in scattered communities. In rural Dorset Jake Reed lives with his 14-year-old son and memories of the great collapse. Back in '43, Jake was a rich, young futures broker, immersed in the datascape of the world's financial markets. He saw what was coming - and who was behind it. Forewarned, he was one of the few to escape the fall. For 22 years he has lived in fear of the future, and finally it is coming - quite literally - across the plain towards him. Chinese airships are in the skies and a strange, glacial structure has begun to dominate the horizon. Jake finds himself forcibly incorporated into the ever-expanding 'World of Levels' a global city of some 34 billion souls, where social status is reflected by how far above the ground you live. Here, under the rule of the mighty Tsao Ch'un, a resurgent China is seeking to abolish the past and bring about world peace through rigidly enforced order. But a civil war looms, and Jake will find himself at the heart of the struggle for the future.

Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program ($2.99 Kindle, B&N), by Sharon Salzberg, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle. If you have an iThing, you can also get the Audio/Video Enhanced Edition at Amazon for $8.99
Book Description
Meditation helps us defuse stress, experience greater tranquility, find a sense of wholeness, strengthen our relationships, and face our fears. Meditation helps sharpen focus, lower blood pressure, and reduce chronic pain. Meditation helps protect the brain against aging and improves our capacity for learning new things. And it’s as easy as sitting down and taking a breath.