A couple of free Kindle pre-orders that are now free from other stores and one nook exclusive that is now free as a DRM-free EPUB.
The Dummy Line (
$0.99), by Bobby Cole, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
Avid hunter Jake Crosby is thrilled that his nine-year-old daughter Katy shares his love of the outdoors. His wife, Morgan, on the other hand, does not, which means Jake and Katy enjoy an abundance of hunting, fishing, and camping trips together. So when they head off into the Alabama woods for a spring turkey hunt, Jake expects nothing out of the ordinary. But even his worst nightmares could not prepare him for what befalls them that evening, when a band of drug dealers attempts to break into their remote camp. Desperate to protect his daughter and himself, Jake makes a gut-wrenching decision. His quick thinking enables him and Katy to escape…but brings the gang of vengeful criminals hot on their trail. Gambling on his knowledge of the land and hunting skills, he leads their bloodthirsty pursuers on a perilous cat-and-mouse game deep within the Noxubee River swamp. Jake knows they all won’t come out alive—but he will do whatever is necessary to make sure Katy does. Taut and engrossing, The Dummy Line explores what happens when an ordinary man is pushed to extraordinary lengths to protect the one he loves most and those for whom he feels responsible.
Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures (
$1.56 / £0.99 UK), by Ian Stewart, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the only US edition is
the paperback).
Book Description
Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling Professor Stewart's Cabniet of Mathematical Curiosities, presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. Again taken from his own treasure house of mathematical delights, these are the things you won't have learned in mathes at school - things that are marvellous, mysterious, unexpected, fun. He mingles these with forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought, mathematical jokes, and enquiries into the great mathematical challenges of the present and past. Among a host of arcane and astonishing facts about every kind of number, from irrational or imaginary to complex or cuneiform, we find out how matter balances anti-matter, the secrets of the great global warming swindle (or is it...?), how to work out the surface area of an ostrich egg, what Leonhard Euler had to do with pirates and who invented the equals sign. On the way we learn how to make and break codes, how to feed a greedy algorithm and what happened when the probability theorist William Feller tried to get a table through a doorway. This hoard of mathematical gems and marvellous explanations is scattered with tantalising glimpses of the maths of life and the universe. Mind-stretching, enlightening and endlessly amusing for hardened expert or cautious newcomer, Professor Stewart's new entertainment will stimulate, delight and enthrall.
For One More Day (
$2.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Mitch Albom, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his father - and she dies while he is gone. This haunts him for years. It unravels his own young family. It leads him to depression and drunkenness. One night, he decides to take his life. But somewhere between this world and the next, he encounters his mother again, in their hometown, and gets to spend one last day with her - the day he missed and always wished he'd had. He asks the questions many of us yearn to ask, the questions we never ask while our parents are alive. By the end of this magical day, Charley discovers how little he really knew about his mother, the secret of how her love saved their family, and how deeply he wants the second chance to save his own.
