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Friday, January 20, 2012

Today's Deals

New coupon codes from Kobo: jan20us20 for 20% off a non-Agency title. You should be able to use the usual country code substitutions to get five total with this discount.

If you are a big comics fan, you may be interested in the 1/2 sale for Bone or the 99 cent Uncanny X-Force sale over at Comixology. Looks like today is the final day and you can get issue #1 completely free as a sample. It does require an account and you'll need the Comixology Comics app to read them on your Kindle Fire or an Android/iThing device. You' want to check their Free Comics page, too, since they add a few new ones each week.

You can get a free MP3 download of Loga Ramin Torkian's Your Bewitching Eyes (Chashme Jadu), courtesy of Six Degree Records. You'll need to give them an email address to get the link sent (and will be subscribed to their newsletter).

EPUB formats now available for the first four free books, the fifth is now free on Kindle and the sixth is one that has returned to the Kindle store (free), after disappearing abruptly on the first day it was available.

Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure ($1.99), by Richard E. Byrd, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, he was already an international hero for having piloted the first flights over the North and South Poles. His plan for this latest adventure was to spend six months alone near the bottom of the world, gathering weather data and indulging his desire “to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are.” But early on things went terribly wrong. Isolated in the pervasive polar night with no hope of release until spring, Byrd began suffering inexplicable symptoms of mental and physical illness. By the time he discovered that carbon monoxide from a defective stovepipe was poisoning him, Byrd was already engaged in a monumental struggle to save his life and preserve his sanity.

When Alone was first published in 1938, it became an enormous bestseller. This edition keeps alive Byrd’s unforgettable narrative for new generations of readers.

The Second Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong ($1.52 / £0.99 UK), by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $11.99).
Book Description
From the brains behind The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. The original Book of General Ignorance was published in 2006. It has since been translated into twenty-six languages and sold over 1.2 million copies.

Now, just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another busload of mistakes and misunderstandings. Here is a new collection of simple, perfectly obvious questions you'll be quite certain you know the answers to. Whether it's history, science, sports, geography, literature, language, medicine, the classics, or common wisdom, you'll be astonished to discover that everything you thought you knew is still hopelessly wrong.

For example, do you know who made the first airplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What was the first dishwasher built to do? What color are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you?

Whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong. The Second Book of General Ignorance is the essential text for everyone who knows they don't know everything, and an ideal stick with which to beat people who think they do.

Buried Sins ($3.79 Kindle; $1.99 B&N), by Marta Perry, is the Nook Daily Find.
Book Description
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE

Had her brand-new husband been involved in something shady? Before Caroline Hampton could confront him, he was killed in a car crash...or so it was claimed. Unsettling incidents--escalating in dange--warned her he could be very much alive. And so Caroline fled for the safety of her sisters' Amish country inn. But someone who suspected her--handsome police chief Zachary Burkhalter--was waiting for Caroline. Waiting for her to slip up. And watching her every move. Daring her to trust him with all of the truth.
Today's backlist/indie free books on Kindle (not likely to be free for long):
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