Two free Kindle books are now free for UK and Canadian Kindlers:
At the Sign Of the Sugared Plum (
$0.99), a YA novel by Mary Hooper, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
'You be going to live in the city, Hannah?' Farmer Price asked, pushing his battered hat up over his forehead. 'Wouldn''t think you'd want to go there . . . Times like this, I would have thought your sister would try and keep you away.' Hannah is oblivious to Farmer Price's dark words, excited as she is about her first ever trip to London to help her sister in her shop 'The Sugared Plum', making sweetmeats for the gentry. Hannah does not however get the reception she expected from her sister Sarah. Instead of giving Hannah a hearty welcome, Sarah is horrified that Hannah did not get her message to stay away - the Plague is taking hold of London.
Based on much research, Mary Hooper tellingly conveys how the atmosphere in London changes from a disbelief that the Plague is anything serious, to the full-blown horror of the death carts and being locked up - in effect to die - if your house is suspected of infection.
The Book of Human Skin (
$1.57 / £0.99 UK), by Michelle Lovric, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (no US edition).
Book Description
The book of human skin is a large volume with many pages of villainy writ upon it. There are people who are a disease, you know.
13 May, 1784, Venice: Minguillo Fasan, heir to the decaying, gothic Palazzo Espagnol, is born. Yet Minguillo is no ordinary child: he is strange, devious and all those who come near him are fearful. Twelve years later Minguillo is faced with an unexpected threat to his inheritance: a newborn sister, Marcella. His untempered jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But in his insatiable quest to destroy her, he may have underestimated his sister's ferocious determination, and her unlikely allies who will go to extraordinary lengths to save her…
The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers (
$3.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Karl Iglesias, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
As an aspiring screenwriter, you dream of one day seeing the fruits of your vision splashed across the big screen. Whether you believe great screenwriters are made or born, you'll be on the fast track to finding your Muse after tuning in to the secrets of fourteen of Tinseltown's top screenwriters, including Ron Bass (Rain Man), Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Amy Holden Jones (Indecent Proposal), and Steven DeSouza (Die Hard). Author Karl Iglesias, Hollywood story analyst and development executive, personally interviewed these top contemporary scribes to learn their hints, tips, and advice for making it as a screenwriter. In The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, you'll learn how to make the greatest impact with a screenplay, using pacing, dialogue, and character development. You'll also follow each writer through a typical "day in the life," sharing eye-opening experiences that will amaze, amuse, and ultimately, inspire you. If you want an edge in an industry that demands it, sample from this smorgasbord of wisdom from masters of their craft.
