At
DailySteals (today only), you can get a refurbished Kindle Keyboard 3G for $79.99. It's refurbished, but appears to have a 90 day warranty (from Amazon). All indications are that it is not the Special Offers edition (which means you can turn them on and off at no cost) and the
same model is going for $129.99 direct from Amazon. It's perhaps just another indication that the Keyboard model is (sadly) on it's way out and that another model may be around the corner.
Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is
A Small Furry Prayer (
$1.99), by Steven Kotler. This is a very good price, if you read this type of story - it's $15-$17 elsewhere.
Book Description
Steven Kotler was forty years old, single, and facing an existential crisis when he met Lila, a woman devoted to animal rescue. "Love me, love my dogs" was her rule, and Steven took it to heart. Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Steven, Lila, and their eight dogs-then ten, then twenty, and then they lost count-bought a postage-stamp-size farm in Chimayo, New Mexico. A Small Furry Prayer chronicles their adventures at Rancho de Chihuahua, the sanctuary they created for their special needs pack. While dog rescue is one of the largest underground movements in America, it is also one of the least understood. An insider look at the "cult and culture" of dog rescue, A Small Furry Prayer weaves personal experience, cultural investigation, and scientific inquiry into a fast-paced, fun-filled narrative that explores what it means to devote one's life to the furry and the four-legged. Along the way, Kotler combs through every aspect of canine-human relations, from humans' long history with dogs through brand-new research into the neuroscience of canine companionship, in the end discovering why living in a world made of dog may be the best way to uncover the truth about what it really means to be human.
The AmazonEncore edition of
A King of Infinite Space (
$1.57 / £0.99 UK), by Tyler Dilts, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the
US edition is $3.99/KLL Eligible).
Book Description
Long Beach, California, homicide detective Danny Beckett is pouring the weekend’s first shot of vodka when the call comes in: Elizabeth Williams, a teacher at nearby Warren High School, has been brutally murdered in her classroom. When Danny arrives at the school, the blood-spattered crime scene turns even his veteran stomach. What could this young woman have done to make her the target of such a violent attack? And what is the significance of the victim’s left hand, taken by the killer as a grisly trophy? Beckett delves into the case with his usual tenacious cool, yet as he pieces together the facts, long-suppressed anguish from his own past rises up with stunning force. His hunt for the murderer soon morphs into a personal quest for atonement as he struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and family. A King of Infinite Space is a riveting crime novel that serves as a memorable introduction for Danny Beckett to the ranks of fiction’s favorite hardened detectives.
Sistergirl Devotions: Keeping Jesus in the Mix on the Job (
$2.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Carol M. Mackey, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
Finally, a book of meditations for African American women that understands the world they live in. Centering on the lessons God teaches us at work, at church, and in our relationships, this book of devotions uses stories and settings that will resonate with women of color--urban life, office culture, and the leading of the Spirit in things large and small. Using Scripture, conventional wisdom, and stories from the African American community, each devotional will show women how their faith can empower them to have success on the job--at whatever workplace they find themselves. With topics such as respect, resourcefulness, image, timeliness, honesty, negativity, and balancing work and home, each devotion ends with a "power move"--practical affirmations that will move readers toward success at work.
Princess Academy ($5.96 Kindle,
$1.99 B&N), by Shannon Hale, is the Nook Daily Find for Families.
Book Description
Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king’s priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. Sent to an academy to learn how to become a princess, Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and even bandits intent on kidnapping the future princess.
Just Desserts (
$1.99 Kindle,
Kobo
), the first of the
Bed-And-Breakfast mystery series by Mary Daheim, is Today's Deal at Kobo, price matched on Kindle (as chosen by me, since Kobo hasn't updated their page in weeks). The author is better known for her
Emma Lord series, although both have been written over the last two decades, at least from the selection I find at the local library, which doesn't have this one an many others in the series.
Book Description
When the garishly grotesque clan of wealthy carpet-sweeper magnate Otto Broadie sweeps down upon Judith McMonigle's Hillside Manor Inn, it looks like there'll be a wild night of drinking, dining, and fortune-telling in the offing. But when their soothsayer-for-hire Madame Gushenka drops dead after someone douses her tea leaves with bug killer, harried hostess Judith and her irrepressible cousin Renie are left to clean up the mess. One of the Brodie bunch would dearly love to sweep the Madame's murder under the rug, however, and that might mean eliminating the nosy Ms. McMonigle as well. But with the help of her one-time beau, policeman Joe Flynn, Judith is determined to rattle the dust off some closeted family skeletons, in order to coax a killer out of hiding before coffee is served.
