If you have little ones running around underfoot and a qualifying Android device or tablet (which oddly excludes the newly released Kindle Fire, currently), you might want to check out the sale on the Little Critter series of interactive storybooks by Oceanhouse Media, currently on sale for 99 cents apiece (excluding the bundled of 10 at the end of the search results).Some B&N stores are offering a $10 gift card bonus with any $75 gift card purchase (I don't see details online, so I'd call first to see if your store offers these). You should be able to use them for ebooks, in the cafe, or on their new online only offer of a Nook Tablet and a huge bundle of Reader's Digest Subscriptions and eBooks for $229 (you can't get the bundle except with the tablet purchase and the subscriptions are non-refundable, but end after a year). The bundle includes a "12 month NOOK subscription to Reader's Digest, Taste of Home, Birds and Blooms, Healthy Cooking, and Simple and Delicious as well as the following eBooks and other digital content: Comfort Food Diet: Family Classic, Taste of Home Everyday Slow Cooker, Taste of Home Most Requested Recipes, Taste of Home Holiday Celebrations, Taste of Home Desserts, Humor in Uniform, Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, Laughter, The Best Medicine: Those Lovable Pets, Laughter Really is The Best Medicine, and The Most Scenic Drives in America (Enhanced)."
You can get five of Barbara Cartland's backlist romances free over at AllRomance. Their books are DRM-free, so grab the format of your choice and convert as needed in the future or, go thru the purchase twice and download a couple of formats, as downloading does lock in the format. Do be sure to download, though, as they don't guarantee access in the future (authors and publishers can pull books and they'll be in your library, but without any download links; I have one from this author with this exact problem).
There's a good deal for Gamers at Amazon: The 13-game Over-the-Top Topware Bundle for $14.99. That's about the price of just two of the games standalone.
Today's Kindle Daily Deal is Two Best-Selling Romantic Suspense Series; all four books encompassing best-selling author Barbara Freethy's Sanders Brothers and Deception series are $1.99 each. That's less than I generally see the (worn) paperbacks selling for at our local used book store. These have been published in print by Onyx and Signet, but these ebooks editions are self-published (so, the author is getting a decent percentage of the sale, unlike print or used copies, and Penguin, the owner of both of those imprints, didn't get to set the price).Silent Run (Sanders Brothers #1)
An emotionally compelling, romantic and suspenseful story ...Silent Fall (Sanders Brothers #2)
A woman wakes in a hospital bed with no idea of who she is. Her memory is gone, her baby missing. All she has is the gripping certainty that she is in mortal danger. Then a handsome, angry stranger barges in and makes a terrible accusation. He was her lover--and her child's father--until she disappeared seven months ago.
Jake Sanders swore he'd never forgive Sarah Tucker, but he isn't about to let her get away again--especially not with his daughter still missing. If he has any chance of recovering his baby, he must help the woman who betrayed him retrieve the pieces of her shattered memory--without letting his feelings get in the way.
Haunted by troubling flashes of memory, Sarah begins to realize she's lived a life of lies. But what is the truth? And where is her baby?
Dylan Sanders is attending a wedding in the mountains when his trip takes a terrible turn. A former lover appears out of nowhere, demands a private conversation, and lures him into the woods, then leaves him there, drugged and disoriented. The next morning, the woman has disappeared, and Dylan is accused of her murder.Taken (Deception Series #1)
Catherine Hilliard, a beautiful psychic haunted by her own dark past, is reluctant to offer up her cryptic visions to help skeptical Dylan figure out what's going on, but she can't leave her best friend's brother-in-law on his own ... or deny the powerful, inexplicable connection between them.
It soon becomes clear that a wily and ruthless mastermind has targeted both of them, with a motive that's very personal. Soon their race to expose the truth is no longer about staying out of jail but about staying alive ...
Kayla Sheridan had longed for love, marriage and a family. Now, after a miraculous whirlwind courtship with the man of her dreams, she is his wife. But on their wedding night, he vanishes, leaving Kayla with the bitter realization that her desire has made her an easy mark for deception.Played (Deception Series, #2)
Nick Granville has an ingrained sense of honor and an intense desire to succeed in building the world's most challenging high-tech bridges. But when he crosses paths with a ruthless con man, he's robbed of everything he values, including his identity. With nothing left to lose, he'll risk any danger to clear his name and reclaim his life.
Thrown together by fate, Kayla and Nick embark on a desperate journey toward the truth -- to uncover the mysterious motives of an ingenious and seductive stranger who boasts he can't be caught ... and to reveal the shocking secrets of their own shattered pasts.
Christina Alberti, an expert art historian, has run from the shadows of her past, hiding the truth and building her name as a reputable jewelry specialist at the Barclay Auction House. Everything is perfect until a legendary and priceless diamond makes her a target for a diabolically charming con man determined to pull off the heist of the century at her expense.
FBI Agent J.T. McIntyre is determined to catch the thief who conned his father and destroyed his family. He wants revenge as much as he wants justice, and he won't let anyone stand in his way, not even Christina, whose secrets make him wonder just which side she is on.
When the diamond goes missing, the game turns deadly. Christina and J.T. take a dangerous journey deep into a world of greed and desire, secrets and seduction -- until there's no betrayal left hidden and nowhere the shocking truth can hide.
The Pilo Family Circus ($1.58 / £0.99 UK), by Will Elliot, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $9.99).Book Description
“You have two days to pass your audition. You better pass it, feller. You’re joining the circus. Ain’t that the best news you ever got?” Delivered by a trio of psychotic clowns, this ultimatum plunges Jamie into the horrific alternate universe that is the centuries-old Pilo Family Circus, a borderline world between Hell and Earth from which humankind’s greatest tragedies have been perpetrated. Yet in this place—peopled by the gruesome, grotesque, and monstrous—where violence and savagery are the norm, Jamie finds that his worst enemy is himself. When he applies the white face paint, he is transformed into JJ, the most vicious clown of all. And JJ wants Jamie dead! Echoes of Lovecraft, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, and early Stephen King resound through the pages of this magical, gleefully macabre work nominated as Best Novel by the International Horror Guild.
To The Moon and Back ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Jill Mansell, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.Book Description
The hardest part of love is moving on...
It's been a year since Ellie Kendall's husband, Jamie, was killed in an accident, but she's still haunted by his memory. In fact, she finds herself talking to him regularly. At the urging of Jamie's successful actor father Tony, Ellie moves to London's glamorous Primrose Hill, where nobody knows her past...
But even in her new home-and with her hardworking new boss, Zack McLaren; and Jamie's best friend Todd to distract her-Ellie can't seem to leave Jamie behind. Will Ellie stay stuck in the past? Or will she realize the man of her dreams is flesh and blood-and right in front of her eyes...
Discover why readers across the globe can't get enough of Jill Mansell's poignant, funny love stories. You'll laugh and cry-at the same time!
Republic, Lostt: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It ($3.99 Kindle, B&N), by Lawrence Lessig, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012, price matched on Kindle.Book Description
In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign-finance rules and brought to new levels by the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission-trust in our government has reached an all-time low. More than ever before, Americans believe that money buys results in Congress, and that business interests wield control over our legislature.
With heartfelt urgency and a keen desire for righting wrongs, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig takes a clear-eyed look at how we arrived at this crisis: how fundamentally good people, with good intentions, have allowed our democracy to be co-opted by outside interests, and how this exploitation has become entrenched in the system. Rejecting simple labels and reductive logic-and instead using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left-Lessig seeks out the root causes of our situation. He plumbs the issues of campaign financing and corporate lobbying, revealing the human faces and follies that have allowed corruption to take such a foothold in our system. He puts the issues in terms that nonwonks can understand, using real-world analogies and real human stories. And ultimately he calls for widespread mobilization and a new Constitutional Convention, presenting achievable solutions for regaining control of our corrupted-but redeemable-representational system. In this way, Lessig plots a roadmap for returning our republic to its intended greatness.
While America may be divided, Lessig vividly champions the idea that we can succeed if we accept that corruption is our common enemy and that we must find a way to fight against it. In REPUBLIC, LOST, he not only makes this need palpable and clear-he gives us the practical and intellectual tools to do something about it.
Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe ($1.99), by Roland Smith. Looks like a cute book and kids should enjoy it (so long as you don't tell them they are learning a history lesson at the same time).Book Description
Born the runt of his litter and gambled away to a rusty old riverman, the Newfoundland pup Seaman doesn’t imagine his life will be marked by any kind of glory--beyond chasing down rats. But when he meets Captain Meriwether Lewis, Seaman finds himself on a path that will make history. Lewis is just setting off on his landmark search for the Northwest Passage, and he takes Seaman along. Sharing the curiosity and strength of spirit of his new master, Seaman proves himself a valuable companion at every turn. Part history, part science--and adventure through and through--The Captain’s Dog is the carefully researched, thrilling tale of America’s greatest journey of discovery, as seen through the keen, compassionate eyes of a remarkable dog.
Grade Level: 4 and up
