At Audible, it's Shock-tober and each week will feature 40+ new titles on sale (and you can still access the previous titles). There is a major theme each week (this week it's Zombies, last week was Vampires), but it's a fairly loose interpretation, as I see an Urban Fantasy in this week's selection that I would not have classified as Zombie Fiction and E. E. Knight's Vampire Earth series in last week's choices (not what you'd think of for vampires, usually).
Today's first Kindle Daily Deal is Mariana ($1.99), by Susanna Kearsley. Book Description
Time slip historical fiction at its best by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susanna Kearsley, whose novel The Winter Sea won the RT Reviewers Choice Award, and finaled for a RITA award
When Julia Beckett moves into a beautiful old farmhouse, she finds herself transported into17th-century England, and into the world of Mariana. Each time Julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past... until she realizes Mariana's life is eclipsing her own. She must lay the past to rest or risk losing the chance for happiness in her own time.
Dawn of the Dumb: Dispatches from the Idiotic Frontline ($1.60 / £0.99 UK), by Charlie Brooker, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (no US edition, although there are a couple of other titles available).Book Description
Polite, pensive, mature, reserved ...Charlie Brooker is none of these things and less. Picking up where his hilarious Screen Burn left off, Dawn of the Dumb collects the best of Charlie Brooker's recent TV writing, together with uproarious spleen-venting diatribes on a range of non-televisual subjects - tackling everything from David Cameron to human hair. Rude, unhinged, outrageous, and above all funny, Dawn of the Dumb is essential reading for anyone with a brain and a spinal cord. And hands for turning the pages.
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent, is the Nook Daily Find and the second Daily Deal on Kindle.Book Description
When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed-a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy's trip to heaven and back.
Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery-and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read.
With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how "really, really big" God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton's uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, "Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses."
Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a child.
Mitt Romney ($2.99 Kindle, B&N), by Ronald B Scott, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012, price matched on Kindle.Book Description
The only independent biography of the candidate who would be President--the perfect book for anyone who wants to know more about the family, religion, and personal history that shaped Mitt Romney's political beliefs, and may drive his actions as President of The United States.
Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth ($1.99), by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator). Be sure to also check the Amazon page on this one, as you can download a Nancy Clancy bookmark or a discussion guide, both in DRM-free PDF format.Book Description
Nancy Clancy is growing up and ready for a whole new adventure . . . in her chapter book debut!
Nancy and her best friend, Bree, have everything they need to solve a mystery, from their totally professional trench coats to their top-secret code.
But when crime strikes in their classroom, will these super sleuths be able to crack the case?
Find out in the glamorous start to an all-new chapter book series featuring everyone’s favorite fancy girl!
Grade Level: 2 and up
