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For those in the UK only, two good deals on epic fantasy today: The Name Of The Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle: Book 1, by Patrick Rothfuss, and The Blade Itself: The First Law: Book One, by Joe Abercrombie, both marked down to £1.99. The first I've listened to on Audible and it is absolutely fantastic (as is the next in the series). The only bad thing about it? I'm still waiting for the third in the series to be released and will grab it up the instant that it is (take a listen and you'll probably see why). I haven't read the second, but it should be good, if what I have read by Abercrombie is any guide.
The Magicians' Guild ($0.99 Kindle, B&N), the first book in Trudi Canavan's The Black Magician Trilogy [HarperCollins], with the companion audiobook $3.49.Book Description
"We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician."
This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move with no fear of the vagrants and miscreants who despise them and their work—until one enraged girl, barely more than a child, hurls a stone at the hated invaders . . . and effortlessly penetrates their magical shield.
What the Magicians' Guild has long dreaded has finally come to pass. There is someone outside their ranks who possesses a raw power beyond imagining, an untrained mage who must be found and schooled before she destroys herself and her city with a force she cannot yet control.
My mom called this morning, wanting to see if I had a copy of Eric Dinerstein's The Kingdom of Rarities ($3.47 Kindle, B&N), as she had read that he was going to be in town for a talk and book signing this weekend (2 p.m. Sunday at the East Tennessee History Center in downtown Knoxville), as a part of the Discover Life in America conference which is is dedicated to a first-of-its-kind-project to discover every living species in the park. I don't have the paper edition of his book, but I do have a review ebook copy (which, I'll admit, I haven't done more than flip thru), so I may load it onto one of my ebook readers and take it down to be signed (I have quite a few SF author signatures on my Nook Tablet - keeping it after it dies will take a lot less room than the paper books from the authors included). The drawings included are in black & white or grayscale, so should look fine on eInk readers as well as tablets. I don't know if Amazon or B&N decided to discount the ebook edition for this nearly 300 page text, but it's definitely a good deal right now (his Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's award for science writing, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books and is nearly $14 at Amazon and $25 from Kobo). Dr. Dinerstein started his career tracking leopards in Nepal and his publisher, Island Press, also has an interesting looking Kindle Singles length text in their Island Press E-ssentials series that you can pick up inexpensively: Discovering Big Cat Country: On the trail of tigers and snow leopards ($2.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo)
The Kingdom of Rarities
When you look out your window, why are you so much more likely to see a robin or a sparrow than a Kirtland's warbler or a California condor? Why are some animals naturally rare and others so abundant? The quest to find and study seldom-seen jaguars and flamboyant Andean cocks-of-the-rock is as alluring to naturalists as it is vitally important to science. From the Himalayan slopes of Bhutan to the most isolated mountain ranges of New Guinea, The Kingdom of Rarities takes us to some of the least-traveled places on the planet to catch a glimpse of these unique animals and many others. As he shares stories of these species, Eric Dinerstein gives readers a deep appreciation of their ecological importance and the urgency of protecting all types of life — the uncommon and abundant alike.Discovering Big Cat Country: On the trail of tigers and snow leopards
An eye-opening tour of the rare and exotic, The Kingdom of Rarities offers us a new understanding of the natural world, one that places rarity at the center of conservation biology. Looking at real-time threats to biodiversity, from climate change to habitat fragmentation, and drawing on his long and distinguished scientific career, Dinerstein offers readers fresh insights into fascinating questions about the science of rarity and unforgettable experiences from the field.
With their elusive and solitary nature, tigers and snow leopards are a challenge for even the most seasoned field biologists to track and study. Yet scientist and conservation leader Eric Dinerstein began his career in the heart of Nepal’s tiger country and the perilous Himalayan slopes of the snow leopard, where he discovered the joys—and frustrations—of studying wildlife in some of the most unpredictable and remote places on Earth. In Discovering Big Cat Country, Dinerstein tells the story of two formative journeys from his early days as a biologist: two and a half years as a young Peace Corps Volunteer in the jungles of Nepal and later, as a newly-minted Ph.D., an arduous trek to search for snow leopards in the Kashmir region of India. In these chapters, excerpted from Tigerland and other Unintended Destinations, Dinerstein paints an evocative picture of the homelands and habits of two fascinating predators, and recalls local partners and fellow conservationists who inspired him with their passion for wild places.
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), a young adult novel by Chris Crutcher [HarperCollins]. Besides a glowing review from Publisher's Weekly, this was called "stunning" by School Library Journal and there are even teaching guides available, so that you can use it in a classroom.Book Description
Sarah Byrnes and Eric have been friends for years. When they were children, his fat and her terrible scars made them both outcasts. Later, although swimming slimmed Eric, she stayed his closest friend.
Now Sarah Byrnes -- the smartest, toughest person Eric has ever known -- sits silent in a hospital. Eric must uncover the terrible secret she's hiding, before its dark currents pull them both under.
Reading Level: Ages 12 and up
The Bean Trees ($1.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo), by Barbara Kingsolver [HarperCollins]Book Description
The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver’s first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic. It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a 3-year-old native-American little girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Tucson, Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West.
Written with humor and pathos, this highly praised novel focuses on love and friendship, abandonment and belonging as Taylor, out of money and seemingly out of options, settles in dusty Tucson and begins working at Jesus Is Lord Used Tires while trying to make a life for herself and Turtle.
The author of such bestsellers as The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible, and Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver has been hailed for her striking imagery and clear dialogue, and this is the novel that kicked off her remarkable literary career.
This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
