Yesterday's Nook Daily Find,
The Grifters, by Jim Thompson, is now $1.99 on Kindle; the price drop may not last all day, so you might want to grab it early, especially if you were a fan of the Scorsese movie.
Today's Kindle Daily Deal is
All God's Creatures (
$1.99), by Carolyn McSparren (BelleBooks). Since I loved reading James Herriot when I was young (and have replaced all his books more than once over the years, including now as ebooks), and this takes place in TN, it was a must buy for me this past Spring. If you missed it then, grab it now.
Book Description
Often compared to the novels of James Herriot, ALL GOD'S CREATURES follows the life of a woman veterinarian in modern Tennessee. From an unlikely start as a white-glove debutante in the 1960's to a sexism-defying launch in vet school to the adventures, sorrows, joys and oddities of a long veterinary practice, our heroine spins tales of the animals and people who share her life.
By veteran author and dedicated horsewoman Carolyn McSparren, who also writes the Merry Abbot Carriage Driving Mysteries-- THE CART BEFORE THE CORPSE and ONE HOOF IN THE GRAVE.
Einstein's Dreams (
$1.57 / £0.99 UK), by Alan Lightman, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the
US edition is $9.99).
Book Description
A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland.
As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over.
In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar.
Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein's Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.
The Bride Stripped Bare (
$9.99 $1.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Nikki Gemmell, is the Nook Daily Find. This looks to be yet another book in the
Fifty Shades genre that is currently popular;
not yet price matched on Kindle, despite being an Agency publisher title. Update: Now priced matched on Kindle.
Book Description
A woman disappears, leaving behind an incendiary diary chronicling a journey of sexual awakening. To all who knew her, she was the good wife: happy, devoted, content. But the diary reveals a secret self, one who's discovered that her new marriage contains mysteries of its own. She has discovered a forgotten Elizabethan manuscript that dares to speak of what women truly desire, and inspired by its revelations, she tastes for the first time the intoxicating power of knowing what she wants and how to get it. The question is: How long can she sustain a perilous double life?
Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is
Zoe Sophia's Scrapbook: An Adventure in Venice (
$1.99), by Elisa Smalley and Claudia Mauner.
Book Description
Zoe Sophia is a girl who likes adventure and finds it during an exciting and event-packed vacation to Venice to visit her great aunt Dorothy Pomander. Zoe Sophia, along with her dog, Mickey, sees the sights, explores the city, and is involved in a suspense-filled search for her lost pet. Watercolor illustrations capture the essence of these two peas-in-a-pod, their enjoyable relationship, and the beautiful landscape of Venice, Italy.
Grade Level: P and up
The audiobook edition of The Cosmic Computer ($0.00 Kindle), by H. Beam Piper, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer, is free in the Audible store.
