Nearly Free Audiobook - The Da Vinci Code

Another deal as part of the anniversary celebration (and anticipation of the next volume in the series), has the Audible edition of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code available for $0.99. You'll need to have picked up the free Kindle edition first (if you haven't, there are links on the Audible page) to get the price, which also then lets you use WhisperSync between the two editions. For those wanting EPUB, there are more formats free now, all linked in my original post.

Book Description
An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci.

A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe.

An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.

Free App - Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots

Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots, by Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd, is this week's Free Friday App from Barnes & Noble, price matched at Amazon (but not Google).

App Description
En Garde!

Fruit meets fairytales in Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots.

The suave, fruit-slashing swashbuckler, Puss in Boots, faces a challenge that would make Sensei proud. Prepare for a journey of familiar fruit-slicing action as Puss encounters a wealth of new and exciting challenges in his search for the Magic Beans.
Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots
Get classic fruit-slicing action in Desperado Mode
Puss in Fruits

Slice through a series of increasingly exciting challenges in the all-new Bandito Mode, and become the greatest Fruit Ninja warrior of all time. Each stage thrusts you into never-before-seen fruit frenzy adventure. Face massive fruit from the Giant's castle, precision and timing challenges, and all-out fruit onslaughts with new obstacles. Plus, for the first time ever, throw down against the much-requested tomato!
Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots
Face all-out fruit onslaughts and live to tell the tale

Real Banditos must put their best blade forward, because scoring is based on the number of fruits sliced, ninja reflexes, and slicing efficiency. A true produce warrior can upload their massive high scores to global leaderboards, and rank among the best players online.
If Kitty-Looks Could Kill

Bring your blade to Desperado Mode--an enhanced and re-mastered version of the Classic Fruit Ninja game. But this time, you will face even more fruit, unique waves, and Puss in Boots' elusive Magic Beans from the DreamWorks Animation feature film.

Finally, bask in the fruit-stained glory of Puss in Boots' own exclusive Ninja Stash, featuring a whole range of unique customizable content, including new backgrounds and blades.

Stay juicy, amigos!

Get the free App from Barnes & Noble.

Today's Deals 3/22

Today's Gold Box at Amazon is "House: The Complete Series" for 58% Off.

Amazon's Android Free App of the Day is The Croods Movie Storybook.

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is also movie themed: Admission ($1.99), by Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, Jean Hanff Korelitz [Hachette]. This is also the Nook Daily Find today. Read it before seeing the movie (starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd).

Book Description
"Admissions. Admission. Aren't there two sides to the word? And two opposing sides...It's what we let in, but it's also what we let out."

For years, 38-year-old Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a Princeton University admissions officer and her dependable domestic life. Her reluctance to confront the truth is suddenly overwhelmed by the resurfacing of a life-altering decision, and Portia is faced with an extraordinary test. Just as thousands of the nation's brightest students await her decision regarding their academic admission, so too must Portia decide whether to make her own ultimate admission.

Admission is at once a fascinating look at the complex college admissions process and an emotional examination of what happens when the secrets of the past return and shake a woman's life to its core.

Today's Kindle Teen Daily Deal is Haunting Violet ($1.99), by Alyxandra Harvey [Walker Childrens].

Book Description
Violet Willoughby doesn't believe in ghosts. But they believe in her. After spending years participating in her mother's elaborate ruse as a fraudulent medium, Violet is about as skeptical as they come in all matters supernatural. Now that she is being visited by a very persistent ghost, one who suffered a violent death, Violet can no longer ignore her unique ability. She must figure out what this ghost is trying to communicate, and quickly because the killer is still on the loose.Afraid of ruining her chance to escape her mother's scheming through an advantageous marriage, Violet must keep her ability secret. The only person who can help her is Colin, a friend she's known since childhood, and whom she has grown to love. He understands the true Violet, but helping her on this path means they might never be together. Can Violet find a way to help this ghost without ruining her own chance at a future free of lies?

Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Sunrise in a Garden of Love & Evil ($1.99), by Barbara Monajem [Montlake Romance]. You may have it in your library, as it was free a couple of years ago.

Book Description
Dark secrets abound in the town of Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana, from blackmail to fetish clubs to murder, and when blood-and-love starved vampire Ophelia Beliveau calls the police to scare away whoever is desecrating her garden, Detective Gideon O’Toole unearths more than he ever dreamed.

Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is The Scourge ($1.99), by Roberto Calas [47North]; originally released as a Kindle Serial.

Book Description
God has forsaken this land.

A mysterious plague descends upon 14th century England, ravaging the country and trapping the souls of the afflicted in eternal madness. The feudal hierarchy--and even the church itself-- slowly crumbles as the dead rise to feed and the living seek whatever shelter they can. The bishops of England call for calm and obedience, but one man isn’t listening.

Sir Edward of Bodiam has been separated from the woman he loves and nothing on heaven or earth can stop him from seeking her out.

Edward and two of his knights travel through the swiftly changing landscape of England, a countryside now overrun by the minions of hell. The knights encounter madness, violence, and sorrow, but Edward fights his way ever deeper into the thickening darkness of unholy terror.

Roberto Calas brings you along on a dark, historical tale full of love, death, and black humor. Follow Edward as he journeys to save his wife, his kingdom, and his very soul.

The Salt Maiden (£0.99 UK), by Colleen Thompson [Montlake Romance], is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $2.99).

Book Description
Deep beneath the desert lies a woman's body, mummified by salt, abandoned by those who ought to seek her. With her rests a secret that someone will kill to keep buried.

Devil's Claw
It's a barren wasteland, the dead center of nowhere, and the last place Dana Vanover wants to be. But it's also the last known address of her missing sister. Determined to locate Angie, Dana won't be deterred by suspicious rednecks, snakebite, or even the grim prognosis of Sheriff Jay Eversole: no woman could survive more than a week alone in the burning heat of Rimrock County . But the endless sands aren't the only thing hotter than the chili served up in the Broken Spur café. Despite small-town dirty politics, a deadly car chase and a dangerous paternity search, Dana and Jay can't keep their hands off each other. In the least populated area of the country they've managed to find love. Now all they have to do is stay alive long enough to uncover...The Salt Maiden

Diesel Daily Deal - Redwood Bend (E)

Redwood Bend ($6.99 $3.50 Kindle), a novel by Robyn Carr [Harlequin Mira], is today's Deal of the "Day" at Diesel E-Books, where it's discounted to $1.10. (5 copies left).

For those preferring to stay with Kindle editions, there are currently 9 titles in the Virgin River series that are on sale for under $4 (one under $3) and two more under $5, which are all good discounts from the $7-$8 list price (the last few titles in the series are marked down to $5.99-$6.15).

Book Description

Katie Malone and her twin boys' trip along the beautiful mountain roads to Virgin River is stopped short by a tire as flat as her failed romance. To make matters worse, the rain has set in, the boys are hungry and Katie is having trouble putting on a spare. As she stands at the side of the road pondering her next move, she hears a distinct rumble. The sight of the sexy, leather-clad bikers who pull up beside her puts her imagination into overdrive.

Dylan Childress and his buddies are on the motorcycle trip of a lifetime. But the sight of a woman in distress stops them in their tracks. And while the guys are checking out her car, she and Dylan are checking out one another.

In one brief moment, the world tilts on its axis and any previous plans Katie and Dylan might have had for their futures are left at the side of the road.

Get the book from Diesel; be sure to check the sales price, as the Deal of the Day often sells out.

Today's Deals 3/21

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is S. J. Watson's debut thriller Before I Go To Sleep ($2.99), one of Amazon's Best Books of the Month, June 2011 [HarperCollins].

Book Description
"As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I’m still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me. . . ."

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love—all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story.

Welcome to Christine's life.

Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Etiquette for the End of the World ($1.99), by Jeanne Martinet.

Book Description
RULE #1: DON’T PANIC—IT ONLY ATTRACTS SHARKS

It’s not the end of the world. That’s what depressed, 39-year-old Tess Eliot has to remind herself after losing her newspaper column (“Tess Knows Best”) and being dumped by her boyfriend for a younger woman (a feng shui expert? Really?) But when the out-of-work Tess gets hired by a wacky cult (W.O.O.S.H.) to write an etiquette guide as part of the preparation for what the cult believes is imminent global catastrophe, she begins to ask herself: “Wait--could the world actually be coming to an end?”
At first, Tess fakes her way through chapters like “Boundaries in the Bunker” and “Cannibalism: Yes or No?” Then she uncovers what appears to be a bona fide (if somewhat bizarre) secret plot for world destruction, and she embarks on a life-changing odyssey of her own—involving travel to far-off places, all-too-close encounters with touchy-feely survivalists and conspiracy theorists, and one handsome guy who seems way too perfect.

Filled with wit and insight (including Tess Eliot’s “Twelve Rules to Live and Die By”), Etiquette for the End of the World is fast-paced, laugh-out-loud fun, with surprisingly relevant life lessons along the way.

Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is Apprentice Swordceror ($1.99), by Chris Hollaway.

Book Description
Apprentice Swordceror, the first volume of the Blademage Saga, is a debut novel that tells the story of a young man trapped between the separate and incompatible worlds of Wizards and Warriors. The main character, Kevon, is easily identified with, possessing the raw talent we all wish we had, and the naiveté we hope we lack. His journey through betrayal, love, loss, and personal growth is accentuated by the friends and allies that he comes to surround himself with. The story will appeal to classic fantasy fans, while the different angles on magic and standard fantastical races will satisfy those who need something different than the usual fare.

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar (£1.29 UK), by Suzanne Joinson, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $9.36).

Book Description
It is 1923 and Evangeline English, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie at the ancient Silk Route city of Kashgar to help establish a Christian mission. Lizzie is in thrall to their forceful and unyielding leader Millicent, but Eva's motivations for leaving her bourgeois life back at home are less clear-cut. As they attempt to navigate their new home and are met with resistance and calamity, Eva commences work on her book, A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar... In present-day London another story is beginning. Frieda, a young woman adrift in her own life, opens her front door one night to find a man sleeping on the landing. In the morning he is gone, leaving on the wall an exquisite drawing of a long-tailed bird and a line of Arabic script. Tayeb, who has fled to England from Yemen, has arrived on Frieda's doorstep just as she learns that she is the next-of-kin to a dead woman she has never heard of: a woman whose abandoned flat contains many surprises - among them an ill-tempered owl. The two wanderers begin an unlikely friendship as their worlds collide, and they embark on a journey that is as great, and as unexpected, as Eva's. A stunning debut peopled by unforgettable characters, A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar is an extraordinary story of inheritance and the search for belonging in a fractured and globalised world.

Making the Connection: Strategies to Build Effective Personal Relationships ($2.99 Kindle, B&N), a collection of titles by Jonathan Herring, Sandy Allgeier, Richard Templar and Samuel Barondes, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle. This title was free in both stores earlier this year, so you most likely already have a copy.

Book Description
4 remarkable eBooks help you persuade, influence, convince, and inspire everyone around you.

These 4 extraordinary eBooks offer you an unprecedented toolset for persuading, influencing, inspiring, and motivating everyone around you. In How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, Oxford's Jonathan Herring teaches you how to calmly and confidently persuade in any environment -- free of fear, confusion, and intimidation. You'll earn practical skills that make some people so articulate and compelling… how to handle difficult people and heated situations… how to make your point more powerfully than ever before. Next, in The Personal Credibility Factor: How to Get It, Keep It, and Get It Back (If You've Lost It), renowned personal coachSandy Allgeier shows how to systematically build your personal credibility -- the #1 attribute in earning trust and success. Allgeier's hands-on assessment tool will help you bring more authenticity and transparency to your interactions, and her practical guidance on listening will help you earn others' trust even if you ultimately choose to disagree. Allgeier concludes with seven specific steps you can take every day to increase personal credibility, and rebuild credibility you've already lost. Then, in How to Get What You Want...Without Having to Ask, best-selling author Richard Templar offers up 100 clever, simple, pain-free ways to get people to happily say "yes" to you. You'll discover bite-size techniques for getting what you want without saying a word… and when you do still have to ask, you'll find the techniques and words that'll get the job done. Finally, in Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality, renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist Samuel Barondes shares practical tools for understanding what individuals are really like -- and how they got that way. He offers a complete system for assessing each person's traits, character, and sense of identity, integrating those elements into a unified picture, and using it to be more effective in every area of your life. Learn how to supplement your intuition to choose more satisfying relationships, recognize telltale signs of dysfunction and danger, and savor the complexity and uniqueness of everyone you meet!

Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is My Fair Godmother ($1.99), by Janette Rallison [Walker Children], with the companion audiobook for $3.49.

Book Description
Finding your one true love can be a Grimm experience!

After her boyfriend dumps her for her older sister, sophomore Savannah Delano wishes she could find a true prince to take her to the prom. Enter Chrissy (Chrysanthemum) Everstar: Savannah’s gum-chewing, cell phone–carrying, high heel-wearing Fair Godmother. Showing why she’s only Fair—because she’s not a very good fairy student—Chrissy mistakenly sends Savannah back in time to the Middle Ages, first as Cinderella, then as Snow White. Finally she sends Tristan, a boy in Savannah’s class, back instead to turn him into her prom-worthy prince. When Savannah returns to the Middle Ages to save Tristan, they must team up to defeat a troll, a dragon, and the mysterious and undeniably sexy Black Knight. Laughs abound in this clever fairy tale twist from a master of romantic comedy.

Age Range: 10 and up