Two Free Audiobooks - Pinned and Locomotion

There are two new free audiobook from Sync today. First, I've linked in the info from the ebook or audiobook version of each title (Amazon has the best reviews), followed by the link to get your copies free, with directions to ensure you get the complete download.

The first free audiobook is Pinned ($4.99 Kindle; $17.95 Audible), by Alfred C. Martino, narrated by Mark Shanahan.

Book Description
In this gripping story, wrestling dominates the lives of two young men. Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane come from very different backgrounds--yet they both have the drive, determination, and commitment of a champion. And both are determined to have successful wrestling seasons despite having to grapple with their own demons.

But their personal problems won't matter when these two teens meet on the mat to compete for the title of New Jersey State Wrestling Champion. Both Ivan and Bobby have put in grueling hours of practice, endured intense hunger to cut weight, and sacrificed themselves for the sport they love--but only one of them is destined to win.

Grade Level: 7 and up

Locomotion ($7.99 Kindle; $11.95 Audible), by Jacqueline Woodson, narrated by Dion Graham, is the second selection for this week.

Book Description
When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire. Now he's eleven, and he still misses them terribly. And he misses his little sister, Lili, who was put into a different foster home because not a lot of people want boys-not foster boys that ain't babies." But Lonnie hasn't given up. His foster mother, Miss Edna, is growing on him. She's already raised two sons and she seems to know what makes them tick. And his teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper.

Told entirely through Lonnie's poetry, we see his heartbreak over his lost family, his thoughtful perspective on the world around him, and most of all his love for Lili and his determination to one day put at least half of their family back together. Jacqueline Woodson's poignant story of love, loss, and hope is lyrically written and enormously accessible."

Grade Level: P and up

Click HERE to get the free downloads (you'll need to enter your name and an email address. You'll end up clicking about three pages (for each book), before the audiobook actually downloads. Don't stop so long as you still see a button that talks about your Sync download (or until you see the Overdrive software open up; there is a link at Sync, if you don't already have Overdrive installed).

Once in Overdrive, you'll need to tell it where to save the files (just click OK to use the default location, since Overdrive will keep track of them for you), then again to actually start the download (by default, all parts of the book are downloaded; I would suggest not changing this in the last dialog box, just click on OK to get the download started). Make sure your audiobook is fully downloaded before the end of the week, as once the promo period is over, you won't be able to get them free.

You can't get any titles that have been missed, but once they are loaded into Overdrive (which you will need to install, if you are not already using it for library books), they are yours to keep (there is no expiration date). Two new titles each Thursday!

Today's Deals

Edited to add: There were some technical difficulties with Audible's "Paperback Sale" this morning, but they have the prices back in place. Today is the final day, though, as the sale ends at midnight ET.

The Audubon Android Apps are on sale this morning, with Audubon Birds marked down to $2.99 and the rest of the guides down to 99 cents. There isn't room to put them all on the Kindle Fire at once (at least, not with the complete downloads), but I went ahead and picked up the ones I was missing, at this price; I can rotate the ones I want to look thru on the Fire and they will fit on my Android tablet (it has an SD card for memory expansion).

• Audubon Birds: A Field Guide to North American Birds
• Audubon Trees - A Field Guide to North American Trees
• Audubon Wildflowers - A Field Guide to North American Wildflowers
• Audubon Butterflies - A Field Guide to North American Butterflies
• Audubon Mammals: A Field Guide to North American Mammals
• Audubon Mushrooms - A Field Guide to North American Mushrooms
• Audubon Insects & Spiders

App Description
Audubon Birds

• Incorporates eBird technology to locate birds in real time, with quick access to recent sightings, locations of notable and rare birds, and maps and directions to all the birding hotspots across North America.
• Associates Field Marks for over 650 images to help with field identification
• Includes Thousands of high definition images detail each species with extraordinary clarity. Includes multiple images of each species in their natural habitat by gender, age, and seasonal plumage variations
• Contains over eight hours of audio from the best audio field naturalists in North America
• Useful 'Journal' feature allows you to track and annotate your personal sightings by location, and share with friends by email or Facebook.

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is After Life ($1.99), a debut novel by Rhian Ellis that is one of librarian Nancy Pearl's Nancy Pearl Presents Book Lust Rediscoveries (and one I apparently bought at full price just this past June...).

Book Description
Naomi Ash was born in New Orleans and raised by her mother, Patsy, a medium who schooled her young daughter in the parlor-trick chicanery of the trade. From Naomi recreating presences with table cloths to providing the voice of the dead by talking through a fan, their act is part theater, part magic, and a little too much playing with the letter of the law. Eventually they must beat a hasty—and forced—retreat from New Orleans, relocating to Train Line, New York.

A sleepy village founded and inhabited by others with a spiritualist bent, Train Line is populated with card readers, table levitators, and crystal-shop owners. Low-rent “Psychic Faires” are held at the local Holiday Inn, and Patsy’s newest creation, “The Mother Galina Psychic Hour,” is on the local radio station. The town is a curious mix between old school “table rappers” and the New Age, and it is here that Naomi comes of age, learns the trade, and falls in love. But love is not only a many splendored thing—it can be dangerous as well. And for a young woman caught between fraud and truth, between the world of the living and the world of the dead, and between the secrets and lies of her youth, the past and present will come together in a rush of truth and consequence.

Hailed as “a study of eccentricities, which rises above the merely quirky to address those issues of life, death, memory, and love that preoccupy us all,” After Life is a stunning first novel of extraordinary suspense and evocative imagery.

Bloodland ($1.55 /£0.99 UK), by Alan Glynn, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $9.99; the UK edition is available in most other countries, pricing varies). Those in the UK also have a bargain price on Winterland (Main/UK) and Limitless (Main/UK), which was made into a major motion picture.

Book Description
A private security contractor loses it in the Congo, with deadly consequences, while in Ireland the ex-prime minister struggles to write his memoir. A tabloid star is killed in a helicopter crash and three years later a young journalist is warned off the story. As a news story breaks in Paris, a US senator prepares his campaign to run for office. What links these things and who controls what we know? With echoes of John Le Carré, 24 and James Ellroy, Alan Glynn has written another crime novel of and for our times - a ferocious thriller that moves from Dublin to New York via West Africa, and thrillingly explores the legacy of corruption in big business, the West's fear of China, the fate of ex-military, the role of back room political players, and the quick fix of online news.

The Dead of Summer ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Mari Jungstedt (one of Sweden’s most popular crime fiction authors), is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
In Mari Jungstedt’s spine-tingling novel, The Dead of Summer, the most isolated island in the Baltic Sea, Gotska Sandön, north of Gotland, serves as the setting for her perfect crime story. A husband and father of two is mysteriously murdered while on holiday, taking a morning jog. With no evidence of a motive or suspect, assistant commissioner Karin Jacobsson is assigned to her first major case to lead the investigation while her boss, Superintendent Anders Knutas is away on holiday. Meanwhile, TV reporter Johan Berg keeps pace with the police team, while at the same time distracted in trying to win back his former love and the mother of his child, Emma Winarve, who resides on the island.One of ten in her popular Anders Knutas series, Jungstedt weaves a crime story that raises the eerie question…are we ever truly alone? Or, is there always someone watching and waiting?

In Front of God and Everybody ($7.69 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), by KD McCrite, is the Nook Daily Find for Families.

Book Description
If God wanted April Grace to be kind to her neighbors, He should have made them nicer!

Growing up in the country is never easy, but it sure is funny-especially if you happen to have a sister obsessed with being glamorous, a grandma just discovering make-up, hippie friends who never shower, and brand new neighbors from the city who test everyone's patience. From disastrous dye jobs to forced apologies and elderly date tagalongs, you'll laugh 'til you cry as you read the Confessions of April Grace!

Here are just a couple of April's thoughts: On her sister, Myra Sue: "How anyone can be that dumb and still be able to eat with a fork is beyond me." On senior citizen lovebirds: "What if they started smooching right at the table in front of God and everybody?"

In spite of all the loony characters in her life, April Grace is able to learn from her parents as they share the love of God-to even the craziest of characters!

Bargain Book Roundup

The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories ($0.99 pre-order), by Agatha Christie, is $9.99 at B&N; Kobo has a 99 cent single story pre-order. Every indication at Amazon (file size, number of pages, description) says this is the entire collection at a bargain price (if not, it's easy enough to return after it is released).

Edit to add: The price on this one has been corrected and is now $9.99. Those who grabbed it at 99 cents will only be charged that lesser amount, which you can confirm on the Pending Deliveries tab of the Manage My Kindle page.

Book Description
A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of her storytelling genius.

In "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest," Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer. . . . In "The Actress," a great star's shady past becomes the plaything of a blackmailer. . . . In "The Harlequin Tea Set," Mr. Harley Quin helps a man save his loved ones from the greedy hand of murder. These and six other stories of danger and detection complete this truly stellar collection.

Irish Lady ($1.99), by Jeanette Baker

Book Description
The bad boy of her past...

A successful attorney in a posh London neighborhood, Meghann McCarthy thought she'd escaped the slums of Belfast forever. Until Michael Devlin needs her help. Years before, her love for the Irish charmer had nearly torn her apart, but now he's part of a past she never wants to revisit. However, she can't leave him defenseless against a murder charge—even if uncovering the truth puts her life in danger too.

She'll risk everything to save Michael—and she's not the first of her family to put it all on the line for a man she loves. As Meghann delves further into Michael's case, further into the history that binds them so irrevocably, she slips into the unfolding drama of centuries before...of another woman's desperate fight to free her rebel husband from the clutches of Queen Elizabeth. Stakes are high, but the reward is the love of a lifetime. And the Irish never give up.

The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook ($2.51), by Sheila Lukins, Sarah Leah Chase and Julee Rosso

Book Description
The authors of the national bestseller The Silver Palate Cookbook now bring their acclaimed gourmet style to graceful entertaining at home. In The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins make the entire year a celebration of good food, good friends, and good times, as they offer menus, suggestions, and strategies. More than 450 new recipes have been developed especially for this collection.

All add to the joyfulness of the rapidly growing Silver Palate legend: there are glorious soups, savory entrees, vegetables, salads, cheese, souffles, and showstopping, just-right desserts.

As warmly inviting as the most rousing party, the pages of The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook abound with winsome line illustrations, pertinent quotations, unusual ideas—and with dishes including Cajun Chicken Morsels, Duck and Dandelion Green Salad, Pesto Fondue, Tex-Mex Stuffed Peppers, and more. The excitement begins in spring and continues right through to winter, with a lavish Christmas Goose accompanied by Scalloped Oysters and Baked Kumquats. The good times are here, with the compliments of The Silver Palate.

Silver Palate Desserts: Recipes From The Classic American Cookbooks ($3.96), by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

Book Description
A delectable collection of more than two dozen mouth-watering desserts from the co-authors of the best-selling The Silver Palate Cookbook, The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, and The New Basics Cookbook.

30-Minute Suppers and Make-Ahead Recipes ($4.76 each), by Editors at America's Test Kitchen are two smaller (and more affordable) cookbooks from the one of my favorite kitchen shows. Their The Cook's Illustrated How-to-Cook Library: An illustrated step-by-step guide to Foolproof Cooking was one of the first books I picked up on my original Kindle.

30-Minute Suppers

30 Minute Suppers is an invaluable kitchen tool you'll turn to night after night to create a wide range of dinners. This edition offers up dozens of great recipes for all occasions where time is of the essence: 30 minutes is all you'll need to have a wholesome, flavorful meal on the table.

Make-Ahead Recipes

Coming home to a refrigerator stocked with meals ready to heat and eat meals is everyone’s dream, but in reality make-ahead recipes often fall short: soggy breaded chicken, gluey mashed potatoes, and dry, dense casseroles are more the norm.The test cooks and editors of Cook’s Illustrated have devoted an entire double issue to dozens of make-ahead recipes that will uncover the secrets behind truly great make-ahead cooking.

Cook's Illustrated Holiday Baking, Italian Favorites and Soups & Stews 2011 ($4.76), by The Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine, were originally printed as special magazine issues, with a limited print run; I managed to see one of them in the bookstore, but never did see the others as they were snapped up quickly.

Cook's Illustrated Holiday Baking

Ebook format exclusively on Kindle! The Cook’s Illustrated Holiday Baking provides everything the home baker needs to create scrumptious cookies, savory tarts, and perfect pies this holiday season. And because we test and retest recipes as many as 100 times –they are guaranteed to work. The first time and every time you bake.

It also features dozens of our top picks for baking ingredients and bakeware, including hand-held mixers, loaf pans, nonstick aluminum foil, semisweet chocolate, and frozen blueberries.

Italian Favorites

Italian Favorites is dedicated to the very best Italian recipes and cooking tips from the test cooks and editors of Cook’s Illustrated magazine and the America’s Test Kitchen public television cooking show.
The 60+ recipes include everything from pasta classics like Four-Cheese Lasagna andPasta Primavera to seafood favorites like Shrimp Scampi and Mussels Steamed in White Wine to mainstays like Slow Cooker Italian Sunday Gravy, Chicken Saltimbocca, and Deep-Dish Pizza, and specialty desserts like Cannoli Ice Cream Cake and Italian Jam Tart.

Italian Favorites 2010 features a two-page illustrated spread on “Garlic Tips and Techniques” as well as dozens of Italian cooking quick tips and shortcuts including: Quicker Tomato Coring, Easier Bread Slicing, Smoothing out Polenta, Seeding Cucumbers, Keeping Pasta Dough Moist, and Drying Fresh Pasta.

Also included are our top picks for the best ingredients and cookware, including the best: bacon, black pepper, extra-virgin olive oil ,chicken broth, canned diced tomatoes, slow cooker vegetable peeler, garlic press, and salad spinner.

Soups & Stews 2011

The test cooks and editors of Cook’s Illustrated magazine have devoted a special issue to the best recipes for soups, stews, chilis, and chowder, guaranteed to please any palate, and warm any cold soul.

This 64-page special issue has more than three dozen foolproof recipes for everything from regional and family favorites like Farmhouse Chicken Chowder, White Chili, 15-Bean Vegetable Soup, New England Fish Stew, Beef Burgundy, and Great Cheddar Soup to international classics including Indian-Style Chicken Curry, Japanese Soba, Wonton Soup and many more.

The Biggest Loser Flavors of the World Cookbook: Take your taste buds on a global tour with more than 75 easy, healthy recipes for your favorite ethnic dishes ($2.02), by The Biggest Loser Experts and Cast, Melissa Roberson and Devin Alexander, is the only book in the series currently on sale (although you can borrow Biggest Loser Family Cookbook: Budget-Friendly Meals Your Whole Family Will Love from the Kindle Lending Library). If you want the convenience of the Kindle edition and prefer paper in the kitchen, you are in luck, as the paperback edition is also on sale, for only $2.15. Also a good deal in paper is The Biggest Loser Dessert Cookbook: More than 80 Healthy Treats That Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth without Breaking Your Calorie Budget for $3.54 tonight.

Book Description
Pizza. Huevos Rancheros. Pad Thai. Enchiladas. Some of America’s most-craved foods aren’t “American” in the traditional sense—they’re the international foods we love to order at restaurants or have delivered to our homes. But most renditions of these beloved ethnic dishes are full of fat and calories. How can dieters get the flavor they crave, without buying one of those reduced-calorie frozen meals that are full of salt and other preservatives?

Now, with The Biggest Loser Flavors of the World Cookbook, they can have their lasagna and eat it too! With more than 75 recipes for favorite ethnic staples as well as legendary regional American cuisine created by Chef Devin Alexander and The Biggest Loser contestants, healthy eating has never been more exciting.

Readers will discover how former contestants reinvented favorite dishes from their own cultures and regions to fit into their healthy new lifestyle, and will learn how to cut the calories and fat from America’s most-loved ethnic foods. And Chef Devin Alexander's reliably decadent creations save both money and calories, as any of these dishes can be made at home for a fraction of the cost of a restaurant or take-out meal.

The book will include recipes for meals, snacks, dinners, and desserts, and will cover a wide range of cuisines, from the down-home Southern classics to delicious Asian dishes, Mexican favorites, hearty Italian meals, and many others. The book will also include cooking tips from Chef Devin, weight loss advice from the contestants and trainers, and an overview of the Biggest Loser food plan.

The Biggest Loser Flavors of the World Cookbook will show readers how to expand their culinary horizons—without expanding their waistlines!

Eat This And Live For Kids: Simple, healthy food & restaurant choices that your kids will LOVE! ($2.02), by Don Colbert, is another one with a great deal on the paperback edition ($1.71).

Book Description
In Eat This and Live for Kids, Dr. Don Colbert provides a road map to help parents navigate the often-treacherous territory of feeding their children, from infants to toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary aged children.

About the Author
Don Colbert, MD, is board-certified in family practice and anti-aging medicine. He has also received extensive training in nutritional and preventative medicine, and he has helped millions of people to discover the joy of living in divine health. In addition to speaking at conferences, he is the author of the New York Times best-selling books Dr. Colbert’s “I Can Do This” Diet and The Seven Pillars of Health, along with best sellers Toxic Relief, the Bible Cure series, Living in Divine Health, Deadly Emotions, and What Would Jesus Eat?

Veggie Burgers Every Which Way: Fresh, Flavorful and Healthy Vegan and Vegetarian Burgers-Plus Toppings, Sides, Buns and More ($2.24), by Lukas Volger

Book Description
Tasty, Exciting, Inexpensive–Veggie Burgers Every Which Way!

Whether you already subsist on veggie burgers, enjoy them occasionally, or ardently wish there was an alternative to the rubbery, over-processed frozen burgers sold in cardboard boxes, Veggie Burgers Every Which Way is the book for you–one you will want to cook from over and over again.

Author Lukas Volger, who has been making and eating veggie burgers since he was a teenager, has assembled more than thirty unique, delicious veggie burger recipes

Top 100 Gluten Free Dessert Recipes: Our Family Favourite Home Cooked Gluten-Free Desserts! ($5.99), by Rosie Davis and Jamie Davis, is self-published and I've only looked at the sample, so far. I ran across it when reading the review for "Take 10" CHOCOLATE Gluten Free Dessert Recipes ($0.99), which is a smaller version of the book, with only Chocolate recipes. The reviewer mentioned that you don't have to mix up special gluten-free "flour" mixes, which is a major plus.

Top 100 Gluten Free Dessert Recipes: Our Family Favourite Home Cooked Gluten-Free Desserts!

Our disappointment with supermarket gluten free product was a major inspiration for this dessert e-Book. Any pre-packaged desserts were often disappointing, and always expensive. So we put this e-Book together of the most popular dessert recipes around at the moment, and a few of our personal favorites too!! There is a good introduction to gluten free living, and basic tips and conversion tables too. We hope this e-Book is far reaching for so many cooks who want to make their diet needs met, without compromise on taste and variety! Enjoy!

"Take 10" CHOCOLATE Gluten Free Dessert Recipes

Which recipes did we choose?? It was so hard, but these were the ten chocolate dessert recipes we have included in this "Take 10" e-Book Ed.1:

• Chocolate, Hazelnut & Orange Cake
• Flourless Chocolate Cake
• Strawberry Jelly Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Cupcakes
• Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding
• Chocolate-Espresso Cream Cups
• Cafe Mocha Souffles
• Chocolate Mousse
• Chocolate/Strawberry Tart
• Peppermint Chocolate Slice
• BONUSES
• Chocolate-Chip Cookies
• Chocolate Coconut Balls
• Chocolate Fudge Frosting

One for Sorrow: A John, the Lord Chamberlain Mystery ($0.99), by Eric Mayer and Mary Reed, is currently free on iTunes. There is a reasonable chance Amazon will match that in a day or two (if not, though, 99 cents is a great price).

Book Description
Byzantium, capitol of the 6th century Roman Empire, simmers a rich stew of creeds, cultures, and citizens with a sprinkling of cutthroats and crimes. John the Eunuch, Emperor Justinian's Lord Chamberlain, orders a Christian court while himself observing the rites of Mithra. Thomas, a knight from Britain, Ahasuerus, a soothsayer, and two ladies from Crete stir up events and old memories for John, who must ask how the visitors link to the death of Leukos, Keeper of the Plate. An Egyptian brothel keeper and a Christian stylite know more than they are telling....

In due course, John gets his man - and a love scene....

Hyperion has several of Ridley Pearson's adult thrillers up for pre-order at $3.59 apiece. These have all previously been published (multiple times), but are are being newly released as ebooks.

The Angel Maker (Boldt / Matthews #2)

Urban legend, or frightening fact? "One of the better fictional detectives ever penned,"* Seattle's Lou Boldt, and forensic psychologist Dephne Matthews suspect illegal organ harvesting is behind recent assaults on teenage runaways. The trail leads them down dark streets and darker corners of the mind, as they find themselves pursuing a twisted surgeon with his own ideas of mortality and social justice.

Packed with action, The Angel Maker takes the reader on a joy ride from Seattle's homeless to an abandoned homesteading cabin and kennel hidden away in the forests of the Northwest. Daphne Matthews, intent on rescuing a teenage runaway from the madman's scalpel, puts her own life on the line, finding herself face to face with the Angel Maker.

Award-winning author Ridley Pearson carves out and serves up a thriller that will make you look twice at your local veterinarian.

No Witnesses (Boldt / Matthews #3)

Product tampering. Innocent lives. Nice suburban homes. A Seattle food company is victim to an ingenious extortion that has the FBI two steps behind. Seattle's veteran homicide sergeant, Lou Boldt, and police psychologist Daphne Matthews approach the case from opposite ends: one undearthing micoscopic evidence, the other putting together a chilling psychological profile of a man willing to contaminate and kill if necessary.

The cop Daphne Matthews secretly loves is being destroyed by the extortion. Boldt sees his department cracking. As the high-tech manhunt builds to a furious crescendo, Boldt and Matthews are jolted again: the madman they're hunting maynot be working alone . . .

Beyond Recognition (Boldt / Matthews #4)

There’s a homicidal arsonist loose in Seattle. Single mothers are being killed in fires that burn hotter than experts have ever seen. Somehow, the children are spared. Why?

For Seattle Police Sergeant Lou Boldt and the department’s psychologist, Daphne Matthews, the High Temperature Accelerant fires challenge their every resource. The fuel used in these deadly fires is as much a mystery as the identity of the arsonist who sets them.

A Seattle fire marshal reveals to Boldt that ominous quotations have been sent to him before each of the fires. Is the fire marshal, whose past is suddenly in question, more involved than anyone wants to believe?

Based on two years of research that included interviews with firefighters, tours of secret government labs, and the help of an Apollo astronaut, Beyond Recognition combines Ridley Pearson’s signature use of high-tech forensics with breathless pacing and complex characters to bring to the page a most compelling, challenging, and satisfying novel.

The Pied Piper (Boldt / Matthews #5)

Who’s that knocking at your door?
Do you always look?
Do you always know?

From bestselling suspense writer Ridley Pearson, “a thinking man’s Robert Ludlum” (Kirkus Reviews), comes a heart-pounding story of deceit and betrayal featuring Seattle detective Lou Boldt and forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews, who must break the brilliantly conceived network of an illegal adoption ring that has shattered lives, terrorized communities, and threatened even Lou Boldt’s own family.

Hard Fall

The tragic bombing of EuroTours Flight 1023 was big news. To FBI Agent Cam Daggett it was more than that. It was personal. His parents and son were on that plane. And for two years he's been after the killer who did it. All he has to go on is a name: Anthony Kort...and the knowledge that Kort is in the United States with a detonator no airport security can detect. HE MUST BE STOPPED. Daggett's colleagues at the Bureau and his girlfriend tell him his vendetta has become an obsession. They suggest he leave the investigation to other agents, in order to keep it objective. But having painstakingly constructed a portrait of the terrorist, Daggett believes he's now the only one with any chance of predicting Kort's next target. A novel of madness and revenge, Hard Fall begs readers to fasten their seatbelts.

Chain of Evidence

Can Detective Joe “Dart” Dartelli uncover the truth? Or, more importantly, does he dare?

Detective Joe “Dart” Dartelli made one critical mistake in his police career: He chose to ignore a piece of evidence in a case labeled a suicide that might have been a murder. The dead man was himself a vicious woman-killer who more than deserved his fate, but that ignored evidence pointed to Dart’s former mentor, the brilliant forensic specialist Walter Zeller.

Now another suicide victim turns up--the body of a wife-beater—and the evidence clearly shows that the death was self-inflicted . . . or does it? Zeller was the best at reading and understanding the forensics of a crime scene—could he have manipulated it? Worse, why has Zeller disappeared?

It terrifies Dart to suspect that Zeller is in fact on some twisted vigilante crusade, but Dart also knows that if he’s right, only he can stop it.

Chain of Evidence is the intense, heart-pounding story of student versus mentor in the playing field of forensic investigation. Ridley Pearson links computer technology, psychological intensity, and complex questions of police and human ethics to create this breathlessly paced, unputdownable thriller.

The Bridge to Never Land ($1.99), is the fifth title in the Peter and the Starcatchers children's series by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry.

Book Description
Aidan and Sarah Cooper have no idea what they're getting into one afternoon when they discover a mysterious coded document in a secret compartment of an antique English desk their father recently bought at an auction. Something about the document seems familiar to Sarah, and that night she realizes what it is: the document seems to be referring to some books she has read-the Starcatchers series, about the origin of Peter Pan. But how could that be? The document seems far older than the books. And of course, the books are just stories. Curious, Sarah and Aidan begin to decipher the mysterious document. At first it's a game-unraveling the mystery piece by piece, each piece leading them to a new, deeper puzzle. But soon the game turns strange-and scary. Pursued by a being that can take any form and will stop at nothing to get what it wants from them, Aidan and Sarah embark on a desperate, thrilling quest for help-a quest that leads them to some unforgettable people in some unlikely places, including one that's not supposed to exist at all. A contemporary follow-up to the Starcatchers series.

Grade Level: 5 and up

Your Republic Is Calling You ($1.52), by Young-ha Kim and Chi-Young Kim (Translator)

Book Description
A foreign film importer, Gi-yeong is a family man with a wife and daughter. An aficionado of Heineken, soccer, and sushi, he is also a North Korean spy who has been living among his enemies for twenty-one years.

Suddenly he receives a mysterious email, a directive seemingly from the home office. He has one day to return to headquarters. He hasn’t heard from anyone in over ten years. Why is he being called back now? Is this message really from Pyongyang? Is he returning to receive new orders or to be executed for a lack of diligence? Has someone in the South discovered his secret identity? Is this a trap?

Spanning the course of one day, Your Republic Is Calling You is an emotionally taut, psychologically astute, haunting novel that reveals the depth of one particularly gripping family secret and the way in which we sometimes never really know the people we love. Confronting moral questions on small and large scales, it mines the political and cultural transformations that have transformed South Korea since the 1980s. A lament for the fate of a certain kind of man and a certain kind of manhood, it is ultimately a searing study of the long and insidious effects of dividing a nation in two.

Mahjong Words (Word Game Meets Mahjong on Kindle) ($0.99), by Mobigloo, is half price this week. Looks like it should run on all the eInk Kindles except the original model. You can get the same game as an Android App by Toy Studio (who also have a Mahjong Forever available for free).

Book Description
Mahjong Words is a new twist on the classic Mahjong Solitaire game. The goal is to spell words using the available tiles on the board. A tile is available if it has a side edge free and has no other tiles on top of it.

Your objective is to score as many points as possible by spelling words of 3 letters or more as you go through different layouts.

Mahjong Words is packed with useful features such as Shuffle, Hint & special Bonus Words. Mahjong Words provides 24 different game board layouts to choose from and tracks your best score for each layout finished.

Enjoy Mahjong Words on Kindle today!

Today's Deals

Audible is having a "Paperback Sale" and has added to the number of titles included, doubling the original 100 in the sale. Prices start at $5.95 and seem to cap off at $8.95. I know I saw several that I've read as ebooks that I would recommend to anyone, such as Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches, a couple by Julie Kagawa, three apiece from Gail Carriger and Michelle Sagara, along with SM Stirling's latest in the Emberverse series, The Tears of the Sun: A Novel of the Change. When you get to the sale page, be sure to click on each of the headings to see the included titles. When checking out, be sure to uncheck the box next to the "use credit" option and update your cart, if you have credits on your account, as credits always cost about double what these are going for. Like most of Audible's sales, this is probably geographically restricted and likely only available to "members" (those who pay a fee by the month or year). However, it's such a good deal, that it might pay to get a trial subscription (30 days free with 2 free books), pick up as many as you want from the sale page, then cancel the trial before you get charged. The books will stay in your library after the trial has ended. Sale expires 7/26.

Hamlet: A Penguin Enriched eBook Classic (The Pelican Shakespeare) ($0.01), by William Shakespeare and Sean Keilen, isn't necessarily a "daily" deal, but I doubt this price will last long. If you read Shakespeare, think you might (or have kids that will), this is definitely the edition to get and it only costs a penny. Since most people don't even pick pennies up anymore, it's essentially free if you scoop up the next one you see in the parking lot (I got mine from a family member, left on the couch this morning!).

Book Description
Arguably William Shakespeare’s most influential play, Hamlet is the tragic story of how Hamlet seeks revenge for the murder of his father, the late king of Denmark, as his uncle Claudius takes the throne and Hamlet’s mother Gertrude as his wife. The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.

Each volume features:

• Authoritative, reliable texts
• High quality introductions and notes
• An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare’s life and the selection of texts

“I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation.”

- Patrick Stewart

Enriched eBook Features Editor Sean Keilen provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic:

• Chronology of Shakespeare’s Life
• Filmography
• Contemporary Reviews of Hamlet or of Shakespeare’s Work by His Peers
• Suggested Further Readings, including Works Influenced by Hamlet
• Character Sketches
• Shakespeare Places to Visit
• Hamlet’s Wisdom
• Enriched eBook Notes: Famous Phrases
• Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Illustrations of Hamlet

The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience.

The Jungle: A Penguin Enriched eBook Classic (The Penguin American Library) ($0.01), by Upton Sinclair and Ronald Gottesman (Introduction), is another must have for my library. Like the one above, there are lots of free editions, but this one will be the one that gets to stay.

Book Description


Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the appalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then President Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day.

Enriched eBook Features Editor Jonathan Beecher Field provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic:

• Chronology
• Filmography (and the 1914 The Jungle Film Poster)
• Early Twentieth-Century Reviews of The Jungle
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• The Jungle and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
• The Jungle Book Cover Designs
• Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906
• Immigrants and the Meatpacking Industry, Then and Now
• Images of the Chicago Stockyards
• Images of Cuts of Beef and Pork
• Enriched eBook Notes

The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience.

The Cat in the Hat ($0.99), by Dr. Seuss is a childhood favorite (I suspect for most of us), now available on the Kindle Fire and most Android devices, as it is sold as an App, rather than a Fire only book. Other Dr. Seuss titles are available, most at $3.99 to $4.99, including a 5-book compilation Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1 ($11.99) that includes The Cat in the Hat as one of the titles.

Book Description
Oh, that Cat in the Hat, such a pesky old thing! When he comes to your house, it is trouble he'll bring.

With his loud, messy games, he's a meddlesome one, but despite all his tricks he can make reading fun!

What? A Cat in a Hat with a Tie on the Loose? Yes Indeed, from That Master of Rhyme, Dr. Seuss
With nothing to do on a cold, cold, wet day when their mother is out, Sally and her brother are visited by that lovable trickster, the Cat in the Hat. As their house gets messier and messier and Thing 1 and Thing 2 come out to play, it's up to the children to stop the madness, and it's up to the Cat to make good. Entertaining kids and adults since 1957, this Dr. Seuss classic is now available digitally for your Android device with fun, exclusive features to help your children enjoy reading.

Choose to Hear It Aloud or Just Read It Alone; With the Cat You Can Have Lots of Fun on Your Phone
Much more than a regular ebook, this Oceanhouse Media "omBook" is sure to enhance your child's learning experience with three ways to read it: Read to Me, Read It Myself, or Auto Play. Read to Me allows your child to listen to the story with a professional audio narration, highlighting the words as they are read. Read It Myself allows your child to read each page in a traditional manner. Auto Play plays the story like a movie, automatically reading and turning the pages; this is the best option for very young children.

But That Is Not All, Oh No, That Is Not All; This App's Meant for All Kids No Matter How Small
As children turn from page to page, they can touch the screen and learn new vocabulary. Words on the screen are highlighted when the narration reaches them, making it simple for even the youngest of readers to follow along and recognize each word. Touching the words or long-pressing any paragraph will highlight and repeat the word aloud. To increase picture and word association, children can also touch any image on the screen and the word will pop up, identifying the object in bright, bold letters.

Want to Hear It with Voice? Well You Can, It's Your Choice
The professional narration enlivens the story with powerful and unique voices for each character. The silly voices are perfectly paired with Seuss's artwork on each page. There are also background music and sound effects to complement the events of the story. The lively narration, original illustrations, and funny sound effects are sure to make your little ones giggle.

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is You Can Run But You Can't Hide ($1.99), by Duane "Dog" Chapman.

Book Description
"Freeze!"

Duane "Dog" Chapman entertains and inspires millions on Dog the Bounty Hunter, his #1-rated show on A&E -- but there is more to his story. From troubled beginnings and tragedy to triumph and transformation, he reveals all for the first time in this no-holds-barred memoir.

Dog spent the first twenty-three years of his life on the wrong side of the law. In You Can Run, but You Cant Hide, he offers an inside look at his days as a gang member; his dark years of addiction and abuse; and how serving eighteen months in prison for a murder he didnt commit helped him recommit to his faith. He also shares stories of some of his most dangerous bounty hunts -- including his capture of Max Factor heir and convicted rapist Andrew Luster, which made international headlines.

In You Can Run, but You Cant Hide, Dog recounts his incredible story, chronicling his journey from his onetime criminal past to the guiding faith that has led him to become one of the most successful bounty hunters in American history. Against all odds, Dog turned his life around and went from ex-con to American icon in the process. This is his story.

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language ($1.55 / £0.99 UK), by Mark Forsyth, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is a $9.32 pre-order).

Book Description
Sunday Times Bestseller and Book of the Week on Radio Four. The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

The Lying Game ($2.99 Kindle, B&N), the first title in Sara Shepard YA series, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. I may not remember much, but I know I led a charmed life. Even in death I’m getting something no one else does: an encore performance, thanks to Emma, the long-lost twin sister I never got to meet. Now, in order to figure out what happened to me, Emma needs to become me. But can she laugh at inside jokes with my best friends? Convince my boyfriend she’s the girl he fell in love with? Hug my parents good night like she’s their daughter? And can she keep up the charade even after she realizes my murderer is watching her every move? Let the lying game begin.

Grade Level: 9 and up

The Magician's Elephant ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator), is the Nook Daily Find for Families, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
Grade Level: 3 and up

In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the extraordinary come true.

What if? Why not? Could it be?

When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true. With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes — hope and belonging, desire and compassion — with the lightness of a magician’s touch.

LibertyCon and some Free Books

I mentioned in passing last week that I was going to LibertyCon, the SF/Fantasy book convention in Chattanooga. It was a three day event and with it so close, we decided to just drive down each day. Of course, there was torrential rain two of the three days, making driving miserable, and with events running well into the night, I'm still catching up on my sleep. On the plus side, I met a number of authors and managed to attend a number of sessions on epublishing (including a rather heated discussion of DRM and piracy, with some authors and agents on the side of calling library patrons and families that pass around a book, thieves, while others feel that DRM only hurts sales (and they won't buy books, themselves, that have it). Other than that, the panels were a mix of indie and midlist authors, for the most part, along with several big names, such as Brandon Sanderson, that write in the genre. And yes, that's Jerry Pournelle signing my Nook Tablet above - he and David Niven, sitting next to him, weren't the only authors that said it was a first for them to sign an ereader, something that I found surprising, as I had my first Kindle signed years ago and have seen various ereaders at other book signings since.

One of the authors that I ran into was John Hartness, seen here at the signing table. We had actually corresponded a bit in the past, but he took my card without looking at it (bad, bad author!); later, we were sitting at lunch after one of his panel sessions and he mentioned blog tours and was trying to explain to someone what they were, when I mentioned that he had sent me an email or two in the past when he had free books. Once he realized which blog it was that I wrote, he was quick to make sure I had seen the notice about the upcoming free days for Genesis, the first title in his Return to Eden YA series. It's free today, but tip to John: don't forget to tell me which days it's supposed to be free, not just "next week", okay?

Book Description
The end of the world was just the beginning.

Now they have to stay alive.

17-year-old Christin Kinsey started the day with nothing more pressing than an English exam. But when an EMP attack knocked out all technology across the globe, she found herself in the mountains of Georgia trying to stay alive in a world suddenly thrown back in time a hundred years or more.

And when she starts shooting lightning bolts out of her hands, things get really weird. Christin, her younger brother Matt, and Matt’s cute friend Dave have to figure out what this new world is about, why they suddenly have super powers, and what happened to their mom in this apocalyptic fantasy novel geared for audiences 16 and up.

Mad Max meets X-Men: First Class in the first book of the Return to Eden trilogy by the best-selling author of The Black Knight Chronicles.

I don't think any of the other authors that were in attendance are currently running any special free promotions, other than the behind-the-scenes audiobook excerpt from Timothy Zahn. A couple of the authors do have a short story free now and then, but nothing currently, from what I can see.

In the dealer's room, besides the autograph tables and the required cluster of booksellers, there were also a number of authors with tables and even an artist or two. Mark A. Helwig had a great coffee mug with "Mornings are Evil" on one side (now on my desk), as well as a number of originals and prints for sale.

Sarah Hoyt was on hand to read from her forthcoming release of Darkship Renegades. Like Darkship Thieves, you can get the paper edition thru Amazon, but if you want the ebook, you'll need to order it direct from Baen Books, either on it's own for $6 ($15 for the eArc early release) or as part of a monthly bundle, once it hits the catalog (it should be there next month, but you can get Darkship Thieves now).





For those who aren't yet aware of it's existence, be sure to check out the Baen Free Library, where Baen and their authors make a number of books free on a semi-permanent basis (authors can remove the works there at any time and that does happen now and then). It's such a great resource that I have a permanent link to it on the right sidebar. The contents are mostly hard Science Fiction and Fantasy, but there are a number of short story anthologies, some non-fiction and ezines included, as well. Eric Flint, seen at the far left on this book panel discussion, swears that having 1632 and 1633 there as free downloads is one of the major reasons he's now a bestselling author (you'll find hardcovers of his latest in most bookstores, not just at Amazon and ebooks thru Baen). Read them and if you like the series, you can buy copies for your Baen library or just buy the ones that come afterwards (my stepson has read them all and has to be restrained from buying the eArc's that come out a month or two before the final release in a Baen Monthly Bundle).

For those that haven't ever had an account at Baen (this won't work if you've purchased books from them, although you can download titles from the free library without an account), I have a gift code available for the November 2011 Monthly Baen Bundle. Leave an email address and I'll pick a name and email you the code. Then, here's the fun part: if you pick someone else on the list, you can send them a gift code for the same bundle, by entering their email address in step 5 of the check out (you enter your gift card on the first page that shows up after you click on Add to Cart, then click on Update Cart before "checkout now"; You should see in about step 3 that no payment is required). I've seen these chains last for dozens of people, but if a half-dozen of you get the bundle, I'd consider this a big success. So, leave your email address below and don't use one that has been used at Baen before. The email you receive will have "has sent you a free Baen Ebooks Monthly Baen Bundle" in the title and often ends up in the spam folders for most people - so, be sure to check those while the thread is active. If you are checking out and the person you picked already has an account, you'll get a message to that effect - just pick someone else and enter their email address on step 5's page; leave a msg here, if you want, to let that person know you sent them the bundle.

And for those that just want to download a few books and read, but not participate in the giveaway, here are few that look interesting and are currently free on Kindle. Some are backlist titles brought back into "print" as ebooks, a few are from small publishers and others just had a good cover or writeup.

• Chameleon, by William Diehl
• Disneyland Hostage (Eric Wilson Mysteries), by Eric Wilson and Flo Wilson (YA)
• Little Miss Independent, by Julia Templeton
• Coppitts Green, by Nicola Thorne
• Empire (In Her Name: Redemption, Book 1), by Michael R. Hicks
• Forbidden The Stars (The Interstellar Age Book 1) , by Valmore Daniels
• Peace Warrior (Peace Warrior Trilogy, Book 1) , by Steven L. Hawk
• Nice Skull Decoration, by Hilux Wesizwe
• True Dreams, by Karen Whiddon
• Double Trouble (The Coxwells), by Deborah Cooke and Claire Cross
• Hellbound, by Tim Hawken
• Dozens of titles from Audio Digest
• 8 titles from Books We Love
• 3 titles from Permuted Press
• 5 titles from Xcite (erotica)

Today's Deals

Additional formats on free books and the first is also now free as an audiobook (and you get paid to take it):

• Map of Bones (K/N)
• Toward the Goal (K/E)
• Peppermint Creek Inn (K/N/DF)

On B&N's Facebook page, you can now vote for this weekend's $3.99 deal: Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim vs. Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys. So far, Gaiman has quite a lead, but either of these will be a good deal (alas, I have both in my library, already).

I was poking around over at iTunes, where the free MP3 of the week is Did It for the Girl by Greg Bates, a pretty decent sounding country tune, and found that you can watch the music video of the very early Beatles recording Hey Bulldog in the studio, in it's entirety for free (at least, for now). It's part of a promotion Apple is doing for their exclusive release of Tomorrow Never Knows, which includes that song along with 13 others (including Paperback Writer, of course!).

You can pick up Marriage Bargain ($2.99 Kindle), by Jennifer Probst, from Kobo using the 80% off coupon code romance80, for a net cost of $0.60. Also, be sure to check your email for a coupon code that promises "up to 75% off" on a selected list of titles - most are getting only a 20% coupon, but others are getting 25% and I actually received a 75% off code. I am thinking about getting Eoin Colfer's The Last Guardian, but I'll need to decide today, before the coupon expires.

Book Description
A marriage in name only...

To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner, Alexa Maria McKenzie, casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend's older brother—the powerful man who once shattered her heart.

Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn’t believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father’s corporation, he needs a wife and needs one fast. When he discovers his sister’s childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he offers Alexa a bold proposition.

A marriage in name only with certain rules: Avoid entanglement. Keep things all business. Do not fall in love. The arrangement is only for a year so the rules shouldn’t be that hard to follow, right?

Except fate has a way of upsetting the best-laid plans…

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is The Gingerbread House ($1.99), the first title in the Hammarby series by Carin Gerhardsen. This is another Scandinavian writer and the same publisher and same editorial team that brought us Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. So far, this is the only one in English on Kindle, but there are at least three in the series you can get in German; I wouldn't be surprised if they all turn up translated in English fairly soon. Mom loved Larsson's series and had me pick them all up, so I've already sent this one to her Kindle!

Book Description
In a short space of time, several bestial murders occur in central Stockholm. When criminal investigator Conny Sjöberg and the Hammarby police begin to suspect that there’s a link between the murders, Sjöberg goes completely cold. There is a killer out there whose motives are very personal, and who will not be deterred.The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen is the first in the Hammarby series, thrillers with taut, suspenseful plots and unexpected twists and turns. This haunting novel explores schoolyard bullying among young children and the effect it has on them when people look the other way. Many of the scenes in this book are self-experienced and based on Gerhardsen’s own childhood. Urban settings and strong portraits of authentic characters are crafted in depth and detail, insuring the books will linger in the reader’s mind long after the finish.The Gingerbread House is written in the same tradition as the Sjöwall / Wahlöö crime novels, and has been described as a book version of the tv series The Wire.

The Mongoliad ($1.54 / £0.99 UK), the first anthology in The Foreworld Saga by Greg Bear, Neal Stephenson, et al, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $4.99/KLL Eligible). I picked this one up when it was on sale in May for US readers and am looking forward to the release of the next anthology this Fall.

Book Description
The first novel to be released in The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One, is an epic-within-an-epic, taking place in 13th century. In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords to save Europe from a bloodthirsty Mongol invasion. Inspired by their leader (an elder of an order of warrior monks), they embark on a perilous journey and uncover the history of hidden knowledge and conflict among powerful secret societies that had been shaping world events for millennia.

But the saga reaches the modern world via a circuitous route. In the late 19th century, Sir Richard F. Burton, an expert on exotic languages and historical swordsmanship, is approached by a mysterious group of English martial arts aficionados about translating a collection of long-lost manuscripts. Burton dies before his work is finished, and his efforts were thought lost until recently rediscovered by a team of amateur archaeologists in the ruins of a mansion in Trieste, Italy. From this collection of arcana, the incredible tale of The Mongoliad was recreated.

Full of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and unflinching battle scenes, The Mongoliad ignites a dangerous quest where willpower and blades are tested and the scope of world-building is redefined.

A note on this edition: The Mongoliad began as a social media experiment, combining serial story-telling with a unique level of interaction between authors and audience during the creative process. Since its original iteration, The Mongoliad has been restructured, edited, and rewritten under the supervision of its authors to create a more cohesive reading experience and will be published as a trilogy of novels. This edition is the definitive edition and is the authors' preferred text.

Gentleman Says "I Do" ($0.99 Kindle, B&N), by Amelia Grey, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle. Published by Sourcebooks, this looks like a must buy for historical romance fans, at this price.

Book Description
Her Writing Talent is Causing All Kinds of Trouble...

The daughter of a famous writer, Catalina Crisp has helped her father publish a parody that makes Iverson Brentwood's whole family the talk of the town, and not in a good way.

Because He's the Reality Behind the Story...

Furious and threatening, Iverson storms into Catalina's house, demanding satisfaction, but the infamous rake has finally met his match. With her cool demeanor and intense intelligence, Catalina heats his blood like no other woman in his notorious history...

Curious George and the Pizza Party ($3.99 paperback/4-for-3 eligible, no Kindle edition, $1.99 B&N), by H.A. and Margret Rey, is the Nook Daily Find for Families (requires NOOK Color, NOOK Tablet or NOOK Kids for iPad).

Book Description
George is going to a pizza party! He’s so excited. He loves pizza and parties. George promises to be on his best monkey behavior, but when he gets to the party and sees all of that pizza dough, George has an idea . . . a big idea that lands him in big trouble! A recipe for healthy veggie mini-pizzas is included.

Grade Level: K and up

Free Audiobook - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The unabridged audiobook performance of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (reg $9.99), by L. Frank Baum, narrated by Anne Hathaway, is free direct from Audible. As is often the case with public domain works, there are a number of editions of the ebook on Kindle, with prices ranging from free to several dollars.

Book Description
One of the best-known stories in American culture, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over 100 years. Best Actress nominee Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married, Alice In Wonderland), fresh from filming one of this year's most anticipated films, The Dark Knight Rises, lends her voice to this uniquely American fairy tale.

Follow the adventures of young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto as they get swept away into the magical land of Oz , where they encounter characters and places you may remember from the movie - and several more that never made it to the big screen - on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City.

"It's such a wonderful book and I was so happy to be a part of bringing it to life", Ms. Hathaway said. "There are a lot of great voices in it. The more fun you have with it, the sillier and the more free you get with it, the better it is because it's a story that can handle it. It's amazing to be able to discover something new about something you feel you know so well."

Get the free audiobook from Audible.

Today's Deals

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is Garden of Lies ($1.99), by Eileen Goudge (Open Road).

Book Description
Goudge’s blockbuster classic: A new mother’s desperate decision sets in motion a dramatic series of events leading to an epic romance

Sylvie wants to be a good wife to Gerald, who offers the privileged life she could only dream of, growing up. When they wed eight years ago, the country was in the throes of the Depression, and she thought she’d made the right choice. She wants to please her new husband, and bear his children. But no matter how hard she tries, she cannot give him her whole heart.

She thinks something is wrong with her until Nikos, the earthy Greek handyman, shows her what real passion is — and gives her a child. Sylvie knows Gerald will never accept the newborn, with her black eyes and dark hair, and she despairs until a fire in the hospital gives her a way out. In the confusion she switches her daughter for another’s, a bold act that resonates through the decades and culminates in one of the most passionate love stories portrayed in contemporary fiction.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

The Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK is for two titles: Radio Congo ($2.02 / £1.29 UK), by Ben Rawlence and Confessions from Correspondentland ($1.70 / £1.09 UK), by Nick Bryant (no US editions).

Radio Congo

In this compelling debut, Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news that never travels far – the news from the uneasy peace being made in Congo’s ‘silent quarter’. He travels by foot, bike, and boat, taking his time and meeting the people who are making a life in one of the world’s most dangerous places. He introduces us to Colonel Rachid, a guerrilla turned army officer; the Lebanese cousins Mohammed & Mohammed, young tin traders shipped to Africa by their family; and the priest Jean-Baptiste, who explains the price of beer and normality. Along the way, Rawlence exposes the real story of Congo, during and after the war.

Confessions from Correspondentland

Since making his journalistic debut breaking into Piers Morgan’s office, Nick reveals how he has rattled Donald Rumsfield, slept through 9/11, had tea with President Karzai, struggled into fireproof underwear, and got a free lunch out of the Tamil Tigers.

Casting a sideways glance at this influential profession, its glamour, and its sometimes shady practices, Nick also provides bite-sized intelligent insight into the countries he files from.

The 3,000 Hit Club ($1.57 Kindle, $2.99 B&N), by Fred McMane, is the Nook Daily Find. It's not only better than price matched on Kindle, at nearly half price, buy you can also buy the paperback for only $1.97.

Book Description
Meet the members of the most exclusive club in Major League Baseball. There is no award, there are no ceremonies, but nothing can compare to the pride and glory felt by a player as he hits that miracle milestone: 3,000. Since Cap Anson first reached the mark in 1897, only twenty-eight baseball players have ever heard the crack of ball and bat over 2,999 times; this newly updated edition of The 3,000 Hit Club captures the unique stories and career highlights of each one. In this distinctive collection of history and stats, veteran sportswriter Fred McMane takes readers onto the field and up to the plate with baseball’s greatest players. From Pete Rose and Willie Mays to Ricky Henderson and Derek Jeter, The 3,000 Hit Club has it all.

Toy Story Junior Novel ($3.41 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), by Disney Press, is the Nook Daily Find for Families.

Book Description
This junior novel retells the classic story of the original Toy Story and shows just what happens when a new toy comes to town!

Grade Level: 3 and up