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Post by Lynnrose on May 9, 2012 11:25:05 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: A Golden Age...99p
Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children. Her young family is growing up fast, and Rehana wants to remember this day for ever. But out on the hot city streets, something violent is brewing. As the civil war develops, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 10, 2012 9:35:18 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Churchill's Wizards...99p
Culminating in the spectacular misdirection that was so essential to the success of D-Day in 1944, Churchill's Wizards is a thrilling work of popular military history. Author Nicholas Rankin reveals the true stories of those brave and creative mavericks who helped win what Churchill called 'the war of the Unknown Warriors'.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 11, 2012 8:40:22 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Partitions...99p
At an overrun train station twin Hindu boys lose sight of their mother. A young Sikh girl has run away from her father. An elderly Muslim doctor is driven from the town of his birth. As the displaced face a variety of horrors, this unlikely quartet comes together, defying every rule of self-preservation to forge a future of hope.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 12, 2012 8:23:57 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Settlers of Catan...99p
In the seas of northern Europe, the small coastal village of Elasund falls prey to marauding neighbours. The villagers are left to barely survive the harsh winter and contemplate a drastic solution to their recurring hardships: leaving the only village they have ever known.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 13, 2012 6:51:14 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Love, Sex, Death and Words...99p
The history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics John Sutherland and Stephen Fender turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising and curious artefacts literature has to offer.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 14, 2012 6:47:57 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Dark Shadows: Angelique's Descent and The Salem Branch...99p
The dashing heir of a New England shipping magnate, Barnabas Collins captures the heart of young Angelique amidst the sensual beauty of her island home. But Angelique's brief happiness is doomed when Barnabas deserts her and becomes engaged to another. With this one betrayal, Barnabas unleashes an evil that will torment him for all time.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 15, 2012 6:26:51 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Night Train to Lisbon...99p
Raimund Gregorius finds the journal of an enigmatic Portuguese aristocrat hidden in a second-hand bookshop. With the book as his talisman, Raimund boards the night train to Lisbon on a journey to find out more about the author, whose words haunt and compel him. And as his story comes to light so, too, Gregorius himself begins his life anew.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 16, 2012 7:16:12 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Rome's Executioner...£1.29
Even after four years military service at the edge of the Roman world, Vespasian can't escape the tumultuous politics of an Empire on the brink of disintegration. His patrons in Rome have charged him with the clandestine extraction of an old enemy from a fortress on the banks of the Danube--a mission that is key in the struggle to rule the Roman Empire.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 17, 2012 8:20:26 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: London in 2012: Frommer's Express...£1.09
With detailed reviews of attractions and a list of the top exhibitions and events, London in 2012 gives you the low-down on what's worth your time and what's not. This book provides a selection of Frommer's favourite hotels, attractions and restaurants in and around London whatever your budget.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 18, 2012 7:45:13 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?...£1.29
In the post-crash, hypercompetitive job market, companies will go to extraordinary lengths to find the right staff. William Poundstone covers the importance of creative thinking and guides readers through the surprising solutions to over a hundred of the most challenging conundrums actually used in interviews.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 19, 2012 5:12:42 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Silent Voices...99p
When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she's uncovered a simple death from natural causes. But death is never that simple and a closer inspection reveals ligature marks around the victim's throat.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 20, 2012 13:41:59 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life...99p
Laura is a happily married mother of two--until a former love resurfaces after 20 years. Suddenly passion and excitement are rekindled and she's left to wonder how much happiness has she a right to expect. The hidden longings of a large cast of characters interweave to reveal ordinary life at its richest: comic and tragic, poignant and cruel, surprising and moving.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 21, 2012 7:42:17 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: A King of Infinite Space...99p
Homicide detective Danny Beckett is pouring the weekend's first shot of vodka when the call comes in: Elizabeth Williams, a teacher at nearby Warren High School, has been brutally murdered in her classroom. When Danny arrives at the school, the blood-spattered crime scene turns even his veteran stomach. What could this young woman have done to make her the target of such a violent attack?
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Post by Lynnrose on May 22, 2012 9:25:29 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Twitter Diaries...99p
A lot can happen in a year. It turns out just 140 characters can change everything. Tuesday, a sports reporter and Stella, a men's shoe designer, are Brit 30-somethings who are introduced in NYC on NYE by a mutual friend and strike up an instant bond. Over the next 365 days, Tuesday and Stella put the world to rights, one tweet at a time.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 23, 2012 6:42:16 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Darke...£1.29
In the sixth book of the Septimus Heap series, Alther Mella has been Banished, a Darke Domaine engulfs the Castle and a Darke dragon is on the loose. Now on the threshold of his fourteenth birthday, Septimus Heap must use all of his skills to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 24, 2012 9:06:31 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Ashes...£1.09
Alex has run away and is hiking through the wilderness, about to say goodbye to the life she no longer wants to live. But then the world suddenly changes. An electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky zapping every electronic device and killing the vast majority of adults. For those spared, it's a question of who can be trusted and who has changed.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 25, 2012 4:38:47 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Happiness Equation...99p
Everybody wants to be happy. But how much happiness--precisely--will each life choice bring? The result of new, unique research, The Happiness Equation brings to a general readership for the first time the new science of happiness economics.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 26, 2012 5:40:33 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Burying The Bones...99p
Pearl Buck was raised in China by her missionary parents and eventually rose to eminence in America as the bestselling, Nobel Prize-winning novelist and author of The Good Earth. In this biography, Hilary Spurling recounts with elegance and insight Buck's unspeakable upbringing in a China that was virtually unknown to the West.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 27, 2012 4:55:27 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Fear in the Sunlight...99p
Josephine Tey joins her friends in Portmeirion to celebrate her birthday. Alfred Hitchthingy is there to sign a deal to film Josephine's novel. He also has one or two tricks up his sleeve to keep the holiday party entertained. But things get out of hand when one of Hollywood's leading actresses is brutally slashed to death in a cemetery near the village.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 28, 2012 8:41:06 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Spa Decameron...99p
Ten high achieving ladies are gathered together in the week between Christmas and the New Year, at the expensive Castle Spa, seeking--through Botox, aromatherapy and general all round pampering--a new beginning to their lives.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 29, 2012 10:32:45 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Wahoo Rhapsody...99p
Captain Winston Weber makes an honest living running fishing charters between Mexico and California. When his first mate Weevil Ott skims a small fortune from the mysterious drug lord known only as "La Cucaracha", a madcap romp ensues as Winston, Weevil and an expat American lawyer try to outrun La Cucaracha's bloody reach.
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Post by Lynnrose on May 30, 2012 17:40:37 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt...£1.09
Which explorer found the lost site of Jesus' first miracle? Who was first to the top of the highest mountain in Peru? Who held the world record as the only person to fly from Britain to Australia for 44 years? You’ll find the answers to these questions and more in Mick Conefrey's book (a hint: none of them had beards).
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Post by Lynnrose on May 31, 2012 8:21:53 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Pirates! In an Adventure With Moby thingy...99p
The Pirate Captain is in trouble. Eager to appease his crew with a boat that has a functioning mast, fewer holes and cannons that actually fire, he splashes out on the fancy new Lovely Emma, spending 6,000 doubloons he doesn't have. Finding themselves in debt to the Butcher of Barbados, the pirates need to raise some money fast.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 1, 2012 7:29:15 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Granta 119: Britain...£1.29
Granta's Britain explores landscapes, identities and stories of the British Isles. The issue includes original short fiction by Adam Foulds, Mark Haddon, Tania James and Jon McGregor as well as poems by Simon Armitage, Jamie McKendrick, Don Paterson and Robin Robertson. It also introduces a new voice, Sam Byers, with an extract from his darkly comic debut novel.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 2, 2012 8:23:43 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: To Romania With Love...99p
Aged eighteen, Tessa Dunlop went to post-Revolutionary Romania to work in an orphanage and she befriended a student and his family. They lost touch, but the pull of Romania eventually proved too much and, five years on, Tessa returned. To Romania With Love is the moving story of a country in turmoil, and of finding love in the most unexpected places.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 2, 2012 8:27:27 GMT
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 3, 2012 7:28:52 GMT
indle Daily Deal: When I Lived in Modern Times...99p
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, When I Lived in Modern Times follows 20-year-old Evelyn Sert as she boards a ship to Palestine in search of adventure and change. Swept up in the spirited and chaotic churning of her new, strange country, she falls in love with a man who is not what he seems and finds herself an unwitting spy for a nation fighting to be born.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 4, 2012 5:56:56 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother...99p
In the words of her official biographer, the Queen Mother was "of the last generation of aristocrats who felt able to accept their superior social position with no feeling of guilt but rather a sense of duty and obligation." Shawcross presents these virtues in a captivating account of a remarkable woman whose life spanned the entire 20th Century.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 5, 2012 5:17:27 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: God Save the Queen: The Spiritual Heart of the Monarchy...£1.29
In this compelling portrait of the British Royal Family, Ian Bradley traces the religious dimension of monarchy and argues for its importance as a spiritual force in British life. Ultimately he argues that sacredness lies at the heart of royalty, and Bradley's book explores what this might mean in a society that is both multi-faith and increasingly secular.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 6, 2012 5:51:27 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Graduate Student...99p
Anthropology student Blackwell James, recently returned from the Amazon, finds the City of Angels to be a far more dangerous place than the South American rainforest. Featuring cameo appearances by Sylvester Stallone, Johnny Depp and Steven Spielberg, The Graduate Student is a rivetting romp through the surreal world of movie stars, murder, and money.
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