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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 9, 2012 6:31:33 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Gunshot Road...99p
In outback Australia, Emily Tempest's new career as an Aboriginal Community Police Officer starts with a bang, and the murder of a scientist at the Green Swamp Well Roadhouse. Emily doesn't believe the man arrested is guilty, and believes the scientist's death has more to do with his research.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 10, 2012 7:35:32 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Night Waking...99p
On a desolate Hebridean island, historian Anna Bennett has a book to write. She also has an insomniac toddler, a precocious seven-year-old and an absent husband. Night Waking is a deeply moving and darkly funny story of islanders, maternal ambivalence and hidden histories.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 11, 2012 6:14:41 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: 6 books by Gerald Durrell...99p each
Gerald Durrell's books, both fiction and non-fiction, offer a wry look at life and our relationships with humans and other animals. Today's daily deal offers six of these much-loved books for only £0.99 each.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 12, 2012 10:37:06 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Morgue Drawer Four...99p
In this entertaining mix of thriller and fantasy, a murdered car thief wakes up during his own autopsy. The ghost settles in with the good pathologist, determined to bring the truth of his death to light. Morgue Drawer Four is a must-read for fans of crime novels and the paranormal.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 13, 2012 7:34:01 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Wild Places and Mountains of the Mind...99p each
Mountains of the Mind, Robert Macfarlane's first book, is a lyrical elegy to the highest places on the planet and the heroes who have conquered them. The Wild Places is an exploration, both geographically and figuratively, of the wilds of the British Isles. Both books are only £0.99 each in today's Kindle Daily Deal.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 14, 2012 8:53:51 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: At the Sign of the Sugared Plum...99p
In this gripping story for teens, Hannah moves to London full of excitement only to find that the plague of 1665 is sweeping through the city. As more and more people become ill, Hannah and her sister have to decide what to do to survive.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 15, 2012 8:44:13 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Names My Sisters Call Me...99p
Courtney's boyfriend has just gone down on one knee and asked her to be his wife. And with her super-organised sister, Norah, to help her plan the wedding, what could possibly go wrong? Nothing, until Courtney decides their other sister, Raine, to whom none of them have spoken for years, should also be invited.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 16, 2012 8:35:21 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Six Sisters series...99p each
The Six Sisters is a witty Regency Romance series by MC Beaton, featuring the Armitage sisters--the daughters of an impecunious country vicar. The family are determined that the sisters should marry well, restoring the family fortunes. Each of the young women has their own idea of where love should lead them.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 17, 2012 7:54:20 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Fatal Tango...99p
Giulietta Battin is a ballet dancer with the Staatsoper Berlin, but when she decides to explore a new style of music--the tango--life as she knows it changes forever. Her journey takes her to South America where the secrets of a dark past are uncovered.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 18, 2012 8:40:08 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The World's Greatest Idea...99p
John Farndon explores 50 of mankind's most important ideas, ranging from science and technology to romance and revolution. Each chapter is a fascinating discovery of an individual idea, as Farndon attempts to uncover the most important of all.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 19, 2012 6:26:40 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Delta...99p
Ex-soldier turned mercenary Sonja Kurtz wishes to leave her violent past behind. But when she takes refuge in Botswana's beautiful Okavango Delta, she finds a new web of violence threatens the place she cherishes most. The Delta is a taut and pacy thriller about the true nature of survival.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 20, 2012 7:37:25 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Beach Café...99p
Evie's life is in a bit of a rut, spent perpetually in the shadow of her successful sisters. So when she inherits a beach-front café in Cornwall, she's determined to prove that she too can be a success, and maybe even find true love along the way.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 21, 2012 5:27:01 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Universe Inside You...99p
The Universe Inside You is packed full of fascinating facts and mind-boggling discoveries about the human body. Brian Clegg leads a journey into the microscopic realms of the most incredible thing in existence--the human body.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 22, 2012 6:07:22 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Child Who...99p
In The Child Who, Simon Lelic has created a dark and unflinching picture of the causes and consequences of a terrible and controversial event: the murder of a child by another child. At once both disorientating and fresh, this is a hugely gripping novel of exploitation, vengence and fear.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 23, 2012 8:18:39 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Radio Congo and Confessions from Correspondentland
Today's deal offers savings on two captivating works of narrative non-fiction. In Radio Congo, Ben Rawlence reports from one of the world's most dangerous places--Congo's 'silent quarter', whilst Confessions from Correspondentland by Nick Bryant is a warts-and-all account of life as a foreign correspondent.
Radio Congo Daily Deal Price: £1.29
Confessions from Correspondentland Daily Deal Price: £1.09
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 24, 2012 7:59:12 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Mongoliad: Book One...99p
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.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 25, 2012 5:48:54 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Etymologicon...99p
The Etymologicon is 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.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 26, 2012 7:48:06 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Bloodland...99p
A private security contractor loses it in the Congo, with deadly consequences. An ex-prime minister in Ireland struggles to write his memoir. A young tabloid star is killed in a helicopter crash. A US senator prepares his campaign to run for office. What links these events together and who controls what we know?
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 27, 2012 6:37:03 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: One Million Tiny Plays About Britain...£1.29
Through snippets of overheard conversations from across the length and breadth of the country, Craig Taylor captures the state we're in with humour, pathos and perfect timing. Laugh-out-loud funny, and sometimes heartbreakingly moving, these tiny plays are little windows into other people's lives that reveal the triumphs, disasters, prejudices, horrors and joys of 21st-century life.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 28, 2012 8:01:16 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Nostradamus Prophecies...99p
Nostradamus wrote 1,000 prophecies. Only 942 have survived. What happened to the missing quatrains and what secrets did they contain to make it necessary for them to remain hidden? This mystery drives two men to embark on a terrifying chase through the ancient Romany encampments of France in a quest to locate the missing verses.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 29, 2012 6:31:44 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Six Military History books...£1.19 each
Featuring six books on military history, from World War II to the Persian Gulf to the Battle of El Alamein, and made up of first-hand accounts and retellings, these are the stories of the men and women who sacrified their lives to change the world.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 30, 2012 7:30:38 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: A Trick of Light...99p
Shortly after her husband's death, Hattie Darling learns she wasn't the only woman in his life. In an attempt to make peace with her discovery, and against the advice of her friends, Hattie decides to find and confront the other woman. What follows is an emotional journey of growth as she learns to cope with the consequences of her actions.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jul 31, 2012 8:18:49 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Two Self-Help books...99p each
Stop struggling, start living and fulfil your potential with today's Kindle Daily Deal. Mindset is an authoritative, practical guide on how to develop the mindset necessary for success, both personal and professional. The Happiness Trap offers new techniques that enable you to experience a full and happy life, and to overcome depression and anxiety.
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Post by Lynnrose on Aug 1, 2012 5:04:30 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Stirred...99p
Stirred pits author JA Konrath's greatest heroine, Lt Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels, against Luther Kite, the monstrous creation of co-writer Blake Crouch. In this original and horrifying thriller, Jack is at her most vulnerable, expecting a baby; Luther is at his most depraved, and has his sights set on Jack.
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Post by Lynnrose on Aug 2, 2012 10:35:54 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Explorers of the Nile...99p
Nile is Tim Jeal's epic and entertaining account of the exploration of the longest river in the world. Packed full of anecdotes and brilliant cameos, Nile dispels the myths the explorers wove about themselves, and sheds important light on the impact of European intrusion into the heart of Africa.
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Post by Lynnrose on Aug 3, 2012 14:03:14 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Escape...99p
Emily has had enough. Tired of the daily grind and feeling unfulfilled in her marriage, she packs her bags one day and leaves. Emily heads to Bell Valley, where long-lost friends and an old flame allow her to truly address what it is that she wants in her life.
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Post by Lynnrose on Aug 4, 2012 5:39:32 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: Eight bestselling literary novels...99p each
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold: A moving exploration of loss and mourning, narrated from heaven. Room by Emma Donoghue: A beautiful and profoundly moving story about five-year-old Jack whose entire world measures 12 x 12 feet. White Noise by Don Delillo: A highly acclaimed and funny book about humankind's preoccupation with mortality. Last Orders by Graham Smith: Tragic, compassionate and winner of the 1996 Man Booker Prize. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst: A sharp, era-defining satire that won the 2004 Man Booker Prize. The Sea by John Banville: Incandescent prose and deft narrative characterise Banville's 2005 Booker winner. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy: Cinematic and epic in scope, this is one of the great American novels. Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn: The author at his very best--caustic, hilarious and irresistably profound.
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Post by Lynnrose on Aug 5, 2012 10:11:49 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Summer of Secrets...99p
Set during one heady summer in glamorous Mexico, The Summer of Secrets sees three young women set off on personal adventures. Each is hoping to unlock the missing clues that will help them find out who they really are, but seeking the truth might end up tearing their lives apart.
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Post by Lynnrose on Aug 6, 2012 6:54:44 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: The Choiring of the Trees...99p
Based on a true story, The Choiring of the Trees is a dramatic literary tale about an unfairly convicted man and the woman who risked everything to love him. Challenging readers' notions of justice and fairness, this is an elegant and unforgettable novel.
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Post by Lynnrose on Aug 7, 2012 6:35:23 GMT
Kindle Daily Deal: This Holey Life...99p
This Holey Life by Stella Duffy sees Vicky, a curate's reluctant wife, struggling to come to terms with her husband's new-found faith and her own bereavement. Then, one Boxing Day, a knock on the door brings her annoying big brother, his teenage son and a cello into her life, turning her world upside down.
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