SuperCheap Free! God Don't Like Ugly

SuperCheap Free! God Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe.

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In this richly drawn novel set on the streets, porches and in the parlors of 1960s Ohio, Mary Monroe brings to life the bond between two girls from opposite sides of the tracks--and the shattering event that changes their lives forever.

At the heart of the story is Annette Goode, a shy, awkward girl who keeps a terrible secret. Mr. Boatwright, the boarder her hardworking mother has taken in, abuses her daily. Frightened and ashamed, Annette withdraws into a world of books and food.

But the summer Annette turns thirteen, something incredible happens: Rhoda Nelson chooses her as a friend. Rhoda, who is everything Annette is not--gorgeous, slim, and worldly--welcomes Annette into the heart of her eccentric family, which includes her handsome and dignified father; her lovely, fragile, "Muh'Dear;" her brooding, dangerous brother Jock; and her colorful white relatives--half-crazy Uncle Johnny; sultry Aunt Lola; and scary, surly Granny Goose.

With Rhoda's help, Annette survives adolescence and blossoms into a woman. But after her beautiful best friend makes a stunning confession about a horrific childhood crime, Annette's world will never be the same.

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Memorial Day 2010 - for all who have served

Memorial Day - the day Americans set aside to honor and remember the many men and women who have served in our military forces to protect freedom around the world. To all who have served and/or who have loved ones who have served - with grateful hearts, we pray that you and your families will know your service and sacrifice are appreciated.

Jerry Houston's book Fight to Fly follows the life of an aviator in the Vietnam War - a tumultuous time in American history.

Orders to a navy F-8 Crusader - fighter squadron deploying to Vietnam answered Lieutenant Paxton Langford's prayers. For he wanted to shoot down a MiG - at least one - more than anything.

That rang true until he met Sally, whom he also wanted. But she opposed war . . . and participants in a war.

Today you can purchase Fight to Fly for only $3.16.

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Tracy Anne Warren historical romance The Wedding Trap

Finally, a book from my wish list going cheap! Tracy Anne Warren is a favorite historical romance novelist. The Wedding Trap is the third in a series, following The Husband Trap and The Wife Trap. The first two books are about twins, Violet and Jeannette Brantford. This book is the story of the twins' best friend, Eliza Hammond.

Eliza Hammond has always been quiet and reserved. A new heiress, Eliza is financially secure,but even great wealth has its drawbacks since every greedy, fortune-hunting bachelor suddenly finds Eliza irresistible.

To help her best friend, Violet takes Eliza’s romantic dilemma into her own hands, enlisting the social skills of her brother-in-law, Lord Christopher “Kit” Winter. Kit helps transform Eliza into a stunning belle, certain to attract a worthy beau. There’s just one problem: Eliza has always been head over heels in love with Kit, the very man who is trying to find her a husband!

Tracy Anne Warren's book The Wedding Trap is available today for only $4.54.

The first two books in the series are also available for Kindle. The Husband Trap is available for $5.93; The Wife Trap is available for $5.59. As a courtesy to those who might want to purchase the complete series, links to the first two are provided below.

Click here to purchase The Wedding Trap

First in a series by Tracy Anne Warren.

Click here to purchase The Husband Trap

Second in a series by Tracy Anne Warren.

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Bull or bear market? Whichever - it's supercheap

We have often referred to Kindle pricing as being as similar to the New York Stock Exchange with changes occurring frequently. Here's a supercheap book with all the tips on making money in the market - you might want to get a copy before the price goes up.

The meltdown in the credit markets, the decline in housing prices, and the turmoil in the stock market has rocked the world of the everyday investor. Bearish investment experts are touting historical research that suggests both real estate values and the stock market could stagnate for years to come, thus imperiling the retirement planning of millions of Americans.

In The Bull Inside the Bear, investment manager and former Federal Reserve economist Rob Stein argues that the economy is entering uncharted water and investors need to actively manage their portfolios to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid risky sectors.

The key will be to stay nimble and be ready to increase stock holdings if the economy recovers strongly and be ready to substantially reduce stock holdings if the current problems continue to weigh down economic performance.

The Bull Inside the Bear is supercheap today for only $1.42.

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Thomas Perry thriller is cheap

Six years ago, Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear. But now her ex-boyfriend and former business partner, Eric Fuller, is being framed for her presumed murder in an effort to smoke her out, and Till must find her before tango-dancing assassins Paul and Sylvie Turner do.

The Turners are merely hired to do a job, though, and prefer to remain anonymous. When they find that a middleman has let the true employer know their identities, finishing the job is no longer enough. Their fee just went up. And now they must double-cross the man who wants Wendy dead before he can double-cross them--if their jealousy and cold-blooded calculations don't result in a fatal lovers' quarrel first.

With masterful plotting and unnerving psychological insight, Thomas Perry delivers another mesmerizing thrill ride. You can buy Silence today for only $4.85.

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When the corporate raider meets the lady

Jayne Ann Krentz is a well-known contemporary fiction writer. She also writes historical fiction under the name Amanda Quick and futuristic fiction under the name Jayne Castle. Twist of Fate, one of Krentz' early novels, has received high reviews.

Hannah Jesset was a determined young woman with a talent for guidance and an unusual inheritance. Gideon Cage was a jaded corporate raider with an eye for the deal and for the ladies - Hannah in particular.

Going to bed with Gideon Cage had been perhaps the most important thing Hannah had done in her life. But her own words of warning came back to haunt her: Understanding a man didn't buy safety for a woman.

Twist of Fate is available today for only $3.93.

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Looks like we have been Penguined

You may have noticed that when you try to purchase some of our cheap reads from earlier weeks that the prices have increased significantly. Many of these increases are the result of Amazon reaching an agreement with Penguin for the agency model.

At first glance, to us it appears that Penguin has priced their e-books quite high, even for books published two, three, and four years ago. If they maintain these higher prices, they won't be selling e-books to these two cheap chicks.

We love our e-readers, but when we can get one of their books at the used book store, the thrift store, or the library book sale for $1 or less, we will choose that option.

As we all know with Kindle book pricing, it's a moving target. Maybe Penguin will realize there is a market for cheap books and price accordingly.

A little Christmas bargain this holiday weekend

SuperCheap today - two Christmas novellas in one book. A Cowboy Christmas by Marin Thomas, who often writes Western themed romances for Harlequin. Each story is independent, but are of two men who are friends.

A Christmas Baby

Logan Taylor gets the shock of his life when Cassidy Ortiz announces she's pregnant...with his child! The widowed rancher wasn't looking for another relationship, but this is Logan's chance to be a father at last. Is he ready to risk his heart and share the most wondrous gift of all--just in time for the holidays?

Marry Me, Cowboy

Darla Baker's determined to get her high school sweetheart out of her system once and for all. But the sexy rancher and single father isn't letting the girl who got away...get away again. Now he's just waiting to hear the three little words that will give them a Christmas they'll never forget.

Click here to purchase A Cowboy Christmas

SuperCheap Free! Home to Italy by Peter Pezzelli.

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An Unknown Author who comes from the smallest of states and produces the biggest thing in his life. It's a beautiful novel about love,family, and most of all food. The way he describes the smells of the food whafting through the kitchens of the Villa San Giuesspe. His accounts of character plot and emotions that only a True Italian could bring out.

Click here to get your free copy of Home To Italy

Extraordinary Life by Charles Stanley

Dr. Charles Stanley is a much-loved television and radio pastor and preacher. For years he has led evangelical Christians through his candid teaching of practical living.

In this book, Dr. Stanley explores the non-negotiable life principles that should be reflected in the life of every Christian.

To many in the world, the Christian faith is a set of rules and regulations. But Jesus himself did not teach his followers dos and don'ts; he taught them foundational principles of life.

Using examples from his own personal experiences, Biblical personalities, and case studies, Dr. Stanley demonstrates how these key life principles impact life in the 21st century-and how they make us, as Christians, different from those who live their lives according to preference rather than principles.

Today, Dr. Stanley's book, Living the Extraordinary Life, is available for only $3.21.

Click here to purchase Living the Extraordinary Life

It's all in the name

If you have a first name that is sometimes mistaken for another name or gender, you will identify with the heroine of this book. Written by Angela Hunt, The Proposal is a medical thriller.

While attending a writers' conference in Washington, D.C., Theodora Russell gets a call from an editor who wants to discuss her proposal.

During their meeting, however, Theodora discovers that the editor actually wants Theodore Russell and his latest novel. Before she can correct the misunderstanding, Theodora becomes intrigued by the proposal tossed into her lap--a proposal that links breast cancer with first-pregnancy abortions. Determined to do a very different treatment of the topic, Theo researches the link--only to wind up running for her life.

Today you can purchase The Proposal for only $2.99.

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The war is still being fought

This Memorial Day weekend, in honor of all who have given their lives for our freedom, thank you for the ultimate sacrifice.

"I first met al-Qaeda before there was an al-Qaeda, way back in the winter of 1984. It was an encounter that came within a split second of costing me my life."

So begins Rob Schultheis's gripping account of his journey into the heart of one of the world's most dangerous places, on the trail of the world's most wanted man. A veteran war correspondent, Schultheis offers a first-hand look at how the seeds of al-Qaeda were planted by foreign jihadists in the 1980s, before most Americans knew what the word "jihad" meant.

He then offers a radical assessment of why bin Laden remains at large, detailing the complicit role Pakistan has played in both offering him sanctuary and in helping al-Qaeda establish an almost impregnable stronghold in the Middle East.

Finally, fresh from a recent visit to Afghanistan and armed with analysis of current satellite imagery, Schultheis makes his case for where exactly Osama bin Laden is hiding—and why the U.S. government is not acting on this information.

Today you can purchase Hunting bin Laden for your Kindle for only $3.54.

Click here to purchase Hunting bin Laden: How al-Qaeda Is Winning the War on Terror

Big Announcement! We are so proud!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

If all goes well, we will be introducing our website on or around Tuesday, June 1! We are so excited! We are also trying to get our site support team as excited as we are so they could get the work done to get the site up and going. But if it is June 2 or 3, we will practice patience - a virtue, or so we were told by our mother.

The name of the website - that's kind of secret right now. We'll let you know soon and have a link right here for you!

Also in June, we will be start a regular feature called Savings by the Bundle, which will be a posting each Saturday.

Our website will continue to feature posts of cheap reads for the Kindle - nothing over $5/book. We ferret out the cheap reads, so you can click and read. Let us do the heavy lifting for you!

SuperCheap Free! Treason by Dan Brown

SuperFree today! Treason by Dan Brown, published by Zondervan, a Christian publisher.

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The stakes are high . . . and the entire world is waiting for the verdict.

The Navy has uncovered a group of radical Islamic clerics who have infiltrated the Navy Chaplain Corps, inciting sailors and marines to acts of terrorism. And Lieutenant Zack Brewer has been chosen to prosecute them for treason and murder.

Only three years out of law school, Zack has already made a name for himself, winning the coveted Navy Commendation medal. Just coming off a high-profile win, this case will challenge the very core of Zack’s skills and his Christian beliefs—beliefs that could cost him the case and his career.

With Diane Colcernian, his staunchest rival, as assistant prosecutor, Zack takes on internationally acclaimed criminal defense lawyer Wells Levinson. And when Zack and Diane finally agree to put aside their animosity, it causes more problems than they realize.

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Life in America essays are SuperCheap

A collection of essays describing the land and residents of the American West, between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, this book was written by Stephen Lyons, a resident for more than 25 years in the area.

He writes of daily life, habits, and haunts of the people and animals in the ares. The local farming population, government, developers, ministers, law enforcement officers, and others come to life in this book of essays. Be prepared for essays that are also emotionally charged as Mr. Lyons does not hide the tragedies of everyday life.

A View from the Inland Northwest: Everyday Life in America is available today for $1.70.

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Debut novel by Erica Wagner

Raised by her father, Janet is shocked when she learns that she has inherited a house from her mother, long thought dead. The key in hand, Janet travels north to an old stone cottage at the sea's edge.

Tom hides away in an old stone cottage at the sea's edge, waiting. He was raised by his mother, traveling from one place to another, his only stability the stories she told him-stories of shape-shifters, danger, impossible love....

When Janet arrives, she is surprised to find Tom and to find herself mysteriously drawn to him. In Erica Wagner's "haunting debut novel", lives and stories become so interwoven that, in the end, all distinctions are lost. Reading group guide included.

Seizure is available today for only $2.88.

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A touching story from World War II

James McBride offers a powerful and emotional novel of black American soldiers fighting the German army in the mountains of Italy around the village of St. Anna of Stazzema in December 1944.

Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.

This is a refreshingly ambitious story of men facing the enemy in front and racial prejudice behind; it is also a carefully crafted tale of a mute Italian orphan boy who teaches the American soldiers, Italian villagers and partisans that miracles are the result of faith and trust.

Miracle at St. Anna is available today for only $2.66.

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Summertime and butterflies

Written by Margaret Erhart, The Butterflies of the Grand Canyon is the tale of a young woman's heart awakening and a decades-old mystery being solved.

When Jane Merkle arrives in the tiny town of Flagstaff, Arizona, with her much older husband on a summer day in 1951, she hasn't any idea that her life is about to change forever. After all, one of Jane's favorite sayings is "When in Rome, remember that you're from St . Louis."

But over a summer spent with her sister-in-law, Dotty, and Dotty's lepidopterist husband, Oliver, in a village perched on the rim of the Grand Canyon, Jane discovers her latent ability with a butterfly net and her attraction to a handsome young ranger.

Meanwhile, an unidentified skeleton is found on the premises of one of the village's most cantankerous citizens. With the help-and hindrance-of a colorful cast of historical characters, including an eccentric botanist who moonlights as an amateur sleuth, the murder mystery that has haunted the town for years is solved.

The Butterflies of Grand Canyon is available today for only $4.14.

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SuperCheap Free! Democratizing Innovation

SuperCheap Free! Democratizing Innovation by Eric Von Hippel.

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Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. These innovating users—both individuals and firms—often freely share their innovations with others, creating user-innovation communities and a rich intellectual commons. In Democratizing Innovation, Eric von Hippel looks closely at this emerging system of user-centered innovation. He explains why and when users find it profitable to develop new products and services for themselves, and why it often pays users to reveal their innovations freely for the use of all.

The trend toward democratized innovation can be seen in software and information products—most notably in the free and open-source software movement—but also in physical products. Von Hippel's many examples of user innovation in action range from surgical equipment to surfboards to software security features. He shows that product and service development is concentrated among "lead users," who are ahead on marketplace trends and whose innovations are often commercially attractive.

Von Hippel argues that manufacturers should redesign their innovation processes and that they should systematically seek out innovations developed by users. He points to businesses—the custom semiconductor industry is one example—that have learned to assist user-innovators by providing them with toolkits for developing new products. User innovation has a positive impact on social welfare, and von Hippel proposes that government policies, including R&D subsidies and tax credits, should be realigned to eliminate biases against it. The goal of a democratized user-centered innovation system, says von Hippel, is well worth striving for. An electronic version of this book is available under a Creative Commons license.

Click here to get your free copy of Democratizing Innovation

Christmas romance is supercheap

Written by popular romance author Liz Fielding, Christmas Angel for the Billionaire is cheap today to buy and put away until the Christmas season arrives. It will be here before you know it.

Annie needs a break from being the "nation's angel." Her high-profile charity work means the media spotlight follows her every step. So leaving her aristocratic title behind her, Annie goes undercover...and meets brooding businessman George Saxon. They form an unlikely relationship--until George discovers Annie's been hiding her true self from him all along!

Christmas Angel for the Billionaire is available for only $1.61.

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My life is a soap opera!

For those of you who think your life is a soap opera, this book was written just for you. Charm! is written by All My Children's Kendall Hart, played by Alicia Minshew. Kendall is the daughter of the legendary Erica Kane. The founder and owner of Fusion Cosmetics, Kendall lives in Pine Valley with her husband and two children.

The book is about Harley Wilkins who is in her prime: 30-years-old, living in Manhattan, and working tirelessly to make her cosmetics company, Flair, a success. As she works to introduce her first perfume, multitudes of complications begin to infiltrate Harley's life. She relies on the comic relief and smart perspective of her delightfully flamboyant friend, confidante, and co-worker Justin who helps Harley keep her head on straight amidst the drama that is her life.

After being informed by a gleeful Parker (her business partner) of her boyfriend Marcus' infidelity, Harley meets the intriguing and successful Brad. A chaotic chain of events ensues--brimming with scandal, back-stabbing, and even a kidnapping--all the scintillating components necessary to make this immensely engaging story the ultimate soap opera tale!

Charm! is available today for only $3.49. Read this and your life will be mild by comparison.

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Patricia Cornwell's Book of the Dead

When a review starts with a phrase similar to "author delivers her trademark grisly crime scenes," I don't go any further - with the review or the book.

However, I know that Patricia Cornwell is a favorite author of many readers. Today, one of Ms. Cornwell's books is going cheap.

In Book of the Dead, Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. And the death of a sixteen-year-old tennis star will usher in a string of murders more baffling-and terrifying-than any that have come before.

Today you can buy Book of the Dead for your Kindle for only $4.15.

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How many mornings in 75 years?

Ever had any desire to be at the same job for 20 years? 30 years? 40 years? Some folks find the job they love early in life and they don't ever leave. 50 years? 60 years? Goodness, isn't it time to retire?

Shirley Povich was the Dean of American Sportswriters. As a columnist for The Washington Post for more than seventy-five years, he was an eyewitness to the most thrilling moments in American sports, including: the legendary 1927 Dempsy-Tunney "long count"; the celebrated 1938 race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral; the 1946 signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers; Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series; the Ali-Frazier fight of 1971; and the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

But Povich's columns were about more than sports; they reflected the dramatic changes in American society over the course of the 20th Century. Driven by a strong sense of social justice, Povich called for the integration of major league baseball in 1939, and twenty years later he was still at it, attacking Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall for having an all-white team.

For the 100th anniversary of his birth, Povich's children-David, Maury, and Lynn-and his colleague at the Post, former sports editor George Solomon, have pulled together this panoramic collection of Povich's most beloved columns. The result is a front-row seat to the most awe-inspiring sports moments of our American Century.

All Those Mornings is available today for only $2.23.

Click here to purchase All those mornings . . . at the Post The 20th Century in Sports from Famed Washington Post Columnist Shirley Povich

Where, oh, where has that continent gone?

Oh, the speculation that has been wrought forth regarding the lost continent of Atlantis! Great material for novelists.

David Gibbons' novel is about Marine archaeologist Jack Howard who stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex–Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time—the site of fabled Atlantis—while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike.

But neither of them could have imagined what awaits them in the murky depths. Not only a shocking truth about a lost world, but an explosive secret that could have devastating consequences today. Jack is determined to stop the legacy of Atlantis from falling into the wrong hands, whatever the cost. But first he must do battle to prevent a global catastrophe.

Atlantis is available for the Kindle today for only $1.36.

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Don't put that in your mouth!

I grew up in rural America - open spaces, fresh air, hard work on the farm. As toddlers, we were pretty much like other kids, except we often found interesting objects to try to eat. If my mother said it once, she said it ten thousand times, "Don't put that in your mouth!" Apparently Anthony Bourdain's mother never uttered any such words.

Bestselling chef and No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. Whether surviving a lethal hot pot in Chengdu, splurging on New York's priciest sushi, or singing the praises of Ecuadorian line cooks and Hell's Kitchen dives, Bourdain is as provocative, engaging, and opinionated as ever.

The Nasty Bits is an irresistible tasting menu of food writing at its outrageous best-served up Bourdain style. A thirty-year veteran of professional kitchens, he is the host of the television series No Reservations and the executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan.

Today you can buy The Nasty Bits for the Kindle for only $3.08.

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SuperCheap Free! Vicious

SuperCheap free today for Kindle - Vicious by Kevin O'Brien.
Pre-Order to be released June 1, 2010.
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No Motive
For more than two years, he held Seattle in a terror grip. A cold-blooded killer who abducted young mothers right in front of their sons and murdered them execution style. Then, as suddenly as the killings began, they seemed to stop.

No Mercy
Susan Blanchette is looking forward to a relaxing weekend getaway with her fiancé, Allen, and young son, Matthew. But something about the remote lake house doesn't feel right. A woman vanished from the area a year ago, and now Susan thinks she's spotted someone lurking around the property. And when Allen disappears, her fear grows. . .

No Escape
A psychopath has returned, ready to strike again. Someone who can't resist the urge to kill, who derives pleasure from others' pain, and who is drawing nearer to Susan as each minute of the weekend ticks by. But she's just one pawn at the heart of a killer's deadly game. A killer who is unrelenting, unstoppable, and absolutely vicious. . .

Click here to pre-order your free copy of Vicious

Two cheap books in Christine Feehan's Dark series

Christine Feehan is one of the most-beloved authors of fantasy romance. She has written a many-volumed series known as the Dark series. The seventeenth and eighteenth books in the series are available for cheap prices for the Kindle now.

Book seventeen, Dark Celebration, is the book in which the blood-drinking, mind-reading, shape-shifting Carpathian clan and their human friends gather for Christmas. (Not a typical Christmas for my family!) The guests hunt vampires, confront a dark mage and, most importantly, face the extinction of their species due to a mysteriously low birth rate and high infant mortality.

Dark Celebration is available for Kindle for only $4.63.

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Book eighteen, Dark Possession, is the story of vampire Manolito De La Cruz who has caught the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney, an all-too-human female who'd never surrender herself to an aggressive and brutish Carpathian male. But maybe MaryAnn doesn't have a choice.

Dark Possession is cheap today for only $2.60.

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Just put my smiling face on that svelte body . . . there, it looks just like me

When I was a kid, I was always fascinated by those pictures of the jack-a-lopes - you know, the rabbit with antlers. Those were popular long before people had Photoshop to create altered pictures.

This book is for Photoshop Elements 5, which has probably already been superseded by eight or nine newer versions, but if you have this version, this book is cheap.

Whether you’re new to Photoshop Elements or an experienced image editor, this professional book shows you how to create consistent high-quality images by establishing a logical sequence of essential tasks. From sorting images and RAW conversion to advanced editing and output, it’s all here in the friendly, professional style that readers know and trust from the Tim Grey Guides series. Go beyond the basics and that you can focus on workflow and produce better digital images with this one-of-kind guide to Photoshop Elements.

Available now for only $1.78, Photoshop Elements 5 Workflow is going cheap.

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From Washington to Hollywood

He's led a colorful life, in the middle of some of the most exciting years in American history.

With the nation at war in the 1940s, twenty-two-year-old Jack Valenti flew fifty-one combat missions as the pilot of a B-25 attack bomber with the 12th Air Force based in Italy. In the 1960s, with the nation reeling from the assassination of a beloved president and becoming embroiled in a far different kind of war in Vietnam, he was in that fateful Dallas motorcade in 1963, flew back to Washington with the new president, and for three years worked in the inner circle of the White House as special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson.

Then, for the next thirty-eight years, with American society and popular culture undergoing a revolutionary transformation, Valenti was the public face of Hollywood in his capacity as head of the Motion Picture Association of America.

Mr. Valenit's autobiography, This Time, This Place: My Life in War, the White House, and Hollywood, is available today for only $4.11.

Click here to purchase This Time, This Place: My Life in War, the White House, and Hollywo

A deep thinker on the current economy situation

As if we didn't have enough to be concerned about, this book promises more. David M. Smick is considered one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. When he writes a book, he knows his subject and we may be wise to listen.

The World Is Curved picks up where Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat left off, taking readers on an insider's tour through the private offices of central bankers, finance ministers, even prime ministers. Smick reveals how today's risky environment came to be -- and why the mortgage mess is a symptom of potentially far more devastating trouble.

He wrestles with the two questions on every one's mind: How bad can things really get in today's volatile economy? And what can we do about it?

Drawing on riveting anecdotes in language anyone can understand, Smick explains:

How the churning cauldron we call China (the next great bubble to burst) represents a powerful threat to every one's pocketbook

How Japanese housewives have taken control of their nation's savings, and why it matters to us

How greed-driven bankers and investment bankers have put every one's pensions and 401(k)'s at risk

Why today's "incredible shrinking central banks" may not be able to save us when the next crisis hits Why the big-money Russian, Chinese, Saudi, and Dubai sovereign wealth funds represent a tectonic shift in global financial power away from the United States, Europe, and Japan

Why the world desperately needs a "big think" financial doctrine to guide today's dangerous ocean of money

The World Is Curved is the rare book that speaks simultaneously to the Wall Street, Washington, and London elite, yet its apt storytelling shows Main Street readers how to survive in these turbulent times.

The World Is Curved is available today for only $3.47. we may be wise to read it.

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SuperCheap Free! Strings Attaced

SuperCheap Free! Strings Attached by Nick Nolan, published by AmazonEncore.

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Closeted teenager Jeremy is sent to live with wealthy relatives after his mother enters rehab. Struggling to fit into the posh world of Ballena Beach, Jeremy joins the high school swim team, dates a popular girl, and begins to think he may have landed in paradise—until his great aunt Katharine starts to dictate his every move … and a late-night phone call insinuates that his father’s accidental death was not so accidental after all.

As Jeremy grows accustomed to the veneer of a fabulous life, so grows his need for answers—as well as the danger of immeasurable harm. Weaving together a murder mystery, sexual ambiguity, and characters with hidden identities and agendas , Nick Nolan offers readers a deliciously witty page-turner about the “puppet” who wishes only to be a real boy. Strings Attached is also a surprisingly heartfelt story about coming-of-age and coming out—not necessarily in that order.

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Further proof we don't have all knowledge

I won't even give the impression I know this subject matter. Ian McNeely and Lisa Wolverton teach at the University of Oregon and have written a magnificent overview of the history of knowledge production in the West.

Here is an intellectual entertainment, a sweeping history of the key institutions that have organized knowledge in the West from the classical period onward. With elegance and wit, this exhilarating history alights at the pivotal points of cultural transformation. The motivating question throughout: How does history help us understand the vast changes we are now experiencing in the landscape of knowledge?

Today Reinventing Knowledge is available for the Kindle for only $3.68.

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SuperCheap! The biggest rockstar not in the USA

Every one of us can name at least five rockstars we idolized during our teen years. Would you name Dean Reed? He was one of the biggest rockstars on earth - just not in America.

Dean Reed had one of the strangest careers in the history of popular culture. Failing to gain recognition for his music in his native United States, he achieved celebrity in South America in the early 1960s and then, unbelievably, became the biggest rock star in the Soviet Union.

His albums went gold from Bulgaria to Berlin. He made highly successful movies and, naively earnest, was an unwitting acolyte for socialism. Everywhere he went, he was mobbed by his fans. And then, in 1986, at the height of his fame, he drowned in mysterious circumstances in East Berlin.

Drawn magnetically to his story, Reggie Nadelson pursued the mystery of Dean Reed's life and death across America and Eastern rope. As she traveled, the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union crumbled, and Reed became an increasingly alluring figure, his life an unrepeatable tale of the Cold War world.

Part biography, part memoir and personal journey, Comrade Rockstar is an unforgettable chronicle of an utterly improbable life

Today you can buy Comrade Rockstar for only $1.82.

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SuperCheap Free! Daughter of Joy

SuperCheap Free! Daughter of Joy by Kathleen Morgan, published by Christian publisher Revell:

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As the author of fifteen romance novels, all published in the general market, Kathleen Morgan has hooked thousands of romance fans with her vivid storytelling and the intense chemistry she creates between her characters. Recently, this gifted novelist committed herself to writing inspirational fiction, and Revell is honored to present Morgan's premier Christian romance novel, Daughter of Joy.

Infused with all the spark and warmth of her previous novels, Morgan's new book, set in the late nineteenth century outside Colorado Springs, Colorado, also tells a compelling, perceptive tale of one woman's faith journey. In the wake of losing both her husband and young son, Abigail Stanton is searching for a way to make sense of her losses. She takes a job as housekeeper for Conor MacKay, a confusing, often volatile man who also carries deep pain-and secrets-in his inscrutable heart.

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Baseball season is well underway and the football books are cheap

We are college football fans at our house, but we become pro football fans when the championship game is played. As we don't have a pro team we regularly follow, we tend to cheer for the underdog.

More than Just the Catch, written by David Tyree and Kimberly Daniels, is the story of the underdog. The awesome catch made by Tyree to win the championship for the New York Giants in 2008 was one of the most spectacular plays in football history.

In this book, Tyree gives you an inside look at life and faith of players in the NFL, the physical program that got him where he is today, and a behind-the-scenes account of the catch that positioned the Giants for their Super Bowl win. Let his story inspire you to a life of perseverance, faith, and success. You may never be a Super Bowl hero, but you CAN be a hero every day in your own life.

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Steeler's Glory is the story of Pittsburgh Steelers football as told by the players, coaches, opponents, fans, and the media. It salutes the great stars, teams, moments, rivalries, venues, fans, and traditions of the Steel City, including a chapter on the Steelers' all-time team. In addition, all five Super Bowl-winning rosters are presented.

From Bradshaw to Big Ben, Layne to Lambert, Bullet Bill to the Bus, Harris to Ham, and Stautner to Stallworth, it's all about the Steelers.

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SuperCheap! Want to zip through those Sudoku puzzles?

I confess: I'm a numbers geek and I want this book! Did you even know that numbers had an inner life? This book promises some exciting stuff - if you are a numbers geek.

Inspired by the popularity of Sudoku – and millennia of human attempts to figure things out – this pithy, kaleidoscopic book takes a fresh, witty and hands-on approach to such various topics as musical harmony, code breaking, and probabilities in poker and lotteries. It probes the surprising symmetries of time, space, matter, and forces. It even goes to the heart of what computers can do.

Andrew Hodges weaves together the inner life of numbers – the patterns of primes and powers that we try to grasp, and that have us in their grip. Accessible to anyone with a general curiosity and interest in puzzles, One to Nine might even have you completing a fiendish Sudoku in record time.

Today you can purchase One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers for the numbers One, Three, and Zero - or $1.30. That's a number I like!

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New found faith tested

What happens when the budding faith of a teenager collides with the non-belief of his mother?

Nina Killham has written a fresh novel that broaches this subject and has received high reviews.

Thirteen-year-old Nic Delano has a lot of questions. His mother, Lucy, an astrophysicist and atheist, has always encouraged Nic to ask questions. But lately she doesn't like the answers he's getting.

Nic has been hanging out with a group of devout Christians and is starting to embrace the Bible-and a very different view of the heavens. But when unexpected tragedy strikes, Nic and Lucy's beliefs are truly to put to the test. And they need each other now more than ever.

Today you can purchase Killham's novel, Believe Me, for only $4.74.

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Cheaper than a doctor visit, read it and call us in the morning

If you are woman, you will no doubt identify with several of the medical issues listed in this book synopsis. The book is much cheaper than a co-payment to a doctor. You don't have to get on the scales if you read the book and by-pass a doctor's visit.

Dr. Xiaolan Zhao has treated thousands of women suffering from fatigue, PMS, infertility, depression, cancer, menopausal symptoms and other gynecological disorders - health problems that are all too common in the West but less so in China, where traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been an integral part of women-s lives for thousands of years.

As a physician originally trained in Western medicine who later took up the practice of TCM, Dr. Zhao has seen how effective the Chinese approach is for her patients, and her book will help American women incorporate its wisdom and practices in our lives. Sharing stories from her own life and the lives of her patients, Dr. Zhao shows that we have nothing to reject about our feminine selves, and explains how we can develop new relationships with our bodies and our emotions.

There is so much every woman can do in terms of ongoing and preventative self-care to improve her health and vitality and prevent illness. By making simple changes in diet, exercise routine, sex life and the way we deal with stress and our emotions, we can profoundly improve our health now and into the future.

Ancient Healing for Modern Women is available for only $2.58. That's even cheaper than one of those out-dated magazines in the doctor's waiting room.

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Summer romance for a summer read

Is there anything that makes a better summer read than a romance about a woman who has a magical summer involving romance? Barbara Bretton has written a book just for us.

Dr. Ellen Markowitz has learned the hard way that nothing is quite the way it seems-not family and certainly not love. But during one magical summer, she will discover that hope and love can sneak back into your heart when you least expect it.
Reviewers give it high praise as Ms. Bretton is a popular romance writer.

Grab Girls of Summer today for $3.94 and sit back for a great read that brings summer to you.

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Left, right, center?

Remember the two things you never talk about when visiting the in-laws? Politics and religion. Everyone has an opinion and the differences rise to the top.

Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, political science professors from Yale and Berkeley, have political opinions and wrote a book about them in 2005.

Here's a synopsis of the book:
The Republicans who run American government today have defied the normal laws of political gravity. They have ruled with the slimmest of majorities and yet have transformed the nation’s governing priorities. They have strayed dramatically from the moderate middle of public opinion and yet have faced little public backlash. Again and again, they have sided with the affluent and ideologically extreme while paying little heed to the broad majority of Americans. And much more often than not, they have come out on top. This book shows why—and why this troubling state of affairs can and must be changed.

Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy is available today for the cheap, cheap price of $1.31. I'm thinking now that the Republicans are no longer the majority of anything, this book could still be relevant if you just change the party affiliation and names.

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Poignant novel of a country in turmoil and maternal love

Manil Suri's second novel is the mesmerizing story of modern India, richly layered with themes from Hindu mythology.

The Age of Shiva is at once a powerful story of a country in turmoil and an extraordinary portrait of maternal love. Meera, the narrator, is seventeen years old when she catches her first glimpse of Dev.

She wonders if she can steal him away from Roopa, her older, more beautiful sister, who has brought her along to see him.

When Meera’s reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. She escapes her overbearing father only to find herself thrust into the male-dominated landscape of India after independence. Dev’s family is orthodox and domineering, his physical demands oppressive.

Meera's unforgettable story, embodying Shiva as a symbol of religious upheaval, places The Age of Shiva among the most compelling novels to emerge from contemporary India.

The Age of Shiva is available today for the Kindle for only $2.86.

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How did they get there?

Did you think that all highly successful CEOs were born into their jobs? Of course not. Many of them got to their jobs through many life experiences that shaped who they are today.

Eve Tahmincioglu is a regular contributor to the New York Times business section and one of the lead writers on "The Boss" column. She has been interviewing executives from a wide range of industries for the bulk of her career.

In this book Ms. Tahmincioglu shares the life experiences of many executives from childhood on. Readers will be able to see how adversity can shape leaders positively and will learn how to become leaders through their own life events.

From the Sandbox to the Corner Office is cheap today for only $2.23.

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The Greatest Generation

An amazing generation of men and women arose during the Second World War and changed the face of America and the world forever. Many of us proudly know these now elderly folks. Decades ago they were young men and women, starting their lives and some of them losing their lives in the war.

Around the time of his own father's funeral ten years ago, David Everitt read a letter from a friend of his mother's first husband, Sam Kramer, who was killed in combat just days before the end of World War II.

The letter establishes that Sam was a war hero, and that his death was not merely an accident of war. While Everitt had consciously ignored the history of his mother's first marriage, even though she had saved each of Sam's letters from the battlefront, he is now prompted to learn more about Kramer and about his mother's past.

Remembering Sam takes readers back to World War II America, to the days of Rosie-the-Riveter patriotism, the brutality and terror of the front lines, and the aftermath of war on its civilian survivors.

Remembering Sam is available today for the Kindle for only $2.45.

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SuperCheap Harlequin Presents

SuperCheap Harlequin Presents short romance. Light, summer reading fare offered super cheap today. The Sicilian Boss's Mistress by Penny Jordan is only $1.79.

Ms. Jordan has written at least a kajillion Harlequin romances, so she is well-known by those who read romances.
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When Alessandro Leopardi finds Leonora Thaxton piloting his private jet, he's outraged! Firstly, he doesn't employ females--too distracting. Secondly, she's a ravishing beauty--and he can't quite believe he was duped.

Leonora won't be getting away with it! The dark-hearted billionaire needs a no-strings mistress for one night. But when the public show becomes a private seduction, Alessandro realizes she may be worth more to him than he thought...

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How does a country shape its literature?

Remember Brit Lit (or British Literature for the purist)? I took the class during my senior year in high school and only remember reading Shakespeare.

Nation and Novel traces English prose fiction from its late medieval origins through its stories of rogues and criminals, family rebellions and suffering heroines, to the present-day novels of immigration.

Major novelists from Daniel Defoe to the late twentieth century have drawn on national history and mythology in novels which have pitted Cavalier against Puritan, Tory against Whig, region against nation, and domesticity against empire.

The English novel is deeply concerned with the fate of the nation, but almost always at variance with official and ruling-class perspectives on English society.

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Duo of Harlequin Intrigue Romances

A Voice in the Dark by Jenna Ryan only $2.40.

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No one knew what Noah Graydon looked like, but they had all heard the rumors. How he'd been broken, even scarred, on his last case. How he never showed his face-until the day he took an overwhelming interest in one very special agent.

Angel Carter would have been a serial killer's next victim if not for Noah. The rescue gave her a glimpse into his world of shadows--yet she dared to want more. To really know if the passion between them was real. They would have to come face-to-face if the killer was to be caught--and Noah could only conceal his body from Angel for so long....

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Agent Daddy by Alice Sharpe only $2.04.

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He'd quit the Bureau to wrangle two kids...and got lassoed by one beautiful woman.

All hell broke loose when word spread that a vengeful serial killer was headed for the Triple T ranch. Fearing the worst, former FBI agent Luke Tripper entrusted his orphaned niece and nephew to Faith Bishop's tender loving care while he hunted down his prey.

Their smoldering attraction chased away the winter chill, but the fiercely independent schoolteacher bristled when the brusque cattleman ordered round-the-clock protection. Despite the looming danger, Faith's unflinching courage stirred Trip's deepest emotions...and he hungered to hold her close. Now with the body count rising and his loved ones in peril, would this hometown hero lay his heart on the line?

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Two cheap novels for PNR (Paranormal Romance) fans

Written by Trish Lamoree, Painting the Roses Red and Never Smile at a Crocodile are the first two of the four-novel PSI Consulting Mystery series. Reviewers have given her books high praise. One reviewer said Painting the Roses Red was the "best ESP romance ever." Others called it riveting and engaging. Never Smile at a Crocodile reviewers say the book has humor, mystery, romance, and magic.

Painting the Roses Red is available for only $2.39:

Tiara wakes all alone to strange psychic powers, bloody visions, and no memory. As she seeks to find herself, she is taunted by a phantom seducer in her mind. It would seem that he is leading her on a merry adventure to find her identity, but is he the lover whose touch she craves or a madman intent on destroying her mind? He sends her pristine white roses, but their purity is tainted with the dripping of bright red blood upon their petals.

Follow Tiara into the rabbit hole as she chases her dreams from a truck stop in California to the underside of Las Vegas. This deep, dark fantasy tumbles Tiara through her first love at a high school reunion, a mystical Indian ritual, the dark underbelly of a Las Vegas bondage club, and a secret psychic society hidden in the cellars of the casinos. From a Renaissance festival to a Mexican cruise to the fantasies of her own mind come to life in vivid detail on this wild ride.

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Never Smile at a Crocodile is only $2.39:

Rianna was having the luckiest day of her life.- Oh, it started out as good luck.- She opened a portal.- She got a great guy.- She made the earth move and the heavens open with rain.- It was a pretty good day, but just as she gets her miracle guy home, she's got trouble.

Dead Body Trouble! Who'd want to put a dead body on her couch? And why'd they have to pick today?

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