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I like this new promo by Amazon! We get a special Kindle Daily Deal!

And the new deal is…

‘The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel‘ by Michael Connelly from Hachette Book Group is now available at the specially discounted price of $2.99 on the US Kindle site.

Book Description

This #1 bestselling legal thriller from Michael Connelly is a stunning display of novelistic mastery – as human, as gripping, and as whiplash-surprising as any novel yet from the writer Publishers Weekly has called “today’s Dostoevsky of crime literature.”

Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers – they’re all on Mickey Haller’s client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it’s about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it’s even about justice.

A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney’s dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal – this time to save his own life.

About the Author
A former police reporter for the LA TIMES, Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of the Harry Bosch thrillers. His books have been translated into 35 languages and have won awards internationally, including the Edgar and Anthony.

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I like this new promo by Amazon! We get a special Kindle Daily Deal!

And the new deal is…

‘Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It‘ by Karl Weber from PublicAffairs is now available at the specially discounted price of $1.49 on the US Kindle site.

Book Description

Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as “more than a terrific movie—it’s an important movie.” Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, the film poses questions such as: Where has my food come from, and who has processed it? What are the giant agribusinesses and what stake do they have in maintaining the status quo of food production and consumption? How can I feed my family healthy foods affordably?
Expanding on the film’s themes, the book Food, Inc. will answer those questions through a series of challenging essays by leading experts and thinkers. This book will encourage those inspired by the film to learn more about the issues, and act to change the world.

About the Author
Karl Weber is a writer and editor based in New York. He collaborated with Muhammad Yunus on his bestseller Creating a World Without Poverty and has edited two previous Participant Media Guides, Food, Inc. and Cane Toads and Other Rogue Species.

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So, how many of you have bought a Kindle OR if you haven’t bought a Kindle yet, whataya waiting for? Amazon has a new Kindle WiFi With Special Offers for $114, Kindle 3G+WiFi With Special Offers for $139, WiFi Only Kindle 3 for $139, and a WiFi + Free 3G Kindle 3 for $189! Or you can get the larger sized Graphite Kindle DX.

(If you don’t have a Kindle, don’t worry, you can still read the free books! Just download the Kindle for the PC, Kindle for the iPhone/iPod Touch, Kindle for the iPad, Kindle for BlackBerry or Kindle for Android!)

*Incidentally, for those curious about the latest deals exclusively for those who own a Kindle WiFi With Special Offers or Kindle 3G+WiFi With Special Offers, the latest promo(s) are they get to “Save an Extra 50% on Back-to-School Groceries at Amazon.com“, “Buy a Business or Investing Book for $1” and “Save $20 on a $50 purchase of coffee & tea essentials at Amazon.com “!

Well, time to fill your Kindle with FREEBIES! p.s. For the bargain conscious – check out ALL my bargain posts HERE (I’ve been posting updated bargains per publisher)!

*If you want a direct Amazon link where you can see ALL the updated free books right now, be sure to bookmark this link! It will take you to a page that lists them in best-selling order*

‘Between the Panels: An Inside Look at the Making of Eleven Exciting New Graphic Novels‘ by Various Authors (Macmillan) is available for FREE download on the Amazon Kindle site. Just click here to pre-order.

Book Description

Have you ever asked yourself what goes on in comics between the panels and behind the scenes? Now, you can get an inside look at the making of eleven exciting new graphic novels and learn more about how they’re put together.

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Check out the other freebies after the jump!

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Whoa! Another really good freebie – Bejeweled 2 + Blitz By PopCap. I’ve been playing Bejeweled since I had my first palm pilot!

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‘Untouchable‘ by Scott O’Connor (Adams Media) is available for FREE download on the US Kindle site. *Also free at B&N

Book Description

In his first novel, UNTOUCHABLE, Scott O’Connor speaks softly and somehow manages to make something beautiful of unspeakable matters–like the gruesome mop-up after someone has taken a gun to his head. These are the matters that fall to David Darby, a strapping fellow with an armful of tattoos and a sensitive attitude toward his job as a trauma site technician. If Darby’s profession has made him something of an untouchable, his young son has become a pariah at school because he refuses to speak, a self-imposed punishment after the death of his mother. (“He had,” he’s convinced, “made her sick and sad.”) O’Connor tells a wisp of a story, but in a voice so insistently stirring, you want to lean in close to catch every word.–New York Times Book Review

It is the autumn of 1999. A year has passed since Lucy Darby’s unexpected death, leaving her husband David and son Whitley to mend the gaping hole in their lives. David, a trauma-site cleanup technician, spends his nights expunging the violent remains of strangers, helping their families to move on, though he is unable to do the same. Whitley – an 11 year-old social pariah known simply as The Kid – hasn’t spoken since his mother’s death. Instead, he communicates through a growing collection of notebooks, living in a safer world of his own silent imagining.

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Tracks:

1. Gemini
2. Double Trouble
3. Inside Outside
4. Telephone Games
5. Smoke and Mirrors
6. Feathers

So, who’s Jack and White? It’s a newly formed duo composed of American Idol finalist Brooke White (this is her 2nd album, after her debut  High Hopes and Heartbreak) and singer-songwriter Jack Matranga.  Apparently, the story is that Jack was called in to co-write a song with Brooke for her second album, but their sessions worked so well that the pair ended up writing an entire EP together.

Their new EP Gemini EP (June Baby Records) by Jack and White has a lovely and easy breezy 70s inspired California light rock vibe that I’m really liking right now! I downloaded the EP after getting the free download of the very catchy “Double Trouble” (the iTunes free single this week). Good choice of a song to give away – it’s light, upbeat and catchy with great harmonies and IMO it’s the most listener-friendly from the EP. This is an indie release (so I’m not sure if they can even send singles to radio), but if they were, I think “Double Trouble” would have the best chance on HAC.

My favorite track from the EP though is the angrier (and rockier) “Smoke and Mirrors”, but the quirky “Inside Outside” comes close too. I love how strong and confident Brooke sounds on these tracks – I’ve always loved the warm tone of her voice and I felt that these two tracks showcased that quality the best. Brooke’s voice is more front and center for all the songs, but her partner Jack provides good harmonizing vocals too, for example, I quite liked the track “Telephone Games” for the pair’s delicate quiet harmonies.

To sum it up, basically, I really enjoyed the entire Gemini EP (throwback vibe and all) – and there aren’t really any songs that felt like filler to me (well, there are only six tracks after all), so I have to say that I was pretty happy with my well-spent $4.95

‘Gemini EP by Jack and White ‘ is available on iTunes ($4.95), but you’ll have to wait till August 30 to get it from the Amazon MP3 store. You can also check out Jack and White’s YouTube account for some videos that introduce clips from the album.

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I like this new promo by Amazon! We get a special Kindle Daily Deal!

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‘Elizabeth Street‘ by Laurie Fabiano from Amazon Encore is now available at the specially discounted price of $1.99 on the US Kindle site.

Book Description

Based on true events, ELIZABETH STREET is a multigenerational saga that opens in an Italian village in the 1900′s, and crosses the ocean to New York’s Lower East Side. At the heart of the novel is Giovanna, whose family is targeted by the notorious Black Hand – the precursor to the Mafia. Elizabeth Street brings to light a period in history when Italian immigrant neighborhoods lived in fear of Black Hand extortion and violence – a reality that defies the romanticized depiction of the Mafia. Here, the author reveals the merciless terror of the Black Hand – and the impact their crimes had on her family. Giovanna is based on Fabiano’s great-grandmother, and the book’s heroes and villains – such as Lieutenant Petrosino, the crusading cop and “Lupo the Wolf,” a cold-blooded criminal – are drawn from real life in this thrilling tale. While set in a dynamic historical context, Elizabeth Street is, above all, the dramatic story of the heroine, Giovanna, and how she triumphed over tragedy.

About the Author
Laurie Fabiano loves her family and all things Italian. She has dedicated her career to marketing and event production for non-profit organizations empowering others to share their life stories and raising hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of those in need. This book, her first, is her story. Laurie lives in Hoboken, New Jersey with her husband Joe and their daughter Siena.

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Okay, those of you out there who own the Kobo eReader Touch Edition or use the Kobo apps or shop in the Kobo Bookstore, today’s your lucky day! How about a bunch of discount codes? Yeah! (Note that the codes usually don’t work for Agency books, so you’ll have to be creative about choosing the books to apply the discounts to!)

Thanks to @G0AT of the mobileread forum for compiling these codes!

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