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May 08, 2014 09:20AM
The thorn birds is 99p on amazon
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Lisa wrote: "For anyone who hasn't read it, Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson is in the UK Kindle Daily Deal today and it's really great."They also have Twelve Years a Slave for 49p. This is a very telling account of the brutality of slavery in America. Completely gripping, read it before seeing the film. However I was so distraught at the book, I couldn't bear to see the film at the cinema. Waiting for the DVD so I can sob in privacy.
Lisa wrote: "For anyone who hasn't read it, Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson is in the UK Kindle Daily Deal today and it's really great."I love Jon Ronson, he's hilarious. I loved the Psycopath test.
Daily deals on Kindle today. 39 books for 99p :)I bought The Pedant in the Kitchen,The Thorn Birds and The Far Pavilions, Shadow of the Moon these 2 are not in deal)
Plus a heap of Usborne First readers for 85p.
Somebody stop me, it's addictive. Less buying, more reading.
I'm off to read to my poorly boy who is home from school, we have lots of new dragons,dinosaurs and pirate books to explore.
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Hope your son feels better soon.
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hope that your son is revived by the thought of dragons!
Julian Barnes is a favorite...looking forward to reading Pedant. :)Dragons and dinosaurs definitely put a smile back on his little face. :)
Bought The Pedant in the Kitchen and looking forward to it.Debbie, hope your son is feeling better now and having happy dreams of friendly dragons and dinosaurs!
With 32 five-star-reviews on Amazon, I'll have to recommend The Avenue: A Newcastle Backstreet Boyhood
which is £1.79 for the kindle/kindle app today
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avenue-Newcas...
The Avenue stretched from Elswick Road to Scotswood Road, and almost every house in it was tenemented. There were four courtyards and a conglomeration of passages. Situated at one end of each of these courtyards was a row of toilets, and we watched as queues formed outside each of them. We were soon to become accustomed to this distressing necessity. It would be almost impossible to describe every aspect of this dirty lane, but this much can be said - even in those days of housing shortages and woeful sanitary facilities, the conditions that prevailed in The Avenue were almost beyond belief.' This is a hard-hitting account of growing up in Newcastle's West End during the uncertain years of the First World War and the Depression. Samuel Herbert had to grow up fast when his mother moved the family to a cockroach-infested tenement in Elswick while his Dad - a miner - was away fighting on the front line. Along with the shared 'netties' and the terrible living conditions, Samuel learned how to deal with the bullies and the gangs until he grew as tough as they were. His fight to get out of this poverty-stricken existence was always hindered by something and he continuously ended up back in that same sorrowful place called The Avenue. Along with the tragedy, however, came lots of laughs, and Samuel's unique account demonstrates the humour, courage and indomitable spirit of the local population. Prepare to be amused and entertained, surpirsed and moved by these stories, which vividly capture the heart and heritage of this former mining community.
*About the Author*The late Samuel W Herbert joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a young man and served for a short time aboard HMS Hood. He started writing his autobiography at the age of 70 in 1978, which took nearly four years to complete. Unfortunately, he passed away shortly after he finished the book and before he saw it published. This is his one and only book.
*Biography* My name is David Cunningham, the grandson of Samuel W Herbert the author of The Avenue A Newcastle Backstreet Boyhood. The mystery as to why this wonderful manuscsript did not get published 30 years after it was written is; soon after Samuel had completed the book in 1982 he was diagnosed with cancer and after a short illness passed away in 1983, he was 75 years old. The family were absolutely devastated of his passing, so the accomplishment of his book had taken a back seat in there lives, although duly read by all the family, it was filed away as a momentous time of his life. The book almost forgotten, I came across it in 2010, found it in a cupboard collecting dust, of course I had already read it back in 1982, but re-reading it again I realized that this book had to be read by all. Secretly I started to look for publishers, I say secretly as I did not want the family to know what I was attempting to do incase the book was of no interest to any publisher, save the family from disappointment.
After two long years and a lot of hard work, The Avenue was published by The History Press on March 12 2012, still a secret I had to find a way to inform the family of this momentous occasion. The only way I could do this, to inform the family all at once, was to tell them I would be traveling from my home in the USA to visit my mother in Newcastle for her 76th birthday in April and would everyone attend her birthday celebration at a predetermined venue. The ruse worked, with every family member in attendance I presented The Avenue to my mother for her birthday gift and also gave a copy to each member of the family. The response was overwhelming, with a word to the local newspaper (The Newcastle Evening Chronicle) they came to write a story on the occasion.
After reading The Avenue for the second time I realized Samuels dream was to be successful in the field of literature but poverty prevented him from doing this and then finally death. So I am here to see that dream come true, albeit it is his only book, but dreams do come true with a little faith.
Jazzy... what a brilliant post. I'm in. x
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I bought it late last night (which was actually very early this morning!), and finished reading it already. Very funny!
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I cannot wait for her new one The Bookshop Book"
Oh that looks interesting. I've marked it to read.
I got this and am really looking forward to reading it!
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It is out in the autumn Vicky
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon is £1.74 on Kindle. I cannot recommend this sci-fi, dystopian novel enough. It is part of a planned series of 7. Part 2 The Mime Order out soon.
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That is one I want to read, but will get it from the library
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It's 51p today, and it solves my Sci Fi issue for my Magic Square.
Jo wrote: "Debbie wrote: "The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon is £1.74 on Kindle. I cannot recommend this sci-fi, dystopian novel enough. It is part of a planned series of 7. Part 2 The Mime Order out soon."..."
Wow, that is a must buy for 51p. It's fantastic, it's one of those books you race through as it's so gripping and then are devastated to finish, so envious of those new to it. I can't wait for the 2nd book. And I hate sci-fi usually.
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Jo wrote: "The Amber Fury also 99p today."Just bought it, along with Nothing to Envy and The Language of Dying which is also 99p. Enough now!
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Hahaha..me too. Hate to be snobbish but I haven't read any of his since I was 14.
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Paul wrote: "Never read one. Never intend to."Ha ha - I've read one, many years ago, but don't intend reading any more either...
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This book is free at the moment. Winds of Changehttp://www.amazon.com/Winds-Change-Ki...
Don't know how long for.
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The Etymogicon - A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth is 99p on Kindle today.Also, not an ebook.....but Harry's Last Stand - How the world my generation built is falling down and what we can do to save it is £3.99, hardback from The Book People. A bargain and a must read.
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LOL! Don't all rush at once.
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