Pixelscroll Daily Deals for Sunday, 01/20/2013
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If I Stay
Gayle Forman
Genre(s): Teens, Literature & Fiction
Rating: 4.3 – {368 Reviews}
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critically acclaimed novel that will change the way you look at life, love, and family.
In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, Mia’s story will stay with you for a long, long time.
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Wilderness: A Novel
Lance Weller
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Genre Fiction, Historical, United States, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.4 – {54 Reviews}
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hirty years after the Civil War’s Battle of the Wilderness left him maimed, Abel Truman has found his way to the edge of the continent, the rugged, majestic coast of Washington State, where he lives alone in a driftwood shack with his beloved dog. Wilderness is the story of Abel, now an old and ailing man, and his heroic final journey over the snowbound Olympic Mountains. It’s a quest he has little hope of completing but still must undertake to settle matters of the heart that predate even the horrors of the war.
As Abel makes his way into the foothills, the violence he endures at the hands of two thugs who are after his dog is crosscut with his memories of the horrors of the war, the friends he lost, and the savagery he took part in and witnessed. And yet, darkness is cut by light, especially in the people who have touched his life-from Jane Dao-Ming Poole, the daughter of murdered Chinese immigrants, to Hypatia, an escaped slave who nursed him back to life, and finally to the unbearable memory of the wife and child he lost as a young man. Haunted by tragedy, loss, and unspeakable brutality, Abel has somehow managed to hold on to his humanity, finding way stations of kindness along his tortured and ultimately redemptive path.
In its contrasts of light and dark, wild and tame, brutal and tender, and its attempts to reconcile a horrific war with the great evil it ended, Wilderness tells not only the moving tale of an unforgettable character, but a story about who we are as human beings, a people, and a nation. Lance Weller’s immensely impressive debut immediately places him among our most talented writers.
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The Girl on the Ferry
J. D. Reid
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Literary, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating: 4.6 – {10 Reviews}
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hen your old Auntie, sitting back in her favorite comfy chair, finally opens up and tells the family what it was really like in the good ol’ days, it may come somewhat as a surprise when she readily admits she is a lesbian and has been madly in love with your mother for the past sixty years or more. She’s not really an Aunt, you understand; but a friend of your mother’s whom you have always known as “Auntie.” You’re shown some old photos and she was a beautiful woman. Your mother,too, was beautiful. There is a photo of the two of them from years ago dancing, arms wrapped tightly about one another. They are obviously deeply in love. The most important thing, though, is that it doesn’t matter, not even a little bit, because you love your Auntie. She is just as much a part of the family as any one of you – including your father. She loves him too, you see – but not quite in the same way, of course.
Freya Anna Bergman, aka “Auntie”, has been commissioned to write the family history and wastes no time before revealing that one of the greatest tragedies in her life was when Marshall picked Leslie out of the crowd on that bright July morning on the Wolfe Island Ferry so long ago. Freya is sometimes cynical but always intriguing. She is wise, sometimes silly, and always compassionate; but no matter where the dialog might take her, she always returns to her love for Leslie and the family that grew up around them. Your Auntie and your mother, and your father too, are perhaps among the few who can justifiably claim that three need not be a crowd.
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Strangers in the Night (Crimson Romance)
Inés Saint
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
Rating: 4.6 – {13 Reviews}
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ake Kelly is Chicago’s conservative mayoral candidate. Heir to a dubiously obtained real estate fortune, he’s had a hard time convincing people a generous, caring heart lies beneath his cold demeanor. Recent polls have him lagging behind his more family oriented Democratic opponent and his main problem seems to be Chicago’s large Hispanic constituency.
Keila Diaz is a warm, sassy, left-leaning violinist of Hispanic descent. She’s struggling to make a career out of her passion for playing the violin in the city she loves.
Keila needs more work and Jake needs a consultant. When a friend brings them together to come up with a music program for the city’s public school system as part of Jake’s plans for education reform, sparks ignite and combust. Jake ignores he’d already met Keila once before and Keila follows his lead.
When photos of the two of them dancing close at a festival mysteriously show up in local media, things get complicated. Voters love the idea of Jake and Keila together, but they have it all wrong… or do they?
Sensuality Level: Tender Sensuality
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Midworld
Alan Dean Foster
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
Rating: 4.7 – {33 Reviews}
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he peaceful inhabitants of the jungle planet Midworld must fight for their survival in this classic adventure novel from Alan Dean Foster
From the rich imagination of science fiction great Alan Dean Foster comes the story of Midworld, a Humanx Commonwealth planet that’s equally fragile and hostile. Covered by a lush rainforest, Midworld is home to a primitive society that lives in harmony with the natural world. But the arrival of an exploitative human company, whose workers know nothing of Midworld’s delicate ecosystem, sparks a conflict. Should Midworld’s villagers aid the humans or stand against them? The hero of Foster’s addictive page-turner, Born, decides to lead two humans across the perilous jungle. His choice propels Midworld toward annihilation–and leads him headlong into a battle for survival.
Prometheus by Fox
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Instant Video
egendary director Ridley Scott (Alien) returns to his sci-fi origins in this epic adventure bursting with spectacular action and mind-blowing visual effects. A team of scientists and explorers travels to the darkest corners of the universe searching for the origins of human life. Instead they find a dark, twisted world …
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
Release year: 2012
Studio: Fox
Available in HD for playback on Kindle Fire HD, Xbox 360, PS3, Roku, TiVO or other Amazon Instant Video HD compatible devices
Rent: $3.99
Own: $12.99
PixelMan says: Save $13.00 (65%) on this KINDLE FIRE ACCESSORY BUNDLE!
Fintie 5-in-1 Accessories bundle for Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD 7 8.9, Kindle Paperwhite, Google Nexus 7-Car Charger/USB Cable/Stylus Pen/Cable Tie/Cord Winder by Fintie
Genre(s): Kindle Fire Accessory Bundle, Kindle Fire Accessory
he car charger allows you to charge your kindle fire,kindle fire HD 7 8.9,Kindle Paperwhite,Google Nexus 7,Nexus 10 when you’re on the road
Micro USB cable compatible with your Tablets Data transfer
Round end stylus pen, useful and sensitive at any angle
Fishbone cord wrap keep your cables tangle-free and just the right length
Bonus velcro cable tie
PixelMan says: Save $4.99 (100%) on this KINDLE FIRE APP!
iMediaShare
Genre(s): Entertainment
iscover and enjoy personal and online video directly on your TV screen!
Play videos from your mobile to your HD TV! No box, no cables, no TV apps! Just pick a video and tap to play!
Any time, any place, any screen – with iMediaShare in your pocket watch favourite videos, photos and music anywhere you happen to be, easily switching across to the screen size of your choice – phone, tablet or TV.
A great selection to pick from – have fun with YouTube and Vimeo, stay informed with CNN or CNBC, laugh with Break, learn with Discovery or simply relax with family and friends, and the videos of happy times together.
Share with friends and family – stream personal and online videos, photos and music to a large screen TV nearby – so that everyone can see.
Advantages over iMediaShare Lite:
* More online video channels in HD
* Ad-free experience
* Video playback from YouTube links
? Video playback of arbitrary mpeg files from the internet and other apps
Supported players:
* Televisions from Samsung Smart TV (w/ AllShare), LG, Sony BRAVIA Internet TV, Panasonic Viera, Toshiba and many others.
* Game consoles: Microsoft XBox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 (no remote control).
* Network Media Players: Apple TV, Sony Blu-ray, Popcorn Hour, WD TV Live, and many others.
* PC/Mac media servers: Twonky, Windows Media Player, and many others.
* Other DLNA/UPnP/AirPlay compliant media players.
PixelMan says: Save $5.89 on this KINDLE FIRE MP3 ALBUM!
Live At The Ryman by Jonny Lang
Genre(s): Blues
From an Amazon Top Reviewer:
have had the pleasure of seeing Jonny in concert recently and would happily go again. In addition, Jonny’s live recording of “Red Light” came on Pandora and I instantly fell in love with it. I bought this CD primarily for that recording because I think it is phenomenal. Other stand-outs include the live “Breakin’ Me,” “A Quitter Never Wins,” which has guitar playing that will knock your socks off, “One Person at a Time,” “Bump in the Road,” and “Give Me Up Again.” “Turn Around” is OK but I’ve heard him do better versions of it in concert, as with “I Am.” “Thankful” is one of those songs that I can only listen to when I’m in the mood for it. “Lie to Me” is still excellent; the vocals are superb as is the guitar playing, but it is different. I almost wish that Jonny had recorded the acoustic to electric version that he does in concerts sometimes. I only wish there were more live recordings of Jonny’s music. I also wish that we could hear live recordings of songs that Jonny doesn’t do as often in concert. Altogether, this is a wonderful live album.
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