Pixelscroll Daily Deals for Thursday, 02/21/2013
PixelMan says: Save $6.00 (75%) on this KINDLE eBOOK!
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The Cider House Rules
John Irving
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Classics, Contemporary, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, Literary, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction Classics
Rating: 4.3 – {386 Reviews}
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irst published in 1985 by William Morrow, The Cider House Rules is John Irving’s sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch–saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud’s, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch’s favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.
PixelMan says: Save $63.00 (95%) on this KINDLE eBOOK!
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Making It Work at Work: A Guide to Career Development and Fulfillment (Collection)
Alan Lurie
Genre(s): Business & Investing, Job Hunting & Careers, Guides, Reference, Skills, Careers, Education, Office Skills
Rating: 4.0 – {1 Review}
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aster Powerful Ways to Find Purpose, Fulfillment, and Greatness at Work!
Four great books show you how to find purpose, fulfillment, and greatness at work–no matter where you work or how fast your workplace is changing! Imagine the leaders of one of New York’s top real-estate firms coming together every Monday morning to hear…the moral and spiritual thoughts of a Rabbi. Wouldn’t you like to hear the paths Alan Lurie traced for his listeners, how he helped them bring together their spiritual and business lives, the sacred and the profane? Five Minutes on Mondays compiles these talks for the first time, sharing Lurie’s deep and profound inspiration on the challenges we all face–at work and in life. Lurie draws on millennia of philosophy, theology, and science to help us answer our deepest questions, comfort our deepest yearnings, and become better people: more connected to each other and to the Greater Purpose. Next, in Touchdown! Achieving Your Greatness on the Playing Field of Business (and Life), Dr. Kevin Elko shows how to build your success one brick at a time…so when it happens, it happens huge. America’s #1 performance consultant, Elko shares all he’s learned working with legendary athletes such as Emmitt Smith, championship coaches like Nick Saban, and thousands of the world’s top businesspeople. If you’re good, he’ll make you great. If you’re great, he’ll make you the best! Next, Four Secrets to Liking Your Work offers the first practical, start-to-finish program for transforming your work life: all the tools, tricks, ideas, examples, and proven research you need to make your work life more fulfilling and joyful, wherever you work–starting right now. Finally, in Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change, Gregory Shea, Ph.D., and Robert Gunther help you thrive amidst the challenges of your permanent “whitewater world” of change at work. Drawing on extensive research, they show how to protect your career, improve your resilience, and rediscover play and adventure as you “ride the workplace rapids.”
From inspirational business leaders, trainers, and authors, including Alan Lurie, Kevin Elko, Edward Muzio, Deborah Fisher, Erv Thomas, Gregory Shea, and Robert Gunther
PixelMan says: Save $6.00 (86%) on this KINDLE eBOOK!
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A Midwife Crisis
Lisa Cooke
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, United States, Romance, Historical, Western, Historical Romance, Westerns
Rating: 4.6 – {10 Reviews}
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ue to her family’s meddling, an Appalachian midwife finds herself with three eager fiancés, but it’s the new doctor in town who makes her pulse race.
Katie Napier’s zany family has decided she needs a husband. And when Katie’s family puts their mind to something, it’s as good as done. In fact, they’re so good, they’ve arranged three fiancés for her in less than a week. What’s a midwife to do?
Dr. John Keffer is used to helping people. It’s why he came back to the Appalachian Mountains–to build a new practice and leave behind the painful memories of the big city. But usually his help is of a medical nature, not advising the most captivating woman he’s ever met which man to wed. A difficult task, especially once he decides he wants to keep her for himself.
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Make Room! Make Room! (RosettaBooks into Film)
Harry Harrison
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction
Rating: 3.8 – {36 Reviews}
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ovie lovers might recognize Make Room! Make Room! as the basis for the 1973 film Soylent Green, which starred Charlton Heston. While Soylent Green has become a cult classic, fans of the novel have taken issue with its interpretation of what Harrison was really trying to say. Concerned about audiences losing interest, the creators of the film made cannibalism and not overpopulation (as it is in the book) the thematic focus of the story. As a result, fans of the movie and critics alike may want to visit the story in its original unbowdlerized form.
Make Room! Make Room! is set in the year 1999 and the world has become a grim and terribly overpopulated place, bleak and foreboding. This sets the premise for Harrison’s novel, and fans of his earlier more comic works may be surprised at the seriousness of this novel. Although Harrison’s fears did not become a reality for the inhabitants of New York or the rest of the United States, the novel remains nonetheless a gripping, thought-provoking work about privacy, deprivation, and desperation.
A teeming New York City and a detective’s pursuit of a killer and nefarious racketeer comprise this novel. While the novel contains elements of classic detective fiction–the hard-boiled protagonist, the seductive mistress, the portraits of corruption and perfidy–Harrison’s true concern is less the story itself and more the opportunity the story offers to give the reader a glance at a dismal and broken world. The state of overpopulation has altered life in innumerable ways, and Harrison is keenly interested in documenting the catastrophic effects of this burden on all human relationships.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harry Harrison has published over forty novels in the course of his writing career, including the West of Eden trilogy, the popular Stainless Steel Rat series, Make Room! Make Room!, and the graphic novel Death World. His novels have been translated into over twenty-five languages. In 1973, Harrison was honored with the Nebula Award for science fiction and fantasy. He lives in Ireland.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
From classic book to classic film, RosettaBooks has gathered some of most memorable books into film available. The selection is broad ranging and far reaching, with books from classic genre to cult classic to science fiction and horror and a blend of the two creating whole new genres like Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man. Classic works from Vonnegut, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, meet with E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India. Whether the work is centered in the here and now, in the past, or in some distant and almost unimaginable future, each work is lasting and memorable and award-winning.
PixelMan says: Save $2.51 (72%) on this KINDLE eBOOK!
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Elmo Loves You
Sarah Albee
Genre(s): KindleStore, Literature & Fiction, Fiction
Rating: 4.6 – {65 Reviews}
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lmo loves lots of things, but what does Elmo love most of all? YOU!
Forrest Gump by Paramount
Genre(s): Drama, Romance
om Hanks gives an astonishing performance as Forrest, an everyman whose simple innocence comes to embody a generation.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn
Supporting actors: Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field, Michael Conner Humphreys, Hanna R. Hall, Peter Bannon, Jeffrey Winner, Hallie D’Amore
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 2 hours 23 minutes
Release year: 1994
Studio: Paramount
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for drug content, some sensuality and war violence
Available in HD for playback on Kindle Fire HD, Xbox 360, PS3, Roku, TiVO or other Amazon Instant Video HD compatible devices
Rent: $2.99
Own: $5.99
PixelMan says: Save $16.00 (80%) on this KINDLE FIRE STAND!
Multi-Angle View Tablet Stand Holder For Amazon Kindle Fire Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi by Midea Tech
Genre(s): Kindle Fire Accessory, Kindle Fire Stand
laces your Kindle Fire or tablet device at a comfortable viewing angle for watching video, photos, or interacting with your unit
Stand can be used with Kindle Fire,iPad 1/2, Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Blackberry PlayBook, Motorola Xoom and other Android Tablet PC
Portable…fits easily in your backpack or purse
Single piece design for ease-of-use
Supports vertical and horizontal viewing
PixelMan says: Save $1.99 (100%) on this KINDLE FIRE APP!
Hidden Object – Aladdin
Genre(s): Games
laddin is a beautiful painted hidden object game with a great twisting story.
As usual we are working on free update that will add additional content! The sale promotion will end when we release the update so buy now to enjoy the discount.
Enjoy 23 beautiful hand painted levels as you follow Aladdin’s adventures in a steam punk influenced world.
Each scene is PACKED full of items and each play will require different ones to be found.
Three different modes of play!
-NORMAL mode, Timed, limited hints and exciting bonus rounds!
-CASUAL Mode, nice and relaxing experience.
-CHALLENGE Mode, an extra challenge for those that are willing to accept!
Three ways to find items!
-Find items by their pictures. This is the easiest mode and great for kids.
-Find by items by the word. This is great if your child is just learning how to read and a slight step up in difficulty for everyone.
-Find items by silhouette. This is a tricky way to play that will often surprise you once you finally find the correct object.
Hints are available if you get stuck!
PixelMan says: Save $20.79 on this KINDLE FIRE MP3 ALBUM!
Classical Music for the Reader 5: Great Masterpieces for the Dedicated Reader by Various artists
Genre(s): Classical
From an Amazon Top Reviewer:
riginally, I was going to title this “music that can be ignored while reading. But that isn’t quite correct. This music, unlike some, can not be ignored. Terrible music, can not. But this is not “elevator” music. Its some of the best, and unlike some Best 100 of so, and so, the selections are good music, that do not overpower, and act as a suppliment to reading. It does help to turn down the volume. My wife wishes I would do this all the time. And she is the one with the hearing problem.
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