Archive for December, 2009

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

December 31st, 2009 by Book Reviews


Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is quite possibly the finest story ever told. Within this book are very honest, real characters that the reader will immediately bond with. Harper Lee tells a story of racial injustice and the morality issues and intense pressure that plague a large number of lawyers, as [...]

Deals on Fiction & Literature for Dec. 31

December 31st, 2009 by Cheap Book Deals


Cheap Book Deals in Fiction and Literature from Amazon.com $2.98 The Magdalen by Marita Conlon-McKenna $2.38 Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan $2.98 Golden Country by Jennifer Gilmore $3.69 The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig $1.46 Drives Like a Dream by Porter Shreve $4.80 Fashionably Late by Nadine Dajani This deal has expired. Visit [...]

The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright

December 31st, 2009 by Book Reviews


The Looming Tower, Al-Qaeda’s Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright is a Pulizer Prize winning account of the main players and groups involved in the tragedies of 9/11. This unbiased, factual look at the people, governments and terrorist factions involved and the catalysts leading to multiple terrorism attacks across the globe is as informative as it is engaging.

20% off Grippando and Jackson books

December 28th, 2009 by Cheap Book Deals


20% off all titles by James Grippando and Lisa Jackson from eBooks.com. James Grippando is the acclaimed fiction writer, whose work includes the Jack Swyteck series. Titles are available for $6.00 to $6.39 and include When Darkness Falls, Lying with Strangers, Found Money and more. Lisa Jackson, with more than 15 bestsellers to her credit, [...]

Barnes & Noble textbook sale

December 28th, 2009 by Cheap Book Deals


Barnes & Noble is running multiple promotions simultaneously for textbooks. Save up to 90% off used textbooks and up to 30% off new books. The offer also includes free shipping and 10 free music downloads as an added bonus.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Deal

December 22nd, 2009 by Cheap Book Deals


From Barnes & Noble, You can save 41% on the children’s bestselling series- Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set! Now only $30.88! This deal has expired. Visit our cheap book deal section to search for more great deals!

Will Work for Fun: Three Simple Steps for Turning Any Hobby or Interest into Cash, Alan R. Bechtold

December 22nd, 2009 by Book Reviewer


And it does sound wonderful to work for fun, doesn’t it? From Joseph Campbell’s famous advice to “follow your bliss” to a thousand self-help authors exhorting us to turn our passion into scads of money, it’s a message we’ve heard and, by and large, keep wanting to hear more of. Who wouldn’t want to make [...]

Amazon.com Thriller and Mystery Deals

December 21st, 2009 by Cheap Book Deals


Have you checked out the bargain book section of Amazon.com for Thrillers and Mystery novels? Titles in the ‘bargain’ section are from some of today’s top fiction authors, including Next by Michael Crichton, More Plums in One by Janet Evanovich, Sanctuary by Nora Roberts, and The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly.

The Believers, Zoe Heller

December 21st, 2009 by Book Reviewer


Zoe Heller, most famous for her last book-turned-movie, What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal (the movie was simply called ”Notes on a Scandal”, which seems like a good decision that Heller’s publishers probably ought to have come up with first), has penned a new tome called The Believers. Like WWST?: NoaS, Heller seeks [...]

March, Geraldine Brooks

December 20th, 2009 by Book Reviewer


I expect that the two largest groups of people inclined to read March by Geraldine Brooks are, first, those who read Little Women as young women and, second, those who were swayed into the purchase by the Pulitzer Prize. Unfortunately, both groups are apt to be rather disappointed. March tells the story of the March [...]