historical

Today’s bargain book: “Terra Incognita” by Ruth Downie

“Terra Incognita” by Ruth Downie Price: $0.99 / Lending enabled Summary: To escape the fallout of the first novel, Roman medic Gaius Petreius Ruso volunteers for a new post on the northernmost border of Roman Britannia–which happens to be the homeland of his rescued slave Tilla. Soon a soldier is beheaded, and Ruso must prove [...]

Today's bargain book: "American Lightning" by Howard Blum

Price: $2.68 Amazon Summary: On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were declared dead and dozens [...]

Today's bargain book: "Mozart's Sister" by Nancy Moser

Price: $0.00 Summary: Young Nannerl Mozart’s life seems to be the stuff of fairy tales–traveling far and wide, performing with little brother Wolfgang before kings and queens. But behind the glamour lurk hardships, illness, and constant financial worries. Their father, Leopold, is driven to bring his son’s genius to the attention of the world. But [...]

Today's bargain book: "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon

Price: $0.00 Summary: Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another… In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon—when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone [...]

Today's bargain book: "Billy Boyle" by James R. Benn

“Billy Boyle” by James R. Benn Price: $0.00 Summary: What’s a twenty-two-year-old Irish American cop who’s never been out of Massa-chusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall, an English country house, having lunch with King Haakon of Norway? Billy Boyle himself wonders. Back home in Southie, he’d barely made detective when war was declared. Unwilling to [...]