(Ratings from Amazon.com, as of this morning.)
At Amazon, B&N, and Walmart (Kobo):
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, $2.99
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57,222 ratings
5-star: 79%
4-star: 14%
3-star: 4%
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green-ebook/dp/B005ZOBNOI/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fault-in-our-stars-john-green/1104045488?ean=9781101569184
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-fault-in-our-stars-2
The Cater Street Hangman, by Anne Perry, $1.99
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876 ratings
5-star: 59%
4-star: 26%
3-star: 9%
Panic and fear strike the Ellison household when one of their own falls prey to the Cater Street murderer. While Mrs. Ellison and her three daughters are out, their maid becomes the third victim of a killer who strangles young women with cheese wire, leaving their swollen-faced bodies on the dark streets of this genteel neighborhood. Inspector Pitt, assigned to the case, must break through the walls of upper-class society to get at the truth. His in-depth investigation gradually peels away the proper veneer of the elite world, exposing secrets and desires until suspicion becomes more frightening than truth. Outspoken Charlotte Ellison, struggling to remain within the confining boundaries of Victorian manners, has no trouble expressing herself to the irritating policeman. As their relationship shifts from antagonistic sparring to a romantic connection, the socially mismatched pair must solve the mystery before the hangman strikes again.
https://www.amazon.com/Cater-Street-Hangman-Charlotte-Thomas-ebook/dp/B0052ZEI60/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cater-street-hangman-anne-perry/1100362176?ean=9781453219089
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-cater-street-hangman
The Bookshop of Second Chances, by Jackie Fraser, $2.99
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321 ratings
5-star: 44%
4-star: 33%
3-star: 19%
Thea Mottram is having a bad month. She’s been let go from her office job with no notice—and to make matters even worse, her husband of nearly twenty years has decided to leave her for one of her friends. Bewildered and completely lost, Thea doesn’t know what to do. But when she learns that a distant great uncle in Scotland has passed away, leaving her his home and a hefty antique book collection, she decides to leave Sussex for a few weeks. Escaping to a small coastal town where no one knows her seems to be exactly what she needs.
Almost instantly, Thea becomes enamored with the quaint cottage, comforted by its cozy rooms and lovely but neglected garden. The locals in nearby Baldochrie are just as warm, quirky, and inviting. The only person she can’t seem to win over is bookshop owner Edward Maltravers, to whom she hopes to sell her uncle’s book collection. His gruff attitude—fueled by an infamous, long-standing feud with his brother, a local lord—tests Thea’s patience. But bickering with Edward proves oddly refreshing and exciting, leading Thea to develop feelings she hasn’t experienced in a long time. As she follows a thrilling yet terrifying impulse to stay in Scotland indefinitely, Thea realizes that her new life may quickly become just as complicated as the one she was running from.
https://www.amazon.com/Bookshop-Second-Chances-Novel-ebook/dp/B08D8JYRLS/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bookshop-of-second-chances-jackie-fraser/1136968179?ean=9780593355664
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-bookshop-of-second-chances-1
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, by Eugene Rogan, $1.99
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897 ratings
5-star: 66%
4-star: 25%
3-star: 6%
By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in the conflict. Unlike the static killing fields of the Western Front, the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable, with the Turks inflicting decisive defeats on the Entente in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and Gaza before the tide of battle turned in the Allies' favor. The postwar settlement led to the partition of Ottoman lands, laying the groundwork for the ongoing conflicts that continue to plague the modern Arab world.
https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Ottomans-Great-Middle-East-ebook/dp/B00PWX7S96/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fall-of-the-ottomans-eugene-rogan/1118974619?ean=9780465056699
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-fall-of-the-ottomans-3
A Million Little Things, by Susan Mallery, $2.99
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799 ratings
5-star: 77%
4-star: 15%
3-star: 6%
Zoe Saldivar is more than just single—she’s alone. She recently broke up with her longtime boyfriend, she works from home and her best friend Jen is so obsessed with her baby that she has practically abandoned their friendship. The day Zoe accidentally traps herself in her attic with her hungry-looking cat, she realizes that it’s up to her to stop living in isolation.
Her seemingly empty life takes a sudden turn for the complicated—her first new friend is Jen’s widowed mom, Pam. The only guy to give her butterflies in a very long time is Jen’s brother. And meanwhile, Pam is being very deliberately seduced by Zoe’s own smooth-as-tequila father. Pam’s flustered, Jen’s annoyed and Zoe is beginning to think “alone” doesn’t sound so bad, after all.
https://www.amazon.com/Million-Little-Things-Novel-Mischief-ebook/dp/B01HB9HGAE/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-million-little-things-susan-mallery/1123951324?ean=9781460396438
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-million-little-things
Flight, by Laura Griffin, $1.99
1,047 ratings
5-star: 67%
4-star: 26%
3-star: 6%
When former forensic photographer Miranda Rhoads moves to the seaside town of Lost Beach, she's decided to make her living as a wildlife photographer and put crime scenes behind her. But her plans are quickly upended when one morning, she comes across a couple sleeping in a canoe, entwined in an embrace. Looking closer, she realizes the man and woman aren't asleep—they’ve been murdered.
Detective Joel Breda sets out to find answers--not only about the unidentified victims in the marshy death scene, but also about the aloof and beautiful photographer who seems to know more about his investigation than he does.
As they begin to unravel the motivation of a merciless serial killer, Miranda and Joel must race against the clock to make an arrest before the killer can find them first.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CD23L6Y
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/flight-laura-griffin/1137300972?ean=9780593197356
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/flight-84
I Always Loved You, by Robin Oliveira, $1.99
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478 ratings
5-star: 50%
4-star: 31%
3-star: 12%
The young Mary Cassatt never thought moving to Paris after the Civil War to be an artist was going to be easy, but when, after a decade of work, her submission to the Paris Salon is rejected, Mary’s fierce determination wavers. Her father is begging her to return to Philadelphia to find a husband before it is too late, her sister Lydia is falling mysteriously ill, and worse, Mary is beginning to doubt herself. Then one evening a friend introduces her to Edgar Degas and her life changes forever. Years later she will learn that he had begged for the introduction, but in that moment their meeting seems a miracle. So begins the defining period of her life and the most tempestuous of relationships.
https://www.amazon.com/I-Always-Loved-You-Novel-ebook/dp/B00DMCV7YQ/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-always-loved-you-robin-oliveira/1116149202?ean=9781101604885
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/i-always-loved-you
Death Benefits, by Thomas Perry, $1.99
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272 ratings
5-star: 65%
4-star: 22%
3-star: 7%
When gruff and intimidating security consultant Max Stillman appears without warning in the San Francisco office of McClaren Life and Casualty and begins asking questions and scrutinizing files, the employees can't help wondering just which of them he's been hired to investigate. The first to find out is young data analyst John Walker when Stillman's mysterious investigation leads out of town, he announces he's taking Walker with him.
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Benefits-Suspense-Thomas-Perry-ebook/dp/B000FC1HLY/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/death-benefits-thomas-perry/1100059227?ean=9780375506772
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/death-benefits-7
Breakdown (V.I. Warshawski Novels Book 15), by Sara Paretsky, $2.99
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310 ratings
5-star: 60%
4-star: 2%
3-star: 8%
When a group of Chicago tweens holds a ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse—stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. V.I. Warshawski arrives on the scene to escort the girls home – but protecting them places her at the tangled center of the investigation. And the girls include daughters of some of Chicago’s most powerful families: the grandfather of one, Chaim Salanter, is among the world’s wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is running for the United States Senate.
For V.I., the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to a hostile media campaign against Durango — or to Salanter’s childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles to find an answer, she finds herself fighting enemies who are no less terrifying for being all too human.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ERIJ98
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/breakdown-sara-paretsky/1100817741?ean=9781101554074
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/breakdown-9
Does Anything Eat Wasps: And 101 Other Questions, by New Scientist, $0.99
140 ratings
5-star: 56%
4-star: 25%
3-star: 14%
Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Last Word' column - regularly voted the most popular section of the magazine.
Does Anything Eat Wasps? is a collection of the best that have appeared, including: Why can't we eat green potatoes? Why do airliners suddenly plummet? Does a compass work in space? Why do all the local dogs howl at emergency sirens? How can a tree grow out of a chimney stack? Why do bruises go through a range of colours? Why is the sea blue inside caves? Many seemingly simple questions are actually very complex to answer. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J24WKX4/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/does-anything-eat-wasps-new-scientist/1124182180?ean=9781473651326
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/does-anything-eat-wasps-1
Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?: And 130 other science questions answered, by New Scientist, $1.99
67 ratings
5-star: 61%
4-star: 22%
3-star: 11%
Ever wondered . . .
- What is earwax for?
- When is the moon blue?
- Why are there only two sexes?
- Do doctors live longer?
Informative, hilarious, sometimes unsettling and always unexpected, the questions and answers from New Scientist readers in the magazine's popular "Last Word" column are endlessly fascinating. Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? brings the best of the bunch together in another witty, weird and wise compendium that's irresistible for 'Last Word' fans and new readers alike.
If you've ever wanted to know why you can't hear shouting underwater, whether ants get scared of humans towering over them, how butterflies know where they're heading, or whether there really is a difference between martinis shaken or stirred,New Scientist has all the weird and witty answers.
https://www.amazon.com/Will-Ever-Speak-Dolphin-questions-ebook/dp/B07GDGS24V/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/will-we-ever-speak-dolphin-new-scientist/1119784453?ean=9781529337112
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/will-we-ever-speak-dolphin-2
Part 2 of today's list: https://markjameswooding.locals.com/post/1084818/details-of-some-ebooks-on-sale-today-part-2-of-2-september-19-2021
Dr. Drew interviewed Scott Adams recently, and Scott Adams mentioned the absurdity that Republicans went to overthrow the government on Jan 6, but they neglected to bring their guns. On the first or second anniversary of the event, that alleged oversight made the narrative appear absurd to me, so I made a "video" that was supposed to be audio from January 6, captured on a video camera from which the lens cap had not been removed. I'm posting it again just because.
While I was waiting on hold to talk with a human at the IRS, I decided to put some food out for the dogs. I set the full bag of dog food on a chair, and walked away to get the bowls. When I turned around I saw the bag slowly tipping over, spilling much of its contents onto the floor. Fortunately I had help cleaning it up.
The main task for today is to begin revising McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader. It may take a couple of weeks, possibly more. I still have to work at Publix, and next week I start a new job in the memory care unit of a rehab/nursing home facility, and I'll also be working at Publix at least one night.
After that I'll take a look at the double-slit experiment, and see if there is an interpretation that is consistent with my theory of wave physics.
Also, I came across the attached meme, which I had created two or three years (or so) ago. I thought I'd include it because I still like it.
I recently proposed a theory of matter and energy called Wave Physics. In this theory, the only things in the universe are energy and the universal membrane, which is the medium through which all energy is transfered and stored.
Tonight I realized that according to this theory, everyone and everything in the universe are connected to each other at all times. Things that would be impossible according to the standard model of particle physics, are very possible in the universe of wave physics. Psychic transmissions and the power of prayer are physically possible and make sense if the universe works in any way like the theory I proposed.
If you've ever heard the phone ring and felt sure who it was before answering it, and were proven correct, this makes sense in wave physics, but not with particle physics. If you've ever looked intently at someone, and had that person quickly turn and look directly at you (I have), that phenomenon makes sense if all of us are parts of the same vast, ...
I was only scheduled to work three days this week, so I decided to work on a theory I'd been playing around with for fun over the last few years. I'd never been a big fan of the standard model of particle physics, so a few years ago, just for fun, I thought about exploring some alternate ideas, with zero training and zero experiments.
This week I wrapped up a few loose ends, and posted it to a community I created called Wave Physics. Originally I had called it Alternative Physics, but I changed my mind, so the link still has alternativephysics in it, but the community name is Wave Physics. I'd love for people to pay $5.00 a month to tell me how wrong I am.
https://alternativephysics.locals.com/
I also posted it on my personal website:
