(Ratings from Amazon.com, as of this morning.)
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It, by Stephen King, $2.99
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20,037 ratings
5-star: 83%
4-star: 10%
3-star: 4%
Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.
They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers.
https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B018ER7K5I/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/it-stephen-king/1100623119?ean=9781501141232
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/it-22
Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World, by Oliver Bullough, $1.99
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227 ratings
5-star: 70%
4-star: 20%
3-star: 8%
"If you want to know why international crooks and their eminently respectable financial advisors walk tall and only the little people pay taxes, this is the ideal book for you. Every politician and moneyman on the planet should read it, but they won't because it's actually about them." —John le Carré, author of A Legacy of Spies
An investigative journalist's deep dive into the corrupt workings of the world's kleptocrats.
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in London and Manhattan, something has gone wrong. Kleptocracies, governments run by corrupt leaders that prosper at the expense of their people, are on the rise.
Once upon a time, if an official stole money, there wasn't much he could do with it. He could buy himself a new car or build himself a nice house or give it to his friends and family, but that was about it. If he kept stealing, the money would just pile up in his house until he had no rooms left to put it in, or it was eaten by mice.
And then some bankers had a bright idea.
Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland—the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich.
Learn how the institutions of Europe and the United States have become money-laundering operations, attacking the foundations of many of the world's most stable countries. Meet the kleptocrats. Meet their awful children. And find out how heroic activists around the world are fighting back.
This is the story of wealth and power in the 21st century. It isn't too late to change it.
https://www.amazon.com/Moneyland-Inside-Story-Crooks-Kleptocrats-ebook/dp/B07J4XTXBD/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moneyland-oliver-bullough/1129285281?ean=9781250208712
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/moneyland-2
Five Little Pigs: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book 24), by Agatha Christie, $1.99
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1,714 ratings
5-star: 69%
4-star: 20%
3-star: 8%
Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcée), who had her roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess), who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister), who cried all the way home.
Sixteen years later, Caroline’s daughter is determined to prove her mother’s innocence, and Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind.
https://www.amazon.com/Five-Little-Pigs-Hercule-Mystery-ebook/dp/B000FC2NGW/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/five-little-pigs-agatha-christie/1100155302?ean=9780061743689
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/five-little-pigs
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester, $1.99
1,668 ratings
5-star: 65%
4-star: 20%
3-star: 10%
The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, was stunned to discover that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. But their surprise would pale in comparison to what they were about to discover when the committee insisted on honoring him. For Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Madman-Insanity-English-Dictionary-ebook/dp/B000FCKM7E/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/professor-and-the-madman-simon-winchester/1100552415?ean=9780061807602
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-professor-and-the-madman
Colder Than Sin, by Toni Anderson, $0.99
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618 ratings
5-star: 72%
4-star: 20%
3-star: 6%
Top FBI negotiator Quentin Savage is hurled into his worst nightmare when a terrorist attack on a luxury hotel propels him from esteemed keynote speaker to powerless captive.
Haley Cramer is co-owner of a private security firm and prides herself on her independence, but she is shaken to the core when gunmen attack a conference she is attending. She survives, but only because Quentin Savage pretends she’s his wife.
Together Savage and Haley plot their escape from a ragtag army of brutal but efficient thugs while struggling to figure out exactly who the enemy is. Why was the conference attacked, and why was Quentin a specific target?
https://www.amazon.com/Colder-Than-Sin-Cold-Justice-ebook/dp/B07W8B1QR3/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/colder-than-sin-toni-anderson/1132910940?ean=2940163094219
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/colder-than-sin
The Gilded Wolves: A Novel, by Roshani Chokshi, $1.99
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991 ratings
5-star: 62%
4-star: 20%
3-star: 12%
All eyes are on Paris where the Exposition Universelle World Fair is to be held. Hidden among the technological marvels and artistic creations on display is an item of unimaginable power — a Babel fragment that would enable those who wield it with magical Forging abilities over nature’s elements.
Séverin Montagnet-Alarie's birthright was stolen from him. Now, to reclaim his rightful place among France’s elite, he must obtain the Babel fragment for the Order. It is a heist that will require the ingenuity and skills of those with nothing to lose and everything to gain: Enrique, a gifted historian and wordsmith, caught between two worlds; Zofia, a brilliant Forging artist and engineer, separated from her family; Hypnos, a rival aristocrat who needs an ally among the Order; Tristan, an extraordinary Forger raised at Séverin’s side, loyal to his adopted brother’s quest; and Laila, the mysterious dancer and espionage artist who stole Séverin’s heart in a moment of vulnerability he couldn’t afford.
But as the dangerous risks of their escapade surge, Séverin finds himself torn between his desire for revenge against all those who wronged him and the people he’s deliberately placing in harm’s way — including the woman he loves and fears to lose…
https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Wolves-Roshani-Chokshi-ebook/dp/B07CWQGFMK/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gilded-wolves-roshani-chokshi/1128526444?ean=9781250144560
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-gilded-wolves
The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves Book 2), by Roshani Chokshi, $1.99
571 ratings
5-star: 67%
4-star: 24%
3-star: 7%
Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost — one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God.
Their hunt lures them far from Paris, and into the icy heart of Russia where crystalline ice animals stalk forgotten mansions, broken goddesses carry deadly secrets, and a string of unsolved murders makes the crew question whether an ancient myth is a myth after all.
As hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves. But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined.
A tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job.
https://www.amazon.com/Silvered-Serpents-Gilded-Wolves-Book-ebook/dp/B07S8K7KG5/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-silvered-serpents-roshani-chokshi/1131253873?ean=9781250144591
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-silvered-serpents-1
A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell Series #5), by Deanna Raybourn, $1.99
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886 ratings
5-star: 75%
4-star: 20%
3-star: 3%
Autumn 1888. Veronica Speedwell and her colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to stop a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. Prince Albert Victor is a regular visitor to the most exclusive private club in London, and the proprietress, Madame Aurore, has received an expensive gift that can be traced back to the prince. Lady Wellie would like Veronica and Stoker to retrieve it from the club before scandal can break.
Worse yet, London is being terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper—and Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible.
Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame Auroreʼs high-class brothel, where a body soon turns up. Secrets are swirling around Veronica and the royal family—and it is up to Veronica and Stoker to find the truth, before it is too late for all of them.
https://www.amazon.com/Murderous-Relation-Veronica-Speedwell-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07T51QLH8/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-murderous-relation-deanna-raybourn/1132077810?ean=9780451490766
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-murderous-relation
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Part 2 of this list: https://markjameswooding.locals.com/post/1092721/details-of-some-ebooks-on-sale-today-part-2-of-2-septemeber-21-2021
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:
