Today’s Amazon Kindle Daily Deal includes 7 books from debut authors, all priced at $2.99 or less TODAY ONLY (1/5/15). The sale includes such titles as:
The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control (4.5/5 stars, priced at $1.99 TODAY ONLY)
Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it.
A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life?
The world’s leading expert on self-control, Walter Mischel has proven that the ability to delay gratification is critical for a successful life, predicting higher SAT scores, better social and cognitive functioning, a healthier lifestyle and a greater sense of self-worth. But is willpower prewired, or can it be taught?
In The Marshmallow Test, Mischel explains how self-control can be mastered and applied to challenges in everyday life–from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement. With profound implications for the choices we make in parenting, education, public policy and self-care, The Marshmallow Test will change the way you think about who we are and what we can be.
The Land of Steady Habits (4/5 stars, priced at $2.99 TODAY ONLY)
“This assured, compassionate first novel channels the suburban angsty of Updike and Cheever…with pitch-perfect prose and endearingly melancholy characters.”–Booklist (Starred Review)
Anders Hill, entering his early sixties and seemingly ensconced in the “land of steady habits”–a nickname for the affluent, morally strict hamlets of Connecticut that dot his commuter rail line–abandons his career and family for a new condo and a new life. Stripped of the comforts of his previous identity, Anders turns up at a holiday party full of his ex-wife’s friends and is suprised to find that the very world he rejected may be one he needs.
Thus Anders embarks on a clumsy, hilarious, and heartbreaking journey to reconcile his past with his present. Like the early work of John Updike, Ted Thompson’s first novel finely observes a man in deep conflict with his community. With compassion for its characters and fresh insight into the American tradition of the “suburban narrative,” THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS introduces an auspicious talent.
Neverhome: A Novel (4.5/5 stars, priced at $2.99 TODAY ONLY)
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR’S CHOICE
She calls herself Ash, but that’s not her real name. She is a farmer’s faithful wife, but she has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. NEVERHOME tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause.
Laird Hunt’s dazzling new novel throws a light on the adventurous women who chose to fight instead of stay behind. It is also a mystery story: why did Ash leave and her husband stay? Why can she not return? What will she have to go through to make it back home?
In gorgeous prose, Hunt’s rebellious young heroine fights her way through history, and back home to her husband, and finally into our hearts.
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