Obituary of Lawrence Anthony from The Telegraph UK, dated 3/8/12: Lawrence Anthony, who has died aged 61, was a South African conservationist, known as “The Elephant Whisperer”, and made world headlines in 2003 when he arrived in war-torn Baghdad to rescue the animals in Saddam Hussein’s zoo… In his native South Africa, Anthony was a key … Read more
It’s time once again to vote for this week’s Amazon Digital Deals! In Instant Videos, it’s a week of superheroes: The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, Hellboy II: The Golden Army and The Dark Knight. The film that receives the most votes will be offered as a $1.99 Instant Video rental this weekend. This week’s MP3 album … Read more
Results are in for this weekend’s digital deals vote! In Instant Video Rentals, Erin Brockovich will be offered at $1.99 through the weekend. The winning MP3 album is Nirvana’s Nirvana, $5 this weekend. *CORRECTION* The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime is the winning Kindle book, being … Read more
As every knitter knows, from time to time you’ve got to do the math: to convert stitch counts in printed patterns when working with a yarn other than the one specifically recommended in the pattern, when sizing a pattern up or down, making adjustments for working with larger or smaller needles, trying to figure out … Read more
No Buddy Left Behind: Bringing U.S. Troops’ Dogs and Cats Safely Home from the Combat Zone is a book about “How the love of a stray dog or cat rescued in the combat zone helps U.S. troops deal with the trauma of war, and how one woman risks everything to bring these soldiers’ buddies home.” … Read more
Ward Larsen’s award winning bestseller The Perfect Assassin is today’s Kindle Deal of the Day, marked down to 99 cents from its usual list price of $14.99. This is a very popular thriller with readers, who’ve given it an average review rating of 4.5/5 across 52 reviews. From Amazon: First there was the Jackal, then … Read more
It’s that time again: time to vote for the Instant Video Rental, MP3 album, Kindle book and videogame download you’d like Amazon to put on sale next weekend. Here are this week’s contenders. In Instant Videos, it’s Erin Brockovich, Mr. Mom, Junior, and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. The movie that receives the most … Read more
The votes have been tallied, and here are this weekend’s digital deals: In Instant Videos, the winner is It’s Complicated, being offered as a $1.99 rental through Sunday. The winning Kindle book is Drinkology Beer: A Book About The Brew, available to buy for $1.99 all weekend. Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the winner in the … Read more