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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: Roobarb on Tuesday 02 April 24 09:57 BST (UK)
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'The Deserter's Tale (The Forensic Genealogist series Book 10) by Nathan Dylan Goodwin is currently on offer on Amazon at 99p.
Morton Farrier fans get it now!
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unfortunately out of stock in paperback only 99p in kindle and audio :(
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Thanks Roobarb! Got it.
We can always rely on you to let us know when a good genealogy book deal pops up :D
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Good series I’ve read most.
Thanks for the Heads Up on the deal.
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Thanks Roobarb! Got it.
We can always rely on you to let us know when a good genealogy book deal pops up :D
My pleasure :)
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Thank you! I’ve really enjoyed his books :)
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I have a list of authors who write genealogy novels, Goodwin, Tate, etc., but somehow our library never seems to have any of them. Maybe they are just very popular. I don't have or want a Kindle, so I'll just keep on looking every time I'm in the library. Because of the loss of our village mobile library we now have to go to the nearest town and carry the books around with us. Yes, I know that could be a reason for buying a Kindle, but I still don't want one - I want to hold the book, turn the pages back and forth (and get it free from the library), not peer at a little screen.
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Ask the library to check their catalogue for you. It should be possible to request the titles you want, there will be a small charge, which may not be as small as it used to be. (2nd class postage plus a bit, but they may use email!)
Stock should be rotated around branches every few months, if they still have anyone to do that job. Send your comments to your local councillor, elections are coming.
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Sumatra and Calibre can be downloaded free to your computer and can read ebooks and pdf files. No need for a Kindle. In the CEX store in Irvine's shopping mall they sell refurbished stuff and they had an early version of Kindle for £20.
My local Library checks their files and locates stock from other libraries and requests them then emails me when they receive them. Great for hard to get authors like Magnus Mills, etc!
hope this helps, cheers, Ian
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Thanks for the helpful hints 🙂
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Several Kindle books on offer now:
Steve Robinson - Dying Games
In the Blood
Letters from the Dead
Kindred
Nathan Dylan Goodwin - Hiding the Past
All currently available at 99p.
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Further to the above, more Steven Robinson books on Kindle at 99p - The Lost Empress, and To the Grave.
:)
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The Nathan Dylan Goodwin books are IMO better, I have read them all where the Steve Robinson ones do seem lighter and not as well researched.
In life we all learn from our mistakes yet the characters in both the series by these authors do not.
They are still a pretty good read without being over taxing.
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Another one for those who do like Steve Robinson, The Last Queen of England, currently 99p on Kindle.
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I’ve read all of the books Roobarb mentioned and enjoyed them all. A bargain at 99p each :)