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Best Kindle Singles

A Spy's Guide to Thinking (Kindle Single)
Bestselling author John Braddock was a case officer at the CIA. He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university fellow, he now helps people and organizations sharpen their thinking about their strategy, their customers and their competition. John Braddock has been able to throw in a good spy story to show how to properly think in a stressful situation." He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university research fellow, he is now a strategy consultant. He helps people and organizations think more effectively about their strategy, their customers and the competition.
Reviews
"When circumstances require action, having a habitual method (i.e a structured approach) to quickly analyze the situation and select the best response gives you an edge over your opponent. The author shows how the US Air Force analyzed ace pilots to determine why they won more dogfights, and how that discovery was generalized into a powerful behavioral approach to rapid decision-making for spies in stressful situations. This book uses the author's thought process during an attempted robbery where he, the spy, is victim as an example of his structured thought process, one that major spy agencies and the military actually use. Near the end, he analyzes the thought process he went through in deciding to write the book in comparison to a reader's decision to purchase it."
"A short book about thinking - in my world the idea of recognizing what type of game your opponent is playing is vitally important."
"Interesting, simple model for taking the right actions in life and business."
"I had read about the OODA method of dealing with conflict, but the author's take on it with his DADA version was a welcome and interesting twist on it."
"Not too much detail but author gets his points across clearly and concisely...good read but would have been good to see more examples."
"Thank you to the druggie for his patience in letting the story play out."
"Many of us probably use this technique when faced with making decisions every day but usually have never given any thought to the actual process."
"Meh."
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All Systems Red (Kindle Single) (The Murderbot Diaries)
On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. “Endearing, funny, action-packed, and murderous.” ―Kameron Hurley, author of The Stars are Legion “Not only a fun, fast-paced space-thriller, but also a sharp, sometimes moving character study that will resonate with introverts even if they're not lethal AI machines.” ―Malka Older, author of Infomocracy. "That rarity―a completely unique and stunning fantasy world." ―Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear on The Edge of Worlds. MARTHA WELLS has written many fantasy novels, including The Wizard Hunters , Wheel of the Infinite , the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer , as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and non-fiction.
Reviews
"Our hero is SecUnit, an AI robot that has hacked its own governor module and found this universe's answer to Netflix. Bored with the mind-numbing security detail for a routine geological survey, it just wants to get back to base so it can watch the latest episode of its favorite serial show."
"There's a goodly amount of tell rather than show, as we get this in a diary-like form from Murderbot directly, but it's entertaining and not information-dumpy."
"This was a terrific read, just what I was looking for."
"Put yourself in the head of a robot who has feelings, but denies them, and is so bored with life and humans."
"Murderbot is a security unit cyborg who broke free of its mental restraint system - and instead of murdering its creators, it decided to consume 35,000 hours of what sounds like anime or K-dramas."
"Also the main character is one of the most relatable chaar characters I've ever read, and they ar e a robot."
"The universe setting seems full of adventure opportunities, and the lead character... well, you’ll have to read this to find out."
"Fast-paced; likeable characters; an introverted hybrid humanoid battle unit (who calls itself Murderbot) who just wants to binge watch videos; a well-meaning group of planetary surveyors who have mixed feelings about treating Murderbot as a sentient, emotional being; a suspenseful chase; villains whose motivations are all-too familiar; and a satisfying ending with promise of further adventures."
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Manhunt: A Michael Bennett Story (Kindle Single) (BookShots)
Michael Bennett, be grateful you're alive. James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today.
Reviews
"I thoroughly enjoyed this short novel."
"The Michael Bennett series books are always good because the story plots could really happen."
"Love all of Michael Bennett series,very interesting read and hate putting the book down,want to always see what was next."
"This is a short story about hunting down a terrorist who had been forced to do the terrorist attack."
"I'm a total Michael Bennett fan, but I didn't like the end of this book."
"The Michael Bennett series is excellent and another "must read" from James Patterson!"
"A terrific read, worthy of Patterson!"
"Always enjoy Michael Bennett & his family.Love all James Patterson's books!"
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Best Arts & Entertainment

"I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes (Kindle Single)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For writers looking to make sure their next physical interlude on the page inspires readers to share the moment rather than to laugh at it, bestselling author Diana Gabaldon divulges the writing secrets behind the sex scenes in her wildly popular Outlander. novels. Published in 42 countries and 38 languages, in 2014 the Outlander novels were made into an acclaimed TV series starring Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser and Caitriona Balfe as Claire.
Reviews
"Gabaldon shows you how to draw a person into a scene, any scene, by using such writing techniques as varying the focus of the scene (close-up vs. panoramic), using a touchstone (something familiar to anchor the reader in a scene), and employing the Rule of Three (use three or more of the senses--taste, touch, sight, sound, smell--to give the reader a visceral sensation of being somewhere, again to anchor him or her in the scene)."
"I have been able to master every scene but the sex scene and Diana Gabaldon masterfully explains the development, the intent and the real method of creating interest of every kind of sex scene."
"I found the book interesting but since I'm not a writer it was more of a review of good parts of the Outlander Series and some new bits about another author who I will now read, Carlos Ruiz Zafon."
"But I digress…. The only thing better than reading my favorite author’s books, is learning about how she writes. If you’ve ever read an article (or a book) that gives writing advice, one point is constantly being stressed: Show, don’t tell. I’m guessing the majority of people who immediately purchased this book were likely Outlander fans, but you don’t have to be a fan of Outlander to read this book. Now I’m not-so-patiently waiting for Diana to make the wonderful announcement that book nine is finished… but I’ve been a fan long enough to know there will likely be at least two more years of waiting."
"Complete with examples from her work, she describes good sex, sex between characters of the same sex, and bad sex (rape or non-consensual sex)."
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Best Pulp Nonfiction

A Spy's Guide to Thinking (Kindle Single)
Bestselling author John Braddock was a case officer at the CIA. He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university fellow, he now helps people and organizations sharpen their thinking about their strategy, their customers and their competition. John Braddock has been able to throw in a good spy story to show how to properly think in a stressful situation." He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university research fellow, he is now a strategy consultant. He helps people and organizations think more effectively about their strategy, their customers and the competition.
Reviews
"When circumstances require action, having a habitual method (i.e a structured approach) to quickly analyze the situation and select the best response gives you an edge over your opponent. The author shows how the US Air Force analyzed ace pilots to determine why they won more dogfights, and how that discovery was generalized into a powerful behavioral approach to rapid decision-making for spies in stressful situations. This book uses the author's thought process during an attempted robbery where he, the spy, is victim as an example of his structured thought process, one that major spy agencies and the military actually use. Near the end, he analyzes the thought process he went through in deciding to write the book in comparison to a reader's decision to purchase it."
"A short book about thinking - in my world the idea of recognizing what type of game your opponent is playing is vitally important."
"Interesting, simple model for taking the right actions in life and business."
"I had read about the OODA method of dealing with conflict, but the author's take on it with his DADA version was a welcome and interesting twist on it."
"Not too much detail but author gets his points across clearly and concisely...good read but would have been good to see more examples."
"Thank you to the druggie for his patience in letting the story play out."
"Many of us probably use this technique when faced with making decisions every day but usually have never given any thought to the actual process."
"Meh."
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Best Kindle Singles: Biographies & Memoirs

Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine (Kindle Single)
In Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine , Claire Prentice uncovers the incredible true story of Martin Couney, the “incubator doctor.”. Couney ran his incubator facility for premature babies at Coney Island from 1903 to 1943 and set up similar exhibits at World’s Fairs and amusement parks across America, and in London, Paris, Mexico and Brazil. Claire Prentice is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Lost Tribe of Coney Island: Headhunters, Luna Park, and the Man Who Pulled Off the Spectacle of the Century.
Reviews
"I can't tell you how many times I've read about these babies at Coney Island and elsewhere while reading other things, whether it was books or magazine articles, or encyclopedias. It was very interesting...I'm always amazed at the types of things that people got away with prior to even the 1960's. Considering I've read so much about eugenics and the Nazis (and written about all of this and the disabled in papers), you would think nothing would surprise me at this point. Even though there are much stricter laws on the books concerning doctors, we still have people out there who have no degrees who present themselves as having the background and training to treat people with things like cancers."
"Dr. Couney created this innovative business model which allowed for his meticulous expensive care of preemies while not charging the parents a dime. The author's research proved he didn't go to medical school or train with preemies in Europe before coming to the US. The issue is not whether he took advantage of these infants or was a medically trained doctor but rather he proved that preemies could be nursed into healthy babies and were worth saving - against the attitude and recommendations of the medical community of the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
"Fascinating and well researched story of the incubator baby doctor, who exhibited (and saved) thousands of babies from the early 1900s to early 1940s!"
"Interesting book with a good view on the history of the baby incubator and the man who invented it."
"I would say that Martin Couney was a doctor in every sense --"First do no harm"."
"I had heard references to Martin Couney's exhibitions of premature infants for years and always been curious about how this had all happened."
"Interesting look at the precursor of modern neonatal intensive care units."
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Best Kindle Singles: Health, Fitness & Dieting

An Unexpected Twist (Kindle Single)
In his first-ever work of autobiography, the comedian and New York Times bestselling author tells how a freakish medical condition descended upon him one October afternoon and led him to the brink of death – in a New York hospital “consistently rated one of the ten best in the country.” What happens when “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS News Sunday Morning) comes face to face with his own mortality? Rife with deadpan observations and quirky characterizations of the medical staff that attended him, An Unexpected Twist offers humor on a number of levels, from breezy ruminations on life, death, and love to the simply scatological. In the end, it seems, his brush with death from the inside out proved an ambiguous blessing: the author suffered the accompanying discomfort, pain, and fear; readers reap the rewards of his levity aplenty.
Reviews
"I think what surprised me the most was the suspense I felt as I read this (kind of like each time I read "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" by Jim Bishop, and I hear myself muttering under my breath, "Don't go to Ford's tonight!"). Andy Borowitz is a brilliant writer and funny guy extraordinaire, but like our beloved Mark Twain, he is also acutely aware of human nature and the human condition."
"What I did not expect and found to be a wonderful gift within this short offering was Andy's joy and gratitude about his life."
"When he rates his pain as "six", "an enormous sense of relaxation descends upon my case as the ER staff attends to the people who said seven through ten". Andy is not overtly critical of the systemic mishandling of his case, but at the same time makes pointed reference to the fallacies in the system and our society that rates this hospital as one of the ten best."
"I think it was mentioned at some article I was reading one day, where the author of the article was modestly boasting about being the one who recommended Borowitz to pack this little story into a Kindle book and publish it."
"Th story of Andy Borowitz and his twisted colon is both hilarious and heartwarming at the same time."
"I went through a very similar experience and I never thought such a harrowing, near-death experience could be so funny!"
"I would have rated this book 10 stars if possible."
"If you've never read The New Yorker or The Borowitz Report, you may not know who our hero is!"
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Best Kindle Singles: History

Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine (Kindle Single)
In Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine , Claire Prentice uncovers the incredible true story of Martin Couney, the “incubator doctor.”. Couney ran his incubator facility for premature babies at Coney Island from 1903 to 1943 and set up similar exhibits at World’s Fairs and amusement parks across America, and in London, Paris, Mexico and Brazil. Claire Prentice is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Lost Tribe of Coney Island: Headhunters, Luna Park, and the Man Who Pulled Off the Spectacle of the Century.
Reviews
"I can't tell you how many times I've read about these babies at Coney Island and elsewhere while reading other things, whether it was books or magazine articles, or encyclopedias. It was very interesting...I'm always amazed at the types of things that people got away with prior to even the 1960's. Considering I've read so much about eugenics and the Nazis (and written about all of this and the disabled in papers), you would think nothing would surprise me at this point. Even though there are much stricter laws on the books concerning doctors, we still have people out there who have no degrees who present themselves as having the background and training to treat people with things like cancers."
"Dr. Couney created this innovative business model which allowed for his meticulous expensive care of preemies while not charging the parents a dime. The author's research proved he didn't go to medical school or train with preemies in Europe before coming to the US. The issue is not whether he took advantage of these infants or was a medically trained doctor but rather he proved that preemies could be nursed into healthy babies and were worth saving - against the attitude and recommendations of the medical community of the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
"Fascinating and well researched story of the incubator baby doctor, who exhibited (and saved) thousands of babies from the early 1900s to early 1940s!"
"Interesting book with a good view on the history of the baby incubator and the man who invented it."
"I would say that Martin Couney was a doctor in every sense --"First do no harm"."
"I had heard references to Martin Couney's exhibitions of premature infants for years and always been curious about how this had all happened."
"Interesting look at the precursor of modern neonatal intensive care units."
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Best Kindle Singles: Humor & Entertainment

An Unexpected Twist (Kindle Single)
In his first-ever work of autobiography, the comedian and New York Times bestselling author tells how a freakish medical condition descended upon him one October afternoon and led him to the brink of death – in a New York hospital “consistently rated one of the ten best in the country.” What happens when “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS News Sunday Morning) comes face to face with his own mortality? Rife with deadpan observations and quirky characterizations of the medical staff that attended him, An Unexpected Twist offers humor on a number of levels, from breezy ruminations on life, death, and love to the simply scatological. In the end, it seems, his brush with death from the inside out proved an ambiguous blessing: the author suffered the accompanying discomfort, pain, and fear; readers reap the rewards of his levity aplenty.
Reviews
"I think what surprised me the most was the suspense I felt as I read this (kind of like each time I read "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" by Jim Bishop, and I hear myself muttering under my breath, "Don't go to Ford's tonight!"). Andy Borowitz is a brilliant writer and funny guy extraordinaire, but like our beloved Mark Twain, he is also acutely aware of human nature and the human condition."
"What I did not expect and found to be a wonderful gift within this short offering was Andy's joy and gratitude about his life."
"When he rates his pain as "six", "an enormous sense of relaxation descends upon my case as the ER staff attends to the people who said seven through ten". Andy is not overtly critical of the systemic mishandling of his case, but at the same time makes pointed reference to the fallacies in the system and our society that rates this hospital as one of the ten best."
"I think it was mentioned at some article I was reading one day, where the author of the article was modestly boasting about being the one who recommended Borowitz to pack this little story into a Kindle book and publish it."
"Th story of Andy Borowitz and his twisted colon is both hilarious and heartwarming at the same time."
"I went through a very similar experience and I never thought such a harrowing, near-death experience could be so funny!"
"I would have rated this book 10 stars if possible."
"If you've never read The New Yorker or The Borowitz Report, you may not know who our hero is!"
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Best Kindle Singles en Español

Un largo camino (Kindle Single) (Spanish Edition)
Después de casi veinte años persiguiendo el olvido, una pelea en un bar revela a un nuevo y sobrio Mishka Shubaly capaz de correr largas distancias. Si correr es un sustituto de adicción, Shubaly cuenta, es "la adicción más deprimente, dolorosa y menos emocionante que he experimentado nunca" Los encantos de la prosa de Shubaly son numerosos: sus metáforas preferidas para la bebida revelan que este es su amor auténtico y no correspondido; su introspección tiene una profundidad similar a la de Thoreau y su exposición transforma al peatón en algo sublime. Además, Shubaly es un obstinado de corazón, y aún así es capaz de cambiar; es un nihilista, y aún así busca el sentido de las cosas; es una contradicción andante y la lectura de su libro una alegría.
Reviews
"Lo empiezas a leer y no lo sueltas hasta terminarlo."
"Una lección de vida, siempre podemos cambiar aunque sigamos siendo y viviendo intensamente."
"Historia conmovedora que me deja inquieto sobre las cosas que uno puede evitar y no lo hace, espero que siga limpio!"
"En fin me encantó la historia y su manera de contarla, sobre todo, esa sinceridad de Shubaly que a menudo es tan difícil de alcanzar."
"Una lección de vida... del día a día de muchas personas."
"Fue una historia interesante, aunque deja algo en duda, sin embargo vale la pena su lectura."
"Es una vida dura muy bien contada, hace reflexionar sobre lo que somos y hacemos, además de que tan peligroso son los vicios que nos llevan a la oscuridad, pero nunca es tarde para ver la luz."
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Best Kindle Singles: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender

Denial: My 25 Years Without a Soul (Kindle Single)
Jonathan Rauch first drafted this book, years ago, strictly for himself, to make a personal record of his “life without a soul.” After hesitating for years to publish it, he was inspired to do so partly by the redemptive power of his own marriage, to a man—the marriage he thought he could never have. The author of five books (including Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America) and a National Magazine Award winner, Rauch has been writing for The Atlantic since 1989. A wrenching story that all of us, gay or not, can appreciate, Denial shows what it is like to be ‘different’ in a world that demands sameness.”. —Dale Carpenter, author of Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas.
Reviews
"The convoluted ideas and reasons he held this belief might be extremely disheartening to read were it not for his wit and finesse in the telling. Sadly, that person had sexual issues that only added confirmation to the idea that homosexuality was, indeed, deviant. Fortunately for the reader, Jonathan the boy finally grew up to be a man who would have the ability to look back unflinching at his past and the talent to share it in what I can only describe as a sweet and endearing style. It is the story of a young man who suddenly realizes he is capable of giving and receiving love."
"That may seem trite or predictable to say, but I think writing about one's life is always vulnerable and risky, and he's sharing a highly personal journey in a very public way. That said, there are other aspects of my personality and history that I *did* have to work through, so Jonathan's message about understanding and owning who you are resonated."
"There were many things that he describes which reverberated with me, when I thought about my own growing up in a very relgious home where my homosexual feelings had to be carefully and deeply hidden even from myself.I have never read anywhere better the so accurate description of 'the little tidal wave which knocked me over and sent me spinning underwater', 'that tingling convulsion' and 'that jolted (feeling) with a thousand volts of current'. As a medical doctor, albeit retired now, I believe the message of this book is still desperately needed by the present generation of young people growing up with a feeling that they are different."
"But I suspect that almost everyone who reads it will look back on their own coming of age, and the painful ways we tried to edit our interior selves into something we thought would be more at home in the world."
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Best Kindle Singles: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Medical Examiner: A Women's Murder Club Story (Kindle Single) (BookShots)
A #1 New York Times Bestseller! He holds the record for most New York Times bestsellers and is the author of the two most popular detective series of the past decade, the Alex Cross novels and the Women's Murder Club.
Reviews
"This was a bookshot so read it in one day."
"I have read every Women's Murder Club Books."
"Wonderful."
"Love the series and loved this story mostly without Lindsey and family in it."
"Enjoyed the Murder Club series."
"As expected this BookShot held my undivided attention for an hour!"
"I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but he's never disappointed me yet."
"Very good little book if you’d like a short story."
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Best Kindle Singles: Nonfiction

A Spy's Guide to Thinking (Kindle Single)
Bestselling author John Braddock was a case officer at the CIA. He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university fellow, he now helps people and organizations sharpen their thinking about their strategy, their customers and their competition. John Braddock has been able to throw in a good spy story to show how to properly think in a stressful situation." He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university research fellow, he is now a strategy consultant. He helps people and organizations think more effectively about their strategy, their customers and the competition.
Reviews
"When circumstances require action, having a habitual method (i.e a structured approach) to quickly analyze the situation and select the best response gives you an edge over your opponent. The author shows how the US Air Force analyzed ace pilots to determine why they won more dogfights, and how that discovery was generalized into a powerful behavioral approach to rapid decision-making for spies in stressful situations. This book uses the author's thought process during an attempted robbery where he, the spy, is victim as an example of his structured thought process, one that major spy agencies and the military actually use. Near the end, he analyzes the thought process he went through in deciding to write the book in comparison to a reader's decision to purchase it."
"Choosing to not be afraid is not always a choice one consciously makes or can overcome easily."
"I had read about the OODA method of dealing with conflict, but the author's take on it with his DADA version was a welcome and interesting twist on it."
"Thank you to the druggie for his patience in letting the story play out."
"Fun book to read...makes you think!"
"A Spy's Guide to Thinking is a brief but interesting and useful guide for anyone interested in the process of practical thought."
"I loved this book ..."
"Meh."
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Best Pulp Nonfiction

A Spy's Guide to Thinking (Kindle Single)
Bestselling author John Braddock was a case officer at the CIA. He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university fellow, he now helps people and organizations sharpen their thinking about their strategy, their customers and their competition. John Braddock has been able to throw in a good spy story to show how to properly think in a stressful situation." He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university research fellow, he is now a strategy consultant. He helps people and organizations think more effectively about their strategy, their customers and the competition.
Reviews
"When circumstances require action, having a habitual method (i.e a structured approach) to quickly analyze the situation and select the best response gives you an edge over your opponent. The author shows how the US Air Force analyzed ace pilots to determine why they won more dogfights, and how that discovery was generalized into a powerful behavioral approach to rapid decision-making for spies in stressful situations. This book uses the author's thought process during an attempted robbery where he, the spy, is victim as an example of his structured thought process, one that major spy agencies and the military actually use. Near the end, he analyzes the thought process he went through in deciding to write the book in comparison to a reader's decision to purchase it."
"A short book about thinking - in my world the idea of recognizing what type of game your opponent is playing is vitally important."
"Interesting, simple model for taking the right actions in life and business."
"I had read about the OODA method of dealing with conflict, but the author's take on it with his DADA version was a welcome and interesting twist on it."
"Not too much detail but author gets his points across clearly and concisely...good read but would have been good to see more examples."
"Thank you to the druggie for his patience in letting the story play out."
"Many of us probably use this technique when faced with making decisions every day but usually have never given any thought to the actual process."
"Meh."
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Best Kindle Singles: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Kindle Single) (Pottermore Presents)
These eBooks, with writing curated by Pottermore, will take you beyond the Harry Potter stories as J.K. Rowling reveals her inspiration, intricate details of characters’ lives and surprises from the wizarding world.
Reviews
"), it does provide some great backstory to the wizarding world! just ooze Rowling's writing style, creativity, attention to detail, and love of the wizarding world. I will say that some of this information has been available either on Pottermore (which I don't get to that often) or from other interviews, but it's nice to have it all together and on my kindle. My biggest hope for this is that they'll put these into print, either compiled together or with added information so I can add it to my HP collection!"
"Instead of changing anything in the Wizarding World that we all know and love, it added more of a back story to characters that you already thought you knew well."
"It helped to fill in the characters we didn't know much about during then Harry Potter books."
"This gets more into some of the books main characters."
"I bought this Kindle book to read to my 14 year-old daughter who is a big Harry Potter fan."
"This was a very interesting collection of short stories."
"At first I did not care to much for the side books Rowling would publish, as I don't think I fully understand what they offered to the series."
"It is amazing that JKR spent so much time developing each and every character in her wizzarding world."
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Best The Kindle Singles Interview

A Spy's Guide to Thinking (Kindle Single)
Bestselling author John Braddock was a case officer at the CIA. He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university fellow, he now helps people and organizations sharpen their thinking about their strategy, their customers and their competition. John Braddock has been able to throw in a good spy story to show how to properly think in a stressful situation." He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university research fellow, he is now a strategy consultant. He helps people and organizations think more effectively about their strategy, their customers and the competition.
Reviews
"When circumstances require action, having a habitual method (i.e a structured approach) to quickly analyze the situation and select the best response gives you an edge over your opponent. The author shows how the US Air Force analyzed ace pilots to determine why they won more dogfights, and how that discovery was generalized into a powerful behavioral approach to rapid decision-making for spies in stressful situations. This book uses the author's thought process during an attempted robbery where he, the spy, is victim as an example of his structured thought process, one that major spy agencies and the military actually use. Near the end, he analyzes the thought process he went through in deciding to write the book in comparison to a reader's decision to purchase it."
"A short book about thinking - in my world the idea of recognizing what type of game your opponent is playing is vitally important."
"Interesting, simple model for taking the right actions in life and business."
"I had read about the OODA method of dealing with conflict, but the author's take on it with his DADA version was a welcome and interesting twist on it."
"Not too much detail but author gets his points across clearly and concisely...good read but would have been good to see more examples."
"Thank you to the druggie for his patience in letting the story play out."
"Many of us probably use this technique when faced with making decisions every day but usually have never given any thought to the actual process."
"Meh."
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Best The Latest

A Spy's Guide to Thinking (Kindle Single)
Bestselling author John Braddock was a case officer at the CIA. He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university fellow, he now helps people and organizations sharpen their thinking about their strategy, their customers and their competition. John Braddock has been able to throw in a good spy story to show how to properly think in a stressful situation." He developed, recruited and handled sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. A former university research fellow, he is now a strategy consultant. He helps people and organizations think more effectively about their strategy, their customers and the competition.
Reviews
"When circumstances require action, having a habitual method (i.e a structured approach) to quickly analyze the situation and select the best response gives you an edge over your opponent. The author shows how the US Air Force analyzed ace pilots to determine why they won more dogfights, and how that discovery was generalized into a powerful behavioral approach to rapid decision-making for spies in stressful situations. This book uses the author's thought process during an attempted robbery where he, the spy, is victim as an example of his structured thought process, one that major spy agencies and the military actually use. Near the end, he analyzes the thought process he went through in deciding to write the book in comparison to a reader's decision to purchase it."
"A short book about thinking - in my world the idea of recognizing what type of game your opponent is playing is vitally important."
"Interesting, simple model for taking the right actions in life and business."
"I had read about the OODA method of dealing with conflict, but the author's take on it with his DADA version was a welcome and interesting twist on it."
"Not too much detail but author gets his points across clearly and concisely...good read but would have been good to see more examples."
"Thank you to the druggie for his patience in letting the story play out."
"Many of us probably use this technique when faced with making decisions every day but usually have never given any thought to the actual process."
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Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine (Kindle Single)
In Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine , Claire Prentice uncovers the incredible true story of Martin Couney, the “incubator doctor.”. Couney ran his incubator facility for premature babies at Coney Island from 1903 to 1943 and set up similar exhibits at World’s Fairs and amusement parks across America, and in London, Paris, Mexico and Brazil. Claire Prentice is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Lost Tribe of Coney Island: Headhunters, Luna Park, and the Man Who Pulled Off the Spectacle of the Century.
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"I can't tell you how many times I've read about these babies at Coney Island and elsewhere while reading other things, whether it was books or magazine articles, or encyclopedias. It was very interesting...I'm always amazed at the types of things that people got away with prior to even the 1960's. Considering I've read so much about eugenics and the Nazis (and written about all of this and the disabled in papers), you would think nothing would surprise me at this point. Even though there are much stricter laws on the books concerning doctors, we still have people out there who have no degrees who present themselves as having the background and training to treat people with things like cancers."
"Dr. Couney created this innovative business model which allowed for his meticulous expensive care of preemies while not charging the parents a dime. The author's research proved he didn't go to medical school or train with preemies in Europe before coming to the US. The issue is not whether he took advantage of these infants or was a medically trained doctor but rather he proved that preemies could be nursed into healthy babies and were worth saving - against the attitude and recommendations of the medical community of the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
"Interesting book with a good view on the history of the baby incubator and the man who invented it."
"Fascinating and well researched story of the incubator baby doctor, who exhibited (and saved) thousands of babies from the early 1900s to early 1940s!"
"I would say that Martin Couney was a doctor in every sense --"First do no harm"."
"I had heard references to Martin Couney's exhibitions of premature infants for years and always been curious about how this had all happened."
"Interesting look at the precursor of modern neonatal intensive care units."
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