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01-01-2019, 08:11 AM | #1 |
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Nominations for February 2019 • Let's Make a Deal: Trade Secrets
Happy New Year to all the New Leafers and to MobileReaders everywhere.
Help us select the book that the New Leaf Book Club will read in February 2019. The theme is Let's Make a Deal: Trade Secrets Everyone is welcome to join the nomination process even if they'd rather lurk during the voting and discussion; if that is still a little too much commitment, please feel free to suggest titles without making a formal nomination. Also, don't sweat the links. It's helpful to check availability and prices before nominating in order to eliminate anything that's out of the question, but ultimately our global members with different gadgets and preferences will have to check for themselves. The nominations will run through 7 AM EST, January 7, 2019. Each nomination requires a second and a third to make it to the poll, which will remain open for four days. The discussion of the selection will start on February 15, 2019. Don't forget to show up for the discussion of the January selection, The Left Hand of Darkness, on January 15. Any questions? See below, or just ask! FAQs for the Nomination, Selection and Discussion process General Guidelines for the New Leaf Book Club Official choices with three nominations: For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose [Bookworm_Girl, Ralph Sir Edward, stuartjmz] Available at etailers in all markets (US $12.99) plus OverDrive and Scribd (audio) Spoiler:
272 pp.
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby [issybird, Bookworm_Girl, Bookpossum] US$9.99, CA$12.99, AU$10.99, UK£7.99, Scribd Spoiler:
288 pp.
A Delicate Truth by John Le Carré [Bookpossum, CRussel, bfisher] Kobo: $US5.99, $C11.99, $A12.99, $NZ16.32, £4.99 Spoiler:
321 pp.
Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller [CRussel, bfisher, gmw] Amazon: $5.38 | AmazonCA: $8.56 | Baen Ebooks: $6.99 | AmazonUK: £4.67 | Audible (WS) $1.99 Spoiler:
464 pp.
Emma by Jane Austen [issybird, astrangerhere, Catlady] Public domain Spoiler:
350 pp.
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers [astrangerhere, Bookpossum, issybird] AmazonUS | Kobo $13.99 Spoiler:
416 pp.
The Winner by David Baldacci [gmw, CRussel, Dazrin] Amazon US $7.99 | Amazon UK £4.74 | Amazon CA $7.49 | Amazon AU $9.99 | Kobo US $7.99 | Kobo UK £6.47 | Kobo CA $7.49 | Kobo AU $9.99 Spoiler:
526 pp.
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain [Catlady, gmw, Dazrin] Public domain Spoiler:
240 pp.
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith [Catlady, astrangerhere, Dazrin] Amazon US $8.48 Spoiler:
320 pp.
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01-01-2019, 08:12 AM | #2 |
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Choices with one or two nominations:
*Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre [Ralph Sir Edward] Public Domain: Patricia Clark Memorial Library and elsewhere Spoiler:
200 pp.
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01-01-2019, 02:47 PM | #3 |
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It seems to me that there are lots of ways to go with this topic, as the story of anything of an essentially transactional nature would seem to quality. Even Jane Austen's matchmaking novels are about deals. I took a look and while Mansfield Park and Persuasion are former choices, they're now eligible. My own favorite Austen is Emma. P&P has become too much of a chestnut to be worth discussing, I'd be afraid.
I'm spinning wheels; I haven't decided which way to go for my own nomination and it's unlikely to be Austen. |
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I am going to nominate Anna Segher's novel The Seventh Cross. The novel was originally published in German in 1942. It was made into a film in the 40s and MGM pulled quite a few large publicity stunts for its release. From the New Yorker Recommends column:
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I'm going to nominate Balance of Trade, a standalone book in the Liaden Universe® of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.
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Amazon: $5.38 AmazonCA: $8.56 (CAD) Baen Ebooks: $6.99 AmazonUK: £4.67 Audible: 1 credit, or $1.99 WhisperSync Goodreads Note: This book is sold DRM-Free on Amazon in Kindle format, and on Baen Ebooks site in all formats. It does not appear to currently be available from Kobo, but Baen has it in ePub without DRM so that's not an issue. Last edited by CRussel; 01-01-2019 at 08:12 PM. |
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01-02-2019, 12:19 AM | #6 | |
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I nominate The Winner by David Baldacci.
Amazon US - USD$7.99 | Amazon UK - £4.74 | Amazon CA - CDN$7.49 | Amazon AU - AUD$9.99 | Kobo US - USD$7.99 | Kobo UK - £6.47 | Kobo CA - CAD$7.49 | Kobo AU AUD$9.99 Description from Goodreads: Quote:
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01-02-2019, 12:51 AM | #7 | |
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Business is brisk despite the holiday season!
I would like to nominate A Delicate Truth by John Le Carré. From Kobo: Quote:
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01-02-2019, 09:55 AM | #8 |
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I was going to nominate The Masters by C. P. Snow (of Two Cultures fame) from his Strangers and Brothers sequence, but was appalled to discover that not only is it not available as an ebook in the US, it's not even in print! It can be acquired elsewhere, but I'm taking that as a dealbreaker. Back to the drawing board.
ETA: Only £3.47 in the UK! Oh, and I looked again and it's in print in papberback in the US in a three-title volume for $20. This sounds intriguing to me. I checked the local university and while it has it, it's in the original translation which also seems to be abridged. The first wouldn't matter; the second does. So I shall have to think about it. Last edited by issybird; 01-02-2019 at 10:11 AM. |
01-02-2019, 11:35 AM | #9 |
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I will make a nomination.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre (died 1943 - book was published March 1923). It is readily available at all sources. There used to be a copy in MobileRead library before the "Great Purge". I hope it could be restored. It is PD in Life +50, Life + 70, and now (as of Jan 1st, 2019) PD in the US! The ultimate book about stock wheeling and dealing, before the Great Depression. A lightly fictionalised biography of Jesse Livermore, one the biggest traders in the history of the stock market. It seems to fit the topic, perfectly. . . Last edited by Greg Anos; 01-02-2019 at 11:38 AM. |
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I nominate the non-fiction book For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose. I don't usually nominate books that I have already read, but I really enjoyed this one and it fits the category well. Also it was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and received an AudioFile Earphones Award for author-read audiobook.
It is available in the US, UK, Canada & Australia in ebook format. It is also at Overdrive in both ebook and audiobook format. In addition it is available as an audiobook at Scribd. From Goodreads: Quote:
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01-02-2019, 05:51 PM | #13 |
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I'm going to nominate The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby. I've read other books by him and greatly enjoyed them.
From Amazon (4.4 stars) and Goodreads (4.24 stars): Every year from 1921 to 1939, the vessels involved in the grain trade would strive to find the shortest, fastest passage home from Australia to Britain – "the grain race" – in the face of turbulent seas, atrocious weather conditions and hard graft. In 1938 an eighteen-year-old boy signed on for the round trip from Europe to Australia in the last commercial sailing fleet to make that formidable journey. The Last Grain Race is Eric Newby's spell-binding account of his time spent on the Moshulu's last voyage in the Australian grain trade. As always, Eric Newby's sharp eye for detail captures the hardships, danger, squabbles, companionship and sheer joy of shipboard life - bedbugs, ferocious storms, eccentric Finnish crew and all. By pure chance, Eric witnessed the passing of the era of sail, and his tale is all the more significant for being the last of its kind. US$9.99, CA$12.99, AU$10.99, UK£7.99, Scribd 288 pp. Last edited by issybird; 01-02-2019 at 08:00 PM. |
01-02-2019, 06:56 PM | #14 |
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I will second The Last Grain Race. It’s available at Scribd as an ebook.
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01-02-2019, 07:09 PM | #15 |
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And in New Zealand too. I'll third this nomination, it sounds fascinating.
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