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Best Books to Fight H1N1: 5 Great Reads to Beat the Swine Flu

Published via e-mail broadcast on November 4, 2009

These five Kindle-compatible ebooks should help you outlast the swine flu and the H1N1 virus in style!

by the TFN staff

Baltimore, MD — TFN: It starts with a mild tickle in your throat. By lunch, you’ve developed a tight, percussive cough. On your commute back home, the lights of cars trigger an oddly sick feeling behind your eyeballs. And by the time you’re home, all you want to do is crawl into bed to nurse that 102-degree fever.

That’s when you realize: You didn’t get the swine flu vaccine. And now the H1N1’s got you.

Here’s the good news:

There’s really nothing you can do about it. You’ll never have as good an excuse to stay in bed, drop a couple of Mucinex every four to six hours… and do nothing but read!

But this isn’t the time to start War and Peace. Or refresh your memory on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. You want, need, deserve to be entertained by the best writers in the business.

But since you can’t just pop out to the bookstore… remember, right now, you’re Typhoid Mary or Joseph and a threat to public safety!… this is the perfect time to unwrap the Kindle your gizmo-infatuated spouse gave you for your birthday.

So prop up a pillow, log on to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Kindle site, and check out some books. Our editorial team, no stranger to the vagaries of swine flu or other ailments that require you to remain still for extended periods of time, suggests the following:

* Ken Follett: The Pillars of the Earth $6.39

This medieval mega-epic should outlast the most tenacious virus. The plot is strong, fast-paced and compelling, characters are complex and addictive, and the period detail is magnificent. The only drawback… you may find yourself jonesing for the next volume… another epic tome the size of a curbstone.

* David Grann: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon $9.99

In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett heads out on his final expedition into the Brazilian Amazon. His aim: The mythical lost city of El Dorado. Of course, he’s never heard of again. Now city slicker Grann is follwoing his lost trail (and those of others) into the thick of the Amazon. Strange how a madman’s vision can, in the end, turn out… right!

* J. Christoph Amberger: The Lazarus Smile $9.99

If you like Dan Brown and Philip Kerr, this is the book for you! It’s got everything: Amberger’s debut novel wraps you in a hunt for an “Unholy Grail” that ties together Nazis and Praetorians, Nero and Himmler, St. Paul and al Qaeda. Based on true events, this is one of the most lively, well- written, and painstakingly researched books of the season!

* Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy $6.39

If you grew up during the 1980’s you’re already familiar with this classic cult title. There’s no time like the present to revisit this quirky futuristic tale of man’s final destiny in the Universe.

* Philip Kerr: Hitler’s Peace $9.99

When the Big Three of WWII — FDR, Roosevelt, Stalin — met in Tehran at the end of 1943, they were dividing the spoils of the yet-to-be-conquered Third Reich, jockeying for position, weighing and discarding moral considerations regarding the Katyn Massacre and secret peace negotiations initiated by the Nazis. A fast-paced narratives built on the question “what if?”

Now go fill up your tea mug and get ready to make the darn swine flu pay!


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