% nslookup www.amazon.com
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
server can't find www.amazon.com: SERVFAIL
Colorado, USA
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
server can't find www.amazon.com: SERVFAIL
Colorado, USA
Update: that frontier cname seems to be bouncing between Cloudfront and Akamai now, so I suspect they're fighting off either an attack or internal issues. I see issues to other route53 servers as well.
% curl -v https://amazon.com
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Location: https://www.amazon.com/
Could also be that your default DNS isn't 8.8.8.8?