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SYNC Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs -- exp 16 Jun @ 11:59 pm ET

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FREE -- Crescendo -- Allen Cheney, et al/ Allen Cheney -- 8.8 hrs -- NF biography

The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town

This affecting novel is based on the life of the author's grandfather, Fred Allen, a musical prodigy who suffered unspeakable neglect in a Georgia mill town before escaping to New York City to chase his dreams. Allen Cheney reads with the sincerity and flair needed to honor this story of community support, love, and Southern family culture. He's a likable narrator who makes it easy to connect with his grandfather's touching journey. Laced with the lyrics of show tunes and infused with hope, the biography follows Allen as he allows his career to pull him away from his devoted wife because he feels damaged and unlovable--feelings that are a relic of his deprived childhood. If music or a shortage of love in any form are part of your life, this audio is not to be missed.

FREE -- Extinction -- Hannie Rayson/ full cast -- 1.9 hrs -- drama

With bright-sounding innocence, Sarah Drew portrays an American zoologist working in Australia who makes the discovery of a lifetime when she finds that the endangered carnivorous marsupial the tiger quoll may still exist in the wild. However, to save the species she may have to make a deal with the devil--a timber baron, portrayed by American actor Seamus Dever, who sports a fine Australian accent. The dialogue is quick and intimate, and the drama down-to-earth as science wrestles with industry, and the characters realize that battling climate change and saving the environment may end up being just as messy and personal as any other human endeavor. This is another engaging production of the best in contemporary theater from L.A. Theatre Works.

Week 7 -- Making changes in your own life can be exciting, unnerving, and surprising in how those changes can affect others. Making any change first requires us to make a decision, and that can be the most difficult step in the whole process. During Week 7 of this year’s SYNC program of free audiobooks, we hear about two different changes: one with effects on a personal and a community level and the other with implications on species survival as well as big business.