FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 10 Jul

$2.95 -- The Productivity Project -- Chris Bailey/ Chris Bailey --> 8.2 hrs/ R-4.6 --> business

The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy

Whispersync: Audible ($2.95) | Kindle ($13.99)

A fresh, personal, and entertaining exploration of a topic that concerns all of us: how to be more productive at work and in every facet of our lives.

Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream - to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit of productivity, a subject he had been enamored with since he was a teenager. After obtaining his business degree, he created a blog to chronicle a year-long series of productivity experiments he conducted on himself, where he also continued his research and interviews with some of the world's foremost experts, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen. Among the experiments that he tackled: Bailey went several weeks with getting by on little to no sleep; he cut out caffeine and sugar; he lived in total isolation for 10 days; he used his smartphone for just an hour a day for three months; he gained ten pounds of muscle mass; he stretched his work week to 90 hours; a late riser, he got up at 5:30 every morning for three months - all the while monitoring the impact of his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work.

The Productivity Project - and the lessons Chris learned - are the result of that year-long journey. Among the counterintuitive insights Chris Bailey will teach you...

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 10 Jul

$3.99 -- A Pattern of Lies -- Charles Todd/ Rosalyn Landor --> 11.1 hrs/ R-4.5 --> mystery

A Pattern of Lies --> A Bess Crawford Mystery (book 7 of 8)

Whispersync: Audible ($12.99) | Kindle ($10.99)

A horrific explosion at a gunpowder mill sends Bess Crawford to war-torn France to keep a deadly pattern of lies from leading to more deaths in this compelling and atmospheric mystery from the New York Times best-selling author of A Question of Honor and An Unwilling Accomplice.

An explosion and fire at the Ashton Gunpowder Mill in Kent has killed over a hundred men. It's called an appalling tragedy - until suspicion and rumor raise the specter of murder. While visiting the Ashton family, Bess Crawford finds herself caught up in a venomous show of hostility that doesn't stop with Philip Ashton's arrest. Indeed, someone is out for blood, and the household is all but under siege.

The only known witness to the tragedy is now at the Front in France. Bess is asked to find him. When she does, he refuses to tell her anything that will help the Ashtons. Realizing that he believes the tissue of lies that has nearly destroyed a family, Bess must convince him to tell her what really happened that terrible Sunday morning. But now someone else is also searching for this man.

To end the vicious persecution of the Ashtons, Bess must risk her own life to protect her reluctant witness from a clever killer intent on preventing either of them from ever reaching England.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Great find, but it's the 7.0 hour abridged version. The full version is 15.8 hours.

Interesting thing is that its category is "gym" and it's not listed under fitness or as a separate category in the website's header. Makes me wonder if there aren't other hidden categories lurking about.

Anyway, added to OP
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Sorry I just noticed this post - I've been out of town. I just re-checked the freebie and it is the full unabridged 15 hour version.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Sorry I just noticed this post - I've been out of town. I just re-checked the freebie and it is the full unabridged 15 hour version.

You're right. I wasn't paying attention and entered the time for the abridged CD version. Clicking the unabridged download link clearly shows it to be full length; as does the version I downloaded. I got sloppy on this one. I'll make the corrections.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 11 Jul

$3.95 -- The Collectibles -- James Kaufman/ Joe Barrett --> 9.7 hrs/ R-4.8 --> suspense

The Collectibles --> The Collectibles Trilogy (book 1 of 3)

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In his award-winning debut novel, James J. Kaufman delivers a gripping and unforgettable story of two strong men from separate worlds - one touched by tragedy, the other by greed - brought together with unexpected results. In chronicling how their lives and those they touch are dramatically changed by their encounter, Kaufman reveals the power of relationships, the nature of love, and ultimately the meaning of life.

"Do what the other fella can't. Be what the other fella ain't. And then help the other fella."

Joe Hart has never let go of his uncle's words. An orphan from the unspoiled Adirondack Mountains, Joe leaves his humble beginnings and goes on to distinguish himself, first as a navy submarine commander, then as an attorney unequaled in his field. But Joe's world crashes with an unexpected tragedy.

A child of wealth and privilege from New York's Upper East Side, Preston Wilson harbors a fear of financial failure. When that fear threatens to become reality, Preston tracks down the one attorney who might be able to save him. Joe reluctantly decides to help - but only after extracting a promise that Preston will fulfill an unspecified condition when called upon. Preston, desperate, agrees.

Too soon, Joe calls in his unconventional IOU. The self-absorbed Preston balks when Joe tells him he must meet, earn the trust of, and care for several people. Each of Joe's collectibles - none of whom Preston would ever want to know - has a serious personal challenge. Can Preston find the integrity to make good on his promise to Joe? Does he have a choice?

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

You're right. I wasn't paying attention and entered the time for the abridged CD version. Clicking the unabridged download link clearly shows it to be full length; as does the version I downloaded. I got sloppy on this one. I'll make the corrections.

You better slack off on those banana daiquiris.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 12 Jul

$3.95 -- The Shut Eye -- Belinda Bauer/ Andrew Wincott --> 9.0 hrs/ R-4.2 --> suspense

Whispersync: no deals at this time

A woman gets involved with a psychic who may be able to find her missing son.

Five footprints are the only sign that four-year-old Daniel Buck was ever here. Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in the cement. Polishing them to a shine. Keeping them safe. Spiraling toward insanity. Anna is desperate for hope, which she's not getting from the police or her husband, James. So when a woman tells her she's found a true psychic, a "shut eye", she grasps at it. Maybe he can tell her what happened to her son. But when she meets the psychic, what she gets is not at all what she suspected.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 12 Jul

$9.99 -- No1 Ladies Detective Agency -- AM Smith/ L Lecat --> 8.2 hrs/ R-3.9 --> detective

The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency --> The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency (book 1 of 16)

Whispersync: Audible ($8.49) | Kindle ($4.99)

This remarkably fresh and charming best seller took the world by storm upon its publication. It has since earned two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the "International Books of the Year and the Millennium" by the Times Literary Supplement.

Mma "Precious" Ramotswe sets up a detective agency in Botswana on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, making her the only female detective in the country. At first, cases are hard to come by. But eventually, troubled people come to Precious with a variety of concerns. Potentially philandering husbands, seemingly schizophrenic doctors, and a missing boy who may have been killed by witch doctors all compel Precious to roam about in her tiny van, searching for clues.

Chosen as a Top Ten Mystery by the Organization of Independent Booksellers, U.S.A., The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is that rare novel that imparts a sage wisdom while inspiring hearty laughter and lasting smiles.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Offer -- 3-mo Free Trial + $10 Amz Credit -- exp 12 Jul

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[tubemonkey]

Kindle Unlimited -- up to 40% 0ff --> exp 12 Jul

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[badgoodDeb]

Thanks for the reminder about the Audible offer. This seems like the best offer there could be, so I'd better jump on it.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Thanks for the reminder about the Audible offer. This seems like the best offer there could be, so I'd better jump on it.

Use your first credit for Master and Commander. I think you'll change your opinion of the book.

[badgoodDeb]

Hmmm! I was just about to comment in the other thread (but decided I ought to read a bit further first) that I like thrillers, and hate Dickens for being too wordy with nothing happening. (Ditto to Jane Eyre, etc). I think that may be what's happening with Master and Commander. it's more wordy and slow.

So far, we've attached or saved 3 other ships, and Maturin has just had his private remenisence with the other Irish chap, while minding the "other" ship.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Use your first credit for Master and Commander. I think you'll change your opinion of the book.

I got my last credit from the Groupon promo yesterday and got the BBC Radio 4 production of The Complete Chronicles of Narnia for my grandson.

I then proceeded to cancel my membership. On the way out, Audible dangled a free credit for me to stay. So I bit. Now I had another credit to spend fast. No idea what to get so I started searching for another series to start collecting. I finally narrowed it down to Master & Commander and Foundation. Asimov won.

Now it was time to cancel again. This time Audible let me go. The reason I was in a hurry to cancel was because of this Auble promo today. I figured I wouldn't qualify, but I had to try anyway. Sure enough, today rolls around and I didn't get it.

Oh well; there's always next time.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Thanks for the reminder about the Audible offer. This seems like the best offer there could be, so I'd better jump on it.

YW; I wanted this one, but it was not to be.