FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2015

[GtrsRGr8]

2015 Grammy nominee for Best Spoken-Word Album (in audio formats). Rated 4.3, from 240 reviews at Amazon . . . .

We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song. By Gloria Gaynor.

For you people who were born oh, say, after 1970, Gaynor had a disco hit as a singer, "I Will Survive." Here's some more about the song and her book, courtesy of Amazon:
Gloria Gaynor’s #1 hit single “I Will Survive” debuted in 1978 to overwhelming success. Shortly thereafter, the single went double platinum and over three decades later still strikes a chord among men and women everywhere.

Over the years, the disco legend has received thousands of personal messages from adoring fans whose lives have been transformed by this timeless song. Their remarkable stories reveal that ”I Will Survive” has reached people from all walks of life and touched their lives in thousands of unique ways. From individuals triumphing over illness to those suffering from the painful loss of a loved one to others piecing their lives together after bearing witness to national tragedy, “I Will Survive” has become an emotional anthem for them and for millions of Gaynor’s adoring fans around the world.

In We Will Survive, Gloria shares forty of these inspirational, true stories about survivors of all kinds—individuals who have found comfort, hope, and courage through the power of this one song.

The ebook is $1.99 at the present time; the Whispersync audio is $1.99. $1.99 + $1.99 = $3.98 for the whole deal. And the ebook will be synchronized with the audio, and vice versa. The price at Audible for the audio alone is $14.95.

The ebook is 193 pages long, which translates into 6 hours, 26 minutes of listening time.

Links, for your convenience:
Amazon ebook webpage.
Audible audiobook webpage.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

The $10-per-year plan is the "Listener Light" membership. I have that one. In my opinion, it is a super value.

I don't think that plan is available any more. At least, I don't see it. My account is on hold til 7/02, maybe that's why. Can anyone else see that plan as an option?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I don't think that plan is available any more. At least, I don't see it. My account is on hold til 7/02, maybe that's why. Can anyone else see that plan as an option?

It's still available. I just cancelled a promo offer and it was one of the enticements Audible offered to get me to stay on board. I declined it.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

It's still available. I just cancelled a promo offer and it was one of the enticements Audible offered to get me to stay on board. I declined it.

Thanks. So, there's no real advantage to having that plan, if one doesn't have a stash of credits, as far as I can see. (Their occasional sales seldom interest me).

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Thanks. So, there's no real advantage to having that plan, if one doesn't have a stash of credits, as far as I can see. (Their occasional sales seldom interest me).

That's pretty much it. If you don't have credits and don't do the member sales, it makes no sense to have the $10 membership plan.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That's pretty much it. If you don't have credits and don't do the member sales, it makes no sense to have the $10 membership plan.

And I'm hoping that, having cancelled the plan, I'll eventually be able to take advantage of one of those "$1 for three months" offers they have had from time to time.

[GtrsRGr8]

The ebook is a Kindle Daily Deal. Being pretty unfamiliar with how those work, I don't know if the markdown actually expires at the end of the day or not. If so, this deal is good for about 6 more hours. I thought that it was good enough deal to go ahead and post it even if it ends soon.

Here it is, short and sweet (hopefully):

Above All Else: A World Champion Skydiver's Story of Survival and What It Taught Him About Fear, Adversity, and Success.

A 4.9, from 148 reviews at the present moment!

$1.99 Ebook + $1.99 Whispersync audio = $3.98.

This is a great value. The ebook is a good length--352 pages--so that will yield an audio of corresponding good length.

Go here to get the ebook or the whole deal: http://www.amazon.com/Above-All-Else...7CSM44DD67WBBT.

My take on the ebook? I think that I can learn all that I need to about fear, adversity, and success without jumping out of an airplane. ha.

[GtrsRGr8]

"WS" is Whispersync.

The full title of the ebook/audiobook is On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads. It's by Tim Cope.

The ebook is rated 4.5 stars, from 84 reviews at the present moment. It is the "Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Festival Book Competition." I listened to the sample audio and it was riveting.

I think that it's really important to provide the book description for this one:
The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century †“ a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads lead, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn't been successfully completed since those times: to travel on horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe, from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Crimea and the Ukraine to the Danube River in Hungary.

From horse-riding novice to spending months in the saddle, he learnt to fend off wolves and would-be horse-thieves, and grapple with the haunting extremes of the steppe as he crossed sub-zero plateaux, the scorching deserts of Kazakhstan and the high-mountain passes of the Carpathians. As he travelled he formed a close bond with his horses and especially his dog Tigon, and encountered essential hospitality †“ the linchpin of human survival on the steppe †“ from those he met along the way.

Cope bears witness to how the traditional ways hang in the balance in the post-Soviet world †“ an era that has brought new-found freedom, but also the perils of corruption and alcoholism, and left a world bereft of both the Communist system upon which it once relied, and the traditional knowledge of the nomadic forefathers.

A journey of adventure, endurance and eventual triumph, On the Trail of Genghis Khan is at once a celebration of and an elegy for an ancient way of life.

The ebook's 528 pages, which translates into 18 hours and 39 minutes of narration.

The audiobook (alone) at Audible is $25.95. Here is how you can get it for only $5.98 with this Whispersync deal . . . . The ebook is marked down temporarily to $1.99; the Whispersync audio is only $3.99. So, the total for the ebook, audiobook, and Whispersync benefits is only $5.98.

You can get the whole deal by starting at the webpage at Amazon for the ebook. You might also wish to see what's at the webpage at Audible for the audiobook.

[tubemonkey]

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[tubemonkey]

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[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I hope with three more weeks' worth of books, there'll be some suspense and a classic or two.

Apparently someone over at audiobooks.com is listening to this forum - your wish has cone true! Today's freebie is "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad. It's the Naxos production, so I suspect it'll be well-done.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Apparently someone over at audiobooks.com is listening to this forum - your wish has cone true! Today's freebie is "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad. It's the Naxos production, so I suspect it'll be well-done.

Audible has a free reference guide for this version. It appears to be sized to fit inside a standard CD case. The guide contains chapter and background info.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Apparently someone over at audiobooks.com is listening to this forum - your wish has cone true! Today's freebie is "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad. It's the Naxos production, so I suspect it'll be well-done.

Yay! And it's a title I don't already have! Happy dance!

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible has a free reference guide for this version. It appears to be sized to fit inside a standard CD case. The guide contains chapter and background info.

Ah! The liner notes - most excellent. Naxos does this better than most. Thanks for this.

On a completely unrelated note, I just finished Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" this weekend and got Naxos' Timson introductory / summary podcast for it you mentioned last year. Quite good.

[koland]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Apparently someone over at audiobooks.com is listening to this forum - your wish has cone true! Today's freebie is "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad. It's the Naxos production, so I suspect it'll be well-done.

still free direct from Naxos, with two others (and I think PDF's of all three, too).