FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by issybird

Tantor is having a sale of all titles narrated by their 2016 Audie finalists. MP3-CDs are 50% off and most of the downloads are $6.99 (a few titles have to be bought at Audible).

Originally Posted by ATDrake

X-link to the DRM-free megathread for the new Humble Bundle:

Humble Audiobook Bundle Lord of the Rings containing mp3 versions of all 3 titles in the trilogy, The Hobbit, and two scholarly tie-in books.

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Saw this posted on another forum...

Thanks - will add to OP

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Saw this posted on another forum...

Further details about the book --> starts 22 Mar


FREE -- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery -- James Howe / Victor Garber (1.7 hrs) --> R= 4.2

Kids > Grades 3-7

Series: Bunnicula, book 1

This story from the popular and critically acclaimed series has been read by the talented actor, Victor Garber. Now fans who can't get enough of the vampire bunny, Bunnicula, will have something new to add to their collections.

Beware the Hare! Is he or isn't he a vampire? Before it's too late, Harold the dog and Chester the cat must find out the truth about the newest pet in the Monroe household, a suspicious looking bunny with unusual habits...and fangs!

[tubemonkey]

ChristianAudio Sale -- New Year Redux -- exp 31 Mar

Happy New Year! Oh wait… it's March. How are your resolutions going? Is it time for a redo?...a part two?…a sequel?…or as we prefer to say...a redux? If so, we have these 4 great productivity audiobooks as a bundle for only $19.96 through the end of the month. That's almost 70% off of the retail price.

Buy Bundle $19.96 or buy them individually for 50% off.

4 Book Bundle for $19.96 -- or individually for:

• $6.49 -- Living Forward -- M Hyatt & D Harkavy / M Hyatt & D Harkavy (4.3 hrs)
• $4.49 -- Do More Better -- Tim Challies / Lloyd James (2.9 hrs)
• $12.50 -- What's Best Next -- Matthew Perman / Matthew Perman (9.7 hrs)
• $7.49 -- 48 Days to the Work You Love -- Dan Miller / Dan Miller (6.3 hrs)

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[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 10 Mar @ 11:59pm ET


$3.95 -- Mycroft Holmes -- K Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse / Damian Lynch (9.8 hrs) --> R= 4.1

Mysteries & Thrillers > Modern Detective

"When I say, therefore, that [my brother] has better powers of observation than I...I am speaking the exact and literal truth." (Sherlock Holmes)

This story occurs when Mycroft, an athletic Cambridge graduate, assists the secretary of State. He becomes embroiled in a mystery in Trinidad based on actual history.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a huge Holmesian, seven-foot-two tall, basketball's all-time leading scorer, and a US cultural ambassador. Anna Waterhouse is a professional screenwriter and script consultant.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 10 Mar


$16.49 -- H Is for Hawk-- Helen Macdonald / Helen Macdonald (11.1 hrs) --> R= 4.1


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $4.49, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

This book is way overpriced for being a daily deal. Getting both the Kindle ($9.26) and Audible ($4.49) versions via Whispersync is still cheaper.

Bios & Memoirs > Personal Memoirs

When Helen MacDonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks since childhood, she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators: the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral anger mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T. H. White's chronicle The Goshawk to begin her journey into Mabel's world. Projecting herself "in the hawk's wild mind to tame her" tested the limits of MacDonald's humanity.

By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement, a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, and the story of an eccentric falconer and legendary writer. Weaving together obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history, H Is for Hawk is a distinctive, surprising blend of nature writing and memoir from a very gifted writer.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

This book is way overpriced for being a daily deal. Getting both the Kindle ($9.26) and Audible ($4.49) versions via Whispersync is still cheaper.

It was an Audible daily deal six months ago for $3.95. As ever, B&N needs to step up its game if it's going to be a player.

[GtrsRGr8]

Title: Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Caribbean/Memoir).
Author(s): Carlos Eire.
Price: $0.00 (ebook ($1.99 marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $29.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/480 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 3.7/85 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 400/16 hours and 11 minutes.
Narrator(s): David Drummond.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoi...ook/B005HEERSU.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC0WFQ.
Comments: The book is a #1 seller at Amazon in . . .
Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National
Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies
Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
Book Description (Amazon):
“Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban.” In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Havana—exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by Fidel Castro’s revolution. Winner of the National Book Award, this stunning memoir is a vibrant and evocative look at Latin America from a child’s unforgettable experience.

Waiting for Snow in Havana is both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost. For the Cuba of Carlos’s youth—with its lizards and turquoise seas and sun-drenched siestas—becomes an island of condemnation once a cigar-smoking guerrilla named Fidel Castro ousts President Batista on January 1, 1959. Suddenly the music in the streets sounds like gunfire. Christmas is made illegal, political dissent leads to imprisonment, and too many of Carlos’s friends are leaving Cuba for a place as far away and unthinkable as the United States. Carlos will end up there, too, and fulfill his mother’s dreams by becoming a modern American man—even if his soul remains in the country he left behind.

Narrated with the urgency of a confession, Waiting for Snow in Havana is a eulogy for a native land and a loving testament to the collective spirit of Cubans everywhere.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 11 Mar @ 11:59pm ET


$3.95 -- Skepticism 101 -- Prof Michael Shermer / M Shermer (9.2 hrs) --> 4.5 stars

Self Development > How-To

Series: The Great Courses: Professional

Skepticism 101: How to Think like a Scientist

Despite our best efforts, we're all vulnerable to believing things without using logic or having proper evidence—and it doesn't matter how educated or well read we are.

But there is a method for avoiding such pitfalls of human nature, and it's called skepticism. By using rational inquiry and seeing subjects from a scientific perspective, we can approach even the most sensitive claims with clear eyes to ultimately arrive at the truth.

During 18 lectures that will surprise, challenge, and entertain you, you will learn how to think, not just what to think—and you'll come to understand why extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

You'll discover how skepticism can help differentiate between real science and pseudoscience, as well as between "scientific" history and pseudohistory—distinctions that have serious educational and political implications.

Fascinating case studies illustrate how you can apply the methods of skepticism to detect specious claims and faulty logic in any scenario you encounter such as:
* The methodology employed by Holocaust deniers
* Arguments made by proponents of creationism
* The biology of near-death experiences and the sensed-presence effect
* Psychic abilities and other "paranormal" phenomena

As you learn how our brains work to form beliefs, you'll examine the classic fallacies of thought that lead us to experience mistakes in thinking and to form bad arguments in favor of our beliefs.

Is there a God? Is there life after death? Is there a basis for morality without God? Skepticism 101 doesn't shy away from controversial questions, nor does it give final answers. What it offers are methods and hard evidence for rationally evaluating various claims and positions, and an opportunity to understand why you believe what you believe.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 11 Mar


$4.99 -- Irish Thoroughbred -- Nora Roberts / Amy Rubinate (4.9 hrs) --> 4.3 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $3.49, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Romance > Contemporary

Series: Irish Legacy, book 1

In this classic romance from New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, one woman will discover that love has the power to overcome all barriers.

Irish lass Adelia Cunnane had entered a fairy tale! Working at the world-renowned Royal Meadows stables was a dream come true. She was determined to prove her worth, especially to the stables' owner - the very opinionated and ruggedly handsome Travis Grant. Princesses weren't the only ones who could have a happily ever after!

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 11 Mar @ 11:59pm ET


$3.95 -- Skepticism 101 -- Prof Michael Shermer / M Shermer (9.2 hrs) --> 4.5 stars

I hopped on that one when I went to the site just now, then came back here to let everyone know about it only to discover (though it wasn't really a surprise) that you had already posted this one. I love The Great Courses, and I love Michael Shermer. Picking this one up for $3.95 is a triple win! Full title: Skepticism 101: How to Think like a Scientist by Michael Shermer.

[BearMountainBooks]

I don't listen to a lot of audio, but I have listened to Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce (Fantasy) -- it happens to be on sale for $1.99 this week at Apple (I had the CDS, but I assume it's the same recording produced by Full Cast Audio):

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id999121797

The others in the series have also been marked down from 24.99 to 9.99: WOLF-SPEAKER, EMPEROR MAGE, and REALMS OF THE GODS.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 12 Mar @ 11:59pm ET


$4.95 -- Trumbo: A Biography -- Bruce Cook / Luke Daniels (14.3 hrs) --> 3.9 stars

Bios & Memoirs > Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Trumbo: A Biography of the Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Who Broke the Hollywood Blacklist

A central figure in the Hollywood Ten and one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood history, two of Trumbo's screenplays earned Oscars (Roman Holiday and The Brave Ones) while he was blacklisted and unable to receive public credit for his work. Trumbo was also the author of Johnny Got His Gun, winner of the National Book Award and one of the most powerful antiwar novels ever published. He epitomized the spirit of American capitalism, yet he went to jail refusing to talk about his membership in the Communist party.

As a result of his relentless fight for political freedom and the right to work for those blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee beginning in 1947, he ended the blacklist era in 1960 by earning proper screen credit for his work on the blockbuster films Exodus and Spartacus. An extraordinarily complex character, he was, as author Bruce Cook states, "an exemplar of a certain set of American virtues: toughness, independence and persistence". Dalton Trumbo was the central figure in the Hollywood Ten, the blacklisted and jailed screenwriters. One of several hundred writers, directors, producers and actors who were deprived of the opportunity to work in the motion picture industry from 1947 to 1960, he was the first to see his name on the screen again. When that happened, it was Exodus, one of the year's biggest movies.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 12 Mar


$11.99 -- Sticks and Scones -- Diane Mott Davidson / Barbara Rosenblat (10.5 hrs) --> 4.3 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $7.49, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Mysteries & Thrillers > Modern Detective

Series: Goldy Bear Culinary, book 10

Diane Mott Davidson’s New York Times best-selling novels are gourmet fare for mystery lovers. Recipes for such delicacies as "911 Chocolate Emergency Cookies" and "Damson-in-Distress Plum Tart" make Sticks & Scones especially delightful.

Catering Elizabethan fare to Aspen Meadow’s elite at an authentic castle brought from England is a dream come true for Goldy. But the day of the luncheon, Goldy is rudely awakened by a shotgun blast through her living room window. As the day goes on, she finds a murder victim floating in a stream on castle property, watches someone close to her get shot, and begins to see the ghost that haunts the castle. Instead of a welcome opportunity, this job has suddenly become a waking nightmare.

Award-winning narrator Barbara Rosenblat adds an exciting zest to Goldy’s misadventures. Listeners go wide-eyed and willingly into a mystery that builds suspense to the last moment.

[tubemonkey]

Heads Up -- the following offer from Audible expires today:

• Contest -- Win Your Wish List -- details --> exp 13 Mar

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 13 Mar @ 11:59pm ET


$3.95 -- The Burning -- Jane Casey / Sarah Coomes (14.9 hrs) --> 4.1 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $3.95, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Mysteries & Thrillers > Modern Detective

Series: Maeve Kerrigan, book 1

The Burning Man. It’s the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London’s parks. And now there’s a fifth.

Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. Her male colleagues believe Maeve’s empathy clouds her judgment, but the more she learns about the latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, from her grieving friends and family, the more determined Maeve becomes to bring her murderer to justice. But how do you catch a killer no one has seen when so much of the evidence has gone up in smoke?

Maeve’s frenetic hunt for a killer in The Burning, Jane Casey’s series debut, is a gripping introduction to one of the most engaging crime fiction characters in recent memory.