FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[odo]

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North and narrated by Peter Kenny, is £2.99 today from Audible UK:

http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Fiction/...ook/B00IRIYI64

The narration is excellent (I loved the Russian accent, especially). And the novel is wonderful. Highly recommended.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

The Mantle of Command, by Nigel Hamilton is a $2.99 Kindle mobi right now. The Whispersync narration is $4.99. So the WS deal is only $7.98. It might be worth 99 cents to someone to go with Amazon/Audible and get the ebook (sync'd with the audio) in addition to the audio, over paying $6.99 at Tantor to get the audio alone.

Thanks. One more consideration is that Tantor books are DRM-free.

[tubemonkey]

SYNC Weekly Deals -- Week 1 -- exp 12 May @ 7am ET

Note: further info can be found here --> SYNC 2016 | SYNC FAQs

• FREE -- Great Tennessee Monkey Trial -- Peter Goodchild/ full cast
  
• FREE -- Vivian Apple at End of World -- Katie Coyle/ Julia Whelan

The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance. The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama.

Vivian Apple at the End of the World --> US only

Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed "Rapture," all that’s left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn't know who or what to believe. With her best friend Harp and a mysterious ally, Peter, Vivian embarks on a desperate cross-country road trip through a paranoid and panic-stricken America to find answers. Because at the end of the world, Vivian Apple isn't looking for a savior. She's looking for the truth.

[Red Falcon]

Mantle Of Command is easily one of the best books I have read on the command structure of the United States Military. It shows in immense detail how FDR and his people took America from a backwater military power and mostly isolationist stance on the world to a Global Superpower that has become the World's Police for better or worse. I found it to be an utterly fascinating study of how America began to get to where she is today and highly recommended this to anybody interested in the ramifications that WW2 had on the rest of the 20th century and even today. The second volume is on my TBR pile.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 05 May @ 11:59pm ET

$0.99 -- Texts from Jane Eyre -- Mallory Ortberg/ multiple --> 2.4 hrs/ R-3.9 --> humor

Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters

Whispersync: no deals at this time

Mallory Ortberg, co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast, presents this whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary characters.

Everyone knows that if Scarlett O'Hara had an unlimited text-and-data plan, she'd constantly try to tempt Ashley away from Melanie with suggestive messages. If Mr. Rochester could text Jane Eyre, his ardent missives would obviously be in all-caps. And Daisy Buchanan would not only text while driving, she'd text you to pick her up after she totaled her car.

Based on the popular Web feature, Texts from Jane Eyre is a witty, irreverent mash-up that brings the characters from your favorite books into the 21st century.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Everyone knows that if Scarlett O'Hara had an unlimited text-and-data plan, she'd constantly try to tempt Ashley away from Melanie with suggestive messages. If Mr. Rochester could text Jane Eyre, his ardent missives would obviously be in all-caps. And Daisy Buchanan would not only text while driving, she'd text you to pick her up after she totaled her car.

That's sounds great, but I'd need to do a lot of catch-up reading first...pretty sure The Great Gatsby is the only book referenced above that I've read all the way through. :-/

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 01 May

$3.99 -- How to Build a Girl -- Caitlin Moran/ Louise Brealey --> 9.5 hrs/ R-4.4 --> literary

Whispersync: the Audible book is $12.99, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebook ($10.99)

What do you do in your teenage years when you realize what your parents taught you wasn't enough? You must go out and find books and poetry and pop songs and bad heroes - and build yourself.

It's 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that there's no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde - fast-talking, hard-drinking gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer. She will save her poverty-stricken Bohemian family by becoming a writer - like Jo in Little Women, or the Brontës - but without the dying-young bit.

By 16, she's smoking cigarettes, getting drunk, and working for a music paper. She's writing pornographic letters to rock stars, having all the kinds of sex with all the kinds of men, and eviscerating bands in reviews of 600 words or less.

But what happens when Johanna realizes she's built Dolly with a fatal flaw? Is a box full of records, a wall full of posters, and a head full of paperbacks enough to build a girl after all.

Imagine The Bell Jar - written by Rizzo from Grease. How to Build a Girl is a funny, poignant, and heartbreakingly evocative story of self-discovery and invention, as only Caitlin Moran could tell it.

[GtrsRGr8]

Quote:
Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8 View Post
The Mantle of Command, by Nigel Hamilton is a $2.99 Kindle mobi right now. The Whispersync narration is $4.99. So the WS deal is only $7.98. It might be worth 99 cents to someone to go with Amazon/Audible and get the ebook (sync'd with the audio) in addition to the audio, over paying $6.99 at Tantor to get the audio alone.

Originally Posted by issybird

Thanks. One more consideration is that Tantor books are DRM-free.

I should have mentioned that. Thanks for doing it.

Something else that I could have mentioned is what the tube guy reminds us of occasionally--you may find the Kindle ebook in libraries with which you have borrowing privileges, so check to see how much the Whispersync narration is for the Kindle ebook. After I had picked out two that I wanted, I remembered to check those things. The narration for one of them was $5.49; the other was $4.99. DRM Freedom is not that important to me. So you know what I did--I borrowed the books and bought the WS narration. That ended up being a savings of $3.50 for just a few minutes work! Plus I got the two ebooks and the syncing benefit.

Originally Posted by Red Falcon

Mantle Of Command is easily one of the best books I have read on the command structure of the United States Military. It shows in immense detail how FDR and his people took America from a backwater military power and mostly isolationist stance on the world to a Global Superpower that has become the World's Police for better or worse. I found it to be an utterly fascinating study of how America began to get to where she is today and highly recommended this to anybody interested in the ramifications that WW2 had on the rest of the 20th century and even today. The second volume is on my TBR pile.

Mantle was one of two that I had chosen. I almost always check ratings, and sometimes reviews, before I plunk down money (and sometimes even when they're free--I don't need anymore junk in my libraries). The ratings were very high on this one and, like you, I am fascinated by the transformation of the United States from a third-rate military power (shortly before WWII, the U.S.'s Army was the size of Romania's; the Navy seemed to be in much better shape, however) into the world's most powerful military, for a time at least. Thanks for the additional kudos on the book--it helped prevent what marketers call "post-purchase cognitive dissonance" (questions and doubts by a person after the purchase of something as to whether or not he or she did the right thing by purchasing it).

My apologies for the lack of formatting of the quote from my original post, at the top. Does anyone know of a way to quote more cleanly the original quote that someone has replied to?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

My apologies for the lack of formatting of the quote from my original post, at the top. Does anyone know of a way to quote more cleanly the original quote that someone has replied to?

Go back to the original post and multi-quote it first; then quote or multi-quote the reply.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Go back to the original post and multi-quote it first; then quote or multi-quote the reply.

Thanks. I just "knew" that there had to be a way.

[tubemonkey]

Kindle Daily Deals (6 titles) -- exp 05 May

Note: the Audible books are available at this price, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebooks ($1.99)

• $3.99 -- One Past Midnight -- Jessica Shirvington
• $1.99 -- A Watershed Year -- Susan Schoenberger
• $1.99 -- Redemption (PVL 1/4) -- Susannah Sandlin
• $1.99 -- Absolution (PVL 2/4) -- Susannah Sandlin
• $1.99 -- Omega (PVL 3/4) -- Susannah Sandlin
• $1.99 -- Allegiance (PVL 4/4) -- Susannah Sandlin

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

The Mantle of Command, by Nigel Hamilton is a $2.99 Kindle mobi right now. The Whispersync narration is $4.99. So the WS deal is only $7.98. It might be worth 99 cents to someone to go with Amazon/Audible and get the ebook (sync'd with the audio) in addition to the audio, over paying $6.99 at Tantor to get the audio alone.

Thanks - added to Misc Whispersync Deals
.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Thanks - added to Misc Whispersync Deals
.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 06 May @ 11:59pm ET

$2.95 -- Drinking Water -- James Salzman/ Lee Hahn --> 7.9 hrs/ R-3.9 --> natural resources

Drinking Water: A History

Whispersync: no deals at this time

When you turn on the tap or twist the cap, you might not give a second thought to where your drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to your glass is far more complex than you might think. Is it safe to drink tap water? Should you feel guilty buying bottled water? Is your water vulnerable to terrorist attacks? With springs running dry and reservoirs emptying, where is your water going to come from in the future?

In Drinking Water, Duke professor James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time - from globalization and social justice to terrorism and climate change - and how humans have been wrestling with these problems for centuries.

Bloody conflicts over control of water sources stretch as far back as the Bible yet are featured in front page headlines even today. Only 50 years ago, selling bottled water sounded as ludicrous as selling bottled air. Salzman weaves all of these issues together to show just how complex a simple glass of water can be.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 06 May

$4.99 -- Murder 101 -- Faye Kellerman/ Richard Ferrone --> 13.3 hrs/ R-4.2 --> mystery

Murder 101 --> Decker/Lazarus Novel (book 22 of 23)

Whispersync: the Audible book is $12.99, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebook ($9.99)

New York Times best-selling author Faye Kellerman's beloved Decker and Lazarus embark on a new life in upstate New York - and find themselves entangled in deception, intrigue, and murder in picturesque elite college town.

As a detective lieutenant with the LAPD, Peter Decker witnessed enough ugliness and chaos for a lifetime. Now, he and his devoted wife, Rina Lazarus, are ready to enjoy the quiet beauty of upstate New York, where they can be closer to their four adult children and their foster son.

But working for the Greenbury Police department isn't as fulfilling as Decker hoped. While Rina has adapted beautifully to their new surroundings, Decker is underwhelmed and frustrated by his new partner, Tyler McAdams, a former Harvard student and young buck with a bad 'tude. Just when he thinks he's made a mistake, Decker is called to his first real crime here - a possible break-in at the local cemetery.

At first, it seems like a false alarm until it's discovered that a mausoleum's stunning Tiffany panels have been replaced by forgeries. Then, a coed at one of the exclusive local colleges is brutally murdered. Poking into the hallowed halls of academia to find a killer, Decker and McAdams are drawn deep into a web of dark secrets, cold-case crimes, international intrigue, and ruthless people who kill for sport.

Suddenly, the job is anything but boring. This case just might be too much to handle and Decker will have to draw on every ounce of experience that he has garnered in the past 30 years as a homicide cop. And then again, even that might not be enough!