FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 01 Aug

$2.95 -- Into the Magic Shop -- James Doty/ Dan Woren --> 7.0 hrs/ R-4.7 --> memoir

Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

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

Extraordinary things happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart.

Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, living with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end - until at the age of 12, when he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. There he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others.

Ruth gave Doty his first glimpse of the unique relationship between the brain and the heart. Doty would go on to put Ruth's techniques to work, bringing power and wealth that he could only imagine as a 12-year-old. But he neglected Ruth's most important lesson, to keep his heart open, with disastrous results - until he had the opportunity to make a spectacular charitable contribution that would virtually ruin him.

Part memoir, part science, part inspiration, and part practical instruction, Into the Magic Shop shows us how we can fundamentally change our lives by first changing our brains and our hearts.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 01 Aug

$5.95 -- Citizen Coke -- Bartow Elmore/ William Hughes --> 11.4 hrs/ R-4.3 --> business

Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism

Whispersync: Audible ($4.99) | Kindle ($15.37)

Coke's insatiable thirst for resources shapes the company and reshapes the globe in this absorbing history.

Coca-Cola's success in building a global empire out of sugary water drew on more than a secret formula and brilliant advertising. The real secret to Coke's success was its strategy, from the beginning, to offload production costs and risks onto suppliers and franchisees. Outsourcing and a trim corporate profile enabled Coke to scale up production of a low-price beverage and realize huge profits.

But the costs shed by Coke have fallen on the public at large. Coke now uses an annual 79 billion gallons of water, an increasingly precious global resource, and its reliance on corn syrup has helped fuel our obesity crisis. Bartow J. Elmore explores Coke through its ingredients, showing how the company secured massive quantities of coca leaf, caffeine, sugar, and other inputs. Citizen Coke became a giant in a world of abundance; in a world of scarcity, it is a strain on resources and all who depend on them.

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Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 01 Aug

• $1.99 -- The Lonely City --> details
• $5.95 -- Life of Pi --> details
• SALE -- Weekly Deals (15 titles) --> titles change frequently

[GtrsRGr8]

Big Finish sent me an email today telling me of a new freebie. Sorry Dr. Who fans, but this one is Sherlock Holmes.

It's an episode called The Sacrifice of Sherlock Holmes: The Prophet in the Rain.

You can find out probably everything that you need to know about the offer by going to this webpage. Scroll down nearly to the bottom of the webpage.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 02 Aug

$2.95 -- Kaleidoscope Hearts -- Claire Contreras/ C Romano, et al --> 8.9 hrs/ R-4.4 --> romance

Kaleidoscope Hearts --> Hearts Series (book 1 of 3)

Whispersync: Audible ($1.99) | Kindle ($3.99)

New York Times & USA Today best seller. This is a full-length, standalone, contemporary romance.

He was my older brother's best friend. He was never supposed to be mine. I thought we would get it out of our systems and move on. One of us did. One of us left. Now he's back, looking at me like he wants to devour me. And all those feelings I'd turned into anger are brewing into something else, something that terrifies me. He broke my heart last time. This time he'll obliterate it.

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Amazon Whispersync -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 31 Aug

FREE -- Last of the Mohicans -- James Cooper/ Larry McKeever --> 15.3 hrs/ R-3.7 --> classic

The Last of the Mohicans: A narrative of 1757

Whispersync: Audible (free) | Kindle (free)

The Last of the Mohicans has all the elements of a classic frontier adventure: massacres and raids, innocent settlers, hardened soldiers, renegade Indians, and a doomed love affair. It is a memorable portrait of fierce individualism and moral courage. But what draws readers and listeners again and again to this panoramic novel is its deep insight into the symbols of American consciousness.

The French and Indian War adventures of Hawk-eye, a reclusive white woodsman, and his Indian friend Chingachgook have contributed much to the frontier mythos. The story of two men who are at odds with their own people, but reluctantly agree to guide two sisters through hostile Indian country, has found an enduring place in the literary and cultural history of America.

James Fenimore Cooper is widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent American writer of his time. The Last of the Mohicans is one of his most popular and critically acclaimed works. Larry McKeever's animated and skillful narration intensifies the novel's romance and drama and brings its tragic characters fully to life.

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LearnOutLoud -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 31 Aug

FREE -- Great American Presidents II -- Wikipedia/ unknown --> 2.8 hrs/ R-4.2 --> biographies

Great American Presidents, Volume II

LearnOutLoud's Great American Presidents, Volume II continues its biography series of America's most celebrated leaders. Here we begin our survey with John Adams at the birth of the U.S. and end with Woodrow Wilson as he commands growing American Prescence during World War I. In between you will meet presidents whose lasting influence on history still resonates with us today. Included here are Wikipedia Biographies of John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.

Note: the download function is now working.

This month's selection is nothing more than someone (female voice) reading excerpts from Wikipedia articles of four US Presidents.

Last month's selection -- The Way of Peace -- is still available as a free download.
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Nook Daily Find -- exp 02 Aug

$3.99 -- Fatal Frenzy -- Marie Force/ Eva Kaminsky --> 10.2 hrs/ R-4.7 --> romance

Fatal Frenzy --> Fatal Series (book 9 of 10)

Whispersync: Audible ($12.99) | Kindle ($7.99)

Inauguration day is almost here....

Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she's trying to stay busy - even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it's not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried...especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano.

Nick is dealing with his own demons where his wife's safety is concerned, losing night after night of sleep as he works to make sure what happened that day will never happen again. The pressure is building inside the Cappuanos' marriage, and something's got to give before Nick takes the oath of office.

When two college girls go missing in the midst of inauguration madness, the chief of police needs the one cop he can count on to find them and save the Metro PD from disgrace. In a case full of ugly twists and turns, Sam will have to confront her past and find her strength again...before it's too late.

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Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 08 Aug

$1.99 -- The Whale -- Mark Beauregard/ Lloyd James --> 8.3 hrs/ R-4.4 --> historical

The Whale: A Love Story

Whispersync: Audible ($4.49) | Kindle ($12.99)

A rich and captivating novel set amid the witty, high-spirited literary society of 1850s New England, offering a new window on Herman Melville’s emotionally charged relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne and how it transformed his masterpiece, Moby-Dick

In the summer of 1850, Herman Melville finds himself hounded by creditors and afraid his writing career might be coming to an end—his last three novels have been commercial failures, and the critics have turned against him. In despair, Melville takes his family for a vacation to his cousin’s farm in the Berkshires, where he meets Nathaniel Hawthorne at a picnic—and his life turns upside down.

The Whale chronicles the fervent love affair that grows out of that serendipitous afternoon. Already in debt, Melville recklessly borrows money to purchase a local farm in order to remain near Hawthorne, his newfound muse. The two develop a deep connection marked by tensions and estrangements, and feelings both shared and suppressed.

Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to Hawthorne, and Mark Beauregard’s novel fills in the story behind that dedication with historical accuracy and exquisite emotional precision, reflecting his nuanced reading of the real letters and journals of Melville, Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others. An exuberant tale of longing and passion, The Whale captures not only a transformative relationship—long the subject of speculation—between two of our most enduring authors but also their exhilarating moment in history, when a community of high-spirited and ambitious writers was creating truly American literature for the first time.

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Downpour -- Deal of the Week -- exp 08 Aug

$4.95 -- The Silent Dead -- Tetsuya Honda/ Emily Zeller --> 9.6 hrs/ R-4.3 --> mystery

SALE -- Weekly Deals (15 titles) --> titles change frequently

The Silent Dead --> Reiko Himekawa Series (book 1)

Whispersync: Audible ($4.49) | Kindle ($12.99)

When a body wrapped in a blue plastic tarp and tied up with twine is discovered by the bushes near a quiet suburban Tokyo neighborhood, Lieutenant Reiko Himekawa and her squad take the case. The victim was slaughtered brutally—his wounds are bizarre, and no one can figure out the “what” or the “why” of this crime.

At age twenty-nine, Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Homicide Division is young to have been made lieutenant, particularly because she lacks any kind of political or family connections. Despite barriers created by age, gender, and lack of connections, she is mentally tough, oblivious to danger, and has an impressive ability to solve crimes.

Reiko makes a discovery that leads the police to uncover eleven other bodies, all wrapped in the same sort of plastic. Few of the bodies are identifiable, but the ones that are have no connection to each other. The only possible clue is a long-shot lead to a website spoken only in whispers on the Internet, something on the dark web known as Strawberry Night.

But while Reiko is hunting the killer, the killer is hunting her … and she may very well have been marked as the next victim.

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Downpour -- Editor's Pick -- exp unknown

$12.79 -- On Bowie -- Rob Sheffield/ Tristan Morris --> 4.8 hrs/ R-4.8 --> biography

Whispersync: Audible ($2.99) | Kindle ($12.99)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, a thoughtful and loving meditation on the life of the late David Bowie that explores his creative legacy and the enduring and mutual connection he enjoyed with his fans

Innovative. Pioneering. Brave. Until his death in January 2016, David Bowie created art that not only pushed boundaries, but helped fans understand themselves and view the world from fantastic new perspectives.

When the shocking news of his death on January 10, 2016 broke, the outpouring of grief and adulation was immediate and ongoing. Fans around the world and across generations paid homage to this brilliant, innovate, ever evolving artist who both shaped and embodied our times.

In this concise and penetrating book, highly regarded Rolling Stone critic, bestselling author, and lifelong Bowie fan Rob Sheffield shares his own feelings about the passing of this icon and explains why Bowie’s death has elicited such an unprecedented emotional outpouring from so many lives.

[skinmaan]

Tantor seems to be back to consistently doing a free classic each month. This month you can get "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery here.

Orphaned Anne Shirley has no idea what to expect when she comes to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. But they, and everyone else on Prince Edward Island, soon come to love Anne's irrepressible personality and imagination.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Tantor seems to be back to consistently doing a free classic each month. This month you can get "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery here.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Thanks - added to OP

Bonus: this audiobook also includes a free PDF ebook contained in the ZIP file.

[Catlady]

Wow, three new freebies for me this month! How nice to get classics that aren't repeats. Thanks for posting!

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 03 Aug

$2.95 -- The God's Eye View -- Barry Eisler/ Barry Eisler --> 11.4 hrs/ R-4.3 --> espionage

Whispersync: Audible ($1.99) | Kindle ($5.99)

NSA director Theodore Anders has a simple goal: collect every phone call, email, and keystroke tapped on the Internet. He knows unlimited surveillance is the only way to keep America safe.

Evelyn Gallagher doesn't care much about any of that. She just wants to keep her head down and manage the NSA's camera network and facial recognition program so she can afford private school for her deaf son, Dash.

But when Evelyn discovers the existence of a program code-named God's Eye and connects it with the mysterious deaths of a string of journalists and whistle-blowers, her doubts put her and Dash in the crosshairs of a pair of government assassins: Delgado, a sadistic bomb maker and hacker, and Manus, a damaged giant of a man who until now has cared for nothing beyond protecting the director.

Within an elaborate game of political blackmail, terrorist provocations, and White House scheming, a global war is being fought - a war between those desperate to keep the state's darkest secrets and those intent on revealing them. A war that Evelyn will need all her espionage training and savvy to survive, because the director has the ultimate advantage: The God's Eye View.