FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Sync Audio -- exp 03 Aug @ 7 AM ET

• FREE -- Shadows on the Moon --> details
  
• FREE -- Airborn --> details

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 07 Aug

• $1.99 -- His Bloody Project -- Graeme Burnet/ Antony Ferguson --> 10.4 hrs --> thriller

Highly recommend. This is a fascinating book that reads (listens?) like a true-crime account. I was completely drawn in. Narrator is terrific.

[tubemonkey]

Amazon Whispersync -- Kindle for Samsung -- exp 31 Aug

All four selections for August have Whispersync pairs. For those with Samsung devices, your first Kindle selection is free (1st Kindle price) and the remaining selections are $1.99 or less (2nd Kindle price). Purchases must be made from a Samsung device to qualify for this pricing. For those without Samsung devices, the Kindle books are the current selling price (3rd Kindle price). After purchasing the ebooks, the audiobooks are available for $1.99 or less. See this link for an explanation of the program and this post for additional details about the ebook offers.

For those with Kindle Unlimited subscriptions, all four selections are available for Whispersync pricing -- Kindle (free) | Audible ($1.99 or less)


The Immortal Circus -- AR Kahler/ Amy McFadden --> 7.8 hrs --> fantasy

• Whispersync --> Kindle (free/$1.99/$3.99) | Audible ($1.99)
  
• Spoiler:

  Cirque des Immortels Series (book 1 of 3)
  
  Murdered contortionists aren't exactly what Vivienne signed up for when she ran away to join the circus. But like most things under the big top, nothing is what it seems. With a past she can't quite remember, Vivienne finds that running away forever might not be as appealing as it once sounded - because forever means something quite different at the Cirque des Immortels.
  
  Aided by her friends Kingston - a feisty stage magician whose magic is quickly stealing her heart - and his sarcastic assistant Melody, Vivienne finds herself racing against the clock to discover the culprit behind a series of deaths that should be impossible. However, the answer she seeks might reveal more about her own bloody past - and future - than she bargains for.
  
  The show's just beginning. Step right up....

The Perfect Son -- Barbara White/ Justine Eyre --> 10.8 hrs --> literary

• Whispersync --> Kindle (free/$1.99/$4.49) | Audible ($1.99)
  
• Spoiler:

  From a distance Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he's a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife, Ella, deal with their special-needs son by herself.
  
  A talented jewelry designer turned full-time mother, Ella is the family rock...until her heart attack shatters their carefully structured existence. Now Harry, a gifted teen grappling with the chaos of Tourette's syndrome, confronts a world outside his parents' control, one that tests his desire for independence.
  
  As Harry searches for his future and Ella adapts to the limits of her failing health, Felix struggles with his past and present roles. To prevent the family from being ripped apart, they must each bend with the inevitability of change and reinforce the ties that bind.

Guardians of Stone -- Anita Clenney/ Renee Raudman --> 9.6 hrs --> fantasy

• Whispersync --> Kindle (free/$1.99/$3.99) | Audible ($0.99)
  
• Spoiler:

  The Relic Seekers Series (book 1 of 3)
  
  The BrainsKendall Morgan, a relic expert born with the family gift for sensing the history and location of ancient artifacts. The BucksNathan Larraby, the enigmatic billionaire who has hired Kendall to locate four powerful relics. The BrawnJake Stone, the tough, sexy mercenary with a mysterious past, contracted to protect Kendall.
  
  Every mission Kendall accepts carries certain hazards, but Nathan’s latest is proving to be the most dangerous yet. Kendall’s attraction to Jake - and to Nathan - is making it hard to stay focused, and none of them can afford the distraction. Because there’s someone else hunting the relics, someone who will stop at nothing to put them to his own sinister use. But the dark secrets Nathan’s keeping could cost them the mission, their lives...and the history of mankind.

A Cold War -- Alan Russell/ Teri Linden --> 11.1 hrs --> suspense

• Whispersync --> Kindle (free/$1.99/$4.99) | Audible ($1.99)
  
• Spoiler:

  Nina Granville believes her business trip to Alaska will give her a short respite from the merry-go-round that came with her engagement to Congressman Terrence Donnelly. But instead of allowing her the peace she craves, Nina's getaway from the public eye means that no one witnesses her abduction into a very cold hell.
  
  Taken by a mountain man who calls himself Baer and then transported to a remote cabin surrounded by nothing but frozen wilderness, Nina descends into a nightmare of terror, privation, and bitter cold. Nina's privileged life did not prepare her for imprisonment at the hands of this survivalist trapper. If she is to live - and to escape - Nina realizes she must do it on her own.
  
  Undaunted and with startling determination, Nina pits herself against her captor, her fear, and nature itself in a battle for her life - but can she win against such deadly opponents?

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[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 03 Aug

• £2.99 -- Out of Practice (book 1) -- Penny Parkes --> romance

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 03 Aug

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- Wild Seed (book 1) -- Octavia Butler --> sci-fi
  
• BN Nook --> $3.99 -- Dog Crazy -- Meg Donohue --> contemp

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Alright nonfiction lovers (and you know who you are) I stumbled on just the freebie for you. I usually resist podcast-style homebrew audiobooks. I also tend to shy away from books read by the author. In this case, the book sounds good, and it is available (for purchase) on Audible. If you'd like to check out "Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship" by Bill Hammack, you can get it for free here.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Thanks - added to OP

[skinmaan]

BTW, the first Tor Labs podcast that I first mentioned here is now live. If you'd like to listen to "Steal the Stars" by Mac Rogers you can get it weekly here. I believe all parts will stay up until 100% released and then get removed for publication.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Forbidden love, a crashed UFO, an alien body, and an impossible heist—the adventure is just beginning.

Steal the Stars is the story of Dakota Prentiss and Matt Salem, two government employees guarding the biggest secret in the world: a crashed UFO. Despite being forbidden to fraternize, Dak and Matt fall in love and decide to escape to a better life on the wings of an incredibly dangerous plan: they’re going to steal the alien body they’ve been guarding and sell the secret of its existence.

Start listening to the new dramatic podcast from Mac Rogers, award-winning writer of The Message and LifeAfter. You don’t want to miss this 14-episode noir science fiction thriller, voiced by a full cast of experienced film, theater, and voice actors.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 04 Aug

• £1.99 -- How to be a Productivity Ninja -- Graham Allcott --> career skills

* How to be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 04 Aug

• Audible ---> $1.95 -- The Cosmic Serpent -- Jeremy Narby --> biology
  
• BN Nook --> $3.95 -- The Terrible Two (bk 1) -- Mac Barnett, et al --> kids social

* The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 04 Aug

• £1.99 -- How to be a Productivity Ninja -- Graham Allcott --> career skills

* How to be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do

I'll gladly listen to this if it tells how to stealthily cut off the head of your boss.

[skinmaan]

Here's another nonfiction free on Audible for a limited time. If you're interested in "The Genius Dialogues" by Bob Garfield you can get it for free here.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[Interview Series] Free for a limited time. MacArthur Genius Grant winners share their stories and ideas with Peabody award-winning host, Bob Garfield.

Episode 1: What natural ingredients are your birth control pill or your antidepressant made of? And what happens when Mother Nature can't keep up with the demand? Enter chemist Phil Baran, the Sultan of Synthesis.

Episode 2: The creator and host of Radiolab - one of the most popular and innovative shows today - thought he'd grow up to be a music composer. He utterly failed…or, at least, he thought he did.

Episode 3: Luis von Ahn hates to waste time. After building ReCaptcha, which he sold to Google, he moved on to build the wildly popular language-learning app, Duolingo.

Episode 4: What is the dance equivalent of poetry's iambic pentameter? Listen to Elizabeth Streb explore the sweet science of action with her performers, who dodge steel i-beams and smash into plexiglass walls.

Episode 5: She joined picket lines as a child and now writes for the New Yorker, investigating injustices you didn't know existed. Millennial Sarah Stillman is keeping the 4th estate alive and well.

Episode 6: If you were a world famous magician, what might drive you to publicly debunk some of your fellow performers as charlatans and frauds? Hear the Amazing James Randi discuss his work and his arch nemesis, Uri Geller.

Episode 7: Will Allen has been a pro basketball player, the manager of a restaurant chain, and an excellent paper-goods salesmen. Today, he believes many of our nation's woes begin with food issues. Allen is working towards change, one square foot of downtown Milwaukee farmland at a time.

Episode 8: Some might call her a humanitarian MacGyver: Amy B. Smith has invented better ways for farmers worldwide to sift flour, shuck corn, and cook with cleaner fuels.

Episode 9: A Cuban-American sculptor and artist, Pardo uses lamps as his sketchpad to play along the boundaries of the very definition of art.

Episode 10: Manu Prakash sees beauty and inspiration in a bug's eyes, a Boston T stop, and even a parasite lodged in his own foot. He's developing pencil-like microscopes to share that wonder with the world.

Episode 11: Carl Haber developed particle collider technology to uncover the origins of the universe, along the way figuring out how to revive decaying audio recordings.

Episode 12: A beat newspaper reporter at heart, Simon has managed to spin societal crises into critically revered TV series, time and time again.

[Tarana]

Say "Alexa Read Cosmos" to get Cosmos by Carl Sagan. LaBron Burton is one of the narrators. This is for August only.

FYI - I thought I had posted this in the Echo thread, but it occurred to me that more people would see it here than there.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 05 Aug

• £2.99 -- Overlord -- Max Hastings --> history

* Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 05 Aug

• Audible ---> $4.95 -- The Cold Dish -- Craig Johnson --> mystery
  
• BN Nook --> $11.99 -- Event (bk 1) -- David Golemon --> sci-fi

[tubemonkey]

Sync Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs & Help -- exp 10 Aug @ 7 AM ET

AudiobookSYNC’s penultimate week (15) of the 2017 season takes a journey back to World War II’s Eastern Front. A well-researched teen novel and a memoir reveal lesser known stories of young women involved in the war.

FREE -- Between Shades of Gray -- Ruta Sepetys/ Emily Klein --> 7.8 hrs --> historical

Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life—until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father's prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive?

FREE -- In My Hands -- Irene Opdyke, etc/ Hope Davis --> 7.2 hrs --> memoir

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut’s beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the seventeen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of degradation that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted to miracles. Forced into the service of the German army, young Irene was able, due in part to her Aryan good looks, to use her position as a servant in an officers’ club to steal food and supplies (and even information overheard at the officers’ tables) for the Jews in the ghetto. She smuggled Jews out of the work camps, ultimately hiding a dozen people in the home of a Nazi major for whom she was housekeeper. An important addition to the literature of human survival and heroism,In My Handsis further proof of why, in spite of everything, we must believe in the goodness of people.