FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 01 May @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- The Dark Angel (book 10) -- Elly Griffiths -- mystery

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Daily Deals -- exp 01 May @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- The Names of the Dead -- Kevin Wignall -- mystery
  
• Audible CA ---> $3.75 -- I Wasn't Strong Like This... -- Lee Gutkind -- NF memoirs
  
• Downpour ----> TBA ---- A Demon in Silver (book 1) -- RS Ford -- fantasy

* I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

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Audiobooks.com -- Monthly Offer -- exp 31 May @ 11:59 pm ET


VIP Rewards -- choose 1 of 46 for free -- members only

VIP Rewards

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Audiobooks.com -- Monthly Offers -- exp 31 May @ 11:59 pm ET


2-for-1 Audiobook Sale -- members only

• Cozy Mystery (71 titles)
  
• Summer Listens (131 titles)
  
• Mindfulness Audiobooks (61 titles)
  
• Politics & Current Affairs (77 titles)

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Downpour -- Monthly Offers -- exp 31 May @ 11:59 pm PT


$4.99 -- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry -- Neil d Tyson/ N Tyson -- 3.7 hrs -- NF science

Staff Pick

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.

But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in digestible chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.

While waiting for your morning coffee to brew, or while waiting for the bus, the train, or the plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.

$4.99 -- Death Waits in the Dark -- Mark E Langley/ unknown -- 6.4 hrs -- mystery

Editor's Pick

Arthur Nakai Mysteries (book 2)

It took all of thirty seconds for two shots to bring the world of Margaret Tabaaha crashing down around her. After losing her husband in Afghanistan during the first year of Operation Enduring Freedom, her two sons were all she had left. Now they had been taken from her violently, deliberately, plunging her into a whiskey bottle and stripping away her reason for living.

When Arthur Nakai receives a call from his first love, Margaret, her voice pleading for his help, it comes as he is attending a wake for one of the men he considered a brother from his days in the Marines 6th LAR Wolf Pack Battalion. Feeling a deep and responsible obligation to help her, Arthur soon finds himself involved in the multi-billion-dollar world of the oil and gas industry and coming face-to-face with an old adversary, Elias Dayton. Their paths had crossed when Arthur was a member of the Shadow Wolves, an elite tactical unit within US Customs and Border Protection. Now Dayton runs Patriot Security, a Blackwater-type firm that keeps the oil rigs, gas wells, and man camps secure from the Water Protectors, protesters pushing to stop the fracking and poisoning of Native lands.

As Arthur works through the case from his end, Navajo police chief Jake Bilagody tackles it from another angle, looking into the strained relationship between the oil company and the Navajo people, all while searching for a missing Navajo man that may have become an unwilling piece on the reservation checkerboard. But when Arthur learns the identity of the boys’ killer, he struggles to make sense of it. Because if the clues are right, he will be forced to make a decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

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Libro.fm -- Monthly Offers -- exp 31 May @ 11:59 pm ET

Libro.fm Clubs

• Kids Club (17 titles) -- $10 or less
  
• YA Club (26 titles) -- $10 or less
  
• Kiss Club (10 titles) -- $3.99 each

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Audible US -- exp unknown

• FREE -- Beginner's Mind -- Yo-Yo Ma/ Yo-Yo Ma -- 1.5 hrs -- NF memoir

NOTE 1: free for everyone -- membership NOT required

NOTE 2: this book is also the Alexa, what’s free from Audible? selection for May

"I realize, perhaps for the first time that I had to learn the cello to become a musician, and that it was only through decades of musical exploration that I came to understand my responsibility as a human being."

Journey with musical virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma as the iconic performer and global phenomenon delves into the world of self-discovery and our deeply interwoven humanity. This is Beginner's Mind, Ma’s extraordinary addition to Audible’s Words + Music series, blending vivid personal memoir and breathtaking exclusive performances with indelible lessons gained over a lifetime pursuing meaning, connection, and shared purpose.

Beginner's Mind continues Ma’s passionate exploration of culture’s role in helping us to imagine and build a better future, asking each of us "to strip away preconceptions and reclaim a beginner's mind…one open to new questions, new connections, new explorations, and unexpected answers." As Ma tracks his own profound journey through "four stories of beginnings," listeners gain insight into his past and discover how the cultural visionary continues to find hope in the endless possibility of human curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.

Beginner's Mind joins Audible’s ongoing Words + Music series, providing an outlet for musical icons to defy traditional formats with an innovative, and unprecedented approach to musical storytelling and personal expression.

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Amazon Original Stories -- KU/Prime only -- rental only

This is Amazon's latest collection of Original Stories

FREE -- Young Blood (3 titles) -- fiction

• Young Blood -- Andrew Barrer -- 2.2 hrs
  
• Blue Dog -- Andrew Barrer -- 2.2 hrs
  
• Crescent Moon -- Andrew Barrer -- 2.2 hrs

Paradise––with a catch

It's a miracle. The fountain of youth discovered flowing through the veins of postmillennials. In idyllic planned communities, freed from adulting and student loans, the young can live in organic luxury. All it costs them is a weekly blood donation to extend the lives of their privileged elders. But prices are going up. There's much more to utopia than anyone realizes in this chilling trilogy.

3 short Kindle books with audio narration

Amazon Original Stories

Launched in 2017, Amazon Original Stories brings unforgettable short fiction and nonfiction to Kindle. Past collections include the Amazon Original Stories and Amazon Studios joint acquisition The Fairer Sex by Michelle Miller, Warmer by Lauren Groff, Jane Smiley, Jess Walter, and more, and Dark Corners, which features Lisa Unger’s Edgar Award-nominated short The Sleep Tight Motel. Each story is available free to Prime members, as well as Kindle Unlimited subscribers, and is available for download for non-subscribers beginning at $1.99.

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Audible AU -- Bonus Audiobooks -- updated 03 May 2021

Bonus Audiobooks included in your Membership

Looking for high-quality audiobooks that are completely free for members? Don't look any further than this amazing collection. You’ll find award-winning authors, first-class narrators and a plethora of compelling plots – so jump right in!

Head's up that some of these audiobooks are available for a limited time, so be sure to add them to your library while you have the chance.

Membership NOT Required -- free for everyone

• FREE -- Alice in Wonderland -- Lewis Carroll --> details -- exp 29 Apr

Bonus Audiobooks (11 titles) -- members only -- offers exp at 11:59 pm AEST

1. FREE -- The Pact -- Thomas Keneally
   
2. FREE -- Fail State (book 2) -- John Birmingham
   
3. FREE -- Still House -- Christian White, et al --> details
   
4. FREE -- Clean Slate -- Zoë Foster Blake
   
5. FREE -- Tell Me Lies -- JP Pomare
   
6. FREE -- Second Skin -- Christian White
   
7. FREE -- Zero Day Code (book 1) -- John Birmingham
   
8. FREE -- Life After Truth -- Ceridwen Dovey --> details -- exp 30 Apr
   
9. FREE -- The Cuckoo's Cry -- Caroline Overington
   
10. FREE -- American Kill Switch (book 3) -- John Birmingham --> details
    
11. FREE -- Once More with Feeling -- Ceridwen Dovey
    
12. FREE -- Julia Morris Makes It EASY -- Julia Morris --> details

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 02 May @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- The Art of Resilience -- Ross Edgley -- NF self-help

* The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body

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Daily Deals -- exp 02 May @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Black Buck -- Mateo Askaripour -- fiction
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- Wrong Alibi -- Christina Dodd -- suspense
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 03 May @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- The Confession -- Jessie Burton -- fiction

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Daily Deals -- exp 03 May @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Terminus -- Peter Clines -- fantasy
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- If I Were You -- Lynn Austin -- historical
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- The Blue Max (book 1) -- Jack D Hunter -- historical

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LAST DAY -- Downpour -- exp 03 May @ 11:59 pm PT

• $1.99 -- Killer Triggers --> details -- rental only

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 04 May @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Rewild Yourself -- Simon Barnes -- NF science

* Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways to Make Nature More Visible