FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[WT Sharpe]

Oh, wow! Today's Audible Daily Deal is Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (narrated by Stephanie Daniel). This clever, sexy mystery features the debut of the one and only Phryne Fisher.

From Goodreads:

Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher solves theft in 1920s London High Season society, and sets her clever courage to poisoning in Melbourne Australia. She - of green eyes, diamant garters and outstanding outfits - is embroiled in abortion, death, drugs, communist cabbies - plus erotic Russian dancer Sasha de Lisse. The steamy end finds them trapped in Turkish baths.

$1.95 today only.

[CRussel]

Great deal on a great book.

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Just an FYI - these actually appear to be excerpts, rather than short stories. I could be wrong, I didn't look up the books they said they were "from". But all are listed as being "from" a book by the author.

Originally Posted by StewartM

The "from" books are all collections of short stories by that particular author.

I thought the same thing when I first saw this offer, but as Stewart pointed out, they're from short story collections; therefore, complete stories.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 03 Jul

$6.95 -- The Essential American -- Jackie Cushman/ V Hart, et al --> 12.2 hrs/ R-4.1 --> history

Note: the author of this book is a conservative journalist (see bold below) and compiled from that point of view. I don't want to see any discussions of a political nature concerning this book. Those discussions rightly belong in the P&R forum. Thanks, tm

The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource - 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own

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More than ever, Americans are realizing that if we want to keep this country great, we must be citizen-patriots. And here’s the handbook every citizen-patriot needs: The Essential American, featuring the fundamental documents of our nation’s history.

Compiled by syndicated columnist Jackie Gingrich Cushman and featuring a foreword by her father, best-selling author and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, The Essential American is the ultimate patriot’s resource. Featuring well-known and lesser-known documents and speeches, The Essential American includes the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution; Daniel Webster’s Plymouth Oration; Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address; Douglas MacArthur’s Duty, Honor, Country speech; Ronald Reagan’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate; and much more!

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Audiobooks.com Sale -- exp 31 Jul

Members Only Children's Sales
Don't let your kids fall into the summer slump! Educate and entertain with audiobooks during car rides, in waiting rooms, before bed, and more.

July Children's Sale

• $1 -- 24 Kids' Titles
• $3 -- 24 Kids' Titles
• $5 -- 23 Kids' Titles
• $7 -- 27 Kids' Titles

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Get a free professionally-narrated copy of the Edwin A. Abbott classic Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. This comes courtesy of University Press Audiobooks.

The narrator is Douglas R. Pratt. He "has narrated over twenty audiobook titles for a number of companies, including several for University Press Audiobooks: The War of 1812, Titan II, and U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy (forthcoming)." He's narrated a lot of audiobooks that are available at Audible. I scanned over his works and the ratings of the audiobooks which he narrates (which might give you an idea about the quality of his narrations) and they ranged from fair to excellent. Interestingly, there does not appear to be an audio narration of Flatland by him available at Audible.

Here's some more stuff that University Press Audiobooks says about the title:
Now available for free download, this new, unabridged edition of FLATLAND is faithful to Abbott's own second, revised edition. This narration provides a clear, intelligent rendition for the modern ear.

FLATLAND: A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS was written by Abbott and first published in 1884 under the pseudonym, A. Square. It has gone on to become a perennial classic.

Here's where to go to get the freebie.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 04 Jul

$3.95 -- Bunker Hill -- Nathaniel Philbrick/ Chris Sorensen --> 13.0 hrs/ R-4.2 --> history

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

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Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, brings his prodigious talents to the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution.

Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range from sober citizens to thuggish vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party, British and American soldiers and Massachusetts residents have warily maneuvered around each other until April 19, when violence finally erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June, however, with the city cut off from supplies by a British blockade and Patriot militia poised in siege, skirmishes give way to outright war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It would be the bloodiest battle of the Revolution to come, and the point of no return for the rebellious colonists.

Philbrick brings a fresh perspective to every aspect of the story. He finds new characters, and new facets to familiar ones. The real work of choreographing rebellion falls to a thirty-three year old physician named Joseph Warren who emerges as the on-the-ground leader of the Patriot cause and is fated to die at Bunker Hill. Others in the cast include Paul Revere, Warren's fiancee, the poet Mercy Scollay, a newly recruited George Washington, the reluctant British combatant General Thomas Gage and his more bellicose successor William Howe, who leads the three charges at Bunker Hill and presides over the claustrophobic cauldron of a city under siege as both sides play a nervy game of brinkmanship for control.

With passion and insight, Philbrick reconstructs the revolutionary landscape - geographic and ideological - in a mesmerizing narrative of the robust, messy, blisteringly real origins of America.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 04 Jul

$9.95 -- Patriot's History of the US -- L Schweikart, et al/ P Lawlor --> 50.1 hrs/ R-4.3 --> history

Note: while history is a very fascinating topic, its interpretation easily spills over into the political realm. This book is written from a conservative point of; so please, no discussions of a political nature here. Those discussions rightly belong in the P&R forum. Thanks, tm

A Patriot's History of the United States

Since the liberal revolution of the '60s and '70s, American history books have been biased toward the negative. They overemphasize America's racism, sexism, and bigotry while downplaying the greatness of her patriots. As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington, more on the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II than on D-day or Iwo Jima, more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin.

This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America's true and proud history. The authors reexamine America's discovery, founding, and development with an appreciation for the principles of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that have made this nation so uniquely successful.

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How strict is Audible on the one per person for the Groupon deal? I have two Amazon accounts, both in my name. (I listen to fairly explicit romance, so I don't want to open an account under a family member's name.)

[tubemonkey]

Kindle Unlimited Sale --> Prime Member Exclusive --> offer expired (06 Jul 2016)

• $44.95 ---- 6 months --> 25% off
• $80.32 --- 12 months --> 33% off
• $143.86 -- 24 months --> 40% off

Kindle Unlimited offer limited to one per account. This offer is available to Prime members only. This is a limited time offer.

Cross posted in Prime Day 2016 Sale
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Amazon Whispersync -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 31 Jul

FREE -- The Three Musketeers -- Alexandre Dumas/ John Lee --> 23.6 hrs/ R-4.3 --> classic

The Three Musketeers --> D'Artagnan (book 1 of 5)

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Mixing a bit of seventeenth-century French history with a great deal of invention, Alexandre Dumas tells the tale of young D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis. Together they fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu, who pretends to support the king while plotting to advance his own power. Bursting with swirling swordplay, swooning romance, and unforgettable figures---including the seductively beautiful but deadly femme fatale, Milady, and D'Artagnan's equally beautiful love, Madame Bonacieux---The Three Musketeers continues, after a century and a half of continuous publication, to define the genre of swashbuckling romance and historical adventure.

Audible Editor Reviews

Of course you've heard of the three famous swordsmen, but did you know that the novel is really funny, as well as replete with romance and adventure? John Lee does, and his narration plays up all three attributes to great effect. For those who need a reminder, Dumas's classic adventure presents the escapades of three of King Louis's musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, plus D'Artagnan (a musketeer in training) as they foil a few of Cardinal Richelieu's many devious plots. Amid much swordplay, they actually utter the famous line: "All for one and one for all." Lee struggles a bit with accents and characterizations early in the production. His hesitations disappear after a few chapters, however, and he gives fine voice to the rest of the madcap tale.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 05 Jul

$2.95 -- Kingdom Come -- Jane Jensen/ Rachel Fulginiti --> 7.5 hrs/ R-4.2 --> mystery

Kingdom Come --> Elizabeth Harris Series (1st book)

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In Kingdom Come, the first in a new mystery series from Jane Jensen, an ex-NYPD detective seeks escape in Amish country and finds darkness instead.

When a beautiful, scantily clad "English" girl is found dead in the barn of a prominent Amish family, Detective Elizabeth Harris knows she's uncovered an evil that could shatter the peace of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Even though Elizabeth's boss is convinced this was the work of an "English", as outsiders are called, Elizabeth isn't so sure. Now Elizabeth must track down a killer with deep ties to a community that always protects its own - no matter how deadly the cost.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 05 Jul

$2.99 -- The Abbey -- James Martin/ James Martin --> 5.2 hrs/ R-4.6 --> Christianity

The Abbey: A Story of Discovery

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In the tradition of the spiritual classics The Shack and The Screwtape Letters comes a captivating and poignant debut novel from the revered Jesuit priest and New York Times best-selling author of Jesus and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything.

A divorced single mom, Anne can barely cope with life and struggles to make sense of the death of her young son.

A former architect with a promising career, Mark works as a handyman and wonders how his life got off track.

The abbot of the Abbey of Saints Philip and James, Father Paul sometimes questions whether he made the right decision in secluding himself so thoroughly from the world.

At this Pennsylvania abbey, this unlikely trio will discover the answers they seek - a miracle of hope and understanding that bears witness to the power of God to bring healing and wholeness to our lives.

Written with the compassion, insight, and warmth of his previous best sellers - Jesus, Between Heaven and Mirth, and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything - Father James Martin's debut novel is infused with deep spiritual wisdom, wry humor, and loving grace. Through his characters' struggles, questions, and crises, we see firsthand how God uses our worries, anger, doubts, prayers, failures, and longings to help us complete ourselves and feel wholly loved.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 06 Jul

$2.95 -- Life & Other Near-Death... -- Camille Pagán/ Amy McFadden --> 7.3 hrs/ R-4.2 --> humor

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

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Libby Miller has always been an unwavering optimist - but when her husband drops a bomb on their marriage the same day a doctor delivers devastating news, she realizes her rose-colored glasses have actually been blinding her.

With nothing left to lose, she abandons her life in Chicago for the clear waters and bright beaches of the Caribbean for what might be her last hurrah. Despite her new sunny locale, her plans go awry when she finds that she can't quite outrun the past or bring herself to face an unknowable future. Every day of tropical bliss may be an invitation to disaster, but with her twin brother on her trail and a new relationship on the horizon, Libby is determined to forget about fate. Will she risk it all to live - and love - a little longer?

From critically acclaimed author Camille Pagán comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman choosing between a "perfect" life and actually living.

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Audible Sale -- exp 11 Jul


Dive Into the Classics

Take 50% off nearly every title in our Classics genre. Sale ends July 11.

They're the books you've been telling yourself you'd get to since college. From James Joyce to Tolkien and everything in between - Take 50% off our Classics Genre through July 11th at 11:59 PM PT.

Note: the discount is taken off the regular price; not the member price.