FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

YW - I was beginning to think the same thing too. I gave up checking several days ago. By chance, I checked it today and there it was. Go figure.

Yeah, I never thought that I'd miss the days that signing up for a e-mail newsletter would get you, um, an e-mail.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Yeah, I never thought that I'd miss the days that signing up for a e-mail newsletter would get you, um, an e-mail.

When you want an email, you don't get one. When you don't want it, you get bombarded.

I found the offer today by checking PRH's Facebook page.

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 03 Oct

$1.99 -- Dust -- SE Smith/ Paul Heitsch --> 6.7 hrs/ R-4.5 --> horror

Dust: Before and After

Whispersync: Audible ($3.49) | Kindle ($4.99)

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author returns with an emotionally charged fantasy adventure story filled with heart-pounding action and suspense for readers of all ages.

After fragments of a comet hit Earth, Dust wakes to discover the world as he knew it is gone. It isn’t the only thing that has changed though; so has Dust. He now possesses powers that continue to grow, but they also come with a price.

A deadly encounter after Dust leaves his home leads to a new discovery—other survivors. Dust soon learns that another creature has risen from the ashes, one that is determined to possess the powers he now has. On a journey filled with danger, it will take the skills of not just Dust but those of his friends if they are to survive.

This time the race is not to the swift but to the deadliest in a world where a changed human boy and an odd assortment of friends must face their worst nightmares and accept that life on Earth will never be the same again.

Join Dust and his friends as they fight to overcome an evil force determined to create a new species unlike any the world has ever known.

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Downpour -- Deal of the Week -- exp 03 Oct

$5.95 -- It Can’t Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis/ Grover Gardner --> 14.4 hrs/ R-4.3 --> classics

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

It Can’t Happen Here

Whispersync: Audible ($3.99) | Kindle ($8.99)

First published in 1935, when Americans were still largely oblivious to the rise of Hitler in Europe, this prescient novel tells a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy and offers an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.

Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, is dismayed to find that many of the people he knows support presidential candidate Berzelius Windrip. The suspiciously fascist Windrip is offering to save the nation from sex, crime, welfare cheats, and a liberal press. But after Windrip wins the election, dissent soon becomes dangerous for Jessup. Windrip forcibly gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and, with the aid of his personal paramilitary storm troopers, turns the United States into a totalitarian state.

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Audible UK Daily Deal -- exp 28 Sep @ 11:59 PM BST

£2.99 -- Shogun -- James Clavell/ Ralph Lister --> 53.5 hrs/ R-4.7 --> historical

Shogun: The Epic Novel of Japan --> Asian Saga Series (book 1 of 7)

Whispersync: Audible (£2.99) | Kindle (£7.49)

A bold English adventurer; an invincible Japanese warlord; a beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love - all brought together in an extraordinary saga of a time and a place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust, and the struggle for power.

James Clavell'sShōgun is a modern classic, a masterpiece of historical fiction that will continue to endure for decades to come.

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BUMP -- it's now officially available and for 48 hours:


Penguin Random House -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 30 Sep @ 11:59 AM ET


FREE -- Book of Unknown Americans -- Cristina Henríquez/ various --> 9.2 hrs/ R-4.1 --> literary

This month's Free Download is here and, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we'd like to share the audio of THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS by Cristina Henriquez!

Click here to download: http://app.snapapp.com/BookOfUnknownAmericans

NOTE: You can also listen on your phone when you download the Volumes app. Free on the App Store℠ for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® in the U.S. and Canada.

Offer is for 48 hours and ends on September 30, 2016 at 11:59 AM ET.

The Book of Unknown Americans

A boy and a girl who fall in love. Two families whose hopes collide with destiny. An extraordinary novel that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.

Arturo and Alma Rivera have lived their whole lives in Mexico. One day, their beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter, Maribel, sustains a terrible injury, one that casts doubt on whether she’ll ever be the same. And so, leaving all they have behind, the Riveras come to America with a single dream: that in this country of great opportunity and resources, Maribel can get better.

When Mayor Toro, whose family is from Panama, sees Maribel in a Dollar Tree store, it is love at first sight. It’s also the beginning of a friendship between the Rivera and Toro families, whose web of guilt and love and responsibility is at this novel’s core.

Woven into their stories are the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America. Their journeys and their voices will inspire you, surprise you, and break your heart.

Suspenseful, wry and immediate, rich in spirit and humanity, The Book of Unknown Americans is a work of rare force and originality.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 28 Sep @ 11:59 PM PDT

$3.95 -- I Am Malala -- Malala Yousafzai/ Archie Panjabi --> 9.9 hrs/ R-4.6 --> memoir

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

Whispersync: Audible ??? | Kindle ($8.99)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

“Who is Malala?” was what she heard just before she was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban, his hands trembling. This book is an answer to that question. An answer that she was not expected to give. An answer that has echoed through the world, changed the lives of millions, and has risen, loudly and clearly, above the ear-shattering din of ignorance and violence.

I Am Malala is not just the proclamation of one young girl. It’s the voice of the oppressed everywhere.

Malala Yousafzai’s miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

Archie Panjabi perfectly captures Malala’s voice, its youthful hope and its ageless wisdom. This story, an Audie Award Finalist in 2014, radiates courage and determination. It’s the very embodiment of a powerful message that could not be silenced.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 28 Sep

$3.99 -- Midnight Vengeance -- Lisa Rice/ Elizabeth Hart --> 8.2 hrs/ R-4.4 --> romance

Midnight Vengeance --> Men of Midnight Series (book 1 of 4)

Whispersync: Audible ($11.49) | Kindle ($4.99)

Morton "Jacko" Jackman isn't afraid of anything. He's a former Navy SEAL sniper, and he's been in more firefights than most people have had hot meals. Lauren Dare scares the crap out of him.

Gorgeous, talented, and refined, she's the type of woman who could never be interested in a roughneck like him. So he's loved her fiercely in secret, taken her art classes, and kept a watchful but comfortable distance. Until now.

Lauren has finally found a home in Portland, far from her real identity, far from the memories of her mother's death, and outside the reaches of the drugged-out psycho who's already tried to kill her twice. One tiny misstep, a single photograph, shatters it all. She has no choice but to run again, but this time she'll give herself a proper farewell: one night with Jacko.

Their highly charged emotional encounter changes everything. In Jacko's arms there cannot be fear, there can be only pleasure. Anyone wishing her harm will have to pass through him, and Jacko is a hard man to kill.

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Audible UK Daily Deal -- exp 29 Sep @ 11:59 PM BST

£1.99 -- Start with Why -- Simon Sinek/ Simon Sinek --> 7.2 hrs/ R-4.5 --> career skills

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Whispersync: Audible (£1.99) | Kindle (£6.49)

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their successes over and over?

People like Martin Luther King, Jr.; Steve Jobs; and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. Their natural ability to start with why enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things. In studying the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way - and it's the complete opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with why.

Any organization can explain what it does; some can explain how they do it; but very few can clearly articulate why. Why is not money or profit - those are always results. Why does your organization exist? Why does it do the things it does? Why do customers really buy from one company or another? Why are people loyal to some leaders but not others? Starting with why works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Those who start with why never manipulate, they inspire. And people follow them not because they have to; they follow because they want to. Drawing on a wide range of real-life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire. This book is for anyone who wants to inspire others or who wants to find someone to inspire them.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 29 Sep @ 11:59 PM PDT

$3.95 -- Girl Waits with Gun -- Amy Stewart/ Christina Moore --> 10.9 hrs/ R-4.2 --> historical

Girl Waits with Gun --> Kopp Sisters Series (book 1 of 2)

Whispersync: Audible ($3.95) | Kindle ($9.99)

In 1914 collisions between motor cars and horse-drawn carriages are an everyday occurrence on the streets of Paterson, New Jersey. But when an out-of-control driver smashes into a buggy driven by Constance, Norma, and Fleurette Kopp, their lives change forever. Constance, the oldest, demands payment for the damages but quickly realizes that she is dealing with a madman - Henry Kaufman, a silk manufacturer with a drinking problem and a dangerous group of associates.

Soon the Kopp home is under siege. The sisters face threats of arson, kidnapping, and white slavery. Bricks come flying through their windows, and shots are fired at their house late at night. Even the sheriff can't solve the case on his own. He issues revolvers to the Kopp sisters, posts guards at their house, and enlists Constance's help in catching Kaufman. In the process Constance finds herself pulled into an underworld of abused factory workers, missing children, and dirty dealings.

Her attempts to help another woman in trouble forces her to confront her own past and imagine a different future for herself and her sisters. Before the collision, she was just a bored 35-year-old woman living at home with her sisters in the New Jersey countryside, stuck in a life she didn't want but couldn't escape. But the minute Constance is issued a gun, she finds her calling.

Set against the backdrop of the famous Paterson Silk Strike and based on actual events, Girl Waits with Gun is the first in a series of novels based on the real life adventures of Constance, Norma, and Fleurette Kopp. Drawing on extensive research into newspaper reports, courthouse files, genealogical archives, and letters, this intriguing story remains true to the historical record.

[skinmaan]

It's October somewhere I suppose, and in honor of that event Amazon has updated their Whispersync freebie of the month. It's appropriate for this month, too. If you'd like to get "The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, first pick up the Kindle book here then get the Audible title here. Don't forget - the order matters! It should be good until the end of the month - somewhere - but if you're interested don't delay.

When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde.

A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of his best friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his connection with Hyde. Several months earlier, Utterson had drawn up an inexplicable will for the doctor, naming Hyde as his heir in the event that he disappears. Fearing his friend has been blackmailed into this arrangement, Utterson probes deeper into both Jekyll and his unlikely protégé. He is increasingly unnerved at each new revelation.

In a forerunner of psychological dramas to come, Stevenson uses Hyde to show that we are both repulsed by and attracted to the darker side of life, particularly when we can experience it in anonymity.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

It's October somewhere I suppose, and in honor of that event Amazon has updated their Whispersync freebie of the month. It's appropriate for this month, too. If you'd like to get "The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, first pick up the Kindle book here then get the Audible title here. Don't forget - the order matters! It should be good until the end of the month - somewhere - but if you're interested don't delay.



Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Thanks. But I still prefer the Bugs Bunny version.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK Daily Deal -- exp 30 Sep @ 11:59 PM BST

£1.99 -- The God Delusion -- Richard Dawkins/ R Dawkins, et al --> 13.9 hrs/ R-4.4 --> soc sci

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Richard Dawkins is considered to be one of the world's top intellectuals. As the author of many classic works on science and philosophy, he has always asserted the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm it has inflicted on society. He now focuses his fierce intellect exclusively on this subject, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes.

While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East or Middle America, is dramatically and dangerously dividing opinion around the world. In America and elsewhere, a vigorous dispute between "intelligent design" and Darwinism is seriously undermining and restricting the teaching of science. In many countries religious dogma from medieval times still serves to abuse basic human rights, such as those of women and gay people - and all from a belief in a God whose existence lacks evidence of any kind.

Dawkins attacks God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed, cruel tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign, but still illogical, Celestial Watchmaker favoured by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the ultimate improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry and abuses children. In The God Delusion, Dawkins presents a hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types and does so in the lucid, witty and powerful language for which he is renowned.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

It's October somewhere I suppose, and in honor of that event Amazon has updated their Whispersync freebie of the month. It's appropriate for this month, too. If you'd like to get "The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, first pick up the Kindle book here then get the Audible title here. Don't forget - the order matters! It should be good until the end of the month - somewhere - but if you're interested don't delay.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Thanks - added to OP

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. But I still prefer the Bugs Bunny version.

Enjoy!