FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I keep forgetting to do the Nook deal
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You can be replaced, you know. I'm lying--you can't.

I'm wondering if anyone buys Nook audiobooks anyway. The one and only experience that I had with them was . . . . shall we say . . . . less than pleasant.

[Keslynn]

The Dispatcher by John Scalzi and read by Zachary Quinto is free on Audible. It's a little over 2 hours in length.

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fan...ook/B01KKPH1VA

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 04 Oct @ 11:59 PM PDT

$3.95 -- The Dark Light of Day -- TM Frazier/ Christian Fox, et al --> 9.0 hrs/ R-4.6 --> romance

Whispersync: Audible ($2.99) | Kindle ($3.99)

Abby has been through hell and has survived one of the most brutal childhoods imaginable. To the outside world, she is just a loner with an attitude. When her grandmother dies in a tragic explosion, Abby is left with questions - and nothing else. Homeless, sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her over and over again, she meets Jake, a tattooed, blue-eyed biker with secrets that rival her own. Two broken souls that can't be healed. They can't be saved. Abby and Jake have to decide if they can accept the darkness not only within one another but within themselves. If they can accept each other for who they really are, they might be able to learn that love isn't always found in the light.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 04 Oct

$4.99 -- The 1st Victim -- Tami Hoag/ David Colacci --> 1.5 hrs/ R-4.1 --> detective

The 1st Victim --> Kovac and Liska Series (book 3.5 of 6)

Whispersync: Audible ($2.99) | Kindle ($1.99)

Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska return to investigate the death of a Jane Doe in New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag's short story "The 1st Victim."

New Year's Day is a time for new beginnings, but Minneapolis homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are focused on endings: specifically, the tragic end of their latest murder victim, an unidentified young woman discovered on the side of the freeway. Believed to be the victim of a serial killer, Kovac and Liska are determined to do the girl the small justice of returning her body to her family as they investigate her case, but it is no simple task matching the broken corpse to any of the scores of missing persons reports, especially when no one seems to be looking for her.

Meanwhile, recent widow Jeannie Reiser is frantic when she is unable to get in touch with her daughter, Rose, who, as an eighteen-year-old, is a legal adult rather than a missing child in the eyes of the law. Jeannie's desperate attempts to get the police to believe her child is in trouble lead her closer and closer to the New Year's Doe and to an evil even Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska may be unable to stop. Tami Hoag once again proves her place as "one of the most intense suspense writers around"* with "The 1st Victim."

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 10 Oct

$1.99 -- Hunter -- Mercedes Lackey/ Amy Landon --> 11.4 hrs/ R-4.6 --> paranormal

Hunter --> Hunter Series (book 1 of 2)

Whispersync: Audible ($3.49) | Kindle ($7.99)

They came after the Diseray. Some were terrors ripped from our collective imaginations, remnants of every mythology across the world. And some were like nothing anyone had ever dreamed up, even in their worst nightmares.

Monsters.

Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open, and it’s taken centuries to bring back civilization in the wake. Now, the luckiest Cits live in enclosed communities, behind walls that keep them safe from the hideous monsters fighting to break through. Others are not so lucky.

To Joyeaux Charmand, who has been a Hunter in her tight-knit mountain community since she was a child, every Cit without magic deserves her protection from dangerous Othersiders. Then she is called to Apex City, where the best Hunters are kept to protect the most important people.

Joy soon realizes that the city’s powerful leaders care more about luring Cits into a false sense of security than protecting them. More and more monsters are getting through the barriers, and the close calls are becoming too frequent to ignore. Yet the Cits have no sense of how much danger they’re in—to them, Joy and her corps of fellow Hunters are just action stars they watch on TV.

When an act of sabotage against Joy takes an unbearable toll, Joy uncovers a terrifying conspiracy. There is something much worse than the usual monsters infiltrating Apex. And it may be too late to stop them.

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Deal of the Week -- exp 10 Oct

$2.95 -- Red Planet -- Robert Heinlein/ Zach Villa --> 6.2 hrs/ R-4.6 --> YA sci-fi

Red Planet --> Heinlein's Juveniles Series (book 3 of 12)

Whispersync: Audible ($4.49) | Kindle ($11.99)

Jim Marlowe and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis are only allowed to travel so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tunes into a treacherous plot that threatens all the colonists on Mars, and it sets Jim off on a terrifying adventure that could save—or destroy—them all.

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Editor's Pick -- exp 31 Oct

$23.96 -- Necronomicon -- HP Lovecraft/ various --> 21.0 hrs/ R-4.3 --> sci-fi/horror

Whispersync: no deals at this time | Audible

The only audio edition of Necronomicon authorized by the H. P. Lovecraft Estate!

Originally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and ’30s, H. P. Lovecraft’s astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft’s harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were when first released. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft’s fiction, as well as attract those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive volume.

Stories include:

1. Dagon
2. Herbert West – Reanimator
3. The Lurking Fear
4. The Rats in the Walls
5. The Whisperer in the Darkness
6. Cool Air
7. In the Vault
8. The Call of Cthulu
9. The Color Out of Space
10. The Horror at Red Hook
11. The Music of Erich Zann
12. The Shadow Out of Time
13. The Dunwich Horror
14. The Haunter of the Dark
15. The Outsider
16. The Shunned House
17. The Unnameable
18. The Thing on the Doorstep
19. Under the Pyramids

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Deal of the Month -- exp 31 Oct

$19.99 -- The Residence -- Kate Brower/ Karen White --> 10.3 hrs/ R-4.0 --> history

The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

Whispersync: Audible ($12.99) | Kindle ($13.99)

A remarkable history with elements of In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.

America’s first families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the president and the first family.

These dedicated professionals maintain the six-floor mansion’s 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, 3 elevators, and 8 staircases, and prepare everything from hors d’oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state dinners. Over the course of the day, they gather in the lower level’s basement kitchen to share stories, trade secrets, forge lifelong friendships, and sometimes even fall in love.

Combining incredible first-person anecdotes from extensive interviews with scores of White House staff members—many speaking for the first time—with archival research, Kate Andersen Brower tells their story. She reveals the intimacy between the first family and the people who serve them, as well as tension that has shaken the staff over the decades. From the housekeeper and engineer who fell in love while serving President Reagan to Jackie Kennedy’s private moment of grief with a beloved staffer after her husband’s assassination to the tumultuous days surrounding President Nixon’s resignation and President Clinton’s impeachment battle, The Residence is full of surprising and moving details that illuminate day-to-day life at the White House.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Keslynn

The Dispatcher by John Scalzi and read by Zachary Quinto is free on Audible. It's a little over 2 hours in length.

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fan...ook/B01KKPH1VA

Thanks for posting

For those who pre-ordered this book, it should already be in your Audible library.

It'll remain free until 02 Nov 2016.

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Thanks for posting

For those who pre-ordered this book, it should already be in your Audible library.

It'll remain free until 02 Nov 2016.

I'm liking the change Audible has made to its website so that freebies don't go through the cart - you "purchase" them directly from the book page.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I'm liking the change Audible has made to its website so that freebies don't go through the cart - you "purchase" them directly from the book page.

So do I. It's a quicker process.

[Red Falcon]

Thanks guys for the heads up on the The Dispatcher by John Scalzi.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK Daily Deal -- exp 05 Oct @ 11:59 PM BST

£1.99 -- Into Thin Air -- Jon Krakauer/ Philip Franklin --> 9.1 hrs/ R-4.7 --> memoir

Whispersync: no deals at this time

One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley.

This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.

In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead.

Krakauer's audiobook is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads his listeners to ponder timeless questions.

[tubemonkey]

LearnOutLoud -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 31 Oct

FREE -- 2016 Presidential Candidates -- Wikipedia/ S Anderson --> 2.8 hrs/ R-x.x --> biography

2016 Presidential Candidate Biographies

2016 has proven to be one of the most dramatic, controversial, and consequential U.S. Presidential election cycles in American history. With Republican nominee Donald Trump making an unprecedented rise amid an increasingly divided party, his populist cry to "Make America Great Again" is met by Democratic stalwart and lifelong politician Hillary Rodham Clinton. Sitting in between these two polarizing figures is Green Party Candidate Jill Stein, and Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson, both making bold arguments for the legitimacy of a third party option in an era where more of the American electorate is looking for new options. LearnOutLoud.com is excited to provide this primer on where these four candidates stand as the country enters a new era in American politics. We present to you these brief biographies of the four candidates taken from their Wikipedia entries.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

You can be replaced, you know. I'm lying--you can't.

I'm wondering if anyone buys Nook audiobooks anyway. The one and only experience that I had with them was . . . . shall we say . . . . less than pleasant.

You better not be thinking the same thing this cat is