FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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

All four selections for March have Whispersync pairs. For those with Samsung devices, your first Kindle selection is free (1st Kindle price) and the remaining selections are $1.99 each (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 each. See this post for additional details and discussions about this month's ebook selections.

For those with Kindle Unlimited and/or Prime Reading, some of the selections may have Whispersync pairs. After borrowing the "free" ebooks, the audiobooks are available for $1.99 each.

Can't find the app? --> see this discussion posts 320~332


The Wedding Shroud -- Elisabeth Storrs/ Christina Traister --> 17.0 hrs --> romance

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

  Series: Tales of Ancient Rome --> book 1 of 3
  
  In 406 BC, to seal a tenuous truce, the young Roman Caecilia is wedded to Vel Mastarna, an Etruscan nobleman from Veii. Leaving her militaristic homeland, Caecilia is determined to remain true to Roman virtues while living among the sinful Etruscans. But, despite her best intentions, she is seduced by a culture that offers women education, independence, sexual freedom, and an empowering religion.
  
  Enchanted by Veii but terrified of losing ties to Rome, Caecilia performs rites to delay becoming a mother, thereby postponing true entanglement. Yet as she develops an unexpected love for Mastarna, she's torn between her birthplace and the city in which she now lives. As war looms, Caecilia discovers Fate is not so easy to control, and she must choose where her allegiance lies.
  
  The Wedding Shroud is the first book in the series A Tale of Ancient Rome. Subsequent books in the series include The Golden Dice and Call to Juno.

Escaping Vegas -- Danielle Bourdon/ Amy Rubinate --> 7.3 hrs --> romance

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

  Series: The Inheritance --> book 1 of 3
  
  After Madalina Maitland receives a small inheritance from her grandfather - $1,300 and a little knickknack shaped like a Chinese dragon - she heads to Vegas for a much-needed vacation. All she wants to do is to win some cash, enjoy some drinks, and flirt with the sexy stranger she literally stumbles into at the roulette table. But little does she know that her luck is about to change...in a deadly way.
  
  When Chinese assailants attempt to kidnap Madalina from the casino, her broad-shouldered roulette partner comes to her rescue. A tall, dark, and handsome private security specialist, Cole West just met Madalina, but he's instantly driven to protect the feisty, fashionable beauty.
  
  Now, Madalina and Cole must discover who is after her - and why. Catapulted down a perilous path of danger and deception, their building passion soon threatens to dissolve into distrust. Will they be torn apart just when they need each other the most?

The Righteous -- Michael Wallace/ Arielle DeLisle --> 9.6 hrs --> detective

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

  Series: The Righteous --> book 1 of 8
  
  On a cool night in the Utah desert, a young woman flees her home, her sleeping child clutched in her arms. Hours later, she is found dead, her tongue torn out and her daughter mysteriously returned to her own bed.
  
  The residents of Blister Creek are anxious to solve this shockingly brutal crime, but theirs is a unique community—a conservative polygamous sect that cannot afford for news of the murder to reach the outside world. So, they call upon one of their own: Jacob Christianson, son of a respected church official and cousin of the victim.
  
  With the help of his teenage sister, Eliza, Jacob digs into the bizarre murder and uncovers a monstrous, blood-soaked secret that could destroy the very foundation of their church.
  
  Chilling and engrossing, The Righteous is a tightly plotted novel, the first in a series about love, loyalty, and dark secrets.

Mercury Falls -- Robert Kroese/ Kevin Stillwell --> 11.0 hrs --> humor

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

  Series: Mercury --> book 1 of 5
  
  Christine Temetri is at her wits’ end. For years she’s covered the increasingly bizarre activities of End Times cults for the Banner, a religious news magazine. Yet Christine, who once dreamed of being a "real" writer, has nothing to show for the gig other than a regular paycheck and serious doubt that Armageddon will occur in time for her next deadline. But after a mysterious man entrusts her with a locked briefcase and orders to "take it to Mercury", Christine finds herself face-to-face with a ping-pong-playing angel by the name of Galileo Mercury.
  
  It seems Mercury was sent from heaven to make preparations for Armageddon, yet became sidetracked by the earthly delights he discovered: Rice Krispy treats, table tennis, and beer, to name just a few. Mercury’s concern for the fate of mankind is middling at best, but he is happy to educate Christine on the details of the elaborate, if poorly organized, calamity to come. When Christine inadvertently saves the Antichrist - an obnoxious, thirtysomething gamer who still lives with his mother - from celestial assassination, she begins an ambitious battle to stop the Apocalypse and save the world. But the heavenly host is nothing if not persistent, and Christine, aided only by an apathetic angel and a reluctant Antichrist, has her work cut out for her.
  
  Packed with outrageous characters, Mercury Falls is a viciously funny (and occasionally absurd) morality tale for the 21st century.

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Penguin Random House Free Offers --> Mar 2018

Note: these free offers are subject to change without notice

• FREE -- Short Stories --> details
  
• FREE -- Monthly -- Anne of Green Gables --> details --> expired
  
  
• TryAudiobooks (8 categories)
  
• FREE -- TBA
  
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• FREE -- Before Happiness --> details
  
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• FREE -- The Inn at Rose Harbor --> details
  
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SYNC 2018 --> 26 Apr ~ 25 July

What? -- SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+. Returning April 26, 2018, SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads a week - pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes. In 2017, 32 titles were given away over 16 weeks.

Why? -- SYNC introduces a variety of audiobook experiences to teens to demonstrate that reading can be completed by listening.

Who? -- SYNC is sponsored by AudioFile Magazine and titles are delivered through the OverDrive app. In advance of accessing the program, download the app in advance to whichever device you anticipate listening on and be ready to go!

How long am I allowed to download the audiobook?

You may download the audiobook onto your computer and/or mobile device for one week. The files are available from Thursday morning 7am Eastern Time until the following Thursday morning at 7am Eastern time when the new audiobook titles become available. You may download more than once if you have more than one device. When you have downloaded the MP3 files they are yours to keep.

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Weekly Offers (26 titles) -- 26 Apr ~ 25 July (13 wks) -- Geo-Restrictions (7 titles)

• 26 Apr -- The Great War -- D Almond, et al/ N E-Swindell, et al | 6.4h | historical --> details
  
• 26 Apr -- A Study in Charlotte -- B Cavallaro/ G Halstead, et al | 8.7h | mystery --> details

• 03 May -- The Devil's Highway -- LA Urrea/ LA Urrea | 8.9h | NF soc sci --> details
  
• 03 May -- Solo -- K Alexander, et al/ K Alexander | 4.0h | literary --> details

• 10 May -- Johnny Get Your Gun -- J Ball/ D Graham | 5.0h | contemp --> details
  
• 10 May -- On Two Feet and Wings -- A Kazerooni/ A Kazerooni | 4.6h | memoir --> details

• 17 May -- Being Jazz -- J Jennings/ J Jennings | 4.1h | memoir --> details
  
• 17 May -- Saving Montgomery Sole -- M Tamaki/ R Lowman | 5.9h | fiction --> details

• 24 May -- When Dimple Met Rishi -- S Menon/ S Mathan, et al | 10.8h | romance --> details
  
• 24 May -- Baker's Magic -- D Zahler/ T Gilbert, et al | x.xh | fantasy --> details

• 31 May -- Love and First Sight -- J Sundquist/ P Young | 6.4h | romance --> details
  
• 31 May -- Extraordinary Means -- R Schneider/ K Hvam, et al | 8.1h | fiction --> details

• 07 Jun -- Everland -- W Spinale/ F Hardingham, et al | 8.9h | fantasy --> details
  
• 07 Jun -- The Just Men of Cordova -- E Wallace/ B Homewood | 5.9h | detective --> details

• 14 Jun -- My Name Is Not Friday -- J Walter/ D Graham | 9.9h | fiction --> details
  
• 14 Jun -- Come August, Come... -- G Amateau/ JD Jackson | 5.0h | historical --> details

• 21 Jun -- Openly Straight -- B Konigsberg/ P Cross | 9.0h | LGBT fiction --> details
  
• 21 Jun -- Doctor Cerberus -- R Aguirre-Sacasa/ S Helberg, et al | 1.9h | drama --> details

• 28 Jun -- Macbeth -- W Shakespeare/ J Marsters, et al | 2.0h | classic --> details
  
• 28 Jun -- The Curse of Crow Hollow -- B Coffey/ G Wicks | 11.4h | suspense --> details

• 05 Jul -- Girls Like Us -- G Giles/ L Ezzo, et al | 3.9h | fiction --> details
  
• 05 Jul -- The Invisible Girls -- S Thebarge/ K Potter | 6.4h | NF memoir --> details

• 12 Jul -- How to Hang a Witch -- A Mather/ A Mather | 10.7h | fantasy --> details
  
• 12 Jul -- The Scarlet Letter -- N Hawthorne/ D Peters | 6.9h | classic --> details

• 19 Jul -- The Lost World -- AC Doyle/ G McCready | 8.7h | classic --> details
  
• 19 Jul -- Monstrous Beauty -- E Fama/ K Kellgren | 8.0h | fiction --> details

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 02 Mar

• £1.99 -- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, v1 -- BBC Worldwide --> comedy

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Daily Deals -- exp 02 Mar

• Audible -----> $3.95 -- Paradox Bound -- Peter Clines --> sci-fi
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- The Corruptions (book 4) -- Vincent Zandri --> thriller
  
• eStories ----> $19.24 -- Don't Ever Tell -- Brandon Massey --> mystery

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 03 Mar

• £2.99 -- SAS Ghost Patrol -- Damien Lewis --> NF history

* SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed as Nazi Stormtroopers

[GtrsRGr8]

The Great Courses has announced, and provided the details for, their most recent "Employee Pricing" sale.

Frankly, they seemingly (and maybe in actuality) have sales going on all of the time. However, I have found that these Employee Pricing sales offer the best prices of all of their sales (when Audible has a sale on The Great Courses courses, their prices are the absolute lowest that I ever see; however, their offerings come only in dribs and drabs). This Employee Pricing sale follows the pattern set by other such sales--50% off of the "sale" prices. Whatever sale price that you see for an item, it will show up half of that price at checkout!

This sale has 85 courses in it.

With only two or three exceptions, I have found their courses to be of outstanding quality and content. And I have bought a _lot_ of their courses over the years.

Here's the/an URL for the sale: . https://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/...231083&sa=MH79. I think that the promotion code is given on that webpage, but it is T89K. If prompted for a priority code, use 158168.

Now get busy doin' yur a lookin'--the sale ends at midnight Sunday, U.S. Eastern Time.

ADDENDUM: I recommend that you don't wait until the last minute, if you want to get one or more of these courses at half of the sale price. The last purchase that I made with them, I did just that, and I couldn't get the sale price to show at checkout. Uncharacteristically, their customer service was unhelpful; I never did get the courses at the sale prices.

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Daily Deals -- exp 03 Mar

• Audible -----> $3.95 -- Heft -- Liz Moore --> contemp
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- The Outer Cape -- Patrick Dacey --> literary
  
• eStories ----> $4.95 -- Walking with Jesus -- Pope Francis --> NF religion

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 04 Mar

• £1.99 -- Silent Lies -- Kathryn Croft --> suspense

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Daily Deals -- exp 04 Mar

• Audible -----> $1.95 -- The Elements of Style -- William Strunk Jr, et al --> NF self-dev
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- Long Texan -- William MacLeod Raine --> western
  
• eStories ----> $26.94 -- The Twelve-Mile Straight -- Eleanor Henderson --> historical

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 05 Mar

• £1.99 -- Swarm (book 1) -- BV Larson --> fantasy

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Daily Deals -- exp 05 Mar

• Audible -----> $3.95 -- The Last Move -- Mary Burton --> detective
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- Lessons of Redemption -- Kevin Shird --> NF memoir
  
• eStories ----> $20.00 -- The Art of Invisibility -- Kevin Mitnick --> NF technology

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 06 Mar

• £1.99 -- The Something Girl (book 2) -- Jodi Taylor --> fantasy

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Daily Deals -- exp 06 Mar

• Audible -----> $2.95 -- It Takes Two -- Jonathan Scott, et al --> NF memoir
  
• Downpour --> $2.95 -- The Night Child -- Anna Quinn --> fiction
  
• eStories ----> $14.62 -- When It Happens to You -- Molly Ringwald --> family life