FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

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Downpour -- Deal of the Week -- exp 21 Mar


$3.95 -- The Star Beast -- Robert A Heinlein / Paul Michael Garcia (8.8 hrs) --> 4.8 stars

Teens > Sci-Fi

Series: Juveniles, book 8

A compelling coming-of-age adventure from legendary SF master and multiple New York Times best seller Robert A. Heinlein.

Lummox has been the pet of the Stuart family for generations. With eight legs, a thick hide, and increasingly large size, Lummox is nobody's idea of man's best friend. Nevertheless, John Stuart XI, descendant of the starman who originally brought Lummox back to Earth, loves him. But when Lummox eats a neighbor's car and begins to grow again, the feds decide that enough is enough. John isn't about to let the authorities take his pet away, and with his best friend, Betty, he determines to save Lummox - even if he must forever leave the life he's always known.

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar

• $4.95 -- All This Life -- Joshua Mohr / MacLeod Andrews (9.0 hrs) --> literary fiction
• $3.95 -- Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok -- B Waggoner / R Chase (2.8 hrs) --> historical fiction
• $5.95 -- Forensics -- Val McDermid / Sarah Barron (11.3 hrs) --> non-fiction science
• $4.95 -- Lowboy -- John Wray / PM Garcia (10.2 hrs) --> contemp fiction --> Whisper $3.99
• $5.99 -- Pieces & Players -- B Balliett / B Turpin (8.5 hrs) --> kids mystery --> Whisper $3.99
• $4.99 -- Mystery of Lone Wolf Killer -- Unni Turrettini / P Cross (13.0 hrs) --> non-fic crime
• $5.95 -- The Ways of the World -- Robert Goddard / Derek Perkins (12.8 hrs) --> thriller

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar


$3.95 -- The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok -- Ben Waggoner / Ray Chase (2.8 hrs) --> 4.1 stars

Classics > European Literature

Translated by Ben Waggoner

Although based on historical persons from the ninth century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story: The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, and The Sögubrot. Ragnar's death song, the "Krákumál," completes the story. Extensive notes and commentary are provided, helping listeners enter the world of these timeless stories of Viking adventure.

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar


$4.95 -- All This Life -- Joshua Mohr / MacLeod Andrews (9.0 hrs) --> 3.7 stars

Fiction > Literary

* A 2016 NCIBA Book Award Finalist for Fiction
* One of BBC’s Best Books to Read in July
* A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week

Morning rush hour on the Golden Gate Bridge. Amid the river of metal and glass, a shocking event occurs, leaving those who witnessed it desperately looking for answers, most notably one man and his son, Jake, who captured the event and uploaded it to the Internet for all the world to experience. As the media swarms over the story, Jake will face the ramifications of his actions as he learns the perils of our modern disconnect between the real world and the world we create online.

In landlocked Nevada, as the entire country learns of the event, Sara views Jake’s video just before witnessing a horrible event of her own: her boyfriend’s posting of their intimate sex tape. As word of the tape leaks out, making her an instant pariah, Sara needs to escape the small town’s persecution of her careless action. Along with Rodney, an old boyfriend injured long ago in a freak accident that destroyed his parents’ marriage, she must run faster than the Internet trolls seeking to punish her for her indiscretions. Sara and Rodney will reunite with his estranged mother, Kat, now in danger from a new man in her life who may not be who he—or his online profiles—claim to be, a dangerous avatar in human form.

With a wide cast of characters and an exciting pace that mimics the speed of our modern, all-too-connected lives, All This Life examines the dangerous intersection of reality and the imaginary, where coding and technology seek to highlight and augment our already flawed human connections. Using his trademark talent for creating memorable characters, with a deep insight into language and how it can be twisted to alter reality, Joshua Mohr returns with his most contemporary and insightful novel yet.

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar


$5.95 -- Forensics -- Val McDermid / Sarah Barron (11.3 hrs) --> 4.3 stars

Science & Technology > Biology

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime

* A 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee
* An Entertainment Weekly “Must Read”: Brainy & Brilliant Beach Books
* A 2015 Amazon Best Books of the Year Selection for Science

The dead talk—to the right listener. They can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help serve justice using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces. Forensics draws on interviews with some of these top-level professionals, groundbreaking research, and Val McDermid’s own original interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists.

Along the way, McDermid discovers how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine one’s time of death; how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer; and how a team of young Argentine scientists led by a maverick American anthropologist were able to uncover the victims of a genocide. It’s a journey that will take McDermid to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar


$4.95 -- Lowboy -- John Wray / Paul Michael Garcia (10.2 hrs) --> 3.1 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $3.99, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Fiction > Contemporary

* Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
* An Oprah Irresistible Read
* A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2009

Early one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a sixteen-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, gets on a New York City uptown B train on a fantastic and terrifying quest to save the world. Violet Heller, his frantic mother, is joined by Ali Lateef, a missing persons specialist, in a desperate attempt to locate her son before psychosis claims him completely. As the stakes grow higher, Lateef gradually comes to realize that this is more than a case of a runaway teen: Will Heller has a chilling case history, and Violet, beautiful and enigmatic, harbors a secret that Lateef will discover at his own peril.

Suspenseful and comic, devastating and hopeful by turns, Lowboy is a fearless exploration of youth, sex and violence in contemporary America, seen through one boy's haunting and extraordinary vision.

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar


$5.99 -- Pieces & Players -- Blue Balliett / Bahni Turpin (8.5 hrs) --> 4.7 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $3.99, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Kids > Ages 8-10 > Mystery

From the New York Times best-selling author of Chasing Vermeer and Hold Fast the Pieces.

Thirteen extremely valuable pieces of art have been stolen from one of the most secretive museums in the world. A Vermeer has vanished. A Manet is missing. And nobody has any idea where they and the other eleven artworks might be...or who might have stolen them. The Players - Calder, Petra, and Tommy - are no strangers to heists and puzzles. Now they've been matched with two new sleuths - Zoomy, a very small boy with very thick glasses, and Early, a girl who treasures words...and has a word or two to say about the missing treasure.

The kids have been drawn in by the very mysterious Mrs. Sharpe, who may be playing her own kind of game with the clues. And it's not just Mrs. Sharpe who's acting suspiciously - there's a ghost who mingles with the guards in the museum, a cat who acts like a spy, and bystanders in black jackets who keep popping up. With pieces and players, you have all the ingredients for a fantastic mystery from the amazing Blue Balliett.

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar


$4.99 -- The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer -- Unni Turrettini / Pete Cross (13.0 hrs) --> 4.5 stars

Science & Technology > Psychology & The Mind

The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight

July 22, 2011, was the darkest day in Norway's history since Nazi Germany's invasion. It was 189 minutes of terror - from the moment the bomb exploded outside a government building until Anders Behring Breivik was apprehended by the police at Utoya Island. Breivik murdered 77 people, most of them teenagers and young adults, and wounded hundreds more. Breivik is a "lone wolf killer", often overlooked until they commit their crime. Breivik is also unique as he is the only lone wolf killer in recent history to still be alive and in captivity.

With unparalleled research and a unique international perspective, The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer examines the massacre itself and why this lone-killer phenomenon is increasing worldwide. Based on true events.

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Downpour -- Weekly Deals -- exp 21 Mar


$5.95 -- The Ways of the World -- Robert Goddard / Derek Perkins (12.8 hrs) --> 3.8 stars

Mysteries & Thrillers > Historical

Series: James Maxt Trilogy , book 1

Four years of horrific fighting have finally ended on the battlefield, but in the spring of 1919, Paris is filled with delegates from around the world who are still trying to hammer out the terms of peace. One such delegate is British diplomat Sir Henry Maxted, in charge of liaising with Brazilians regarding seized ships. But before a deal is reached, Sir Henry turns up dead outside a Montparnasse apartment building, apparently having fell from the roof. His sons Max and Ashley are sent to Paris to collect the body, and it quickly becomes clear that the theory the French police have put forward is flawed. But since the murder of a diplomat could be disastrous for the peace conference, no one is keen to ask questions - except Max.

What begins as an innocent inquiry into his father's death soon leads Max into a dangerous world of secret allegiances, international espionage, and people double-crossing each other at the highest levels of government. How far is he willing to go to discover the truth about the death of a father he barely knew? And how much will the authorities - and others - let him find out before threatening Max's own life?

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Here are a couple of more free downloads from Books in Motion; I didn't see these listed in the OP. I have to wonder how good they are, given that neither one of them are sold at Audible. Anyway, find out all about them by following the links below:

Treasure of Sorat. By Anthony G. Wedgeworth, narrated by Jerry Sciarrio.

The Team from Hell. By Loren Robinson, narrated by Rusty Nelson. Don't let the four-letter word in the title scare you, the audio is rated "G."

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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Here are a couple of more free downloads from Books in Motion; I didn't see these listed in the OP. I have to wonder how good they are, given that neither one of them are sold at Audible. Anyway, find out all about them by following the links below:

Treasure of Sorat. By Anthony G. Wedgeworth, narrated by Jerry Sciarrio.

The Team from Hell. By Loren Robinson, narrated by Rusty Nelson. Don't let the four-letter word in the title scare you, the audio is rated "G."

Thanks - updated the OP to include Team From Hell. Treasure of Sorat was in the link.

I also created a post in the Archives and listed all 20 audiobooks that are currently free. The vast majority of these books are short stories.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 16 Mar @ 11:59pm ET


$2.95 -- Six of Crows -- Leigh Bardugo / Jay Snyder; et al --> 15.4 hrs / 4.4 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $2.95, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Genre: Teens > Mysteries & Thrillers

Series: Six of Crows, book 1 of 2

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone.

A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 16 Mar


$5.95 -- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- James Joyce / F Davidson --> 9.3 hrs / 3.9 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $0.99, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Genre: Classics > European Literature

In this largely autobiographical coming-of-age story, James Joyce describes the awakening young mind of a middle-class Irish Catholic boy named Stephen Dedalus. The story follows Stephen’s development from his early troubled boyhood through an adolescent crisis of faith—partially inspired by the famous “hellfire sermon” preached by Father Arnall, and partly by the guilt of his own precocious sexual adventures—to his discovery of his ultimate destiny as a poet.

Written in a unique voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, the novel explores questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. With richly symbolic language and a boldly original style, this most personal of Joyce’s works confirms his place as one of the world’s greatest writers.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 17 Mar @ 11:59pm ET


$4.95 -- The Master Algorithm: How the... -- Pedro Domingos / Mel Foster --> 13.1 hrs / 4.4 stars

Genre: Science & Technology > Technology

Title: The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and learning about - and solving - an extraordinary range of problems, from the mundane to the most daunting. Today it is machine learning programs that enable Amazon and Netflix to predict what users will like, Apple to power Siri's ability to understand voices, and Google to pilot cars. These programs are already helping us fight the war on cancer and predict the movements of the stock market, and they are making great headway with instant language translation and discovering new laws of nature.

But machine learning is incomplete, and its practitioners across the globe are seeking the most powerful algorithm of all. The Master Algorithm will not be limited to solving particular problems but will be able to learn anything and solve any problem, however difficult, and Pedro Domingos, a trailblazing computer scientist, is at the very forefront of the search for it. With the Master Algorithm in hand and data as its fuel, machine learning - essentially the automation of discovery, a kind of scientific method on steroids - will become the most powerful technology humanity has ever devised. And The Master Algorithm will be its bible.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 17 Mar


$9.00 -- Destroyermen: Into the Storm -- Taylor Anderson / William Dufris --> 16.2 hrs / 4.1 stars


Note: also available as a Whispersync deal for $3.95, if you already own or borrow the Kindle ebook.

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy > Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Series: Destroyermen, book 1 of 11

Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the USS Walker---a Great-War vintage "four-stacker" destroyer---finds itself in full retreat from pursuit by Japanese battleships. Its captain, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, knows that he and his crew are in dire straits. In desperation, he heads Walker into a squall, hoping it will give them cover---and emerges somewhere else.

Familiar landmarks appear, but the water teems with monstrous, vicious fish. And there appear to be dinosaurs grazing on the plains of Bali. Gradually Matt and his crew must accept the fact that they are in an alternate world---and they are not alone. Humans have not evolved, but two other species have. And they are at war.

With its steam power and weaponry, the Walker's very existence could alter the balance of power. And for Matt and his crew, who have the means to turn a primitive war into a genocidal Armageddon, one thing becomes clear: They must decide whose side they're on. Because whoever they choose to side with is the winner.

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