FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 07 Apr

• £1.99 -- Murder Has a Motive -- Francis Duncan --> mystery

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Daily Deals -- exp 07 Apr

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- Time Was -- Nora Roberts --> romance
  
• BN Nook --> $7.99 -- Soul's Gate -- James Rubart --> Christian fantasy

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Last Day -- ChristianAudio -- exp 17 Mar

• $6.99 -- Women's Interest (47 titles) --> details

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Whispersync deal on The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made--$6.98.

4.8 stars at Amazon, from 506 reviews!

Now a major motion picture, The Disaster Artist, by Warner Bros. starring James Franco.

From the actor who somehow lived through it all, a “sharply detailed…funny book about a cinematic comedy of errors” (The New York Times): the making of the cult film phenomenon The Room.

In 2003, an independent film called The Room—starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit named Tommy Wiseau—made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as “like getting stabbed in the head,” the $6 million film earned a grand total of $1,800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years later, it’s an international cult phenomenon, whose legions of fans attend screenings featuring costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons.

Hailed by The Huffington Post as “possibly the most important piece of literature ever printed,” The Disaster Artist is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes story of a deliciously awful cinematic phenomenon as well as the story of an odd and inspiring Hollywood friendship. Greg Sestero, Tommy’s costar, recounts the film’s bizarre journey to infamy, explaining how the movie’s many nonsensical scenes and bits of dialogue came to be and unraveling the mystery of Tommy Wiseau himself. But more than just a riotously funny story about cinematic hubris, “The Disaster Artist is one of the most honest books about friendship I’ve read in years” (Los Angeles Times).

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 08 Apr

• £2.99 -- From Russia with Love -- Ian Fleming --> espionage

* From Russia with Love (with interview)

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Daily Deals -- exp 08 Apr

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- Mine -- Brett Battles --> sci-fi
  
• BN Nook --> $7.19 -- Orange Is the New Black -- Piper Kerman --> memoir

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Amazon Alexa -- Monthly Offer -- exp 30 Apr

• FREE -- Anne of Green Gables -- Lucy Montgomery/ Rachel McAdams --> 9.4 hrs --> classic
  
• FREE -- The Secret Garden -- Frances Burnett/ Josephine Bailey --> 8.1 hrs --> classic
  
• FREE -- Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde -- Robert Stevenson/ Scott Brick --> 3.1 hrs --> classic

Note: these titles are free to listen to via an Echo device (you do not own them)


Free this month from Audible

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Enjoy three free classics.

"Alexa, read 'Anne of Green Gables' from Audible"

In celebration of World Book Day on April 23, Audible is offering a trio of timeless classics for free on your Echo device for the entire month of April.

Just ask Alexa...

"Read 'The Secret Garden' from Audible"
"Read 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' from Audible"

Publisher's Summaries

Spoiler:

Anne of Green Gables

With all of the pluck and charm of its eponymous young hero, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight, Midnight in Paris) delivers a spectacular reading of Montgomery's beloved bildungsroman. In moments both funny and bittersweet, McAdams' voice is imbued with the spark that has made Anne a much-loved symbol of individualism and cheer for over a century. In this story of "kindred spirits", McAdams' touching and heartfelt narration proves she is just that - bonded on a deep level to this shimmering classic.

When aging brother and sister Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help with chores around their farm, Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, neither is prepared for the feisty and imaginative redheaded girl who is mistakenly brought to them instead. Nor are they prepared for the way in which she will change their lives. Through a series of hilarious misadventures, Anne's uncompromising spirit makes her a striking presence in the close-knit village, bringing new friendships, first crushes, and, for her foster parents, a love and openness unimaginable before her arrival.

The Secret Garden

Audible Editor Reviews

This beautifully produced children's classic is narrated by the talented Josephine Bailey, whose voice is musical and elegant. This story of two lonely children finding happiness through their mutual delight in tending a neglected garden includes much dialogue, and Bailey transitions seamlessly from one character's voice to another. She easily distinguishes petulant Mary from fretful cousin Colin and captures the nuances of their wide-ranging, passionate emotions. Bailey's rendition of Colin's tantrum and the cousins' reconciliation is breathtaking. Her good-hearted Dicken, with his broad Yorkshire accent, and gruff Ben Weatherstaff are equally excellent. There are numerous productions of this story, but Bailey's is surely one of the best. Her sensitive narration makes every minute fly.

Publisher's Summary

When Mary Lennox's parents die from cholera in India, the spoiled orphan is transplanted to her uncle's 600-year-old gloomy and secretive estate in England. She is certain that she is destined for misery at Misselthwaite Manor. When Mary meets the old groundskeeper, he is the first to tell her what he thinks of her: "We was wove out of th' same cloth. We're neither of us good lookin' an' we're both of us as sour as we look. We've got the same nasty tempers, both of us, I'll warrant."

However, she soon discovers an arched doorway into an overgrown garden, locked shut since the death of her aunt 10 years earlier. Fate grants Mary access to the secret garden and she begins transforming it into a thing of beauty, unaware that she too is changing.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Audible Editor Reviews

Stevenson's most often dramatized and distorted novella gets its umpteenth audiobook narration from the talented Scott Brick. Although his British accent is a wee bit shaky, he doesn't disappoint. He narrates in his wonted American voice with particular attention to atmosphere and delivers his British characters with personality and a reserve that lends appropriate gravity to the tale and plays effectively against its melodrama.

Publisher's Summary

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.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 09 Apr

• £2.99 -- Red Dragon -- Thomas Harris --> suspense

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Daily Deals -- exp 09 Apr

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- The Scarlet Pimpernel -- Baroness Orczy --> classic
  
• Whisper --> $1.98 -- Kindle ($0.99) | Audible ($0.99)
  
  
• BN Nook --> $2.99 -- House of Shadows -- Jen Christie --> romance

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 10 Apr

• £2.99 -- Dead Water -- Ann Cleeves --> detective

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Daily Deals -- exp 10 Apr

• Audible ---> $1.95 -- Hurry Up and Meditate -- David Michie --> NF meditation
  
• BN Nook --> $3.99 -- Savage Harvest -- Carl Hoffman --> NF history

* Hurry Up and Meditate: Your starter kit for inner peace and better health

* Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

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Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 10 Apr

• $1.99 -- Treasure Island --> details
  
• $4.95 -- Distress Signals --> details

Edit: Downpour revamped their website and the links to the above titles were no longer valid, so I found the correct links and revised this post.
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Last Day -- Audible -- exp 11 Apr @ 9am PT

• FREE -- The Zookeeper's Wife --> details --> Fandango only

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 11 Apr

• £1.99 -- Baby Doll -- Hollie Overton --> suspense

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Daily Deals -- exp 11 Apr

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- The Heavens May Fall -- Allen Eskens --> thriller
  
• BN Nook --> $4.95 -- How to Survive a Robot Uprising -- Daniel Wilson --> technology