FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 31 May @ 11:59pm ET

$2.95 -- Justice Redeemed -- Scott Pratt/ Nick Podehl --> 8.3 hrs/ R-4.1 --> thriller

Whispersync: Audible ($1.99) | Kindle ($4.99)

Two years ago, Darren Street made a name for himself as the man who rooted out corruption in the district attorney's office. Now the hotheaded young lawyer is in the public eye yet again - this time, accused of murder.

Jalen Jordan retained Street for what seemed to be a minor traffic violation, but when evidence turned up linking Jordan to the death of two boys, Street wanted out of the case. To ensure his lawyer's cooperation and silence, Jordan threatened to make Street's son the next victim. Shortly after, Jordan's own body turned up with a bullet hole in his chest.

Now Street is on trial for his life, and the enemy he made in the DA's office is clearly out for blood. It's one lawyer out to frame another. Can a desperate father escape punishment for a crime he didn't commit?

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 31 May

$3.99 -- American Wife -- Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice/ Taya Kyle --> 9.9 hrs/ R-4.7 --> memoir

American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

Whispersync: Audible ($12.99) | Kindle ($10.99)

The widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle shares their private journey, a moving and universal chronicle of love and family, service and patriotism, grief and sacrifice, faith and purpose.

How does someone carry on after the death of a hero?

By becoming a hero herself.

Though Chris and Taya Kyle's marriage had its difficult moments, it was always a love story. Together they'd endured military service, a best-selling book, unexpected fame, and a film deal starring a hot Hollywood actor. But just when Taya thought that she and Chris were finally going to live their dream together, her husband was murdered. In the wake of his death, a grieving Taya was left to raise her two young children and handle the many things Chris left behind: the business, the book, the movie, and a myriad of legal issues.

Matching the straightforward, soul-baring style of American Sniper, Taya talks with honesty about the trials and triumphs of her life with and without Chris - the sleepless nights as a military spouse, the exhilaration as her husband was lionized, the quiet moments when family sheltered them from the madness of fame, the joy of discovering her own purpose in harmony with Chris' own legacy. In American Wife she recounts the struggles and looks toward the future, revealing the intimate story of her marriage and the inspirations that have given her strength. She speaks out on the effects of fame, both good and bad, and provides a road map for others faced with difficulties big and small.

American Wife is a startling and affecting portrait of a woman of grit and determination - an example we can all follow to become heroes in our own lives.

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Monthly Offers -- exp 31 May

• FREE -- Amz Whisper --> Pride and Prejudice --> details
  
  
• FREE -- ChristianAudio --> Delighting in God --> details
  
• $4.98 -- ChristianAudio --> Monthly Sale (8 titles) --> details
  
  
• FREE -- LearnOutLoud --> Autobio of Ben Franklin --> details

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[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 06 Jun

$0.99 -- Hamlet -- William Shakespeare/ full cast --> 2.8 hrs/ R-4.1 --> classic

Hamlet --> performance: Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Whispersync: no deals at this time

A 2011 Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s brilliant production of Shakespeare’s disturbing and psychologically rich masterpiece Hamlet. Whether you’re a Hamlet scholar or being exposed to this work for the first time, this stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival cast, is a must-listen.

In Denmark a king is dead. His brother, Claudius, has snatched the throne, and the widowed queen, yet life goes on—for everyone but Prince Hamlet. The prince, fixated on his uncle as the murderer, is charged by his father’s ghost to avenge the wrong. Disconnected from the foul world around him, Hamlet strains under the weight of his task, descending into madness, both real and feigned.

Originally published in 1603

Alternate Offer -- instead of renting it, you can buy it in the form of an Android app from Google. Note that this performance is by a different ensemble.

$0.99 -- Hamlet -- William Shakespeare/ full cast --> 3.2 hrs/ R-4.5 --> classic

Spoiler:

Hamlet --> performance: LA Theatre Works

Whispersync: no deals at this time

Hamlet (by William Shakespeare) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines a professional audio recording with supplemental features for download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.

Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. Composed over 400 years ago, the tragic tale of young Prince Hamlet remains one of the theater’s most studied and performed works, presented here in a new full-cast recording, directed by Martin Jarvis and featuring a special appearance by Stacy Keach as The Ghost.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Josh Stamberg as Hamlet; Stephen Collins as King Claudius; JoBeth Williams as Queen Gertrude; Stacy Keach as The Ghost; Alan Mandell as Polonius; Emily Swallow as Ophelia; JD Cullum as Laertes; Matthew Wolf as Horatio; Mark Capri as Ambassador and others; Josh Clark as Gravedigger, Voltemand and others; Henri Lubatti as Rosencrantz and others; Jon Matthews as Guildenstern and others; Darren Richardson as Player Queen and others; André Sogliuzzo as Reynaldo and others. Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in August 2011.

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[skinmaan]

Just in time for JIAM (June Is Audiobook Month - and that's the last time I'm spelling it out this year), Audible has a new freebie up for preorder. If you're interested in a full-cast recording of "The Oedipus Plays" you can get it for free here.

The three Theban plays by Sophocles - Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone - are one of the great landmarks of Western theatre. They tell the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes, who was destined to suffer a terrible fate - to kill his father, marry his mother, and beget children of the incestuous union. He does this unknowingly but still has to suffer terrible consequences, which also tragically affect the next generation.

These three plays were written around 450 BC, with the playwright following the established convention of presenting the story through main characters but using a chorus - sometimes one voice, sometimes more - as an independent commentator that also occasionally participates in the drama. When the audiences of ancient Athens went to the amphitheatres to see the plays, they would have known the basic story of poor Oedipus.

Nevertheless, the power of Sophocles' retelling made the Theban plays deeply horrifying and affecting - and this is still true now, some 2,500 years later. There is also a strong contemporary resonance for us, for in the 20th century the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud famously adopted the story to illustrate his Oedipus complex, which, he argued, was a condition of the unconscious mind in boys - that they want to sleep with their mothers. It is interesting that through the character of the queen, Jocasta, in Oedipus the King, Sophocles states this unequivocally.

Oedipus the King is well known. The other two are less so: Oedipus at Colonus, which deals with his last days, and Antigone, which casts the spotlight on his daughter, who, as part of the accursed blood line, chooses to act in a way she believes is right, whatever the consequences. Yet they are equally powerful and moving.

This audio production, with Jamie Glover as Oedipus and Hayley Atwell as his daughter, Antigone, is a world premiere audio recording of all three plays.

With the authoritative but modern translation by Ian Johnston, specially commissioned new music from the English composer Roger Marsh, and a cast of outstanding actors, this Audible Original presentation of Sophocles' Theban plays will be listened to not once but many times.

Maybe this was the original blockbuster - they made a trilogy, after all. Release date says 6-14-16. It's possible it will only be free until then, but it could even be a pricing error for all I know. If you're interested don't wait too long.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Just in time for JIAM (June Is Audiobook Month - and that's the last time I'm spelling it out this year), Audible has a new freebie up for preorder. If you're interested in a full-cast recording of "The Oedipus Plays" you can get it for free here.

Maybe this was the original blockbuster - they made a trilogy, after all. Release date says 6-14-16. It's possible it will only be free until then, but it could even be a pricing error for all I know. If you're interested don't wait too long.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Thanks -- added to OP and Free Audible Titles

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Just in time for JIAM (June Is Audiobook Month - and that's the last time I'm spelling it out this year), Audible has a new freebie up for preorder. If you're interested in a full-cast recording of "The Oedipus Plays" you can get it for free here.
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Awesome find.

Of course, we all are familiar with the Oedipus plays. The only questions concern the quality of the translation and the quality of the narrations (there are several narrators, which makes me think of LibriVox (Ack!), but I suppose that all of the narrators are necessary in order to provide for all of the different characters in the plays).

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Awesome find.

Of course, we all are familiar with the Oedipus plays. The only questions concern the quality of the translation and the quality of the narrations (there are several narrators, which makes me think of LibriVox (Ack!), but I suppose that all of the narrators are necessary in order to provide for all of the different characters in the plays).

It's an original Audible production; a radio play if you will, complete with music.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

It's an original Audible production; a radio play if you will, complete with music.

I thought that that was probably true. I think that they are called "dramatizations," at least for some genres and/or subgenres.

[GtrsRGr8]

The book is a self-pub. Like most of you, that makes me leary of it. But this one has high ratings, is apparently popular (739 people have reviewed it), and is the #1 and #2 seller in two Kindle store categories. And, the Whispersync deal (audio, ebook, syncing) is only 11% of the price of the audio alone at Audible. It's a must-post.

Title: The Forgotten Child (Finding Love ~ The Outsider Series Book 1).
Genre: Fiction (Western/Romance).
Author(s): Lorhaine Eckhart.
Price: $1.99 ($0.00 ebook (marked down) + $1.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $17.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/739 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 3.5/14 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 221/6 hours and 15 minutes.
Narrator(s): Melissa Moran.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Th...ok/B00NG10MDK/.
Amazon URL (you can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Chi.../dp/B0063Y2OCE.
Comments: Includes a free bonus novella--A Baby and a Wedding. This is book 1 in the Finding Love--The Outsider Series; there are 7 books in the series. The ebook is the #1 seller in Westerns and #2 in Series Romances in the Kindle store.
Book Description (Amazon):
In THE FORGOTTEN CHILD, Brad Friessen wasn't looking to love again. But what he got was a woman who shook his lonely bitter world upside down, and touched him in a way no other woman could.

Emily Nelson, a courageous young mother, ends a loveless, bitter marriage and strikes out on her own. She answers an ad as a cook and live-in caregiver to a three-year-old boy on a local ranch. Ranch owner Brad Friessen hires and moves in Emily and her daughter. But Emily soon discovers something's seriously wrong with the boy, and the reclusive, difficult man who hired her can't see the behavior and how delayed his son is. So Emily researches until she stumbles across what she suspects are the soft signs of autism. Now she must tell him, give him hope, and help him come to terms with this neurological disorder—to take the necessary steps to get his child the help he needs.

As their lives become intertwined, their attraction is unavoidable—a connection sparks between them. But just as they're getting close, Brad's estranged wife, Crystal, returns after abandoning the family two years earlier. Among the shock and confusion is one disturbing question Brad can't shake: How does Crystal know so much of his personal business, the inner working of the ranch, and Emily's relationship with his son?

Crystal must've had a plan, as she somehow gains the upper hand, driving a wedge in the emotional bond forged between Brad, Emily, and the children. The primary focus for care and therapy of three-year-old Trevor is diverted. The lengths to which Crystal will go, the lies, the greed, just to keep what's hers, are nothing short of cold and calculating. Emily's forced out of the house. Brad fights to save his boy, to protect what's his, and struggles over his greatest sacrifice—Emily, and the haunting question: Has he lost her forever?

[GtrsRGr8]

Sometimes we do get second chances in life . . . .

I posted the Whispersync deal of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic (not to be confused with Bob and Carol, Ted and Alice of same era, G. ha) about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Surprisingly (to me, I don't think that I've observed this thing before), the price of the ebook just dropped in price, again already, to the same price that it was then. The price of the narration stayed the same, so the Whispersync deal price is the same as before--$5.98.

I thought that one or more MobileReaders might like to know about this. If you missed out on the deal earlier in the month, you might want to take advantage of it now. I'm re-posting my post of 2 1/2 weeks ago exactly as it was then, with only a few minor changes (update to number of reviews, etc.)

Title: Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Arts & Entertainment/Television).
Author(s): Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.
Price: $5.98 ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $23.95 (1 credit).
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/132 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.0/40 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 337/11 hours and 22 minutes.
Narrator(s): Amy Landon.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_...ywords&x=0&y=0.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Lou-Rhod.../dp/B008QYJBEI.
Comments:
Book Description (Amazon):
When writer-producers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns dreamed up an edgy show about a divorced woman with a career, the CBS executives they pitched replied: “American audiences won’t tolerate divorce in a series’ lead any more than they will tolerate Jews, people with mustaches, and people who live in New York.”

Forty years later, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the most beloved and recognizable television shows of all time. It was an inspiration to a generation of women who wanted to have it all in an era when everything seemed possible.

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted tells the stories behind the making of this popular classic, introducing the groundbreaking female writers who lent real-life stories to their TV scripts; the men who created the indelible characters; the lone woman network executive who cast the legendary ensemble—and advocated for this provocative show—and the colorful cast of actors who made it all work. James L. Brooks, Grant Tinker, Allan Burns, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel—they all came together to make a show that changed women’s lives and television itself. Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted is the tale of how they did it.

[badgoodDeb]

I read the book already (since last week's deal) and enjoyed it.

(PS No, you didn't remember wrongly: they didn't manage to make her "divorced" in the series. That's just the premise they WANTED to start with.)

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I read the book already (since last week's deal) and enjoyed it.

(PS No, you didn't remember wrongly: they didn't manage to make her "divorced" in the series. That's just the premise they WANTED to start with.)

Thanks for the plug. ha

I didn't remember making a comment on the marital status of Mary on the show. I thought that maybe someone else did, but I couldn't find the post on 5-13 or after, if they did.

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks for the plug. ha

I didn't remember making a comment on the marital status of Mary on the show. I thought that maybe someone else did, but I couldn't find the post on 5-13 or after, if they did.

Oh, I'm not saying you did. I'm just commenting about the blurb that you quoted. *I* wondered why I didn't recall that, about the show. It turns out, it wasn't IN the show. It's just what they originally wanted the show to be about. The networks balked. It worked out quite well, even without that.

[TrevorViking]

Please listen to the audio sample before you buy. Pretty sure it'll stop you......