FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[gabby98]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Nook Daily Find -- exp 08 Jun

$3.99 -- The Wicked Will Rise -- Danielle Paige/ Devon Sorvari --> 9.1 hrs/ R-4.3 --> YA fantasy

Thanks...this sounds pretty cool. I think my niece will like it too but she's not into audiobooks yet so off to look into the ebooks

[tubemonkey]

Audiobooks.com -- $10 Tuesdays -- exp 13 Jun

Tue: $10 Tuesdays (4 titles) --> details --> members only

• $10 -- Still Alice -- Lisa Genova/ Lisa Genova --> 7.8 hrs
• $10 -- How to Win Friends... -- Dale Carnegie/ Robert Petkoff --> 7.1 hrs --> self-help
• $10 -- Year of Yes -- Shonda Rhimes/ Shonda Rhimes --> 7.1 hrs --> memoir
• $10 -- Down the Rabbit Hole -- Holly Madison/ Holly Madison --> 10.9 hrs --> memoir

[skinmaan]

Heads up. Sync has updated their site with this week's offerings, but if you go to the web page it might still default to last week's titles. This is because of the flub on the "Words in the Dust" extending the duration of that giveaway. Just click on the week six icon and you can get your books.

[tubemonkey]

SYNC Weekly Deals -- Week 6 -- exp 16 Jun @ 7am ET

Note: further info can be found here --> SYNC 2016 | SYNC FAQs

• FREE -- I'll Give You the Sun -- J Nelson/ J Whelan, et al --> 13.0 hrs/ R-4.4
• FREE -- Zac and Mia -- AJ Betts/ K Condon, et al --> 7.3 hrs/ R-4.2 --> US only

Note: be sure to re-download Words in the Dust (last week). The original link only downloaded 6 of 7 parts. See these posts for details -- here | here -- you have until 13 Jun to do so.

I'll Give You the Sun

Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them.

But three years later, at sixteen, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways…until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life.

The early years are Noah’s story to tell. The later years are Jude’s. What the twins don’t realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to each other, they’d have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant novel from the acclaimed, Award-winning author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Zac and Mia --> US only

When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness monster. Now I believe in science, statistics, and antibiotics.

So says seventeen-year-old Zac Meier during a long, grueling leukemia treatment in Perth, Australia. A loud blast of Lady Gaga alerts him to the presence of Mia, the angry, not-at-all-stoic cancer patient in the room next door.

Once released, the two near-strangers can't forget each other, even as they desperately try to resume normal lives. The story of their mysterious connection drives this unflinchingly tough, tender novel told in two voices.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Heads up. Sync has updated their site with this week's offerings, but if you go to the web page it might still default to last week's titles. This is because of the flub on the "Words in the Dust" extending the duration of that giveaway. Just click on the week six icon and you can get your books.

Guess what I was doing while you were posting this?

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Guess what I was doing while you were posting this?

I knew you had it under control, monkey. I knew you wouldn't make that mistake, just like I didn't make that mistake. Yeah.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Heads up. Sync has updated their site with this week's offerings, but if you go to the web page it might still default to last week's titles. This is because of the flub on the "Words in the Dust" extending the duration of that giveaway. Just click on the week six icon and you can get your books.

Interesting that they'd extend both books from last week, instead of just the one.

Anyway, I downloaded both books for this week and Zac and Mia is the correct length (7h 20m), but I'll Give You the Sun (12h 57m) is missing 44 min.

[tubemonkey]

Audiobooks.com -- $5 Kids Book Sale -- exp 15 Jun


Thu: $5 Kids Book Sale (13 titles) --> details --> members only

• Frozen: The Junior Novelization
• Two Logs Crossing
• Adventures of Bella & Harry #2
• Big Nate Blasts Off
• Frog and Toad Are Friends
• Otis Spofford
• The Lion, Witch & Wardrobe (CoN 2/7)
• Junie B Jones & Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
• Magic Tree House #4
• A Series of Unfortunate Events #2
• Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!
• Berenstain Bears at the Aquarium
• Amelia Bedelia's First Field Trip

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 09 Jun @ 11:59pm ET

$1.95 -- Patience and Sarah -- Isabel Miller/ J Smart, et al --> 5.8 hrs/ R-4.4 --> LGBT historical

Whispersync: Audible ($1.95) | Kindle ($10.99)

Set in the 19th century, Isabel Miller's classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, an educated painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer's daughter, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England community in which they live. They choose to live together and love each other freely, even though they know of no precedents for their relationship; they must trust their own instincts and see beyond the disdain of their neighbors.

Patience and Sarah is a meticulously researched historical novel, originally self-published by the author in 1969. This classic of GLBT literature garnered so much attention that the American Library Association created its first Stonewall Award specifically for it in 1971. Grammy Award-winning narrator Janis Ian and Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Jean Smart each perform as one of the characters in this dual-point-of-view love story. Their narration marks the first time that this beautiful work is available in audio and brings new life into this inspiring novel that is just as relevant today as it was decades ago.

In addition to being an inspiring love story, the audiobook for Patience and Sarah is an ideal listen for young-adult audiences. It is a story that shows how irrelevant race, religion, and gender are to love and that loving and being loved are what keep us human and sane.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 09 Jun

$2.99 -- The Real-Life MBA -- Jack & Suzy Welch/ Sean Pratt --> 6.4 hrs/ R-4.2 --> business

The Real-Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career

Whispersync: Audible ($12.57) | Kindle ($16.99)

The business titans and number-one New York Times best-selling authors of Winning return with a modern, essential guide for everyone in business today - and tomorrow - that explores the most pressing challenges related to creating winning strategies, leading and managing others, and building a thriving career.

In the decade since their blockbuster international best seller Winning was published, Jack and Suzy Welch have dug deeper into business, traveling the world; consulting to organizations of every size and in every industry; speaking before hundreds of audiences; working closely with entrepreneurs from Mumbai to Silicon Valley; and, in 2010, starting their own fully accredited online MBA program, which now has approximately 1,000 students enrolled. Over the same timeframe, Jack has advised more than 75 companies through private equity and dozens more in a senior advisory role at IAC. Now Jack and Suzy Welch draw on their experiences to address the biggest problems facing modern management - and offer pragmatic solutions to overcome them.

Going beyond theories, concepts, and ideologies, they tackle the real stuff of work today. When you get down to it, they argue, winning in business is all about mastering the gritty, inescapable, make-or-break, real-life dilemmas that define the new economy, the old economy, and everything in between. Work is a grind. We just got whacked. My boss is driving me nuts. I'm stuck in career purgatory. My team has lost its mojo. IT is holding us hostage. Our strategy is outdated the day we launch it. We don't know what our Chinese partners are talking about. We're just not growing. These are some of the day-to-day issues the Welches take on. Coupled with Jack's years of iconic leadership and Suzy's insights as former editor of the Harvard Business Review, their new database of knowledge infuses The Real-Life MBA with fresh, relevant stories and equally powerful solutions that every manager at any level can use right now.

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 13 Jun

$1.99 -- After the Civil War -- James Robertson/ Barry Press --> 11.1 hrs/ R-4.7 --> history

After the Civil War: The Heroes, Villains, Soldiers, and Civilians Who Changed America

Whispersync: no deals at this time

Returning to the turbulent days of a nation divided, bestselling author and acclaimed historian James Robertson explores seventy fascinating figures who shaped America during Reconstruction and beyond.

Relentless politicians, intrepid fighters, cunning innovators—the times called for bold moves, and this resilient generation would not disappoint. From William Tecumseh Sherman, a fierce leader who would revolutionize modern warfare, to Thomas Nast, whose undefeatable weapon was his stirring cartoons, these are the people who weathered the turmoil to see a nation reborn.

Following these extraordinary legends from the battle lines to the White House, from budding metropolises to the wooly west, we rediscover the foundation of this great country.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Nook Daily Find -- exp 09 Jun

$2.99 -- The Real-Life MBA -- Jack & Suzy Welch/ Sean Pratt --> 6.4 hrs/ R-4.2 --> business

Amazon ebook and Audible audiobook both have the title rated 4.2.

Thanks. I wish Audible would (have) match(ed) the deal.

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Deal of the Week -- exp 13 Jun

$4.95 -- The Lightkeepers -- Abby Geni/ Xe Sands --> 8.5 hrs/ R-4.0 --> literary

Whispersync: Audible ($4.99) | Kindle ($13.99)

In The Lightkeepers, we follow Miranda, a nature photographer who travels to the Farallon Islands, an exotic and dangerous archipelago off the coast of California, for a one-year residency capturing the landscape. Her only companions are the scientists studying there, odd and quirky refugees from the mainland living in rustic conditions; they document the fish populations around the island, the bold trio of sharks called the Sisters that hunt the surrounding waters, and the overwhelming bird population that, at times, creates the need to wear hard hats as protection from their attacks.

Shortly after her arrival, Miranda is assaulted by one of the inhabitants of the islands. A few days later, her assailant is found dead, perhaps the result of an accident. As the novel unfolds, Miranda gives witness to the natural wonders of this special place as she grapples with what has happened to her and deepens her connection to (and her suspicions of) her companions, all while falling under the thrall of the legends of the place nicknamed “the Islands of the Dead.” And when more violence occurs, each member of this strange community falls under suspicion.

The Lightkeepers upends the traditional structure of a mystery novel—an isolated environment, a limited group of characters who might not be trustworthy, a death that may or may not have been accidental, a balance of discovery and action—while also exploring wider themes of the natural world, the power of loss, and the nature of recovery. It is a luminous debut novel from a talented and provocative new writer.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. I wish Audible would (have) match(ed) the deal.

I know

OverDrive has it. This is a rental anyway.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I know

OverDrive has it. This is a rental anyway.

Oops. I didn't notice that it was a rental.

OverDrive probably has just about everything. But a person's library may not have chosen a particular ebook or audiobook to be among their selection. I haven't checked the two libraries with which I have borrowing privileges.