FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Macmillan Podcasts has recently expanded a previous podcast line that may interest everyone.

Stories from Among the Stars is an anthology series that shares thrilling science fiction audio stories–but only for a limited time. Our first season was Steal the Stars, about forbidden love, a crashed UFO, and an alien heist. This season, we’re sharing The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Hear the story of the human race as it stands poised to defend Earth from an alien invasion. Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, The Three-Body Problem shows politicized factions forming as some humans prepare for war while others embrace the changes the invasion will bring. Listen or download by September 10, 2021 to hear the whole thrilling story.

This appears to be the actual audiobook narrated by Luke Daniels (they cut out the intro credits but it sure sounds the same).

• FREE -- The Three-Body Problem -- Cixin Liu, Luke Daniels / 13.4 hrs --> Science Fiction

The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 17 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Sushi for Beginners -- Marian Keyes -- literary

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Daily Deals -- exp 17 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door -- Lucy Score -- romance
  
• Audible CA ---> $3.75 -- Dirt to Soil -- Gabe Brown -- NF science
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

* Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture

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LAST DAY -- Amazon Kids+ -- exp 17 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• SALE -- 1-Yr Subscrip ($24.99/yr) --> details

LAST DAY -- Audible UK -- exp 17 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• SALE -- 2-for-1 Sale --> details

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 18 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Pariah (book 1) -- Dan Abnett -- sci-fi

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LAST DAY -- Audible US -- exp 18 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• SALE -- Otherworldly Sale (100s) -- $5~$7 ea --> details

LAST DAY -- Audiobooks.com -- exp 18 Jul @ 11:59 pm ET

• SALE -- Audiobook Sale (66 titles) -- as low as $1.99 -- details

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Audible AU -- Bonus Audiobooks -- exp unknown

FREE -- Always Greener -- Kate Grenville/ Kate Grenville -- 3.1 hrs -- NF biography

Always Greener: The Restless Life of Dolly Russell

'If there’d been a gun in her hand at that moment she knew she’d have shot them.... She’d been so pleased with little Dolly Russell, the good life she’d got for them all. Thought she had it made, had got her hands at last on the levers of her life.... Now it turned out that all that, being so pleased with herself, was no more real than a puff of smoke.'

Always Greener is an exquisite portrait of Kate Grenville's complex, conflicted grandmother, who she feared as a child and only in adulthood came to understand. Born in rural Australia, Dolly Russell becomes a successful businessperson, mother and troubled wife. Then came the depression, bankruptcy and World War I. Yet, in a way, those disasters freed her. They allowed her to use her intelligence and ambition to make a space for herself in a man’s world.

With all the pathos and subtlety that defined Grenville’s Australian classics such as Lilian’s Story and her Booker-shortlisted The Secret River, Always Greener tells the story of a generation of women often forgotten at our own cost.

FREE -- The Stand-In -- Lily Chu/ Phillipa Soo -- 10.9 hrs -- romance

How to upend your life:

* Get fired by gross, handsy boss
* Fail to do laundry (again)
* Be mistaken for famous Chinese actress
* Fall head-first into glitzy new world

Gracie Reed is doing just fine. Sure, she was fired by her overly “friendly” boss, and yes, she still hasn’t gotten her mother into the nursing home of their dreams, but she’s healthy, she’s (somewhat) happy, and she’s (mostly) holding it all together.

But when a mysterious SUV pulls up beside her, revealing Chinese cinema's golden couple Wei Fangli and Sam Yao, Gracie’s world is turned on its head. The famous actress has a proposition: Due to their uncanny resemblance, Fangli wants Gracie to be her stand-in. The catch? Gracie will have to be escorted by Sam, the most attractive - and infuriating - man Gracie’s ever met.

If it means getting the money she needs for her mother, Gracie’s in. Soon Gracie moves into a world of luxury she never knew existed. But resisting Sam, and playing the role of an elegant movie star, proves more difficult than she ever imagined - especially when she learns the real reason Fangli so desperately needs her help. In the end, all the lists in the world won’t be able to help Gracie keep up this elaborate ruse without losing herself...and her heart.

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Audible AU -- Bonus Audiobooks -- updated 22 Jul 2021

Bonus Audiobooks -- Members Only

Looking for high-quality audiobooks that are completely free for members? Don't look any further than this amazing collection. You’ll find award-winning authors, first-class narrators and a plethora of compelling plots – so jump right in!

Heads up that some of these audiobooks are available for a limited time, so be sure to add them to your library while you have the chance.

NOTE: unless otherwise specified, offers expire at 11:59 pm AEST

1. FREE -- The Sandman -- Neil Gaiman, et al -- 10.9 hrs -- fantasy -- details -- exp 22 Oct
   
2. FREE -- Always Greener -- Kate Grenville -- 3.1 hrs -- NF biography --> details -- new
   
3. FREE -- The Stand-In -- Lily Chu -- 10.9 hrs -- romance --> details -- new
   
   
4. FREE -- After Story -- Larissa Behrendt -- 8.3 hrs -- literary --> details **
   
5. FREE -- You Loved Me Once -- Corinne Michaels -- 8.5 hrs -- romance --> details
   
6. FREE -- The Long Haul -- Austin Grossman, et al -- 8.6 hrs -- sci-fi/fantasy --> details
   
7. FREE -- The Reservoir -- David Duchovny -- 1.8 hrs -- rom-com --> details
   
8. FREE -- One Chance -- Caroline Overington -- 4.7 hrs -- fiction --> details
   
9. FREE -- Find Us -- Benjamin Stevenson -- 4.3 hrs -- thriller --> details
   
10. FREE -- Still House -- Christian White, et al -- 4.0 hrs -- mystery --> details
    
11. FREE -- Julia Morris Makes It EASY -- Julia Morris -- 6.6 hrs -- NF memoir --> details **
    
12. FREE -- Clean Slate -- Zoë Foster Blake -- 2.8 hrs -- fiction
    
13. FREE -- Zero Day Code (book 1) -- John Birmingham -- 12.5 hrs -- sci-fi
    
14. FREE -- Fail State (book 2) -- John Birmingham -- 9.5 hrs -- sci-fi
    
15. FREE -- American Kill Switch (book 3) -- John Birmingham -- 15.7 hrs -- sci-fi --> details
    
16. FREE -- Second Skin -- Christian White -- 4.5 hrs -- thriller
    
17. FREE -- The Pact -- Thomas Keneally -- 7.2 hrs -- fiction
    
18. FREE -- Once More with Feeling -- Ceridwen Dovey -- 8.1 hrs -- fiction
    
19. FREE -- The Cuckoo's Cry -- Caroline Overington -- 4.7 hrs -- thriller
    
20. FREE -- Tell Me Lies -- JP Pomare -- 6.3 hrs -- thriller

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Daily Deals -- exp 18 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Guilty Admissions -- Nicole LaPorte -- NF true crime
  
• Audible CA ---> $3.75 -- I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends -- C Robertson -- NF memoir
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- Moby-Dick -- Herman Melville -- classics

* Guilty Admissions: The Bribes, Favors, and Phonies behind the College Cheating Scandal

* I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain

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Downpour -- Monthly Offers -- exp 31 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

$4.99 -- Cloudmaker -- Malcolm Brooks/ Julia Whelan -- 14.4 hrs -- historical

Editor's Pick

From the nationally bestselling author of Painted Horses comes a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, a tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression.

The summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen-year-old Houston “Huck” Finn. When he and a friend find a dead body in a local creek, a rare Lindbergh flight watch on its wrist, it seems like a sign. Huck is building his own airplane, a fact he has concealed from his mother. That summer also marks the arrival of his cousin Annelise, sent to live with the family under mysterious circumstances. As it turns out, she has had flying lessons—another sign.

As Huck’s airplane takes shape, so does his burgeoning understanding of the world, including the battle over worldliness vs. godliness that has split Annelise from her family and, in a quieter way, divides Huck’s family too. And meanwhile, there is the matter of the watch, which the dead man’s cohort of bank robbers would very much like back.

In Brooks’s trademark “lush, breathtaking prose” (San Francisco Chronicle) and with a winking nod to the Sam Clemens who inspired its hero’s nickname, Cloudmaker is a boisterous, heartfelt novel that brings to life the idealism, inventiveness, traditionalism, and deep contradictions of the American spirit.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- The Waringham Chronicles (book 2) -- Rebecca Gablé -- historical

* The Waringham Chronicles, Volume 2: The Wheel of Fortune

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Daily Deals -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- News of the World -- Paulette Jiles -- western
  
• Audible CA ---> $2.50 -- Dying to Be Me -- Anita Moorjani -- NF health
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

* Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing

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LAST DAY -- Downpour -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• $1.99 -- Dalva --> details -- rental only

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Snowblind (book 1) -- Ragnar Jónasson -- mystery

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ChirpBooks.com (N. America only).

Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson and narrated by Bronson Pinchot. $3.99

When a World War II resistance fighter awakens in a universe of wizards, knights, and dragons, he embarks on a heroic quest to save two worlds…

I don't usually recommend over the $2.99 bargain deals because of the inability to archive, but this is an outstanding writer with an outstanding narrator. You can also get it through Audible Plus catalog. It's also $7.49 through whispersync if you already have the ebook through Amazon.