FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Daily Deals -- exp 07 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- The Mercies -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave -- historical
  
• Down -----> TBA
  
• eStories --> $3.99 -- The American Spirit -- David McCullough -- NF poli sci

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 08 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- One Million Followers -- Brendan Kane -- NF business

* One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days

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Alexa UK -- Monthly Rentals -- exp 31 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

Alexa, what's free from Audible?

We have some exciting news for Alexa users. Each month we will offer a selection of brilliant audiobooks you'll be able to listen to for free on your Alexa device. Browse this month's selection below.

Free to stream until 31st July 2020

Just say 'Alexa, read (book)' -- streaming only

• FREE -- Great Figures of Civil Rights... -- HK Jeffries/ HK Jeffries -- 6.3 hrs -- NF history
  
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Synopses

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  Great Figures of the Civil Rights Movement -- The Great Courses
  
  Malcolm X. Marcus Garvey. Charles Hamilton Houston. Diane Nash. For every well-known figure of the Civil Rights Movement, there are dozens of lesser-known, yet no less significant, activists who helped advance America’s social views and helped shape race relations in this country. Most listeners have only skimmed the surface of these deeply complex, influential, and world-changing figures. Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries of The Ohio State University delves into their stories, presenting an intimate study of the men and women who led half a century of social change.
  
  Listeners will hear the histories behind well-known names, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, and gain surprising insight and deep context about the activists’ contributions. Dr. Jeffries also introduces figures whose names may be less familiar, but who also played vital roles in Civil Rights, such as Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Stokely Carmichael.
  
  Each biography unfolds like a piece of riveting fiction, as Dr. Jeffries recounts the challenges and successes of the individuals - and the tremendous risks they took - while explaining how their choices transformed the way we now think about race and justice. Most importantly, listeners will discover how actions that may have seemed small or even futile at the time gradually rippled into waves of social change that impacted decades to come.

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Daily Deals -- exp 08 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- My Vanishing Country -- Bakari Sellers -- NF memoir
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- Jane Goes North -- Joe R Lansdale -- literary
  
• eStories --> $4.99 -- Dancer's Lament (book 1) -- Ian C Esslemont -- fantasy

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Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 13 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT


$1.99 -- The Fathomless Caves -- Kate Forsyth/ Elle Newlands -- 11.5 hrs -- fantasy

Rental Only

The Witches of Eileanan Series (book 6)

In Eileanan, victory has finally been won, and those of faery kind—from the mighty dragons to the mysterious nyx—have sworn their friendship and aid. Only the sea-dwelling Fairgean have refused to sign the Pact of Peace. Driven by ancient hatreds, they have devoted themselves to destroying all who dwell upon the land.

Troubled by the darkness that may lie ahead, Lachlan agrees to release his beloved Iseult from the sacred oath that binds them together. It will then be for Iseult to decide whether she will remain in the mountains to resume life with her own kin, or return to the man who let her go.

To help bring peace to Eileanan, Iseult’s flame-haired twin, Isabeau, must also face her most difficult challenge yet. But before she can prove herself worthy of both the scar of the Soul-Sage and the ring of the sorceress, she must first find a way to heal her own wounded spirit.

Rental FAQ

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  When does my rental period begin?
  
  Your rental timer will begin counting down when you first initiate the download on your device or 10 days after purchase, whichever comes first.

  How long can I listen to a title?
  
  All digital rentals provide a minimum of 30 days to listen to a book from the time you initiate your first download. With some of our longer books, such as Atlas Shrugged (63hrs), we extend the listening period to 60 days. You do have the option of purchasing a 5, 10, or 20 day extension after you have made your rental purchase.

  How many times can I listen to my rental?
  
  You may listen to a rental as many times as you would like until it expires.

  Can I extend my rental time period?
  
  Once you are logged into your Downpour.com account, you can purchase a time extension for any of your previous rentals via THIS link. After clicking “Extend Rental,” you have the option of purchasing a 5-day ($1.95), 10-day ($2.95) or 20-day ($4.95) extension. If your rental has not yet expired, the purchased time will be added onto your rental. (Example: if your rental has one day remaining, and you purchase a five-day extension, you will now have six days total before your rental expires.) If your rental has already expired, the extension will allow you to listen to your book again for the amount of time purchased.

  Can I have the same rental on more than one device?
  
  You may listen to your audiobook rental on as many personal devices as you own. Your rental time will be synced across all devices on which you have installed the Downpour app.

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LAST DAY -- SYNC Audio -- exp 08 Jul @ 11:59 pm ET

• FREE -- Fresh Ink | Hope Nation --> details

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 09 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Back Blast (book 5) -- Mark Greaney -- thriller

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Daily Deals -- exp 09 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- The Art of Living -- Thich Nhat Hanh -- NF religion
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- After Effects (book 15) -- Catherine Aird -- mystery
  
• eStories --> TBA ---- The Thing About Luck -- Cynthia Kadohata -- YA fiction

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LAST DAY -- Kobo Audio -- exp 09 Jul @ 11:59 pm ET

• SALE -- Kobo Audio Membership -- $6.99/mo x 90 days --> details

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 10 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Eye of the Storm -- Peter Ratcliffe, et al -- NF memoir

* Eye of the Storm: Twenty-Five Years in Action with the SAS

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Daily Deals -- exp 10 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- Season of Storms (series) -- Andrzej Sapkowski -- fantasy
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- Pride of Eden -- Taylor Brown -- literary
  
• eStories --> $4.99 -- Born in Blood (book 1) -- Alexandra Ivy -- detective

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

• TBA -- The 5AM Club -- Robin Sharma -- NF self-help

* The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

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

• Audible ---> TBA ---- Cat Tale -- Craig Pittman -- NF ecology
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- The Woman in the Alcove (book 2) -- Anna Katharine Green -- mystery
  
• eStories --> $4.99 -- The Rains (book 1) -- Gregg Hurwitz -- YA fantasy

* Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther

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SYNC Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs -- exp 15 Jul @ 11:59 pm ET

Week 11 -- Here’s another pair of free audiobooks we planned before we knew that 2020 was going to need extra celebrations. Thanks to Naxos AudioBooks and Alison Larkin Presents, we are delighted to share two funny and thought-provoking listens.

FREE -- Twelfth Night -- William Shakespeare/ full cast -- 2.3 hrs -- classic

Twelfth Night, nowadays one of Shakespeare's best-loved and most-admired comedies, was not always so regarded: Samuel Pepys saw the play three times in the 1660s and judged it 'silly'. Modern audiences, critics, and directors seem better attuned to its delicate counter pointing of romance and realism, to its ambivalent ending, and to the poetic suggestiveness of Feste's songs.

With this in mind, sit back and enjoy this lively performance, featuring the voices of such esteemed Shakespearean actors as Stella Gonet (Viola) and Gerard Murphy (Sir Toby Belch), accompanied by a full cast.

Download the accompanying reference guide.

FREE -- A Christmas Carol -- Charles Dickens, et al/ Alison Larkin -- 3.6 hrs -- classic

Following her recent adaptation of Dickens’ Great Expectations, bestselling novelist and award-winning audiobook narrator Alison Larkin changes the gender of Scrooge in this exciting new recording of A Christmas Carol.

Everything else, though, is pure Dickens. So the characters around Scrooge behave as if it were quite normal for a woman to learn to read and write, fall in love with and reject a woman, and have the kind of career only men could dream of in 1843.

It's an irresistible question. If gender had been simply irrelevant in the 19th century, where would we all be now?

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 12 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Believe Me -- Eddie Izzard -- NF memoir

* Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens