FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Huh? You mean if I bought books from the 2-for-1 sale? But I can't even find ONE book I want in that sale!

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Yep - that's usually the case with these selections. I've never found anything in these sales worth getting. I'd rather get one book I really want instead of two books I'm not all that interested in.

There are actually quite a few good books in this sale. Some I already have, of course, but a couple of others I have the eBook of, but not the Audible book. There are easily 2 or 3 mysteries worth getting (all first of a series), several SFF books worth a read (sadly, I have all of these but one, and not sure I want to commit to 50 hours for it), some general fiction and non-fiction, and at least two 'cozy' mysteries very much worth a read. A quick look found (in genre order):

• Still Life (Inspector Gamache #1) by Louise Penny
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes #1) by Laurie R. King
• The Mists of Avalon (Avalon #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Barrayar (Vorkosigan #2, or #3, depending on how you count) by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (a _classic_)
• Falling Free (Vorkosigan #1, or standalone) by Lois McMaster Bujold
• 1632 (Ring of Fire #1) by Eric Flint
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• White Fang by Jack London
• Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
• Waterloo by Bernard Cornwall (this was a Book Club Selection last year)
• Grunt by Mary Roach
• The #1 Ladies Detective Agency (1st in series) by Alexander McCall Smith (another Book Club selection)
• Fatal Pursuit (Bruno, Chief of Police #1) by Martin Walker

All of these are books worth a read, IMNSHO. Some might not be to your taste, some you might already have. But it's hard to imagine there aren't at least a couple in there you'd like to read.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by CRussel

There are actually quite a few good books in this sale. Some I already have, of course, but a couple of others I have the eBook of, but not the Audible book. There are easily 2 or 3 mysteries worth getting (all first of a series), several SFF books worth a read (sadly, I have all of these but one, and not sure I want to commit to 50 hours for it), some general fiction and non-fiction, and at least two 'cozy' mysteries very much worth a read. A quick look found (in genre order):

• Still Life (Inspector Gamache #1) by Louise Penny
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes #1) by Laurie R. King
• The Mists of Avalon (Avalon #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Barrayar (Vorkosigan #2, or #3, depending on how you count) by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (a _classic_)
• Falling Free (Vorkosigan #1, or standalone) by Lois McMaster Bujold
• 1632 (Ring of Fire #1) by Eric Flint
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• White Fang by Jack London
• Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
• Waterloo by Bernard Cornwall (this was a Book Club Selection last year)
• Grunt by Mary Roach
• The #1 Ladies Detective Agency (1st in series) by Alexander McCall Smith (another Book Club selection)
• Fatal Pursuit (Bruno, Chief of Police #1) by Martin Walker

All of these are books worth a read, IMNSHO. Some might not be to your taste, some you might already have. But it's hard to imagine there aren't at least a couple in there you'd like to read.

They may be worth a read, but not by me. I don't read SF or romance; I don't want to start a new series because it feels like a commitment to keep going; and I don't care for the nonfiction selections. I've read a few in the thriller section, but I'm not thrilled by the choices.

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 21 Aug

• $1.99 -- No Is Not Enough -- Naomi Klein/ Brit Marling --> 8.0 hrs --> poly sci

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

A road map to resistance in the Trump era from internationally acclaimed journalist, activist, and bestselling author Naomi Klein…

“This book is a toolkit to help understand how we arrived at this surreal political moment, how to keep it from getting a lot worse, and how, if we keep our heads, we can flip the script and seize the opportunity to make things a whole lot better in a time of urgent need. A toolkit for shock-resistance.”—Naomi Klein, from the Preface

The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump’s vision—a radical deregulation of the U.S. economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on “radical Islamic terrorism,” and sweeping aside climate science to unleash a domestic fossil fuel frenzy—will generate wave after wave of crises and shocks, to the economy, to national security, to the environment.

In No Is Not Enough, Naomi Klein explains that Trump, extreme as he is, is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst and most dangerous trends of the past half-century. In exposing the malignant forces behind Trump’s rise, she puts forward a bold vision for a mass movement to counter rising militarism, racism, and corporatism in the United States and around the world.

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Deal of the Week -- exp 21 Aug

• $4.95 -- Fata Morgana -- Steven Boyett, et al/ MacLeod Andrews --> 12.2 hrs --> sci-fi

At the height of the air war in Europe, Captain Joe Farley and the baseball-loving, wisecracking crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Fata Morgana are in the middle of a harrowing bombing mission over East Germany when everything goes sideways. The bombs are still falling and flak is still exploding all around the 20-ton bomber as it is knocked like a bathtub duck into another world.

Suddenly stranded with the final outcasts of a desolated world, Captain Farley navigates a maze of treachery and wonder—and finds a love seemingly decreed by fate—as his bomber becomes a pawn in a centuries-old conflict between remnants of advanced but decaying civilizations. Caught among these bitter enemies, a vast power that has brought them here for its own purposes, and a terrifying living weapon bent on their destruction, the crew must use every bit of their formidable inventiveness and courage to survive.

Fata Morgana—the epic novel of love and duty at war across the reach of time.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 17 Aug

• £2.99 -- The Crow Girl -- Erik Sund --> suspense

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Sync Audio -- exp 17 Aug @ 7 AM ET

• FREE -- Shadowshaper --> details
  
• FREE -- Metamorphosis --> details

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 17 Aug

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- Will Save the Galaxy for Food -- Yahtzee Croshaw --> sci-fi
  
• BN Nook --> $3.99 -- Furious George -- George Karl, et al --> memoir

* Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection

[tubemonkey]

Sync Audio

SYNC 2017 has now ended. We will return in April 2018.

It's a wrap! Over the past 16 weeks, you've had the opportunity to download 32 free audiobooks to keep forever, and now we want to hear more from you.

In the coming days, we're asking that you complete the annual survey we'll be sending so that we can evaluate how well this year's program hit the mark for listeners. We'll publish the results of the survey in the weeks ahead, as well as posting questions we have about what you'd like to see included in AudiobookSYNC 2018 selections.

Thank you, again, to all our publishers, who generously donated thousands of downloads throughout the season. If you managed to collect every single audiobook offered this year, that means you acquired over 200 hours of free listening!

Autumn is just around the corner. Take your free audiobooks on a last road trip, to the beach, or onto your back stoop to catch a great story along with the last of summer.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 18 Aug

• £2.99 -- The Penelopiad (bk 1) -- Margaret Atwood --> literary

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 18 Aug

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- The Shark (book 1) -- Mary Burton --> romance
  
• BN Nook --> $5.95 -- Library of Souls (book 3) -- Ransom Riggs --> YA fantasy

[Catlady]

Penguin RH's Try Audiobooks site has some new freebies to download:

• Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life
• The Lean Startup
• The Knockoff

Two others have already been offered for a while:

• Pride and Prejudice
• My Father's Dragon

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Penguin RH's Try Audiobooks site has some new freebies to download:

• Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life
• The Lean Startup
• The Knockoff

Thanks - will add to OP

[AnemicOak]

Not an audiobook, but may interest some audiobook fans...

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Call of Cthulhu - FREE MP3 download

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Call of Cthulhu brings Lovecraft's tale to life as it might have been adapted for radio in the 1930s. In the style of The War of the Worlds, The Shadow and other classic radio plays, Dark Adventure Radio Theatre dramatizes HPL's story with a huge cast of professional actors, exciting sound effects and thrilling original music by Troy Sterling Nies (composer for The Call of Cthulhu and The Whisperer in Darkness). This globe-trotting tale of cosmic horror is one of Lovecraft's most enjoyed weird tales.

Perhaps you've seen our silent film of the same story. Now you can close your eyes and listen as the horror unfolds before you, from the bayous of Louisiana to the remote South Pacific. It's a whole new way to experience a story cherished by Lovecraft fans as one of his best.

Warning: They do want email and billing info (address & phone), but since you're not actually buying anything for $$$ the billing info doesn't need to be valid.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 19 Aug

• £2.99 -- Lies -- TM Logan --> mystery

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 19 Aug

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- The Next Always (book 1) -- Nora Roberts --> romance
  
• BN Nook --> $4.99 -- Night Shift -- Nora Roberts --> romance