FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Here's the link -- Death's Heretic

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[tubemonkey]

Downpour Rental of the Week -- exp 25 Jan

• $1.99 -- Nothing Serious -- PG Wodehouse -- read by Simon Vance (6.4 hrs)

Filled with faces old and new, this collection of stories from the master of humor promises pure entertainment for audiobook lovers everywhere.

P. G. Wodehouse’s famed collection of ten stories marks the reappearance of many old friends—who find themselves in delightfully absurd situations. In “How’s That, Umpire?” a mutual hatred of cricket reunites two lovers. In “Birth of a Salesman,” Lord Emsworth has strayed from Blandings Castle to become an encyclopedia salesman for a day. “Success Story” tells of Ukridge’s finest swindle yet—after which he finally emerges triumphant in the struggle against his fearsome aunt Julia. Other stories include “The Shadow Passes,” “Bramley Is So Bracing,” “Up from the Depths,” “Feet of Clay,” “Excelsior,” “Rodney Has a Relapse,” and “Tangled Hearts.”

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free megathread for the new Humble Bundle:

Humble Audiobook Bundle: Smart Fun! The Best of National Public Radio contains mostly comedy/humour-oriented programs from NPR, but also a Star Wars radio drama and an audiobook reading of a non-fiction science title, plus some interviews/documentaries about the funny stuff.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Per the latest PRH newsletter:

If I recall correctly, they have offered this one for free before but it was missing a chapter or two. Hopefully they will have fixed the problem this time. I'll (or someone will) put up another reminder when it's available.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

By my calendar, this one should be live now. (I'm at work so I can't check.) I'll check the length when I get home to see if they fixed the missing bits.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

By my calendar, this one should be live now. (I'm at work so I can't check.) I'll check the length when I get home to see if they fixed the missing bits.

Still showing A Christmas Story.

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Audible Promo

• 3 Books for 2 Credits -- exp 21 Jan

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Still showing A Christmas Story.

It's up now. Shows to be a whole 5 minutes longer than the last time. Not sure that is enough to qualify as "complete" without listening. Direct link.

[skinmaan]

They thought they could hide it from me, but I'm on to them! PRH, over at the crafter section of TryAudiobooks.com, added a sneaky freebie. If you're interested in "Killer Heat" by Linda Fairstein, it's available. I can confirm that this is the unabridged version. You never know how long this will stay up, as they rotate these through on an uneven schedule, so if you're interested don't delay.

It's August in New York, and the only thing that's hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper's professional and personal life. Just as she's claiming an especially gratifying victory in a rape case, she gets the call: the body of a young woman has been found in an abandoned building. The brutality of the murder is disturbing enough, but when a second body, beaten and disposed of in exactly same manner, is found off the Belt Parkway, the city's top brass want the killer found fast, before the tabloids can start churning out ghoulish serial-killer headlines.

Between dodging the bullets of the gang members who are infuriated by Alex's most recent courtroom victory and keeping a rendezvous with a charming restaurateur, a serial killer on the loose is the last thing she needs on her plate right now. Then a third victim is found, and it becomes clear to Alex and her team that time is not on their side.

Through Alex's peerless interrogation skills - and one big break - the search becomes focused on someone who has a twisted obsession with the military. And things grow increasingly dangerous when the chase leads to a chain of small, abandoned islands around New York harbor.

Once again, Linda Fairstein brilliantly orchestrates a mix of cutting-edge legal issues and forensics, New York City history, and spine-tingling suspense. And at the center of it all is Alex Cooper: stunning, single-minded, accomplished, and not to be trifled with, whether she's in or out of a courtroom.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[TrevorViking]

My Volumes app had a notification pop up about a freebie for 24 hours only. But then I loaded the app, forgot the title, and it's not showing easily on the home screen. Anyone catch it?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

It's up now. Shows to be a whole 5 minutes longer than the last time. Not sure that is enough to qualify as "complete" without listening. Direct link.

Originally Posted by skinmaan

They thought they could hide it from me, but I'm on to them! PRH, over at the crafter section of TryAudiobooks.com, added a sneaky freebie. If you're interested in "Killer Heat" by Linda Fairstein, it's available. I can confirm that this is the unabridged version. You never know how long this will stay up, as they rotate these through on an uneven schedule, so if you're interested don't delay.

Thanks; will add both books to the OP

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

My Volumes app had a notification pop up about a freebie for 24 hours only. But then I loaded the app, forgot the title, and it's not showing easily on the home screen. Anyone catch it?

That's "Call of the Wild." Also on the Facebook site.

[tubemonkey]

Here's a listing of the free audiobooks currently available from Penguin Random House. This listing can be found in the OP (opening post) for future reference.

Penguin Random House (xx titles) -- TryAudiobooks (xx titles)

• FREE -- Short Stories (7 titles) -- exp unk --> details
• FREE -- Call of the Wild -- exp unk --> details / details
• FREE -- Double Bind -- exp unk --> details
• FREE -- Killer Heat -- exp unk --> details

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

It's up now. Shows to be a whole 5 minutes longer than the last time. Not sure that is enough to qualify as "complete" without listening. Direct link.

I checked the location where I had found the gap in the earlier version, and it has been corrected.

[Catlady]

Audible is showing a price of $4.95 for Blue Monday, by Nicci French, narrated by Beth Chalmers; this is the first book in the Frieda Klein series. I don't know if this is a mistake or a temporary price drop, so if you're interested, it's probably best not to wait.

The stunning first book in a new series of psychological thrillers introducing an unforgettable London psychotherapist.

Frieda Klein is a solitary, incisive psychotherapist who spends her sleepless nights walking along the ancient rivers that have been forced underground in modern London. She believes that the world is a messy, uncontrollable place, but what we can control is what is inside our heads. This attitude is reflected in her own life, which is an austere one of refuge, personal integrity, and order.

The abduction of five-year-old Matthew Farraday provokes a national outcry and a desperate police hunt. And when his face is splashed over the newspapers, Frieda cannot ignore the coincidence: one of her patients has been having dreams in which he has a hunger for a child. A red-haired child he can describe in perfect detail, a child the spitting image of Matthew. She finds herself in the center of the investigation, serving as the reluctant sidekick of the chief inspector.

Drawing listeners into a haunting world in which the terrors of the mind have spilled over into real life, Blue Monday introduces a compelling protagonist and a chilling mystery that will appeal to listeners of dark crime fiction and fans of In Treatment and The Killing.

I have not read or listened to this one, but last year I read most of Nicci French's stand-alone thrillers and "she" (the name is a pseudonym for a writing team) is one of my new favorite thriller writers.

[AbFabGab]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Audible is showing a price of $4.95 for Blue Monday

I had to go to Amazon (Audible format) to get the $4.95 price.

Thanks for sharing!