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Free Audio Books for Test
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Free Audio Books for Test
Our Audio Books come in 2 formats. We offer free downloads to test these formats on your device(s):
- MP3 DRM-free which are almost universally compatible, and
- WMA-DRM Audio Book format for which there is a much larger number of audio books available as most publishers are still concerned about piracy without DRM
- Free Audio Books to Download for Testing
- Be sure to download the FREE Overdrive Media Console, required to download our audio, organize your chapters sequentially, and facilitate sync
- How to download MP3 DRM-Free Audio Books and sync to iPods, iPhones, Zunes, etc.
- How to download WMA-DRM Audio Books
- Free Audio Excerpts (under Excerpts Tab) on almost all our audio books for you to hear the narrator before purchase
- Compatibility Information on listening devices for both MP# and WMA formats: iPods, iPhones, Microsoft Zune, Creative Labs, Smart Phones, PDAs, etc.
At no charge to you, you can download a free audio book from our site to confirm it works with your device. We offer this as a service for our customers. These are live audio books for which we pay the publishers upon each download.
Also, where available we recommend the MP3 version (DRM-free) of the two that we carry in that it has almost no compatibility limitations. The MP3 audio books can easily be synchronized with iTunes, iPods, iPhones, smart phones, and almost all other listening devices. Currently, they cannot, however, be downloaded to Macs. We expect our partner to complete testing on Mac software some time in the autumn of this year.
Most of our audio books also have excerpts so that you can sample the narration. While the excerpts and the full MP3 versions of our audio books work on almost all devices, the WMA versions will not work on iPods or Zunes unless first burned to CD.
If you do not find your audio book selection in MP3, but find it in WMA instead, please be sure to check each WMA audio book Details Tab to learn about its copy and burning permissions as set by the publishers.
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by James Patterson; Narrated by Peter J. Fernandez; Narrated by Dion Graham
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Brand New Alex Cross Thriller Audio Book from James Patterson
Heart-stopping...When the home of Alex's oldest friend is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking: a stunningly organized gang of lethal teenagers headed by a powerful, diabolical man - the African warlord known as the Tiger...
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by Marek Halter; Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
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Wonderful Audio Book for the Christmas Season & New Year
"A brilliant achievement: packed with drama and suspense..." - Eva Etzioni-Halevy, author of The Song of Hannah...The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of Nazareth...Miriam – also known as Mary – was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed to living with uncertainty and unrest.
audio book in spiritual audio books, holiday audio books, Christmas audio books, Christian audio books, religion audio books, Catholic audio books, non-fiction audio books, Mary of Nazareth by Marek Halter
 Audio Book (MP3) [ 293.5 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
 Audio Book (WMA)  [ 149.8 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
"[In Mary of Nazareth] Halter has created a memorable and appealing heroine." Historical Novels Review
Excerpt:
From the bookThe torpor of early morning was shattered by the cries of children.“They’re here! They’re here!”In his workshop, Joachim was already at work. He exchanged glances with his assistant, Lysanias, but did not let himself be distracted by the noise. In a single movement, they lifted the cedar beam and placed it on the workbench.Groaning, Lysanias massaged his lower ...
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by Patricia Cornwell; Narrated by Kate Reading
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Mystery Thriller Audio Books - new Kay Scarpetta novel from bestselling crime writer Patricia CornwellLeaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her. The injuries, he says, were sustained in the course of a murder... that he did not commit. audio book in mystery audio books, crime fiction audio books, thriller audio books, Kay Scarpetta novels, from Patricia Cornwell - works with Sony PRS 505 eBooks Reader, Sony PRS 700 eBooks Reader, Cybook eBooks Reader, iRex Iliad eBooks Reader
Audio Book (WMA) [ 224.1 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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by Nora Roberts; Narrated by Dan John Miller
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New Audio Book from Nora Roberts
Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox, and Caleb emerged from the woods, each with a piece of bloodstone. Now, it will become their weapon in the final fight against the demon they awakened. Winner take all...Shared nightmares, visions of blood and fire, and random violence begin to plague the...
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Audio Book (WMA) [ 154.7 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I am really enjoying this series.
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by Steve Berry; Narrated by Scott Brick
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New in the Cotton Malone thriller audio book series from bestseller Steve Berry
As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic, but now he wants the full story and asks his ex-boss, Stephanie Nelle, to secure the military files. What he learns stuns him...
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"In bestseller Berry's fourth thriller to feature ex–Justice Department agent Cotton Malone (after The Venetian Betrayal), Malone embarks on a search for answers about his father, Capt. Forrest Malone, after learning that instead of dying in 1971 in a nuclear sub accident in the North Atlantic, his father actually died while on a secret submarine mission to the Antarctic. Meanwhile, bad guy Adm. Langford Ramsey schemes to become the next ranking officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The two story lines merge as a group led by Malone races to Antarctica, where they find a strange underground city belonging to the Aryans, an advanced race who inhabited the earth at the dawn of our own civilization. A meticulous researcher, Berry carefully integrates such elements as Charlemagne, Nazis, ancient manuscripts, historical puzzles and scientific surprises into the plot. Those who relish suspense in the Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the series."- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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by Malcolm Gladwell; Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell; Not Available 2008 Malcolm Gladwell
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Stunning new audio book from Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point
A landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate. An intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. Gladwell asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? He explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.
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Audio Book (WMA) [ 107.3 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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by David Baldacci; Not Available Ron McLarty
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Audio Books - Mystery Suspense Thriller from Bestselling Author David BaldacciKnown by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price... Audio book in Audio books mystery suspense thriller bestselling author David Baldacci - works with Sony PRS 505 eBooks Reader, Sony PRS 700 eBooks Reader, Cybook eBooks Reader, iRex Iliad eBooks Reader
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by Barack Obama; Narrated by Barack Obama
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Congratulations President-Elect Obama !
Audio Book written and narrated by Barack Obama - In His Own Words and In His Own Voice
Also available in all eBook formats - The pundits claim this book is the first evidence Americans used to guide them to vote for Barack Obama. Listen for yourself. Obama'a personal story and his hope for America - his full and grand vision...
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Audio Book (MP3) [ 178.0 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Audio Book (WMA) [ 90.9 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
More a declaration of intent than memoir, this is Barack Obama defining himself and his vision. With this framework and Dreams from My Father - more of a memoir - I now have a much better picture of the Illinois Senator. You cannot help but fall for his vision. That vision, however, is motherhood and apple pie - representing even things his opponent wants in the current Presidential election. So I dissected this book and his other looking for substance and specifics. Unfortunately, they are not here. Senator Obama is a dreamer and a high level visionary. It becomes easy to see him as the nation's visionary, but not our President. To figure that one out, I'm forced to go to other sources. After listening to this audio book, I hope the substance is there because I like his story. Unfortunately, hope is not in and of itself a strategy...
Excerpt:
From the bookPrologueIt’s been almost ten years since I first ran for political office. I was thirty-five at the time, four years out of law school, recently married, and generally impatient with life. A seat in the Illinois legislature had opened up, and several friends suggested that I run, thinking that my work as a civil rights lawyer, and contacts from my days as a community organizer, ...
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by John Grisham; Narrated by Michael Beck
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John Grisham's latest legal thriller bestseller in an MP3 Audio Book
Powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave listeners unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again... In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small towns water supply, causing the worst cancer cluster in history...
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Audio Book (MP3) [ 185.8 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Audio Book (MP3) [ 362.1 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Audio Book (WMA) [ 94.9 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Audio Book (WMA) [ 184.8 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
"Building a remarkable degree of suspense… Grisham delivers his savviest book in years. His extended vacation from hard–hitting fiction is over." Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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by Steve Berry; Narrated by Erik Singer
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Steve Berry's thriller bestseller - now an MP3 audio book
Having conquered Persia and made plans to do the same to Europe, Alexander the Great died of a fever at the age of 32 in 323 BCE. Beyond that, nothing of how he passed away is clear. Some blame natural causes, others say he was poisoned, others that he died of malaria, typhoid fever, acute pancreatitis, or West Nile virus. Theories about his death are as numerous as the years that have since passed...But Cotton Malone is about to discover the truth...
audio book in thriller audio books, suspense audio books, The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry
Audio Book (MP3) [ 181.8 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Audio Book (WMA) [ 92.7 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Excerpt:
From the bookCopenhagen, Denmark Saturday, April 18 , The Present11:55 p.m. The smell roused Cotton Malone to consciousness. Sharp, acrid, with a hint of sulfur. And something else. Sweet and sickening. Like death. He opened his eyes. He lay prone on the floor, arms extended, palms to the hardwood, which he immediately noticed was sticky. What happened? He’d attended the April gathering of t...
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by Terry Pratchett; Narrated by Stephen Briggs; Not Available 2008 HarperCollins Publishers
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Audio Books - Fantasy and Science Fiction - A Novel From Beloved Author Terry PratchettThe sea has taken everything...Thirteen-year-old Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle, Daphne a girl from the other side of the globe is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave...Internationally revered storyteller Terry Pratchett presents a breathtaking adventure of survival and discovery, and of the courage required to forge new beliefs.
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Audio Book (WMA) [ 140.7 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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New Dirk Pitt Downloadable Audio Book from Thriller master Clive Cussler and Dirk CusslerA potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming... a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia... a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war... NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control... audio book in thriller audio books, mystery audio books, suspense audio books, thriller novels, fiction from Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
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Audio Book (WMA) [ 301.3 Mb ]
Street Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008
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by Jim Butcher; Narrated by Kate Reading
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New Audio Book Bestseller from Jim Butcher, New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files series
Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim safely to their lands, his worst fears are realized...For 1,000 years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, survived every foe. The 1,000 years are over...
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Audio Book (WMA) [ 261.6 Mb ]
Street Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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by J.D. Robb; Narrated by Susan Ericksen
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New WMA Audio Book mystery from J.D. Robb / Nora Roberts
At the most solemn moment of a Catholic funeral Mass, the priest brings the chalice to his lips. Seconds later, he is dead on the altar. Detective Lieut Eve Dallas confirms the consecrated wine contained enough potassium cyanide to kill a rhino. She plunges in to find out why, but it's not the bodegas and pawnshops of East Harlem that bother her; it's all that holiness flying around St. Cristobal's that makes her uneasy...
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Audio Book (WMA) [ 197.3 Mb ]
Street Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
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by Michael Connelly; Narrated by Peter Giles; Not Available Inc. 2008 Hieronymus
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New Audio Book Suspense Thriller from Michael Connelly
When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Mickey Haller gets to defend prominent studio exec accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next... Enter Harry Bosch...NY Times Review
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"Connelly's work has it all--sharply drawn, engaging characters, snappy dialogue and a plot that moves like a shot of Red Bull." David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle
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