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I’m not kidding you about the HUGE batch of free Audible files. Grab yourself a nice drink and check through this list of free files. As usual, they range from interviews with authors and celebrities, to short samples of audiobooks to special events and speeches and even two selections of entire unabridged romance stories.

An Excerpt from Hannibal Rising

Narrator: Thomas Harris
Program Format: Unabridged
Random House Audio, 2006
7 min.

Publisher’s Summary

Audible.com and Random House Audio are pleased to present this excerpt from Hannibal Rising (Unabridged).

He is one of the most haunting characters in all of literature.

At last the evolution of his evil is revealed.

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck.

He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him.

Hannibal’s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki.

Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France.

But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn.

He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death’s prodigy.

©2006 Thomas Harris; (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Check out the list of Thomas Harris titles available at Audible.com.

Next: A Sneak Preview
Michael Crichton

Narrator: Dylan Baker
Program Format: Abridged
Harper Audio, 2006
8 min.

Publisher’s Summary

Download this sneak preview of Michael Crichton’s latest book, Next!

Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And should that worry us? There’s a new genetic cure for drug addiction; is it worse than the disease?

We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it’s possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars or test our spouses for genetic maladies. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes.

Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions, and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.

The future is closer than you think. Get used to it.

Check out the other Michael Crichton titles available at Audible.com

Program Type: Audiobook; Unabridged
Narrator: Stow Lovejoy
Publisher: Audible, Inc., 2006
Length: 3 hours and 7 min.

Publisher’s Summary

FREE to all Audible visitors through Dec. 20

After nine months of examining and analyzing U.S. military involvement in Iraq, the bi-partisan Iraq Study Group issued this report on Dec. 6, 2006.

The report calls the situation in Iraq “grave and deteriorating” and says, “There is no path that can guarantee success, but the prospects can be improved”. The report makes a wide-ranging series of 79 recommendations for political, diplomatic, economic, and military action so the U.S. can “begin to move its combat forces” out of Iraq.

The co-chairs of the Iraq Study Group were James A. Baker III, who served Pres. Reagan as Secretary of the Treasury and White House Chief of Staff, and Pres. George H.W. Bush as Secretary of State; and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, a Democrat who served in Congress for 34 years.

Democratic members of the Study Group included former Secretary of Defense William Perry; former Governor and Senator Charles S. Robb; former Congressman and White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta; and Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., advisor to Pres. Clinton. Republican members included former Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day O’Connor; former Sen. Alan K. Simpson; former Attorney General Edwin Meese III; and former Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger. (Former CIA Director Robert Gates was an active member for a period of months until his nomination as Secretary of Defense.)

Four organizations participated in preparing the report: United States Institute of Peace; James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University; Center for the Study of the Presidency; and Center for Strategic and International Studies.

We want to hear your opinion about The Iraq Study Group Report; call 1-888-824-3739 or 1-212-784-6817 and leave us a message. Your thoughts, representing all viewpoints and all parts of the world, will be compiled into a “listener’s voices” audio report.

(P)2006 Audible, Inc.

Alfred Molina

Narrator: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Program Format: Audio Original
L.A. Theatre Works, 2006
34 min.

Publisher’s Summary

This interview is a conversation with Susan Albert Loewenberg, executive producer and host of L.A. Theatre Works’ radio show, The Play’s the Thing, heard on NPR stations nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater channel.

(P)2001 L.A. Theatre Works

Narrator: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Program Format: Audio Original
L.A. Theatre Works, 2006
17 min.

Publisher’s Summary

This interview is a conversation with Susan Albert Loewenberg, executive producer and host of L.A. Theatre Works’ radio show, The Play’s the Thing, heard on NPR stations nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater channel.

(P)2004 L.A. Theatre Works

Narrator: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Program Format: Audio Original
L.A. Theatre Works, 2006
24 min.

Publisher’s Summary

This interview is a conversation with Susan Albert Loewenberg, executive producer and host of L.A. Theatre Works’ radio show, The Play’s the Thing, heard on NPR stations nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater channel.

(P)2004 L.A. Theatre Works

You can check out an audiobook of Lee Blessing’s Going to St. Ives (Dramatization) available at Audible.

Narrator: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Program Format: Audio Original
L.A. Theatre Works, 2006
20 min.

Publisher’s Summary

This interview is a conversation with Susan Albert Loewenberg, executive producer and host of L.A. Theatre Works’ radio show, The Play’s the Thing, heard on NPR stations nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater channel.

(P)2001 L.A. Theatre Works.

You can check out the many Neil Simon titles produced on audiobooks available at Audible.

Narrator: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Program Format: Audio Original
L.A. Theatre Works, 2006
36 min.

Publisher’s Summary

This interview is a conversation with Susan Albert Loewenberg, executive producer and host of L.A. Theatre Works’ radio show, The Play’s the Thing, heard on NPR stations nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater channel.

(P)2000 L.A. Theatre Works.

Check out Sandra Tsing Loh’s Aliens in America available at Audible.com

Narrator: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Program Format: Audio Original
L.A. Theatre Works, 2006
14 min.

Publisher’s Summary

This interview is a conversation with Susan Albert Loewenberg, executive producer and host of L.A. Theatre Works’ radio show, The Play’s the Thing, heard on NPR stations nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater channel.

(P)L.A. Theatre Works

Check out the list of titles from Wendy Wasserstein available at Audible.com

Narrator: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Program Format: Audio Original
L.A. Theatre Works, 2005
17 min.

Publisher’s Summary

This interview is a conversation with Susan Albert Loewenberg, Executive Producer and Host of L.A. Theatre Works’ radio show “The Play’s the Thing”, heard on NPR stations nationwide and on XM Radio’s Satellite Sonic Theatre Channel.

(P)2000 L.A. Theatre Works

WHYY-FM, 2004
51 min.

Publisher’s Summary

Guitarist and singer Marty Grosz and cornet player Randy Reinhart on this edition of Fresh Air. They join us for a special in-studio performance in honor of the 100th birthday of Thomas “Fats” Waller. He would have been 100 on May 21st. Grosz and Reinhart will perform songs composed by the great pianist and vocalist. Waller wrote many hit songs, appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s, and wrote Broadway musicals. Some of his best-loved songs include “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Honeysuckle Rose” and “The Joint is Jumpin’.” There’s a new CD/DVD set called Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection on Bluebird Records. (Broadcast Date: May 19, 2004)

(P) and ©2004 WHYY-FM

If you liked this sample, you can purchase a one month subscription or a twelve month subscription to Fresh Air.

Program Format: Abridged
Random House Audio, 2006
6 min.

What the Critics Say

“This memoir is disarmingly moving.” (Publishers Weekly)

Publisher’s Summary

This is an interview with author Elizabeth Edwards.

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds of similarly grieving families when her own son, Wade, died tragically at age 16 in 1996. Now she shares her experiences in Saving Graces, an incandescent memoir of Edwards’ trials, tragedies, and triumphs, and of how various communities celebrated her joys and lent her steady strength and quiet hope in darker times.

Edwards writes about growing up in a military family. Her reminiscences of her years as a mother focus on the support she and other parents offered one another. Her descriptions of her husband’s campaigns for Senate, president, and vice-president offer a fascinating perspective on the groups, great and small, that sustain our democracy. Her fight with breast cancer, which stirred an outpouring of support from women across the country, has once again affirmed Edwards’ belief in the power of community to make our lives better and richer.

©2006 Elizabeth Edwards; (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Check out Elizabeth Edwards’ Saving Graces available at Audible.com

Program Format: Unabridged
C-SPAN, 2004
5 min.

Publisher’s Summary

On the third night of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Vice Presidential Nominee and Senator John Edwards, addressed the crowd. The speech took place at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 28, 2004.

(P)2004 C-SPAN

Check out Elizabeth Edwards’ Saving Graces available at Audible.com

Narrator: Chris Ryan
Program Format: Unabridged
Random House AudioBooks, 2006
16 min.

Publisher’s Summary

Listen to Chris Ryan, the best-selling thriller writer who has sold more than two million novels worldwide, in this exclusive interview.

Be captivated by his fascinating history, from passing selection into the SAS and in turn training hopefuls; to the highs and lows of his dangerous SAS career.

Hear him discuss his first book The One That Got Away, based on his personal experience of his solitary escape from Iraq after a failed SAS mission. Watching his colleagues die around him in sub-zero conditions, his amazing story earned him a Gallantry medal in what was the longest escape and evasion in SAS history.

Find out what is in store for Chris Ryan and what his avid listeners have to look forward to in the future from this fascinating author.

©2006 Chris Ryan; (P)2006 Random House

Check out all the titles by Chris Ryan that’s available for download at Audible.com

A Brief History of Alagaësia (Unabridged)
By: Christopher Paolini

Program Type: Audiobook (Fiction); Unabridged
Narrator: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Listening Library, 2006
Length: 25 min.

Publisher’s Summary

From the author of the best-sellers Eragon and Eldest, parts one and two of the Inheritance Trilogy, comes A Brief History of Alagaësia.

Dragon tales: don’t miss parts one and two of the Inheritance Trilogy, Eragon and Eldest.

©2006 Christopher Paolini; (P)2006 Listening Library, a division of Random House Inc.

Check out the collection of works from Christopher Paolini at Audible.com

Narrator: Trevor Dolby
Program Format: Audio Original
HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2006
11 min.

Publisher’s Summary

A Q&A interview between Gordon Ramsay and Trevor Dolby about Gordon’s forthcoming autobiography, Humble Pie.

©2007 Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd; (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers, London, UK

Check out Gordon Ramsay’s autobiography Humble Pie available for download at Audible.com

Narrator: David Freeman
Program Format: Audio Original
DJF Productions, 2006
6 min.

Publisher’s Summary

An interview with Frederick Forsyth, author of The Afghan.

Forsyth is well-known for his thrilling novels, including The Day of the Jackal, The Dogs of War, The Odessa File, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, and Avenger.

© and (P) DJF Productions

Check out all the available Frederick Forsyth titles available at Audible.com

Narrator: David Freeman
Program Format: Audio Original
DJF Productions, 2006
16 min.

Publisher’s Summary

An interview with Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion. Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He was born in Nairobi of British parents and was educated at Oxford. He has received numerous honours and awards, including the Royal Society of Literature Award, the Los Angeles Times Literary Prize, the Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the International Cosmos Prize for Achievement in Human Science, the Kistler Prize, and the Shakespeare Prize.

© and (P) DJF Productions

VangoNotes for Active Vocabulary, 3/e, Ch 11: Education
Amy E. Olsen

Narrator: Amy LeBlanc, Sharron Bower, Mikhail Horowitz
Program Format: Audio Original
Pearson Education, Inc., 2006

Publisher’s Summary

Study on the go with VangoNotes. Just download chapter reviews from Active Vocabulary, 3/e and listen to them on your mp3 player. Now wherever you are — whatever you’re doing — you can study by listening to the following for each chapter of your textbook:

# Big Ideas: Your “need to know” for each chapter
# Practice Test: A gut check for the Big Ideas - tells you if you need to keep studying
# Key Terms: Audio “flashcards” to help you review key concepts and terms
# Rapid Review: A quick drill session - use it right before your test

VangoNotes are flexible; download all the material directly to your player, or only the chapters you need. And they’re efficient. Use them in your car, at the gym, walking to class, wherever. So get yours today. And get studying.

Active Vocabulary, 3/e

Ch 1: The Classroom $2.99
Ch 2: Relationships $2.99
Ch 3: Entertainment $2.99
Ch 4: Travel $2.99
Ch 5: Word Parts I $2.99
Ch 6: Science Fiction $2.99
Ch 7: Westerns $2.99
Ch 8: Romance $2.99
Ch 9: Mystery $2.99
Ch 10: Review $2.99
Ch 11: Education Get It Free!
Ch 12: Environmental Science $2.99
Ch 13: Computer Applications $2.99
Ch 14: Word Parts II $2.99
Ch 15: History $2.99
Ch 16: Art History $2.99
Ch 17: Political Science $2.99
Ch 18: Business $2.99
Ch 19: Review $2.99
Ch 20: Zoology $2.99
Ch 21: Administration of Justice $2.99
Ch 22: Health $2.99
Ch 23: Word Parts III $2.99
Ch 24: English $2.99
Ch 25: Psychology $2.99
Ch 26: Engineering $2.99
Ch 27: Drama $2.99
Ch 28: Review $2.99

(P)2006 Pearson Education, Inc.

You can check out all the various VangoNotes in many different subjects available for download at Audible.com

Lynette Kent

Narrator: Elenna Stauffer
Program Format: Unabridged
Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd., 2006
1 hour and 3 min.

Publisher’s Summary

Dr. Ian Baker needs a life outside of the hospital; is take-charge Cass Stuart just what the doctor ordered?

©2002 Lynette Kent; (P)2006 Audible, Inc.
All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

A Home for the Holidays (Unabridged)
By: Laura Marie Altom

Program Type: Audiobook (Fiction); Unabridged
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd., 2006
Length: 1 hour

Publisher’s Summary

When Rachel’s husband is presumed dead, she disappears with her unborn child. Her husband’s best friend Chance is determined to track her down. But is she ready to be found?

©2005 Laura Marie Altom; (P)2006 Audible, Inc.
All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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