So Many Precious Books, So Little Time: Audiobook Giveaway: The Brave by Nicholas Evans

Friday, November 5, 2010

Audiobook Giveaway: The Brave by Nicholas Evans

Thanks toAnna Balasi of Hachette Books, I am giving away up to two copies of this audiobook.

Book Description:

Tom Bedford is living alone in the isolated wilds of Montana. Having distanced himself from his own troubled past, he rarely sees his ex-wife, and his son, Danny, is away in Iraq and hasn't spoken to him for years. Tom hasn't always been so removed from society. As a boy, his mother was a meteoric rising star in the glitzy, enchanted world of 1960s Hollywood. There, she fell in love with the suave Ray Montane, who played young Tom's courageous onscreen hero, Red McGraw, the fastest draw around. Tommy and his mother lived in a glamorous, Hollywood version of the Wild West. Everything was perfect, until the gold flaking on their magical life began to chip away, revealing an uglier truth beneath. Ray was not who he seemed. Tommy and his mother fell into a deadly confrontation with him, and they fled Hollywood forever, into the wilderness of the real West.

As a man, Tom has put all of that behind him--or so he thinks. Unexpectedly, his ex-wife calls, frantic: Danny has been charged with murder. In the chaos of war, his son has been caught in a violent skirmish gone bloodily awry. The Army needs someone to pay for the mistake. Tom, forced into action, is now suddenly alive again and fighting to save the son he'd let slip away. To succeed, he must confront the violence in his own past, and he finds that these two selves--the past and the present--which he'd fought so long to keep separate, are inextricably connected. As father and son struggle to understand one another, both are compelled to learn the true meaning of bravery.

Beautifully interlacing the past and present, the author of The Horse Whisperer reminds us that we are tied to the glories and mistakes of our own history. The Brave lives up to its name, as one the most courageous and full-hearted novels of our time.

The number of entrants to this giveaway will determine how many copies of this book I will giveaway:

1-12 entrants= 1

13-or more entrants=2

*Please note, the rules have changes for my giveaways:

To Enter:

Leave a comment with your email address, so I can contact you if you win.

Extra Entries: Earn one extra entry for each of the following (please leave a separate comment for each).

Old or new follower of this blog.

Old or new follower on Twitter (teddyrose1).

Be my friend on Facebook (Teddy Rose).

Be my friend on Goodreads (Teddy).

+1 for each comment on a book review I have done. (Be sure to tell me which ones).

+1 for clicking to give free food at The Animal Rescue Site (tell me you did it).

+1 for clicking to give free books at The Literacy Site (tell me you did it).

That's 8 or more possible entries!

Sorry, the giveaway is only open US and Canadian residents only.
The winner’s mailing address: NO P.O. Boxes.
Only one entry per household/IP address

Winners will be subject to the one copy per household rule, which means that if you win the same title in two or more contests, you will receive only one copy of the book.

This giveaway will end on Friday, November 19th,11:59 P.M. E.S.T. The winners will be notified by email. Winners must respond within TWO days or will be disqualified.

Posted by Teddy Rose at 12:02 PM

Labels: My Past Giveaways

44 comments:

Awesome contest! Sounds so good!!

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PoCoKat said... November 5, 2010 at 1:13 PM

Old follower on GFC.

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PoCoKat said... November 5, 2010 at 1:14 PM

I clicked to give free food at the animal rescue site.

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PoCoKat said... November 5, 2010 at 1:16 PM

I clicked free books at the literary site.

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PoCoKat said... November 5, 2010 at 1:16 PM

Wohoo, love a chance to win an audiobook, thank you!

Bcteagirl said... November 5, 2010 at 10:00 PM

I follow via google friend connect!

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Bcteagirl said... November 5, 2010 at 10:01 PM

FYI, twitter cannot find you.. will try again tomorrow. Your link is not working, and neither does a search.

Bcteagirl said... November 5, 2010 at 10:03 PM

I'm an old follower of this blog.
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Anonymous said... November 6, 2010 at 1:08 AM

I forgot to leave a comment. I love Nicholas Evans' books. I haven't read this one. It sounds really good.
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Anonymous said... November 6, 2010 at 1:11 AM

I have some NIcholas Evans on my shelf but haven't read one yet - maybe an audiobook will give me a jump start. THanks for hosting the giveaway!

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Just Mom said... November 6, 2010 at 5:07 AM

I am a follower.

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Just Mom said... November 6, 2010 at 5:08 AM

I am a friend on goodreads.

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Just Mom said... November 6, 2010 at 5:08 AM

Sounds like a great audio book and I would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Linda said... November 6, 2010 at 5:50 AM

I am an old follower, through Google Reader.

Linda said... November 6, 2010 at 5:51 AM

I found this review to be intriguing and one that I think I would take pleasure in listening too. Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway.

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Steve Capell said... November 6, 2010 at 9:54 AM

This one sounds really good, I'd love a chance to win this one, thanks Teddy!

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Wanda said... November 6, 2010 at 10:12 AM

I've been following SMPB,SLT since Sept. 2008.

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Wanda said... November 6, 2010 at 10:34 AM

+1 for comment on Room.

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Wanda said... November 6, 2010 at 10:42 AM

+1 for comment on Backseat Saints.

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Wanda said... November 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM

I am an old GFC follower.

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justpeachy36 said... November 6, 2010 at 1:58 PM

I am now following on twitter! :)
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Bcteagirl said... November 6, 2010 at 2:52 PM

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Rachel said... November 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM

I follow your blog

Rachel said... November 6, 2010 at 8:35 PM

I clicked to give food at Animal Rescue Site.

Rachel said... November 6, 2010 at 8:36 PM

I'd love to win a copy - I'm thinking ahead for Christmas gift giving!
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Lori L said... November 7, 2010 at 10:22 AM

I'm a follower!
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Lori L said... November 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM

I clicked for free food
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Lori L said... November 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM

I clicked for free books too!
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Lori L said... November 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM

me please!

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+ follower
+ twitter follower

I know I've commented on your book reviews, but I don't know which ones so I won't count those as extra entries. I also click everyday for those websites (+4 more) but I won't include those in my extra entries either :)

Thanks for the giveaway!

Cindy said... November 8, 2010 at 9:31 AM

talk about suspense and edge-of-seat action.

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robynl said... November 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM

old follower on GFC as primrose
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robynl said... November 11, 2010 at 5:16 PM

+1 for clicking to give free food at The Animal Rescue Site (tell me you did it).

I did click and feel good about there being a place like this

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robynl said... November 11, 2010 at 5:29 PM

+1 for clicking to give free books at The Literacy Site (tell me you did it).

I clicked and it said thanks.

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robynl said... November 11, 2010 at 5:29 PM

This seems really interesting.
Thanks for the great giveaway :)

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missreneer said... November 12, 2010 at 9:36 AM

Book looks great!
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Anonymous said... November 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM

Old follower of this blog.
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Anonymous said... November 15, 2010 at 4:53 PM

I follow you on Facebook.
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Anonymous said... November 15, 2010 at 4:54 PM

I follow you on Goodreads.
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