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Every week the US iTunes Store has a few new free songs for you to try. This week there’s a R&B/Soul “Single of the Week” from Mayer Hawthorne, a country “Discovery Download” by Love & Theft as well as a Latin “Canción de la Semana” by Bomba Estéreo. Just click on the iTunes button to download them in iTunes. Give it a try with your iPhone or iPod Touch too!

• Mayer Hawthorne - Just Aint Gonna Work Out - Single of the Week - R&B/Soul
• Love and Theft - Dont Wake Me - Discovery Download - Country
• Bomba Estéreo - Fuego - Canción de la Semana - Latin

For a bit of video with your music, here’s the free “Music Video of the Week”:

• Wisin and Yandel - Mujeres in the Club - Music Video of the Week - Latino

And finally if you’d like something a bit less musical, here’s a new free audiobook sample:

• Janet Evanovich - Finger Lickin Fifteen: First Chapter - Mystery

If you have a commute to fill, an audiobook is a great way to occupy it. iTunes has many to choose from and lots of free audiobook samples. Here’s the latest for this week:

• Margot Berwin - Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire (Excerpt) - Fiction
• Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan - The Strain (Excerpt) - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
• Beth Harbison - Twas the Season: An Exclusive Short Story - Fiction

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There are a couple free audiobook clips available for free download this week in the US iTunes Store — a seasonally appropriate promo for an Easter audiobook and a comedy excerp from the irreverent Dr. Denis Leary:

• Thomas Nelson - The Easter Story Promo - Religion and Spirituality
• Dr. Denis Leary - Why We Suck (Excerpt) - Comedy

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