If a road trip is on your agenda this summer and you'd like an audio book for the drive, check out the list of winners of the 2015 Audie Awards.
Some award highlights:
Audiobook of the year: Mandela: An Audio History by Radio Diaries; narrated by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman. HighBridge.
Humor: Yes, Please by Amy Poehler; read by Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen Poehler, William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner.
Audio Drama: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; read by the cast from the L.A. Theatre Works.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Friday, July 17, 2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Highly Recommended Reading: How Music Got Free by Stephen Witt
How Music Got Free is author Stephen Witt's highly entertaining chronicle of how the music industry, fat with profits from selling a cheap item, compact discs, at high prices, was upended by a perfect storm: the internet, mp3 technology, and the young pirates who knew how to use this technology to digitize music.
Brisk, clever, and informative, How Music Got Free is a book you will definitely enjoy reading.
Brisk, clever, and informative, How Music Got Free is a book you will definitely enjoy reading.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Sunday, July 12, 2015
For some reason, I find it depressing when books are discounted to $1.99.
Even books that I didn't particularly enjoy reading.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Sequel of the Classic Novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" Will Appear Next Week (July 14)
Go Set a Watchman: A Novel by Harper Lee and a sequel to her classic To Kill a Mockingbird, will become available next week. Will you be reading it? If so, let us know on our Facebook page!
While you are waiting for Go Set a Watchman, check out Stephen Witt's book How Music Got Free, the story of how mp3 technology and music piracy transformed the music industry. It is an interesting and highly entertaining read. Even if you think you aren't interested in the music business, you will nonetheless definitely like reading How Music Got Free.
While you are waiting for Go Set a Watchman, check out Stephen Witt's book How Music Got Free, the story of how mp3 technology and music piracy transformed the music industry. It is an interesting and highly entertaining read. Even if you think you aren't interested in the music business, you will nonetheless definitely like reading How Music Got Free.
Friday, June 5, 2015
Highly Recommended Reading: Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford
In Let Me Be Frank With You Richard Ford does what great writers do: he shares interesting ideas and observations through elegant writing and engaging stories. Perfect!
Let Me Be Frank With You is the latest in Ford's series of books featuring protagonist Frank Bascombe (The Sportswriter (1986), Independence Day (1995), and The Lay of the Land (2006)). Don't worry if you haven't read any or all of the previous books as this one stands on its own.
The new book is comprised of four novellas. Ford told The New Yorker that he was inspired to write these stories after viewing the Jersey shore in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and being ". . . so affected by the storm's destruction of human life and expectancy." (Deborah Treisman, Living with Frank Bascombe: An Interview with Richard Ford, Nov. 5, 2014). It is fitting, then, that the first novella concerns the destruction of a home on the shore that Frank Bascombe had owned but sold years before Sandy occurred. The three additional novellas concern other types destruction that, like a hurricane, come out of the blue and deliver a blow.
Let Me Be Frank With You is great reading. I think you will enjoy it.
Let Me Be Frank With You is the latest in Ford's series of books featuring protagonist Frank Bascombe (The Sportswriter (1986), Independence Day (1995), and The Lay of the Land (2006)). Don't worry if you haven't read any or all of the previous books as this one stands on its own.
The new book is comprised of four novellas. Ford told The New Yorker that he was inspired to write these stories after viewing the Jersey shore in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and being ". . . so affected by the storm's destruction of human life and expectancy." (Deborah Treisman, Living with Frank Bascombe: An Interview with Richard Ford, Nov. 5, 2014). It is fitting, then, that the first novella concerns the destruction of a home on the shore that Frank Bascombe had owned but sold years before Sandy occurred. The three additional novellas concern other types destruction that, like a hurricane, come out of the blue and deliver a blow.
Let Me Be Frank With You is great reading. I think you will enjoy it.
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