Audio Books

A Few Great Listening Books

Monica Edinger | Posted 10.24.2011

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Monica Edinger

I live in a city and haven't driven in a million years, so I only began listening to books when I figured out that I could do so while running. While slow of foot, I'm a speedy reader and have discovered that certain books work better than others, listening-wise.

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Audio Book May Be Best Rap Album Of The Year

Slate Magazine | Hua Hsu | Posted 09.26.2011

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Rappers are rarely as economical in conversation as they are in song. A good rap song thrills in its precision, its measured sentences overstuffed wit...

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Listen To Samuel L. Jackson Read "Go The F*** To Sleep"

Posted 08.15.2011

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"Go the F**K To Sleep" by Adam Mansbach is probably the best children's book since "Goodnight Moon," and it only gets better when read by Samuel L. Ja...

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My Unlikely Journey from Journalist to Chinese Rockstar to Voice Actor

Alan Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big in China, American Expats, WSJ Harper Collins, Beijing, Audio Books, WSJ.Com, Expats, China, The Expat Life, Harpercollins, Books News
Alan Paul

If you want to get to know your book, read it out loud. This is a simple lesson I learned recording the audio book of Big In China.

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Listening to Bush Reading Bush

Richard Klass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Audio Books, Decision Points, George W. Bush, Itunes, Reading Aloud, Zoomtext, Books, Dick Cheney, Ahmadinejad, David McCullough, Books News
Richard Klass

Why would a Liberal Democrat who opposed the Iraq War and most other policies of President George W. Bush read his new book, Decision Points? The ans...

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Stevie Wonder To UN

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — Stevie Wonder pressed global copyright overseers on Monday to help blind and visually impaired people access millions of science, histo...

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New York Public Library Interviews Long-Time Custodian

NYPL | Frank Collerius | Posted 05.25.2011

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So, Veronica, you've been a custodian for...how long have you worked for NYPL? 25 years....

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Life, Liberty, and Ending Inequality

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hans Johnson

Four years ago, Seattle designer Charlene Strong lost her wife of 10 years, Kate Fleming. A world-renowned narrator of audio books, Kate drowned in he...

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Audio Books Find A Younger Audience, Help Kids With Dyslexia

Philadelphia Inquirer | David Patrick Stearns | Posted 05.25.2011

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The national Record-a-Thon, hosted by Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, marries a timeworn, labor-intensive practice - reading aloud for those who c...

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Tiger Woods Audio Book Out Soon: Awkward Timing For Hachette

The New York Times | ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rejoice, monologue writers -- motorists could soon be driving under the influence of Tiger Woods, opening another round of possibilities for late-nigh...

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