I drive as much as four thousand miles a month. Driving ranks only next to washing clothes in an Laundromat as one of the most boring things in human experience. I get tired of talk radio and music. As a citizen I feel it is my duty to try and stay aware of current events; talk radio does a pretty good of job of that. But, I feel one or two shows and an hour or two a day should be enough time.
I love to read especially history, but have little time for it and I am a compulsive reader; once I start a book and get into it I find it almost impossible to put down. I have a lot to do and that interferes with my life. The last book I read I didn’t get anything done. I had accepted I that I could only read short pieces and then one day I was browsing my local library and happen on an area of Cds at first glance I thought they were music. I read the back and found they were recorded books. I thought to myself I have almost no time to read but I have lots time to listen. I checked one out and listened to it in my company car. I love it was great; it made the travel time a lot shorter. I have done _Codex a story about Columbus and the conspiracy to cover up his birth place. Gangues Kahn, the bones of the hills; The last stand about General Custard.
I am presently listening to An Echo in The Bone. It’s boring and I am planning to take it back.
The name of the company is Recorded Books. Is anyone here aquatinted with it and if so could you recommend a book. I have already looked into
BO’s book Audacity of Hope; it has not been recorded.
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I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.
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Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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I do it all the time, I love listening to books in the car. I currently have "The spy who came in from the cold," by John Le Carre, on the go. (The greatest (British) spy novel ever.)
I've tried getting into using an i-pod for them, not sold on the idea as of yet, may get a better i-pod.
I've tried getting into using an i-pod for them, not sold on the idea as of yet, may get a better i-pod.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Gob wrote:I do it all the time, I love listening to books in the car. I currently have "The spy who came in from the cold," by John Le Carre, on the go. (The greatest (British) spy novel ever.)
I've tried getting into using an i-pod for them, not sold on the idea as of yet, may get a better i-pod.
I will see if I can get it and get back with you.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.
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I am not an aural learner so I find audio books frustrating and unfulfilling. That being said, my library spends some significant portion of our materials budget on audio books. And our library network has many different free downloads available too, for card holders (you can use an ipod or other different mp3 player). Yours may as well lib -- check out the website for your library, or library network.
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I appreciate that information as well as Keld‘s link, but the only thing I have ever gotten out of downloads is frustration. I am unable to even view untube videos. I have had extra memory added to my wife’s computer but it has not helped. The problem I believe is the limitations of dial up and my impatience to view the video.Guinevere wrote:I am not an aural learner so I find audio books frustrating and unfulfilling. That being said, my library spends some significant portion of our materials budget on audio books. And our library network has many different free downloads available too, for card holders (you can use an ipod or other different mp3 player). Yours may as well lib -- check out the website for your library, or library network.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.
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Gob wrote:I do it all the time, I love listening to books in the car. I currently have "The spy who came in from the cold," by John Le Carre, on the go. (The greatest (British) spy novel ever.)
I've tried getting into using an i-pod for them, not sold on the idea as of yet, may get a better i-pod.
Gob, I was unable to find the "The spy who came in from the cold," in my rural library. And the state of Louisiana does not permit the transfer of recorded books from the state system. If I am ever able to get my hands on it I will give it a try.
However, let me recommend a book I found; it is House Rules by Jodi Picoult. It was on the New York Times best seller list and it is a good yarn.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.
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Lots of free audio books to download here.
Liberty, if you PM me your home address I'll happily burn you a copy of TSWCIFTC and mail it to you. As CD or MP3 )
Liberty, if you PM me your home address I'll happily burn you a copy of TSWCIFTC and mail it to you. As CD or MP3 )
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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This was a good story:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________when your son can’t look you in the eye . . . does that mean he’s guilty?
Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject—forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he’s usually right.
But when Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are directly in the spotlight. For Jacob’s mother, Emma, it’s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, it’s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob.
And over this small family, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________when your son can’t look you in the eye . . . does that mean he’s guilty?
Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject—forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he’s usually right.
But when Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are directly in the spotlight. For Jacob’s mother, Emma, it’s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, it’s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob.
And over this small family, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder?
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.
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SMF thinks I'm strange because I always have a book on the go in my car. At the moment it's Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion' with Douglas Adams' 'The Salmon of Doubt' waiting in the wings.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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I recommend this one too: has anyone read it?
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
"If any readers have doubted that David Mitchell is phenomenally talented and capable of vaulting wonders on the page, they have been heretofore silent. Mitchell is almost universally acknowledged as the real deal. His best-known book Cloud Atlas is one of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? modern classics that no doubt is -- and should be -- read by any student of contemporary fiction...[The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet] confirms Mitchell as one of the more fascinating and fearless writers alive."
— Dave Eggers, The New York Times Book Review
"By any standards, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a formidable marvel."
— The New Yorker
"Mitchell's rightly been hailed as a virtuoso genius for his genre-bending, fiercely intelligent novels ... The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a dense and satisfying historical with literary brawn and stylistic panache."
— Publishers Weekly, starred review & Pick of the Week
"It's as difficult to put this novel down as it is to overestimate Mitchell's virtually unparalleled mastery of dramatic construction, illuminating characterizations and insight into historical conflict and change. Comparisons to Tolstoy are inevitable, and right on the money."
— Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Very few people can write novels as ambitious and crowd-pleasing as David Mitchell's. In what might be his boldest book yet, the author of Cloud Atlas delivers a historical epic about a Dutch accountant's adventures in feudal Japan."
— Details magazine
"Those looking for the summer's big historical novel, look no further,"
— Newsday
Set in atmospheric coastal Japan, this epic story centers on an earnest young clerk, Jacob de Zoet, who arrives in the summer of 1799 to make his fortune and return to Holland to wed his fiancée. But Jacob's plans are shaken when he meets the daughter of a Samurai.
I recommend this one too: has anyone read it?
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If you have already read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, please share your thoughts on our forum. Click here to view and submit your comments.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
"If any readers have doubted that David Mitchell is phenomenally talented and capable of vaulting wonders on the page, they have been heretofore silent. Mitchell is almost universally acknowledged as the real deal. His best-known book Cloud Atlas is one of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? modern classics that no doubt is -- and should be -- read by any student of contemporary fiction...[The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet] confirms Mitchell as one of the more fascinating and fearless writers alive."
— Dave Eggers, The New York Times Book Review
"By any standards, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a formidable marvel."
— The New Yorker
"Mitchell's rightly been hailed as a virtuoso genius for his genre-bending, fiercely intelligent novels ... The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a dense and satisfying historical with literary brawn and stylistic panache."
— Publishers Weekly, starred review & Pick of the Week
"It's as difficult to put this novel down as it is to overestimate Mitchell's virtually unparalleled mastery of dramatic construction, illuminating characterizations and insight into historical conflict and change. Comparisons to Tolstoy are inevitable, and right on the money."
— Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Very few people can write novels as ambitious and crowd-pleasing as David Mitchell's. In what might be his boldest book yet, the author of Cloud Atlas delivers a historical epic about a Dutch accountant's adventures in feudal Japan."
— Details magazine
"Those looking for the summer's big historical novel, look no further,"
— Newsday
Set in atmospheric coastal Japan, this epic story centers on an earnest young clerk, Jacob de Zoet, who arrives in the summer of 1799 to make his fortune and return to Holland to wed his fiancée. But Jacob's plans are shaken when he meets the daughter of a Samurai.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.
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What did you think of the film that came out in 1965?Gob wrote:I do it all the time, I love listening to books in the car. I currently have "The spy who came in from the cold," by John Le Carre, on the go. (The greatest (British) spy novel ever.)
Le Carre hated it if I remember.
I loved it and thought that Richard Burton's portayal of a burned out spook whas sensational.
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Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
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Note that he doesn't say favorable comparisonsComparisons to Tolstoy are inevitable
Mmmmm, with that description, can't imagine how I'd be able to put it down.a historical epic about a Dutch accountant's adventures in feudal Japan
Sounds like a Rosemary Rogers bodice ripper.Set in atmospheric coastal Japan, this epic story centers on an earnest young clerk, Jacob de Zoet, who arrives in the summer of 1799 to make his fortune and return to Holland to wed his fiancée. But Jacob's plans are shaken when he meets the daughter of a Samurai.
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
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I love it, Burton's finest moment in my books.dales wrote:What did you think of the film that came out in 1965?Gob wrote:I do it all the time, I love listening to books in the car. I currently have "The spy who came in from the cold," by John Le Carre, on the go. (The greatest (British) spy novel ever.)
Le Carre hated it if I remember.
I loved it and thought that Richard Buturton's portayal of a burned out spook whas sensational.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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When I first saw it I thought it was going to be like Shogun; I was wrong it was nothing like shogun.Scooter wrote:Note that he doesn't say favorable comparisonsComparisons to Tolstoy are inevitable
Mmmmm, with that description, can't imagine how I'd be able to put it down.a historical epic about a Dutch accountant's adventures in feudal Japan
Sounds like a Rosemary Rogers bodice ripper.Set in atmospheric coastal Japan, this epic story centers on an earnest young clerk, Jacob de Zoet, who arrives in the summer of 1799 to make his fortune and return to Holland to wed his fiancée. But Jacob's plans are shaken when he meets the daughter of a Samurai.
Two of my all time favorite books are, I Claudius and The Time Machine. I read I Claudius three times, that is unusual for me, usually once is enough. Did you like either one of those stories?
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.
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Is that where you obtained your mangled version of Roman history?liberty wrote:Two of my all time favorite books are, I Claudius...
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
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Many moons ago, when they called these things 'Books on Tape'; I had a copy of 'The Hobbit' read by J.R.R. Tolkien, himself. He's a fantastic orator, and of course, a fluent speaker of Elvish!
Side story: I used to take Books on Tape to work, back when you could still get a cassette player. An audio cassette wasn't affected by the high frequency rays emitted by the welding machines and the play remained uninterrupted.
It can be frustrating these days, to have the news on while working on an aluminum part and hear: "This just in: The White House reports flying *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...landing in the National Mall. The President has called in the *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ... to remain calm. Negotiations have failed with the A...*ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...which surround the US, and could jeopardize the future of *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...as workers and service employees to the foreign clients, who's interests *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...greatly enjoy the local cuisine, and will come back for more.
Side story: I used to take Books on Tape to work, back when you could still get a cassette player. An audio cassette wasn't affected by the high frequency rays emitted by the welding machines and the play remained uninterrupted.
It can be frustrating these days, to have the news on while working on an aluminum part and hear: "This just in: The White House reports flying *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...landing in the National Mall. The President has called in the *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ... to remain calm. Negotiations have failed with the A...*ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...which surround the US, and could jeopardize the future of *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...as workers and service employees to the foreign clients, who's interests *ZZZZPPZZZZZZZZT* ...greatly enjoy the local cuisine, and will come back for more.
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Elvish Presley? 
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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The fish sees the poorly baited ancient Roman hook and think what a waste of time. There is a whole ocean out there to explore and this ding dong wants me to feed his starving ego. Fish turns and swims off; he turns and looks back to see a desperately jiggling hook. Fish thinks what a poor desperate fish eater. With a sympathetic heart, he turns back and moves towards the hook, but changes his mind. He is just going to have to get used to chicken fish thinks. Fish swims off into the distance, joins a school and with the aid of hard work, strategy and social engineering graduates with honors. Fish eaters ego starves to death.
I expected to be placed in an air force combat position such as security police, forward air control, pararescue or E.O.D. I would have liked dog handler. I had heard about the dog Nemo and was highly impressed. “SFB” is sad I didn’t end up in E.O.D.