Holy shmoly, if you want political gossip, is this the audio book for you! In the months following JFK’s death, Jackie Kennedy sat down with Arthur Schlessinger Jr (and was it my imagination, or was the man no good with … Continue reading
I average about one audio book a month. Sometimes I manage two, but not often. The only time I listen is when I’m driving to and from work (about 20 minutes each way), or when I’m outside walking on the … Continue reading
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Jon Krakauer Narrated by Scott Brick 2003 12 hours, 37 minutes ******************** Publisher’s Summary At the core of this book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon fundamentalist … Continue reading
Beat the Reaper Josh Bazell Narrated by Robert Petkoff 2009 6 hours 48 minutes Hachette Audio ******************** Since I knew I was going to be spending a little bit of quality time with my car stereo this past weekend (I … Continue reading
The original cover…check out those eyes. The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgeraldaudio book narrated by Tim Robbinsfirst published 1925 ******************** I’m not a big movie person, but I do love Shawshank Redemption. Which is a good thing, because Hamburger will watch … Continue reading
I read Lolita for the first time a little over a year ago. It was confusing. Wait, that’s not right…I was confused. Nabokov used lots of big words, and while I’m not a complete doofus when it comes to vocabulary … Continue reading
Assassination Vacation (audio book) written by Sarah Vowell, and narrated by her, too 2005 somewhere around 5 hours, and it was abridged, unfortunately ******************** FTC: Purchased through my Audible account, which I have since closed. ******************** My interest in audiobooks … Continue reading
A Christmas Carol (audio book) Charles Dickens, narrated by Tim Curry 3 hours, 33 minutes ******************** For the FTC: I did get this for free. But Audible gave all their members the chance to download it, so don’t go thinking … Continue reading
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (audio book) Melvyn Bragg Narrated by Robert Powell 2003 12 hrs and 12 minutes From Publishers Weekly: This compelling and charmingly personal companion to an eight-part television documentary makes for … Continue reading
Gang Leader for a Day (audio book) Sudhir Venkatesh Narrated by Reg Rogers, Sudhir Venkatesh (the last chapter) and Stephen J Dubner (the intro) book published January 2009 8 hours 48 minutes I know I’ve randomly raved about this one, … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
