"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves."
- E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951
We have eBooks! Those of you who haven't explored our website to that depth, yet (I have faith you will), will find those two previous eBook-related posts here and here. What you may not know is that we also have eAudiobooks. An eAudiobook is a fancy pants name for an audiobook that you can download and listen to on your pc (or mobile device). Our eBooks and eAudiobooks are referred to on our website as 'downloadable media.' If you've never downloaded an eAudiobook before it can be a teensy bit confusing, so make sure you read through both the General FAQs and the eAudiobook FAQs before you start. Feel free to check out the Guided tour - a self-paced online tour to browsing, downloading, and listening to eAudiobooks - as well. And, as usual, if you have any questions - ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL - email me! Today's list: Our top 5 most downloaded eAudiobooks :)
Honourable mention:
Fry's English delight : series 1 / Stephen FryFormat: WMA
Parts: 2
Length: 1 hour, 43 minutes
Humour. Fiction. Stephen Fry hosts four programmes on the joys of the English language - as heard on BBC Radio 4. Current Puns Why does our language groan with the weight of puns? What exactly is a pun? And who, or what, is the Thief of Bad Gags? Metaphor The English language is chock-full of maritime metaphors: cock up, taken aback, chip on your shoulder and show a leg. And, with the help of a Greek removals firm, we also find the origin of the word 'metaphor'. Quotation The uses and misuses of quotations are revealed, and there is also a frank confession from a quotation compiler, which we cannot divulge here. Cliché Featuring sick parrots and the cliché crisis that affected the writing of Flaubert, Joyce and Eliot, and helped shape modern language and culture. If you enjoy this title you might also want to try Fry's English delight, series 2, and Fry's English delight, series 3.
Throw out 50 things : clear the clutter, find your life / Gail BlankeFormat: MP3/WMA
Parts: 3
Length: 3 hours, 35 minutes (unabridged)
Self-improvement. Nonfiction. Throw Out Fifty Things is truly an eye-opener. According to Blanke, our lives are so filled with junk from the past—from dries up tubes of crazy glue to old grudges—that it's a wonder we can get up in the morning, never mind get to work, care for our children and parents, and just put one foot in front of the other. Blanke wants to start a movement across America of people throwing out fifty things (magazines count as only one!) that will help liberate us from the stuff—both physical and mental—that clutters our lives. It’s the physical stuff that keeps us from being happy and calm in our house—not to mention keeps us from finding our keys in the morning! And it's the clutter in our mind that drags us down and holds us back from living the life we want to live. Blanke takes us through each room in the house and helps us get rid of 'toxic' possessions that remind us of failed relationships, bad jobs, etc., then she'll help us figure out what to keep so we can move forward and find out who we really are!
The art of presence / Eckhart TolleFormat: MP3/WMA
Parts: 6
Length: 7 hours, 14 minutes (unabridged)
New age. Nonfiction. In The Art of Presence, Eckhart guides you through seven hours of transformational insights that allow "presence to naturally arise" in you. With his one-of-a-kind instruction, you will learn how to ground yourself in the vibrancy of youe "inner body" while simultaneously breaking free from the illusion of separation from the outside world.
2012 : the war for souls / Whitley StreiberFormat: MP3/WMA
Parts: 13
Length: 12 hours, 42 minutes (unabridged)
Science fiction. Fiction. December 21, 2012, may be one of the most watched dates in history. Every 26,000 years, earth lines up with the exact center of our galaxy. At 11:11 on December 21, 2012, this event happens again, and the ancient Maya calculated that it would mark the end, not only of this age, but of human consciousness as we know it. But what will actually happen? The end of the world? A new age for mankind? Nothing? The last time this happened, Cro-Magnon man suddenly began creating great art in the caves of southern France, which to this day remains one of the most inexplicable changes in human history. Now Whitley Strieber explores 2012 in a towering work of fiction that will astound readers with its truly new insights and a riveting roller-coaster ride of a story. A mysterious alien presence unexpectedly bursts out of sacred sites all over the world and begins to rip human souls from their bodies, plunging the world into chaos it has never before known. Courage meets cowardice; loyalty meets betrayal as an entire world struggles to survive this incredible end-all war. Heroes emerge, villains reveal themselves, and in the end something completely new and unexpected happens that at once lifts the fictional characters into a new life, and sounds a haunting real-world warning for the future.
How to make people like you in 90 seconds or less / Nicholas BoothmanFormat: MP3/WMA
Parts: 3
Length: 3 hours, 8 minutes (unabridged)
Business. Family relationships. Self-improvement. Nonfiction. Whether meeting a new client or bumping into a potential mate, you only have a few seconds to make a favorable impression. Is that really possible? Author Nicholas Boothman, a lecturer and licensed master practitioner of neurolinguistic programming, believes yes! He introduces a revolutionary approach to face-to-face communication that will help anyone succeed at making meaningful, and immediate, connections. Whether selling, managing, job hunting, negotiating, pitching an idea, applying for law school, joining a new group, or on your knees with a marriage proposal, the secret of success is based on connecting with other people. And the most powerful new idea for making connections is revealed, step by step, in Nicholas Boothman's breakthrough program of rapport by design. Easily learned, it will help you make the best of any relationship's most important moment: those first 90 seconds!
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