What’s it about? Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is a powerful memoir following the journey of Cheryl Strayed as she sets out on an 1100-mile solo hike up the Pacific Crest Trail. While the book contains plenty of adventure – Cheryl faces rattlesnakes, black bears, intense heat, record snowfalls, and predatory …
Regular readers of Audiobook Addicts will know I’m a big fan of Audible.com: the 30-day Audible.com free trial, the 100,000+ titles available, the member-only sales…. and now I have one more reason to love them. Audible.com now guarantees a great listen every time. How so? Well, let’s say you download an audiobook but decide it’s not …
What’s it about? Kevin Smith describes himself as a “fat, lazy slob who did good”. This good includes changing film-making forever at the age of twenty-three with Clerks, a number of other films such as Chasing Amy and Dogma (and some other not-so-good films…), owning a comic book store, building a podcasting empire and marrying a …
Audiobooks don’t need to be expensive – there are, in fact, many places online where you can download audiobooks for free. This alphabetical list consists of 100 sites where you can legally download free audiobooks online. 19 Nocturne Boulevard has 3 ongoing audio dramas. All are available for free download in MP3. A Daring Adventure has a …
Audible.com (which is owned by Amazon) has launched Audible Author Services, a program that establishes a $20 million fund from which audiobook authors will be paid $1 per sale through Audible.com, Audible.co.uk, and iTunes. Don Katz, Audible Founder and CEO, has posted the following letter on Audible.com: Significantly, audiobook publishers do not receive any of the funds. Katz told …
What’s it About? A steady pace and carefully constructed narrative characterize The Litigators, the latest offering from the king of the legal thriller, John Grisham. The story centers on the changing fortunes and legal education of attorney David Zinc who trades a high salary and the monotony of trust law for the turbulent adventures of the …
What’s it about? This timely release gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the man who gave us the iPod, iPad, iPhone, and Pixar, and in doing so he revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Walter Isaacson conducted more than 40 …
What’s it about? During the 1990s Kevin Mitnick was the world’s most notorious computer hacker. Driven by curiosity and compulsion, Mitnick gained access to the computers and networks of the world’s biggest companies, including Motorola, Sun Microsystems, and Pacific Bell. As the authorities began to close in on him, he created several false identities and went …
