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Classical Music 101

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

A Music audio without music ;-) – This is the history of music, and it makes for much easier listening than what I had thought when I bought it (Plenty more music related audios available at the store):
In clear and entertaining prose, Fred Plotkin (Fred has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Opera News, and other publications.) explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than one hundred great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Dvok, and Mahler. He describes all the musical instruments in the orchestra, defines major musical terms, and makes music theory comprehensible for the uninitiated. There are also conversations with important musicians who offer fascinating insights about their art.

Classical Music 101 is a highly accessible guide to discovering the glories of classical music. The only regret I have is, that the audio ha not a single musical selection included.

Liseys Story by Stephen King

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Perhaps Stephen King’s most personal and powerful novel and audiobook to date, LISEY’S STORY is a beautifully textured suspense narrative about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations…

Read more about Lisey’s Story

James Patterson Thrillers that Pack an Punch

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

James Patterson is the award-winning American author who writes thrillers that really don’t let you put down the earphones till the end! His audio books, narrated by Carolyn McCormick, Peter J. Fernandez and Dennis O’Hare, Campbell Scott and Hope Davis, Cary Elwes, Robert Guillaume and Chris Noth, Hope Davis and Stephen Lang, Billy Campbell, Evan Rachel Wood, Becky Ann Baker and Blair Brown are lively, well told stories where the plot comes to live – sometimes a bit too much…

James Patterson’s last 16 novels have not only been No. 1 best sellers, but have also grossed more than $1 billion in sales. He has published many of his books as downloadable audio books.

I love his thrillers and enjoy listening to them when on the road. Loaded on an iPod or MP3 player it’s very convenient to carry along and ot have a good story teller with me whenever I like.

Enjoy an Audio Book while Commuting or Working Out.

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Listen to a new audio book while commuting to work or working out in the gym. Enjoy a thrilling drama or learn something new in otherwise ‘dead time’.

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Tragedy at Windfield School – Ken Follett

Saturday, January 20th, 2007
I recently listened to 16 hours of captivating audio on my MP3 player. Hey, this is great! Rather than reading Ken Follett’s book I simply downloaded this audio book thriller and the loaded the MP3 player. No more boredom when stuck in traffic. The commute all of a sudden became something I looked forward to!
This is the plot in a few sentences: In 1866 tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School when a mysterious accident takes the life of a student. Among the student’s circle of friends are Hugh Pilaster; Hugh’s older cousin Edward, dissolute heir to the Pilaster banking fortune; and Micky Miranda, the handsome son of a brutal South American oligarchy. The death and its aftermath begin the spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives.From the exclusive men’s clubs that cater to every dark desire of England’s upper classes to the luxurious ballrooms of the manipulators of the world’s wealth, Follett conjures up a stunning panorama of intrigue.

A Dangerous Fortune” sweeeps the characters toward a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a young man’s death, must be stopped – or the dreams of a nation will die.

Audios that Help You Learn Spanish

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

When in school, learning Spanish was the class I liked least…. Vocabulary and pronounciation just did not like me and I certainly did not like them!

Recently a friend pointed me to the download site for the Pimsleur Spanish I Part 1 audio. He had started to learn Spanish with it and told me it was so easy, he could not believe it: Plugging in the earphones about an hour a day and listening to this foreign language audio lesson, made his brain absorbe the stuff automatically. He says he starts to think ahead and sometimes talk (!) ahead of the audio, whilst listening on his commute to and from work.

So I gave it a try too, and yep! this is the way to go!!! I’ve now started to download the next lessons – Pimsleur Spanish Course – and am ‘training’ my brain to understand Spanish. It is truly fun, realizing that the Hispanic TV channels now all of sudden start to make sense – I actually enjoy learning Spanish now.