DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS are now available at Spokane Public Library

March 23, 2009 – 3:50 pm

In March, 2009, the most downloaded non-fiction audiobook in libraries nationally was. . . .  DRUM-ROLL, please. . . .

Twenty-five things to say to the interviewer, to get the job you want by Dexter Hawk. 

This is one of the many non-fiction books now available to download from Spokane Public Library.  New downloadable audiobooks will be added each month.  [Be aware that before you can download a book, you must establish a free NetLibrary account.] Our eAudiobook subscription, with Blackstone Audio in Oregon, provides a broad range of popular fiction, biographies and classics, like Little Women and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell

Moving between the 1930s and the present, O’Farrell’s novel is an unforgettable portrait of a woman edited out of her family’s history. The heartbreaking tale of two sisters in colonial India and Edinburgh bound together by loneliness and driven apart by rivalries that lead to a cruel betrayal, it is also the gripping story of how, 60 years later, their shocking secret comes to light.

The Nightingale’s Song by Robert Timberg

Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, the author probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle.

Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories  by Ian Fleming

A collection of secret agent James Bond stories, including From a view to a kill, For your eyes only, Quantum of solace, Risico, The Hildebrand rarity, Octopussy, The property of a lady, The living daylights and 700 in New York.

Die for Love by Elizabeth Peters

A librarian takes a trip to the convention of the Historical Romance Writers of the World, and when one of the attendees turns up dead and another is being threatened she becomes involved.

Traitor by Ralph Peters

“As powerful men in Washington lean hard on Congress to approve funding for the Next-Generation Fighter Bomber-a controversial ‘miracle’ war machine with a $300 billion price tag-a savage terror bombing levels an aircraft research facility in France. The loss of lives is staggering-and retribution begins even before the guilty are clearly identified. While murder haunts the halls of power, Lt. Col. John Reynolds struggles to remain an honorable man and a loyal soldier. “–Publisher’s web site.

The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

“When Orwell went to the north of England in the thirties to find out how industrial workers lived, he not only observed but shared in their experience.  .  .  . In his searing yet beautiful account of life on the bottom rung, Orwell asks himself why socialism, which alone, he felt, could conserve human values from the ravages of industrialism, had so little appeal. His answer was a harsh critique of the socialism and socialists of his time. “–Publisher’s web site.

The Art of Political War and Other Radical Pursuits by David Horowitz

“Politics is war; but in America, one side is doing all the shooting, the liberals. Shell-shocked conservatives blame their failures on the media or on unscrupulous opponents, but they refuse to name the real culprit: themselves.”
Using the library’s online catalog, do a keyword search for the term “downloadable audio” for a current list of titles.