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Recommended audiobooks for your iPod

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Looking for some good content for your iPod?  Give these a try...

Finding mp3/iPod compatible titles

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

With over 1,000 mp3 downloadable audio titles currently available, the question then becomes this: How do I find them?  There are a couple answers to that question, but the easiest ways are listed here: Approach 1: Go to Netlibrary under "Subscription Databases." Under "Advanced Search," users can limit their search by ...

The mp3/iPod compatible audiobooks are here!

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

They're here!!!! The mp3/iPod compatible titles from Netlibrary are now available!  You can't see me (I hope) but I'm doing a little victory dance right now.  There are still a few wrinkles to be hammered out with the catalog records, but for now just know there are two ways to ...

2009 Indies Choice Book Awards include lighthearted categories

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Most engaging author was won by SHERMAN ALEXIE. No surprise to anyone who has heard him speak! The American Booksellers Association (ABA) announced the winners of the inaugural Indies Choice Book Awards. Formerly the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, the new Indies Choice Book Awards reflect the spirit of ...

Grammy awards given for audiobooks too!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Spoken word Grammy winners The titles below were nominated for Spoken Word Grammy award and the 2009 winner is in BOLD below. CHILDREN: Best Spoken Word Album  (For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.) Around The Campfire Buck Howdy With BB [Prairie Dog Entertainment] The Big One-Oh Dean Pitchford [Random House Audio/Listening Library] Brown Bear ...

DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS are now available at Spokane Public Library

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

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 ...

President-elect Obama resources

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Information abounds on our future president.  Take a look or listen: Barack Obama [DVD ] The audacity of hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American dream    [compact disc, abridged]  OR  print Dreams from my father: a story of race and inheritance [compact disc, unabridged]  or print Criticism includes Obama nation: leftist politics and ...

Laugh along with Christopher Buckley

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Supreme Courtship is the latest fiction release by the political and social satirist, Christopher Buckley. His books dwell on topics of our day, sparking controversy, groans and smiles. In a recent CBS interview, Buckley admitted his father, William F. Buckley, did have a substantial influence on his view of the ...

In a world gone blind, what if you were the only person who could see?

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

After seeing the trailer for this soon-to-be-released film, I immediately reserved the book by José Saramago. I couldn't wait for the movie. The Portuguese author published the book about a city ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined... In 1998, Saramago received The Nobel Prize ...

Plague of doves

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Louise Erdrich's latest novel, The plague of doves, is performed by two readers, Kathleen McInerney and Peter Francis James. These narrators share stories of several families and generations in a corner of North Dakota near a Ojibwe Indian Reservation. The experience of listening to these distinct voices ...

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