Circulation of audiobooks, including downloads, is growing at an astounding rate, making them one of the most popular public library collections. That's no surprise since audiobooks enable listeners to enjoy their favorite titles while driving, walking, exercising, and more. But how can patrons find the audiobooks that suit their tastes in terms of both subject and narrator?
30.00 USD

Many students start school unprepared to read and learn. They struggle with reading semantics and comprehension. The study examined the benefit of utilizing audiobooks to assist struggling readers...
90.95 CAD

This is the first scholarly work to examine the cultural significance of the "talking book" since the invention of the phonograph in 1877, the earliest machine to enable the reproduction of the human voice. Recent advances in sound technology make this an opportune moment to reflect on the evolution of our reading practices since this remarkable invention. Some questions addressed by the collection include: How does auditory literature adapt printed texts? What skills in close listening are necessary for its reception? What are the social consequences of new listening technologies? In sum, the essays gathered together by this collection explore the extent to which the audiobook enables us not just to hear literature but to hear it in new ways. Bringing together a set of reflections on the enrichments and impoverishments of the reading experience brought about by developments in sound technology, this collection spans the earliest adaptations of printed texts into sound by Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and other novelists from the late nineteenth century to recordings by contemporary figures such as Toni Morrison and Barack Obama at the turn of the twenty-first century. As the voices gathered here suggest, it is time to give a hearing to one of the most talked about new media of the past century.
125.00 USD

Unabridged audio versions of five Orca Soundings. 65-100 minutes per title This collection includes the following titles...
32.83 CAD

A Christmas Carol is the best-known and best-loved of Dickens' Christmas books, and the story of the miser Scrooge's redemption has become as much part of the Christmas tradition as...
6.15 GBP

"A ghostly little book", said Charles Dickens of his famous Christmas novella which appeared in 1843....
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The Naxos AudioBooks series ?In A Nutshell? presents ...
15.16 CAD

From the Naxos AudioBooks series ?In A Nutshell?, ...
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From the Naxos AudioBooks series ?In A Nutshell?, ...
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This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks...
6.15 GBP