Read by the Author

Recently on NPR author Neil Gaiman spoke about the joys of recording his own books as audio books and listening to audio books in general. Check out his commentary on the NPR web site: http://tinyurl.com/yhpw3th

Do you prefer listening to audio books which are read by the author? Does listening to the author’s voice connect you to the book in a deeper way? The following are just a few audio books available at Leach Library for checkout that are read by the author:

AUD GRI
Grisham, John. Bleachers : a novel.

CD BK 158 COV
Covey, Stephen R. The 8th habit : [from effectiveness to greatness].

CD BK 200 HIT
Hitchens, Christopher. God is not great : [how religion poisons everything].

CD BK 204.4 TOL
Tolle, Eckhart. A new earth : [awakening to your life's purpose].

CD BK 248.4 WAR
Warren, Richard. The purpose driven life : [what on earth am I here for?].

CD BK 302 GLA
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers : the story of success.

CD BK 306.0973 ORE
O'Reilly, Bill. Culture warrior.

CD BK 332.024 ORM
Orman, Suze. Suze Orman's 2009 action plan : [keeping your money safe & sound].

CD BK 378.1 ALB
Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie.

CD BK 814.54 SED
Sedaris, David. Dress your family in corduroy and denim.

CD BK BIO FOX
Fox, Michael J. Always looking up : the adventures of an incurable optimist.

CD BK BIO OBA
Obama, Barack. Dreams from my father.

CD BK BRA
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.

CD BK JAC
Jackson, Joshilyn. Between, Georgia.

CD BK KIN
King, Stephen. Blood and smoke.

Hit the road this summer with audio books from Leach Library

Are you planning a road trip this summer with the kids? If you are then you might want to bring along some great audio books that are fun and interesting for the entire family. If we don't have it, or if it is checked out, take a look at the Young Adult and Childrens sections of the downloadable audiobooks web site, which offers easy browsing. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com. Here are just a few audio books available at Leach that might be appropriate for your family:

CD BK COL
Colfer, Eoin and Parker, Nathaniel. Artemis Fowl. New York: Random House/Listening Library, 2004.

CD BK FUN
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart. New York: Random House/Listening Library, 2003.

CD BK PAO
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. New York: Random House/Listening Library, 2003.

CD BK PUL
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass. New York: Random House, 1999.

CD BK VER
Verne, Jules. Around the World in 80 Days. Prince Fredrick, Md.: Recorded Books, 1986.

J AUD CLE
Clements, Andrew. Frindle. Old Greenwich, CT. Listening Library, 1998.

J AUD DIC
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Old Greenwich, CT. Listening Library, 2000.

J CD BK WHI
White, E. B. Charlotte's Web. New York, Listening Library, 1970.

J CD BK BIR
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks. New York: Listening Library, 2006.

J CD BK LIN
Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking. New York: Listening Library, 2006.