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64 BOOKS I HEARD LAST YEAR
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I stopped watching television. I refuse to be “dumbed down” by the “vast wasteland” of insidious drivel produced by the “mind-control media”. I prefer to spend my time with great writers. Like most writers I read a lot of books. In recent years I have become a huge fan of audio books! I listen to at least one book each week on my iPhone.
Recorded books are read to you, sometimes by the authors themselves, such as Stephen King or Neil Gaiman, while you do the routine hands-free activities of daily living: driving, grocery shopping, riding a bicycle, jogging, walking, cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, eating and pooping.
There are thousands of recorded books available. You can start by downloading a FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com.
This is a list of 64 Audio books I personally enjoyed hearing during the last year (many for the 2nd or 3rd time):
The Riverboat Series (5 books) by Philip Jose Farmer
Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Series of 6 books, including “And Another Thing”) by Douglas Adams
The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams
The Long Lost Tea Time of The Soul by Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Ecco Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche
Heresy by S.J. Parris
Prophecy S.J. Parris
Sacrilege S.J. Parris
Touch by Clair North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Clair North
Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla by Marc J. Seifer
My Inventions by Nikola Tesla
The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama
Our Occulted History by Jim Marrs
Ubik by Phillip K. Dick
The Hair Potter Series (7 books) by J.K. Rowling
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Domain Expeditionary Rescue Mission by Lawrence R. Spencer
Alien Interview by Matilda MacElroy
Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez
Daemon by Daniel Suarez
Influx by Daniel Suarez
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan
The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean
Pirates and the Man who brought them down by Colin Woodard
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe
Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell
Off to Be The Wizard by Scott Meyer
Spell and High Water by Scott Meyer
Seize The Night by Dean Koontz
Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
The John Carter Trilogy by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at The End of The Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Boo, by Neil Gaiman
Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman
Dune (Series of 7 books) by Frank Herbert
PRESIDENTIAL PROPHECY
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The prophetic farewell speech by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Jan.17,1961.warning American about the “military / industrial complex”. In the draft of his speech he originally wrote: “Military / Industrial /Congressional Complex”, but crossed the word “congressional” out before delivery his address as he didn’t want to “offend” his friends in Congress.
A few years later President John F. Kennedy gave us a prophetic warning about the nature of the “real” government:
VISIT THE ZOO…SO WE CAN EAT YOU!
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FANTASTIC LIFEFORMS
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A lot of biological engineers stayed up very late at night for billions of years to create self-reproducing life-forms such as those you can see at the aquarium! I am also reminded to the magical creative ability of my friend Robert Connett. He paints life forms from his own imagination which are truly marvelous.
See More of the Fantastic Art of Robert Steven Connett
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