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Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :

I noticed that I have a lot of time where I am doing absolutely nothing but listening to the same audiobook again (cause you can only get 2 a month from audible without paying more) or rewatching the same show, or just laying around. I don't really need to study that much because my memory is good enough that I can just read over the material once and remember it.

As a result of this I decided to try to find legal and free audiobooks, which are considered classics. Philosophy texts, simple classics which have historical or cultural value, educational ones, etc. I succeeded thanks to Google, podcasts, and a ton of classics being in public domain. The reason the audio versions are free and legal is thanks to some websites which allow for "teaser" audiobooks to demonstrate their website, but are FULL books. As well podcasts help.

I now have:
Treasure Island
Art of War
Call of the Wild
Greek Myths
Alice in Wonderland
War of the Worlds
The Republic
Philosophy: The Classics
Heart of Darkness
Frankenstein (I've actually read this one, but it is still nice to have)
Aesop's Fables
The Time Machine

This is in addition to the many audiobooks which I already have from audible. Unfortunately thanks to "legal" reasons I couldn't get anything by Heinlein. [Grumble]

If you guys want the sites then feel free to ask.

The places I got it from are all legal, in case you are worried.

Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :

Project Gutenberg has several volunteer read audiobooks of public domain works. As these are volunteers reading, not professionals, the quality varies from book to book, but there are some very fun titles.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

I've been wanting to listen to the Great Courses audios from The Learning Company, but they're too expensive. But yes I could use commute time or housework time or even exercise time to do this and it would be great! [Smile]

Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :

I've been listening to audiobooks while I spin, since I'm new enough at that that I still have to watch my hands, so TV is out. But it's usually stuff like World War Z [Wink]

I suppose I should try listening to something a little more intellectual now and then.

Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :

Amilia, I love you.

Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :

:-)