{"id":1071,"date":"2014-07-07T22:33:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T22:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2014-07-07T22:56:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T22:56:33","slug":"new-audiobooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2014\/07\/07\/new-audiobooks\/","title":{"rendered":"New audiobooks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planning a long trip this summer?\u00a0 Take along the ultimate road companion\u2014audiobooks.\u00a0 The Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center recently added a selection of newly published award-winning fiction, comedy, science fiction, biography, and more to our audiobooks section located to the east of the Reference Desk.<\/p>\n

Browse our latest titles by clicking this link<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Most of our audiobooks are available in audio CD format, but we have a growing number of titles in MP3-CD format, which makes downloading a book to your phone or ipod a breeze.<\/p>\n

The titles below represent only a fraction\u00a0of the books you can take along for your work-outs, road-trips, or just a lounge by the pool-side:<\/p>\n

\"Richard<\/a>Furious cool : Richard Pryor and the world that made him<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Provides a rare glimpse into the life of the outspoken comedic genius whose humble beginnings as the child of a prostitute helped shaped him into one of the most influential and outstanding performers of all time.<\/p>\n

\"Great<\/a>The great Gatsby\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

James Gatz, a self-educated nobody from North Dakota, amasses a fortune and adopts the persona of Jay Gatsby, an Oxford-educated man about town. His motive? To win back the heart of Daisy, the woman he loved in his youth. \u00a0This classic novel is narrated by Hollywood star, Jake Gyllenhaal.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a><\/p>\n

I am Malala: [the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban]<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. \u00a0She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, but her miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Longbourn\"<\/a>Longbourn<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Pride and Prejudice<\/em> was only half the story. \u00a0The servants at Longbourn estate, only glancingly mentioned in Jane Austen’s classic, take center stage in Jo Baker’s new novel.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The system: the glory and scandal of big-time college football<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

An explosive and revelatory portrait reported from deep behind the scenes of big-time NCAA football: the passion, the thrilling action, and the shocking realities that lie beneath this colossal, multibillion-dollar business.<\/p>\n

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I suck at girls\u00a0<\/a>\"I<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Presents\u00a0a humorous collection of stories about the author’s relationships with the opposite sex told chronologically, from his first kiss to getting engaged.<\/p>\n

\"World<\/a>World War Z<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. \u00a0Read by an all-star cast including Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, John Turturro, Nathan Fillion, Simon Pegg, Bruce Boxleitner, and many others.<\/p>\n

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You can find these titles and more just across from the Reference Desk.\u00a0 Have a suggestion for a great audiobook title?\u00a0 Give us a shout at askalibrarian@atu.edu<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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