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Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:49 pm
by magentaflame
Firstly, there are certain first editions books I want to own . And one day I will. But meanwhile I also want to read them for my own research and enjoyment. Because usually, you have to own books to read them, you have to be inventive. So I looked up a particular book that I knew was also published in an early Australian newspaper. AND BANG! I have the entire book in print. Quickly running out of printer ink and paper but at least I have it at hand.
Audible
I'm enjoying being read to at the moment for bedtime laughs or to be read to sleep. I decided to choose books read to me or I read as a child. The Snow Queen kept me awake cause it's very good, but Wind in the Willows??? Well I'm not sure if what I remember was actually quite boring or the voice is so soothing it sent me to sleep. Well I've put that on hold for the moment.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:58 pm
by spot
If you own a Kindle you can redirect your Internet download to the device and reed it without the cost of the ink.
As for audio books, Alan Bennett does a very good Winnie the Pooh.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:05 pm
by magentaflame
I have trouble reading off a screen ....and you don't really own it on kindle. It could be wiped at any time.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:08 pm
by spot
There was a time when it could have been wiped at any time. After the Orwell 1984 copyright mess, Kindle changed the rule and said they could no longer choose to wipe anything. I've never had any book wiped.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:07 pm
by LarsMac
We still have libraries, where many of the classics are kept. I can check them out and read them. Being mobile now, I cannot manage owning many books. However I can also find a lot of the greats in the Gutenberg project, which can be downloaded in several formats, and save to disk. I now have four multi Gig portable hard drives loaded with Classics of all sorts, that I can carry around when we are on the road.
I do love the feel of a real book, though, and while I can read them on my tablet, it is not is not really the same. It does, however beat not having access to them when I want.
And there are actually several online collections where all sorts of publications can be found.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:24 pm
by Bryn Mawr
If the books you want are out of copyright then try Project Gutenberg- an excellent source of e-books and raw text.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:47 pm
by magentaflame
Gutenberg eh? shall check that out.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:53 pm
by magentaflame
LarsMac wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:07 pm
I do love the feel of a real book, though, and while I can read them on my tablet, it is not is not really the same. It does, however beat not having access to them when I want.
That's a good point.
Yep. I really really old love books. Not just to hold and read but to look at as well. The craftsmanship, the type of paper. Lots of trees died for those books. I hate seeing old books thrown away, it's like throwing a forest away. These days though it's all recycled, which is good and of course no book at all.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:27 pm
by LarsMac
You might find this site interesting, and useful, as well.
https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/index.html
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:57 am
by spot
I'd not seen that before, I quite like it. There's five books on their Most Downloaded Last Week list I've not red and I'm sure the proportion increases if I dig deeper.
and they are:
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass
The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Kate Chopin
No doubt I ought.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:28 pm
by magentaflame
I looked at it. I don't want download stuff though I can't read it off screen. It gives me a headache. I have found a few of those to be good 1st edition books to collect though.
Re: Audible and internet help in sourcing reading material
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:11 pm
by magentaflame
With the Falling of the Dusk.
A deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Australia's most experienced journalists and international commentators, Stan Grant.
History is turning.
In only a few short decades, we have come a long way from Francis Fukuyama's declaration of the 'end of history' and the triumph of liberal democracy in 1989. Now, with the inexorable rise of China, the ascendancy of authoritarianism and the retreat of democracy, the world stands at a moment of crisis. This is a time of momentous upheaval and enormous geopolitical shifts, compounded by the global pandemic, economic collapse and growing inequality, Islamist and far right terror, and a resurgent white supremacy. The world is in lockdown and the showdown with China is accelerating - and while the West has been at the forefront of history for 200 years, it must now adapt to a world it no longer dominates. At this moment, we stand on a precipice - what will become of us?
Stan Grant is one of our foremost observers and chroniclers of the world in crisis. Weaving his personal experiences of reporting from the front lines of the world's flashpoints, together with his deep understanding of politics, history and philosophy, he explores what is driving the world to crisis and how it might be averted. He fears the worst, but begins to chart the way forward. There is bitterness, anger and history here, but there is also the capacity for negotiation, forgiveness and hope. A powerful and incisive analysis of the state of our world, and our place within it.
Should be an interesting read.