Reviews of audio books on tape, CD, and MP3 download from Library Journal.
Audio 06/15/2009
Fiction Archer, Jeffrey . Paths of Glory . 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Macmillan Audio from Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America . ISBN 978-0-7927-6009-2 . $89.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 10 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. Macmillan Audio; 5 CDs. abridged. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download.
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Reggae Beyond Bob Marley By Matthew Moyer - 06/15/2009
It's a given that your reggae music collection should include a couple of Bob Marley & The Wailers albums, but then what? What of those artists who, though lesser known, were just as influential as Marley in the development of reggae? Chant Down Babylon Reggae grew out of ska and rocksteady in 1960s Jamaica as tempos sped up, song structures loosened up, and the organ shuffle, drums, and ba...
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Books Born Digital By Lance Eaton - 05/15/2009
It used to be that a book was published first as a hardcover, then as a lower-cost paperback. With increasingly tech-savvy consumers demanding instantaneous access to content in various formats, that publishing protocol has in the last decade changed to one in which the book in codex form often remains the focus, but digital “extras” like audio excerpts and e-chapters act as enticem...
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Q&A: Bernadette Dunne By Ophelia Lo - 05/15/2009
Bernadette Dunne has recorded more than 250 titles since her reading of Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha (Books on Tape [BOT], 1998) helped put her on the map. She's voiced the works of everyone from actress Katharine Hepburn (Me: Stories of My Life) to National Book Award winner Richard Powers (The Echo Maker), for publishers including BBC Audiobooks America and Christian Audio.
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Music for the Masses Matthew Moyer, Reference Librarian, Popular Media Dept., Jacksonville P.L., FL, June 5, 2009 Original Samba Soul
Various Artists
Black Rio 2: Original Samba Soul 1971–1979
Compiled by DJ Cli... More
Music for the Masses Matthew Moyer, Reference Librarian, Popular Media Dept., Jacksonville P.L., FL, May 20, 2009 Animal Collective
Speaking of the hipping of the mainstream (see my last post, on NPR's recent pro... More
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Learning Gardens New York's GreenBranches program links the library to the street.
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