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Several of you left comments on an earlier post, recommending above average readers at librivox. Its featured in nikki vanris list of places to find free audiobooks online, and rioter tasha brandstatter wrote a great introduction to the site, with some tips for getting started as a listener basically, librivox is project gutenberg for audio. Simplye is the new york public library s free ereader app that makes it easier than ever to borrow ebooks. Project gutenberg is one of the largest sources for free books on the web, with over 60,000 downloadable free books available in a wide variety of formats. The art of public speaking by dale carnegie and joseph b. The 25 best childrens audiobooks, from preschool to middle.
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