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Here are some free Audible files for downloading and listening pleasure. There’s an interview, the monthly edition of Ear To the Ground and a comedic take on grammar.

An Interview with Armistead Maupin

Narrator: Beth Anderson
Program Format: Audio Original
Audible, Inc., 2006
40 min.

Publisher’s Summary:

Armistead Maupin talks to Beth Anderson, Audible’s publisher, about the adaptation of his novel The Night Listener. The book and the movie, which stars Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, and Sandra Oh, were inspired by Maupin’s real-life friendship with Anthony Godby Johnson, a young man who’d written a harrowing memoir about being abused, but whose very existence soon came into question. In this interview, Maupin reveals how tricky the overlap between fiction and reality can be.

Armistead Maupin is well-known for his Tales of the City series, which began as a daily serial in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1976, and for being one of the first writers of popular fiction to include people of every sexual stripe in his work. The Tales of the City have since appeared in six best-selling books and in three television mini-series. Maupin is currently working on a new novel, Michael Tolliver Lives, that will feature characters from the beloved series.

Don’t miss The Night Listener.

(P)2006 Audible, Inc.

Corey Thrasher

Narrator: Seema Kashyap, Corey Thrasher
Program Format: Audio Original
Audible, Inc., 2006
34 min.

Program description:

Doc ditches baby, fashion model pouts, Bill Buford stands the heat, and more.

Your monthly guide to the best of Audible features introductions to the following programs:

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Heat by Bill Buford
• The White Shadow by Ace Atkins
• Thy Kingdom Come by Randall Balmer
• Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Discover great new additions to the store, little-known gems, old favorites, and find out about special sales, contests, and more. Ear to the Ground is everything you need to know about Audible, every month.

June Casagrande

Narrator: Shelley Fraser
Program Format: Unabridged
Tantor Media, 2006
33 min.

What the Critics Say:

“Casagrande brings a lively approach to her overview of basic grammar.” (Booklist)
Publisher’s Summary

This complimentary download includes bonus material from the full Grammar Snobs collection.

Here’s a description of the full collection:

Here’s some good news for everyone who’s ever been bullied into believing they can’t speak their own language: The grammar snobs are bluffing. Half the “rules” they use to humiliate others are really just judgment calls and the rest they don’t even understand themselves. Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies is a laugh-out-loud funny collection of anecdotes and essays on grammar and punctuation, as well as hilarious critiques of the self-appointed language experts.

In this collection of hilarious anecdotes and essays, June Casagrande delivers practical language lessons not found anywhere else, demystifying the subject and taking it back from the snobs.

©2006 June Casagrande; (P)2006 Tantor Media, Inc.

For more information on the Audible program and services, please check out my review on Audible here.

Also, don’t forget to check out This is Audible (free bi-weekly Audible file) that discusses audio books with interviews, clips and discussions related to audio books and entertainment. They come out every Tuesday and Friday of each week.

There’s also Harry Shearer’s Le Show (another free file) that discusses the politics and news of the past week. I don’t particularly care about his skits but do enjoy his perspective on politics and makes for interesting listening.

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