Audio books for a History student?

Question

I want to get some audio books to help with my learning and just for general enjoyment. I am interested in nineteenth and twentieth century histories, particularly Europe. I want to be able to play them on a portable cd player. I was looking on ebay and there is not a great selection, same with amazon.
Any help?

Answer 1

Most book shops offer only a limited choice when it comes to audio books. If you cannot find what you want on Amazon it might be worth buying an audio book download and then burning the file to a CD. A better idea might be to invest in an iPod or mp3 player. They are smaller than a CD player and you can get many audio books onto them. My iPod has a storage capacity of just 1GB and I have never used its full capacity. I have an unabridged audio book version of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on mine and it only takes up 42.4 megs. My copy of Frankenstein has a run time of 8 hours and 21 minutes and only takes up 114 megs. I would never go back to a CD player now. My ipod is smaller than a packet of chewing gum and I can store a mini-library of books inside it.



If you decide to try an audio book download, I recommend Top Audiobooks. They have a section on history. Here is the link: http://www.top-audiobook-downloads.com/list.aspx?catid=79&aid=168230



If you are set on finding audio books on CD though, have you tried your local library? Libraries often stock a few audio books and if they don't have what you want they can sometimes request audio books from other libraries around the country. I think that there may be a nominal charge for this though.



Hope this helps

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Barnes and Noble or Borders would be your best bet....you could go in and ask someone.

www.barnesandnoble.com

www.borders.com