Audio Books to Celebrate Freedom

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. I have been gone over the weekend on a backpacking trip with my family. It always amazes me what the kids are capable of! We got home in time to go to the community Independence Day celebration, which had the requisite BBQ and fireworks show.

In a previous post I showed where you can get an audio bundle that contained the founding documents of the United States. While LearnOut Loud stated that it would only be available till the 4th, it's still there in their free audio section, under American History. You can also download the separate titles contained in the bundle as individual downloads.

FreeAudio and AmericanRhetoric are two more places to find free audio content on the subject of freedom that I have also mentioned in a previous post.

A new resource of free audio: Assistive Media. They have hundreds of audio articles on a variety of topics that are all free to download. Check out their archives to get a full list by topic, publication or date listed. They also have a search feature there. They are working to provide material to those with a "'reading access barrier" so please consider providing a donation if you use their services.

Happy Listening!

Free Parenting Audio Books

I'm a stay at home mom, and sometimes that's a really hard job. Its not so much the long hours and endless work - that has its own rewards of being with my children and being able to set my own schedule and pace. Its more the lack of recognition and the crappy pay. After all, there is no annual review where someone says "you're doing a great job and we're so glad to have you with us!" and the pay is pretty self explanatory - there is none! Unless you count room and board. Again there are compensations; hugs from the kids, knowing I don't have to call in to anyone when they are sick, etc.

But its also hard because sometimes you just don't know what you are doing! Mine didn't come with instruction manuals. And it's not something I've ever done before. I've never raised a ten year old, but I'm soon going to be!

So what's a mom (or dad) to do? Besides going on blind instinct? Get advice from someone who's done it before and apply it to your situation as best you can. After all, you know your child(ren) better than anyone else. And it doesn't have to be an "expert" it can be your mom, or other friends and family.

Here are a few audio resources:

"Surviving the Teenage Years" by Mickey Michaels. Acoording to the site this won't be free forever, so get it while you can! There are also some parenting articles if you are interested in reading them.

The "Love and Logic" folks have some free audio including "Funny Parenting Stories", "Funny Classroom Stories" and some of their radio shows.

Get some free audio parenting tips from radio interviews with Kelly Nault here. They are located at the bottom of the page.

You can get a free audio chapter of the book Scream Free Parenting here.

And let's not forget some of the resources mentioned in previous posts. LearnOutLoud has 7 free audio titles in their free section under parenting. And Podiobooks has Lessons from the Geek Fu Master listed when searching for "parenting".

There you have it, a few free audio resources for parents who occasionally feel like tearing their hair out :)

Happy Listening!

Audio Books for Independence Day

July 4th is just around the corner. And if you are driving for any length of time I highly recommend heading over to Learn Out Loud and downloading their free Founding Documents of the United States of America. That way on your way to campgrounds, picnics, family reunions, firework shows and all of the other wonderful activites of the 4th, you can listen to some of the history of that independence we are celebrating.


The documents contained in this set include: Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech, The United States Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, The Virginia Plan, The Constitution of the United States, Federalist Paper No. 51, United States Bill of Rights, Subsequent U.S. Constitutional Ammendments, and First Inaugural Address of President George Washington.

This free download is only available through the 4th of July, so don't wait to get your copy!

Happy Listening!

Business Audio Books

Everyone here is once again healthy and up to their usual hijinks. And given the level of noise around here, I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not :)

Starting a business, at home or otherwise, seems a pretty popular subject these days. Here are a few audio resources if that is something of interest to you.

You can get a free audio version of 5 Famous Fibs & Fables: The Worst Marketing Advice Ever Given here.

LearnOutLoud has 108 free business audio books.

I guess we can't forget internet marketing either. You can get 117 hours of free audio interviews about internet marketing here. You won't even need to give out an email address to access them!

Happy Listening!

Entertain Kids With Free Audio Just For Them

I have a sick kid at home today. Which is just wrong. Kids aren't supposed to spend their summer vacation sick!

Regardless, he is pretty miserable. Mostly he wants to just watch TV but I've checked out some audio books for kids in case he begins looking for some other type of entertainment.

Kiddie Records has been collecting children's records from the mid-40's and early 50's and making sure they don't get lost forever. These are children's stories that were recorded, often as major Hollywood productions, and put on the medium of the time - vinyl. They were very popular, but now are almost completely forgotten. You can get them as free downloads now, along with all the original artwork. And if you don't want to download them all you can get CD's mailed to you for a pretty low price. Not a bad deal if you are pressed for time or disc space.

Robert Munsch is a favorite children's author who has generously made audio recordings of his books available for free at his website. If you have his books at home, now you can get audio versions for the kids to listen along with whenever they want. Even if you don't have his books, you can get the audio and listen to his wonderful stories. Thanks Robert.

I need to go check on my son so that is all for now.

Happy Listening!

Laughter is the Best Medicine

It has been one of those days... And I have decided that it is time to unplug from the computer and unwind with a humorous audio book. First I headed over to AudioBooks.net, a new site for free audio books that I recently found. If you sign up for a free account, you can download up to two free audio books per day. Not a bad deal. They have a nice mix of contemporary and classic works, some which you can find at other sites and some you can't, and a wide range of genres to search in. Unfortunately for me I didn't find anything under comedy that interested me today.

So then I headed over to PodioBooks, as I figured this would be my next best bet for something humorous. Sure enough. So now I am going to sit back and give "Fiddle and Burn" by Jason Pomerantz a try at tickling my funny bone, or at least putting me in a better frame of mind.

I sincerely hope your day has been better than mine, although it is starting to look up now.

Happy Listening!

If You Haven't Got Your Health...

You haven't got anything! Now you can get a free audio book geared toward attaining perfect (or at least more perfect) health.

Jon Barron wrote the book "Lessons From the Miracle Doctors" and then provided a free ebook form online. In it he talks about what to do to achieve optimal health, why some of the "miracle" supplements work for some and not others, and what to look for in supplements - all without promoting any specific brand of supplements. You can get the ebook here.

He has also provided a free audio series called "Take Back Your Health" that parallels many of the chapters in his book. You can find them here. You will also find more free audio at the site in the form of Jon's radio show archives.

Happy Listening!