This Sea Adventure story was originally published in “Five-Novels Monthly” magazine, in January of 1935, and tells the story of Chief Petty Officer Johnny Trescott who gets captured by pirates and drug runners during an attempt to rescue a downed plane. While Officer Trescott and his crew are out chasing down a notorious cut throat [ Read More ]
During the pulp fiction era, the 1920s to the 1950s, writers churned out stories from all genres, such as fantasy, science fiction, romance, hard boiled detective, spicy detective, westerns, air and sea adventures and tales from the orient etc. “All Frontiers are Jealous” falls into the category of “far flung adventure,” something that was dear [ Read More ]
In 1952 a new product was developed that completely changed the education of the blind forever. A small publishing company in England published the first audio book for the sight impaired. What followed was a booming market that increased the availability and ease of use of these recordings. Audio books for the blind have given [ Read More ]
The printing press was invented over five centuries ago and since then very little has been done to further the process of reading. Books were bound and put together in more organized and colourful ways, but ultimately, they were still books which were awkward, burdensome and heavy. Finally, with the recent increases in technology, audio [ Read More ]
You know, why computers are taking place of manual gadgets? Because of their user friendly behavior or automated features people prefer to use computers rather than manual devices. The generation of current era is used to of computers and has become lazy. It seems difficult for students to read 300 pages of book for preparation [ Read More ]
While the production of audio books haven’t completely replaced paperbacks and hard covers, it certainly does provide an alternative for those who enjoying listening rather than reading. Even those who love to read now have the option of listening instead. The following are three reasons why you should use audio books. 1) Listening to books [ Read More ]
I guess it’s a funny old world when people enjoy reading using their ears rather than their eyes! The ability to download audio book titles has proven to be very popular, especially for those who feel too busy to find time to put their feet up, pour a glass of wine and have a good [ Read More ]
This was the question I was asked by a group of friends I met while shopping for an audio book collection in an audio book forum.They were all raving about the greatest audio book of all times, talking about how wonderful it felt being entertained by the creativity of the entire series, when I joined [ Read More ]
Audio books have a huge impact not only on visually-impaired individuals but on regular, normal people like us. It is not bulky, which means it does not occupy a massive amount of space, it is light and handy, and to top it all of, a lot of people can share the story or anecdote or [ Read More ]
Audio books are produced to very high standards these days with many listeners becoming fans of both the authors and the readers. This is especially true in series books, thrillers and mysteries etc, where all the subtle modalities of the actors voice comes to be associated with the mood changes and colors of characters, in [ Read More ]
