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Have You Even Read a Book Since High School or College?

Love to read, but lacking in time? Then you're not alone my friend . . .

Life is so busy for most people these days it’s no wonder that most readers don’t even get past page 18 in a book they have purchased. And if that wasn’t enough check out these other statistics:

- 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school

- 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.

- 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.

And those book statistics are a little outdated, so it’s probably safe to assume they are even sadder now in this current year.

If you are one of those who have fallen into one of the above book categories, then you’re going to love audiobooks in all their glorious forms.

Gone are the days when audiobooks were limited to CDs and cassette tapes. Savvy audio book stores have popped into the market over the years and realized that people today want a much wider selection of audio book formats to select. Audio books are now available for you to download to your computer quickly and easily within seconds. This way you can also then save them to CD, MP3 player, or upload directly to your iPod.

And that’s just the audio book beginning. Audio books are available in just about every category you can think of, including best sellers from all walks of life. So if you have a preference you can sure satisfy your reading pleasure with audio books in these categories:

Arts & Drama

Biography

Business audiobooks

Crime & Thrillers

Fiction audiobooks

Foreign Language Study

Health & Recreation

History

Humor

Juvenile (Children’s audio books)

Radio Shows

Religion & Spiritual

Self Help

TV & Film

Audio books have a great advantage of being up to 80% less expensive than regular CD and cassette tape versions, so audio books are accessible to people from all walks of life.

Finding audio books online is so easy too. It allows you to shop anytime at your own convenience. You can browse audio book categories in the comfort of your home.

Listening to audio books does count as reading so if you read using audio books you can get through even more than if reading a regular book, for instance I can get through an audio book within three hours as compared to reading three books in 2-3 months. So if you’re anything like me you love reading and don’t have the extra time, audio books can give you the opportunity so that you can read many more books which you might not otherwise have time to read.

In the morning while doing my chores or exercising, making breakfast, dressing up for work, etc, I listen to my novel in audio book format. While commuting to work, I continue from where I stopped. During a break at work, I can also listen. And before driving back home from work, I complete the remaining part of the novel. It’s such a breeze to ‘read’ with audio books. I love it.

That’s why they’ve made it possible for you to download books onto your computer, MP3 player, or iPod almost instantly. Try doing that with a physical book. Can’t be done. And this is one of the reasons audio books have gained massive popularity more recently! You won’t have to bother worrying about postage and handling charges anymore if you read audio books as you can simply download them anytime of any day within seconds. Plus you save money doing so!

Let’s hope so, because audio books are one of the hottest items on my to do list these days. Even people who don’t read, or who read only occasionally, are catching audio book fever. And let’s not forget to mention how your children or the blind can benefit form audio books for their own education and needs.

Why not begin researching audio books for yourself today, with such a simple pleasure of being read to by the books author or a professional instead of having to read a book yourself you’ll gain that extra entertainment and joy instantly.

Don’t get caught in the percentage of people who never read past college or high school, it’s such a sad fact, plus remember the saying, “If you don’t use it, you’ll loose it” well those are very wise words indeed. I highly recommend grabbing an audio book and listening in to help your education, pleasure or family members, after all you’ll enjoy the stories and books and if only you give it a go.

Take action today and choose an audiobook from GABS' extensive categories for your pleasure.

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Letters to eBay - Audiobook Humor

eBay is huge, no one would dispute that fact, and along with such a company will always come an assortment of humorous happenings. So in this audiobook collection Paul Meadores dives into the funny side of eBay, with Letters to eBay.

By day, Paul Meadors is a fifth grade teacher in a small California town. By night, he trolls the millions of items for sale on eBay, posing as his alter ego Art Farkas, and catching sellers off guard with his ludicrous and bizarre questions about their auctions.

As he amusingly demonstrates time and time again, even in today's hyper-vigilant and impersonal digital world, the spirit of human salesmanship lives on, no matter how outrageous the question or request.

For example, Art asks the seller of a set of bongo drums if there would be a way to attach them to his grandmother's back so that she could take them to the corner and play on the street to earn her rent money -- which elicits a sincere,

yet bitingly humorous response.

From the entertaining auctions themselves, to Paul's loony letters and the serious responses they provoke, Letters to eBay provides a fascinating and humourous glimpse into the strange world of eBay and those who dwell within.

iPods and MP3 Players for Your Audio Experience

Recently we've updated The Global Audio Book Store to share some of our favorite audio players with you. You'll find some great resources and ideas for ipods, mp3 players and much more all related to anything audio, including the brand new way of touring with audios.

Below are just a couple examples of what you can now find online at: Global Audio Book Store


Apple 1 GB iPod shuffleOrange 2nd Generation iPod Shuffle - $ 79.77
The worlds smallest digital music player, the new iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. This 1GB iPod shuffle weighs just 0.55 ounces and is about half the size of the original iPod shuffle. Made of durable anodized aluminum, its so small you can take it everywhere. Intuitive controls let you listen without looking: play, pause, skip, repeat, and shuffle your music at the touch of a button.



Apple 4GB iPod Video Nano Silver iPod nano 4GB MP3 Player - $ 143.99
This Nano has everything you always wanted a Nano to have. Namely: Video. Apple makes sure even the smallest iPod is in on their big ideas, giving the worlds most popular music player a display for TV Shows, movies, video podcasts, and more.


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Audiobook Review of 'The Stupidest Angel' by Christopher Moore

Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through Pine Cove, California, people are busy buying, wrapping, packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit.

But not everybody is feeling the joy. Little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a holiday miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.

But hold on! There's an angel waiting in the wings. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that needs granting. Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris Kringle" he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.

Only Christopher Moore, the man who brought you the outrageous lost gospel Lamb and the hysterical fish tale Fluke, could have devised a new holiday classic that tugs at the heartstrings and serves up a healthy slice of fruitcake to boot.

Lewis Black - Nothing's Sacred Audiobook

"Lewis Black is the only person I know who can actually yell in print form. Very entertaining read." --- Jon Stewart

You've seen him on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart offering up his trademark angry observational humor on everything from politics to pop culture. You've seen his energetic stand-up performances on HBO, Comedy Central, and in venues across the globe. Now Lewis Black's volcanic eruptions can be found in

Nothing's Sacred, a collection of rants against stupidity and authority, which oftentimes go hand in hand.

With subversive wit and intellectual honesty, Lewis examines the events of his life that shaped his antiauthoritarian point of view and developed his comedic perspective. Growing up in 1950s suburbia when father knew best and there was a sitcom to prove it, he began to regard authority with a jaundiced eye at an early age. And as that sentiment grew stronger with each passing year, so did his ability to hone in on the absurd.

True to form, he puts common sense above ideology and distills hilarious, biting commentary on all things politically and culturally relevant.

"No one is safe from Lewis Black's comic missiles." --- New York Times

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lewis Black is a playwright, a stand-up comedian, and a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His characteristic rants on the state of the nation have won him much critical praise including an American Comedy Award, a place on Entertainment Weekly's 50 Funniest People list, and an HBO special.

Ross Noble Goes Global 2 - Audio Humor

Award-winning stand-up Ross Noble takes to the road again in his second fantastically funny BBC Radio 4 series of comedy travelogues.

Ross Noble has become hugely popular with his stand-up shows in the UK and Australia, which have won him thousands of admirers and rave reviews. The first series of Ross Noble Goes Global was a massive success with fans and critics alike, with the Radio Times hailing it as ' the funniest thing on Radio 4' .

Here, he sets off for foreign climes once more, visiting Brussels, Adelaide, Egypt and Milan. In Brussels, Ross finds waffles on every corner and a puzzling statue of an incontinent child; and in Adelaide, the bizarre murder capital of the world, he meets some drunks who are convinced he is a spy. Touring Egypt, he performs in the middle of the desert while a group of Bedouins try to set up their market stalls behind him; and in Milan, he discovers that the locals never stop talking on their mobile phones, even when they are on their mopeds. He also learns some important lessons - for instance, never talk to an Italian man, as apparendy they'll follow you home...

Part travel diary and part hilarious extracts from Ross's various gigs, these shows are a perfect platform for his gently surreal observations. So go globetrotting with him — you'll see the world in a weird and wonderful new way!

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Audio Book Humor With Dave Gorman: Genius

"Wonderfully original. . . Don't miss this chance to change the world" --- The Guardian

In a quest to unearth a genius idea, Dave Gorman, with the help of special guests Paul Daniels, Richard Madeley, John Fortune, Neil Innes and Stewart Lee peruses a parade of proposals, be they innovations, gadgets, gizmos, philosophies or follies, in an attempt to sort the worth from the worthless, the inspired from thr insipid, and decide which pitch wins the legendary Genius trophy.

Ideas proposed in this first series include: the use of laughing gas to quell rioters, bubble wrap filled with helium (an ideal stress buster, plus cheaper postage), breathalysers on mobile phones to stop you from making regrettable calls, a 99p coin, edible fruit labels, genetically engineered mini-elephants as pets, and running the House of Commons by the rules of just a minute.

If you've ever had an ingenious invention, a sublime plan for solving problems both small and large, or a twisted scheme for making the world a better, or more interesting, place then Genius is the midwife to you brainchild.

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Audio Books Black Adder

Looking for some great adult comedy, then Black Adder is such a modern classic choice.

The Foretelling The Queen of Spain's BeardBorn To Be King Witchsmeller PursuivantArchbishop The Block SealKing Richard:'Blood! Death! War! Rumpy pumpy! Triumph!'

Through the ages, men of flair, faculty and outstanding courage have contributed to their country's heritage. Others, like die snivelling worm Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (alias 'The Black Adder"), have emerged from the dust of dodgy documents to claim their wrongful place in history...

The historic first series introduced us to Rowan Atkinson's first incarnation as Black Adder - the incompetent, bitter and twisted son of Richard, Duke of York, who, with the help of his trusty (and equally stinky) aide, Baldrick (Tony Robinson), and Percy (Tim Mclnnerny) begins his slithering journey through the ages, scheming for an easier life, a better position and perhaps even a shot at the throne itself. The original series also stars Brian Blessed as Richard IV, Peter Cook as Richard III, Miriam Margolyes as the Infanta Maria of Spain and Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald. Blackadder was runner-up in the BBC's search for Britain's Best Sitcom.

** Black Adder II

Six BBC TV episodes starring Rowan Atkinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson.

England 1558 - 1603. The filthy genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble to the surface of history's melting pot as Lord Edmund, arrogant peer-about-town, swaggers with a big head and small beard in search of grace and favour from the stark raving mad Queen Bess.

Listen as Lord Blackadder falls in love with a girl named Bob, takes over the job of executioner whilst almost losing his own head, schemes to raise £1,000 to pay off a perverted Bishop, goes on a far-off sea voyage to the remote country of France, and plays charades with a member of the Spanish Inquisition.

Accompanied by a small rabble of beruffed riff-raff - bottom-breath Baldrick and pea-brain Percy - the serpentine Lord Blackadder lowers the whole tone of England's Golden Age.

** Black Adder The Third

Richard Curtis’ and Ben Elton’s award-winning comedy in which Rowan Atkinson as the ubiquitous Blackadder, ably hampered by Tony Robinson as the loyal Baldrick, wreaks havoc throughout the centuries. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall and Miranda Richardson are some of the guest stars joining in the fun.

In Blackadder the Third, the fortunes of the family have plummeted rather with Blackadder employed as butler to the Prince Regent. With such an imbecilic Lord and master, however, there’s plenty of scope for deviousness and manipulation.

** Black Adder Goes Forth

With a ya boo sucks to you fritzy, hot tiddly tumble, it's off to Western Front 1917. Captain Blackadder, hero of Mboto Gorge, joined the British Army when it was little more than a travel agency for gentlemen with an abnormally high sex drive.

Now he finds himself crammed into a sewer, twenty yards from a lot of heavily armed people who want to kill him. Worse still, he takes his orders from two homicidal maniacs, one called the Charge of the Light Brigade 'a victory for common sense', and the other is called Darling.

Ever ready with a cunning plan, Blackadder actively avoids duty by taking up art, shooting the General's favourite bird, probing the hospital nurse, and learning to fly.

But will his attempts to push off be enough to save him when the Big Push comes?

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

In 1995 high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other Brits had taken Manhattan - Alistair Cooke then, Anna Wintour now - so why couldn't he? But things didn't go quite according to plan.

Within the space of two years he was fired from Vanity Fair, banned from the most fashionable bar in the city, and couldn't get a date for love or money. Even the local AA group wanted nothing to do with him.

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is Toby Young's hilarious account of the five years he spent looking for love in all the wrong places and steadily working his way down the New York food chain, from glossy magazine editor to crash-test dummy for interactive sex toys. But it's more than " the longest self-deprecating joke since the complete works of Woody Allen

" (Sunday Times); it's also a seditious attack on the culture of celebrity from inside the belly of the beast. And there's even a happy ending as Toby Young marries - "for proper non-cynical reasons," as he puts it - the woman of his dreams.

" Some people are lucky enough to stumble across the right path straight away; most of us only discover what the right one is by going down the wrong one first. "

The Very World Of Milton Jones: The Complete Series 2

During the month of October we are jumping straight into some funny stuff with great humor audio books. So to get you started with a great laugh here's some audio humor with Milton Jones.

In 1998, BBC Radio 4 found it had a new star on its hands.

From the opening monologue - "You see when the boys in the playground found out that I had a potentially fatal allergy to peanuts they used to shove me up against a wall and make me play Russian roulette with a bag of Revels."

Each week, Milton Jones faces his own death. His life flashes before his eyes. We hear everything that’s happened to him, and anything that might have happened to him. His hopes, his dreams, his fears. BBC Radio 4 invites you to enter . . .

"The Very World Of Milton Jones".

Your mind will never be the same again.