Librivox - Free Public Domain Audiobooks

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Mr. B has been raving about Librivox for years, so the fact that I haven't written a post on it yet is somewhat shocking. The website is the audiobook equivalent of Project Gutenberg. Books that are out of copyright and thus in the Public Domain have been recorded and placed online for free download. If your class is reading a Shakespearean play or other piece of classic literature, this is a great place to go for a free way to listen to the book while you read it.

Librivox in many cases even offers free cover art and cd inserts in case you want to burn a copy to disc. Isn't that nice of them? It's also incredibly compatible with iTunes, so you iPhone and iPod touch users can easily tap into the resource.

Take a few minutes to explore the site and try a download or two. It has the potential of making your English class just a little easier.

Ebook & Audiobook Tutorials

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Mike Lupica - Author of the Month

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For most of his career Mike Lupica has been known as a sports writer. He has been a sports columnist for the New York Daily News since 1977. His newspaper career branched into writing novels, teleplays, and nonfiction sports books.  

Some of his most popular novels include books like Hero and Million Dollar Throw. His books combine the thrill of live-action sports and Lupica's behind-the-scenes experience in the business with a fictional twist that is often not at all sports related to create novels that are suspenseful and exciting. 

If you want to know more about this author, visit his website. You can take a look at our collection of Mike Lupica books which are on display in the fiction section of the media center all month long.