Audiobooks

[Noddy]

Anybody recommend good sailing audiobooks?

I'm currently doing (listening, reading?) Joshua Slocum's, Sailing Alone Around the World. Its free from here:
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book.jsp?id=408

There are some good titles at www.audible.com but you have to pay for them. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Paul

 

[SAWDOC]

not sure if this is what you had in mind but I can thoroughly recommend BBC Radio 4 production of Homer's Odyssey dramatised by Simon Armitage and a very good job he made of it too - very accessible, very vivid and definitely worthwhile - along with slocum the sailing adventure

ISBN 0-563-52549-5

 

[out_to_sea]

Thanks for the link, I've got 7 flights to make in 5 weeks so this should hopefully fill up some time /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I don't know any other audio book titles that are free, but if I come across any I will let you know

Cheers
Andy

 

[tim_ber]

Can't help I'm sorry.

But may I say thank you, and what a great source of info this forum is.

Just about to go and continue to search your link for some good books.
Have a good evening.
Tim

 

[Santana379]

I have "The Riddle of the Sands" on CD, read by Dermott Kerrigan, and Griff Rhys Jones reading "To The Baltic With Bob". I thoroughly enjoyed both, more than once.

We also have all 12 of the Arthur Ransome books on CD, and the 9 of those which have so far been converted to CD. They are beautifully read by Gabriel Woolf. Not everyone's cup of tea, but if you like Ransome, quite brilliant.

On cassette we also have Ellen MacArthur reading her "Taking on the World" - a bit dry, and Libby Purves reading her "One Summer's Grace" - really enjoyable.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Thanks Noddy,

Thats a brilliant resource.

 

[duncanmack]

I have found an absolute wealth of stuff on

Radioarchive

Including 160-odd Goon shows... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[SAWDOC]

Aprt from the goon shows anything else interesting there - I'm a litle reluctant to sign on for another server unless its worth it - any sailing content?

 

[duncanmack]

Riddle of the sands - play.

Actually there is a load of stuff. It's well worth having a look. Trust me, I used to play the banjo!

 

[MLCreative]

Wondering if the Arthur Ransome/Gabriel Woolf CDs are still available to borrow/rent? Thank you

 

[Poignard]

I have downloaded some of the Librivox recordings from Booksshouldbefree.com but most are spoilt by the standard of reading. Most of the readers have weak and very monotonous voices and sound like machines . It is churlish to complain when the readers are volunteers and the books are free but having an audiobook read by a professional actor makes a fantastic difference. I have some Le Carre books read by Michael Jayston and although expensive, they are really enjoyable to listen to whereas the Librivox audiobook "Sailing Alone Around the World" , for example, would send you to sleep in no time.

 

[Mark-1]

The audio book of "Sailing into Solitude" is superb. Like you (perhaps) I'm a bit resistant to paying for this kind of thing but VH's delivery of his own book is superb and it's a story best heard in his own words.

http://www.valhowells.com/solpurchase.html