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The Top Eight Sites For Free Audio Books on the Web

The Top Eight Sites For Free Audio Books on the Web

550 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free Down­load a Free Audio­book from Audi­ble and also AudioBooks.com Down­load hun­dreds of free audio books, most­ly clas­sics, to your MP3 play­er or com­put­er. Below, you’ll find great works of fic­tion, poet­ry and non-fic­tion, by such authors as Twain, Tol­stoy, Hem­ing­way, Orwell, Von­negut, Niet­zsche, Austen, Shake­speare, Asi­mov, HG Wells & more. Also please see our relat­ed col­lec­tion: The 150 Best Pod­casts to Enrich Your Mind. Fic­tion & Lit­er­a­ture

20 Websites To Download Free Audio Books Simply put, audiobooks are recordings of books which are read aloud. But some may think: why would we need audio books if we can read books ourselves? Audio books are useful not only for the visually impaired, but also for busy people who love a good read, but just don’t have the time to sit down to bury their faces in their favorite classics. So the best alternative would be to listen to audiobooks via audio devices while travelling or commuting to work. Besides, audio books are great for learning a new language to ensure you don’t pronounce a foreign phrase wrongly because you can listen to exactly how it is spoken. Here’s our list of 20 best websites to download free audio books. Recommended Reading: 20 Best Websites To Download Free EBooks Librophile Librophile provides completely legal free audiobooks for both mobile and PC. Lit2Go Lit2Go has a big and free online collection of poems and stories in MP3 format. Project Gutenberg LearnOutLoud Free Audio Books Should Be Free LibriVox ejunto

100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos. Around the House Want to know how to fix that broken cabinet or hang up some great wallpaper? Business and Management If you feel like you’re seriously lacking on business and management skills at work, no need to worry. KnowThis? Language and Writing Those who want to learn a new language, improve their writing skills or just learn more about literature will be well-served by these instructional sites. Technology Math S.O.S. Science Creativity

Audiocite.net: Livres audio gratuits mp3 Books to read on racism and white privilege How Racism is Learned & Unlearned The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism, by Debra Van Ausdale and Joe R. Feagin (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001). Ausdale spent a year observing a racially diverse day care center, where pre-school children experienced racial diversity in their own ways, but also in the light of adult world ideologies. Authors are white. The Anti-Defamation League's Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice: A Guide for Adults and Children by Caryl Stern-LaRosa and Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann (Scholastic, 2000). Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Einstein on Race and Racism, by Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor (Rutgers, 2005). Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, by James W. Race in the College Classroom edited by Bonnie Tusmith and Maureen T. Because of the Kids; Facing Racial and Cultural Differences in Schools, by Jennifer E. White People Look at Their Lives Through the Lens of Race

Read 700 Free eBooks Made Available by the University of California Press The University of California Press e-books collection holds books published by UCP (and a select few printed by other academic presses) between 1982-2004. The general public currently has access to 770 books through this initiative. The collection is dynamic, with new titles being added over time. Readers looking to see what the collection holds can browse by subject. The curators of the site have kindly provided a second browsing page that shows only the publicly accessible books, omitting any frustrating off-limits titles. The collection’s strengths are in history (particularly American history and the history of California and the West); religion; literary studies; and international studies (with strong selections of Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, and French Studies titles). Sadly, you can’t download the books to an e-reader or tablet. Rebecca Onion is a writer and academic living in Philadelphia. Related Content: 30 Free Essays & Stories by David Foster Wallace on the Web

Free Audiobooks - 4,728 classic audiobooks for less than a cup of coffee. Ghostsigns Le livre audio : une ressource pour le français ? Le livre audio constitue-t-il une ressource intéressante pour travailler autrement en français ? C'est ce que démontre Marianne Hamon, professeure de lettres au collège La Reinetiere à Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire dans l'académie de Nantes. L'offre de livres audio, en CD ou en ligne, ne cesse de se développer : en faire écouter des extraits en classe présente selon elle de nombreux intérêts comme favoriser l'entrée en lecture des élèves, aider à la différenciation pédagogique, éclairer les enjeux d'un texte en analysant les choix de lecture … Yoan Fontaine présente une activité menée en 5ème au collège Bellevue de Loué : les élèves ont réalisé l'écriture collaborative d'un roman de chevalerie, puis l'ont enregistré pour créer un livre audio : « cette lecture conduit à retravailler les textes écrits pour les rendre plus efficaces », « Les élèves ont pu prendre conscience des effets que peut engendrer l'écriture. Écouter des livres audio Créer un livre audio

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