{"id":351,"date":"2008-12-07T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T00:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2008-12-07T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T00:42:09","slug":"my-audible-book-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/blog\/2008\/12\/07\/my-audible-book-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"My Audible Book Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at my audio-book library that I have collected from my almost 2-year subscription to audible.com, I am pretty sure that if I had bought print versions of these books, most of them would have been sitting on my shelf, partially read, due to lack of &#8220;quality time&#8221; to sit down and read them. My decision to try <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/audible-books-can-make-your-commute-a-pleasure\/\">listening to books<\/a> on my smartphone while commuting and running errands has certainly <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/audio-book-listening-tips\/\">proved very effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"amzn-assoc-ad-56fc7dcc-14e9-42c5-8f6b-5682e9a4144d\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&amp;adInstanceId=56fc7dcc-14e9-42c5-8f6b-5682e9a4144d\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"amzn-assoc-ad-203232ee-a993-4d2f-8b12-7c3fd453a098\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&#038;adInstanceId=203232ee-a993-4d2f-8b12-7c3fd453a098\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here is what my current library looks like:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td>#<\/td>\n<td>Book Title<\/td>\n<td>Author<\/td>\n<td>Duration<\/td>\n<td>Comments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-the-tipping-point-by-malcolm-gladwell\/\">The Tipping Point (Unabridged)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Malcolm Gladwell<\/td>\n<td>8 hrs and 38 mins<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-the-tipping-point-by-malcolm-gladwell\/\">Read review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-blink-by-malcom-gladwell\/\">Blink (Unabridged)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Malcolm Gladwell<\/td>\n<td>7 hrs and 43 mins<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-blink-by-malcom-gladwell\/\">Read review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-sway-by-ori-brafman-and-rom-brafman\/\">Sway (Unabridged)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Rom Brafman, Ori Brafman<\/td>\n<td>4 hrs and 55 mins<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-sway-by-ori-brafman-and-rom-brafman\/\">Read review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>The New Psycho-Cybernetics (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Maxwell Maltz edited by Dan S. Kennedy<\/td>\n<td>11 hrs and 32 mins<\/td>\n<td>An interesting book that teaches you how to use the power of your subconscious mind to reach your potential.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>How Doctors Think (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Jerome Groopman, M.D.<\/td>\n<td>10 hrs and 30 mins<\/td>\n<td>Coming soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Authentic Happiness<\/td>\n<td>Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>4 hrs and 25 mins<\/td>\n<td>I listened to this book after I was impressed by the author&#8217;s other book,<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-learned-optimism-by-dr-martin-seligman\/\"> &#8220;Learned Optimism,&#8221;<\/a> which I liked. But this book was a bit of a let down, in comparison.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-learned-optimism-by-dr-martin-seligman\/\">Learned Optimism<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>1 hrs and 24 mins<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-learned-optimism-by-dr-martin-seligman\/\">Read review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-predictably-irrational-by-dan-ariely\/\">Predictably Irrational (Unabridged)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Dan Ariely<\/td>\n<td>7 hrs and 27 mins<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-predictably-irrational-by-dan-ariely\/\">Read review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>50 Self-Help Classics (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Tom Butler-Bowdon<\/td>\n<td>10 hrs and 55 mins<\/td>\n<td>A great summary of a wide range of books on this topic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>50 Success Classics (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Tom Butler-Bowdon<\/td>\n<td>10 hrs and 22 mins<\/td>\n<td>A summary of books that inspire. I bought several books from this list after listening to this.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>The Total Money Makeover<\/td>\n<td>Dave Ramsey<\/td>\n<td>3 hrs and 36 mins<\/td>\n<td>Good practical solutions to make the most of your money.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>A Short History of Nearly Everything (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Bill Bryson<\/td>\n<td>17 hrs and 48 mins<\/td>\n<td>A longish book, with a lot of fascinating details. I plan to listen to this once again soon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Lateral Thinking<\/td>\n<td>Dr. Edward de Bono, M.A., D.Phil., Ph.D., M.D.<\/td>\n<td>5 hrs and 30 mins<\/td>\n<td>A pioneering work in teaching us how to think differently.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Master Thinker II<\/td>\n<td>Dr. Edward de Bono, M.A., D.Phil., Ph.D., M.D.<\/td>\n<td>3 hrs<\/td>\n<td>Interesting book that illustrates how different attitudes can produce very different reactions to situations &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/car-that-drives-itself-a-six-hats-perspective\/\">&#8220;The six thinking hats.&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-freakonomics-by-steven-levitt-and-stephen-dubner\/\">Freakonomics (Unabridged)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner<\/td>\n<td>6 hrs and 30 mins<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.technicalley.com\/book-review-freakonomics-by-steven-levitt-and-stephen-dubner\/\">Read review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>A Beautiful Mind (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Sylvia Nasar<\/td>\n<td>18 hrs and 11 mins<\/td>\n<td>A very absorbing biography of Nobel award winning mathematician John Nash. I had purchased a print version of this book before, and never found the time to read it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>The 4 Hour Work Week (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Timothy Ferriss<\/td>\n<td>8 hrs and 23 mins<\/td>\n<td>An interesting way to look at how we spend our work time and how much of it can be effectively delegated. But I think only some of the suggestions would apply to most of us.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>50 Psychology Classics (Unabridged)<\/td>\n<td>Tom Butler-Bowdon<\/td>\n<td>12 hrs and 33 mins<\/td>\n<td>Another good collection of summaries. Definitely a good way to get a good &#8220;overview&#8221; of the field, before delving deeper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Jim Cramer&#8217;s Real Money<\/td>\n<td>James J. Cramer<\/td>\n<td>6 hrs and 9 mins<\/td>\n<td>Bunch of good advice on how to make the best of your stock investment in Cramer&#8217;s inimitable style.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Learn in Your Car: Spanish, Level 1<\/td>\n<td>Henry N. Raymond<\/td>\n<td>3 hrs and 3 mins<\/td>\n<td>An effective way to learn some Spanish as you are driving.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at my audio-book library that I have collected from my almost 2-year subscription to audible.com, I am pretty sure that if I had bought&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[84,86],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-audible","tag-audio-book","wpcat-6-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}