I find what I'm about to do very difficult. It's about all that I can do to post an item that is not free. But, I'm about to do it. In fact, I'm about to post
two of them. And, they're not even close to being free. I'm having to steel myself. It's very difficult . . . .
Will you still think the same of me when I get through? Or, will my reputation be . . . be . . . ruined??? Oh, the shame! *sobbing uncontrollably* *reaching for a tissue* *blowing my nose*.
Please, my fellow Mobilereaders, please forgive me for this temporary lapse! I am only human and subject to failures as any human being!!! I promise that I'll be back to my miserly ways in my next post if at all possible, or, if not that post, at least the next one after that! I beg your patience . . . .
The audiobook company Downpour has a couple of books at great prices for download only (other formats are at regular prices, I think) "this week." Find both of them at
http://www.downpour.com/downpour-dea...al+of+the+Week. Here they are:
The Divine Comedy. By Dante Alighieri. $4.95. I listened to a little bit of the audio and I thought that the narration was acceptable. Audible's price at the present moment is $19.95 (will Audible sometimes match the prices of competitors as its sister company Amazon will sometimes do? Does anyone know?). At Audible it is currently rated 3.7 stars from 192 ratings.
Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this classic masterpiece, originally published in 1320, read by award-winning narrator Ralph Cosham.
No words can describe the greatness of this work, a greatness both of theme and of artistry. Dante’s theme is universal; it involves the greatest concepts that man has ever attained. Only a genius could have found the loftiness of tone and the splendor and variety of images that are presented in The Divine Comedy.
The story is an allegory representing the soul’s journey from spiritual depths to spiritual heights. As mankind exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of justice, it experiences “Inferno” or hell, “Purgatorio” or purgatory, and “Paradiso” or heaven, a vision of a world of beauty, light, and song. Dante’s arduous journey through the circles of hell make for an incredibly moving human drama, and a single listen will reveal the power of Dante’s imagination to make the spiritual visible.
In this edition, “Inferno” is translated by John Aitken Carlyle, “Purgatorio,” by Thomas Okey, and “Paradiso” by Philip H. Wicksteed.
The Plantagenets. By Dan Jones. $6.95. Audible's price at the present moment is $20.95. At Audible it is currently rated 4.1 stars from 195 ratings.
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire that stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world. We meet the captivating Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; her son, Richard the Lionheart, who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade; and King John, a tyrant who was forced to grant the Magna Carta, which formed the basis of our own Bill of Rights. This is the era of chivalry, Robin Hood, and the Knights Templar, the era of the Black Death, the Black Prince, the founding of Parliament, and the Hundred Years’ War.