Well, that's one way of looking at it. There's a fantastic deal right now for the Kindle ebook and audiobook
How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City, by Joan DeJean. If you buy the ebook, for $1.99, you can get the audiobook for $1.99--total just
$3.98!
And this will be the Whispersync version, with its advantages over the ordinary Audible audiobook--most significant of which would have to be the syncing-with-the-ebook feature.
The ebook is rated 4 1/2 stars, from 82 reviews at the present moment; the audiobook is rated 3.70, from 21 ratings at the present moment. The ebook is 320 pages; the audiobook is just over 8 hours in playing time. The narrator, for those of you who are in the know about the merits and demerits of various ones, is Robert Blumenfeld.
Here's the book description, from Amazon:
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we know today.
Though most people associate the signature characteristics of Paris with the public works of the nineteenth century, Joan DeJean demonstrates that the Parisian model for urban space was in fact invented two centuries earlier, when the first complete design for the French capital was drawn up and implemented. As a result, Paris saw many changes. It became the first city to tear down its fortifications, inviting people in rather than keeping them out. Parisian urban planning showcased new kinds of streets, including the original boulevard, as well as public parks and the earliest sidewalks and bridges without houses. Venues opened for urban entertainment of all kinds, from opera and ballet to a pastime invented in Paris, recreational shopping. Parisians enjoyed the earliest public transportation and street lighting, and Paris became Europe's first great walking city.
A century of planned development made Paris both beautiful and exciting. It gave people reasons to be out in public as never before and as nowhere else. And it gave Paris its modern identity as a place that people dreamed of seeing. By 1700, Paris had become the capital that would revolutionize our conception of the city and of urban life.
To get the deal,
start here, at the webpage for the book at Amazon. For some reason I did not see the usual link for the Whispersync companion, but you can find one that works in the "formats" box on the lefthand side of the webpage.
Happy listening (and reading!).
Paris est très magnifique!