This deal is definitely for the more sophisticated and refined among us. Which leaves me out. ha
I've posted less expensive Whispersync deals, but this one has some mitigating factors that make it a must-post. The primary ones are: first, the outstanding reviews. Second, the huge difference between the price of this deal (
$7.98) which gives you the audiobook, and the price of the audiobook at Audible by itself ($32.95). Third, the lengthiness of the audio--nearly 24 hours--giving great "bang for the buck."
An additional benefit of the Whispersync deal over the audiobook alone comes from the fact that the book is lavishly and beautifully illustrated. With the Whispersync deal you get to see all of those photos and other images, because the ebook, with those things, is included as a part of the deal. And, don't forget, the audiobook and ebook sync up.
Title: Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Arts).
Author(s): Jennifer Homans.
Price: $7.98 ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $5.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $32.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.5 stars/77 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.00/58 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 672/23 hours and 26 minutes.
Narrator(s): Kirsten Potter.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/History/Ap...1940332&sr=1-1.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/Apollos-Angels...tory+of+Ballet.
Comments: The ebook is a
New York Times bestseller. It was also named one of the best books of the year by the
New York Times Book Review,
Los Angeles Times,
San Francisco Chronicle, and
Publishers Weekly. It is the #1 selling Amazon Kindle ebook in Classical Dance.
Book Description (Amazon):
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels
—the first cultural history of ballet ever written—is a groundbreaking work. From ballet’s origins in the Renaissance and the codification of its basic steps and positions under France’s Louis XIV (himself an avid dancer), the art form wound its way through the courts of Europe, from Paris and Milan to Vienna and St. Petersburg. In the twentieth century, émigré dancers taught their art to a generation in the United States and in Western Europe, setting off a new and radical transformation of dance. Jennifer Homans, a historian, critic, and former professional ballerina, wields a knowledge of dance born of dedicated practice. Her admiration and love for the ballet, as Entertainment Weekly
notes, brings “a dancer’s grace and sure-footed agility to the page.”