Posts Tagged ‘C S Lewis’
I hadn’t meant to write this post quite this way – but flexibility is important. One point of blogging is to respond to how things change.
Anyway, I had prepared a list of commercial companies offering free books, both print and audio and was planning to talk about them at a convenient time.
the reason I’m going to start with Christian audio at
http://christianaudio.com/
is because there’s a time sensitive element.
Now I know that lots of readers aren’t Christian but I have found that many faith based sites have plenty of material of interest to readers of different persuasions.
Some authors like C S Lewis of “Narnia” fame have a subtle Christian viewpoint.
Others like Fyodor Dostoevsky deal with the great issues of life and death and morality in novels like “Crime and Punishment”.
This means that we might find suitable reading material irrespective of our beliefs.
Just as a matter of interest when I lived in Oman one of my closest friends there kept a good selection of Arabic and Islamic classics in his car which he played on the long distance drive from Muscat the capital of Oman to his village near Ibra on the edge of the Wahabi Sands – it’s not just a Western thing.
So, let’s get back to Christian Audio. There’s a time sensitive element in that it’s still August.
Christian audio offer a free full length audio book download every month.
As I’ve just found this site I don’t know what the offerings are usually like but this month it’s an audio version of a book that I have enjoyed reading: – as the publisher says:
“The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Unabridged) by Augustine of Hippo”
The Confessions is at once the autobiographical account of Augustine’s life of Christian faith and at the same time a compelling theology of Christian spirituality for everyone.
You can download this entirely free (the usual price is $26.98)
I think it’s a bargain. The audio book is provided for download in ten parts.
There’s a small inconvenience in that you have to register with Christan Audio but this costs you nothing and you can then check every month to see if the free book offer interests you.
A specially good point is that this recording is not encumbered by DRM (Digital Rights Management).
I’m enjoying this book and would love to get your feedback.
