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Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?

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Okay, if you enjoy history try The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (Volume 1) - each volume is around 48hrs each, it might sound like a lot of hours listening but it's a great book and taught me a lot about Roman history. If you're into sci-fi try the old BBC radio series Journey into Space, Operation Luna (the first in the series).

I've enjoyed biographies of Augustus and Hannibal on Audio CD. "Augustus" is by Anthony Everett, and sadly I can not find the Hannibal set at the moment. Both lived during at an incredible time of change in Roman history. The stories are interesting, each is better "written" than many a Hollywood drama.

Also, it is just fascinating to listen to accounts from pre-Christian times. The characters share many common human traits with us, but are also deeply different. It will make you question what it means to be human.

Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?

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1. "The Wisdom of Crowds" by James Surowiecki 2. "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely 3. "The Search" by John Battelle 4. "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath 5. "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell That should cover your trip. I've listened to all of them and really liked all of them. "Blink" by Gladwell is also good, but not as business related. I would love to hear any other suggestions people have in…

I thought "The Tipping Point" was a little bit fluffy.

Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?

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I found a torrent with all of Steinbeck's audio books. There's a great Of Mice and Men read by Gary Sinise. On the off chance you haven't read that yet or are a Gary Sinise fan, it's pretty great. I really liked Cannery Row too.

Any Chanse you still have that Torrent
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