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The Overlook Hotel claimed the most beautfiul physical setting of any resort in the world; but Jack Torrance, the new winter caretaker, with his wife, Wendy and their five-year-old son Danny, saw much more than its splendor.Jack saw the Overlook as an opportunity, a desperate way back from failure and despair; Wendy saw this lonely sanctuary as a frail chance to preserve their family; and Danny?....Danny, who was blessed or cursed with a shining, precognitive gift, saw visions hideously beyond the comprehension of a small boy. He sensed the evil coiled within the Overlook's one hundred and ten empty rooms; an evil that was waiting just for them.The Shining, by Stephen King, the undisputed master of the modern horror story.
Audiobooks are particularly beloved by elderly people, visually impaired people, and those who face a long commute to and from work. If you are stuck in your car or on a bus, an audiobook can be the difference between sanity and boredom. If you are also someone with a hectic lifestyle, listening to audiobooks on the go will help you to clear some of your book pile.
Let MakeUseOf be your guide to free audiobooks. We are excluding Audible, which is only free for the first 30 days. And "free" in this case means legally free. So we won't be pointing you towards any illegal downloads of the latest horror epic from Stephen King. Sorry.
The free books are read by Librivox volunteers, but these are much easier to navigate on this site, as everything is categorized. Feel like a laugh? Browse the "Comedy" section. Feel like a dose of Shakespeare? Then mosey along to the "Literature" section. Other ways to download include the iTunes podcast link, the direct RSS feed, and an embedded media player on the page to stream the chapters online.
In my opinion, Open Culture has set the gold standard for compiling huge resources like these. Dan Colman, the owner of Open Culture, has spent a significant amount of time putting together this enormous list of 700 audiobooks (with the list being updated all the time).
Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast is, as the name suggests, stories for bedtime. However, the stories are for adults, not children (in one podcast, she starts off with a joke that ends in a curse word). They are read by Miette, a lovely sounding lady, and each episode can be streamed from the site, or downloaded as an MP3 file.
ThoughtAudio has a nice selection of books not really seen on the other sites on this list. Plus they don't cull their downloads from Librivox like some other sites do - instead producing the audiobooks themselves. They also produce a very nice "transcript" of the book being read, so you can follow along.
Books can be downloaded as MP3s, or you can stream them from the site. ThoughtAudio is U.S.-based, so the books are narrated by Michael Scott, a guy with a big American accent. This will endear him to U.S. listeners, but non-U.S. listeners may be put off a little.
The poor old public library has taken quite a beating since the arrival of digital (and illegal) downloads. So in order to survive, libraries have had to adapt with the times. This has, like it or not, meant they have embraced digital downloads.
However, not all libraries have received the memo yet, so how do you know which local libraries are offering digital book downloads? OverDrive aims to solve this problem. Simply enter a Zip code or name of your town/city to see where the nearest digital download library is. You can then immediately download your desired books online (assuming you have your library card ready).
The audiobooks on offer are also Librivox files, but again they are much better organized here. The breakdown in categories is so minute that you can easily find what you are looking for. Other filters also make it very easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
This is basically an indication of how difficult the story is to understand (the "readability" level). The higher the number, the more difficult it is. You can filter search results on the site by the FK Level. The site's audiobooks can also be found on iTunes University, if your child/students are being taught on an iOS device.
Long commutes and child-dominated afternoons don't have to be unproductive. While you are going about your daily activities, you can have an audiobook playing in the background. Or if your visually impaired elderly relatives are bored, an audiobook can provide a pleasant pick-me-up.
Where do you download your (legal) audiobooks from? Please let us know in the comments below. We have listed our pick of the online resources available, but feel free to list your own in order to help your fellow readers. 1e1e36bf2d