Written by: Dan Brown So it turns out that Jesus had a sister and that he married Mary Magdelene, who apparently was not a whore, unlike his mother. Also while some humans can’t even keep from leaving top-secret iPhone prototypes in bars, there is a group of bankers and artists that have kept something secret […]
Written by: Robert M. Pirsig Ride bike. Fix bike. Zen chaps. Buy American. Length: 8.5 hrs 7/2003: Worth a listen, some good stuff. Did not make me want a motorcycle.
Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, and Dayton Duncan Follows his life and adventures through his private letters and pubic writings (and statements). Interesting facts about history, but more so showed how awesome Mark Twain was. He was a hilarious, and travelled the world for both inspiration and to create a giant canvas for […]
Written by: Walter Isaacson A great autobiography that teaches not just about Benjamin Franklin, but also the general era and other players during that time. Lots of insight into what he did and why (according to his journals) he did it. Franklin was huge into self-improvement, laying out detailed, long-term experiments and plans for himself […]
Written by: Rick Atkinson Primarily about the war in North Africa from 1942-1943, there is a lot of blowing shit up and people getting shot in the head and other parts. Lots of detailed history and first hand accounts. Length: 7 hrs 5/2003: Very interesting and engaging, plus I learned a lot.
Written by: Clayborne Carson He had a dream. He got some stuff changed. Then he got killed, and folks are still working on getting things right. Length: 10 hrs 7/2003: A great view into what was going on in his mind throughout his life and what motivated him. Very educational.
Written by: Ken Kesey This ornery Irishman (I think) gets out of jail time by faking crazy to go to a mental hospital instead. Although he likes the free drugs, there is this bitch nurse that is on to his shenanigans and is angry he is messing with her tightly controlled little domain. He gets […]
Written by: Lama Surya Das This book consisted solely of some guy yelling loudly into the microphone screaming “WAKE UP FATTY!!!!!”. Length: 3 hrs 5/2003: I think this made me happy but then I immediately ceased to care about such wordly attachments.
Written by: Yann Martel So there’s this kid and this tiger in a boat, and some other animals, but then the tiger eats the other animals. Then he tries to eat the kid but the kid keeps away from him and makes the tiger seasick until it becomes his friend. Then they go to some […]
Written by: Alexander Dumas A guy in Napoleonic France gets screwed, imprisoned, escapes, finds some treasure and gets super rich, then takes a “Mission Impossible” type revenge on his enemies by creating elaborate scenarios and doing other awesome stuff. Length: 17.75 hrs 5/2003: Went a little long at times but overall a really good story. […]
whispered words from literary masters, cheesy hacks, inspirational gurus, and fluffy crap artists into my ears. These are there stories.