Does TV change dating habits?
October 13, 2009
A Survey by a dating website found that 8 out of ten singles believe that the TV series “Sex and the City” that has now been made into a movie had made it more acceptable for women to have fun dating and worry less about finding a committed relationship. Has “Sex and the City” changed your dating habits?
The survey found out that over a third of the respondents borrowed ideas from “Sex and the City” and used them in their dating life.
So, why not steal pick up lines from movies. An Australian video retail company, has come up with its list of the best and the worst move pick up lines.
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If you don’t want to rely on these tactics, then “experts” provide essential step-by-step instructions on what you need to know FAST:
* How To Fend Off A Pickup Artist
* How To Determine If Your Date Is An Axe Murderer
* How To Deal With A Cheating Lover
* How To Fend Off An Obsessive Ex
…Plus a handy appendix of body language, pickup lines and useful excuses.
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook - Dating & Sex
Are you tired of dating the same old losers? Do you justify it by saying: ”There’s nobody interesting in this town. I don’t meet any exciting people in my job.” Or ”All the good ones are taken”.
Now is the time to make the break and learn how to capture a first-rate mate! In this unique audiobook, Leil Lowndes gives you rock-solid tips for capturing the man or woman you once thought out of your league.
How to capture a First-Rate Mate
Let’s face it, finding a good relationship is not like buying a lottery ticket. It’s not based on luck and it’s certainly not easy. It involves effort - a lot of effort - but it’s worth it! A blueprint for women to better understand men, and for men to better understand themselves.
However, if you are a woman and want feel happy, content and secure and increase your chances of getting what you want. Then let your Inner Bitch be your guide.
Inner Bitch Guide to Men, Relationships, Dating, etc
And, if you are a man listen to Jim Belushi irrepressible take on life. He’s sharing his unique perspective with a hilarious new book about dating, marriage, and sex that is sure to hit home with every red-blooded American male, and the women who love them.
Any guy will relate to Belushi’s advice from the school of hard knocks, such as the Big Toe Theory, about how women encroach on a man’s territory, and how to avoid the Pearl Harbor Phenomenon, when women attack without provocation. Belushi has strong opinions on how real men should act….
How to read and listen to audiobooks with only one device
November 9, 2008
How many books do you have congesting the shelves of your library? Can you imagine to remove them all and holding over 200 titles in al little device, which is lighter and thinner than a typical paperback and weighs only 10.3 ounces.
This new device (released in November of 2007) can download text in a variety of formats from Amazon and other places. The ebooks or documents can be read on the screen of the kindle, or they can be listened to on the device.As Kindle offers the possibility to play MP3 files as background music while you read, you will be also able to hear to MP3 audiobooks and follow along in the Kindle ebook at the same time.
Don’t date Katherine!
April 8, 2008
Green’s eccentric narrative follows the exploits of Colin Singleton, dating girls whose names are Katherine, and coming up with mathematical equations that explain why said Katherines have dumped him.
After “Katherine the Nineteenth” breaks his heart, Colin and his best friend go on a road trip that lands them in Gutshot, Tennessee.
Jeff Woodman delivers a solid narrative voice complete with enthusiasm and energy. He embodies Colin by vocalizing his frustration and aimlessness while also executing great personalities and accents for the various characters Colin encounters.
Woodman’s smooth, animated tone produces an engaging atmosphere for this amusing novel.
Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel.
recommended reading by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
2008 selected audiobooks for Teens
April 3, 2008
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2008 selected Audiobooks for Young Adults. The mission of YALSA is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults.
Thus, the audiobook titles have been selected for their appeal to a teen audience, the recording quality, and their enhancement of the audience’s appreciation of the written work on which they may be based.
An Abundance of Katherines
By John Green; read by Jeff Woodman. 6 CDs. 7 hrs. Brilliance Audio. ISBN 978-1-4233-2451-5.
Before I Die
By Jenny Downham; read by Charlotte Parry. 6 CDs. 7:10 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-6290-7. $50.
The Black Tattoo
By Sam Enthoven; read by John Lee. 11 CDs. 13:57 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-7393-3675-5. $50.
Bloody Jack, Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy
By L.A. Meyer; read by Katherine Kellgren. 6 CDs. 8 hrs. Listen & Live Audio. ISBN 1-59316-094-1. $29.95. (2008 Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook.)
Cupid
By Julius Lester; read by Stephen McKinley Henderson. 5 CDs. 5:37 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-7393-4850-5. $45.
Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature
By Robin Brande; read by Kaili Vernoff. 5 CDs. 6:25 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-7393-5134-5: $45.
Forever in Blue
By Ann Brashares; read by Angela Goethals. 7 CDs. 9:03 hrs. Listening Library. ISBN 978-0-73934845-1. $55.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J. K. Rowling; read by Jim Dale. 12 cassettes or 17 CDs. 21:40 hrs. Listening Library. cassette: ISBN 978-0-7393-6040-8, CD: ISBN 978-0-7393-6041-5. $90. (2008 Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook.)
I Am the Messenger
By Markus Zusak; read by Marc Aden Gray. 7 CDs. 8:40 hrs. Listening Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7393-3692-2. $55.
Life As We Knew It
By Susan Beth Pfeffer; read by Emily Bauer. 7 CDs. 9 hrs. Listening Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7393-3683-0. $55.
Mao’s Last Dancer
By Li Cunxin; read by Paul English. 8 CDs. 8:55 hrs. Bolinda Audio. ISBN 1-7409-3820-8. $64.
Mimus
By Lilli Thal; read by Maxwell Caulfield. 10 CDs. 12:28 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-4865-9. $70.
The Off Season
By Catherine Gilbert Murdock; read by Natalie Moore. 5 CDs. 6 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-5106-0. $45.
Peak
By Roland Smith; read by Ramon de Ocampo. 6 cassettes or 6 CDs. 7:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2007. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4281-6351-5, $51.75; CD, ISBN 978—14281-6356-0: $66.
Rules of Survival
By Nancy Werlin; read by Daniel Passer. 5 CDs. 9:08 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-5115-4. $38.
Samurai Shortstop
By Alan Gratz; read by Arthur Morey. 5 cassettes or 6 CDs. 7:21 hrs. Listening Library. 2006. cassette, ISBN 978-0-7393-3629-8: $40; CD, ISBN 978-0-7393-3624-3: $50.
Soul Eater: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 3
By Michelle Paver; read by Ian McKellen. 6 cassettes or 6 CDs. 6:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2007. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4281-4604-4: $51.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4281-4609-9: $66.75.
Thirteen Reasons Why
By Jay Asher; read by Joel Johnstone and Debra Wiseman. 5 CDs. 6:25 hrs. Listening Library. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7393-6122-1. $45.
Wintersmith
By Terry Pratchett; read by Stephen Briggs. 7 CDs. 8:30 hrs. Harper Children’s Audio. 2006. ISBN 978-0-06-123336-4. $29.95.
The Penguin is coming back
March 6, 2008
5 months ago - you probably remember our post “Will the Penguin come back?“- it has been reported that the publisher Penguin Audio has ended its agreement with eMusic, the digital music and audiobook service, by pulling its 150 titles from the program.
The main reason are their concerns over digital piracy.
“At this moment we’re not going to have our titles on eMusic or with anyone else who sells non-DRM until the landscape shakes out and we feel very comfortable and confident that our titles will not be pirated,” said Dick Heffernan, publisher of Penguin Audio, according to the Times. “We wanted to take a chance and see how it would work out, and our very senior management at this moment decided that we didn’t want to do that. We hope to possibly come to some kind of agreement down the road.”
An now, Penguin is going DRM-free
Penguin is planning to offer audiobooks free of digital copyright protection technology, which will allow buyers to play them on any digital device, dismissing fears that they could become the latest target for online pirates, according to the Guardian.Announcing a strong set of annual results from Pearson, chief executive Marjorie Scardino said that Penguin would follow Random House and experiment with selling “DRM-free” digital versions of its audiobooks on the internet.
Book publishers are now realizing that consumers will be more likely to purchase their product, not less, when it comes in a format they want.
As said, it is a matter of time.
