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A fourth installment of stories honoring those who continue to improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it in a sublimely idiotic fashion!
Made into a motion picture in 2006, starring Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes!
The author has appeared in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, The (NY) Daily News, Boston Herald, Publisher Weekly, BookPage and CNN.com.
About the Author
Wendy Northcutt is a graduate of UC-Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology. She started collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993, and founded www.DarwinAwards.com soon thereafter. She has been profiled in Salon magazine, and now divides her time between managing the website and working as an Internet consultant. Her award-winning website is one of the most popular humor sites on the web today, with over 400,000 visitors a month and growing. It has received acclaim from USA Today, the BBC and Yahoo!, and was chosen as a Cool Site of the Year 2000.
About the Narrators
Julie Schaller has built a career as a stage and television actress. After majoring in theatre at Loyola Marymount University, she performed in a variety of stage and Director’s Guild projects, as well as voice-overs for industrials, commercials and animation. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Patrick Lawlor Girard, a classically trained stage actor, has performed on-stage throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared in several feature films, as well as on the television series, “L.A. Heat.” His extensive work as an audiobook narrator has garnered numerous awards, including the Audie Award nomination.
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wonderful thing, not only do they transport you to other worlds, introduce
you to other people’s ideas and culture, they are also a lot more flexible
than books. The book drains your time in a world where time is a very
valuable thing, in mp3or wma format however; stories can be listened to
anywhere and on any music device. It doesn’t matter if you use an mp3
players or a cd player, whether you are jogging, washing the pots or
transforming the boring commute to work with excitement and intrigue and
you can listen to them at any time. Now with the internet audiobooks are a lot more accessible and easier to obtain than normal books, going online for them is quick, simple and saves time that would be other wise spend trawling through stores trying to find one you really want. Many sites offer a few free downloadable introductory titles, to get you started and no doubt hooked on the splendour of them. What better way to spend a Saturday evening than to sit back, relax and enjoy a good audiobook, instead of renting a dvd or stagnating in front of the television. Unlike rentals, they can be kept for life and enjoyed again and again. Many people who are interested in arts and drama and wish to read a piece of classic literature or a Shakespeare play rent a library book or buy one from the shop. Shakespeare wrote some truly magnificent plays and what better way to make the play alive and a much more enjoyable experience than to listen to them in audio format, performed by talented actors. |
Minority ReportWritten By : Phillip K DickNarrated By : Keir DulleaPublished By : Harper Collins USLength : 6 hoursCategories : Sci-Fi
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InvincibleWritten By : Vince Papale and Chad MillmanNarrated By : Mel FosterPublished By : Brilliance Audio IncLength : 7 hoursCategories : Biographical
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Lord of the Rings Part 2: The Two TowersWritten By : J.R.R TolkienNarrated By : Gerard MurphyPublished By : BBC Audiobooks LtdLength : 4 hours 30 minutesCategories : Action & Adventure
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MirrormaskWritten By : Neil GaimanNarrated By : Stephanie LeonidasPublished By : Harper Collins USLength : 1 hour 15 minutesCategories : Fantasy
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Lord of the Rings Part 3: The Return of the KingWritten By : J.R.R TolkienNarrated By : Gerard MurphyPublished By : BBC Audiobooks LtdLength : 4 hours 30 minutesCategories : Dramatizations
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