So with the caveat that I am only halfway through Mark Bauerline’s book The Dumbest Generation, I have some early impressions to throw out there. While I think there is some merit to this side of the debate (much like Keen’s Cult of the Amateur) what really bothers me about this book so far is, as the title suggests, this sense that our kids are at fault. Let me put it plainly: our kids are not “dumb” nor is this generation “dumb” simply because they spend a lot of time in front of television screens and computers or because they haven’t worked out for themselves how to get smarter using the Read/Write Web.
Berylaube 00 on 27 Jul 11"Introduction This is a listing of 87 sites that legally offer free audio books, either for online listening or for download. I compiled this list while creating the article for books to read: 300+ Places For Free Books Online . , I am not able to give more detailed information on each of the sites. I would appreciate comments from any of you that use these sites, so that I can add it to the information for that site in the listing. I have put up separate pages for certain genres that list both audio books and books for reading. Some of the sites listed here, that are not listed on the genre pages, will also have books for a genre but did not have a separate listing
