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Thanks a bunch for some tips on something really fun to follow that is without sex scenes!
1 posted on 03/27/2009 11:40:19 AM PDT by Yaelle
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Frank Herbert’s Dune series is fun for LONG trips. Also, we enjoy listening to Michael Crichton when we can find one of his books on CD. Tom Clancey is excellent as well.


2 posted on 03/27/2009 11:42:27 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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I'm not a user of audiobooks, but I would imagine the first few books of Asimov's Foundation series would be excellent for a long trip. (And it's sorta' kinda' a mystery).
3 posted on 03/27/2009 11:42:58 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Just finished 1776 on cd. Great.


5 posted on 03/27/2009 11:46:19 AM PDT by PilotDave (America; nice while it lasted... I miss it already.)
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We have loved Michael Medved’s series on American History. They are fascinating talks, full of information, great delivery. I think his site is Tree Farm or something.


6 posted on 03/27/2009 11:46:33 AM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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I have really enjoyed several of Stephen King’s short story collections on tape.

The short stories are easier to follow, and keep my interest better, while being distracted by driving.


8 posted on 03/27/2009 11:47:35 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
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A number of Rex Stout Nero Wolfe stories are available. Some Buried Caesar is excellent. The Doorbell Rang and Too Many Cooks Are also good

Any of the Jeeves audiobooks from PG Wodehouse are suitable for the whole family..


9 posted on 03/27/2009 11:48:40 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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I say anything from Dean Koontz or Stephen King for the "mystery" or "gripping" perspective.

Also, anything by Frank Peretti...

Set in the apparently innocent small town of Ashton, This Present Darkness follows an intrepid born-again Christian preacher and newspaper reporter as they unearth a New Age plot to take over the local community and eventually the entire world. Nearly every page of the book describes sulfur-breathing, black-winged, slobbering demons battling with tall, handsome, angelic warriors on a level of reality that is just beyond the senses. However, Christian believers and New Age demon-worshippers are able to influence unseen clashes between good and evil by the power of prayer. Peretti's violent descriptions of exorcisms are especially vivid: "There were fifteen [demons], packed into Carmen's body like crawling, superimposed maggots, boiling, writhing, a tangle of hideous arms, legs, talons, and heads." This book is not for the squeamish. But for page-turning spiritual suspense, it's hard to beat.

10 posted on 03/27/2009 11:49:02 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Obama's Administration = adding insult to injury to America)
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Vince Flynn writes great political thrillers. Don’t know if he’s got audio books but worth checking into.


12 posted on 03/27/2009 11:49:31 AM PDT by Queen of Excelsior
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Don't know if he has anything current but Dave Barry is quite humorous.
15 posted on 03/27/2009 11:51:54 AM PDT by Frogtacos (I will NOT G.I.V.E. y0u my children!!)
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Anything by LeCarre before he went off the deep end, which was about 10 years ago LOL.


17 posted on 03/27/2009 11:52:06 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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the Screwtape letters by CS Lewis

:)


19 posted on 03/27/2009 11:53:35 AM PDT by MudPuppy (St Michael Protect Us!)
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You can also find old time radio shows (public domain)

www.archive.org/details/oldtimeradio

Dimension X and Suspense both have some interesting programs with established actors.

Oddly enough, I heard a “modern” (post 1970s, not sure how much more recent, e.g. post 2000?) radio drama with Stacy Keach.


20 posted on 03/27/2009 11:53:41 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ("I certainly hope he (Bush) doesnÂ’t succeed" - Democratic strategist James Carville 9-11-2001)
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With the risk of being ridiculed form my the other men on this forum; I really liked "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield.

In audio form it is partially read by Lynn Redgrave. She has has a fantastic reading voice. The story is one of the best I've heard on audio - twisting tale that I did not guess the ending. I often have a book pegged before the halfway, not this one. Two thumbs up here.

21 posted on 03/27/2009 11:55:12 AM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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Stalingrad, Anthony Beevor
The Second World War, Winston Churchill (in four parts, 40 hours total)
22 posted on 03/27/2009 11:56:44 AM PDT by Petronski (For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
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http://www.amazon.com/Testament-John-Grisham/dp/0385339585/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238179956&sr=1-11

I liked this one, but even better is suggestion in post #10!


25 posted on 03/27/2009 11:58:36 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand.


28 posted on 03/27/2009 11:59:27 AM PDT by day10 (Integrity has no need of rules.)
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Buy a taser. It’s much more effective.


29 posted on 03/27/2009 12:02:08 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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Seriously, the greatest audio book of all time is john krakauer - into thin air. He reads it and the adventure is so awsome it is a prsonal account of the Mt. Everest disaster in 1996 where 11 people died on the summit.


33 posted on 03/27/2009 12:06:06 PM PDT by KansasConservative1
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I like Robert Parker, the Spenser or Jesse Stone Novels, although since they made the TV shows I can only picture Robert Urich or Tom Selleck as the hero.


35 posted on 03/27/2009 12:09:45 PM PDT by edzo4 (NoBama 2012)
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Atlas Shrugged if you can find it


36 posted on 03/27/2009 12:10:52 PM PDT by DaiHuy (')
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