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| In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan,
is an audio production obtainable from
Penguin Books. Pollan, an acknowledged authority on the subject of food and nutrition, provides his audience with numerous insights and pearls of wisdom on the topic of healthy eating. He makes perfectly clear that many of the participants and producers in the food industry have an axe to grind,concerned solely with their own profits rather than the health and well being of health-conscious consumers. He puts his case in an entertainingly readable writing style and that surely adds to the appeal of what he has to say. Also available in a printed version. Contains 5 CDs. |
Boom, Voices of the Sixties, by Tom Brokaw,
is currently available from Random House Canada. Subtitled, Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today, the popular book can also be enjoyed by a wide listening audience. Brokaw, well known to TV viewers and the author of other fine books, interviews both average citizens as well as famous figures of our time who lived through that eventful period. Canadians were not unaffected by the tumult of the era, marked by an agitation for a broadening of black civil rights and the clamour for social changes enabling women to take their rightful place under the sun. Features 4 CDs. The running time is about 5 hours. |
Crashing Through, A True Story of Risk, Adventure
and the Man Who Dared to See, by Robert Kurson, is an audio edition of a paperback currently published by Random House Canada. Mike May, who lost his sight at age three due to an an accident, spent his childhood and adult life undeterred by his apparent handicap. He became a world-class skier, an inventor and a successful businessman. Then one day he was told that a revolutionary type of surgery had been developed that could restore his vision. He understood that the operation would change his life dramatically in many ways unforeseen and yet he decided to go ahead. This latest work in audio by the bestelling author is highly recommended. |
The Bin Ladens, by Steve Coll,
is an audio version of a printed title recently
published by Penguin Books. Osama Bin Laden is probably the most notorious advocate of the schemes to destroy the established political, religious and social order of the West. Coll, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, delves into the background of the diverse members of a family that rose from rags to riches in Saudi Arabia. At the same time he intertwines their story with an account of the workings of the country's ruling dynasty which has presided over the striking transformation of a previously impoverished and hopelessly backward desert wasteland. Contains 6 CDs. The running time is about 7 hours. |
