Our lives are governed by unseen, but very powerful forces. Every religion has one thing in common: the choice of a higher power to which we pray and we hope it guides our lives in the right direction. The choices may be our own to make, but still they are made according to our beliefs.
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Audio books were first used as long ago as 1932, when the American Federation for the Blind produced a gramophone record which ran at 33
1/3 revolutions per minute. A 12-inch LP (long playing) record had a playing time of about 22 minutes a side, so a book of 60,000 words could be recorded on 8 or 9 double-sided twelve-inch disks. Shakespeare and Kipling were among the first authors whose works were released as talking books, along with the American Declaration of Independence. The development of the vinyl microgroove LP in the 1940's allowed even slower recording speeds, and first 16 2/3 RPM and then 8 1/3 RPM disks became the standard. More recently, other formats started to be used for audio books, starting with the compact cassette. Cassettes had some important advantages over vinyl, such as the compact size of the media and players, resulting in better portability. Other features were recording times of up to two hours and the fact that the tape stayed where it was left. The Sony Walkman improved portability even further. CDs have been popular as a medium for audio books, and with the popularity of the iPod and other audio players, the MP3 format has become more widely used. Nowadays, you can download audio books directly from the Internet. MP3 compression technology makes audio book files relatively small and quick to download. Once you have the MP3 files on your PC, you can burn them to a CD or copy them to an MP3 player. You could even record them onto audio cassette! There is a vast range of audio books available - business books, historical novels, best-sellers, self-help, health and recreation. Many fictional audiobooks are read by professional actors who use their abilities to bring the characters to life. The really terrific thing about audio books is that you can listen to them just about anywhere - in the car, while jogging or working out, in bed, out shopping. Modern MP3 players are tiny and light, and even the tiniest model will usually have at least enough space for a full audio book.
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