Any legal junkies out there?
If you are studying to be a lawyer, interested in being a better citizen or trying to the next John Grisham, it could be fun to listen to SOME of this project. It strives to publish, “all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955.”
Oyez.org
about $100 per course (free at some public libraries)
The Cadillac of audible non-fiction, the teaching company offers great college courses in audioform. Now that they offer content in mp3 form, they qualify as a podpook publisher.
The courses are designed for adult life long learners. This means that they strive at the parts of a subject that are intellectually interesting but not bogged down in the minutia that professional training would entail. So it may fail some looking for professional training but they are interesting enough.
A lot of stuff not exactly to my taste I prefer those dry old classics like on project gutenberg but probably what most people are looking for when they think of podbooks. Contemporary authors submitting there work for exposure or just the love of writing
Non Fiction and Essays
Children’s **Caution there are also selections inappropriate for children. But they are clearly deliniated**