download medical movies

Sure, you can get great classical literature at Project Gutenberg to download as e-books or even to convert to computer-generated ‘audiobooks’ (although you might not like listening to Ode to a Grecian Urn as interpreted orally by a text-to-voice software program). You can also download real audiofiles (mp3’s, wav’s, etc) from Librivox recordings. {This volunteer-run group may not have professional readers or actors on their staff, but they do make an effort) However, there IS an organization that provides contemporary and high quality literary novels to authoritative non-fiction books on contemporary events, history, and culture. The company is called “Overdrive.” You could download audiofiles and text files to your favorite e-reader (even if it’s your brain (via an intermediary of course) free of charge. In addition, you can watch classic films for free, and I mean ‘classic.’  Robert Downey’s father’s famous ‘underground’ classic Putney Swope is even available!  How eclectic and arcane can you get!!!??? 

What’s the catch? Well, considering the British Petro oil leakage, I’d stay clear of catches, but this service may be available via your public or college library IF they subscribe to the service. Of course, with budget cuts on a rampage, and services being hacked to bits with axes (rather than scalpels), if your local library doesn’t already subscribe to the service, they may not have the funds to do so. But give them a good argument and they might. I can think of a number of good arguments. But let’s see if you can come up with your own? Leave a comment or recommendation. It could become a movement, and I bet Overdrive, Inc., Website wouldn’t mind.

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