Audio books for elderly gentleman

[WendyS]

Can anybody suggest some interesting audio books I might order from my local library for a 90 year old gentleman who used to practice as a doctor. He dislikes crime & thrillers and anything resembling female love stories.

History, travel & autobiographies are probably good bets. Thanks for your suggestions.

[Aschenbach]

Grumpy Old Men

The Good Euthanasia Guide

Write Your Own Will

I'm only joking because I don't think age has anything to do with your taste in books.

[shaneystar]

If you look here
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=genec&page=front& amp;r=ABCD
they have a huge selection of audio books which you could browse and then order them from your library.There are lots on History,fiction and non fiction.
He might like the Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell.Rip roaring tales of the Napoleonic wars.

[cherrybomb]

There are alot of audio books of the old classic radio shows eg. Hancocks half hour, Round the Horne. Plus if he enjoys cricket the late cricket commentator Brian Johnston has some witty anecdote's from the sport's history. Michael Palin has his travelogue's on audio cassettes. There are so many to chose from. The best thing is to browse Amazon.co.uk or ebay.co.uk to get good idea's for titles. On Amazon you can even read customer review's, which would be a big help to you.

Good luck.

[Chessman]

We have a neighbour whos 101, fantastic gent, we got him the comlete set of 'The Navy Lark', he loved it, your idea of audio books is probably the best thing you can get.

[Buenchico]

I just love audio books. I find that they're great to listen to in bed. (It's not that I dislike reading the printed word. It's just that I can get more comfortable listening to a tape or CD than I can when trying to read).

Several people have suggested things like the Navy Lark or Round the Horne. While I love these recordings, they don't really qualify as audio books. Then again, your suggested themes of history, travel and autobiography aren't particularly my fields of interest. All I can do is suggest a few tapes (all humorous) which I've really enjoyed:

Jerome K Jerome's 'Two Men in a Boat' is one of the finest (& funniest) works of literature ever transferred to audio tape. (I was upset, recently, when I spotted it in the window of a charity shop on Sunday, only to find that it had been sold by the time I got back there on Monday).

The modern equivalent of that story has to be Mark Wallington's marvellous 'Boogie Up the River'. (It's a BBC recording).

Sticking with BBC recordings, even someone who doesn't like crime and thrillers is likely love the incisive humour of "In the Red".

(Just a note about the last two suggestions. If the gentleman has access to BBC7, through digital radio or Freeview TV, then he might have heard "In the Red" recently and "Boogie Up the River" is currently being serialised).

My final humurous suggestion is to look for any of the Monsieur Pamplemousse stories on audiotape. They're wonderful!

Having written all of this, I've still got a feeling that you're not really seeking the best source of information. Many (most?) librarians are experienced graduates with a love and deep knowledge of the resources available to them. Perhaps these are the people you should really be asking?

Chris

[RogK]

I was delighted by "Kipps" by H.G. Wells. I would probably not have read it in the normal way.

[joko]

anything by PG wodehouse is pretty good

[indian]

How about Bill Brysons history of everything?

It has history and tells stories about the important people in histories lives.

I got this on Amazon.