The LearnOutLoud.com directory (http://www.learnoutloud.com) features free audio books, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and many other great free audio and video resources. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online.
Among others, the categories include Arts & Entertainment (Film, Music, Radio, TV, & Pop Culture, Painting, Architecture, & Sculpture); Business (Business Leaders · Economics); Literature (Poetry · Short Stories); Science (Biology · Physics; Technology (Biotechnology · The Digital Age); Education & Professional (Medical · Writing); Philosophy (Ethics · Political Philosophy); Self Development (Emotional Development · Health & Fitness); Sports & Hobbies (Basketball · Other Hobbies), and Travel. Among the Arts and Entertainment items you can find these great works: Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brainby David Lynch, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Let's speak Chinese! by Hill Guo, A daily Mandarin Chinese Podcast, Controlling the Public Mind by Noam Chomsky, Star Trek and Islam by Saleem Siddiqui, Islam explained through Star Trek, Handel As Orpheus by Ellen Harris and Bob Dylan's Poetry, and Speech by Gandhi, by Mohandas Gandhi, recorded in Kinglsey Hall, London 1931, giving spiritual message to the world.
The Business items are related to Business Leaders, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Investing & Finance, Leadership & Management, Negotiating, Networking, Public Speaking, Real Estate, Sales & Marketing, Strategy and Wealth. To list a few - The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs, The Emergence of China in the Global Economy by Lester Thurow, The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, A Conversation with Jack Welch by Jack Welch, available as Online Video, How to Write Better by Janice Jacobs, Software Breakthroughs by Bill Gates, How To Be Absolutely Great In 2008 by Al Argo. The Literature section has been divided into American Classics, Ancient & Medieval Classics, Authors Reading, Contemporary Literature, Drama, European Classics, Literary History & Criticism, Poetry, Short Stories, and World Classics.
To list a few in this category - Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, The Road Less Travelled by Robert Frost, Aesop's Fables Podcast,by Aesop's Fables, Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Valmiki Ramayana Part 1 by Prati Dhwani, The Odyssey by Homer, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
The Science category is divided into these sections – Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Environment, Mathematics, and Physics. Among the ones listed in this category are: Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy by Rudolf Jaenisch, New Queries by Richard P Feynman, Modern Theoretical Physics by Leonard Susskind, Ask a Biologist by CJ Kazilek, A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar, Hannibal by Patrick Hunt, Parts Of a Whole by David Bohm, Nanotechnology by Colin Blakemore, Neuroethics by Stephan Chorover, The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking, and God Part 1 of 2 by Fritz Schaefer, Blessing the Animals by Jane Goodall, The Wonders of Electricity and Magnetism by Walter Lewin, Einstein & the Mind of God by Paul Davies, and Introduction to Biology by Eric S. Lander, The MIT Biology Department Core courses which includes the fundamental principles of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology.
The Technology category is grouped under four sections, these are Biotechnology, Computers, Internet, Technology Leaders, and The Digital Age. The Human Genome Project by Eric S. Lander, A Conversation with Michael Dell by Michael Dell, Communication Theory by Norbert Elliot, Web 2.0 by Wikipedia, the term "Web 2.0" refers to development of the World Wide Web, including its architecture and its applications, Our Bodies, Our Technologies by Ray Kurzweil, Genomic Medicine by Atul J. Butte, this course reviews the key genomic technologies and computational approaches that are driving advances in prognostics, diagnostics, and treatment, Circuits and Electronics by Anant Agarwal, an MIT Open Courseware designed to serve as a first course in an undergraduate electrical engineering (EE), or electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) curriculum, and Forever Young by Colin Blakemore, this is all about how long can we live, and how long do we want to live? Why do we change as we get old, and is there anything we can do to stop it?
