Daugherty Playaways

Have you listened to a good book lately?  To make listening to a good book as simple as reading one, Findaway World (Findaway) has invented Playaway, the first self-playing digital audio book. Not an MP3 or CD player and not software, Playaway is the self-contained audio equivalent of a book, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Half the size of a deck of cards, Playaway is perfect for people who enjoy hearing books come to life while traveling, commuting, walking across campus, or enjoying sports and hobbies on the go. Using clearly-marked buttons, one can adjust the speed of a narrator's voice and easily move both forward and backward through their audio selection. The unit even automatically bookmarks itself when turned off, so the listener doesn’t lose his or her spot

Each Playaway holds the entire book, regardless of length. Playtime depends on length of content and ranges from a unit that holds six hours of content to versions that hold 40 hours or more.

List of Playaway Audio Books that Daugherty Library Owns:

• All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
• Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, From Cocaine to Foie Gras by Jeff Hender
• Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline
• Dog Days dispatches from Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
• Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
• Finn by Jon Clinch
• First Among Sequels:  Thursday Nest by Jasper Fforde
• Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
• Hard Call:  Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them
• The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
• In An Instant:  A Family's Journey of Love and Healing by Lee and Bob Woodruff
• An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
• Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade b Diana Gabaldon
• Marker by Robin Cook
• The Night Ferry by Michael Robotham
• North River by Pete Hamill
• Over Her Dead Body by Kate White
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn
• The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
• State of Denial: Bush At War, part III By Bob Woodward
• Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult