Linux Format

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Because audiobooks use the same tags as your music files, you need to ‘translate’ audiobook information to music-based tags. There’s no common standard for which tags to use, so much will depend on how your audiobook player translates those tags. Try

How It Works

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High blood pressure in the lungs can cause fluid to leak into the tissue, making it harder to breathe. Breathing deeply squashes the stomach, which can force the contents back up the way it came. Each stride puts stress on the pelvic floor, which can

Writing Magazine

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Audiobooks have been one of the recent successes of book production, in many ways due to the commercial determination of Amazon. But there are other reasons that make the new wave of audiobooks successful: • They have better reach for readers who pre

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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Forget signing up to an expensive gym class – we already have the most effective (and free!) piece of equipment to boost our wellbeing – our lungs. The problem is we’re not always using them to their full potential. But by making simple adjustments t

The Caravan

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1 "It is not for me as I am too busy and don't get time to read" False We lead a busy life where reading habits are taking a back seat. The most commonly stated reason is 'I no longer have that kind of time'. Audiobooks are a companion to your active

Mindful

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“Ha!” breathing is helpful when you’re drowsy or feeling fuzzy and need something to wake up your mind. Try it first thing in the morning or any time when you are tired and faced with demanding mental tasks. For most people, the exercise works best i

Men's Health Australia

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ANYONE WHO’S WATCHED LEBRON JAMES play in recent years will know that as he approaches 35, the NBA star seems impervious to the effects of ageing and physical decline. What you might not know is that the LA Lakers point forward has a hyperbaric chamb

The Atlantic

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When I came to the part in Hillary Clinton’s new book where she describes how she treated her anxiety with a practice called alternate-nostril breathing, I thought, that sounds impossible. I tried breathing through only one nostril at a time. I could

Best Self Magazine

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— After such an intense year and 2021 feeling like it’s also going to be an emotional rollercoaster, many people are feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Maybe you’re still concerned about getting sick, how will the economy be affected, are we going

Writer's Digest

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Defying a downward trend in book sales across much of the traditional publishing world, the audiobook market has seen a meteoric rise over the past few years. According to Publishers Weekly, audiobook sales rose nearly 25 percent in 2018, totaling al

The Christian Science Monitor

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Step into one-of-a-kind life journeys in Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and ‘In the Land of Invisible Women’ by Qanta A. Ahmed.

Poets & Writers

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MICHAEL BOURNE is a contributing editor of Poets & Writers Magazine. FOR nearly thirty years Chris Lynch, president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio, has had a front-row seat for the audiobook revolution. In 1989, when Lynch first joined Simon

APC

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You can’t argue with the value of free. That’s especially true if you need to take care of something as a one-off, and need a particular app to use for the task. It’s tough to justify spending money on anything in these circumstances, especially when

Diabetes Self-Management

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SUMMERTIME comes with its own agenda, and it can be a process to reintegrate back into a regular work-mode routine as school starts again and order is (somewhat) restored. Like the seasons, activities change, mentalities shift and projects ensue. A w

The Christian Science Monitor

2 min read

Step into one-of-a-kind life journeys in Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and ‘In the Land of Invisible Women’ by Qanta A. Ahmed.

Literary Hub

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One cause of your son’s seizure, the doctor says, could be syphilis. Ask what’s the basis for such speculation, given that no physical exam was conducted, no blood work drawn, no urine sample taken, and that your son, who is lying on the hospital bed

Working Mother

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A video posted last week by British mom, blogger and broadcaster Charlie O'Brien is helping to warn parents about a serious symptom they should look out for. Last year Charlie noticed that her daughter, Luna, then 4-weeks-old, was breathing in an unu

Linux Format

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When it comes to assigning genres to your audiobooks, avoid the generic ‘Audiobook’ to come up with specific book genres like Mystery or Sci-Fi. Search www.goodreads. com to see how other readers have categorised a book, if necessary. Fancy turning

Diabetic Living Australia

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Usually, your body is able to absorb enough vitamins through the food you eat for the growth, repair and normal function of your body. However, living with an autoimmune disease can impact some of the vitamins absorbed – and our busy, on-the-go lifes

HELLO India

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What is your daily routine like? “My day starts at 5.30 am and that is my time for meditation. Then, I spend some time with my daughter, pack her off to school after which I hit the gym or do yoga. Before starting work I go to the temple and then, s

Your Family

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Rather than allowing endless hours of screen time, it seems a growing number of parents are encouraging their young kids to listen to audiobooks instead. Recent statistics by Pinterest, for example, indicate that ‘audio storytellers’ have increased b

New Idea

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It’s pretty challenging to be a kid these days. With social media, school pressure, and often an onslaught of extra-curricular activities, helping your kids find their inner-calm among the noise can be tricky. With this in mind, yoga teacher and tea

Women's Fitness

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What does underwater training feel like? ‘The fear of the unknown makes people nervous to try it. Also, being submerged triggers your “fight or flight” response and can send you into panic mode. Learning how to control that response and calming your

Woman's Day Magazine NZ

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We take breaths around 25,000 times a day but it’s not something we usually put much thought into. James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science Of A Lost Art, worked with scientists and medical experts to uncover the right way to breathe. “Most of

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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Feeling groggy? It can be hard to snap out of a tired spell, even with the help of a coffee. And with 46% of us feeling stressed in the mornings*, that tired feeling certainly isn’t helping our hectic schedules as we manically dash out of the door. “

Writer's Digest

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Self-published authors seeking to publish audiobooks have several options that vary in terms of the amount of work done and profit earned by the author and reader. Readers can join and add their profiles to services such as Findaway Voices, Spoken Re

Australian Yoga Journal

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YOGA PRACTICES ARE designed to disrupt us. They do so by creating clear changes in how our mental, spiritual, and physical energies flow. These interruptions help us see and transform ourselves, our relationships, and our communities. I live in a tra

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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Chloe Cunningham, health expert, nutritionist and co-founder of Health is Wealth Group, on how breathing can help boost body and mind… Sleep To fall asleep the body needs an increase in oxygen to the brain and a drop in heart rate. An effective breat

Woman

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We all know how to breathe – we do it 17,000 times a day, and six million times a year. But have you thought about HOW you breathe? A few deep breaths can help us feel centred and relaxed – but learning to breathe correctly can do so much more than

Poets & Writers

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MICHAEL BOURNE is a contributing editor of Poets & Writers Magazine. FOR nearly thirty years Chris Lynch, president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio, has had a front-row seat for the audiobook revolution. In 1989, when Lynch first joined Simon