This makes an excellent gift. The picture above (at this time anyway) is not accurate. This is a little MP3 player with a picture of the DaVinci Code cover on it. It comes with earplugs and two batteries, and a lanyard if you want to wear it around your neck. On the back there's volume control, rewind/fast forward/play buttons, on/off switch, and buttons for an equalizer to adjust how it sounds, and a speed button to slow it down, go regular, or go faster. You can't record anything else onto it. It's just the unabridged version of this book. It sounded great, it's very light, and it was fun to use and wear (people asked about it).