Thanks for the Sansa Clip suggestion. It looks like I'll definitely have to buy a compatible device to listen to audible books because audible will not play on just any MP3 player. They're as protectionist and anti-competitive as Australian publishers.
No rock is completely impermeable, but some porous rocks like shale and pumice are mostly impermeable, because the pores are not interconnected, thus not allowing fluids or gases to pass through them. This is why shale makes a good cap-rock, and pumice floats instead of sinking.
A common example of a permeable rock is a limestone rock. Permeable rocks are defined rocks that have large enough interconnected spaces between particles to allow the movement of gas or liquid through them.