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About Talking Book Topics. Talking Book Topics is published bimonthly in audio, large- print, and online formats and distributed at no cost to blind and physically handicapped individuals who participate in the Library of Congress reading program.
It lists digital audiobooks and magazines available through a network of cooperating libraries and covers news of developments and activities in network library services. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including bestsellers, classics, biographies, romance novels, mysteries, and how- to guides. Some books in Spanish are also available. If you wish to make changes in your current subscription, please also contact your local cooperating library. Patrons who are American citizens living abroad may request delivery to foreign addresses by contacting the overseas librarian by phone at (2. To use the BARD service, contact your cooperating Library or visit nlsbard.
Music scores and instructional materials. Individuals registered for NLS music services may receive braille and large- print music scores, texts, and instructional recordings about music and musicians through the NLS Music Section. For more information about the NLS music collection call 1- 8. Currency Reader Program, which will provide currency- reader devices, free of charge, to eligible individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The program is part of the government’s Meaningful Access Initiative to assist individuals who experience difficulties identifying U. S. Users insert a note into the device and press the button on the side to have the denomination identified. The currency reader does not identify foreign or counterfeit banknotes.
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S. Currency Reader Program is scheduled to begin in January 2. NLS patrons may pre- order a currency reader through December 3. To pre- order, patrons must call their local braille and talking- book library or 1- 8. NLS- READ (1- 8. 88- 6. The library staff will note the account and a currency reader will be mailed free matter to the patron’s on- file address when the device becomes available. Eligible individuals who wish to receive free library service from NLS may download an application at http: //www.
NLS- READ and follow the aforementioned procedures to request the form from their nearest braille and talking- book library. To learn more about the U. S. Currency Reader Program or other aspects of the U. S. Patrons sometimes inquire about subjects they are interested in and are delighted to find that such books are available. With that thought in mind, the librarians who select books for the collection have agreed to contribute short bibliographies for periodic inclusion in this publication. Patrons may share their ideas for these short lists or other book- related queries by e- mailing .
Brief bibliography. Romance. The NLS romance collection includes stories about everything from small towns and close- knit families to fighting interstellar intrigue while trying to balance your love life. Below are a few titles representing the large and diverse collection. Going forward, NLS will offer more series on a single cartridge and add old favorites to the digital collection. Titles: It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips After her father dies, Phoebe Somerville is shocked that she has temporarily inherited the Chicago Stars football team. To keep the team, she must work with head coach Dan Calebow, whom she dislikes.
Companion to This Heart of Mine (RC 5. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
DB5. 53. 05. North to Alaska by Debbie Macomber Two previously published novels set in Alaska. In That Wintry Feeling widower Grady proposes a marriage of convenience to teacher Cathy, but it turns into something more. In Borrowed Dreams Carly searches for adventure in Anchorage and unexpectedly finds love with widowed pilot Brand. DB 7. 85. 95. Sanctuary Cove by Rochelle Alers Suddenly widowed bookstore owner Deborah Robinson returns with her children to Sanctuary Cove on Cavanaugh Island, South Carolina.
Asa Monroe and they begin to fall in love. But Asa is hiding secrets about his past. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. DB 7. 45. 58. Darling Jasmine by Bertrice Small Skye O’Malley’s granddaughter Jasmine refuses King James’s order to marry Jemmie Leslie, the Scottish earl of Glenkirk. Instead she takes her children to France. But Jemmie, who once loved Jasmine, refuses to take no for an answer and follows her.
Book 1 of the Skye’s Legacy Series. DB 7. 76. 29. Three Weeks with Lady X by Eloisa James London, 1. Lady Xenobia India St. Clair is renowned for her unique decorating skills. When wealthy Thorn Dautry, illegitimate son of a duke, requests her services to impress his future bride’s family, India agrees to the project. But their attraction threatens his plans.
DB 7. 86. 76. Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch. Marketing manager Katherine “Kitty” Katt is leaving jury duty when a man transforms into something monstrous in front of her.
She kills it—and is quickly recruited by a secret organization. While learning to fight aliens, she becomes attracted to another agent. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. DB 7. 45. 12. The Typewriter Girl by Alison Atlee. Victorian England.
Elisabeth Dobson, a twenty- four- year- old making her own way as a typist, is considered peculiar. She schemes to run off to the seaside town of Idensea, where a Mr. Jones awaits with a job—and possibly more. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.
DB 7. 61. 37. Books listed in this issue of Talking Book Topics were recently sent to cooperating libraries. The free BARD Mobile app is available from Apple’s App store for reading audio and braille books on a personal i.
Phone, i. Pad, or i. Pod touch. To learn more about the collection or to sign up for BARD service contact your local cooperating library. Regional library telephone numbers are listed on the last pages of this magazine.
These books are listed alphabetically within the headings Adult Fiction and Adult Nonfiction by subject category, author last name, and title. For example the title War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy would be listed in Adult Fiction under the Classics subject category and by the last name Tolstoy. Note: A notice may appear immediately following the book description to indicate occurrences of violence, strong language, or descriptions of sex. The word “some” before any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent occurrence, as in “some strong language.” Commercial audiobooks for which NLS does not have access to the print book may display the notice “unrated,” which means that the book may or may not contain violence, strong language, or descriptions of sex. Back to top. The Bootlegger: An Isaac Bell Adventure. DB7. 85. 38 1. 1 hours 8 minutesby Clive Cussler and Justin Scottread by Joe Wilson.
Treasury hires the Van Dorn Detective Agency to help combat illegal liquor trafficking. When Joseph Van Dorn is shot while chasing a rum runner, Detective Isaac Bell vows to find the shooters—not knowing that they may be the Russian Communists’ foreign attack force. Civil War: A Novel of the Marvel Universe.
DB7. 70. 07 9 hours 2. Stuart Moore read by L. J. Ganser. When a lesser- known superhero battle goes awry in Stamford, Connecticut, killing hundreds of people, the government decides that superheroes should unmask and register their powers. Some members of the Avengers, the greatest super- team, agree—but others resist the orders.
Some violence and some strong language. Steelheart. DB7. 76.
Brandon Sanderson read by Graham Halstead. When David was eight, his father was killed by Steelheart, a human- turned- supervillain otherwise known as an Epic. Ten years later David joins the Reckoners, ordinary humans determined to kill the Epics and end their tyranny. For senior high and older readers. The Abominable. DB7. Dan Simmons read by Kevin T. Lady Bromley hires a trio of mountain climbers to recover the body of her son, who disappeared on Mount Everest.
The year before, famous adventurer George Mallory and his recruit also went missing on the peak. As the hired hands search, they uncover a deadly secret. Commercial audiobook. Bone Deep. DB7. 85. Randy Wayne White read by Joe Wilson. A Crow Indian called Dunk asks marine biologist Doc Ford to accompany him and Doc’s friend Tomlinson on a trip to recover some tribal relics.
They end up in Central Florida’s Bone Valley, where danger awaits in many forms. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. To Kill a Mockingbird. DB7. 76. 72 1. 0 hours 1. Harper Lee read by Mare Trevathan.
Six- year- old Scout and her brother Jem are intrigued by their reclusive neighbor. Meanwhile, their father Atticus, an attorney, defends a black man charged with raping a white woman in their small Alabama town. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. Letter from a Stranger. DB7. 83. 19 1. 4 hours 3. Barbara Taylor Bradford read by Carol Dines.
Documentary filmmaker Justine Nolan was told that her beloved grandmother died a decade ago. But a letter reveals that she is still alive.
Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Palisades Park. DB7. Alan Brennert read by Alec Volz.
Eleven- year- old Eddie falls in love with Palisades Park on a family trip. Eight years later he returns to work there and meets Adele.