Archive for January, 2014
Peter Seeger Remembered
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014How can I keep from singing: Pete Seeger by David King Dunaway. Reading time: 15 hours, 45 minutes. The author of this biography about “the most picketed, boycotted performer in American history” was given access to his subject’s family, friends, letters, and journals. A “red diaper baby,” Seeger was the son of a musicologist who had […]
Downton Abbey Read-a-Likes
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014Here is a short bibliography and introduction from the Chicago Public Library Talking Book Center. Rhode Island members of Talking Books Plus (TBP) library should order these titles through TBP. Warm up with these winter reading titles. Delve into the aristocratic world of the widely popular Edwardian-era television series that features the intriguing tales of […]
Tax documents in alternative formats
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides online tax products and services for taxpayers with disabilities. Individuals may visit the IRS Accessibility page (www.irs.gov/uac/IRS.gov-Accessibility) to download forms, publications, and other products and to access tax-related videos in English and American Sign Language. The IRS recommends checking the website often as it is continuously adding more products […]
Talking Books tied to Movies
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014The following list of books that are 2013 movies or being made into movies was compiled by Wolfner Library’s Special Services Librarian David Shay. RI members should order these book titles through Rhode Island Talking Books Plus. The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Reading time: 10 hours, 33 minutes. DB72392. Divergent by Veronica Roth. Reading time: 10 hours, 12 minutes. […]
New Reading Lists online
Friday, January 10th, 2014New reading lists for the ever popular authors Danielle Steel and Janet Dailey are announced on the Talking Books Plus webpage and posted on the online Reading List. Also, find a reading list in honor of the upcoming January 20th holiday celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Enjoy!
December 2013 Bestsellers List
Friday, January 10th, 2014The bestseller report compiled monthly by NLS combines information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Bestsellers are included in the report when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more. Once a title appears in the report […]
World Braille Day
Monday, January 6th, 2014Saturday, January 4th commemorates World Braille Day, the birth of Louis Braille. Louis was blinded in an accident as a toddler. As a teenager, Louis developed the Braille system. 205 years after Louis’ birth, RI Talking Books Plus, a regional network library of the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped today is […]