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Thursday, April 11th, 2013National Services for the Blind (NLS) offers Talking Books Plus members music scores, books and magazines about music and instructional music recordings directly from the Music Section of NLS. The collection includes Braille music scores, Braille books, Web-Braille music scores and books, Large-print music scores, Large-print books, and Music magazines. RI Talking Books Plus music borrowers should […]
March 2013 Bestsellers List
Friday, April 5th, 2013The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine 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 […]
American Heritage replaced
Friday, April 5th, 2013News from NLS for TBP Members – The magazine American Heritage has ceased predictable quarterly publication, and NLS has selected American History as a replacement. American Heritage subscribers will receive American History automatically on digital cartridge unless they choose to cancel their subscription by notifying their cooperating library. American History will also be available for download […]
Beauty of Humanity Movement Available
Monday, March 18th, 2013The Beauty of Humanity Movement (DBM00165) by Camilla Gibb is now available as a digital audio book in the Talking Books Plus (TBP)collection. It is the first digital title recorded for RI TBP by contract with Perkins Institute. If you want to participate in the 2013 Reading Across Rhode Island (RARI) activities, visit the Center for the Book website or […]
February 2013 Bestsellers
Monday, March 11th, 2013The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine 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 […]
2012 Discover Award Winners
Thursday, March 7th, 2013Barnes & Noble announced the 2012 B&N Discover Award Winners: Celebrating Extraordinary Literary Talents Since 1990. I am pleased to announce that Talking Books Plus has both the NonFiction 1st Place and Fiction 1st Place winners. Nonfiction 1st Place is Wild: from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed DB74646. Fiction 1st […]
Twentieth Century Presidents booklist
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013On Monday, February 18th, Presidents Day is celebrated. Recently, Talking Books Plus (TBP) added the Twentieth Century Presidents booklist to the TBP Reading List online. The list also linked on the TBP main web page. May TBP members be spirited to read about our presidents on this national holiday. The list was compiled by our fellow network talking book library in Missouri, the Wolfner Talking […]
Black History Month books
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013In February, Black History Month is celebrated to recognize the accomplishments of black Americans. Talking Books Plus/OLIS, the Rhode Island network library of the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, has many books on the topics of African Americans, Civil Rights, and Slavery. Booker T. Washington is the topic of several books as well. The […]
January 2013 Bestsellers
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine 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 […]
Valentine titles for Children
Friday, February 8th, 2013For teachers and parents who have children in preschool through grade 7 reading levels, below are some titles for you to share with them or for them to listen to themselves. The digital titles (DB) are downloadable 24/7 for BARD subscribers. Four Stupid Cupids by Gregory Maguire. Grades 3-6. DB/RC60558. Fiction Hearts, Cupids, and Red […]
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