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Friday, December 2nd, 2011The November 2011 Bestseller List has been posted. The bestseller report compiled monthly by National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (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 […]
Best Books 2011
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Barbara Hoffert, Editor of Library Journal’s PrepubAlert finished her coverage of the National Book Awards the same day Library Journal launched Best Books 2011. She says that “the real value of the best-book phenomenon is the conversation it starts. Books are simply too complex to allow for a reductive everyone-will-love-this approach, but they are meant to […]
October 2011 Bestseller List
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011The October 2011 Bestseller List has been posted. The bestseller report compiled monthly by National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (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 […]
Banned Books Week Titles
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011According to the Banned Books Week website, libraries and bookstores around the country drew attention to the problem of censorship the week of Sept. 24 to October 1st. Banned Books Week is a national celebration of the freedom to read. More than 11,000 books have been challenged since 1982. According to the American Library Association, 348 challenges […]
Audio Bibles
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Talking Books Plus loans the Holy Bible in the King James Version read by Alex Scourby. Download or order DB068777 from the collection. Free Audio Bibles are available from Audio Bibles for the Blind. Send a blank cartridge and this organization will load it with the language/version of your choice and return the cartridge to […]
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011In partnership with the American Printing House for the Blind (APH), the Dollywood Foundation announced a partnership to expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) to provide young blind and visually impaired children with accessible books. The first DPIL audio book files are now available at the site as free downloads to registered Talking Books Plus […]
August 2011 Bestseller List
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011The August 2011 Bestseller List 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 list when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more. Once a title appears in the list with an NLS […]
Cozy Mysteries
Thursday, August 18th, 2011If you want to read cozy mysteries, try the authors in this list.
July 2011 Bestseller List
Friday, August 12th, 2011The July 2011 Bestseller List has been posted. This bestseller list 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 when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more. Once a title […]
Foreign language materials on BARD
Monday, July 18th, 2011Beginning Friday, July 15, 2011, a new page on the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) website will feature specially acquired foreign-language materials. Readers may access this page through a link on the main BARD page labeled Digital Foreign-Language Collection. The first work available on the page is the five-volume historical survey Los Ciegos en […]
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