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Tuesday, February 10th, 2015On Tuesday, March 3 at 9 pm A Journey Through History book discussion group will be talking about The Presidency of George Washington by Forrest McDonald . Talking Books Plus members may download the book. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. Talking Books Plus members who are not already BARD members may sign up for download […]
January 2015 Bestsellers List
Thursday, February 5th, 2015The January 2015 Bestsellers 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 report when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more. Once a title appears in […]
Banquet of Books Feb 8th
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015A Banquet of Books lets participants talk about their favorite books. Join them Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015 at 5 pm in the Book Nook Room.
Gentle Romances for Valentine's Day
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015RI Talking Books Plus (TBP) has the bibliography, Gentle Romances 2014, published by the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS.) According to NLS, these selected romance titles produced by NLS in audio and braille format do not contain explicit sex, violence or strong language. The titles are indexed […]
BARD unavailable Feb 8 morning
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015Alert Message from BARD Operations TO: All BARD users A memory chip needs to be replaced on BARD, so the site will be unavailable for three hours on Sunday, February 8 2015. The outage will begin at 9:00 AM Eastern Time. If everything goes as planned, BARD will be back in service at 12:00 PM. […]
World of Books discussion March 15
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015On Sunday, March 15. 2015 at 5pm the World of Books discussion group will be talking about Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Talking Books Plus members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. Talking Books Plus members who are not already BARD members may sign […]
Worlds of Books discussion Feb 15
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 5 pm the Worlds of Books discussion group will be talking about Tell No Lies by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz. Talking Books Plus members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. Talking Books Plus members who […]
Fantasy Book Discussion Group Feb 24
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 9:00 pm the Fantasy Book discussion group will be talking about The Anvil of Ice by Michael Rohan Scott. Talking Books Plus members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. Talking Books Plus members who […]
NLS Magazines on Cartridge extends loan period
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015According to NLS (National Library Services), the talking magazines on blue cartridges are now loaned for a longer time. The allotted reading time for weekly cartridges (those containing weekly magazines only) has increased from one week to three weeks. The reading time for monthly cartridges (those containing monthly and weekly magazines) has increased from four weeks to […]
Bestseller Author Colleen McCullough dies
Friday, January 30th, 2015Australian Author, Colleen McCullough, who wrote the bestseller, Thorn Birds, died. Read the whole article here. Talking Books Plus has the following titles by Colleen McCullough DB66004 Antony and Cleopatra DB45492 Caesar: let the dice fly DB41781 Caesar’s women DB21535 A Creed for the third millennium DB13557 El pajaro espino DB32043 The first man in […]
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