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Talking Book Topics July–August 2019 Volume 85, Number 4 Need help? Your local cooperating library is always the place to start. For general information and to order books, call 1-888-NLS-READ (1-888-657-7323) to be connected to your local cooperating library. To find your library, visit www.loc.gov/nls and select “Find Your Library.” To change your Talking Book Topics subscription, contact your local cooperating library. Get books fast from BARD Most books and magazines listed in Talking Book Topics are available to eligible readers for download on the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) site. To use BARD, contact your local cooperating library or visit nlsbard.loc.gov for more information. The free BARD Mobile app is available from the App Store, Google Play, and Amazon’s Appstore. About Talking Book Topics Talking Book Topics, published in audio, large print, and online, is distributed free to people unable to read regular print and is available in an abridged form in braille. Talking Book Topics lists titles recently added to the NLS collection. The entire collection, with hundreds of thousands of titles, is available at www.loc.gov/nls. Select “Catalog Search” to view the collection. Talking Book Topics is also online at www.loc.gov/nls/tbt and in downloadable audio files from BARD. Overseas Service American citizens living abroad may enroll and request delivery to foreign addresses by contacting the NLS Overseas Librarian by phone at (202) 707-9261 or by email at [email protected]. Page 1 of 101 Music scores and instructional materials NLS music patrons can receive braille and large-print music scores and instructional recordings through the NLS Music Section. 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Library of Congress, Washington 2019 Catalog Card Number 60-46157 ISSN 0039-9183 Contents Talking Book Topics July–August 2019 Contents In Brief Books for Adults Adult Fiction Adventure Family Fantasy General Historical Fiction Holidays Human Relationships Humor Legal Themes Mystery and Detective Page 2 of 101 Occult and Horror Psychological Themes Religious Themes Romance Science Fiction Short Stories Spies and Espionage Suspense Westerns Adult Nonfiction Animals and Wildlife Arts Biography Business and Economics Career and Job Training Consumerism Cooking Crime Government and Politics Literature Medicine and Health Music Nature and the Environment Philosophy Poetry Psychology and Self-Help Religion Social Sciences Sports and Recreation Stage and Screen Page 3 of 101 Travel U.S. History World History Books for Children Children’s Fiction Adventure Animals and Wildlife Family Fantasy Friendship Growing Up Humor School Science Fiction Short Stories Sports Stories Children's Nonfiction Animals and Wildlife Biography Government and Politics History Nature and the Environment Poetry Religion Foreign Language Books Español Audio Magazines Page 4 of 101 In Brief Finding commercial and BARD-Only books For the first eight decades of its existence, NLS almost always used its own recording studio staff or outside studios to record books. That changed in 2013, when we began striking deals with commercial publishers to obtain their audio files, free of charge. “By taking advantage of commercial recordings when we can, we’re getting more books into the talking-book program and doing it in a more timely fashion,” NLS Director Karen Keninger said. “This helps us focus our efforts on producing books that don’t have commercial audio counterparts.” It’s a money-saver, too. There are still costs for converting a commercial file into a format that can be read by NLS talking-book machines and downloaded from BARD, but the narration costs for such titles are eliminated. The titles that NLS produces are generally available on digital talking-book cartridges as well as on BARD, and those titles are also listed in Talking Book Topics (TBT). Commercial titles that are bestsellers or are in high demand are also listed in TBT and available in cartridge format. However, the collection also includes many titles that are available only on BARD. These “BARD-exclusive” titles—most of which are commercial audiobooks—are not listed in TBT. To find all commercial audiobook titles in the collection, you can either search BARD or the online Voyager catalog, which lists all the books in the NLS collection. To search for a specific title or author on BARD, login to the site and enter either the title of the book or the author’s last name followed by a comma and the author’s first name. If you don’t want to search BARD, you can also just browse the “Recently added books and magazines” link or the “Most popular books” link on the main BARD page. To use the Voyager catalog search engine, go to www.loc.gov/nls and select “Catalog Search.” Once you’re on Voyager’s “Basic Search” screen, you can choose to search by keyword, title, author last name, subject, and a few other categories. “Of course, most patrons won’t want to browse thousands of titles to find a book they want,” Keninger said. “But they can also use Voyager to search for a specific title, books by their favorite author, or books on a certain subject—whether they are commercial titles or books that NLS has produced.” Also patrons should always feel free to contact the reader advisors at their local talking-book library, who are happy to assist. If you are not on BARD or BARD Page 5 of 101 Mobile and don’t have access to the thousands of BARD-exclusive titles, ask your local cooperating library for access to BARD. Books for Adults Books listed in this issue of Talking Book Topics were recently sent to cooperating libraries. The complete collection contains a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including biographies, classics, westerns, mysteries, romances, and others. Registered users may also immediately download all titles and magazines from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) service at https://nlsbard.loc.gov. The free BARD Mobile app is available from the App Store, Google Play, and Amazon’s Appstore for reading talking books on your personal smart phone or tablet. To learn more about the collection or to sign up for BARD, contact your local cooperating library. Regional library telephone numbers and email addresses are listed on the last pages of this magazine. Books within the headings Adult Fiction and Adult Nonfiction are listed alphabetically 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. Page 6 of 101 Adult Fiction Adventure Undying DB93801 11 hours 21 minutes by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner read by various narrators Trapped aboard the Undying's ancient spaceship and reeling from what they've learned there, scavenger Mia and academic Jules are plunged into a desperate race to warn their home planet of the danger unleashed by humanity's greed. Sequel to Unearthed (DB89981). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2019. The Tiger's Prey: A Novel of Adventure DB85997 15 hours 51 minutes by Wilbur Smith and Tom Harper read by George Holmes 1800s. His entire life, young Francis Courtney was told his uncle Tom had killed his father. He travels to South Africa in search of vengeance. Christopher Courtney gives up his life of privilege in Bombay to become a warrior. Their lives intersect. Violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017. War Cry DB89899 19 hours 19 minutes by Wilbur Smith and David Churchill read by Joe Peck After the wife of Leon Courtney from Assegai (DB69178) dies, Leon raises their daughter Saffron alone. It is soon time for Saffron to head to Oxford. Later, she joins the effort to win the Second World War, finding love and intrigue. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017. Family We Are All That's Left DB93314 11 hours 18 minutes by Carrie Arcos read by Jessica Wortham Nadja, a survivor from war-torn Bosnia, refuses to discuss her youth with her daughter, Zara, until both are traumatized by a terrorist attack in a Rhode Island Page 7 of 101 farmer's market. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018. Someone You Love Is Gone DB89839 7 hours 20 minutes by Gurjinder Basran read by Jennifer Hubbard Simran is haunted by visions of her recently departed mother. Her estrangement from her daughter and sister is growing, and she must grapple with the memories of her younger brother being sent away from home. As Simran searches for answers, family ghosts linger and her mother's past emerges. 2017. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls DB93861 9 hours 58 minutes by Anissa Gray read by various narrators Althea Butler, eldest of three girls, took care of her sisters Viola and Lillian after their mother died.
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