Talking Book Topics July–August 2017 Volume 83, Number 4 About Talking Book Topics Talking Book Topics is published bimonthly in audio, large-print, and online formats and distributed at no cost to participants in the Library of Congress reading program for people who are blind or have a physical disability. An abridged version is distributed in braille. This periodical lists digital talking books and magazines available through a network of cooperating libraries and carries news of developments and activities in services to people who are blind, visually impaired, or cannot read standard print material because of an organic physical disability. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including bestsellers, classics, biographies, romance novels, mysteries, and how-to guides. Some books in Spanish are also available. 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Contents In Brief Books for Adults Adult Fiction Adventure Family Fantasy Page 2 of 136 General Historical Fiction Holidays Human Relationships Humor Legal Themes Mystery and Detective Occult and Horror Political Themes Psychological Themes Religious Themes Romance Science Fiction Short Stories Spies and Espionage Suspense War Stories Westerns Adult Nonfiction Arts Astronomy Biography Business and Economics Career and Job Training Computers Crime Drama and Theater Education Family Gardening Page 3 of 136 Government and Politics Home Management Humor Legal Issues Literature Marriage and Sex Medicine and Health Music Nature and the Environment Philosophy Poetry Psychology and Self-Help Religion Science and Technology Social Sciences Sports and Recreation Stage and Screen Travel U.S. History World History Books for Children Children’s Fiction Adventure Animals and Wildlife Family Fantasy Friendship Growing Up Historical Fiction Humor Page 4 of 136 Mystery Scary Stories School Science Fiction Children’s Nonfiction Animals and Wildlife Biography General Geography History Music Science You and Your Body Foreign Language Books Español Audio Magazines Page 5 of 136 In Brief World War I centennial: Library of Congress exhibit, nationwide events, and minibibliography The centennial of World War I has renewed interest in the first global conflict in modern times. When the conflict began in 1914, it was considered the war to end all wars. But World War I turned out to be radically different from earlier conflicts, with technological advances that included the first large-scale use of poison gas, barbed wire, tanks, machine guns, flamethrowers, and airplanes. By its end in 1918—with 17 million soldiers and civilians dead and 20 million wounded—the war had permanently changed society. As the poet Philip Larkin said, “Never such innocence again.” To mark the centennial of the U.S. entry into the war this spring, the Library of Congress opened a major new exhibition: Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I. Echoes examines the upheaval of world war as Americans lived it, in the trenches and at home. Come experience the exhibit, located in the Southwest Gallery of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building in Washington DC until January 2019. For more information on the exhibit, visit https://go.usa.gov/xN9QV. Memorials and remembrances of the Great War are also being held nationwide. To search for events in your local area, visit http://bit.ly/2rkGXWl or call (202) 380-0725 during business hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, to speak with a staff member at the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission, who may be able to assist you. The NLS collection has numerous titles dealing with many aspects of World War I. The following minibibliography concentrates on accounts by people who were there and recorded their experiences on the battlefield and at home in memoirs, fiction, and poetry. Your local cooperating library can help you find more titles about World War I. The digital braille and talking book titles can be downloaded from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) website. All titles can be requested from your local cooperating library. Memoirs and Interviews Testament of Youth DB18598 by Vera Brittain Rediscovered forty-five years after it was published, this is a record of the author’s experiences during the World War I years. Brittain tells not only of her own prematurely shattered youth, but that of an entire generation of young men and women who devoted themselves to the war effort. PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre presented the BBC series based on this memoir. 1933. The Beauty and the Sorrow DB76649 by Peter Englund Details the course of World War I from the perspectives of twenty individuals, including a Page 6 of 136 twelve-year-old German girl, an American woman married to a Polish aristocrat, and an English nurse in the Russian army. Translated from Swedish. Violence. 2011. Good-Bye to All That DB26218 by Robert Graves At the age of thirty-four, the English poet published this autobiography, with much attention to his service with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in World War I. 1929. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph DB16339 by T.E. Lawrence Controversial classic of war and adventure describes the revolt in Arabia against the Turks from the viewpoint of the Englishman Lawrence, who took part in it. Includes portraits, philosophies, emotions, and dreams. Sir Winston Churchill ranked this as “one of the greatest books ever written in the English language.” 1926. My Experiences in the First World War DB49069 by John J. Pershing Then-General of the Armies chronicles United States involvement in the Great War from Woodrow Wilson’s 1917 appointment of Pershing to command the American Expeditionary Forces in France through the Armistice in 1918. Won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for history under the title My Experiences in the World War. 1931. The Camel Drivers: The 17th Aero Squadron in World War I DB54179 by Otis Lowell Reed Chronicles the experiences of one of two American squadrons loaned to the British to fly Sopwith Camels during the summer of 1918. Records the dangers and thrills of early aerial warfare, based on official and personal sources, interviews, letters, and diaries. 1996. Fighting the Flying Circus DB72115 by Eddie Rickenbacker Eddie Rickenbacker’s memoir of the World War I air battles against the German Air Service. Describes the exploits and death of fellow pilot Quentin Roosevelt, the son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Foreword highlights Rickenbacker's background as a developer of race- car technology and his formation of the Hat-in-the-Ring Squadron. 1919. The Last of the Doughboys DB77446 by Richard Rubin Interviews with American veterans—all older than one hundred years at the time—from World War I. Records their battlefield experiences, including the horror of trench warfare and gas attacks, and lighter moments away from the front lines. Adds biographical and historical context. Violence and some strong language. 2013. Literary Accounts The Enormous Room DB14179 by E. E. Cummings Page 7 of 136 Satirical account of the poet’s experiences in a French prison camp during World War I. While volunteering as an ambulance driver in France, he was arrested for his association with another American who was his best friend. 1934. Three Soldiers DB16423 by John Dos Passos Eloquent tirade against the misery and degradation of life in the American army during World War I. Dominant symbol is the military machine which rules over the individual and leaves him without hope. Some strong language. 1921. Regeneration BR10543, DB48082 by Pat Barker Based on the true story of two men who met during World War I—Dr. William Rivers, a renowned neurologist, and Siegfried Sassoon, an officer and poet. In July 1917, Sassoon writes a letter protesting the war and is sent to the Craiglockhart War Hospital for evaluation. There he and Rivers debate the struggle between conscience and civic responsibility.