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Talking Book Topics Free Matter for the PIMMS Blind or Handicapped ISSN 0039‑9183 PO Box 9150 Talking Book Melbourne, FL 32902-9150 May–June 2021 Volume 87, Number 3 Topics May–June 2021 Get BARD 06/01/21: CA5177 Like us on www.loc.gov/nls Need help ordering books or changing your subscription status? Your local braille and talking-book library is always the place to start. For general information and to order books, call 888-NLS-READ (888-657-7323) to be connected to the appropriate library for you. Emails and phone numbers for libraries around the country can be found on the final pages of this publication, or visit www.loc.gov/nls and select “Find Your Library.” You may also change your Talking Book Topics subscription by completing the form on the inside back cover and mail it to your local cooperating library. Get books fast from BARD About Talking Book Topics Most books and magazines listed in Talking Book Topics, published in audio, large Talking Book Topics are available to print, and online, is distributed free to people eligible readers for download on the unable to read regular print and is available NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download in an abridged form in braille. Talking Book (BARD) site. To use BARD, contact Topics lists a selection of titles recently added your local cooperating library or visit to the NLS collection. The entire collection, nlsbard.loc.gov for more information. with hundreds of thousands of titles, is The free BARD Mobile app is available available at www.loc.gov/nls. Select from the App Store, Google Play, and “Catalog Search” to view the collection. Amazon’s Appstore. Talking Book Topics is also online at www.loc.gov/nls/tbt and in downloadable Need Overseas Service? audio files from BARD. 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To learn more, email Catalog Card Number 60-46157 [email protected], call 800-424-8567 ext. 2, ISSN 0039-9183 or visit www.loc.gov/nls/music/index.html. ♲ Printed using recycled paper Adult Nonfiction ...........................45 Talking Animals and Wildlife .................45 Biography ..................................45 Blindness and Physical Book Disabilities .................................46 Business and Economics ............47 Topics Computers ..................................48 Cooking ......................................48 Crime .........................................48 May–June 2021 Family ........................................49 Volume 87, Number 3 Government and Politics ............49 Contents Journalism and the Media ..........50 LGBT Issues ..............................51 Language ....................................51 In Brief ........................................... iii Literature ....................................51 Books for Adults ..............................1 Medicine and Health ..................51 Adult Fiction...................................1 Nature and the Environment ......52 Adventure.....................................1 Philosophy .................................53 Family ..........................................1 Poetry .........................................54 Fantasy .........................................2 Psychology and Self-Help .........54 General .........................................6 Religion ......................................55 Gothics .........................................9 Science and Technology ............56 Historical Fiction .........................9 Social Sciences ..........................56 Holidays .....................................14 Sports and Recreation ................58 Human Relationships .................15 Stage and Screen ........................58 Humor ........................................18 Travel .........................................59 LGBT Themes ...........................18 US History .................................60 Mystery and Detective ...............18 World History ............................61 Occult and Horror ......................24 Books for Children ........................63 Political Themes ........................25 Children’s Fiction .........................63 Psychological Themes ...............26 Adventure...................................63 Religious Themes ......................26 Animals and Wildlife .................64 Romance ....................................27 Family ........................................64 Science Fiction ...........................32 Fantasy .......................................64 Short Stories ...............................35 Friendship ..................................65 Spies and Espionage ..................36 Growing Up ...............................66 Sports Stories .............................37 Historical Fiction .......................66 Suspense ....................................37 Holidays .....................................67 War Stories .................................43 Humor ........................................67 Westerns .....................................44 Mystery and Detective ...............67 Continued on the next page i Scary Stories ..............................68 School ........................................68 Science Fiction ...........................68 Children’s Nonfiction ...................70 Animals and Wildlife .................70 Biography ..................................70 Government and Politics ............70 Sports and Recreation ................70 Audio Magazines ...........................71 Order Forms Books for Adults ...........................73 Books for Children .......................79 Library Phone List ........................81 Note: See Library Phone List for the telephone number and email address of your regional cooperating library. To cancel your subscription to Talking Book Topics, contact your local cooperating library ii In Brief Some braille books now mentioned below are not part of the NLS available in two formats program, and their listings do not imply endorsement or support. Prices and details To increase access to reading material for about listed items were correct at the time new braille learners, NLS will now produce of compilation but are subject to change. some braille children’s books simulta- neously in contracted and uncontracted braille. The two formats will be released NFB COVID-19 survey under separate BR numbers. When these The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) dual-format titles are listed in Braille Book is surveying low-vision and blind people Review, both BR numbers will be listed about their ability to access COVID-19 after the title, one labeled contracted and vaccines and testing. The survey takes ten to one labeled uncontracted. fifteen minutes and is organized by the NFB legal program. To take the survey, please BARD Mobile app for visit https://nfb.org/programs-services /legal-program/access-covid-19-vaccine Android updated -and-testing-survey. Looking for a faster way to get books? The BARD Mobile app allows patrons to Free screen magnification download and listen to talking books using only their personal mobile devices, without tool available waiting for cartridges to arrive via the mail Patrons who are low vision may find the or needing to transfer to a USB device for free Magnifixer screen magnification tool playback. Once downloaded, the books useful. Developed by Blacksun Software, can be kept forever. NLS recently released it runs on Windows and offers dozens version 1.3.1 of BARD Mobile for Android. of zoom levels, a color picker, and color It supports Android 7 through Android identification. Magnifixer works by 11 operating systems and includes new displaying a small magnification window, configurable visual contrast settings. For which can be locked in place or dragged to more information, visit the BARD Mobile specific locations on the screen. To learn Android manual at https://nlsbard.loc.gov more, visit www.blacksunsoftware.com /apidocs/android/v1.3.1. An iOS app is /screenmagnifier.html. also available. New QR code app designed for Newsstand people who are blind The following announcements may be of Patrons who use or struggle with traditional interest to readers. The National Library QR codes (square barcodes that can be read Service for the Blind and Print Disabled by a mobile device camera) may find the reserves the right to publish announcements new NaviLens app useful. Designed for selectively, as space permits. The items people who are blind, it uses a different iii In Brief kind of QR code that can be detected from Perkins offers virtual college 60 feet away and across a 160-degree range, and career prep reducing the need to precisely point a phone at a target. The app is free and allows users Young patrons may find two new virtual to print customized codes for labeling purposes. enrichment programs launched by Perkins The Metropolitan Transportation Authority School for the Blind of interest. in New York has also adopted NaviLens codes to increase ease of navigation by blind • Compass is designed to help public transportation users. For more infor- blind and visually impaired high mation, visit www.navilens.com. school students build critical skills for college and career prepara- tion. Applications are currently