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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 ...........................43 Talking Arts ............................................43 Astronomy .................................43 Biography ..................................43 Book Blindness and Physical Disabilities .................................43 Topics Business and Economics ............44 Career and Job Training .............44 Consumerism .............................44 July–August 2021 Cooking ......................................44 Volume 87, Number 4 Crime .........................................45 Contents Education ...................................45 Family ........................................45 Gardening...................................46 In Brief ........................................... iii Government and Politics ............46 Books for Adults ..............................1 LGBT Issues ..............................48 Adult Fiction...................................1 Language ....................................48 Adventure.....................................1 Literature ....................................48 Family ..........................................2 Medicine and Health ..................49 Fantasy .........................................2 Music .........................................49 General .........................................4 Nature and the Environment ......50 Historical Fiction .........................6 Philosophy .................................51 Holidays .....................................10 Poetry .........................................51 Human Relationships .................11 Psychology and Self-Help .........51 LGBT Themes ...........................13 Religion ......................................51 Legal Themes .............................13 Science and Technology ............52 Medical Themes .........................13 Social Sciences ..........................53 Mystery and Detective ...............14 Sports and Recreation ................53 Occult and Horror ......................22 Stage and Screen ........................54 Political Themes ........................23 Travel .........................................54 Religious Themes ......................23 US History .................................55 Romance ....................................25 World History ............................55 Science Fiction ...........................30 Books for Children ........................58 Short Stories ...............................33 Children’s Fiction .........................58 Spies and Espionage ..................33 Adventure...................................58 Sports Stories .............................33 Animals and Wildlife .................58 Suspense ....................................33 Family ........................................59 War Stories .................................41 Fantasy .......................................59 Westerns .....................................41 Friendship ..................................60 Growing Up ...............................60 Continued on the next page i Historical Fiction .......................60 Humor ........................................60 Mystery and Detective ...............60 Scary Stories ..............................61 School ........................................62 Science Fiction ...........................62 Sports Stories .............................62 Children’s Nonfiction ...................63 Hobbies and Crafts.....................63 Foreign Language .........................64 Español .........................................64 Audio Magazines ...........................67 Order Forms Books for Adults ...........................69 Books for Children .......................75 Foreign Language Books..............77 Library Phone List ........................79 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 NLS internship seeks applicants • Easier cancelation of searches using NLS is seeking applicants for the spring either the new Cancel button or the session of the NLS Aspiring Leaders Escape key. Internship Program. This is a paid internship • Quick navigation to the Search field established through an endowment to provide using the Control + S shortcut. legally blind individuals opportunities to work • Announcement of the Author label at the Library of Congress. The next deadline when a user tabs through Book Details, for applications is November 1, 2021. For and the ability to select the name of further information, please visit www.loc.gov the author to bring up a list of all their /nls/about/internship-program. available books. For more information, visit the BARD NLS expands foreign-language Express user guide at https://go.usa.gov collection /x6QWj. 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