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ISSN 0039‑9183 Talking Book Topics September–October 2021 Get BARD 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 cancel or change your Talking Book Topics subscription by completing the form on the inside back cover and mailing 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 available 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 Biography ..................................35 Talking Blindness and Physical Disabilities .................................36 Business and Economics ............37 Book Career and Job Training .............37 Cooking ......................................37 Topics Crime .........................................38 Education ...................................38 Family ........................................38 September–October 2021 Government and Politics ............38 Volume 87, Number 5 Hobbies and Crafts.....................41 Contents Home Management ....................41 Inspiration ..................................42 Literature ....................................42 In Brief ........................................... iii Medicine and Health ..................42 Books for Adults ..............................1 Music .........................................43 Adult Fiction...................................1 Nature and the Environment ......44 Adventure.....................................1 Philosophy .................................45 Family ..........................................2 Psychology and Self-Help .........45 Fantasy .........................................3 Religion ......................................46 General .........................................4 Science and Technology ............47 Historical Fiction .........................6 Social Sciences ..........................48 Holidays .......................................8 Sports and Recreation ................50 Human Relationships ...................8 Stage and Screen ........................50 Legal Themes ...............................9 Travel .........................................51 LGBT Themes ...........................10 US History .................................51 Mystery and Detective ...............10 World History ............................52 Occult and Horror ......................18 Books for Children ........................53 Political Themes ........................18 Children’s Fiction .........................53 Religious Themes ......................18 Adventure...................................53 Romance ....................................19 Animals and Wildlife .................54 Science Fiction ...........................23 Family ........................................54 Spies and Espionage ..................25 Fantasy .......................................55 Suspense ....................................26 Friendship ..................................56 War .............................................32 Growing Up ...............................57 Westerns .....................................32 Historical Fiction .......................58 Adult Nonfiction ...........................35 Humor ........................................58 Animals and Wildlife .................35 Mystery and Detective ...............58 Arts ............................................35 Scary Stories ..............................59 Astronomy .................................35 Continued on the next page i School ........................................60 Science Fiction ...........................60 Sports Stories .............................60 Westerns .....................................61 Children’s Nonfiction ...................62 Animals and Wildlife .................62 Biography ..................................62 Career and Job Training .............62 Government and Politics ............63 Hobbies and Crafts.....................63 Religion ......................................63 Science and Technology ............63 Sports and Recreation ................64 Foreign Language .........................65 Español .........................................65 Audio Magazines ...........................69 Order Forms Books for Adults ...........................71 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 for Android, which works with Android NLS is seeking applicants for the spring OS 7 through 11, connects to refreshable session of the NLS Aspiring Leaders braille displays via the BrailleBack app. A Internship Program. This is a paid intern- full list of supported displays may be found ship established through an endowment to at https://bit.ly/3r9T71g.The new Android provide legally blind individuals opportu- version offers users adjustable settings for nities to work at the Library of Congress. braille reflow and braille autoscroll. To The next deadline for applications is learn more about these features and find November 1, 2021. 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Still Speaking Marrakesh Treaty, but patrons will also find Ill of the Dead: More Jerks in Montana books produced by NLS and converted from History (DBC14240)—a collection of cassette tapes. All books listed in FLQ are essays about Big Sky Country murderers, available for immediate download from scoundrels, and other unsavory types— BARD. The new publication also provides recently earned its place in NLS history directions on how to use new BARD as the 10,000th network library-produced features that allow users to search for mate- talking book on BARD. It came from the rials in a specific language. Montana Talking Book Library, which also had the distinction of contributing one of BARD Mobile for Android now the first network-produced talking books to BARD back in 2014. 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