Talking Book Topics May-June 2020 [PDF]

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 2020 Volume 86, Number 3 Topics May–June 2020 06/01/20: CA5171 Like us on www.loc.gov/nls TBTMayJune2020_covers 1 and 4 Final.indd 1 5/13/20 8:38 AM 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, turn to the email and phone numbers on the final pages of this publication, or visit www.loc.gov/nls and select “Find Your Library.” To change your Talking Book Topics subscription, complete the form on the inside back cover and mail it to your local cooperating library. 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Blindness and Physical Talking Disabilities .................................31 Business and Economics ............32 Career and Job Training .............32 Book Computers ..................................32 Cooking ......................................33 Topics Crime .........................................34 Family ........................................35 Gardening...................................35 May–June 2020 Government and Politics ............35 Volume 86, Number 3 Home Management ....................37 Contents Humor ........................................37 Literature ....................................37 Medicine and Health ..................38 In Brief ........................................... iii Music .........................................39 Books for Adults ..............................1 Nature and the Environment ......40 Adult Fiction...................................1 Philosophy .................................41 Adventure.....................................1 Poetry .........................................41 Classics ........................................1 Psychology and Self-Help .........41 Family ..........................................1 Religion ......................................42 Fantasy .........................................2 Science and Technology ............43 General .........................................4 Social Sciences ..........................43 Historical Fiction .........................5 Sports and Recreation ................43 Holidays .......................................7 Stage and Screen ........................44 Human Relationships ...................7 US History .................................44 Legal Themes ...............................9 World History ............................46 Literature ....................................10 Books for Children ........................47 Mystery and Detective ...............10 Children’s Fiction .........................47 Occult and Horror ......................15 Adventure...................................47 Religious Themes ......................16 Animals and Wildlife .................48 Romance ....................................16 Family ........................................48 Science Fiction ...........................19 Fantasy .......................................48 Short Stories ...............................21 Friendship ..................................49 Spies and Espionage ..................21 Growing Up ...............................50 Suspense ....................................23 Historical Fiction .......................51 Westerns .....................................29 Humor ........................................51 Adult Nonfiction ...........................30 Mystery and Detective ...............52 Adventure...................................30 Scary Stories ..............................53 Arts ............................................30 School ........................................53 Astronomy .................................30 Science Fiction ...........................54 Biography ..................................30 Sports and Recreation ................54 Continued on the next page i Children’s Nonfiction ...................55 Animals and Wildlife .................55 Biography ..................................55 Crime .........................................55 Geography ..................................55 History .......................................56 Holidays .....................................56 Jokes, Riddles, and Rhymes ......57 Music .........................................57 Nature and the Environment ......57 Science and Technology ............57 Sports and Recreation ................57 You and Your Body ....................58 Foreign Language .........................59 Español .........................................59 Spanish .........................................59 Audio Magazines ...........................63 Order Forms: Books for Adults ...........................65 Books for Children .......................71 Foreign Language Books..............73 Library Phone List ........................75 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 Operating Status for NLS and want to make sure you are counted. The Network Libraries US Census Bureau mailed letters to every American household in March, inviting As of this writing, many NLS network them to participate in the census. Whether or libraries are entirely or partially closed in not you received your letter, you can fill out response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By the census online at https://my2020census. staying at home, library staff can reduce gov/ or over the telephone by calling the spread of the virus—but even when 1-844-330-2020. they are not physically in the library, staff have been staying in touch with NLS and are doing their best to respond to patron Tax filing day postponed to needs remotely. 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