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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 Crime .........................................40 Talking Family ........................................42 Folktales .....................................42 Government and Politics ............42 Book Home Management ....................43 Language ....................................43 Topics LGBT Issues ..............................43 Literature ....................................44 Medicine and Health ..................44 March–April 2021 Music .........................................45 Volume 87, Number 2 Nature and the Environment ......45 Contents Philosophy .................................46 Poetry .........................................46 Psychology and Self-Help .........46 In Brief ........................................... iii Religion ......................................47 Books for Adults ..............................1 Science and Technology ............48 Adult Fiction...................................1 Social Sciences ..........................48 Adventure.....................................1 Sports and Recreation ................50 Family ..........................................1 Stage and Screen ........................50 Fantasy .........................................2 US History .................................51 General .........................................5 World History ............................52 Historical Fiction .........................7 Books for Children ........................54 Human Relationships .................10 Children’s Fiction .........................54 LGBT Themes ...........................13 Adventure...................................54 Medical Themes .........................13 Family ........................................54 Mystery and Detective ...............13 Fantasy .......................................54 Occult and Horror ......................19 Friendship ..................................55 Political Themes ........................21 Growing Up ...............................55 Psychological Themes ...............21 Holidays .....................................55 Religious Themes ......................22 Humor ........................................55 Romance ....................................24 Mystery and Detective ...............56 Science Fiction ...........................28 Religious Themes ......................56 Spies and Espionage ..................30 Scary Stories ..............................57 Suspense ....................................30 Science Fiction ...........................57 Westerns .....................................35 Sports Stories .............................57 Adult Nonfiction ...........................37 Children’s Nonfiction ...................58 Arts ............................................37 Biography ..................................58 Biography ..................................37 General .......................................58 Business and Economics ............39 Sports and Recreation ................58 Computers ..................................39 Continued on the next page Cooking ......................................40 i Foreign Language .........................59 Español .........................................59 Audio Magazines ...........................61 Order Forms Books for Adults ...........................63 Books for Children .......................67 Foreign Language Books..............69 Library Phone List ........................71 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 celebrates its workshops, email heiskelltech+subscribe@ 90th anniversary googlegroups.com to join the Tech and Culture mailing list. The library has also March 3, 2021, marked the 90th anniver- launched a new podcast called Talkin’ sary of the National Library Service for Talking Books. Each episode will feature the Blind and Print Disabled. NLS will be library staff, volunteers, and patrons celebrating throughout 2021 by sharing engaging in lively and light-hearted con- historical tidbits, interviews, and congrat- versation about books available through ulations from the Library of Congress and NLS. The first episode can be accessed at others. To follow along as we commemorate http://bit.ly/39AlP4a. 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Prices and details off the NLS 90th anniversary celebration about listed items were correct at the time of and was preceded by an interview with compilation but are subject to change. Whitaker, which is also available on YouTube. For more information about IRS releases more accessible Matthew Whitaker, check out the NLS Music Notes blog at https://blogs.loc.gov 2020 tax documents /nls-music-notes or the Library of Congress The IRS continues to update its website event page at https://go.usa.gov/xsCzy. with accessible 2020 tax documents in 508-compliant PDF and BRF formats. Andrew Heiskell Braille and Forms can be downloaded from www.irs .gov/forms-pubs/accessible-irs-tax-products. Talking Book Library online Patrons who prefer hardcopy braille or offerings large print forms can obtain them by The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking calling the tax form telephone number at Book Library in New York City offers free, 800-829-3676. If you wish to receive a copy interactive Zoom workshops on assistive of your tax notice in braille or large print, technology, braille, and books. To receive please call the tax assistance telephone invitations and reminders about upcoming number at 800-829-1040. iii In Brief Monthly accessibility Tactile Images announces webinars available from new partnership with Getty Freedom Scientific and NFB Patrons who use JAWS, Fusion, or Tactile Images, Getty Images, and the ZoomText may find the free webinars National Federation of the Blind have offered by creator Freedom Scientific joined forces to make millions of culturally useful. Webinars are generally held on the important images available in accessible third Thursday of the month at 12 noon formats to museums and other educational Eastern Time and can be accessed at institutions around the world. Several www.freedomscientific.com/training traveling exhibits have already been /freewebinars. 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