Braille Book Review January-February 2011 Volume 80, Number 1 About Braille Book Review Braille Book Review is published bimonthly in braille, large-print, and online formats and distributed at no cost to blind and physically handicapped individuals who participate in the Library of Congress reading program. It lists braille books and magazines available through a network of cooperating libraries and carries news of developments in library services. The braille edition also lists NLS audiobooks appearing in Talking Book Topics with brief annotations. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including bestsellers, classics, biographies, romance novels, mysteries, and how-to guides. Some books in Spanish are also available. To learn more about the wide range of books in the national collection, access the NLS International Union Catalog online at loc.gov/nls or contact your local cooperating library. Braille Book Review is available online in HTML and plain text at www.loc.gov/nls/bbr. Patrons enrolled in the Web-Braille service may download contracted braille files for use with braille output devices. About Web-Braille Most books and all magazines listed in Braille Book Review are available for download for use with braille output devices. To use the Web-Braille service contact your cooperating library. Music scores and instructional materials Individuals registered for NLS music services may receive braille and large-print music scores, texts, and instructional recordings about music and musicians through the NLS Music Section. For more information about the NLS music collection call 1-800-424- 8567, send an e-mail to nlsm@loc.gov, or visit www.loc.gov/nls/music/index.html. Where to write Order braille books through your local braille-lending library. To change or cancel a Braille Book Review subscription complete the form on the inside back cover and mail it to your local braille-lending library. To find your library check the last pages of this magazine or go online to www.loc.gov/nls/find.html. Patrons who are American citizens living abroad may request delivery to foreign addresses by contacting the overseas librarian by phone at (202) 707-5100 or e-mail at nls@loc.gov. Readers who are deaf-blind may contact cooperating libraries by TTY or by a state relay service. To contact NLS by TTY, dial (202) 707-0744. Send correspondence about editorial matters to: Publications and Media Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 20542-0002. Library of Congress, Washington 2011 Catalog Card Number 53-31800 ISSN 0006-873X Contents: In Brief Books for Adults Nonfiction Fiction Books for Children Nonfiction Fiction Braille Magazines ### In Brief 2011 Collection Development Advisory Group seeks suggestions The members of the Collection Development Advisory Group appreciate input from fellow patrons and librarians concerning the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) program. Ideas and suggestions from readers are key components in the success of the program and are thoroughly discussed in the committee’s deliberations. Please continue to submit your suggestions to committee members or your cooperating braille or talking-book library. The group will meet again at NLS May 25–27, 2011, to review and discuss these and other matters. A full list of members is provided below. Consumer Organization Representatives: American Council of the Blind (ACB) Steve Speicher 1800 South 41st St. Lincoln, NE 68506 Sspei@inebraska.com Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) Peter Davis 615 South Adams St. Arlington, VA 22204 lottie.pete@verizon.net National Federation of the Blind (NFB) David Hyde 1315 Mineral Point Ave. Janesville, WI 53548-2801 w.dave@sbcglobal.net Readers-at-Large: Midlands Region—Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin Katherine Schneider schneiks@uwec.edu Northern Region—Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia Betty Woodward 18 Boulter Rd. Wethersfield, CT 06109-4323 brucewoodie@msn.com Southern Region—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virgin Islands, and Virginia Larry Johnson 10863 Lake Path Dr. San Antonio, TX 78217 larjo1@prodigy.net Western Region—Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, NewMexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming To Be Determined Librarians: Midlands Andrew Shockley Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 300 NE 18th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Tel: (405) 522-2182 Fax: (405) 521-4582 ashockley@okdrs.gov Northern Teresa R. Faust Special Services Consultant Vermont Department of Libraries 578 Paine Turnpike N. Berlin, VT 05602 Toll-free in Vermont: 1-800-479-1711 Tel: (802) 828-3273 Teresa.Faust@state.vt.us Southern Ruth Hemphill, Director Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 403 Seventh Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37243-0313 Tel: (615) 741-3917 Ruth.Hemphill@tn.gov Western John Mugford New Mexico Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507-5166 Tel: (505) 476-9770 and (505) 476-9772 lbph@state.nm.us Children’s/Young Adult: Elizabeth Burns Youth Services Consultant New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center 2300 Stuyvesant Ave. Trenton, NJ 08618 Tel: (609) 530-3251 eburns@njstatelib.org Magazine of the Month selections for 2011 Two NLS programs offer readers samples of magazines not otherwise available through network libraries. Subscribers to Magazine of the Month and Young Adult Magazine of the Month receive a different magazine on audiocassette each month. For a free subscription to either program, contact your cooperating talking- book library. Subscribers may expect to receive some of the following: Magazine of the Month The Bark Entrepreneur Family Tree Magazine Greencraft Imbibe Kiwi: Growing Families the Natural and Organic Way O, the Oprah Magazine Real Simple Reminisce Magazine Scientific American Mind ShopSmart;) Wired Alternates: America in WWII; Cesar’s Way; Family Circle; Flea Market Style; Fresh Home: Easy Ideas for Hands-On People; Inc.; Internet Genealogy; Real Simple Family; Scientific American; Spirituality and Health: The Soul/Body Connection; Technology Review; Wine and Spirits Young Adult Magazine of the Month Cemetery Dance Cicada Cosmo Girl Critters USA Game Informer GamePro Motor Trend NBA: HOOP Snowboarder Twist Wired XXL Alternates: Beckett Massive Online Gamer, Fantasy and Science Fiction, J-14, Mac|Life, PC Gamer, Reptiles USA, Road and Track, Seventeen, SLAM, The Source, Teen Ink, Transworld Snowboarding 2011 Calendars Listed below are organizations that produce calendars in braille or print/braille. American Printing House for the Blind (APH) PO Box 6085 Louisville, KY 40206-0085 800-223-1839 (502) 899-2284 fax cs@aph.org https://shop.aph.org Accepts orders by fax, mail, or telephone. * Braille DateBook calendar in a two-ring binder. Calendar has tabbed pages of durable plastic. Catalog no. 1-07899-11, $66. Calendar replacement pages, catalog no. 1-07898-11, $18. Filler paper and extra tabs, catalog no. 1-07897-00, $11. * Large-print/braille (36-point) 8-1/2 x 11-inch APH InSights Art Calendar. Includes holidays and moon phases. Features selected art from the APH juried competition. Catalog no. 5-18971-11, $7.50. * Large-print/braille everyday activities calendar in a three-ring binder with color dividers between months, two days per page. Calendar can be used year after year. For children ages three to eight. Catalog no. 1-08121-00, $60. * Large-print/braille individual calendar kit. Kit contains two brightly colored embossed bold-line grid sheets for making individual month-at-a-glance calendar. Catalog no. 18971-00, $18. Lutheran Blind Mission 7550 Watson Rd. St. Louis, MO 63119-4409 888-215-2455 blind.mission@blindmission.org www.blindmission.org Accepts requests by e-mail, mail, or telephone. * Braille 8 x 11-inch scripture calendar. Features a Bible verse and raised picture each month. Free. Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund 3500 North Elm Rd. Jackson, MI 49201 (517) 780-5096 (517) 780-5548 fax info@mi-braille.org http://mi-braille.org Accepts requests by e-mail, fax, or telephone. * Large-print/braille 6-1/4 x 3-3/4-inch purse-size, spiral-bound calendar. Includes a separate listing of major holidays. Free. National Federation of the Blind Independence Market 1800 Johnson St. Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 659-9314, ext. 2216 (410) 685-2340 fax IndependenceMarket@nfb.org www.nfb.org Accepts requests by e-mail, fax, mail, or telephone. * Braille 6 x 6-1/2-inch calendar. Features one page per month, a personal day page, and a listing of major holidays. Catalog no. BBC11B, free. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library of Congress Attn: Reference Section Washington, DC 20542 (202) 707-9275 800-424-8567 nlsref@loc.gov Accepts requests by e-mail or telephone. * Braille datefinder and signature guide. Covers a twelve-month period from July of the current year to June of the following year. Measures 5 x 3-1/2 inches. Free. Olmsted Center for Sight 1170 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14209-0398 (716) 882-1025 Accepts prepaid orders by mail. * Braille 5-1/2 x 8-1/2-inch desk calendar with two days per page and dividers for each month. $47.97. Refills, $38.99. Sight Connection Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted 9709 Third Ave. NE, #100 Seattle, WA 98115-2027 800-458-4888 (206) 525-0422 fax csbstore@csbps.com www.sightconnection.com Accepts prepaid orders by fax, mail, online, or telephone. * Braille magnetic board calendar holds the days and months of the year in 1-inch tiles. Tiles are in braille and print with raised tactile numbers and letters. Includes extra tiles. Catalog no. PLU 809, $33.75. Society for the Blind Aids to Independence Store 1228 S St. Sacramento, CA 95811 (916) 452-8271, ext. 502 (916) 492-2487 fax store@societyfortheblind.org www.societyfortheblind.org Accepts orders by e-mail, fax, mail, or telephone. * Braille 5-1/2 x 8-1/2-inch desk calendar with clipboard that shows two days per page. At the top of each page are the day of the week, date, and month. Check for current availability. In Praise of BARD The Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD), an NLS-provided online service that allows patrons to download digital talking books using high-speed Internet connections, continues to grow in popularity. Even initially reluctant users have been won over by its speed and simplicity. One such patron shares her story: My life has changed since I discovered BARD. Oh sure, I resisted a technological change as most of us oldies do. But boy oh boy was I wrong. To make a long story short, through Olivia (my computer angel) and Joan (my BARD angel), my life has really changed. For the first time since I lost most of my sight, I have a level of independence that I have been missing. When I first lost good sight, I missed going to book stores. Guess what, people? I feel as if I can now do that again—albeit differently. Today, after one lesson and many calls with Joan, I shopped for books on my own time and in my home, without having to constantly ask my librarians if they had this or that. Sure, I will still call the library. There are books not yet on BARD. But now, if I wake up at three in the morning when the office is closed, no problem! I can go to a cartridge. I can download. Three clicks and the book is mine! Thank you for this wonderful service. —Ms. Deborah “Toby” Hatchett, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Newsstand The following announcements may be of interest to readers. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) reserves the right to publish announcements selectively, as space permits. The items mentioned, however, are not part of the NLS program, and their listing does not imply endorsement. New version of JAWS screen reader released JAWS 12, a new version of the popular screen-reading software, allows users to easily shift between entering commands in contracted or uncontracted braille. JAWS 12 also simplifies the process of controlling Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, and other common software applications with Perkins-style braille keyboards. The screen reader, available in a professional version for $1,095 and in a standard version for $895, can be purchased at http://www.freedomscientific.com/ or by phone at 800-444-4443. IRS provides assistance for people with disabilities Hundreds of popular federal tax forms and publications are available for sight impaired individuals at www.IRS.gov. These audio and braille tax forms are accessible using screen-reading software, refreshable braille displays, and voice recognition software. The IRS also offers customer service assistance for persons who are deaf or who have hearing disabilities. People with TTY equipment may call 800-829- 4059 toll-free for assistance. People who are unable to complete their tax returns because of a physical handicap may get assistance from an IRS office or through its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA). Taxpayers can find a nearby location by calling 800-906-9887. Publication 907, Tax Highlights for Persons with Disabilities, explains the tax implications of certain disability benefits and other issues. Visit www.IRS.gov and select the word “accessibility” from the options listed at the end of the web page for help and information. ### Books for Adults_ The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. _Note:_ For the information of the reader, a notice may appear immediately following the book description to indicate occurrences of violence, strong language, or explicit descriptions of sex. The word "some" before any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent occurrence, as in "some strong language." Adult Nonfiction Joy of Cooking BR 17462 by Irma S. Rombauer and others 30 volumes This seventy-fifth anniversary edition of Joy of Cooking is based on the popular 1975 edition and restores many of the original standards dropped from the 1997 edition. Includes recipes for salads, meats, and desserts, as well as sections on nutrition, entertaining, ingredients, and cooking methods. 2006. BR 17462 ## Knitting New Mittens and Gloves: Warm and Adorn Your Hands in Twenty-eight Innovative Ways BR 18079 by Robin Melanson 2 volumes Projects include many fingerless hand, wrist, and arm warmers in a variety of styles as well as more-traditional gloves and mittens. A paragraph describing each item is followed by the knitting instructions and details about necessary materials and tools. Includes a special-techniques section and a source list for supplies. 2008. BR 18079 ## Homemade: How to Make Hundreds of Everyday Products Fast, Fresh, and More Naturally BR 18087 edited by Don Earnest 5 volumes Recipes for making more than seven hundred common food, household, and pet products. Offers tips on saving money and creating healthier, more natural items that replace store-bought pantry staples, toiletries, cleaning supplies, pet food, and garden helpers. 2007. BR 18087 ## The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be BR 18092 by Armin A. Brott and 3 volumes Month-by-month guide to emotional, financial, and physical changes men may experience during the course of their partner’s pregnancy. Offers advice on understanding prenatal testing, strengthening one’s relationship with the mother-to-be, providing support during labor and delivery, preparing for life with a new baby, and even starting a college fund. 2001. BR 18092 ## Almost from Scratch: Six Hundred Recipes for the New Convenience Cuisine BR 18144 by Andrew Schloss 5 volumes Hundreds of recipes using packaged food from the store as the convenient basis of gourmet meals. Gives advice on setting up a pantry and going shopping. Includes recipes for courses from appetizers to desserts as well as meatless and ethnic dishes. 2003. BR 18144 ## Thirteen Things That Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time BR 18534 by Michael Brooks 3 volumes Author examines anomalies that science has failed to adequately explain or dismiss. Discusses contradictory evidence on topics such as cold fusion, dark matter and the expansion of the universe, the possibility of extraterrestrials, the placebo effect, the existence of free will, and the mystery of life itself. 2008. BR 18534 ## The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West BR 18575 by William H. Leckie 4 volumes Updated account of the all-African American Ninth and Tenth Cavalry during the post-Civil War Indian campaigns. Recognizes their contributions to the conquest of the West. Describes daily life, social issues, and various battles and peacekeeping missions with Native Americans, outlaws, and Mexican revolutionaries. Originally published in 1967. 2003. BR 18575 ## Morality without God? BR 18589 by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 2 volumes Philosopher discusses morality independent of religion and belief in God. Provides examples of moral behavior by atheists, by agnostics, and in secular societies. Compares harm-based morality to religion-dependent morality, and uses modern evangelical Christian teachings in his discussion. Explains the value of an open, respectful dialog with theists. 2009. BR 18589 ## A Passion for Cheese: More than 130 Innovative Ways to Cook with Cheese BR 18594 by Paul Gayler 2 volumes British gourmet chef celebrates the versatility of cheese in recipes for every course from appetizers to desserts. Recommends traditional and new combinations—French onion soup with beer and Camembert, Parmesan-crusted sea bass, eggplant and Roquefort soufflé, or poached figs stuffed with Sainte-Maure cheese. Suggests alternative cheeses and provides serving tips. 2007. BR 18594 ## Small Loom and Freeform Weaving: Five Ways to Weave BR 18595 by Barbara Matthiessen 1 volume Beginner’s guide to weaving using portable and inexpensive framing options such as knitter’s looms, handheld Weavettes, homemade board looms, pins, and found objects. Includes instructions for some thirty small-scale projects ranging from wearables to home decorations. Covers design basics, weaving techniques, and finishing procedures. 2008. BR 18595 ## Surpassing Expectations: My Life without Sight BR 18597 by Lawrence Scadden 2 volumes Autobiography of California-born (1939) Scadden, who was blinded at age five. Describes his career as a research psychologist with a doctorate. Discusses his work in developing assistive technology for visually impaired people and promoting science education. Examines the effects of blindness, Scadden’s personal development, and his experiences abroad. 2008. BR 18597 ## You Can if You Think You Can: Rebound from Adversity and Follow Your Dreams; Simple Strategies to Achieve Success and Happiness in Your Life BR 18602 by Larry P. Johnson 1 volume Motivational speaker and author of Mexico by Touch: True Life Experiences of a Blind American Deejay (BR 15306) offers his advice on overcoming adversity. Johnson outlines his step-by-step approach to achieving one’s “dream goals.” 2008. BR 18602 ## The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews BR 18608 by James Reston 2 volumes Historian describes serving as adviser to British journalist David Frost for the 1977 televised interviews with former president Richard Nixon. Discusses using House Impeachment Committee evidence in Frost’s interrogation guide for the Watergate portion of the broadcast, watched by forty-five million Americans. 2007. BR 18608 ## Africa’s Turn? BR 18609 by Edward Miguel 1 volume Economist Miguel posits that economic and political gains have been made in Africa in the twenty-first century. Nine scholars and experts on Africa’s economy discuss Miguel’s optimistic assertion. They evaluate the stability of Africa’s politics, clean-environment technologies, population growth, and more. 2009. BR 18609 ## How We Survived Prostate Cancer: What We Did and What We Should Have Done BR 18682 by Victoria Hallerman 2 volumes A cautionary tale about prostate cancer from the viewpoint of a wife who says she and her husband of thirty-nine years “did everything wrong.” Discusses the marital and medical challenges they faced. Provides information on the disease, treatment, and side effects. Offers advice to the newly diagnosed. 2009. BR 18682 ## Stop Second-Guessing Yourself—the Toddler Years: A Field-Tested Guide to Confident Parenting BR 18686 by Jen Singer 2 volumes Creator of the website MommaSaid.net offers light-hearted advice for parents of children ages one to three. Topics include understanding your child’s transition from baby to toddler, taking your tot out in public, managing sleep issues, potty training, handling play dates, disciplining, and dealing with illness. 2009. BR 18686 ## Adult Fiction World Leader Pretend BR 17536 by James Bernard Frost 4 volumes Four gamers—ex-Olympic skier Tres Rawlings, failed entrepreneur Xerxes Meticula, orphan Gek-Lin Troung, and technician Dietrich Björnson—compete in an online fantasy realm. When real-life tragedy strikes, they must choose to help one another or continue selfish pursuits. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2007. BR 17536 ## The Missing Girl BR 18093 by Norma Fox Mazer 2 volumes A middle-aged man secretly stalks the Herbert family’s five sisters, ages eleven to seventeen, as they go about their everyday activities in the small town of Mallory, New York. Then the stranger makes his move, luring Autumn, the youngest girl, into his house. For junior and senior high readers. 2008. BR 18093 ## Sweethearts BR 18094 by Sara Zarr 2 volumes Salt Lake City. Non-Mormons Jennifer and Cameron are each other’s only friend in elementary school. Cameron moves away and “Jenna” is told that he died. But eight years later Cameron reappears, and their past interferes with Jenna’s new life as a thin and popular senior. For senior high readers. 2008. BR 18094 ## Portnoy’s Complaint BR 18419 by Philip Roth 2 volumes In this satire on Jewish life, the protagonist—who is on a psychoanalyst’s couch—confronts his guilt regarding adolescent masturbation; lustful, masochistic adventures in adulthood; and sexual fantasies. He also deals with his feelings toward his domineering mother and demanding, overworked father. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1967. BR 18419 ## Rough Treatment: A Charlie Resnick Mystery BR 18424 by John Harvey 3 volumes Burglars Grabianski and Grice get more than they expected—a kilo of cocaine and Maria Roy, the wife of a TV director. With Inspector Charlie Resnick closing in, Grabianski risks his own safety when he falls for Maria. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1990. BR 18424 ## Cutting Edge: A Charlie Resnick Mystery BR 18425 by John Harvey 3 volumes When physician Tim Fletcher is attacked by a scalpel-wielding assailant after leaving the hospital, inspector Charlie Resnick and his team investigate the incident and a series of other assaults. Meanwhile Charlie’s ex-wife tries to make contact. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1991. BR 18425 ## Off Minor: A Charlie Resnick Mystery BR 18426 by John Harvey 3 volumes Inspector Resnick’s team investigates the disappearance of little Gloria Summers, last seen at a playground. Months later an odd, troubled youth who knew Gloria finds her body and becomes a suspect. Then another young girl living nearby also disappears. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1991. BR 18426 ## Man in the Dark BR 18428 by Paul Auster 2 volumes Recuperating at his daughter’s Vermont home, insomniac widower August Brill suppresses painful memories of his wife by imagining an America mired in civil war. He commiserates with his granddaughter Katya, whose boyfriend was murdered in Iraq, and eventually confronts his past. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2008. BR 18428 ## Lord Edgware Dies: A Hercule Poirot Mystery BR 18430 by Agatha Christie 2 volumes Detective Hercule Poirot attends a supper party where the hostess, actress Jane Wilkinson, voices her desire to get rid of her eccentric husband Lord Edgware. Within twenty-four hours Lord Edgware is dead, and Poirot must use his detective skills to clear Jane’s name. Also published as Thirteen at Dinner. 1933. BR 18430 ## Everything but a Wedding: Everything but . . . , Book 3 BR 18434 by Holly Jacobs 1 volume Erie, Pennsylvania. Matriarch Vancy Salo wants to break the wedding curse she brought upon her family, but her granddaughter Dori isn’t interested in marriage. Then Dori meets Carter Hastings, who is in town temporarily to help his bedridden pregnant cousin. Sequel to Everything but a Bride (BR 18263). 2008. BR 18434 ## South of Broad BR 18480 by Pat Conroy 5 volumes Charleston, South Carolina; 1960s. Lonely, troubled Leo and several other high school students form an unlikely but close-knit friendship. They endure crises and successes until their loyalty is put to a final test two decades later, in San Francisco. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009. BR 18480 ## I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 BR 18530 by Robert Graves 4 volumes First novel in a two-part fictionalized autobiography of Roman emperor Claudius I depicts his childhood and rise to power despite speech difficulties and physical infirmities. Claudius survives the deadly political intrigues that plague the reigns of his relatives Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula and ascends the throne. Some violence. 1934. BR 18530 ## Lost BR 18535 by Jacqueline Davies 2 volumes Sixteen-year-old Essie’s life’s joy is caring for her little sister Zelda. But things change when Essie begins working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Essie befriends a secretive coworker and avoids old friends as a dark, painful memory threatens her reality. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2009. BR 18535 ## Relentless BR 18536 by Dean Koontz 3 volumes When bestselling novelist Cullen “Cubby” Greenwich learns his newest book has been savagely panned by major literary critic Shearman Waxx, Cubby’s wife suggests he ignore the review. But Cubby orchestrates a meeting with Shearman that endangers Cubby’s family. Some violence and some strong language. 2009. BR 18536 ## Fragment BR 18538 by Warren Fahy 3 volumes When scientists and crew for the reality television show SeaLife respond to a distress signal near Henders Island, they are unprepared for what they find. They encounter monstrous, bizarre vegetation and creatures, and struggle to survive while viewers back home witness their violent slaughter. Violence and strong language. 2009. BR 18538 ## Undone BR 18583 by Karin Slaughter 4 volumes Georgia Bureau of Investigation detective Will Trent and Dr. Sara Linton—both from previous series—work together when a naked woman is hit by a car after escaping a torture chamber. Then another woman is found dead and a third goes missing. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009. BR 18583 ## Sister Carrie BR 18587 by Theodore Dreiser 5 volumes Naive eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber leaves rural Wisconsin for Chicago, where she temporarily moves into her sister and brother-in-law’s flat. Seeking an escape from a drab existence, Carrie welcomes the affections of two men—one of whom is married—who bring her wealth, sophistication, and success, but ultimately dissatisfaction. Restored version. 1900. BR 18587 ## Push BR 18590 by Sapphire 1 volume Illiterate and overweight, sixteen-year-old Claireece Precious Jones is pregnant again by her abusive father. After being suspended from school, Precious finds hope in Ms. Rain’s pre-GED reading class, where Precious begins keeping a journal. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. BCALA Literary Award. 1996. BR 18590 ## Henderson the Rain King BR 18592 by Saul Bellow 3 volumes Seeking a new, more rewarding life, middle-aged American millionaire Eugene Henderson leaves his wife and family and travels to Africa, where he descends upon a native tribe. Henderson’s irresistible energy and awesome feats of strength win admiration, but his gift for bringing rain makes him a king. 1958. BR 18592 ## Go with Me BR 18599 by Castle Freeman 2 volumes Vermont. Lillian runs afoul of Blackway, who vandalizes her car and kills her cat. When the sheriff won’t cooperate, Lillian fights back. Accompanied by two unlikely locals—cunning old-timer Lester and brawny youth Nate—Lillian tracks Blackway deep into back country to exact justice. Strong language and some violence. Uncontracted braille. 2008. BR 18599 ## Gardenias for Breakfast BR 18607 by Robin Jones Gunn 2 volumes Abby and her twelve-year-old daughter Hannah travel from Hawaii across the country to visit their relatives, including Abby’s estranged mother and beloved grandmother. Abby is surprised that Hannah has a preference for Abby’s once-difficult mother and vows, with God’s help, to make amends. 2005. BR 18607 ## Sag Harbor BR 18616 by Colson Whitehead 3 volumes Long Island, 1985. Upper-middle-class African American teenager Benji spends another summer at the beach with his brother and his parents, a Manhattan doctor and a lawyer. Benji finds relief from prep school and a part-time job, and learns a few lessons on growing up. Strong language. 2009. BR 18616 ## What Goes Around Comes Around BR 18620 by Darrien Lee 2 volumes Winston Carter, playboy attorney and friend of Craig Bennett, from Been There, Done That (BR 18097), falls for sports-medicine doctor Arnelle Lapahie. Arnelle claims they’ve met before, but Winston doesn’t remember her. Succumbing to attraction, Arnelle keeps her secret buried. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004. BR 18620 ## Worth a Thousand Words: Jubilant Soul, Book 2 BR 18683 by Stacy Hawkins Adams 2 volumes Indigo Burns returns home to Jubilant, Texas, after college and looks forward to attending graduate school and starting a career in photography. But Indigo’s unexpected engagement, her glaucoma diagnosis, and her aunt’s stroke lead Indigo to trust in God for guidance. 2009. BR 18683 ## Good Hope Road BR 18684 by Lisa Wingate 3 volumes After a tornado destroys all but one building in the tiny town of Poetry, Missouri, twenty-one-year-old Jenilee Lane rescues her elderly neighbor Eudora Gibson and helps the other survivors. Jenilee tries to reconcile with her estranged family, and Mrs. Gibson attempts to let go of the past. 2003. BR 18684 ## Justine: The Alexandria Quartet, Book 1 BR 18688 by Lawrence Durrell 3 volumes Alexandria, Egypt, on the eve of World War II. Although the narrator, an exiled Irish schoolteacher, lives with his Greek mistress Melissa, it is his affair with Justine, a beautiful Jewish society woman married to Nessim, a wealthy Coptic Christian, that initiates a web of political and sexual intrigue. 1957. BR 18688 ## Balthazar: The Alexandria Quartet, Book 2 BR 18689 by Lawrence Durrell 2 volumes New facets of characters from Justine (BR 18688) are revealed to the narrator Darley through Balthazar. Darley learns that Justine’s marriage to Nessim provides cover for the couple’s illegal political activities. 1958. BR 18689 ## ### _Books for Children_ The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. Children’s Nonfiction Dinomummy: The Life, Death, and Discovery of Dakota, a Dinosaur from Hell Creek BR 18024 by Phillip Lars Manning 1 volume Describes the world about sixty-five million years ago when hadrosaurs roamed what is now South Dakota. Recounts a sixteen-year-old boy’s discovery of a mummified duck-billed dinosaur in 2000 and his contacting the author, a paleontologist, to excavate it. Explains the find’s contributions to scientific knowledge. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 3-6. 2007. BR 18024 ## Up Close: Rachel Carson BR 18400 by Ellen Levine 2 volumes Biography of Rachel Carson (1907–1964), the woman who started the U.S. environmental revolution during the 1960s. Discusses her education and fascination with nature, her battles against sexism and big-business interests, and the writing of Silent Spring (BR 11887)—a wake-up call about pesticide pollution. For grades 6-9. 2007. BR 18400 ## Up Close: Harper Lee, a Twentieth-Century Life BR 18603 by Kerry Madden 2 volumes Biography of To Kill a Mockingbird (BR 12850) author Nelle Harper Lee, born in Alabama in 1926. Discusses Lee’s law studies, work for the campus newspaper, discomfort with celebrity, and desire to live simply. Also covers the publication of her book. For grades 6-9. 2009. BR 18603 ## Up Close: Babe Ruth, a Twentieth-Century Life BR 18611 by Wilborn Hampton 1 volume Biography of homerun-record-making baseball player Babe Ruth (1895–1948) discusses his unhappy childhood, career with the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, and athletic prowess in the ballpark. Covers his complicated private life and separates fact from legend. For grades 6-9. 2009. BR 18611 ## What’s So Bad about Gasoline? Fossil Fuels and What They Do BR 18621 by Anne Rockwell 1 volume Discusses the history of the use of petroleum as fuel and the environmental problems caused by gasoline engines in cars and trucks. Explains ways to reduce pollution and suggests alternative sources of energy. For grades 2-4. 2009. BR 18621 ## Louis Braille BR 18623 by Madeline Donaldson 1 volume Biography of Frenchman Louis Braille (1809–1852) explains his development of a raised-dot alphabet and number system when he was fifteen. Discusses his going blind at age three, schooling in Paris, playing the organ, and having tuberculosis. Uncontracted braille. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2007. BR 18623 ## Waste and Recycling BR 18626 by Sally Hewitt 1 volume Discusses the ways students can recycle paper and cardboard, organic waste, cooking oil, textiles, plastic, metal, glass, cellular phones, and big machines. Provides goals and suggests activities including sponsoring a recycling party. For grades 3-6. 2009. BR 18626 ## Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice BR 18681 by Phillip Hoose 1 volume Uses interviews to provide a firsthand account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin’s arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white woman in 1955 Alabama. Explains the era’s racial segregation policy and the consequences of Claudette’s demand for her constitutional rights. Some strong language. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book. 2009. BR 18681 ## Wolf Handbook: Cub Scout BR 18796 by Boy Scouts of America 2 volumes This 2009 reprint explains the requirements for earning the Wolf badge for second-grade or eight-year-old boys. Details each of the twelve achievements or “tracks” of the Wolf trail, including identifying and using tools and cooking and eating. Reviews the initial Bobcat badge requirements. Provides a parent guide. For grades K-3. 2003. BR 18796 ## Children’s Fiction The Mysterious Guests: A Sukkot Story BR 18025 by Eric A. Kimmel 1 volume Three weary travelers visit two brothers who have each built a sukkah for the Jewish harvest festival. They bless the generous brother who practices the true spirit of the holiday, but they punish the ungracious brother who does not. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. National Jewish Book Award. 2008. BR 18025 ## Waiting for Normal BR 18148 by Leslie Connor 2 volumes Upstate New York. Addie’s plucky spirit helps her make the best of awkward situations such as moving into a tiny trailer with her difficult mother, separating from her stepdad and two half sisters, and coping with her learning difficulties in her new school’s band. For grades 5-8. Schneider Family Book Award. 2008. BR 18148 ## Mothstorm; or, The Horror from beyond (Uranus) Georgium Sidus! or, A Tale of Two Shapers; a Rattling Yarn of Danger, Dastardy, and Derring-do upon the Far Frontiers of British Space! BR 18411 by Philip Reeve 2 volumes Responding to an interrupted message from the Reverend Shipton Cruet and his daughter, the Mumby family swiftly embarks on a mission to planet Georgium Sidus. They hope to rescue their friends and investigate the monstrous cloud encroaching on the known universe. Sequel to Starcross (BR 17670). For grades 6-9. 2008. BR 18411 ## Blue BR 18532 by Joyce Moyer Hostetter 2 volumes Hickory, North Carolina; 1944. When thirteen-year-old Ann Faye’s daddy leaves to fight in the war against Hitler, he puts her in charge at home. Ann Faye tends the vegetable garden and looks after her twin sisters and little brother—until the polio epidemic strikes the family. For grades 6-9. 2006. BR 18532 ## Comfort BR 18533 by Joyce Moyer Hostetter 2 volumes North Carolina, 1945. Ann Faye hopes that now that she is back from the polio hospital and her daddy is home from the war with Hitler, normal family life will resume. But war changed her father, and Ann Faye can’t walk. Sequel to Blue (BR 18532). For grades 6-9. 2009. BR 18533 ## Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk BR 18537 by James Howe 1 volume Houndsley likes canoes but Catina prefers riding a bicycle. Each helps the other learn to enjoy these activities so they can do them together. For grades K-3. 2009. BR 18537 ## Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me BR 18539 by Nan Marino 1 volume 1969. Tammy has it in for skinny ten-year-old Douglas McGinty, the new foster kid she calls Muscle Man, especially because of the lies he tells and his bragging that he can beat everyone at kickball. And Tammy really misses her best friend Kebsie, who moved away. For grades 4-7. 2009. BR 18539 ## The Day of the Pelican BR 18598 by Katherine Paterson 1 volume When the hostilities between Albanians and Serbs escalate in Kosovo, Meli’s older brother Mehmet is temporarily captured. Fleeing to refugee camps, the Lleshi family then immigrates to Vermont, where, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, they face mistreatment for being Muslim. For grades 5-8. 2009. BR 18598 ## Hannah’s Winter BR 18605 by Kierin Meehan 2 volumes Hannah goes to stay with the Maekawa family in Japan to improve her language skills, but when Hannah and her new friend Miki discover a message written in old Japanese, they get caught up in solving a mysterious riddle. For grades 5-8. 2001. BR 18605 ## Soldier’s Secret: The Story of Deborah Sampson BR 18619 by Sheila Solomon Klass 1 volume After completing her indentured servitude, Deborah Sampson, a tall and strong young woman, wants to join America’s Continental army and help the colonies gain independence. She disguises herself as a boy, enlists in a Massachusetts regiment, and serves admirably as a Revolutionary War soldier. For grades 6-9. 2009. BR 18619 ## Creature of the Night BR 18693 by Kate Thompson 2 volumes Fourteen-year-old Robert prefers his life of crime in Dublin to the isolated rural existence at the farmhouse his mother rents. He senses danger in the dwelling—a feeling that is intensified by his little brother’s talk of a strange nighttime visitor. Strong language. For grades 6-9. 2008. BR 18693 ## ### Braille Magazines The following is a list of braille magazines in the Library of Congress program. Readers may obtain free personal subscriptions to these magazines. For information on the availability of specific magazines, consult the library that send you braille materials. Boys' Life (for children and teens, monthly) Braille Book Review (bimonthly) Braille Chess Magazine (British quarterly) Braille Music Magazine (British monthly) Conundrum (British monthly) Cooking Light (monthly) ESPN: The Magazine (biweekly) Harper's (literary; monthly) Health Newsletters (includes Harvard Health Letter, Mayo Clinic Health Letter, and University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter; monthly) Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine (monthly) Ladies' Home Journal (monthly) Martha Stewart Living (home and entertaining; monthly) Muse (for children; 9 issues) The Musical Mainstream (quarterly) National Geographic (monthly) The New York Times Large Print Weekly (weekly) News (NLS quarterly) Parenting Early Years (monthly) Parenting School Years (monthly PC World (personal computing; monthly) Playboy (11 issues) Poetry (11 issues) Popular Communications (monthly) Popular Mechanics (monthly) Popular Music Lead Sheets (irregular) Rolling Stone (popular culture; 24 issues) Science News (26 issues) Seventeen (for teens; 10 issues) Short Stories (British monthly) Spider: The Magazine for Children (9 issues) Stone Soup (children's writings; 6 issues) Update (NLS quarterly) The following sports schedules are also available: American Baseball League Schedule National Baseball League Schedule National Basketball Association Schedule National Football League Schedule National Hockey League Schedule Women's National Basketball Association Schedule ###