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  • Talking Book and Braille Service is provided free of charge to children, teens, and adults who are blind, visually impaired, or have physical disabilities preventing the reading of standard print.

    They are available in cartridge/player format or as downloadable e-audio. There are books for all ages and all reading interests. 

  • If you read braille, ask your reader advisor to sign you up for braille service. You can find these titles in the online catalog. If you have a refreshable braille display, consider also signing up for Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) to access the Web-Braille collection.

  • The rechargeable talking book players can be used anywhere you want to listen to a book. They are lighter and easier to use. There is nothing quite like listening to a book on your warm, sunny deck.

  • Talking books are now available in cartridge form and mailed to you in a blue plastic case via "free matter for the blind or physically handicapped". 

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When to call or email the Illinois Talking Book Outreach Center:

10. You have read everything your favorite authors have written and are looking for new books. 

9. There is a problem with a book or machine and you need advice or help.

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Register for BARD

close-up photo of young man wearing headphonesBraille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped offers access to downloadable digital audio books and magazines over the Internet. Find out how to register.

It's Baseball Season - Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading

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Below are some biography suggestions:

DB68489 – Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back (2008) by author Josh Hamilton (outfielder for the Texas Rangers)

DB68610 – The Yankee Years (2009) by Joe Torre (manager of the Yankees from 1996-2007), co-author by Tom Verducci

DB69035 – Forever Blue: the True Story of Walter O’Malley (Brooklyn Dodgers most Controversial Owner) (2009)

DB70370 – Cooperstown Confidential Heroes, Rogues and The Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum by Zeev. Chafets (2009)

Celebrity Biographies

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Are you interested in those in the public eye?  Give these celebrity biographies a try.

DB 55276 “Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir” by Mary Higgins Clark (author)

DB 66539 “Home: a Memoir of the Early Years” by Julie Andrews (actress, singer)

DB 70492 “Moon River and Me: A Memoir” by Andy Williams (singer)

DB 72221 “Growing Up Laughing:  My Story and the Story of Funny” by Marlo Thomas (actress)

DB 73334 “If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won’t) by Betty White (actress)

DB 73428 “Jeannie out of the Bottle” by Barbara Eden (actress)

Special Women

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“As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer.” William Shakespeare.

This quote by Shakespeare reminds me of some very special women in my life, namely, my three daughters. They are, indeed, full of spirit and truly outshine the summer sun with their inner beauty. Since May is a month that we take time to remember the special woman or women in our lives I have listed a few books we have available that are written by women and tell us about themselves or other women who contributed to society in a variety of ways.

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