Braille Book Review, Vol. 69, No. 5, September-October 2000 Braille Book Review September-October 2000 Volume 69, Number 5 _Braille Book Review_ is published bimonthly in large-print, braille, and computer diskette formats and distributed free to blind and physically handicapped individuals who participate in the Library of Congress free reading program. It lists braille magazines and books available through a network of cooperating libraries. The braille edition also lists recorded books, giving abbreviated annotations. News about library services is featured in both editions. 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 classics, biographies, gothics, mysteries, and how-to and self-help guides. To learn more about the wide range of books in the national collection, readers may order catalogs and subject bibliographies from cooperating libraries. Librarians can check other resources for titles and answer requests for special materials. Readers can receive _Braille Book Review_ and other information through the Internet by accessing the the NLS home page at http://www.loc.gov/nls. To order books or for subscription changes, contact your local cooperating library. Correspondence regarding editorial matters should be sent to Publications and Media Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542. Library of Congress, Washington 2000 Library of Congress 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 Union Catalog upgraded for Web-Braille readers In July NLS announced the activation of a software feature that will link its Web-Braille system on the Internet to the NLS International Union Catalog for braille and audio materials, enabling readers of electronic braille for the first time to use the catalog to search and retrieve the full texts of braille books. Web-Braille titles may now be searched and retrieved by author, title, subject, language, keywords, and other search terms. Web-Braille, inaugurated in August 1999, provides eligible readers with a direct channel to thousands of electronic braille books. The program has proven successful, with over 1,000 patrons enrolled. More than 3,000 titles are currently available to individuals, schools, and libraries with Internet connections and braille output devices, and the collection is growing at the rate of about forty titles every month. Building on the success of Web-Brailležs first ten months, NLS launched an initiative to augment the systemžs search options and increase the ready accessibility of available books. Now the records of the International Union Catalog contain direct links to the electronic Web-Braille files. For books that are retrievable through Web-Braille, readers will receive a message that notes the availability of the book as a grade 2 braille digital file. New users of the system are invited to register with a cooperating network library to establish their user ID and password. Readers who are already registered may input their ID and password and proceed directly to the online text of the book they want with only a few keystrokes. The NLS International Union Catalog is a database of records for finding books in braille and recorded formats. The 325,000 titles listed, represented in 23 million copies, are from the NLS collection as well as other agencies serving blind and disabled readers throughout the English- speaking world. Patrons may search the full catalog of books in all special formats (including, optionally, books that are in process) or choose to limit their search to Web-Braille titles. Further information is available at cooperating network libraries and at the NLS web site www.loc.gov/nls/unioncat.html and www.loc.gov/nls/nls-wb.html. Web-Braille magazines The New York Times Large Type Weekly is now appearing in Web-Braille as part of the braille magazine pilot project started in August. Other magazines will be added during the course of the pilot study, and NLS anticipates offering its full inventory of braille magazines in Web-Braille in the near future. Since access to Web-Braille requires a user ID and password, interested patrons must register through their cooperating network library. The following information is reprinted from Talking Book Topics, September-October 2000. For Younger Readers For Younger Readers, 1998-1999, large-print edition, has been sent to readers who ordered it on the most recent patron survey. It is also available through your local library. Titles listed include recorded works of nonfiction and fiction that were written especially for children and young adult readers. Reminder: TBT (November-December)--last issue in FD format Yet another reminder: NLS's magazines and periodicals on flexible disc (FD), including Talking Book Topics (TBT), will be shifted to audio-cassette format in January 2001. Flexible- disc recordings of TBT will not be produced after the November-December 2000 issue. TBT will continue to be available in large-print, audio cassette, and computer diskette formats, and online at www.loc.gov/nls/tbt. The braille edition of Braille Book Review will retain the one-line annotations. Patrons who now receive TBT on flexible disc will automatically receive cassette recordings of the publication unless they request another format through their network library. Remembering Art Metzler The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) notes with regret the death of narrator Art Metzler. Known primarily for his work as a radio and television documentary producer and sportscaster, Metzler recorded more than 370 titles at APH since 1964. His recordings of military and political history and books about sports are especially popular with NLS patrons. Newsstand The following announcements may be of interest to readers. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped reserves the right to publish announcements selectively, as space permits. Items mentioned, however, are not part of the NLS program, and their listing does not imply endorsement. Vision Community Services resource list. Vision Community Services (VCS), a division of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind, has published the seventeenth edition of its VCS Resource List. The list identifies more than 100 publications, available in large print, in braille, and on cassette, with information on eye diseases and conditions, consumer organizations, electronic reading and computer aids, financial resources, recreation, and many other topics. The list is available without charge from Vision Community Services, 23A Elm Street, Watertown, MA 02472, or by calling (617) 923-2790. Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities. The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) announces the publication of Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology. The book helps define individual needs, examine legislation, and locate technological devices and other resources appropriate for specific abilities and goals. The book's foreword is by physicist Stephen Hawking. ATA is a nationwide nonprofit organization that provides assistance, training, and support through more than forty independent, community-based resource centers across the country. Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities is available from ATA, 2175 East Francisco Boulevard, Suite L, San Rafael, CA 94901, or by phoning 1- 800-455-7970. The cost is $20.95 (paperback), $27.95 (spiral bound), or $27.95 (ASCII diskette). Shipping and handling costs are $3.00 for one book; $1.00 for each additional copy. For further information phone 1-415-455-4575 or e-mail ATAinfo@ATAccess.org. ### _Books for Adults_ The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. _Note:_ For the infomation of the reader, a notice may appear immediately following the book description to indicate occurrences of strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, or violence. The word "some" before any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent occurence, as in "some strong language." _Nonfiction_ Helen Keller: A Life. BR 12198. by Dorothy Herrmann. 4 volumes. A chronological account of Keller's long, eventful life, written from a woman's perspective. Herrmann explores Keller's world, perceived without sight or sound; her ability to remain cheerful about her disabilities; and her relationship with teacher Anne Sullivan. 1998. BR 12198. ## The Things I Want Most: The Extraordinary Story of a Boy's Journey to a Family of His Own. BR 12238. by Richard F. Miniter. 2 volumes. With the youngest of their six children in high school, the author reluctantly agrees to his wife's request that they become foster parents. They are offered an eleven-year-old boy with a daunting file. His note asking for "a family, a fishing pole, a family" sways them to accept. Some strong language. 1998. BR 12238. ## Caribbean Light: All the Flavors of the Islands, without All the Fat. BR 12246. by Donna Shields. 2 volumes. Caribbean cooking is a melting pot of cuisines from Europe, Africa, India, and China. In order to make the dishes lighter and more nutritional, Shields offers alternative preparations using native ingredients in nontraditional ways. Each recipe includes nutritional information. 1998. BR 12246. ## Meditations from a Movable Chair: Essays. BR 12248. by Andre Dubus. 1 volume. Twenty-five essays, many describing the author's feelings about being physically dependent on other people or mechanical devices since a car accident in 1986 put him in a wheelchair. In "Liv Ullmann in Spring," Dubus recounts his difficulties in attending an authors' dinner but says meeting Ullmann was worth all the effort. Some strong language. 1998. BR 12248. ## The Complete Poems of Michelangelo. BR 12250. by Michelangelo Buonarroti. 2 volumes. Three hundred poems--sonnets and madrigals--about love express mostly its torments and the personal feelings of the Renaissance Italian artist. Arranged chronologically as far as possible. Preface and notes by the poet and translator John Frederick Nims. 1998. BR 12250. ## _Pass the Polenta_ and Other Writings from the Kitchen. BR 12251. by Teresa Lust. 2 volumes. Anecdotes from a chef about family and food. Contains favorite recipes along with memories of the author's multicultural clan and the professionals with whom she has worked. Discusses origins of various dishes and the preparation and consumption of fabulous meals, ranging from simple to sublime. 1998. BR 12251. ## The Healer Within: The Four Essential Self-Care Methods for Creating Optimal Health. BR 12253. by Roger Jahnke. 3 volumes. A doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine explains how to achieve long-term wellness in a few minutes a day using four tools--gentle movement, self-applied massage, breathing exercises, and relaxation or meditation. 1997. BR 12253. ## As Parents Age: A Psychological and Practical Guide. BR 12255. by Joseph A. Ilardo. 3 volumes. Psychotherapist summarizes physical and emotional changes that occur over time and discusses reactions of adult children to their aging parents. Explains how to determine care requirements, adjustments that might allow a person to remain at home in later life, and steps to take if institutionalization is necessary. 1998. BR 12255. ## What to Eat If You Have Cancer: A Guide to Adding Nutritional Therapy to Your Treatment Plan. BR 12257. by Maureen Keane and Daniella Chace. 3 volumes. Nutritional advice and therapy to aid in denying cancer the food elements it needs to grow. Discusses various cancer treatments and how to strengthen the body against disease. Includes different diet plans and resources. 1996. BR 12257. ## The Telegraph: A History of Morse's Invention and Its Predecessors in the United States. BR 12258. by Lewis Coe. 2 volumes. Traces the development of communication systems that led to Samuel F.B. Morse's invention of the telegraph. Discusses its impact on American history and society. Explains how the signals were transmitted, on what equipment, by what method, and how the system worked. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1993. BR 12258. ## Annals of the Former World. BR 12297. by John McPhee. 7 volumes. The author combines four of his previous works, _Basin and Range (RC 17090)_, _In Suspect Terrain (RC 19430)_, _Rising from the Plains (RC 25157)_, and _Assembling California (RC 36170)_, with a fifth, _Crossing the Craton_, to create an epic of the Earth's formation. Pulitzer Prize. 1998. BR 12297. ## Needles. BR 12335. by Andie Dominick. 2 volumes. The author tells of being fascinated with her diabetic older sister's needles--until age nine when she, too, is diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Her sister helps her deal with taunting classmates, but eventually Dominick realizes the real dangers she and her sister face. Some strong language. 1998. BR 12335. ## Live Now, Age Later: Proven Ways to Slow Down the Clock. BR 12343. by Isadore Rosenfeld. 3 volumes. A physician offers advice on how to delay the onset of disability and chronic disease by practicing good health habits including proper diet, exercise, stress reduction, vitamins, and medicine. Covers symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for common conditions such as cancer, heart attacks, depression, Alzheimer's, impotence, menopause, and loss of vision and hearing. Bestseller 1999. BR 12343. ## Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia. BR 12367. edited by James L. Watson. 3 volumes. Explores cultural issues associated with globalization by examining the role of McDonald's restaurants in five distinct societies--Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, and Japan. Shows how the chain adapts to suit local circumstances and how Asians use McDonald's for their own benefit--for birthday parties, for dating couples, or as a woman's sanctuary. 1997. BR 12367. ## The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. BR 12383. by Bernard Bailyn. 4 volumes. Bailyn examines pamphlets, essays, sermons, treatises, and poems published in the colonies prior to 1776 and concludes that the American Revolution was not undertaken to enforce changes in economic or social organization but was primarily an ideological, constitutional, and political struggle. A postscript discusses the contentious debate to ratify the Constitution. Pulitzer Prize for History. 1967. BR 12383. ## Afterwards, You're a Genius: Faith, Medicine, and the Metaphysics of Healing. BR 12398. by Chip Brown. 4 volumes. A prize-winning journalist's investigation into the alternative medicine movement. After a series of consultations with a psychic and various hands- on practitioners, Brown presents historical evidence about healing the spirit to cure physical ailments. Offers good-humored insights into the mind-body connection. 1998. BR 12398. ## When the Worst That Can Happen Already Has: Conquering Life's Most Difficult Times. BR 12402. by Dennis Wholey. 3 volumes. Fifty inspirational memoirs of individuals who survived personal loss. Articles describe mental, emotional, and physical crises, as well as the coping mechanisms and inner resources that were used to overcome suffering. Includes interviews with well-known personalities like Betty Ford and Jim Brady. 1992. BR 12402. ## The William Saroyan Reader. BR 12409. by William Saroyan. 5 volumes. A representative selection of Saroyan's writings from the 1930s and 1940s. Contains thirty short stories, two complete plays, a memoir, essays, a long poem, the complete text of _Tracy's Tiger_, and portions of four other novels. Introduction by the author and a preface by his son, Aram. 1958. BR 12409. ## Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag. BR 12414. by Harry Wu and Carolyn Wakeman. 3 volumes. Personal account by a survivor of nineteen years in Chinese labor reform camps. Wu recalls his childhood in Shanghai, his arrest in 1960, and the physical and mental hardships of his imprisonment. Describes the plight and reactions of fellow prisoners. 1994. BR 12414. ## An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. BR 12424. by David Hume. 2 volumes. Originally written in 1748, Hume's discourse explores how we come to understand and have knowledge of our world. He questions whether sensory perceptions are shaped by outside influences and whether characteristics of the mind play a significant role in how concepts such as probability, necessity, and miracles are understood. 1988. BR 12424. ## Front Porch Tales. BR 12430. by Philip Gulley. 1 volume. A Quaker pastor in Indiana reminisces about growing up in simpler times, recalling his neighbors, family, and home life. Also includes stories about his congregation in the 1990s; illustrates moral principles with passages from Scripture. 1997. BR 12430. ## Graceful Simplicity: Toward a Philosophy and Politics of Simple Living. BR 12431. by Jerome M. Segal. 3 volumes. Philosopher and political activist advocates a return to the simple life but stresses that government policy often intrudes. Contends that our consumer society needs to change because meeting basic human needs often requires a high level of income. Explores elements of a philosophy of simple living. 1999. BR 12431. ## Women and Cancer: A Thorough and Compassionate Resource for Patients and Their Families. BR 12437. by Carolyn D. Runowicz and others. 2 volumes. A general overview published by the American Cancer Society to guide patients through issues. Provides information on the female organs where cancer most frequently develops: the breast, cervix, uterus, and ovaries. Discusses appropriate treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy, and their possible side effects. 1999. BR 12437. ## The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence. BR 12459. by Ray Kurzweil. 5 volumes. Considering exponential advances in computer technology since 1900, inventor Kurzweil theorizes that the twenty-first century will be defined by incomparable achievements in mechanical intelligence and that emotions associated with humans, such as love and loneliness, will manifest themselves in machines. He projects that automated devices and humans will become indistinguishable. 1999. BR 12459. ## A Nearly Normal Life: A Memoir. BR 12462. by Charles L. Mee. 2 volumes. Noted author and playwright who contracted polio at fourteen describes his struggle to overcome the debilitating effects of the disease. Recalls the tendency to deny the challenges he faced, the 1950s social emphasis on maintaining a positive outlook, and the widespread reluctance to accept the limits of modern science and technology. 1999. BR 12462. ## On a Voiceless Shore: Byron in Greece. BR 12466. by Stephen Minta. 3 volumes. Retraces Byron's journeys in Greece, providing insight on how the country and its people influenced the poet. Explores his love for the Mediterranean area and his reasons for remaining in Mesolongi, where he died in April 1824. 1998. BR 12466. ## No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System. BR 12467. by David Cole. 3 volumes. Examines double standards and the role of race and class in the U.S. criminal justice setting, including police behavior, jury selection, and sentencing. Chronicles the social costs of infringements on the rights of minorities and the poor, and discusses the disconnection between constitutional theory and legal practice. 1999. BR 12467. ## Managed Care: Made in America. BR 12468. by Arnold Birenbaum. 3 volumes. Discusses the origins and development of health maintenance organizations in the United States. Assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the system and areas to be reformed. Analyzes the social consequences of this type of medical care delivery and state and federal governments' reactions to patients' and doctors' concerns. 1997. BR 12468. ## When the Beginning Began: Stories about God, the Creatures, and Us. BR 12503. by Julius Lester. 1 volume. New versions of traditional Jewish creation stories. Lester's translations from the Hebrew verses in Genesis preface his stories about the world's formation, Adam and the first woman, and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1999. BR 12503. ## ### _Fiction_ Invitation to a Funeral. BR 12203. by Molly Brown. 2 volumes. London, 1676. Infamous playwright Aphra Behn is in the middle of rehearsing a new play with her patron's mistress miscast in the lead role, when Aphra learns that an old friend has been murdered. She feels obliged to investigate the seaman's death, which unravels more political secrets than she anticipated. Some violence. 1995. BR 12203. ## Stately Pursuits. BR 12239. by Katie Fforde. 3 volumes. Recently dumped, British Hetty Longden agrees to house-sit for a hospitalized relative. Villagers convince her to try to save the house from being torn down by the owner's heir, Connor Barrabin. But when Connor arrives, Hetty's growing feelings for him complicate matters. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 12239. ## We'll Meet Again. BR 12274. by Mary Higgins Clark. 3 volumes. Socialite Molly Lasch is paroled from prison after serving time for killing her physician husband. Fran Simmons, a former classmate of Molly's who is now an investigative reporter, is assigned to do a story on her. Fran becomes convinced that Molly is innocent even though her late husband's lover is soon murdered. Bestseller 1999. BR 12274. ## Into the Wilderness. BR 12298. by Sara Donati. 8 volumes. In 1792 spinster Elizabeth Middleton leaves England to join her brother and father in upstate New York to teach school. Once she is there, her father is determined to marry her off to a wealthy doctor, Richard Todd. But Elizabeth falls in love with Nathaniel Bonner, son of Hawkeye and a member of the Mohawk tribe. 1998. BR 12298. ## Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn: A Novel in the Mythago Cycle. BR 12342. by Robert Holdstock. 3 volumes. As a boy, Chris Huxley is scarred twice: psychologically by his father's preoccupation with the mysterious warriors in Ryhope Wood and physically by a cut on the brow by one of these men. As an adult, Chris undertakes his own quest in the wood. 1997. BR 12342. ## Annie's Rainbow. BR 12345. by Fern Michaels. 3 volumes. Annie Clark finds a cache from a bank robbery and keeps it to help her family and start a business. After becoming wealthy and falling in love, Annie anonymously repays the money. But years later a determined insurance investigator and a paroled bank robber remain suspicious. Some strong language. 1999. BR 12345. ## Snow. BR 12347. by Calvin Miller. 1 volume. As Christmas approaches in 1929, young Pennsylvania widow Mary Withers has barely enough money to buy fuel to keep her asthmatic daughter warm. When the coal vendor's son, professor Erick Mueller, takes over for his injured father, Erick and Mary are able to help each other's family during a snowstorm. 1998. BR 12347. ## The Hollowing: A Novel in the Mythago Cycle. BR 12348. by Robert Holdstock. 3 volumes. Strange appearances, disappearances, and reappearances occur in Ryhope Wood, and thirteen- year-old Alex becomes one of them. Five years after Alex's presumed burial, his father, Richard Bradley, is approached by a mysterious stranger who wants to help Richard find his son. It seems Alex has been communicating with her from within the wood. 1993. BR 12348. ## Like a Hole in the Head. BR 12351. by Jen Banbury. 2 volumes. Los Angeles bookstore employee Jill buys a Jack London novel from a dwarf. She then sells it to a dealer, making a handsome profit. Later that day, a giant of a man--accompanied by the dwarf--comes in demanding the book. Jill is soon the target of a kidnapping attempt and worse. Strong language. 1998. BR 12351. ## The One-Way Trail. BR 12352. by Max Brand. 2 volumes. Three short novels: _Forgotten Treasure_, first published in 1922; _Outcast Breed_, published in 1934; and _The One-Way Trail_, from 1922. In the title piece a young gunman known as "the shifter" is arrested when the sheriff's son disappears after their encounter on a narrow, one-way track in the mountains. 1998. BR 12352. ## The Rings of Saturn. BR 12353. by W.G. Sebald. 2 volumes. A walking tour of England's southeast coast frames a wide-ranging series of meditations on literature and stories from Britain's imperial past. A stay in a Norwich hospital prompts the protagonist to search for naturalist Thomas Browne's skull; a railroad bridge over the river Blyth recalls England's silk trade with China. 1998. BR 12353. ## Rebecca. BR 12354. by Daphne du Maurier. 4 volumes. Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's death. 1938. BR 12354. ## Black Notice. BR 12389. by Patricia Cornwell. 3 volumes. Richmond medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates a decomposed body found on a freighter. Evidence leads her to Interpol in Paris, where she learns of a serial killer who calls himself a werewolf. Back in Virginia, Kay and policeman Peter Marino find more victims. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1999. BR 12389. ## "O" Is for Outlaw: Kinsey Millhone Private Eye. BR 12393. by Sue Grafton. 3 volumes. When P.I. Kinsey Millhone buys items from a storage salvager, she is surprised to find an old letter exonerating her ex-husband, vice cop Mickey Magruder, of murder. Now Mickey has been shot and lies in a coma. Kinsey investigates the shooting and becomes the next target. Some violence. Bestseller 1999. BR 12393. ## Hard Time: A V.I. Warshawski Novel. BR 12395. by Sara Paretsky. 4 volumes. Chicago private detective V.I. Warshawski finds a fatally injured female escaped convict in the road. Police want to charge V.I. with murder, and the victim's powerful former employer is less than helpful. The relentless sleuth is burglarized, beaten, and imprisoned before she learns the truth. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller 1999. 1999. BR 12395. ## Life with Swan. BR 12399. by Paul West. 3 volumes. A fictional account of the author's courtship of and marriage to the poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman, here called Ariada Mencken (aka Swan). Their friend, astronomer Raoul Bunsen (Carl Sagan), takes them to Cape Canaveral to witness the shuttle launch that leads to the couple's passion for cosmic events. 1999. BR 12399. ## The Trouble with Harriet: Ellie Haskell Mystery. BR 12400. by Dorothy Cannell. 2 volumes. Ellie and Ben Haskell are looking forward to their vacation, but while running last-minute errands, Ellie is confronted by a gypsy who warns her not to leave. When Ellie gets home, her long-lost father has arrived, carrying the ashes of his recent love, Harriet. Ellie's problems are just beginning. 1999. BR 12400. ## The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. BR 12401. by Daniel Defoe. 3 volumes. After the death of his wife, Crusoe and his man, Friday, set sail from London to return to his beloved island. This 1719 sequel to _Robinson Crusoe (BR 9250)_ contains an introduction and editorial notes by Joe Wheeler for Tyndale House Publishers. 1999. BR 12401. ## Biting the Moon. BR 12407. by Martha Grimes. 3 volumes. An amnesiac teenager learns she is registered at a New Mexico bed and breakfast with a man claiming to be her father. She hides out in the woods freeing trapped animals for months before she and a new friend decide to solve the mystery of her identity. Strong language and some violence. 1999. BR 12407. ## Sis Boom Bah. BR 12408. by Jane Heller. 3 volumes. After her mother's heart attack, Deborah Peltz moves to her mother's Florida town even though it means living near her detestable sister. Both sisters are attracted to their mother's flirtatious cardiologist, but when they find him dead, they put their differences aside to prove that neither of them is the murderer. Some strong language. 1999. BR 12408. ## Body Language. BR 12410. by James W. Hall. 3 volumes. At eleven, Alexandra shot and killed the neighbor boy who had raped her, and her cop father covered up the crime. Now a police photographer, Alexandra is in a troubled marriage, caring for her father (who has memory problems), and working on a serial-killer case. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1998. BR 12410. ## LadyGold. BR 12411. by Angela Amato and Joe Sharkey. 3 volumes. NYPD detective Gerry Conte is leery of her new assignment: posing as the girlfriend of Eugene, a young gangster who is being forced to help bring down a mob boss. When it becomes clear that the force doesn't plan to protect Eugene, Gerry fights for him. Strong language and some violence. 1998. BR 12411. ## Old Scores. BR 12413. by Nicholas Delbanco. 2 volumes. In the 1960s, college professor Paul Ballard and student Elizabeth Sieverdsen have an affair. Paul is hurt in a car accident and withdraws, leaving Elizabeth to give up the child he didn't know existed. Years later the couple finally reunites. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 12413. ## Layover. BR 12415. by Lisa Zeidner. 2 volumes. After her little boy dies and her husband reveals he's been unfaithful, medical supplies salesperson Claire Newbold refuses to return home from a business trip. She alters her identity, travels from hotel to hotel without paying, and lies to her mate about where she is. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1999. BR 12415. ## Flights of Angels: Stories. BR 12417. by Ellen Gilchrist. 3 volumes. Eighteen stories, set mainly in the South, in which Gilchrist uses some characters from previous collections. Several stories involve Aurora Harris, a precocious sixteen-year-old who goes to France with her parents and gets pregnant. In "A Lady with Pearls," a woman suddenly realizes she no longer loves her husband. 1998. BR 12417. ## Dearly Beloved. BR 12423. by Mary Jo Putney. 3 volumes. Following a hasty marriage--the result of youthful passion--Gervase Brandelin deserts Diana Lindsay. But fate takes Diana to London and places her in a position to make Gervase pay for his cruelty. Gervase is unaware of Diana's disguise as a courtesan, but she will make sure he finds out--at the right time. Descriptions of sex. 1990. BR 12423. ## A Month of Sundays. BR 12426. by John Updike. 2 volumes (Reissue). After exposure of his sexual indiscretions brings scandal to his congregation, the Reverend Thomas Marshfield is officially exiled for a month of rest and relaxation. During his thirty-one-day banishment, he ponders his infidelity. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1975. BR 12426. ## The House of Sleep. BR 12427. by Jonathan Coe. 3 volumes. Sarah suffers from narcolepsy, causing her some confusion between dreams and reality. Friends and lovers are influenced by Sarah and her sleep disorder in a time frame that alternates between various university connections in 1983-84 and career settings in 1996. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 12427. ## Some Deaths before Dying. BR 12433. by Peter Dickinson. 2 volumes. Ninety years old and bedridden with a degenerative disease, Rachel Matson nonetheless uses her keen mind to resolve a long-standing mystery concerning her late husband. Her background as a photographer helps her conduct her search, which focuses on antique dueling pistols. She relies on her nurse and daughter to do the legwork. 1999. BR 12433. ## Beach Boy. BR 12441. by Ardashir Vakil. 2 volumes. The growing pains of a young boy in 1970s Bombay. Cyrus Readymoney is obsessed with watching Hindi movies, learning about sex, and cadging extra meals at his friends' homes. But the events that cause the biggest changes in his life are his parents' separation and his father's heart attack. Some descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 12441. ## Groucho Marx, Private Eye. BR 12452. by Ron Goulart. 2 volumes. Radio star Groucho Marx and his scriptwriter, Frank Denby have had it with costar Polly Pilgrim, a spoiled child prodigy, but then her actress mother is accused of murdering a plastic surgeon. Marx and Denby set out to prove the actress's innocence and uncover interesting information on the doctor. Some strong language. 1999. BR 12452. ## Irresistible Forces. BR 12453. by Danielle Steel. 3 volumes. When New York investment banker Meredith Whitman accepts a job in California, her physician husband, Steven, agrees to join her soon. But a long-distance marriage is hard to maintain, and Meredith eventually has an affair with her boss, while Steven becomes involved with a coworker. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1999. 1999. BR 12453. ## Blue at the Mizzen. BR 12454. by Patrick O'Brian. 2 volumes. After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin are ordered to Chile to help liberate the country from Spain. But half of the crew deserts and the _Surprise_ encounters disaster at sea. Sequel to _The Hundred Days (BR 11850)_. Bestseller 1999. 1999. BR 12454. ## Black Ajax. BR 12458. by George MacDonald Fraser. 3 volumes. In the early 1800s, Tom Molineaux, a former slave from America known as the Black Ajax, becomes famous throughout England for his fights with boxing champion Tom Cribb. Various witnesses describe Molineaux's rise to fame and how it eventually destroys him. 1997. BR 12458. ## No Escape: A Masey Baldridge/Luke Williamson Mystery. BR 12483. by James D. Brewer. 2 volumes. 1873. When a yellow fever epidemic strikes Memphis, Captain Luke Williamson is quarantined on his steamboat. The rest of the staff of the Big River Detective Agency, Masey Baldridge and Salina Tyner, are hired to find out who is murdering patients while panic spreads. Some violence. 1998. BR 12483. ## The Nick Adams Stories. BR 12500. by Ernest Hemingway. 2 volumes (Reissue). Twenty-four of Hemingway's stories featuring Nick Adams. Arranged to depict segments of Adams's life in chronological order, they portray his childhood and adolescence, followed by his years as a soldier, veteran, writer, and parent. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1972. BR 12500. ## ### _Books for Children_ The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. _Nonfiction_ Good Enough to Eat: A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition. BR 12047. by Lizzy Rockwell. 1 volume. Explains why good food is important to good health. Describes the six basic kinds of nutrients--carbohydrates, protein, fat, water, vitamins, and minerals--how the body uses them and which foods provide them. Explains the food guide pyramid for the recommended number of daily servings. Includes five recipes. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1999. BR 12047. ## A Child's Calendar. BR 12048. by John Updike. 1 volume. A poem for each month of the year, beginning with January. Describes special features--activities, holidays, weather--of the month as experienced someplace like New England. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1999. BR 12048. ## The Invisible Ladder: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poems for Young Readers. BR 12368. edited by Liz Rosenberg. 1 volume. Introduces forty poets with informal statements about their relationships with written or spoken words when they were young; also presents at least one work by each. Includes Marvin Bell, Rita Dove, Allen Ginsberg, Maxine Kumin, Li-Young Lee, Gerald Stern, Alice Walker, and Robley Wilson. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1996. BR 12368. ## Sammy Sosa. BR 12432. by Carrie Muskat. 1 volume. Biography of the record-breaking baseball player from the Dominican Republic. Sammy Sosa was raised in poverty, but his athletic ability led him to his first professional sports contract at age sixteen. Sosa also became well known for his generosity in providing assistance to his family and homeland. For grades 5-8. 1999. BR 12432. ## Fun with Modeling Clay. BR 12436. by Barbara Reid. 1 volume. Step-by-step instructions on how to form basic shapes--ball, egg, pancake, and snake--followed by directions for combining the basics to make animals, people, furniture, vehicles, and various scenes. Includes tips on working with modeling clay and on household items to use as tools. For grades 3-6. 1998. BR 12436. ## Science in Ancient Mesopotamia. BR 12447. by Carol Moss. 1 volume. Discusses scientific and technological discoveries made in the "cradle of civilization." Describes explorations by Sumerians and Babylonians in the fields of medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and chemistry that formed the foundations for modern knowledge. For grades 5-8. 1998. BR 12447. ## Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems. BR 12518. selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. 1 volume. Fourteen poets present their feelings about numbers, measurements, and mathematics in the everyday world. Betsy Franco writes "Math Makes Me Feel Safe" in praise of consistent answers. But in "Near the Window Tree" Karla Kuskin admits that she would rather play outside than do multiplication. For grades 2-4. 1997. BR 12518. ## ### _Fiction_ Hercules. BR 12049. by Robert Burleigh. 1 volume. Retells the story of Hercules and the last labor he must perform to gain his freedom. This twelfth and most difficult task is to bring back Cerberus, the monster three-headed dog that guards the underworld. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1999. BR 12049. ## The Ink Drinker. BR 12346. by ric Sanvoisin. 1 volume. While working in his father's bookstore, a boy who hates to read finds a customer with a straw-- sucking the words off the pages of a book. He is an ink-drinking vampire. After the boy decides to follow the stranger, he finds that his feelings about books are changing. For grades 2-4. 1998. BR 12346. ## Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates. BR 12425. by Mary Mapes Dodge. 2 volumes. In the winter, Hans and his sister Gretel enjoy skating on frozen canals in Holland, even though they are so poor they have only clumsy, wooden skates. They would like to win the silver skates offered as the prize in a race. Originally published in 1865. For grades 4-7. 1993. BR 12425. ## Abigail Takes the Wheel. BR 12446. by Avi. 1 volume. Abigail Bates and her brother Tom travel to school every day between New Jersey and New York aboard their father's boat, the _Neptune._ But one day when two ships collide in Hudson Bay, Abigail has to take over the wheel while her father steers one of the damaged ships. For grades 2-4. 1999. BR 12446. ## Amanda Pig and Her Best Friend Lollipop. BR 12506. by Jean Van Leeuwen. 1 volume. Amanda and Lollipop are best friends who love to play together. One day they stay at Amanda's house and do pirouettes until they get dizzy and fall down. The next day they go to Lollipop's and play with her baby sister. For grades 2-4. 1998. BR 12506. ## ### 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 sends 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 (bimonthly [3] and monthly [6]) 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; 10 issues) Muse (for children; 6 issues) The Musical Mainstream (quarterly) National Geographic (monthly) The New York Times Large Type Weekly (weekly) News (NLS quarterly) Parenting (monthly except January and July) PC World (personal; monthly) Playboy (monthly) Poetry (monthly) Popular Communications (monthly) Popular Mechanics (monthly) Popular Music Lead Sheets (irregular) Rolling Stone (popular culture; 26 issues) Science News (weekly) Seventeen (for teens; monthly) Short Stories (monthly) Spider: The Magazine for Children (monthly) Sport (monthly) Stone Soup (children's writings; 5 issues) Update (NLS quarterly) The Washington Post Book World (weekly) 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