Braille Book Review, Vol. 67, No. 4, July-August 1998 Braille Book Review July-August 1998 Volume 67, Number 4 _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 1998 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_ 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. Braille Transcription of the Holy Koran The Arizona Instructional Resource Center (AIRC) at the Foundation for Blind Children in Phoenix announces the completion of a braille transcription of the English translation of the Holy Koran. The braille copy is available for sale in seven volumes. For more information please call the AIRC at (602) 331-1370. Magic Tree House The National Braille Press has announced the availability of the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. The series features three books written for children in grades 2 to 4. The first, Dinosaurs before Dark, is "a fast-paced" mystery involving the extinct reptiles. The second, The Knight at Dawn, blends "fact, farce, and fantasy." And the third, Midnight on the Moon, brings the excitement of "suspense and magic." The three titles are among National Braille Press's First Stepping Stone books. Each is one braille volume with extra spacing between the lines. The publisher advertises them as "high interest, low vocabulary." For more information, write the National Braille Press at 88 Saint Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115; call 800-548-7323; fax (617) 437-0456; or e-mail orders@npb.org The Night Search Available in Stores Jason and Nordic Publishers has released a commercially available print-braille book. Produced by American Printing House for the Blind of Louisville, Kentucky, the book tells how young Heather learns the value of her white cane when her puppy wanders off. It was written by Kate Chamberlin, who holds a master's in early childhood education. She became blind while she was teaching nursery school and continues teaching through the Study Buddy Program. She is also a newspaper columnist and freelance writer. The book is illustrated by Dot Yoder. Designed for public school libraries, it is hardback with sturdy binding. It is available from the publisher for $24.95 plus $5.50 shipping and handling. For more information write Jason and Nordic Publishers, P.O. Box 441, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648; call (814) 696-2920; fax (814) 696-4250; or email turtlbks@nb.net. Jason and Nordic also has a website at www.nb.net/~turtlbks ### _Books for Adults_ Books listed in this issue of _Braille Book Review_ were recently sent to cooperating libraries. The complete collection contains books by many authors on fiction and nonfiction subjects, including biographies, classics, gothics, mysteries, romances, and others. Contact your cooperating library to learn more about the wide range of books available in the collection. To order books, contact your cooperating library. Note: For the information 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 occurrence, as in "some strong language." ### _Nonfiction_ The Life of Timon of Athens. BR 10923. by William Shakespeare. 2 volumes. Early seventeenth-century play, most likely unfinished but printed in the First Folio of 1623. It is a satire on Timon, an extravagant Athenian nobleman, who becomes bankrupt and loses his friends. He retires to a cave in the woods where he meets and talks with Alcibiades, an Athenian captain in exile. Timon discovers gold and finds some who would renew their friendship. But he expresses his disdain for treasure and leaves an epitaph that curses humankind. 1967. BR 10923. ## The Last Battle. BR 10973. by Cornelius Ryan. 5 volumes. Recounts the last three weeks of the war against Germany in April 1945 from the viewpoint of the Allied and German armies locked in battle and of individual soldiers and civilians who survived the final horrors of the siege and fall of Berlin. Companion to _A Bridge Too Far (BR 10974)_. 1994. BR 10973. ## A Bridge Too Far. BR 10974. by Cornelius Ryan. 6 volumes. Recounts the 1944 battle of Arnhem and the daring Allied airborne assault on Nazi-occupied Holland. The attack, which was intended to capture a crucial bridge and end the war early, resulted in heavy losses and a defeat for the Allies. Companion to _The Longest Day (BR 9765)_. Violence. 1974. BR 10974. ## The Three Theban Plays: _Antigone_, _Oedipus the King_, and _Oedipus at Colonus_. BR 11058. by Sophocles. 3 volumes. Plays from the fifth century B.C. In _Oedipus the King_, a young man is warned by an oracle that he will kill his father and marry his mother. _Oedipus at Colonus_ describes how the people of Thebes seek the return of the aged exile. In _Antigone_, the new king of Thebes refuses to permit his nephew's burial. Antigone defies his edict and suffers the consequences. 1984. BR 11058. ## No Time to Say Good-bye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One. BR 11066. by Carla Fine. 2 volumes. Seven years before writing this book, the author learned that her forty-four-year-old husband had killed himself. She relates her experiences in dealing with her anguish, discusses the stories of the people she met in survivor groups, and provides comments from experts. Includes lists of related organizations, resources, and support groups. Some violence. 1997. BR 11066. ## Bound Feet and Western Dress. BR 11093. by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang. 2 volumes. The author tells the story of her great aunt, whose life combined traditional Chinese and Western cultures. Born near Shanghai in 1900, Chang Yu-i rebelled against having her feet bound, but entered an arranged marriage at fifteen. Although she bore him two sons, Yu-i's husband, poet Hsu Chih-mo, divorced her. In China, where "a woman is nothing," Yu-i managed to become a successful banker. 1996. BR 11093. ## The Social Contract. BR 11094. by Jean Jacques Rousseau. 2 volumes. The eighteenth-century French philosopher's major work advocating the principles of political right, which declared that the general will is the rightful authority in matters of controversy. 1947. BR 11094. ## Blake. BR 11182. by Peter Ackroyd. 5 volumes. Life of the eighteenth-century English poet, painter, and engraver who died in 1827. Ackroyd examines the influence of William Blake's dissenting parents on his philosophical and religious views. He also frames the complex and challenging body of Blake's work, which went largely unnoticed in his lifetime, within the great social and political changes of his era. 1995. BR 11182. ## Paul: The Mind of the Apostle. BR 11191. by A.N. Wilson. 3 volumes. A portrait of Paul, the early Jewish convert to Christianity, whose written and spoken words served to advance and popularize the new faith. Traces his travels around the Roman Empire spreading Christ's word and proselytizing. Discusses the teachings set forth in Paul's epistles. 1997. BR 11191. ## Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers. BR 11195. by Mary Louise Clifford and J. Candace Clifford. 2 volumes. Profiles of twenty-eight American women lighthouse keepers who worked on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. Most were appointed to replace deceased husbands or fathers, and several were commended for heroism for rescuing seamen whose ships had capsized. Includes a number of journal entries. 1993. BR 11195. ## The Only Way I Know. BR 11217. by Cal Ripken and Mike Bryan. 3 volumes. Memoir of Cal Ripken, who in 1995 broke Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2,130 consecutive games. His feat established him as a baseball great and earned new acclaim for his team, the Baltimore Orioles. Traces Ripken's baseball life from Little League to the majors, highlighting triumphs and setbacks. Also discusses how the sport has changed over the past fifteen years. Bestseller 1997. BR 11217. ## Gay Rights. BR 11221. by Judith C. Galas. 1 volume. This history of the modern gay rights movement looks at such topics as the struggle for family rights, discrimination in the workplace, gays in the military, referendums and legislation, and the impact of AIDS. Includes organizations to contact and suggestions for further reading. For junior and senior high readers. 1996. BR 11221. ## Wood-Notes Wild: Walking with Thoreau. BR 11222. by Henry David Thoreau. 1 volume. Scenes from nature described by Thoreau on his long daily walks during a twenty-four-year period. The selections are arranged by season, giving sensory impressions of the woodland plants, earth, and animals that the nineteenth-century philosopher encountered. 1995. BR 11222. ## A Natural History of Parenting: From Emperor Penguins to Reluctant Ewes, a Naturalist Looks at Parenting in the Animal World and Ours. BR 11229. by Susan Allport. 2 volumes. An exposition of parenting in the animal kingdom. The author illuminates the similarities and differences between the interaction humans have with their offspring and the maternal and paternal tendencies of insects, fish, and other mammals. 1997. BR 11229. ## Like Cats and Dogs. BR 11232. edited by Kenneth Jernigan. 1 volume. The nine stories in this collection describe typical ways in which blind people learn to live comfortably in their environment, emphasizing harmony and friendship with one's surroundings, rather than misunderstanding and frustration. Eight of the selections are written by blind people. 1997. BR 11232. ## Wall-to-Wall Thanksgiving. BR 11233. edited by Kenneth Jernigan. 1 volume. Ten short stories by National Federation of the Blind members focusing on how they have overcome difficulties they faced growing up and how their views on these problems changed as they grew older. The title selection tells how Barbara Pierce handled a Thanksgiving celebration in England. 1997. BR 11233. ## Even the Stars Look Lonesome. BR 11239. by Maya Angelou. 1 volume. Twenty essays on topics such as aging, fame, family, marriages, sexuality, and Africa. In "A House Can Hurt, a Home Can Heal," Angelou discusses how her marriage breakup was related to her house, and the contentment she felt in her new home. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997. BR 11239. ## Raising a Reader: Make Your Child a Reader for Life. BR 11254. by Paul Kropp. 3 volumes. A parents' guide to helping children grow up reading. Explains the parents' critical role in nurturing the young reader, suggesting techniques for making reading an important part of a child's life. Recommends more than 300 "must have" book titles. 1996. BR 11254. ## Upholding Mystery: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Poetry. BR 11259. edited by David Impastato. 3 volumes. Extensive collection of poetry featuring the work of fifteen poets, such as Annie Dillard and Daniel Berrigan. Poems are divided into the following sections: The Cross, Transformation, Death, Injustice, Presence, God's Body, Fools, Wayfarers, Love, The Dark, Grace, Praise, The Mystical Body, Sacrament, The Leap, and Holy. 1997. BR 11259. ## Remember Laughter: A Life of James Thurber. BR 11263. by Neil A. Grauer. 2 volumes. Biography of the twentieth-century American humorist best known for his stories and cartoons featured in the _New Yorker_ in the 1930s and 1940s. Thurber, who published most of his writing after the onset of blindness in the early 1940s, was renowned for such works as _My Life and Hard Times (RC 21038)_ and _Thurber Carnival (RC 18374)_. Some strong language. 1994. BR 11263. ## Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War. BR 11264. by Barbara Ehrenreich. 3 volumes. The author theorizes that the origin of the human propensity for war is linked to the fear that the earliest people had of predators in the wild, rather than an innate aggressiveness. 1997. BR 11264. ## In the Country of Country: People and Places in American Music. BR 11267. by Nicholas Dawidoff. 4 volumes. These portraits of notable figures in American country music include Earl Scruggs, whose innovative approach to the banjo took the instrument beyond being a vaudeville prop, and Patsy Cline, country's first torch singer. Also discusses Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Harlan Howard, Emmylou Harris, Bill Monroe, and the Louvin Brothers. Some strong language. 1997. BR 11267. ## Snakes and Ladders: Glimpses of India. BR 11269. by Gita Mehta. 2 volumes. Essays depicting the contrasts and disparities in modern Indian society. Describes a land that, during its fifty years of independence, has become a progressive, capitalist nation yet retains its traditional religious and cultural diversity. Touches on politics, religion, art, and other facets of the world's largest democracy. 1997. BR 11269. ## Pregnant? Adoption Is an Option: Making an Adoption Plan for a Child. BR 11271. by Jeanne Warren Lindsay. 2 volumes. For pregnant girls and women, married or unmarried, who feel they are not in a position to parent their child. The author includes excerpts from interviews with thirty-nine birthparents to explain what's involved in open adoption and how it compares to adoptions in the past. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1997. BR 11271. ## Thoughts on the East. BR 11276. by Thomas Merton. 1 volume. Reflections of a noted Trappist monk and writer on major religions of the East. Defines and describes Taoism, Buddhism, Sufism, and Hinduism. Observes principles and themes that these religions share with their Western counterparts. Includes introductory materials by George Woodcock. 1995. BR 11276. ## Not Exactly What I Had in Mind: An Incurable Love Story. BR 11277. by Rosemary Breslin. 2 volumes. At thirty-two, New York journalist Breslin developed a serious illness that baffled the medical community, and a couple of years later, she fell in love with Tony Dunne. Her description of their relationship and of her ongoing medical crisis is peopled with famous characters including her father, columnist Jimmy Breslin. Some strong language. 1997. BR 11277. ## The Man Who Listens to Horses. BR 11288. by Monty Roberts. 3 volumes. A portrait of Monty Roberts, the horse trainer who discovered a humane technique for taming wild horses. Appalled by traditional methods of "breaking" horses that he witnessed in his youth, Roberts developed a gentle procedure for "joining-up" with a horse through a process of man-animal communication. Bestseller 1997. BR 11288. ## Wait till Next Year: A Memoir. BR 11289. by Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2 volumes. A personal history of growing up in suburban New York in the 1950s. A love of baseball permeated the author's childhood and helped her forge a special bond with her father, who taught her at age six to keep a scorebook for the Brooklyn Dodgers and to relate an inning-by-inning account of the game to him at the end of the day. Bestseller 1997. BR 11289. ## Favre: For the Record. BR 11298. by Brett Favre. 2 volumes. A candid and earthy portrait of the Green Bay Packer quarterback who led his team to victory in Super Bowl XXXI. Traces his youth in rural Mississippi, his wild college days, his triumph over an addiction to painkillers, and his laudable NFL career. Strong language. Bestseller 1997. BR 11298. ## ### _Fiction_ Hollywood Wives. BR 11051. by Jackie Collins. 5 volumes. Can Buddy Hudson hide his lurid past and go on to be the next Marlon Brando? Will voluptuous Gina Germaine satisfy her ravenous sexual appetite and land her first serious movie role? Does Elaine Conti ever win back husband Ross? The answers capture the essence of life lived on the fastest track of all. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1983. BR 11051. ## The Rise of Silas Lapham. BR 11064. by William Dean Howells. 4 volumes. First published in 1885. A wealthy, self-made businessman attempts to win acceptance for his family in high society of nineteenth-century Boston. 1996. BR 11064. ## _Diary of a Madman_ and Other Stories. BR 11088. by Nikolai Gogol. 2 volumes. These stories, by the father of Russian realism, are set both in his native Ukraine and in St. Petersburg, the city that was to have an obsessive effect on him. Critics have acclaimed the early nineteenth-century writer for his uncanny understanding of the development of mental illness. 1972. BR 11088. ## The Venus Deal. BR 11089. by Ken Kuhlken. 3 volumes. In this prequel to _The Loud Adios (BR 9977)_, it's 1942 and private eye Tom Hickey is part owner of a supper club. When crowd-pleasing seventeen-year-old singer Cynthia Moon doesn't return from her vacation, Hickey, using clues from her startling diary, sets out to bring her back. Some strong language and some violence. 1993. BR 11089. ## The Wayward Bus. BR 11090. by John Steinbeck. 2 volumes. A group of travelers interrelate when they are stranded overnight at a roadside gas station and lunchroom in California. Some strong language. 1947. BR 11090. ## Noctuary. BR 11091. by Thomas Ligotti. 2 volumes. A discussion of the genre of weird fiction, followed by twenty-seven short weird tales, presented in three sections. "The Medusa" probes the power of classical myth in modern life, "Conversations in a Dead Language" explores the tradition of trick or treating at Halloween, and "Autumnal" examines death. 1994. BR 11091. ## _Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde_ and Other Stories. BR 11092. by Robert Louis Stevenson. 2 volumes. In the title story, a short psychological novel of the war between good and evil within the human personality, a kindly physician commits diabolical crimes when his suppressed personality is released. "The Body-Snatcher" and "A Lodging for the Night" pursue moral issues, "Markheim" and "Thrawn Janet" are stories about the supernatural, and "The Misadventures of John Nicholson" is a Gothic tale. 1885. BR 11092. ## 3001: The Final Odyssey. BR 11095. by Arthur C. Clarke. 2 volumes. After being killed and abandoned in space, twenty-first-century astronaut Frank Poole is revived a thousand years in the future. He finds that humanity has spread throughout the solar system and lives in a state of near utopia. But all is not well in the third millenium. The mysterious black monoliths are still present and may now pose a threat. Sequel to _2061: Odyssey Three (BR 7226)_. 1997. BR 11095. ## _The_ _Aspern Papers_ and Other Stories. BR 11097. by Henry James. 3 volumes. First published in 1888, "The Aspern Papers" is set in a crumbling Venetian palazzo, where a determined scholar tries to charm its inhabitants--the Misses Bordereau--out of a collection of letters by the American poet Aspern. Three short stories first published in the 1890s complete the collection. 1983. BR 11097. ## Washington Square. BR 11098. by Henry James. 2 volumes. Classic American novel written in 1881. Shy, plain Catherine is courted by a dashing Morris Townsend. When he learns that Catherine's wealthy, sardonic father will disinherit her if she marries him, Townsend deserts the heartbroken young woman. 1982. BR 11098. ## PartnerShip. BR 11172. by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball. 3 volumes. As a brand-new member of the elite Central Worlds' Courier Service, shellperson Nancia, half human and half spaceship, undertakes her first mission, carrying a group of young aristocrats across the galaxy. She faces a dilemma when her passengers hatch a conspiracy to acquire power and wealth. Sequel to _The Ship Who Sang (BR 11171)_. Strong language. 1992. BR 11172. ## The Ship Who Searched. BR 11173. by Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey. 2 volumes. A mysterious disease leaves seven-year-old Tia completely paralyzed. With no possibility of a normal life, she becomes a shellperson, the human brain of an interstellar spaceship. On her odyssey across the galaxy, she learns about extinct civilizations, seeks a cure for the disease that afflicted her, and eventually falls in love. Sequel to _PartnerShip (BR 11172)_. 1992. BR 11173. ## The Ship Who Won. BR 11174. by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye. 3 volumes. Searching the galaxy for alien life, Carialle, whose brain controls spaceship SSS-900, and Keff, her human partner, discover a strange planet ruled by a race of magical wizards. The arrogant wizards are hard enough to deal with, but Carialle and Keff discover even more mysterious things about the new world. Sequel to _The City Who Fought (BR 9865)_. 1994. BR 11174. ## Great Expectations. BR 11178. by Charles Dickens. 5 volumes. Pip, a poor orphan boy, is befriended by an unknown benefactor and goes to London to live the life of a gentleman. The sequence of events and his meetings with strange and colorful characters change him from a shallow youth to a mature man. Includes an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. 1860. BR 11178. ## The Night Trilogy: _Night,_ _Dawn,_ _The Accident_. BR 11185. by Elie Wiesel. 2 volumes. "Night" is the story of a Jewish boy who is deported with his family and community from Hungary to the horrors of the infamous Auschwitz. In "Dawn," Elisha, the sole survivor of his family, becomes a Jewish terrorist in Palestine and is ordered to execute an Englishman. In "The Accident," a concentration camp survivor tries to rebuild his life in New York City. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 1972. BR 11185. ## The Dolphins of Pern. BR 11186. by Anne McCaffrey. 3 volumes. As the struggle against the deadly Thread spores continues in the Dragonriders of Pern series, humans rediscover the planet's long-forgotten dolphins. Rebuilding the connection between land and sea rekindles the old dream of an ideal Pern. Sequel to _The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (BR 11188)_. 1994. BR 11186. ## Dragonseye. BR 11187. by Anne McCaffrey. 3 volumes. It's been over two hundred years since the deadly silver strands called Thread fell from the skies of Pern. Now a new generation of Dragonriders unite in their efforts to prepare for the next cycle of Threadfall. But one of the Lord Holders refuses to cooperate and jeopardizes the safety of all. Sequel to _The Dolphins of Pern (BR 11186)_. 1997. BR 11187. ## The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall. BR 11188. by Anne McCaffrey. 2 volumes. Five stories about the early adventures of humans on the dragon planet, Pern. Includes stories on the discovery of Pern by humans, the human liaison with the indigenous flying dragons, the first battle with the deadly Threadfall, and the final isolation of the planet from the rest of humanity. Sequel to _All the Weyrs of Pern (BR 8699)_. 1993. BR 11188. ## The Price of Land in Shelby. BR 11192. by Laurie Alberts. 3 volumes. The Chartrain family of Shelby, Vermont, live on crazy hope. Over a thirty-year span, each of the five siblings born to Lowell and Anne Chartrain grow, change, and survive into adulthood, although often at great emotional cost. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1996. BR 11192. ## White Nights, Red Morning: The Russians, Volume 6. BR 11194. by Judith Pella. 4 volumes. As 1905 draws to an end in St. Petersburg, Anna Fedorcenko faces more tragedy. Still overwhelmed by her husband's death, Anna must deal with paralyzing strikes and the desire of her youngest son to avenge his father's death by becoming a revolutionary. Sequel to _The Dawning of Deliverance (BR 10264)_. 1996. BR 11194. ## The Blithedale Romance. BR 11196. by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 5 volumes. Hawthorne's novel is based on his experiences living on Brook Farm, the experimental transcendentalist community in Massachusetts. The novel tells of Zenobia's love for Hollingsworth, an egotistic reformer who does not return her affection. First published in 1852. 1996. BR 11196. ## Podkayne of Mars. BR 11197. by Robert A. Heinlein. 2 volumes. Indomitable young Podkayne (Poddy) Fries jumps at the chance to accompany her uncle Tom on a mission to Earth. The only drawback is that she'll have her loathsome little brother along for the trip. But even greater dangers face the niece of a diplomat from Mars who has powerful enemies. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1963. BR 11197. ## Erewhon. BR 11198. by Samuel Butler. 2 volumes. An English traveler discovers the remote land of Erewhon inhabited by irrational people with exasperating ideas. A satirical novel aimed at lampooning nineteenth-century English society, customs, and manners. First published in 1872. 1970. BR 11198. ## Across the River and into the Trees. BR 11204. by Ernest Hemingway. 2 volumes. In Hemingway's final novel, which is set in Venice near the end of the second World War, an aging and battle-scarred American colonel finds a renewed enthusiasm for life when he falls in love with a young Italian countess. Some strong language. 1950. BR 11204. ## Mary Wolf. BR 11206. by Cynthia D. Grant. 2 volumes. When Mary Wolf's father loses his upscale position, he takes his family on the road in an RV for an extended vacation. Mary, sixteen, soon realizes they are actually homeless and broke, her pregnant mother shoplifts, and her angry father can't hold down even the most menial job. Some strong language and some violence. For senior high and older readers. 1995. BR 11206. ## Milton in America. BR 11207. by Peter Ackroyd. 2 volumes. "What if the outspoken seventeenth-century English poet John Milton had fled England in 1660 to avoid arrest and emigrated to Puritan America?" supposes Ackroyd. In his scenario, the aging and blind agitator establishes a settlement named New Milton, where he rules with an iron hand and wages war on a neighboring colony of Roman Catholics. 1996. BR 11207. ## _The_ _Sorrows of Young Werther_ and _Novella_. BR 11208. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 2 volumes. The eighteenth-century German romantic story of a young man who, while playing with the pistols of a friend, becomes distracted by his own unhappiness and passion for a married lady and idly decides to press the muzzle to his forehead. Originally published in 1774. Also includes the short story, "Novella." 1971. BR 11208. ## The Bar Sinister. BR 11209. by Sheila Simonson. 2 volumes. Emily Foster is a widow who wants a companion for her four-year-old son, Matt. Captain Richard Falk needs someone to care for his two children, both under three, while he is away from home. It seems the perfect solution for Emily. However, Richard's life is in danger, and that affects not only his children, but also Emily and her son. 1986. BR 11209. ## A Time for Silence. BR 11210. by Philippa Carr. 3 volumes. Britishers Lucinda and Annabelinda, who have been friends since childhood, are delighted when they both have the chance to attend an exclusive finishing school in Belgium. But an indiscretion on the part of Annabelinda and the beginning of World War I send both girls fleeing back to England and an uncertain future. 1991. BR 11210. ## Second Skin. BR 11211. by Eric Lustbader. 5 volumes. In this sequel to _Floating City (BR 9818)_, Mafia boss Mick Leonforte schemes to take over the Japanese underworld from an old friend of Nicholas Linnear. Linnear's own livelihood and personal safety are also threatened as he moves to thwart the mob. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1995. BR 11211. ## The Europeans. BR 11214. by Henry James. 2 volumes. A fortune-hunting European countess and her charming brother come to visit their straight-laced cousins near Boston. Their rich and imaginative, but immoral, way of living is contrasted with the dull, but upright, American way. 1878. BR 11214. ## The Year of the Frog. BR 11216. by Martin M. Simecka. 3 volumes. Milan is a young Czechoslovakian intellectual who is prevented from attending college by communist authorities because of his father's dissident activities. Forced to work, he takes a series of menial jobs and turns to his two great passions: long-distance running and his soon-to-be wife, Tania. 1992 winner of the Pegasus Prize for Literature. 1993. BR 11216. ## Murder at the National Gallery. BR 11218. by Margaret Truman. 3 volumes. Luther Mason, curator at the National Gallery for more than twenty years, is finally getting the Caravaggio exhibit he has dreamed of. But Luther also has other visions--he plans to keep one of the original paintings and substitute a forgery. Some violence. Bestseller 1996. BR 11218. ## The Hunchback of Notre Dame. BR 11219. by Victor Hugo. 5 volumes. This historical romance, set in 1482, concerns Quasimodo, the hunchback bell-ringer of the Paris cathedral of Notre Dame, and his love for the gypsy girl, Esmerelda. 1831. BR 11219. ## A Stone for Danny Fisher. BR 11220. by Harold Robbins. 4 volumes. Chronicles the life of Danny Fisher from his eighth birthday through his Bar Mitzvah, his marriage, his loss of a child, and his attempts to survive the cutthroat underworld of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s while holding on to his dream of a happy, peaceful home and family. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1951. BR 11220. ## In Our Time. BR 11224. by Ernest Hemingway. 1 volume. Collection of Hemingway's earliest stories including parts one and two of "Big Two-Hearted River" and "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife." Some strong language. 1925. BR 11224. ## Drums of Change: The Story of Running Fawn. BR 11231. by Janette Oke. 2 volumes. In 1874, Martin Forbes, a young missionary, arrives in Alberta, Canada, to establish a school and bring Christianity to the Blackfoot Indians. Two star pupils, Running Fawn and Silver Fox--the chief's son--are then sent to school in Calgary, where Silver Fox is able to accept Christianity, but Running Fox returns home to her family and beliefs--at least for a while. 1996. BR 11231. ## Range of Motion. BR 11234. by Elizabeth Berg. 2 volumes. After her beloved husband is hit by a piece of ice that falls from a rooftop, Lainey must learn to cope with the uncertainty of his comatose state. Helping her is her neighbor, who is going through a crisis of her own, and the spirit of the woman who lived in Lainey's house in the 1940s. 1995. BR 11234. ## Red Sky at Night. BR 11235. by James W. Hall. 3 volumes. As private detective Thorn is investigating the mysterious slaughter of eleven captive dolphins, he is assaulted and left paralyzed from the waist down. Though beset with pain and anguish, Thorn must match wits with a doctor who is driven by a diabolical obsession. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 11235. ## The Rebounder. BR 11240. by Thomas J. Dygard. 1 volume. Hamilton High's basketball coach, Doug Fulton, fantasizes each year that a superb player will transfer to his school. This year he thinks his dream has come true when he spots tall, athletic Chris Patton. But Chris denies being a basketball player until Coach Fulton learns the disturbing truth from Chris's former school. For junior and senior high readers. 1994. BR 11240. ## Once upon a Rose. BR 11255. by Judith O'Brien. 3 volumes. Young country-music writer and singer Deanie Bailey has come to England to record a music video at Hampton Court Palace. When taping is over for the day, she decides to investigate the maze. Shortly after entering, Deanie is transported back to 1540 and is rescued by Kit Neville, Duke of Hamilton, who also seems to be from another time. 1996. BR 11255. ## That Summer. BR 11256. by Sarah Dessen. 2 volumes. The summer she is fifteen, Haven must endure the weddings of both her father and her sister, her mother's new lifestyle, her growth spurt to almost six feet, and her best friend's turning into a boy-crazy stranger. Missing her old life, Haven is relieved to meet a boy her sister dated during happier times. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 1996. BR 11256. ## Silas Marner. BR 11257. by George Eliot. 1 volume. A simplified retelling by Clare West of Eliot's 1861 novel. When an embittered weaver is robbed of his gold, he finds by chance a yellow-haired child who delights him and becomes his treasure. Also intertwined is the story of the local squire and his two sons. 1994. BR 11257. ## Now or Never. BR 11258. by Elizabeth Adler. 3 volumes. A serial killer carefully stalks and murders young women. When Boston police detective Harry Jordan finally gets a partial description, he desperately turns to a national television figure for help. Mallory Malone's show has been the downfall for many criminals, but oddly, Malone refuses to profile Jordan's case. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 11258. ## The Persian Pickle Club. BR 11261. by Sandra Dallas. 2 volumes. As the crops wither without rain, members of the Persian Pickle Club keep up their spirits by swapping gossip and fabric scraps while quilting. The bonds among the "stitch and itch" ladies are tested when a newcomer investigates a murder in the small Kansas town of the 1930s. 1995. BR 11261. ## A Lost Lady. BR 11262. by Willa Cather. 1 volume. A portrayal of the moral disintegration of a lovable woman as seen through the eyes of a boy. Some strong language. 1923. BR 11262. ## Past Forgiving. BR 11266. by Gloria D. Miklowitz. 1 volume. Fifteen-year-old Alexandra can't believe popular senior Cliff is her boyfriend. When they both get summer jobs at the Y, Alexandra is surprised by Cliff's temper and jealousy, but she refuses to believe her friends' warnings about him. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. BR 11266. ## Catch Your Breath. BR 11268. by Jessica Auerbach. 3 volumes. Recently separated from her policeman husband, Rosie Sloan panics when their two-year-old son, Jason, begins having trouble breathing. Because her first child died of SIDS and her father was a doctor, Rosie is very careful to follow Jason's doctor's advice to the letter. So why has someone reported her as an unfit mother? Some strong language. 1996. BR 11268. ## Masquerade. BR 11270. by B.J. Hoff. 2 volumes. Danni St. John has returned to her hometown of Red Oak, Alabama, to work as the editor of the newspaper being published by the Colony, a cult that has established a compound just outside of town. She soon finds herself involved in a series of terrifying events, which she investigates with the aid of Sheriff Logan McGarey, with whom she is falling in love. 1996. BR 11270. ## The Garden of Eden. BR 11272. by Ernest Hemingway. 2 volumes. Salvaged from three manuscript versions, this early novel is set in the 1920s in France and Spain. Young and successful writer David Bourne is honeymooning with his wife, Catherine. She has her hair cropped as short as a boy's and tells David of her yearning to play sex-role games. David temporarily acquiesces, but trouble begins to brew. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986. 1961. BR 11272. ## The Dancing Floor. BR 11274. by Barbara Michaels. 3 volumes. Heather Tradescant has come to England to visit some of its famous gardens. One of her greatest hopes is to see the ones at Troytan House. When she is denied permission, Heather attempts to get a glimpse of the fabled landscape by crawling through a wall of thick brush. What awaits her is not what she expects. 1997. BR 11274. ## Sacrifice. BR 11300. by Mitchell Smith. 3 volumes. After seven years in a Kansas prison, Tyler Pierce has just pulled off the bank heist of his career when he learns that his park-ranger daughter has been killed in Florida. Tyler uses his windfall from the robbery to fund his search for her murderer, a serial killer whose victims are women in uniform. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 11300. ## The Oxford Book of Hebrew Short Stories. BR 11303. by Glenda Abramson. 4 volumes. These thirty-two stories, each by a different writer, offer an introduction to the development of Hebrew-language fiction in the late nineteenth century and its evolution in Israel. Arranged in rough chronological order, they explore a broad range of social, political, cultural, and family issues. Each selection is preceded by a brief biography of its author. 1996. BR 11303. ## ### _Books for Children_ Books listed in this issue of _Braille Book Review_ were recently sent to cooperating libraries. The complete collection contains books by many authors on fiction and nonfiction subjects, including animals, geography, nature, mystery, sports, and others. Contact your cooperating library to learn more about the wide range of books available in the collection. To order books, contact your cooperating library. ### _Nonfiction_ Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Physicist, Galileo Galilei. BR 11012. by Peter Sis. 1 volume. Account of Galileo, born in 1564, who studied the stars in the sky through a telescope and began to believe that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 1996. BR 11012. ## Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty. BR 11017. translated by Minfong Ho. 1 volume. A selection of sixteen poems traditionally taught to children. Written during the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, these short unrhymed poems evoke the beauty and sounds of the natural world. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1996. BR 11017. ## Tanglewood Tales. BR 11201. by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 2 volumes. A classic retelling of six Greek myths. Includes the exploits of Theseus, the adventures of Jason and his trusty Argonauts, and the story of Circe's palace. For grades 5-8. 1853. BR 11201. ## Abe Lincoln's Hat. BR 11230. by Martha Brenner. 1 volume. When Abe Lincoln first became a lawyer he wanted to look good, so he bought a long black coat and a tall black hat. As a lawyer, Abe had to carry lots of important papers, and the hat soon proved to be useful in many ways. Grade 1 braille. For grades K-3 and older readers. 1994. BR 11230. ## Pueblo Boy: Growing Up in Two Worlds. BR 11340. by Marcia Keegan. 1 volume. Ten-year-old Timmy learns the ways of his ancient Pueblo Indian heritage and also uses computers for schoolwork. His father taught him dances and songs; his favorite is the Corn Dance, which lasts all day. He also loves baseball, pocket pool, and fishing. In ceremonies he uses his Indian name, Agoyo-Paa, which means "Star Fire." For grades 4-7. 1991. BR 11340. ## ### _Fiction_ Noisy Nora. BR 11011. by Rosemary Wells. 1 volume. Feeling ignored as the middle child, Nora finds a way to attract her parents' attention. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1973. BR 11011. ## The Crocodile and the Dentist. BR 11013. by Taro Gomi. 1 volume. A crocodile needs to have a cavity filled but is afraid of the dentist. The dentist is equally afraid of the crocodile. In the end they agree they may skip next year's meeting if the crocodile remembers to brush his teeth. PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool-grade 2. 1994. BR 11013. ## Little Red Riding Hood: By the Brothers Grimm. BR 11014. retold by Trina Schart Hyman. 1 volume. When Little Red Riding Hood is walking through the forest to take a basket of food to her sick grandmother, she meets a hungry wolf. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1983. BR 11014. ## Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. BR 11015. by Rudyard Kipling. 1 volume. A young mongoose is found by an English family in India and, following his instincts, he stalks and kills poisonous snakes in their garden. His courage endears him to everyone. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 2-4. 1997. BR 11015. ## Rapunzel. BR 11018. retold by Paul O. Zelinsky. 1 volume. Rapunzel is twelve, with beautiful, long, red-gold hair, when a sorceress places her in a high tower in a lonely forest. A handsome prince secretly visits Rapunzel until the sorceress finds out and punishes them, keeping them apart. But their love for each other promises to restore their happiness. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal. 1997. BR 11018. ## Deep Trouble II: Goosebumps. BR 11158. by R.L. Stine. 2 volumes. Billy and Sheena Deep are spending the summer aboard their uncle's floating research lab in the Caribbean. Last year they spent a lot of time swimming and snorkeling, and this year they plan to do the same thing. But something is different. The fish have grown into monster-sized creatures. For grades 4-7. 1997. BR 11158. ## The Haunted School: Goosebumps. BR 11159. by R.L. Stine. 2 volumes. At twelve, Tommy Frazer suddenly finds himself with a new mom, a new house, and a new school. In hopes of making friends, he volunteers to be on the decoration committee for the school dance. Everything is going just fine until Tommy has to make a trip to the art room on the third floor where he begins hearing voices. For grades 4-7. 1997. BR 11159. ## Werewolf Skin: Goosebumps. BR 11160. by R.L. Stine. 2 volumes. Alex Hunter comes to Wolf Creek to spend several weeks with his aunt and uncle while his parents travel. He brings along his own camera and hopes to get lessons from his relatives, who are professional photographers. Alex gets two warnings when he arrives--stay out of the woods and away from the neighbors. For grades 4-7. 1997. BR 11160. ## The Riddle of Penncroft Farm. BR 11246. by Dorothea Jensen. 2 volumes. When Lars Olafson reluctantly moves with his parents to his great-aunt's farm in Pennsylvania, the last thing he's interested in is his family's Revolutionary War history. But that quickly changes when Lars is befriended by oddly dressed Geordie and realizes Geordie is the spirit of a long-ago ancestor. For grades 5-8. 1989. BR 11246. ## One More River. BR 11265. by Lynne Reid Banks. 2 volumes. This account of fourteen-year-old Lesley Shelby is centered around the 1967 Six-Day War in Israel. Shelby has grown up in Canada and is extremely resistant to change, but her parents feel they must live in Israel in order to survive as Jews. Lesley slowly learns to adapt to life on a kibbutz. Prequel to _Broken Bridge (BR 11275)_. For grades 6-9. 1992. BR 11265. ## Goblins in the Castle. BR 11273. by Bruce Coville. 1 volume. William has lived in Toad-in-a-Cage Castle since the cold December night he was found on the doorstep. He lives with the Baron; Karl, who tends the Baron's large library; and Hulda, the housekeeper. But there must be someone else in the castle, because William hears strange moans drifting down the hallways. For grades 4-7. 1992. BR 11273. ## Broken Bridge. BR 11275. by Lynne Reid Banks. 2 volumes. This sequel to _One More River (BR 11265)_ focuses on Lesley's fourteen-year-old daughter, Nili. Nili and her cousin Glen have just arrived from London when Glen is stabbed to death by an Arab terrorist. Nili is spared by the terrorist's companion and becomes torn between loyalty to her Jewish heritage and her feelings toward the terrorist who spared her life. For grades 6-9. 1994. BR 11275. ## You're Dead, David Borelli. BR 11278. by Susan M. Brown. 1 volume. After his mother dies, David Borelli lives with his often-absent father and attends a private school. Then Mr. Borelli is accused of stealing money and flees. David is thrust into a foster home and a public school where he is tormented. For grades 5-8. 1995. BR 11278. ## Step by Wicked Step. BR 11280. by Anne Fine. 1 volume. Five children on an overnight school field trip discover a long-ago diary of a boy who hated his stepfather. This find leads to the revelation that each of them is also from a broken home. They spend the rest of the night telling their own stories filled with stepparents, wicked and otherwise. For grades 4-7. 1996. BR 11280. ## Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation. BR 11301. by Doug Cushman. 1 volume. Aunt Eater loves to read detective stories, and she plans to read a lot of them while on vacation at the Hotel Bathwater. But instead of reading, Aunt Eater finds herself solving several mysteries. For grades K-3. 1992. BR 11301. ## Bad Girls. BR 11341. by Cynthia Voigt. 2 volumes. Mikey and Margalo are the new girls in fifth grade. Sitting next to each other, they soon discover that they are kindred spirits who like getting into mischief. Mikey likes to fight while Margalo likes to play tricks. Together they cause more trouble than the rest of the kids in Mrs. Chemsky's class. For grades 4-7. 1996. BR 11341. ## The Hating Book. BR 11348. by Charlotte Zolotow. 1 volume. A young girl declares that she hates her friend who hurt her feelings. The girl's mother encourages her to ask the friend why she is being so mean. When the two finally talk, they realize it was all a misunderstanding. For grades K-3. 1969. BR 11348. ## My Life among the Aliens. BR 11351. by Gail Gauthier. 1 volume. Will and his little brother, Robby, have a problem--they keep meeting aliens. At first they're scared and try to convince their mother to help. When she refuses to believe them, the boys resign themselves to dealing with the many aliens who appear to be drawn to their house by their mother's healthy snacks. For grades 3-6. 1996. BR 11351. ## ### _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 (bimonthly [3] and monthly [6]) Harper's (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 (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 (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 (British 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