Braille Book Review, Vol. 70, No. 6, November-December 2001 Braille Book Review November-December 2001 Volume 70, Number 6 _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 2001 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. New titles from National Braille Press. National Braille Press has announced the publication of The Puzzlemaster Presents 200 Mind-Bending Challenges from NPR, by Will Shortz. Two hundred word puzzles from the popular series that airs weekly on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition Sunday" are now available in book form for braille readers to challenge themselves and their friends. Answers are provided in the back of the book. The cost is $12.00 for two braille volumes. Three books from Mary Pope Osborne's popular Magic Treehouse series are now available in braille. This set of books (in braille only) features simple vocabulary, extra spacing between the lines, and high interest for grades 2-4 to help ease the transition from storybooks to intermediate readers. The books in this new set are: No. 15, Viking Ships at Sunrise; No. 17, Tonight on the Titanic; and No. 23, Twister on Tuesday. The cost of the set of three braille volumes is $15.00. For orders or further information, contact National Braille Press, 88 St. Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115-4302. To charge, call 800-548-7323 toll free or (617) 266-6160, ext. 20. Or e-mail your order to orders@nbp.org. To learn more about these and other books, visit the National Braille Press web site at www.nbp.org. 2002 calendars. Listed below are some organizations that produce calendars in braille or print/braille. American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults 18440 Oxnard Street Tarzana, CA 91356 (818) 343-2022 or 1800 Johnson Street Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 659-9315  6 x 6½-inch braille calendar. Features one page per month, a personal day page, and a listing of major holidays. Accepts orders by mail only. Free. American Printing House for the Blind (APH) P.O. Box 6085 Louisville, KY 40206-0085 (502) 895-2405 800-223-1839 info@aph.org www.aph.org/products  8½ x 11-inch large-print/braille sixteen-month APH InSights Art Calendar. Includes holidays and moon phases. Features selected art from the APH juried competition. Accepts orders by mail or telephone. English edition, catalog #5-18971-02, $6.50; Spanish edition, catalog #5- 18973-02, $6.50.  2 x 3½-inch (business card size) braille pocket calendar. Allows a braille user to track dates for an entire year. JaJo Braille Pocket Calendar 2002, catalog #1-18990-02, $2. Braille Institute Press 741 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 (323) 663-1111, ext. 1513 800-272-4553  8½ x 11-inch print/braille calendar. Provided as an insert in the December issue of the Braille Mirror and the holiday issue of Expectations. A limited quantity of extras are available and can be ordered by mail or telephone. Free. National Braille Press Attn: Customer Service 88 St. Stephen Street Boston, MA 02115 (617) 266-6160 800-548-7323 orders@nbp.org www.nbp.org/childed.html#anchorpooh  8½ x 11-inch print/braille calendar with Winnie the Pooh motif. Accepts prepaid orders by mail or telephone. $10.99. The following information is reprinted from Talking Book Topics, November-December 2001. NLS web site upgraded The NLS web site has been redesigned recently for clarity and ease of use. Talking Book Topics and many other NLS publications are available on the web site, including eight annual volumes of Cassette Books published since 1993, four biennial volumes of For Younger Readers, Books in Spanish 1994-2000, reference materials, subject bibliographies, newsletters, and reports on the progress of the NLS Digital Talking Book Program. Readers will also find a simplified online search tool to enable them to search the NLS catalog. Because of the time required for production processes that follow final editorial review, Talking Book Topics is usually posted on the web site several weeks in advance of its availability in print, recorded, or diskette versions. Newsstand The following announcement 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. Disaster preparedness pamphlet. Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities, a publication of the American Red Cross, is available for download or for use online at the American Red Cross web site www.redcross.org/services/ disaster/beprepared/mobileprogs.html. Audiotape cassette and print versions of the pamphlet are also available for a nominal fee. Contact your local chapter of the American Red Cross for information. Quote reference number A5091 for the print editon, and A5091C for the cassette. ### _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_ Plutarch: The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Volume 2. BR 12636. by A.H. Clough. 8 volumes. Biographical accounts of noble Greeks and Romans from mythological times through the early second century A.D. This 1864 revision of Dryden's classic seventeenth-century translation compares the character, moral conduct, and fates of such noted figures as Demosthenes and Cicero, providing rich descriptions of social life in the Mediterranean world. 1992. BR 12636. ## The Examined Life: Readings from Western Philosophy from Plato to Kant. BR 12637. edited by Stanley Rosen. 6 volumes. Representative texts by major philosophers grouped into six categories: social and political thought, religion, art and culture, metaphysics, epistemology, and science. Each section is prefaced with an introduction to the topic. Includes excerpts from works by Aristotle, Hobbes, Augustine, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Hegel, Wittgenstein, Descartes, Kuhn, and Ayala, among others. 2000. BR 12637. ## Connect. BR 12733. by Edward M. Hallowell. 3 volumes. A psychiatrist offers suggestions for finding inner peace by connecting with other people, as well as with traditions and ideals. Uses anecdotes from his patients and his own life to illustrate how to achieve satisfaction from relationships. Explains how health and happiness depend on connections. 1999. BR 12733. ## A Little Pregnant: Our Memoir of Fertility, Infertility, and a Marriage. BR 12742. by Linda Carbone and Ed Decker. 2 volumes. In alternating chapters, a husband and wife describe the nine years they spent trying to conceive. Although Ed was the one who wanted a child at any cost, they were equally caught up in infertility treatments, miscarriages, and an adoption attempt. Finally their daughter arrives, but not as they had planned. 1999. BR 12742. ## Explorer Leader Handbook. BR 12757. by Boy Scouts of America. 3 volumes. Handbook for advisors and youth leaders of Explorer Scouts. Describes the role of an advisor to an Explorer post in setting up the post and training the youth leaders. Discusses the nature of Exploring and the responsibilities of officers, and tells how to plan and conduct a successful meeting. 1991. BR 12757. ## Jonathan Swift: A Portrait. BR 12772. by Victoria Glendinning. 4 volumes. A biographical study of the eighteenth-century English cleric best known for _Gulliver's Travels (BR 12766)_. Examines Swift's corrosive satires, poems, letters, and other writings, as well as earlier biographies, to gain insight into his elusive character. Probes his romantic relations with the two women in his life--Stella and Vanessa. 1998. BR 12772. ## Plays and Fragments. BR 12773. by Menander. 3 volumes. Menander (c. 341-291 B.C.), whose works pioneered the representation in drama of ordinary people, is known as the foremost innovator of the New Comedy of ancient Greece. In addition to several fragments unearthed in the twentieth century A.D., this collection includes _Old Cantankerous_ and _The Girl from Samos_. 1987. BR 12773. ## Vulcan's Fury: Man against the Volcano. BR 12793. by Alwyn Scarth. 3 volumes. Depicts fifteen volcanic eruptions across a wide geographical and historical spectrum with emphasis on the aftermaths and how people were affected. Spans the centuries from A.D. 79 (Vesuvius) to 1991 (Pinatubo) in discussing volcanos around the globe. Contains eyewitness reports from survivors. 1999. BR 12793. ## Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life. BR 12805. by Richard Ben Cramer. 6 volumes. Muckraking biography of sports legend Joe DiMaggio, who rose from his Sicilian working-class background in San Francisco to become an American icon. Explores his pivotal games and business decisions, his obsession--and fights--with Marilyn Monroe, his dubious mob acquaintances, his life after baseball, and his lonely death in Florida. Some strong language. Bestseller 2000. BR 12805. ## Desegregating the Dollar: African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century. BR 12811. by Robert E. Weems. 2 volumes. An associate professor of history at the University of Missouri--Columbia traces African Americans' ascent among retail purchasers from marginal shoppers in the early 1900s to an important segment of the consumer market in the 1990s. Explores stereotypes used to target this community. Includes an epilogue, appendix, and notes. 1998. BR 12811. ## Strong Women Stay Slim. BR 12819. by Miriam E. Nelson. 3 volumes. In this companion to _Strong Women Stay Young (BR 11896)_ the author continues with advice on exercising with weights in order to develop strength, build bone, improve balance and flexibility, and increase energy. Presents pertinent scientific evidence, sample exercises, and healthful recipes. 1998. BR 12819. ## Weight Training for Dummies. BR 12835. by Liz Neporent and Suzanne Schlosberg. 4 volumes. Fitness consultant and health writer describe more than 130 strengthening exercises for all parts of the body, which are suitable for "rookies and veterans alike." Explains proper weight lifting technique and gives tips on designing a personal workout program. 1997. BR 12835. ## The Good Guys of Baseball: Seventeen True Sports Stories. BR 12879. by Terry Egan and others. 1 volume. Seventeen biographies describing men in baseball who exemplify some of the best traits an athlete can possess on or off the field: loyalty, decency, determination, and the willingness to work hard. Included are Don Wardlow, a blind sportscaster, and one-handed pitcher Jim Abbott. Grade 1 braille. 1997. BR 12879. ## House of Invention: The Secret Life of Everyday Products. BR 12921. by David Lindsay. 1 volume. Proceeds room-by-room through a house and into the garage to discuss the origins of common consumer products. Reveals the stories behind Vaseline, intermittent windshield wipers, frozen food, hair straightener, condoms, disposable razors, brassieres, flat-bottomed paper bags, electrical outlets, pencils, Muzak, and more. 2000. BR 12921. ## On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel. BR 12948. by Tony Cohan. 2 volumes. A writer and his artist wife first visit San Miguel de Allende in 1985 on vacation. Capitulating to the town's charm, they purchase a badly deteriorated house. As they restore their home, they ease into a gracious lifestyle while appreciating the Mexican traditions they've embraced. 2000. BR 12948. ## Dinner with Friends. BR 12986. by Donald Margulies. 1 volume. Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama in which two married couples who have been close friends for years are in the process of examining their interrelationships when one couple breaks up. Gabe and Karen, who introduced the divorcing couple Tom and Beth, find themselves wondering about their own marriage. Some strong language. 2000. BR 12986. ## The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Boys: A Growing- Up Guide for Parents and Sons. BR 12988. by Lynda Madaras. 2 volumes. Provides an overview of puberty and discusses changes that take place in a boy's shape, size, reproductive organs, sexuality, hygiene requirements, and health concerns. Also discusses puberty in girls. Updated edition of _BR 7314_. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2000. BR 12988. ## The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters. BR 12992. by Lynda Madaras. 2 volumes. Provides an overview of puberty and discusses changes that take place in a girl's shape, size, reproductive organs, menstrual cycle, and sexuality. Also discusses puberty in boys. Updated edition of _BR 8039_. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2000. BR 12992. ## Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean. BR 12995. by Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery. 1 volume. Former college roommates' letters to each other during the year Montgomery and her new husband spent in Africa as Peace Corps teachers. Liftin discusses her New York jobs, relationships, apartments, and weird neighbors; Montgomery describes the illness, poverty, and people of her temporary home. Some strong language. 1999. BR 12995. ## The Right Moves: A Girl's Guide to Getting Fit and Feeling Good. BR 13054. by Tina Schwager and Michele Schuerger. 3 volumes. An athletic trainer and a former competitive skater advise teenagers on combining attitude, proper nutrition, and exercise to achieve fitness. They discuss the pros and cons of various workout options along with diets, eating disorders, visualization, stretching, and more. For junior and senior high readers. 1998. BR 13054. ## Three Miles Down. BR 13146. by James Hamilton-Paterson. 2 volumes. The author's account of his 1995 participation in Project Orca--the hunt for a Japanese submarine sunk during World War II and believed to be carrying several tons of gold. He portrays the anticipation of finding treasure and a primordial watery world full of unexpected beauty. Some strong language. 1999. BR 13146. ## Women Saints: Lives of Faith and Courage. BR 13163. by Kathleen Jones. 3 volumes. Biographical sketches of forty women with varied careers and achievements, who became saints on the merits of their individual contributions. Includes Americans Elizabeth Ann Seton and Katharine Drexel. Some were visionaries, martyrs, and missionaries, while others lived as wives and mothers. 1999. BR 13163. ## Strong Women, Strong Bones: Everything You Need to Know to Prevent, Treat, and Beat Osteoporosis. BR 13186. by Miriam E. Nelson. 3 volumes. The author of _Strong Women Stay Young (BR 11896)_ prescribes a strength training program and nutritional guidelines to fight osteoporosis and osteopenia. She also discusses diagnostic tests, medications--including hormone replacement therapy--and myths regarding bone density. Provides an altered program for men at risk. 2000. BR 13186. ## Sexually Transmitted Diseases. BR 13194. by Christine Perdan Curran. 1 volume. Examines the history, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases--both bacterial and viral--as well as other contagious problems such as lice, scabies, and fungi. Includes information on syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, AIDS, and hepatitis. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1998. BR 13194. ## Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy. BR 13201. by Mel Greaves. 3 volumes. Examines cancer from a Darwinian perspective to enlighten future understanding for improved prevention, detection, and treatment of the disease. Cites historical examples and modern concerns about male and female cancers. Discusses the overriding factors to be considered in dealing with this complex and often-fatal illness. 2000. BR 13201. ## My Friend, My Friend: The Story of Thoreau's Relationship with Emerson. BR 13207. by Harmon Smith. 3 volumes. Drawing heavily on their journals and letters, Smith chronicles the twenty-five-year association between Ralph Waldo Emerson, a financially well-placed teacher, and Henry David Thoreau, a struggling student, which began at Harvard in 1837. The relationship faltered for a while with the publication of _Walden_, but was renewed when Thoreau's health began to fail. 1999. BR 13207. ## Descartes: His Life and Thought. BR 13214. by Geneviève Rodis-Lewis. 4 volumes. Biography of the seventeenth-century French philosopher. A professor at the Sorbonne examines Descartes's intellectual characteristics and psychological makeup and the influence of cultural events on his development. Draws on his correspondence and writings to explain his philosophical method and contributions to mathematics. 1998. BR 13214. ## Life on the Mississippi. BR 13216. by Mark Twain. 4 volumes (Reissue). Memoir of Twain's career as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River in his youth before the Civil War. Twenty- one years later he returns for a trip from St. Louis to New Orleans, reminiscing about the changes and the cities he encounters. Includes a history of the river. 1883. BR 13216. ## Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation. BR 13217. by William H. Gass. 2 volumes. An interpretive study of the life and works of the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1857-1926). Combines an impressionistic biography of the temperamental artist, a critical examination of his poetry, various renderings by other translators, and Gass's own translation of _The Duino Elegies_. 1999. BR 13217. ## No Place for a Woman: A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith. BR 13231. by Janann Sherman. 4 volumes. Biography based on interviews with the former politician from Maine, the first woman U.S. senator. Recalls Smith's thirty-three years in Washington that began after a special election to complete her late husband's term as representative. Delves into her often-controversial views, including her reluctance to be labeled a feminist even while supporting equal rights. 2000. BR 13231. ## Physics in the Twentieth Century. BR 13234. by Curt Suplee. 2 volumes. Describes advances in physics over the last century. Includes chapters on the electromagnetic spectrum, quantum mechanics, atomic structures, chaos and order, and the evolution of the universe. Chronicles the research that resulted in the creation of new technology. For senior high and older readers. 1999. BR 13234. ## The Souls of Black Folk. BR 13240. by W.E.B. Du Bois. 2 volumes. Essays and sketches published in 1903 examine African American experiences, spirituality, and struggles in the South after the Civil War. Recalls some historical milestones; argues that emancipation should have meant immediate equality rather than slow progress toward this ideal. Questions the lack of personal leadership in black communities. 1903. BR 13240. ## ### _Fiction_ The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea. BR 12729. by James Fenimore Cooper. 5 volumes (Reissue). A nineteenth-century sea story suggested by an episode in the life of John Paul Jones, which combines romance, intrigue, betrayal, near-shipwreck, and sea fights. 1823. BR 12729. ## A Complicated Situation: Stories. BR 12744. by Jane Mullen. 2 volumes. Nine stories depicting various facets of family life, including sibling relations, aging, conflict, separation, tragedy, and loss. "Dardis and Me" tells of a twenty-five- year-old man who takes in his troubled sister after their parents die. The brother comes to realize that he is as much in need of succor as she. 1998. BR 12744. ## The Captain's Bride: The Northern Lights, Book 1. BR 12820. by Lisa Tawn Bergren. 3 volumes. Following their marriage in Norway in 1880, Elsa and Peder Ramstad sail to America, where Peder owns a shipyard in Maine. Others are along, including Karl, Peder's business partner, and Elsa's sister Tora. Problems abound, but perseverance, faith, and fidelity triumph in the end. Prequel to _Deep Harbor (BR 13142)_. 1998. BR 12820. ## Shopgirl. BR 12849. by Steve Martin. 1 volume. Artistic Mirabelle has an uninspiring job behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus in Los Angeles, but what she really craves is love. Then smitten Seattle millionaire Ray Porter sends Mirabelle the gloves he purchased from her, beginning an unconventional relationship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2000. BR 12849. ## Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery. BR 12874. by Henning Mankell. 4 volumes. Ystad, Sweden. Police officer Kurt Wallander is about to leave on vacation when a young girl immolates herself and a former minister of justice is brutally murdered. Somehow the cases are connected. Other killings follow, committed by someone who always escapes on a moped. Some violence. 1999. BR 12874. ## In the Gloaming: Stories. BR 12875. by Alice Elliott Dark. 2 volumes. Ten tales about American suburbia. The title piece--about a young man with AIDS returning to his mother's home to die-- was adapted for film. In "Dreadful Language," a judgmental young girl grows up to have the same kind of empty, disappointing marriage as her mother's. Some strong language. 2000. BR 12875. ## The Summer after June. BR 12880. by Ashley Warlick. 2 volumes. Twenty-five-year-old Lindy Jain finds herself unable to cope and abandons her family and fiancé, taking her murdered sister's baby to her grandmother's house in Galveston. There Lindy falls in love with a childhood friend soon after discovering her own pregnancy. Some descriptions of sex. 2000. BR 12880. ## _The_ _Inland Ice_ and Other Stories. BR 12901. by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. 2 volumes. Modern-day stories by an Irish writer are interspersed with excerpts from a folktale, revealing that young women's feelings and interests have much in common across the ages. In "Love, Hate, and Friendship," Fiona flies to France ostensibly for a literature conference but really to gain perspective on a relationship. Some strong language. 1997. BR 12901. ## Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson. BR 12902. by Louise Rennison. 2 volumes. A fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl records important events in her journal, describing life at school and at home with her toddler sister and troublemaking cat. Georgia and her boy-crazy girlfriends spend their spare time on beauty treatments and devising strategies for catching the right guy's attention. For senior high readers. 1999. BR 12902. ## By the Shore. BR 12903. by Galaxy Craze. 2 volumes. Twelve-year-old May lives with her self-indulgent mother and younger brother in a bed-and-breakfast by the English sea. She observes her mother's love affairs, daydreams about her long-absent father, and aspires to join the in crowd at school. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 1999. BR 12903. ## Soft Money: A Filomena Buscarsela Mystery. BR 12904. by k.j.a. Wishnia. 2 volumes. Ecuadorian-born ex-NYPD policewoman Filomena joins rookie Janette Ivins investigating the murder of a friendly neighborhood grocer. Meanwhile, Filomena has a new job at an environmental firm where she soon suspects some illegal activity is depleting the charity funds. Some violence and some strong language. 1999. BR 12904. ## Leaving Pico. BR 12905. by Frank X. Gaspar. 2 volumes. Award-winning poet Gaspar's autobiographical tale of Josie Carvalho, who grows up in the Portuguese fishing village in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Abandoned by his mother, Josie is raised by an aunt and his seldom sober grandfather, who regales him with the adventures of an ancestor who supposedly discovered America before Columbus. 1999. BR 12905. ## The Fall of the Year. BR 12913. by Howard Frank Mosher. 2 volumes. Vermont, 1950s. Frank Bennett returns to his small home town after graduation from university to decide his future. His adoptive father, a priest, keeps him busy assisting with parish duties involving the locals, who include a fortune teller, a herbalist, a con artist, and a girl who captures Frank's heart. 1999. BR 12913. ## Prince. BR 12914. by Ib Michael. 2 volumes. In the suspension of time that is summer, Malte (age twelve) helps out at a Danish seaside inn in 1912. Icebergs release their secrets, and Malte finds a long-ago sailor's coffin on the beach. The mystery of the sailor intermingles with the boy's own adventures with the townspeople. 1999. BR 12914. ## Jitterbug: A Novel of Detroit. BR 12916. by Loren D. Estleman. 2 volumes. Detroit, 1943. A serial killer is roaming the city murdering people suspected of hoarding ration coupons. Lieutenant Max Zagreb uses all the methods available--legal and illegal--to track down the culprit. Meanwhile, police contend with growing racial unrest that explodes into a race riot. Violence and strong language. 1998. BR 12916. ## Moll Flanders. BR 12919. by Daniel Defoe. 3 volumes (Reissue). Moral tale set in seventeenth-century England and Virginia recounts the crimes and misfortunes of a lusty and strong- willed woman. Among Moll's five marriages was one, unwitting, to her own brother. After years as a thief and a prostitute, she attains great wealth, and spends her old age comfortably repenting her youthful excesses. 1722. BR 12919. ## Sea of Memory. BR 12920. by Erri De Luca. 1 volume. Italy, 1950s. A sixteen-year-old boy spends the summer with his family on an island near Naples. He learns to fish with his uncle and old Nicola, falls in love with a Jewish orphan girl, and becomes obsessed with learning about the horrors of the recent war. 1999. BR 12920. ## The Book Borrower. BR 12922. by Alice Mattison. 2 volumes. Two young mothers meet in 1975, while their children play in a park. Deborah lends Toby a memoir of the 1920s trolley strike, which she reads and forgets. But years later, her encounter with the book's now elderly central figure helps Toby come to terms with Deborah's death. Strong language. 1999. BR 12922. ## White Sky, Black Ice: A Nathan Active Mystery. BR 12947. by Stan Jones. 2 volumes. Alaska state trooper Nathan Active works in his native village where his birth mother, an Inupiat Eskimo, had given him up for adoption to his white parents years ago. Active suspects that two recent suicides were actually murders. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1999. BR 12947. ## Stories of the Far North. BR 12949. edited by Jon Tuska. 2 volumes. Nine short stories set in the far northwest portraying the fight against the elements, the tie between man and dog, and the struggle for survival. Includes _The League of the Old Men_ by Jack London and the ballad _The Trail of 'Ninety- Eight_ by Robert Service. 1998. BR 12949. ## Code to Zero. BR 12966. by Ken Follett. 3 volumes. In January 1958, as the U.S. prepares to launch its answer to Soviet satellite Sputnik, key space scientist Luke Lucas wakes up in a public toilet with a hangover and amnesia. Luke must reconstruct his identity in order to thwart a sabotage plot--and the clock is ticking. Some strong language. Bestseller 2000. BR 12966. ## The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment. BR 12993. by Graham Greene. 2 volumes. In the early phase of World War II, British widower Arthur Rowe, after having euthanatized his sick wife, unwittingly becomes embroiled with a band of fifth columnists. And then he falls in love. Some violence. 1943. BR 12993. ## The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. BR 13144. by Stephen Crane. 2 volumes (Reissue). Henry Fleming, a young country boy, enthusiastically enlists with the Union army during the Civil War. Wanting to prove himself a hero, but experiencing shock and fear on the battlefront, he finally revives his courage and self-respect in a crucial advance. New edition includes an additional chapter from author's notes. 1895. BR 13144. ## Doña Inés vs. Oblivion. BR 13195. by Ana Teresa Torres. 2 volumes. Caracas aristocrat Doña Inés is obsessed with regaining title to a piece of jungle land. The legal battle between her white heirs and the descendants of her husband and a black slave woman go on for centuries after her death in 1781. Mobil Pegasus Prize for Lit. 1999. BR 13195. ## Murder in Foggy Bottom. BR 13196. by Margaret Truman. 3 volumes. A well-dressed corpse in Washington's Foggy Bottom may be connected to three suspicious commuter plane crashes. Lovers Max Pauling and Jessica Mumford, both of the State Department, are pursuing the investigation when Jessica's ex-husband turns up, fleeing the right-wing extremist faction in which he'd been operating undercover. Some violence and some strong language. 2000. BR 13196. ## End of Days. BR 13197. by Dennis Danvers. 3 volumes. In this sequel to _Circuit of Heaven (BR 11977),_ seventy years have passed since Gabriel attempted to destroy the Bin. When a young Christian Soldier discovers a prototype of the Bin, Gabriel learns the Bin itself still exists, setting off unforeseen consequences. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999. BR 13197. ## Dawn on a Distant Shore. BR 13199. by Sara Donati. 5 volumes. Upper New York, 1794. Elizabeth Bonner and her children travel to Montreal to ransom her husband Nathaniel and his father, Hawkeye, from the French. The children are then kidnapped by a Scotsman intent on returning the Bonners to Europe to claim an inheritance. Sequel to _Into the Wilderness (BR 12298)_. 2000. BR 13199. ## World of Pies. BR 13218. by Karen Stolz. 2 volumes. Vignettes of growing up in small-town Texas, with regional recipes included. In 1962 Roxanne, a baseball-playing tomboy, learns how to bake for the pie contest and encounters racial prejudice for the first time. In high school she is embarrassed by her mother's pregnancy. And tragedy strikes the family. 2000. BR 13218. ## The Tidal Poole: An Elizabeth I Mystery. BR 13219. by Karen Harper. 2 volumes. London, 1559. Queen Elizabeth I, with the help of her informal council of friends from _The Poyson Garden (BR13032)_, foils another plot on her life. When the promiscuous sister of the queen's lady-in-waiting is murdered, suspicion falls on the traitorous Seymour family. Some violence. 2000. BR 13219. ## The Houseguest. BR 13220. by Agnes Rossi. 3 volumes. In 1934 grief-stricken Edward Devlin buries his wife in Ireland, leaves his six-year-old daughter, Maura, behind with maiden aunts, and goes to America. With John Fitzgibbon's help, Edward finds a new job; he also stays in Fitz's home and has an affair with Fitz's young wife. Some strong language. 2000. BR 13220. ## Slo-Mo! My Untrue Story. BR 13221. by Rick Reilly. 2 volumes. Sportswriter's novel is "as told" by young seven-foot, eight-inch Maurice Finsternick. After spending his formative years in a cave-dwelling cult, naive Mo is drafted into the NBA and struggles to comprehend Charles Barkley, his other teammates, and the industry. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999. BR 13221. ## The Queen of Attolia. BR 13222. by Megan Whalen Turner. 2 volumes. In this sequel to _The Thief (BR 11285),_ the Queen of Attolia captures Eugenides, the official thief of Eddis. Although her severe punishment nearly breaks his spirit, he continues to love her throughout the ensuing political and military intrigues. For junior and senior high readers. 2000. BR 13222. ## Even Steven. BR 13229. by John Gilstrap. 3 volumes. A filthy, terrified toddler stumbles into the campsite of Bobby and Susan Martin, who are grieving for their stillborn child. In the next few horrifying minutes, Bobby kills the man chasing the boy, discovers he was a cop, and then flees with the boy and Susan. Violence and strong language. 2000. BR 13229. ## The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love. BR 13230. by Joan Medlicott. 3 volumes. Three widowed roommates leave their Pennsylvania boardinghouse for the North Carolina mountains to look at a dilapidated farmhouse one of them has inherited. Against the wishes of their children and landlady, the women move in and soon find their lives dramatically changed--for the better. 2000. BR 13230. ## A Burnt-Out Case. BR 13244. by Graham Greene. 2 volumes. Colonial-era Belgian Congo. Querry, a playboy architect with a lurid background, retires to an African leprosarium, where he earns a reputation as a "saint" by using his expertise to build better facilities for the community. But then his past is discovered. 1960. BR 13244. ## Dreamcatcher. BR 13274. by Stephen King. 5 volumes. Four friends have hunted together for twenty-five years. This trip, however, is interrupted by an intruder's rambling about lights in the sky. Patterned like a Native American talisman, the dreamcatcher phenomenon must be summoned for the men to fight alien and natural horrors. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller 2001. BR 13274. ## On the Street Where You Live. BR 13281. by Mary Higgins Clark. 2 volumes. Because lawyer Emily Graham is being stalked, she changes jobs and moves to New Jersey. She buys the house that once belonged to her great-great-grandaunt Madeline Shapley, whose skeleton turns up in Emily's back yard. Suddenly Emily finds herself being followed again. Some violence. Bestseller 2001. BR 13281. ## ### _Books for Children_ The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. _Nonfiction_ Glorious Grasses: The Grains. BR 12838. by Meredith Sayles Hughes. 1 volume. Explains how humans have cultivated and used various grains including wheat, rice, corn, millet, oats, barley, and rye. Discusses the nutritional value of these cereal products and provides recipes. For grades 4-7. 1999. BR 12838. ## Tall and Tasty: Fruit Trees. BR 12839. by Meredith Sayles Hughes. 1 volume. Describes historical origins, uses, and growing requirements of fruit trees such as apple, mango, fig, peach, and various citrus. Includes recipes. For grades 4-7. 2000. BR 12839. ## Flavor Foods: Spices and Herbs. BR 12842. by Meredith Sayles Hughes. 1 volume. Describes the historical origins, uses, and growing requirements of various spices and herbs derived from flowers, fruits, leaves, bark, seeds, roots, and rhizomes. Includes pepper, vanilla, nutmeg, horseradish, licorice, ginger, cinnamon, mustard, basil, rosemary, saffron, and parsley. For grades 4-7. 2000. BR 12842. ## The Complete Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh. BR 12911. by A.A. Milne. 1 volume. Originally written to entertain the author's son, Christopher Robin, some of the verses are about the boy's stuffed animals. This volume contains both the first collection, _When We Were Very Young_, published in 1924, and the second, _Now We Are Six_, published in 1927. For grades K-3. 1927. BR 12911. ## The New York Public Library Amazing Native American History: A Book of Answers for Kids. BR 12989. by Liz Sonneborn. 2 volumes. Questions and answers present information on the history and culture of various Native American tribes. Provides brief responses to such questions as "Where did the first Indians come from?" "Did Indians celebrate Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?" "How were totem poles made?" and "What is a powwow?" For grades 5-8. 1999. BR 12989. ## Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. BR 12999. by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin. 2 volumes. Biography of a woman who was born a slave and became a civil rights leader. Best known for her fight against lynching African Americans, Wells was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Describes her accomplishments, crusades, and personal life. Some violence. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2000. BR 12999. ## Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year. BR 13076. retold by Eric A. Kimmel. 1 volume. Once a year on Rosh Hashanah, Gershon would stuff his thoughtless acts into a sack and throw them into the sea. But when his sins threaten the lives of his beloved twin children, Gershon truly repents of his wicked ways. A retelling of a Hasidic legend. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K- 3. 2000. BR 13076. ## Sight. BR 13241. by Laurence Pringle. 1 volume. Describes the parts of the human eye and how they work. Discusses color blindness, visual perception, animal eyes, and eye care, among other topics. For grades 3-6. 2000. BR 13241. ## Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. BR 13242. by Ann Bausum. 1 volume. A biography of the great explorer-adventurer who discovered huge fields of dinosaur bones and a complete nest of dinosaur eggs in Mongolia during the 1920s. Explains how Andrews pioneered modern paleontology field research using a team of specialists on his five expeditions to Asia. For grades 5-8. 2000. BR 13242. ## Multiple Sclerosis. BR 13245. by Edward Susman. 1 volume. Description of the disabling condition of the nervous system--a malady that usually strikes women--affecting 350,000 in the U.S. Using case histories, discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of multiple sclerosis. Relates the history of the disease and research advances. For grades 4-7. 1999. BR 13245. ## ### _Fiction_ The Secret of the Old Clock. BR 12806. by Carolyn Keene. 1 volume. When Nancy Drew witnesses a near-accident on a country road, she becomes involved with a missing will and the theft of some valuable silver pieces. For grades 3-6. 1930. BR 12806. ## The Hidden Staircase. BR 12807. by Carolyn Keene. 1 volume. Nancy Drew visits the family mansion of a close friend to discover the source of untraceable music, thumps, creaking noises, and eerie shadows. For grades 3-6. 1930. BR 12807. ## The Bungalow Mystery. BR 12808. by Carolyn Keene. 1 volume. Nancy Drew has a terrifying experience in a deserted bungalow, while trying to help a friend in trouble. For grades 3-6. 1930. BR 12808. ## Misty of Chincoteague. BR 12918. by Marguerite Henry. 1 volume. The adventures of Maureen and Paul Beebe, who want to own the freedom-loving mare Phantom and her colt, Misty--wild ponies from the islands along Virginia's Atlantic coast. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1947. BR 12918. ## The Mystery at Lilac Inn. BR 12943. by Carolyn Keene. 1 volume. Nancy Drew becomes involved in the mystery of a haunted inn and learns to her dismay that someone is impersonating her. For grades 3-6. 1930. BR 12943. ## Death at Devil's Bridge. BR 12946. by Cynthia DeFelice. 1 volume. Thirteen-year-old Ben--last seen in _Devil's Bridge (RC 37491)_--and his best friend Jeff are lured into trouble by their desire to be "cool." A teen tourist on their home island of Martha's Vineyard disappears, others are robbed, and the boys become unwitting drug runners. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2000. BR 12946. ## The Borrowers Afloat. BR 12990. by Mary Norton. 1 volume. The Borrowers--Pod, Homily, and Arrietty--must find a new home when the human family upon whom they depend moves out. A wild boy named Spiller helps the tiny people on a hazardous journey starting in a drain. Sequel to _The Borrowers Afield (BR 7026)_. For grades 3-6. 1959. BR 12990. ## The Borrowers. BR 12991. by Mary Norton. 1 volume (Reissue). Pod, Homily, and Arrietty are a family of tiny people who live beneath the floors of an old country house, borrowing what they need from humans. When Arrietty encounters a human boy, the endangered Borrowers must relocate. Prequel to _The Borrowers Afield (BR 7026)_. For grades 3-6. 1952. BR 12991. ## The Borrowers Aloft: With the Short Tale _Poor Stainless_. BR 12994. by Mary Norton. 1 volume. In this sequel to _The Borrowers Afloat (BR 12990),_ the tiny family settles happily in a model village just their size, only to be kidnapped by the owner of a competing miniature town. The second tale relates the search for Stainless when he goes missing in the scullery. For grades 3-6. 1961. BR 12994. ## One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. BR 13073. by Dr. Seuss. 1 volume (Reissue). Nonsense verses for beginning readers feature such creatures as Yinks, Zeds, Gacks, Yops, Gox, and Wumps. PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool-grade 2. 1960. BR 13073. ## The Hockey Sweater. BR 13359. by Roch Carrier. 1 volume. Like all the boys in a small Quebec town, Roch wears his ice-hockey hero's Montreal Canadiens sweater, number nine, until he outgrows it. He is horrified when his mother insists he wear the new Toronto Maple Leafs sweater sent in a mail order mix-up. For grades 3-6. 1979. BR 13359. ## ### 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 (10 issues) ESPN: The Magazine (biweekly) Harper's (literary; monthly) Health Newsletters (includes Harvard Health Letter, Mayo Clinic Health Letter, and University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter, monthly) Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine (monthly) Ladies' Home Journal (monthly) Martha Stewart Living (home and entertaining; 10 issues) Muse (for children; 10 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 computing; 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) Stone Soup (children's writings; 6 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