talking book center : staunton, virginia
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Talking Book Center Free Matter for the Blind
1 Churchville Avenue and Print Disabled
Staunton, VA 24401
Reading is for Everyone!
August 2021
Talking Book Center : Staunton, Virginia
1 Churchville Avenue
Staunton, VA 24401
800-995-6215
Olympics & Paralympics:
The summer Olympics and Paralympics are being held this
month in Tokyo, Japan. Here are some titles of interest:
Fire On the Track: Betty Robinson And The Triumph Of The
Early Olympic Women by Roseanne Montillo DB 89403
The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games by Tony Perrottet DB58757
Courage To Soar: A Body In Motion, A Life In Balance by Simone Biles DB103602
The Making Of A Miracle: The Untold Story Of The Captain Of The 1980 Gold Medal-
Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Mike Eruzione DB98705
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans
Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by
Deborah Riley Draper DB98792
Fire In My Eyes: An American Warrior’s Journey
From Being Blinded On The Battlefield To Gold
Medal Victory by Brad Snyder DB86882
Pictured: Paralympic Agitos and Olympic Rings
It’s hot outside but you can have cool August Adventures with these books! Call the TBC
to request titles in the series or search on BARD.
Series:
Sail the seas with Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy as he adventures the
world in the early 1800s, written by C.S. Forester.
Explore Egypt with Amelia Peabody in the historical
mystery series written by Egyptologist Elizabeth Peters.
Join Jason Bourne in an adventure thriller of espionage
written by Robert Ludlum.
Classic Adventures From Jules Verne:
Journey To The Center Of The Earth DB47617
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea DB57020
Around the World in Eighty Days DB53171
The Mysterious Island DB09836
Non-Fiction Exploring:
The Lost City of Z by David Grann DB68618 (Amazon Basin)
The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition
by Caroline Alexander DB47531
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer DB44850
River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard DB60664
The Breach: Kilimanjaro and the Conquest of Self by Rob Taylor DB17789
York's Adventures With Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part In The Great
Expedition by Rhonda Blumberg DB58671
New and Popular Books on BARD:
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March DB103115 (historical mystery)
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah DB102287 (historical fiction)
The Social Graces by Renee Rosen DB103060 (historical fiction)
A Picture of Love; Amish Inn 01 by Beth Wiseman DB103555 (rel. fic.)
The Alamo Bride (1835); Daughters of the Mayflower 07 by Kathleen
Y’Barbo DB103285 (religious fiction)
Hidden in Plain Sight; Detective William Warwick 02 by Jeffrey Archer DB101354 (myst.)
Queen Anne’s Lace; China Bayles 26 by Susan Wittig Albert DB103654 (myst.)
The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence by Frank Figliuzzi DB103605
Revolutionary Heart: The Life of Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for
Women's Rights by Diane Eickhoff DBC14927
Black Wall Street: The History of the Greenwood District Before the Tulsa Race Riot
published by Charles River Editors DB103792
The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable
Escape in History by Margalit Fox DB103797
Forward Together: An Inside Look at Guide Dog Training by Christie Bane DB100008
Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America by Jeff Wiltse
DB103593
All local libraries are open to the public!
Staunton Public Library / 540-332-3902
Waynesboro Public Library / 540-942-6746
Augusta County Library / 540-885-3961 / Fishersville, Churchville,
Craigsville, Middlebrook, Stuarts Draft, Weyers Cave, Deerfield
Rockbridge Regional Library / 540-463-4324 / Lexington, Warm
Springs, Buena Vista, Glasgow, Goshen
Highland County Public Library / 540-468-2373
The Who, What, and Where From...1970s
Five Books From The Time Period:
DB49914 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Historical Fiction, 1970)
DB20462 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the
American West by Dee Brown (History, 1970)
DB51148 The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (Romance, 1977)
DB12943 Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford (Memoir, 1978)
DB63306 Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia by William Shawcross (1979)
Five Books About The Time Period:
DB43296 An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the
Transformation of America by Andrew Young
DB20574 Double Play: The San Francisco City Hall Killings by
Mike Weiss
DB60621 Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare by Philip Short
DB40691 Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim
Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
DB93709 They Are All My Family: A Daring Rescue in the Chaos of Saigon’s Fall by John P. Riordan
Five Biographies Of Figures From The Time Period:
DB63615 This Life by Sidney Poitier
DB19705 Billie Jean by Billie Jean King
DB97053 Me by Elton John
DB52126 Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye
by Steve Turner
DB66303 Write It When I’m Gone: Remarkable Off-The-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford by Thomas M. DeFrank
Pictured: 1973 Motorola cell phone
1974 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu
Thank You!
We want to thank everyone who completed and returned this years Patron Survey.
These results help us evaluate and improve our service, and apply for funding. Thanks!