Library
StaffPlease join
us in welcoming Laurie Talerico our new Assistant Librarian/Volunteer
Coordinator. Laurie comes to us from the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public
Library System where she has worked since 1995 as a Collection Development
Librarian. She has two Master’s degrees from Florida State University, one in
Library and Information Science and the other in Humanities.
Laurie’s interests include quilting, playing with her dog and three
cats, and planning her St. Patrick’s Day wedding.
We are
delighted Laurie has joined the Talking Book Library family and invite you to
speak with her when you call the library.
We also now
have a full time Office Manager, Jessica Coll. She joins Jenny in managing our
business office, processing warranty books, adding new Descriptive Videos to our
collection, and the myriad of details which must be accomplished every day to
keep our library running in good order. Jessica is a recent USF graduate and
comes to us after an internship in Washington, D.C. Please join us in welcoming
Jessica to our staff.
MAGAZINES
ON CASSETTE
Over the
past several years, NLS has been in the process of changing the format of
magazines from disc to cassette. The following magazines will change to cassette
beginning with the January 2001 issues. If you are already receiving the
magazine on disc, you will automatically begin receiving the cassette edition.
If you would like to subscribe to a magazine now that it is available on
cassette, please call the library.
American
Heritage
Analog Science Fiction
Contemporary
Sound Track
Diabetes Forecast
The Musical
Mainstream
The Nation
U.S. News
and World Report
National Review
Quarterly
Music Magazine
National Geographic
SERVICE TIP
Please send
all book requests, changes of address, or other notifications regarding your
library services to the Pinellas Talking Book Library in Clearwater, not CMLS in
Melbourne. CMLS is a company responsible for publishing and distributing such
items as Talking Book Topics. Sending requests or messages to them only
delays the process of your orders. If you have any questions regarding any
aspect of library services or to whom you should submit requests for materials,
please call us.
TRAVEL NARRATIVES
For those
interested in travel narratives, the following are recommended. If you would
like to read any or all of these books, please call the library.
RC 42445
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean by Paul
Theroux
RC 48739
Throwim Way Leg: Tree-kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds—on the track
of unknown mammals in wildest New Guinea by Tim Flannery
RC 49797
Seductive Journey: American Tourists in France from Jefferson to the Jazz
Age by Harvey Levenstein
RC 46441
Paris in the Fifties by Stanley Karnow (memoir of his sojourn in France)
RC 48700
Cairo: The City Victorious by Max Rodenbeck
RC 50235
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby (an engaging travel classic
originally published in 1958)
RC 50707
Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land by Tim Mackintosh-Smith (Thomas Cook
Travel Book Award 2000)
Books
Read By Narrator of the Year
Ft. Lauderdale narrator Graci Ragsdale is an American Foundation for the Blind’s Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Award for Fiction winner. She has been a narrator at the Insight for the Blind in Ft. Lauderdale, FL for over ten years where she has recorded a wide variety of books, including fiction, non-fiction, children’s literature, poetry and plays. Talking Books has several of the books she has narrated. To order any of the books listed below, please call us.
RC 38991
A Summer House: A Trilogy by Alice Ellis
RC 39954
Michelle by Eva Gibson
RC 40983
The Secret of Sarah Revere by Ann
Rinaldi
RC 38947
Answer Came There None by E.X.
Ferrars
RC
40905 The
Fifth Column and Four Stories by Ernest Hemingway
RC
44004 The
Bridges at Toko-Ri by James Michener
RC
47455 Christmas
in my Heart by Joe Wheeler
RC
38905 Pardon
My Dust—I’m Remodeling by Casey Chaney
RC
43769 Road
Less Traveled and Beyond by M. Scott Peck
RC
41570 Secrets
of Becoming a Late Bloomer by Connie Goldman
RC
39979 That
Kind of Danger by Donna Masini
(Compliments
of West Florida Regional Library)
FLORIDA INTEREST BOOKS
Whether
a Florida native, long-time resident, or “snow-bird” here for the winter,
you may enjoy some of the following books about Florida. To order, please call
us.
RC 44246
Legend of the Barefoot Mailman by John Fleming
RC 42695
Recessional by James A. Michener
RC 47651
Orchid Beach by Stuart Woods
RC 46153
Night of the Panther by E.C. Ayres
RC 46485
Pale Grey for Guilt by John MacDonald
RC 14299
Cross Creek by Marjorie Rawlings
RC 47215
Everglades by Marjory Douglas
RC 28239
Voice of the River by Marjory Douglas
RC 30157
Bulow Hammock by David Wallace
RC 40091
Naturalist by Edward O. Wilson
RC 44251
Scariest Place on Earth by David Fisher
RC 37722
The Coast by Joseph Thorndike
RC 36770
Spanish Frontier by David Weber
RC 27889
Mary McLeod Bethune by Patricia McKissack
RC 16811
Man Who Rode Sharks by William Royal
RC 37975
Handicapped in Walt Disney World by Peter Smith
RC 46845
Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World by Carl Hiaasen
FREE
LIBRARY SERVICES
We want to
remind all of our patrons that this is a free service and there is never an
application fee, annual dues or any other requirement for you to pay for your
library services. You may occasionally receive promotional materials in the mail
from a variety of organizations asking for money. Although they may make a
reference to library services, there is no connection between these
establishments and the Pinellas Talking Book Library. If you receive promotional
materials and have questions regarding their relationship with us, please call.
In each
newsletter we try to make you aware of other services which may enhance your
reading experience or assist in
daily living skills. Many times these services are provided by private
companies, some of whom may charge a fee or subscription dues. This is provided
as information only and is not endorsed by or part of the Pinellas Talking Book
Library.
C2 CASSETTE PLAYER RECALL
The National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has issued an immediate
recall of their C2 cassette player which is gray in color. It is being recalled
because of a potential safety hazard. If you have one of these machines, unplug
it and do not use it again. Contact us for further instructions and for a
replacement C1 player.
We would
like to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a very joyous
new year. It seems like we were just ushering in the new millennium and it is
already one year later. There have been many changes at the Pinellas Talking
Book Library during the year 2000, some of which have been the move to our new
library building in Clearwater, several staff changes, and expansion of our
on-site collection. I am sure 2001 will bring other changes and growth for the
library. I would like to encourage all of you to share your ideas concerning the
direction of your library and how we may improve and expand services for you.
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Library
StaffLaurie
Talerico Marianne
Morawetz
Assistant
Librarian Library
Assistant
taleril@tblc.org
morawem@tblc.org
You
may reach us Monday—Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(727)
441-9958
(727)
441-3168 TDD
(727)
441-9068 FAX
Pinellas
Talking
Book
FREE Matter FOR THE
1330 Cleveland
Street
BLIND OR HANDICAPPED
Clearwater, FL 33755-5103