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Adult Books--Literature & Poetry


Dictionary Of Disagreeable English
This comprehensive dictionary of common language and word misusages lays bare the mistakes we all make every day. It shows you the definitive right way and wrong way to use language - and illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
Gandhi: Biography Series
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known by his followers as Mahatma -- or "great soul" -- was born in India in 1869 and grew up to become one of the most influential and well-respected political and social leaders the world has ever known. Ages 9 and up.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
Here Is New York
In the summer of 1949, E.B. White sat in a New York City hotel room and, sweltering in the summer heat, wrote this remarkable pristine love letter to the city.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
Letters to a Young Poet
Rilke's letters reveal the deeply felt ideas about life and art that shaped the great poet's work. For your pleasure, we have included some Rilke poetry and prose.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius
The first ever, full-color biography to include thirty-one of Louis Braille's letters, some written by his own hand, and translated into English for the first time.
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Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius
Donate Louis to Your Library! Here's how.
Format: Print

 
Love: Ten Poems By Pablo Neruda
A romantic short collection by one of our most sensual and romantic poets.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
Mother Teresa: Biography Series
This informative and eloquent biography highlights the key moments in the life of the determined nun. In clear, readable prose, Demi conveys Mother Teresa's innate goodness and devotion while recounting the story of her inspiring accomplishments on behalf of the "poorest of the poor." Ages 9 and up.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
The Poetry of Everyday Life
This is a collection of 20th and 21st century poets, handpicked by JoAnn Becker and Diane Croft. These are frank poems about young passions and old love, nature and nurture, work affairs and love affairs. This is not your grandmother's poetry! As Emily Dickinson wrote, "When I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry."
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The Puzzle Master Presents...
Two hundred of Will Shortz's best word puzzles from NPR are waiting for you to solve -- with answers provided in the back of the book.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
The Puzzlemaster Presents, Volume 2
New reduced price! 200 MORE word puzzles from Will Shortz, the Puzzlemaster from National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching (pronounced Dow Deh Jing), written over 2,500 years ago, ranks only behind the Bible as the most widely translated book in the world. Short enough to read in an afternoon, subtle enough to study for a lifetime, the Tao Te Ching distills centuries of spiritual inquiry into the Tao - the universal life force that flows around and through all things.
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Touch the Top of the World
The first blind man to summit Everest, Erik Weihenmayer tells his extraordinary story with humor, honesty and vivid detail, and his fortitude and enthusiasm are deeply inspiring.
Format: eBraille (download)

 
Tuesday Morning Quotations
This small spiral-bound quotation booklet contains a quote for each week. Every Tuesday, turn back another page and see who shows up: Abraham Lincoln or Mae West? Darwin or Tolkien? Fran Lebowitz or Pope John Paul II? Plenty of fun for anyone on your gift list - and treat yourself, too!
Format: Braille

 
Wednesday Morning Quotations
The quotes are back! 52 new selections, one for each Wednesday of the week, from luminaries like Ray Bradbury, Ernest Hemingway, Lao-Tzu, Helen Keller, Winston Churchill, and more.
Format: Braille

 


Children's Book of the Month!

Froggy Learns to Swim

Cover image of 'Froggy Learns to Swim'

Price: $5.99
Format: Print/Braille

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