CBS Television is rerunning the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "Front of the Class" tonight at 8pm US eastern time. This story is about Brad Cohen, a boy with Tourette Syndrome who grows up to be the teacher he never had. After this movie aired the first time, I found Brad himself and invited him to appear with us on Books And Beyond. Because CBS is showing his movie again, we decided to air his appearance with us again this weekend.
Is it possible to fall in love with the author of a book? Yes! As I read the last of the five books by Eva Rutland available on the download site, I grew more and more certain the above answer to the question remained yes.
How fortunate we are when we read not only a great book but one that speaks to our hearts. When an author can take us in to her world, when we can feel her pain and her tears, embrace with her all she has told us including her triumph and victory over difficulties, we know we have met and spent time with a master of her craft.
Happy Healthy New Year to you and your family. For Jan. 27th, I would like to talk
about Diabetes and it's relation to heart and vascular disease. I will discuss why
diabetics have more heart and vascular disease than non-diabetics. The emphasis of
the discussion will be on prevention of heart disease, claudication and other vascular
problems.
Natalie J. Nankin, Group Facilitator
Email: njnankin@aol.com
Unfortunately, the first 20 minutes was a bad recording and i thank you for your patience. I was able to edit and record 34 minutes of our show.
Accessible World Special Program Series
Lloyd Rasmussen of NLS will unofficially speak to us on how to use the BARD Downloadable
web site. He will give us useful tips for finding books and in general getting around
the site.
Let us now read what Lloyd has to say about his presentation.
Lloyd Rasmussen, a senior electronics engineer at the National Library Service for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped will discuss "the evolution and devolution of
the NLS talking book program". From his perspective, he will be prepared to discuss
Bob Acosta, founder of www.radiooutofthepast.org and former schoolteacher is our guest on this evening's Books And Beyond. Chosen as one of the five outstanding men in California by the California Jaycees in 1969, Bob became the first blind teacher there.
This show will have a special guest who will provide tons of information pertaining
to easy recipes of five items or less, using items usually found in your kitchen,
or easily obtainable in your local grocery, and much more.
Our guest is Linda Larson, who writes a column twice a week called Busy Cooks for
http://www.about.com
Linda is also a cookbook author.
We will be focusing on three topics: cooking on a budget; slow cooker recipes and
5-ingredient ideas.
So please join Ken and Cindy in the Accessible World Kitchen for some great tips
We in the Mystery Book discussion Group want to wish you all a very happy New Year.
Come join us! All are welcome.
We will be discussing Prisoner Of Birth by Jeffery Archer. You can find it on the
BARD site by searching for DB 66147. This is also its RC number and you can request
it from your regional library on cassette.
You can find this book on Bookshare at:
www.bookshare.org/browse/book/38432
We look forward to having you share your opinions and your knowledge of mysteries
with us.
Ann Parsons, Group Facilitator
Email: akp@portaltutoring.info
Skype: Putertutor
Come join us on the twentieth day of January in the new year and discuss the best
seller “Churchill, Hitler,and ‘the Unnecessary War’: How Britain Lost It’s Empire
and the West Lost the World” (db66888)and listen to an interview with the author,
Patrick J. Buchanan.
Only a Patrick J. Buchanan with his right-wing credentials could say that World War
One and Two “were unnecessary” challenging what most Americans believe, that World
War Two was the “good war” and World War One the “great War”. Patrick Buchanan, Presidential
Accessible World is pleased to present its latest program, Classroom of the air.
Sherry Wells and JoAnn Becker are its co-hosts. Come join the accessible world community,
as Donald Queen and Vincent Acosta answer our questions about "the job interview".
Learn successful strategies to help you succeed: Know What to Expect and what to
say during an interview.
Don Queen's outstanding job placement history during his thirty years as a Rehabilitation
Counselor in California will provide us with USEFUL tips for success.
Thanks to lister Steve of California, we have the semiannual bookshow that Bonnie Blose does on WBZ with Jordan Rich. Commercials and newsbreaks have been removed, and each hour is a separate file. Enjoy.