Accessible World

For Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Walking Drum

By Louis L’Amour

Medieval Spain and Middle East.

In twelfth-century Brittany, young Mathurin Kerbouchard, escaping from he evil baron who has slain Mathurin's mother and plundered their estate, is forced into galley slavery. Quickly gaining control of the boat, the bold adventurer lands in Moorish Spain and attempts to rescue his corsair father. Journeying across Europe to Asia, Mathurin becomes a famed scholar, merchant, doctor, and lover. Bestseller 1984.

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We will be discussing Blind Man's Bluff by Faye Kellerman. You can find it on the
BARD site by searching for DB69679. 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:
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/134997
We look forward to having you share your opinions and your knowledge of mysteries
with us.
If you have questions or concerns, or you want to try out the software before attending
the Group, please do not hesitate to contact the Group's facilitator,
Ann Parsons, Group Facilitator

"Cooking with Ken and Cindy" will present a special cooking program on barbecuing and grilling as we prepare for Memorial Day and the entire summer. We will be presenting some interesting guests to discuss outdoor cooking, types of outdoor equipment to use outdoors, charcoal versus gas cooking, and methods for making your BBQ tasty and pleasurable. For some of you who are unable to cook outside, we will discuss grilling on indoor grills such as the George Foreman grill.

What is the significance of what we call oldtime radio? How did it begin, and why was it so popular in its day? What was involved in the change from radio to television, and who made that transition successfully?
On the next Books And Beyond, we'll speak with John and Larry Gassman who are experts in the field. They were consultants on Leonard Maltin's book "The Great American Broadcast." We will talk with them about their relationship with oldtime radio and with the people involved in its production. Because of the vast nature of this topic, we made it into a 2-part show.

On Wednesday, May 19th we will again visit the era of the American Revolution, but not from the viewpoints of George Washington and Patrick Henry but from their slaves, Henry Washington and Ralph Henry who along with eighty to one-hundred thousand black Americans sought freedom behind British lines.

Have you ever submitted a search only to get no results found or, in some ways worse,
a million results found? Have you tried in vain to check out that suspicious sounding
email chain letter you got from your best friends aunts sister-in-law? Classroom
of the Air is offering a double bill in May. Learn how to get the most out of your
searches and learn how to verify those hard to believe emails. Ann Parsons will be
presenting information and tips on searches and Sherry Wells will be talking about
how to check out those emails.

Dear Book Lovers,
Accessible World cordially wants to invite you to join us in “A Banquet of Books,”
to be held for this month only on Sunday, May 16.
Joan Leonard, our host has decided to give our meeting this new name.
Come by and review a book that you think we will all enjoy reading. We ask you to
prepare a five-minute review to present to us. We have a great deal of fun and we
sure hear about many wonderful books.

Dear Friends,
We would like to cordially invite you to attend our next meeting of “You and your
Guide Dog.”
We shall discuss the topic: Why I choose to Travel with a Guide Dog?
Bring your great ideas to the meeting. We look forward to seeing all of you at the
meeting.
Presenters: Robert and Ruth ann Acosta
E-Mail: boacosta@pacbell.net

Accessible World’s Special Programs Series is so very pleased to welcome Mr. Ira Fistelle who will discuss the “Life and works of Mark Twain.”
This year is the 100th Anniversary of the death of Mark Twain. He came in on Haley’s Comet in 1835 and left us on that same comet in 1910
Ira Fistelle is a noted teacher and radio talk show host.