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AudioBooksForFree.Com view detail comment email this

This collection of fiction and nonfiction MP3 audio books is financed with brief commercials between book chapters. Children's books carry no advertising. Browse for desired books by author, title, and genre or use the search engine with filter settings for strong language, duration, author, and adult content. Registration required to download.
http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/
Topics: Disabilities, Internet, Literature & Books, Music
Last updated Jun 21, 2005


National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) view detail comment email this

The site's mission is "to provide program users, librarians, and the public a wide range of access to NLS publications, program information, and bibliographic data." Describes this free library service that distributes braille and audio materials to eligible borrowers. Features a FAQ, lists of audio and braille books, and an online catalog. Searchable. From the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
Topics: Disabilities, Librarianship, Literature & Books
Last updated Aug 31, 2004


Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales: Book Suggestions From the Wisconsin Regional Library view detail comment email this

List of Braille and cassette book titles for the 2006 summer reading theme "Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales" (used by public libraries in many states). Includes titles for grades K-8, with brief descriptions and Braille (BR) and recorded cassette (RC) numbers. From the Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped.
http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wrlbph/summer.html
Topics: Disabilities, Summer Reading
Last updated Jun 20, 2006


Project Gutenberg view detail comment email this

This project provides over 20,000 free electronic books, mainly "older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States." Books are classified as "light literature" ("Alice in Wonderland," "Peter Pan"), "heavy literature" (the Bible, "Moby Dick," works by Shakespeare), and reference works. Formats include audiobooks, recorded music, moving pictures and digitized sheet music.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Topics: Disabilities, Literature & Books
Last updated Nov 18, 2006


Read Out!: A List of Materials in Braille and Talking Books by and About Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders view detail comment email this

Annotated list of Braille and cassette book titles "selected for either historical or current interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender readers or which contain lesbian or gay content." Include adult fiction and nonfiction, and books for children and young adults. From the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, New York Public Library.
http://talkingbooks.nypl.org/books/readout.cfm
Topics: Disabilities, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People
Last updated Oct 13, 2006




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