Focus on Newsline
Newsline for the Blind of Michigan (NFB Newsline) is a free service providing over 50 morning newspapers that are accessed through a regular touch-tone telephone. The NFB Newsline service makes newspapers such as the New York Times, the Detroit Free Press, the Washington Post and USA Today available to any Michigan resident with visual or other impairments qualifying them for services from the Library of Michigan, Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
NFB Newsline is sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Federation of the Blind, and the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan. To request further information on this service or to request a registration application, call (810) 233-4776 and leave a voice message, clearly stating and spelling your name, addresss and phone number. You may also register for NFB Newsline service by calling the Library of Michigan, Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at (517) 373-5614 or toll free at (800) 992-9012.
Focus on Current Events
Since the horrific events of September 11th, many of our patrons have been asking for any books that we have on Afghanistan, Islam, the Taliban, and terrorism. The following are just a few of the books available from SBPH on these topics:
RC 53309: Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center
RC 53622: The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11
RC 54031: Report from Ground Zero
Islam and Terrorism
RC 24287: Sacred Rage: The Crusade of Modern Islam
RC 27408: Holy Terror: Inside the World of Islamic Terrorism
RC 44542: God Has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East
The Taliban
RC 48185: The Taliban: War, Religion, and the New Order in Afghanistan
RC 52899, BR 13624: Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
RC 52901: Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan
Terrorism
RC 52900, BR 13625: The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden, and the Future of Terrorism
RC 53623, BR 14070: Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
RC 53882: Osama bin Laden: A War Against the West
Call 1-800-992-9012 to order these books, or to find out what other books we have on this topic.
Focus on Trying New Authors
Every one of our readers has a favorite author. Many of our patrons would like a book by their favorite author every time they receive books. If you are reading books by your favorite author faster than the author can write them you may be disappointed when you don’t receive books by the authors that you love. But don’t despair! Ask you Reader Advisor to recommend authors to you who write in a similar manner to your favorite author. We truly enjoy the feedback from our patrons when they tell us about their "new favorite author!"
We have added a couple of new subject codes on our computer system to help us locate books with a common theme:
0633 - Biography Royalty (Non-Fiction)
1815 - Health, Medical Conditions (Non-Fiction)
2820 - Literature - Adult - Award Winners (Fiction)
3708 - Reference - Adult - Computers (Non-Fiction)
4313 - Short Stories - Adult - Horror (Fiction)
4730 - Travel - Adult - World Travel (Non-Fiction)
Call 1-800-992-9012 to order add any or all of these subjects to your reading profile.
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