{"id":392,"date":"2015-02-10T19:15:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cfb.ca\/blindside\/?p=392"},"modified":"2017-06-02T04:38:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T04:38:38","slug":"announcing-1000-new-nnels-titles-for-white-cane-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfb.ca\/blindside\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"1,000 New NNELS Titles for White Cane Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This just in from NNELS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>February 1st to 7th, 2015, is White Cane Week and it\u2019s our pleasure to announce the addition of about 1,000 downloadable DAISY books to the NNELS collection, including hundreds of titles for children and young adults.<\/p>\n<p>White Cane Week was designed to &#8220;create awareness of issues that confront the blind and vision impaired community, but just as important, demonstrate to others as well as themselves, ability over disability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new NNELS titles, all of which are live narrations, come from Recorded Books, an audiobook producer and distributor, which converted a large number of their audiobook titles to DAISY format. This addition of 1,000 titles complements the 2,000 more DAISY books we purchased from Recorded Books in the fall of 2014.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\tTo browse the entire collection online, search for the words \u201crecorded books\u201d (no quotation marks needed) at <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\">nnels.ca<\/a>. Then, use the \u201cFilter by Genre\u201d option to browse for the perfect book to suit your mood.<\/p>\n<p>\tAnd in case you\u2019re doubting there\u2019s a book to suit you, we\u2019d like present just a few selections from our varied collection. Are you interested in\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rollicking <strong>westerns<\/strong>? Try <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/ride-hells-gate\">Ride to Hell&#8217;s Gate<\/a>, by Ralph Cotton.<\/li>\n<li>a dangerous <strong>mystery<\/strong>? How&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/book-murder\">The Book of Murder<\/a> for a title?<\/li>\n<li><strong>philosophy<\/strong> and <strong>humour<\/strong>? Read the memorable <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/plato-and-platypus-walk-bar-understanding-philosophy-through-jokes\">Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes<\/a>, by Thomas Cathcart.<\/li>\n<li>revisiting <strong>classics<\/strong>? Have you read <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/jungle-books\">The Jungle Books<\/a>, by Rudyard Kipling?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christian fiction<\/strong>? You might enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/danny-gospel\">Danny Gospel<\/a>, by David Athey.<\/li>\n<li>delving into some <strong>science<\/strong> and <strong>history<\/strong>? Give a listen to Richard Feynman&#8217;s fascinating selected letters in <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/perfectly-reasonable-deviations-beaten-track-selected-letters-richard-p-feynman\">Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>sinking into a <strong>romance<\/strong>? Take a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/sunrise-point\">Sunrise Point<\/a> with author Robyn Carr.<\/li>\n<li>sharing books for <strong>children and young adults<\/strong>? You might, as we do, have fond memories of <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/true-confessions-charlotte-doyle\">The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle<\/a>, by Avi, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/voices\">Voices<\/a>, by Ursula Le Guin. Or perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/items\/attack-mutant-underwear\">Attack of the Mutant Underwear<\/a> is more to your taste&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us know what you read, and please share your favourites in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nnels.ca\/forum\">NNELS forums<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We hope this announcement will be shared with fellow readers and librarians. As for some advice to librarians helping blind and visually impaired readers, one of our blind readers has this to say: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Relax! 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