Sound and Touch September 2016Blind Foundation Library—Te Whare Pukapuka a te Tūāpapa mō te Hunga Kāpō

Produced 2016 by Accessible Format Production, Blind Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand.

Please keep this issue of Sound and Touch so that you can refer back to it.

Welcome to the September 2016 issue of Sound and TouchIn this issue:Bookmarks newsletters

Featured title

Assisted voting for the Auckland Local Council Elections

Daisy Player upgrade

Auckland Council monthly magazine

Many thanks to our generous sponsors

Bookmarks newslettersEach week the Library produces a range of Bookmarks newsletters which keep you up to date with the latest books added to our collection. Bookmarks categorise similar topics into each newsletter, so you can get all the news about the types of books you like and not the ones you don't. If you haven't already signed up to the Bookmarks newsletters you can subscribe through the Blind Foundation website using the link on the Library Recommendations page.

Special thanks to:

The Freemasons New Zealand and The Freemasons Charity for sponsoring 33 audio books. Three of these titles are currently available, which are:

Putting the past behind us: an account of governance reform within the Blind Foundation from 1995 to 2003, compiled and edited by Geraldine Glanville.

For the love of horses: the Wilson sisters' inspiring journey to save New Zealand's wild horses by Kelly Wilson.

Maori boy: a memoir of childhood by Witi Ihimaera.

Featured titleThrough our partnership with Penguin Random House New Zealand we now have the ability to produce publications as they go to print. The first one we are leading with is the Lydia Ko book:

Lydia Ko: portrait of a teen golfing sensation by Michael Donaldson.

Lydia Ko is a Korean born New Zealand professional golfer who became the No. 1 ranked woman professional golfer on 2 February 2015 at 17 years of age. This made her the youngest player of either sex to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf. She is also the youngest player to win a major championship.

This biography traces Lydia's life and the many unique influences that have shaped her into the top-class golfer she is today. When she was six years old she moved to New Zealand from Korea. Her parents nurtured her golf and she was instructed by a young coach that instilled in Lydia a fun-loving approach to life.

This book will be published on 3rd October 2016 and available for our clients in DAISY format from that date.

Assisted voting for the Auckland Local Council ElectionsThe local elections for the city and district councils, regional councils and District Health Boards are being held on 8 October 2016. Auckland Council has been working with the Blind Foundation to make the Auckland local elections more accessible.

Auckland Council has provided candidate information (including biographies) to the Blind Foundation, which is available on TIS and on DAISY CD.

To access the assisted voting registration process Blind Foundation clients will first need to register. Clients should call Independent Election Services 0800 922 822 to register their interest and then Auckland Council will call them back to arrange a time for a volunteer to visit.

To undertake assisted voting clients who need it will be able to call a number and a volunteer will be sent to their house to give them full assistance. The volunteer will be fully trained as an electoral official. This includes a volunteer picking up the vote if the client can't make it to the mailbox.

Key dates:

Week of 16th-21st September: Voting packs arrive

Wednesday 5th October: Postal votes must be in the mail

Saturday 8th October midday: Voting ends, voting papers need to be in ballot boxes.

DAISY Player upgradeIf you have a Blind Foundation issued DAISY player, you will, or already have received a software upgrade. The upgrade is included each time you receive a CD from us. Your player automatically processes the update when you load the CD. The update will only happen once, no matter how many discs it is on. The update will solve problems some members have had with RNIB titles not playing and the player will now read out to you the number of books or magazines on your disc. There is one issue with your upgrade. It will delete all saved information. We suggest you either make a note of any saved books, or, save the information onto an external drive.

You don't need to do anything special for the update. The player will detect the update file on the disc and will announce it is updating. The update will take 15-16 minutes, after this, the player will announce that the upgrade is successful and eject the disc. Please insert the disc again to listen to your books or magazines.

If you still have a problem with your player, please contact us on 0800 24 33 33.

Auckland Council monthly magazineThe Library has now obtained a subscription to OurAuckland, which is the Auckland Council monthly magazine. This provides news and events from the Auckland Council wards and adjacent areas. This is available on Booklink and TIS.

Many thanks to our generous sponsorsWe would like to express our appreciation to the people and organisations that have kindly sponsored books for the Library since the previous issue of Sound and Touch. These funds have helped to make print material accessible to people who are blind or have low vision and without their generous support it would not be possible to add new titles to our Library.

Many thanks to the following sponsors for:

Mid-Canterbury 202J Lions Group for Rich man road by Ann Glamuzina and The dwarf who moved and other remarkable tales from a life in the law by Peter Williams, QC.

Upper Hutt Community Committee for The potato factory by Bryce Courtenay.

The Jack and Netta Shortt Memorial Trust for While we run by Karen Healey, Heartland by Michele Leggott and Unspeakable secrets of the Aro Valley by Danyl McLauchlan.

Lions Club of Oponini and Districts for The good doctor: breaking the rules, making a difference by Lance O'Sullivan.

Rotorua VIEW Area Group for Felix and the red rats: a fantasy novel by James Norcliffe.

Auckland Central Kiwibank Team for Blood men by Paul Cleave.

New DAISY audioThis issue contains DAISY audio books added to the collection since the last issue of Sound and Touch in June 2016.

Abbreviations:BA: Blackstone Audio Inc

CD: DAISY audio CD ordering number

CNIB: Canadian National Institute for the Blind (formerly known as)

MTM: Myndigheten för tillgängliga medier/Swedish Agency for Accessible Media

NLB: Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille

NLS: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress

RNIB: Royal National Institute of Blind People

RNZFB: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind

SALB: South African Library for the Blind

VAILS: Vision Australia Information and Library Service

Adult non-fictionBiography—Actors and EntertainersThe happiest refugee: the extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best loved comedians by Do Anh. Anh Do's entire family nearly lost their lives as they escaped from war torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat, desperate to make a better life in a country where freedom existed. Life in Australia was extremely hard, but there was a loving extended family and always something to laugh about for Anh and his siblings. This is the uplifting and inspiring life story of one of Australia's favourite personalities. Read by Paul Bugeja in 7 hours, 1 minute. VAILS. CD86065

Biography—AuthorsAdolf Hitler: my part in his downfall by Spike Milligan. In the first volume of his war memoirs, the author presents his recollections of his army life, spanning the time from Britain's declaration of war on Germany to when Milligan landed in Algiers in 1943 as a part of the Allied liberation of Africa. He draws attention to the fact that he too had a part in the sudden end of Adolf Hitler. Although it is a humorous, absurdist work, Milligan states that the hard facts are true. Read by Stanley McGeagh in 3 hours, 54 minutes. Strong language. RNIB. CD86161

Biography—GeneralLaughing all the way to the mosque by Zarqa Nawaz. Zarqa Nawaz has always straddled two cultures. She's just as likely to be agonising over which sparkly earrings will "pimp out" her hijab as to be flirting with the Walmart meat manager in a futile attempt to secure halal chicken the day before Eid. "Little Mosque on the Prairie" brought Zarqa's own laugh out loud take on her everyday culture clash to viewers around the world. And now, she tells the sometimes absurd, sometimes challenging, and always funny stories of being Zarqa in a western society. Read by Dora Levinson in 8 hours, 20 minutes. CNIB. CD86805

Biography—MusiciansNeil and me by Scott Young. Journalist Scott Young chronicles his son's early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. Scott Young's accounts of the frequent occasions when his and Neil's paths have crossed, whether at backstage meetings or family get togethers or a sold out appearance at Carnegie Hall, give a fascinating portrait of an enigmatic star. Read by Steve Dalton in 10 hours, 59 minutes. CNIB. CD86656

Biography—PoliticsJohn Major: the autobiography by John Major. John Major's rise through Parliament was meteoric. That is, until within months of the 1992 election, when his government was in troubled waters. In this book, John Major is honest about what he won and lost, and about friends and foes within his own party as well as outside. Read by Alistair Maydon in 11 hours, 53 minutes. RNIB. CD86219Winston: the story of a political phenomenon by Ian Wishart. Love him or loathe him, there's no denying Winston Peters is a force of nature. He's the man credited with the introduction of the proportional voting system we now use. He's the man whose campaign against business and political corruption forced an inquiry and birthed a major new political party. Along the way Peters has entertained and infuriated his friends and foes in almost equal measure. This unauthorised political biography traces his career. Read by male synthetic voice in 13 hours, 43 minutes. RNZFB. CD87092

Biography—ReligionBare faced Messiah: the true story of L. Ron Hubbard by Russell Miller. The extraordinary story of L. Ron Hubbard, a penniless science fiction writer who founded the Church of Scientology, became a millionaire prophet and a legend. Read by Eleanor Wragge in 19 hours, 22 minutes. RNZFB. CD86109

Biography—SportspeopleAgainst all odds: Gai Waterhouse, woman in a man's world by Kevin Perkins. Gai Waterhouse, daughter of legendary horse trainer TJ Smith, began her career as an actress and model in England and Canada, before becoming a television presenter in Australia. She eventually realised that her life's passion was horses and racing. But when she sought to follow her father, the privileged status she enjoyed in the world of racing crumbled. Read by Don Reid in 14 hours, 56 minutes. Strong language. VAILS. CD86743

Biography—War memoriesBloodhound: searching for my father by Ramona Koval. Ramona Koval's parents were Holocaust survivors who fled their homeland and settled in Melbourne. As a child, Koval learned little about their lives, only snippets from traumatic tales of destruction and escape. But she always suspected that the man who raised her was not her biological father. One day in the 1990s, long after her mother's death, she decides she must know the truth. Her quest for identity is a moving story of the terrible cost of war and of family secrets. Read by Ramona Koval in 7 hours, 28 minutes. VAILS. CD86068Night witches: the untold story of Soviet women in combat by Bruce Myles. In 1941, as the Nazi hordes swept eastward into the Soviet Union, the desperate call went out for female volunteers to join the Russian air force. Making up three regiments, the lives, exploits, loves and fears of these women are captured here, the pilots whom the Germans came to dread and refer to as the "Night witches". Read by Louise Polika in 10 hours. CNIB. CD86657

Crime and the lawMissing pieces by Ian Wishart. In 1989 Swedish tourists Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin disappeared in the Coromandel. Heidi has never been found. In 1990 David Tamihere was jailed for the double murders, despite an absence of bodies. There's no doubt that Tamihere had the form and personality of a prime suspect: a convicted killer and rapist on the run. In this book the author provides an overview of the case, also adding several major new pieces to the puzzle. Did Tamihere do it, or should the case be re-opened? Read by female synthetic voice in 7 hours, 24 minutes. RNZFB. CD87094

Food and beveragesMargaret Fulton's book of casseroles by Margaret Fulton. An extensive range of casserole recipes embracing fish, shellfish, beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry and game, vegetables, pulses, rice, pasta and cheese. Examples of unusual casserole recipes are crab and spaghetti bake, and cidered sausages. Read by Irini Papas in 3 hours, 6 minutes. VAILS. CD86052

The environmentThe memory of water by Allen Smutylo. Over the last forty years, Canadian adventurer and writer Allen Smutylo has experienced some of the wildest and most captivating waters imaginable in all corners of the globe. Here he describes some of his adventures in the Arctic, South Pacific, Great Lakes region, and India. Smutylo probes a crucial and contemporary issue, that of our relationship to water and the wildlife and human life that depend upon it. Read by Desmond Scott in 4 hours, 40 minutes. CNIB. CD86697

Health and wellbeingDiabetes pamphlets by Diabetes New Zealand. A series of practical pamphlets providing basic information for people with diabetes. Read by Rosemary Ronald in 2 hours, 41 minutes. RNZFB.CD86675

History and travelA history of Japan by Conrad D. Totman. This is a history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day. It covers a wide range of subjects, including geology, climate, agriculture, government and politics, culture, literature, media, foreign relations, imperialism, and industrialism. It includes women in history and international relations and also an epilogue on Japan today and tomorrow. Read by Jan Setréus in 52 hours, 26 minutes. MTM. CD86566The ice passage: a true story of ambition, disaster, and endurance in the arctic wilderness by Brian Payton. Four and a half years after the disappearance of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his two ships, HMS Investigator sets sail in search of them. Instead of rescuing lost comrades, the Investigator's officers and crew soon find themselves trapped in their own ordeal, facing starvation, madness, and death. If they can survive they will bring back news of a great achievement, in the form of their discovery of the elusive Northwest Passage. Read by Connie Catalfamo in 8 hours, 29 minutes. CNIB. CD86685

PoliticsThe fate of Africa: from the hopes of freedom to the heart of despair : a history of fifty years of independence by Martin Meredith. When the decolonisation of European empires in Africa began fifty years ago, the process was greeted with immense hope for the future. With bountiful natural resources and led by Western educated elites, the continent seemed to have a realistic chance to create stable, prosperous, democratic societies. So what went wrong? Focusing on the key personalities, events and themes of the independence era, this narrative history seeks to explore and explain the myriad problems that Africa has faced in the past half century. Read by Jane Sigen in 37 hours, 12 minutes. CNIB. CD86120

PhilosophyEthics and science: an introduction by Adam Briggle and Carl Mitcham. The authors encourage critical thinking with this exploration of ethics and science. They consider the "society of science" and its norms for the responsible conduct of research and the treatment of human and animal research subjects. They delve into questions such as what climate science implies for policy, if corporations conduct honest research, and whether we should teach intelligent design. Each chapter features case studies and research questions to stimulate further reflection. Read by synthetic voice in 17 hours, 1 minute. NLB. CD86603

Science and technology Blind watchers of the sky: the people and ideas that shaped our view of the universe by Edward Kolb. In a down to earth style with touches of humour the author surveys the history of astronomy and scientific cosmology since the sixteenth century. He examines the work of Tycho, Kepler, Newton, Galileo, and others, emphasising the processes behind their discoveries, which Kolb believes demonstrate the "triumph of the human spirit and imagination" rather than the development of a scientific field. Read by Michael Scherer in 12 hours, 18 minutes. NLS. CD86827

SportBowls for everyone by Merle Richardson. This is a book for the experienced lawn bowler and newcomer alike. It offers invaluable practical tips on the art of lawn bowling, as well as insights into the fascinating career of Merle Richardson, winner of five World Championship gold medals, many Australian and international titles, and one of Australia's best known bowlers. Read by Pam Murphy in 6 hours, 26 minutes. VAILS. CD86021

SupernaturalBeyond supernature: a new natural history of the supernatural by Lyall Watson. In this thought provoking book, the author takes a serious look at the world of the supernatural and shows that many paranormal events can be explained by what is already known about the natural world. Read by Geoff Pullan in 12 hours, 19 minutes. VAILS. CD86788

World religionsThe Koran: a very short introduction by Michael Cook. The Koran has constituted a strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. This book explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional Muslim culture. The author provides an account of the Koran as codex, as scripture, as liturgy, and as the embodiment of truth, and examines its means of formation and dissemination. He also discusses issues of interpretation for certain key verses. Read by Sarah White in 6 hours, 56 minutes. MTM. CD86608

Adult fictionAdventure storiesBear Island by Alistair MacLean. As the Morning Rose battles through an Arctic storm towards Bear Island, its passengers are suffering from sea sickness. All except one, who is dead. It soon becomes clear that there is a murderer on board, and that the death is a prelude to something more sinister to be found in the Arctic wastes of Bear Island. Read by George Hagan in 12 hours, 51 minutes. RNIB.CD86215Under the eagle by Simon Scarrow. When Quintus Licinius Cato, a formerly pampered imperial slave, is forced to join the army, the other members of the Second Legion doubt he will be able to adapt to their harsh lifestyle. Cato earns his freedom when he proves himself to Centurion Lucius Cornelius Macro in battle. Landing in Britain as part of an expeditionary force, Cato and Macro attempt to foil a traitorous plot involving unbridled political ambitions and a concealed cache of gold. Read by Gordon Griffin in 12 hour, 56 minutes. Has sequel: The eagle's conquest, CD86489. Strong language. RNIB. CD86404

Christian fictionRebecca's promise by Jerry S. Eicher. Rebecca Keim has just declared her love to John Miller and agreed to become his wife, but she's haunted by schoolgirl memories of a promise made and a ring given. Is that memory just a fantasy, or was it real? When Rebecca's mother sends her back to the old home community in Milroy to be with her aunt, Rebecca determines to find the answers that will resolve her conflicted feelings. Read by Kathleen Miller in 7 hours, 44 minutes. Has sequel: Rebecca's return, CD86667. CNIB. CD86665

Crime fictionDeadly obsession by Karen M. Davis. In the early hours of a wintry morning, a young nurse's body is found at Clovelly beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs. To Detective Lexie Rogers and her partner Brad Sommers, it appears to be a staged suicide. And as they dig deeper, Lexie discovers the dead girl was a friend of the woman who destroyed her own marriage. Struggling with her own recent breakup and the numbing flashbacks of violent attacks she's suffered on the job, Lexie throws herself into the case. Read by Karina Gough in 13 hours, 26 minutes. Sequel to: Sinister intent, CD85026. VAILS. CD86025

I, the jury by Mickey Spillane. When Hammer finds one of his friends murdered, he vows to find the killer, no matter what. He begins by questioning all the guests of a recent party held by the late Jack Williams. There's Myrna, Jack's girlfriend and ex heroin addict. And wealthy George Kalecki, with his crooked past. Plus Hal Kines, a handsome, athletic, college type, as well as the Bellamy twins, a couple of gorgeous, rich sisters. Finally, Charlotte Manning, a beautiful and successful Park Avenue psychiatrist. Read by William Dufris in 5 hours, 58 minutes. Strong language. RNIB. CD86156This night's foul work by Fred Vargas. The intuitive Commissaire Adamsberg teams up with Dr. Ariane, a pathologist with whom he crossed paths twenty years ago, to unravel a mystery that begins with the discovery of two bodies in Paris's Porte de la Chapelle. Adamsberg believes it may be the work of a killer with split personalities, who is choosing his or her victims very carefully. As other murders begin to surface, Adamsberg must move quickly in order to stop the "Angel of Death" from killing again. Read by Jeremy Riches in 11 hours, 41 minutes. Sequel to: Wash this blood clean from my hand, CD86618. SALB. CD86611

The familyBlackbird house by Alice Hoffman. This book comprises twelve interconnected stories, all taking place in the same Cape Cod farmhouse over the course of generations. The stories span two hundred years, from the Revolutionary War to the modern day, and explore the timeless themes of love, betrayal, devastation, exhilaration, death and life. Read by Stephen Thomas in 6 hours, 12 minutes. SALB. CD86585

FantasyLord Foul's bane by Stephen Donaldson. Thomas Covenant is a successful novelist who contracts leprosy and is shunned by his wife and society. The outcast is transported to a magical world where he encounters an immortal enemy. He calls himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dares not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly finds himself. Yet he is tempted to believe, to fight for the land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero. Read by Angela Cockburn in 20 hours, 28 minutes. Has sequel: The Illearth war, CD75896. VAILS. CD86051Stolen by Kelley Armstrong. Tyrone Winsloe, an obsessed tycoon with a sick curiosity, is well on his way to amassing a private collection of supernatural beings. He plans to release them in the woods and hunt them, in a real world video game. Elena Michaels, the world's only female werewolf, has also been kidnapped and imprisoned deep underground by Winsloe. Separated from her pack and unable to tell her friends from her enemies, Elena realises that choosing the right allies is a matter of life and death. Read by Aileen Seaton in 16 hours. Has sequel: Dime store magic, CD86114. Sequel to: Bitten, CD 86107. Strong language, violent content and descriptions of sex. CNIB.CD86117The dark tower by Stephen King. This volume completes the quest of Roland Deschain, as he approaches his goal, the dark tower. But this time, as Roland's ka-tet moves through The Dixie Pig in New York City to Algul Siento in End World, the losses come from within his circle of companions, and his antagonists grow more desperate. In the final stage of his search, Roland needs one more ally to gain entry

to the tower, with its mystery waiting at the top. Read by James Wright in 31 hours, 50 minutes. Sequel to: Song of Susannah, CD80152. VAILS. CD86064

Gay and lesbian fictionRough music by Patrick Gale. On his fortieth birthday, Will Pagett receives an unexpected gift of two weeks at a perfect beach house in Cornwall. Seeking some distance from the married man with whom he's having an affair, he invites his aging mother and father to share his holiday, knowing the sun and sea will be a welcome change for them. But the cottage and the stretch of sand before it seem somehow familiar, and memories of a summer long ago begin to surface. Read by Brenda Malison in 12 hours, 44 minutes. SALB. CD86593

General fictionA fool's alphabet by Sebastian Faulks. The events of Pietro Russell's life are told in twenty six chapters. From A to Z, each chapter is set in a different place and reveals a fragment of his story. As his memories flicker back and forth through time in his search for a resolution to the conflicts of his life, his story gradually unfolds. Read by Julian Glover in 9 hours, 38 minutes. SALB. CD86584Coast road by Barbara Delinsky. Jack McGill, an architect in San Francisco, is informed that his ex wife, Rachel Keats, is comatose after a car accident. Jack sets out to be with Rachel and their two daughters. During this time Jack comes to know her better than he ever did, through their daughters, her art, and her friends. The book is set in the landscape of northern California, in the Redwood canyon where Rachel has made her home. Read by Sean Managan in 12 hours, 55 minutes. VAILS. CD86023State ward by Alan Duff. Charlie Wilson the "state house boy" is sent to Riverton Boys' Home as a state ward until such time he is seen fit to return to society. The door in the cellblock isn't the only thing that Charlie finds is for real. There's also the name "George" scrawled on the walls and by it the word "ghost". Read by Toby Cooper in 2 hours, 25 minutes. RNZFB. CD86099The best exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach. The entrepreneurial cousin of Ravi Kapoor, an over worked London doctor, sets up a retirement home in India, recreating a lost corner of England in a converted guesthouse in Bangalore. Enticed by advertisements for this newly restored palatial hotel and filled with visions of a life of leisure, hot weather, and mango juice in their gin, a group of very different pensioners leave England to begin a new life in India. Read by Myra Portice in 11 hours, 33 minutes. NLB. CD86600

Historical novelsA ring has no end by Thomas Armstrong. This historical novel tells the story of the end of the Romanov dynasty in all its flamboyant magnificence, its decadence and licentiousness, through the horror and brutality of The Russian Revolution and its immediate aftermath. Read by Garard Green in 20 hours, 38 minutes. Violent content. RNIB. CD86188Hawaii by James A. Michener. This epic novel contains four stories in one, combining fiction and history in a panoramic view of the migrations to and development of Hawaii. From the first Polynesians who settled the island to the

Japanese who fought in the Nisei battalions in World War II, this Michener novel presents Hawaii in all its beauty, mystery and exotic splendour. Read by John Dease in 45 hours, 26 minutes. VAILS. CD86036Tales of passion, tales of woe by Sandra Gulland. Josephine awakens to her new life as Mrs Napoleon Bonaparte. Through her intimate diary entries and Napoleon's impassioned love letters, a portrait of the woman emerges. Gulland transports us into the ballrooms and bedrooms of exquisite palaces and onto the blood soaked fields of Napoleon's campaigns. As Napoleon marches to power, we witness, through Josephine, the political intrigues and personal betrayals that result in death, ruin, and victory for those closest to her. Read by Ann Saunders in 12 hours, 48 minutes. Sequel to: The many lives & secret sorrows of Josephine B., CD86680. Has sequel: The last great dance on earth, CD86679. CNIB. CD86677The garden of evening mists by Twan Eng Tan. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace in the jungle fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its creator, the enigmatic Aritomo. Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister, who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses, but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice "until the monsoon comes". Read by Letty Rivett in 12 hours, 52 minutes. SALB. CD86598When the eagle hunts by Simon Scarrow. The wife and young children of General Plautius are held hostage by a tribe of Druids, who give the Romans 30 days to exchange them for their captured comrades. Unwilling to let the Druids dictate terms to Rome, Plautius prepares the Second Legion to advance on the Britons. Racing against time, Centurion Macro and Optio Cato scramble to find Lady Pomponia and her children before they are offered as human sacrifices. Read by Chris Courtenay in 12 hours, 15 minutes. Sequel to: The eagle's conquest, CD86489. Strong language, violent content and descriptions of sex. RNIB. CD86538

Historical romanceIrresistible by Mary Balogh. Sophia Armitage agrees to help her friend Sir Nathaniel Gascoigne find a husband for his cousin Lavinia in London. She half hopes to find one for herself, though she realises that men, even her late husband, do not seem to find her attractive. But when Sophie finds herself in the arms of Nathaniel, it reveals a depth of passion that defies everything Sophie has ever believed about herself. Read by Maggie Pettet in 11 hours, 4 minutes. Descriptions of sex. CNIB. CD86646

Horror and supernaturalNaked brunch by Sparkle Hayter. Annie Engel turns into a werewolf and hunts human prey at each full moon. But Annie in wolf form hasn't gone unnoticed. She is chased through the big city by a television reporter hunting his first scoop, a psychiatrist who wants to save her from her predatory side, a male werewolf who wants to save her from the psychiatrist, and a dragnet ordered by a mayor nervous about losing the tourist trade. And they all want to get to Annie first. Read by Shary Lee Guthrie in 10 hours, 21 minutes. CNIB. CD86652

Mystery and detective storiesGallows view by Peter Robinson. DCI Alan Banks has recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis, but he soon finds that life in the country is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined. A peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale. Two glue sniffing thugs are breaking into homes. An old woman may or may not have been murdered. In addition, Banks has to deal with his attraction to a young psychologist. Police procedural. Read by Roger Purkis in 7 hours, 7 minutes. Has sequel: A dedicated man, CD86071. CNIB. CD86081

RomanceOutback dreams by Rachael Johns. Faith Forrester is at a crossroads. Single, thirty and living on a farm in a small Western Australian town, she's sick of being treated like a kitchen slave by her brother and father. Monty has been Faith's best friend for as long as he can remember, and has recently moved back to the land with dreams of owning his own farm. They're both looking for love, but have they been looking in the wrong direction? Length: Read by Samantha Streeter in 8 hours, 52 minutes. Has sequel: Outback Blaze, CD86055. VAILS. CD86056A month of Sundays by Eileen Alderton. For Frances Howe a trip to Europe was the turning point in her life. At eighteen she was naive, and ready for love with a man who would show her a life outside her Catholic upbringing. To Philip Armstrong she was a striking girl whose reticence only added to her appeal. They marry and find fulfilment until her growing success as a writer causes envy and loss of self esteem in her husband. Can she keep her independence and success? Read by Erica Grant in 9 hours 20 minutes. RNIB. CD86204More than friends by Barbara Delinsky. The Maxwells and the Popes have been friends forever. The women were college roommates, their husbands are partners in the same law firm, their kids have grown up next door to each other, and the two families share both vacations and holidays. All is beautiful and serene. Until an accident forces these close neighbours to look beneath the surface. Read by Karen McMillan Aver in 13 hours, 14 minutes. Descriptions of sex. CNIB. CD86651

Romantic suspenseThe rose garden by Susanna Kearsley. When Eva's film star sister dies, she leaves California for Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina's ashes. But Eva must also confront more than her own ghosts, for the house where she often stayed as a child is inhabited not only by her old friends the Halletts, but by the people who lived there in the eighteenth century. When Eva finally accepts this, she finds she can slip between centuries and communicate with past inhabitants. Read by Tricia Matheson in 12 hours, 16 minutes. Violent content and descriptions of sex. CNIB. CD86699

Science fictionA mighty fortress by David Weber. The struggle for human freedom continues as Merlin Athrawes and a handful of extraordinary human beings stand in the path of the Church of God Awaiting, which controls most of Safehold and has decreed the destruction of Charis and its young queen Sharleyan of Chisholm and her consort,

young Cayleb Ahrmahk. Read by Martha Harmon Pardee in 11 hours, 9 minutes. Sequel to: By heresies distressed, CD87242. Has sequel: How firm a foundation, CD87246. Strong language and violent content. NLS. CD87240By schism rent asunder by David Weber. Religious war looms on the space colony Safehold. King Cayleb, ruler of the island kingdom Charis, challenges the authority of the oppressive and corrupt governing body, the Church of God Awaiting. Read by Martha Harmon Pardee in 23 hours, 44 minutes. Sequel to: Off Armageddon Reef, CD 87244. Has sequel: By heresies distressed, CD 87242. Strong language. NLS. CD87243Neuromancer by William Gibson. Case had been the sharpest data thief in the business, until vengeful former employers crippled his nervous system. But now a new and mysterious employer recruits him for a last chance run. The target is a powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror eyed street samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on a dangerous adventure. Read by Vicki Randell in 9 hours, 06 minutes. Has sequel: Count Zero, CD85409. VAILS. CD86053Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. To save humanity from advancing hostile aliens, Earth launches Operation Ark. Refugees colonise a distant planet they call Safehold, where leaders impose an oppressive religion forbidding technology and innovation. Centuries later, lieutenant commander Nimue Alban awakens with an android body, preprogrammed to oppose the Church and restore freedoms. Read by Martha Harmon Pardee in 27 hours, 51 minutes. Has sequel: By schism rent asunder, CD87243. NLS. CD87244

ThrillersThe candidate's daughter by Catherine Lea. The plan is simple: kidnap the daughter of Senate candidate Richard McClaine, take the money and run. Nobody gets hurt, the kid goes home alive. Then twenty-two-year-old car thief Kelsey Money discovers she only knew half the plan and that if she doesn't rescue Holly, she will be framed for her murder. When Holly is kidnapped her mother, Elizabeth knows she cannot fail her daughter. Now both women have twenty four hours to find Holly. Because in twenty five, she'll be dead. Read by Amy Tallmadge in 10 hours, 46 minutes. Strong language. ListenUp. CD87065The kingmaker by Brian Haig. JAG attorney Major Sean Drummond defends Brigadier General Bill Morrison on a charge of spying for the Russians. Drummond uncovers a conspiracy to frame his client and exposes the real power behind Russia's post-war government. Read by Chuck Benson in 12 hours, 31 minutes. Has sequel: Secret service, DC 87118. Strong language. NLS. CD87117

WesternsBreakheart Pass by Alistair MacLean. The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873. One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West. Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for the cholera stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board are the Governor of Nevada, the daughter of the fort's commander and a US marshal escorting a notorious outlaw. Between them and safety are the hostile Paiute Indians. And a man who will stop at nothing, not even murder. Read by Marvin Kane in 5 hours 29 minutes. RNIB. CD86197

Young adult non-fictionDear bully: 70 authors tell their stories edited by Carrie Jones and Megan Kelley Hall. Seventy authors recount their experiences of being victims, bystanders, or perpetrators of bullying and offer support and understanding for kids currently being tormented. The book includes resources for teens, parents, and educators. Read by Jill Fox in 7 hours, 14 minutes. Strong language and violent content. NLS. CD87113Dying for acceptance: a teen's guide to drug- and alcohol-related health issues by Joan Esherick. The author explains some of the reasons why teenagers choose to use drugs and alcohol recreationally and how these chemicals affect the brain. She describes health risks and consequences associated with abusing substances such as tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, inhalants, prescription and over-the-counter medications, steroids, heroin, and club drugs like Ecstasy. Read by Annie Wauters in 2 hours, 25 minutes. NLS. CD87105

Young adult fictionThe reckoning by Kelley Armstrong. Fifteen-year-old necromancer Chloe seeks an entrance to the headquarters of the sinister Edison Group to stage a rescue mission. Meanwhile, she struggles to understand her feelings for werewolf Derek and his sorcerer brother Simon. Read by Erin Jones in 7 hours, 48 minutes. Sequel to: The awakening CD86888 Violent content. NLS. CD86889The summoning by Kelley Armstrong. After a bad encounter with a disfigured ghost, fifteen-year-old Chloe becomes the newest resident of the Lyle House for troubled teens. When her odd housemates display various powers, Chloe tries to make sense of the house's mysterious goings-on and endangers the entire group. Read by Erin Jones in 7 hours, 32 minutes. Has sequel: The awakening CD86888. Violent content. NLS. CD86890Vampire mountain by Darren Shan. Darren has settled into life as a vampire's assistant and feels at home in the Cirque du Freak. But now he must leave the circus and his friends behind. With Mr. Crepsley as a traveling companion, he embarks on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren's human side or turn him further toward the darkness? Read by Ralph Lister in 4 hours, 13 minutes. BA. CD85917

Junior fictionAre we there yet? by Alison Lester. The year the author turned eight, her parents took the family on a three-month trip around Australia in a camping trailer. The children missed school for the whole winter term. This is the story of their adventurous and sometimes funny expedition. Read by Narda Shanley in 17 minutes. VAILS. CD86723Big Nate lives it up by Lincoln Peirce. Principal Nichols wants Nate to be buddies with new kid Breckenridge Puffington III and show him around. But that's no easy task when Breckenridge is a plant-doodling total fun-sponge. There's also something strangely familiar about this guy. What in the world could it be? Read by Fred Berman in 2 hours, 3 minutes. Sequel to: Big Nate : in the zone, CD85960. BA. CD85914

Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets by Dav Pilkey. Principal Krupp once again turns into the superhero Captain Underpants in order to save the world, and Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, from the evil talking toilets and the Turbo Toilet 2000. Read by Dafna Halpern in 45 minutes. Has sequel: Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (and the subsequent assault of the equally evil lunchroom zombie nerds), CD87045. Sequel to: The adventures of Captain Underpants : an epic novel, CD86380. Has sequel: Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (and the subsequent assault of the equally evil lunchroom zombie nerds), CD87045. CNIB.CD87042Chickadee by Louise Erdrich. In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home. Read by Vera Pordage in 4 hours, 3 minutes. Sequel to: The porcupine year, CD87678. CNIB. CD87679Clive eats alligators by Alison Lester. While Frank eats muesli for breakfast and Rosie enjoys eggs and bacon, Clive prefers to eat alligators. Follow a delightful group of children as they discover and celebrate their individual differences. Read by Narda Shanley in 5 minutes. VAILS. CD86724How to be a pirate by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III; translated from the Old Norse by Cressida Cowell. Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure. What happens when someone says "Do Not Open This Box"? Hiccup, now in pirate training, finds out when the box is opened not once, not twice, but three times. Read by David Tennant in 2 hours, 54 minutes. Sequel to: How to train your dragon, CD84311. Has sequel: How to speak Dragonese, CD85924. Hachette, BA. CD85913Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda. Leo carefully follows the rules for winding a painted music box, a family treasure. But his cousin Mimi deliberately overwinds the box and frees the Blue Queen, a sorceress who steals Mimi's dog, causing Leo and Mimi to travel inside the magical world of Rondo. Read by J. Michael McCullough in 9 hours, 28 minutes. Has sequel: The wizard of Rondo, CD87116. NLS. CD87115The porcupine year by Louise Erdrich. In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home. Read by Jo Ayers in 5 hours, 14 minutes. Has sequel: Chickadee, CD87679. CNIB. CD87678The wizard of Rondo by Emily Rodda. Mimi and Leo return to Rondo and join in a quest to find a mysterious missing wizard. They are haunted by fears of the gloriously wicked Blue Queen and this time face an even more ancient and mysterious danger, the terrifying cloud monster known as the Strix! Read by J. Michael McCullough in 10 hours, 55 minutes. Sequel to: The key to Rondo, CD87115. NLS. CD87116

New braille booksThis issue contains braille books added to the collection since the last issue of Sound and Touch in June 2016.

Abbreviations:BR: Braille books held at Parnell Library

NLS: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress

RNZFB: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind

UEB: Unified English Braille code

v.: volume(s)

VAILS: Vision Australia Information and Library Service

The following braille books are contracted, single spaced, and double sided.

Adult non-fictionBiographyNathan Fa'avae: adventurer at heart by Nathan Fa'avae. An adventure race can take up to 160 hours of non-stop racing over as much as six days, with virtually no sleep or rest. It requires an elite level of skill in mountain running, mountain biking, kayaking, rafting and navigation. World champion adventure racer Nathan Fa'avae shares his life story, and provides a unique insight into this remarkable pursuit. 7 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5205Mountain rescue: epic tales of search and rescue in high-country New Zealand by Phillip Melchior. Ill-equipped, underprepared, suffering from summit fever or just plain unlucky, a handful of climbers every year fall victim to New Zealand's Southern Alps. This book tells the stories behind some of New Zealand's most dramatic search and rescue operations in the Southern Alps and their foothills. Some are triumphs, others tragedies, but all reveal the skill and heroism of the volunteers, who show up when good days in the mountains go horribly wrong. 4 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5207Stolen lives: the untold stories of the Lawson quins by Paul Little. It could have been any family of six children, except that five of them were born at once. The Lawson quins were a medical miracle and a national obsession. Their early childhood was idyllic, but when their parents' marriage broke up, their mother married a man who terrorised them before killing her and himself when they were just 16. This is a story about the strength of love and family. 4 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5212

Food and beveragesWhat's for dinner: 80 weeknight favourites by My Food Bag & Nadia Lim. Here's the answer to the question on everyone's lips, "what's for dinner?" This book contains eighty weeknight recipes, arranged by season. There are nutritional analyses, and gluten-free and dairy-free options. 3 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5241

History and travelThe villa at the edge of the Empire: one hundred ways to read a city by Fiona Farrell. This book examines the evolution of cities and of Christchurch in particular, looking at its present reconstruction following the destructive earthquakes. The author writes as a citizen caught up in a devastated city, and comments on contentious issues, such as the fate of a cathedral and the closure of schools. This book explores community, the love of place and, ultimately, regeneration and renewal. 5 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5216

PhilosophyThe alphabet of the human heart: the A to Zen of life by Matthew Johnstone and James Kerr. A handbook for the happy, and a bible for the broken-hearted, this book is an enchanting and enriching journey through the upside and downside of what it means to be human—our hopes and our fears, our strengths and our weaknesses, our high and our lows. 1 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5324

Adult fictionThe familyThe antipodeans: a novel by Greg McGee. An ailing New Zealander returns to Venice, determined to confront his past. He's accompanied by his daughter who is escaping hers. This novel spans three generations of New Zealand and Italian families, from Venice to the South Island of New Zealand, families from the opposite ends of the earth discover an intergenerational legacy of love, blood and betrayal. Strong language. 6 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5214

Country lifeThe party line by Sue Orr. Fenward has always been lucky with its sharemilkers: grateful, grafting folk who understand what's expected of them. Until now, when grief-stricken Ian Baxter and his precocious daughter, Gabrielle, arrive. Nickie Walker is enchanted by the glamour and worldliness of Gabrielle. This is a coming-of-age story for two young girls who hold a mirror up to the place and people they love. 5 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5206

Modern women's fictionOrphan train: a novel by Christina Baker Kline. Molly Ayer starts a community-service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home. This role is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvenile hall. As she helps Vivian, Molly learns that Vivian was a young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City and that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life. 8 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5264Reach by Laurence Fearnley. Quinn is a successful artist creating new works for an upcoming exhibition. She lives with Marcus, a vet who left his wife for her and lost contact with his young daughter Audrey as a result. Entering their lives is Callum, a

deep-sea diver with a love of the ocean. Each must make choices that will test their loyalties and have a far-reaching impact on their future. 5 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5215Starlight Peninsula by Charlotte Grimshaw. When Eloise Hay is thrown into the turmoil of a sudden marriage break-up, she begins to perceive that a layer of the world has been hidden from her. Seeking answers, she revisits a traumatic episode from her past, and in doing so encounters an odd-eyed policewoman, a charismatic obstetrician, a German psychotherapist, and a flamboyant internet pirate. Each will answer questions that she hadn't previously had the courage to ask. 5 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5217

New Zealand and Pacific novelsKing Rich: a novel by Joe Bennett. In Christchurch, days after the February 2011 earthquake, Richard hides with a lost dog, in an abandoned, leaning hotel. Annie returns from England, seeking a lost father in her battered home town. Vince relives the most significant emotional experience of his life. What binds these lives together, and what tore them apart? 4 v., UEB. RNZFB. BR5204

RomanceDreams that won't let go by Stacy Hawkins Adams. Everything is going well for Indigo Burns as she prepares to marry the man of her dreams, but her life is thrown into chaos when her brother Reuben comes home after many years of absence and seeks reconciliation with his sisters. 2 v. NLS. BR5261

Junior fictionFrom the cutting room of Barney Kettle by Kate De Goldi. Barney Kettle knew that one day he would be a famous film director, he just didn't know when. He'd already made four short films, but these had only been seen by his school friends and residents of the High Street. Fame was a little way off—but it would come though. 6 v., UEB. RNZFB. 87411Lauren the puppy fairy by Daisy Meadows. Kirsty and Rachel have their hands full with Bouncer the puppy. Perhaps he will help them find Lauren's magical missing pet. But can the girls keep the puppies out of the goblin's clutches? 1 v., UEB. RNZFB. 87084Summer spell by Sue Bentley. Lisa's summer is transformed when a tiny marmalade kitten, Flame, comes into her life. 2 v., UEB. RNZFB. 87086

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