New talking books
This issue contains talking books added to the collection since the last issue of Sound and Touch in December 2010.
Abbreviations:
CD - DAISY audio CD ordering number
RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People
RNZFB - Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
TB - Talking books held at Parnell Library
TBHA - Talking book hand-outs held at Parnell Library
VAILS - Vision Australia Information and Library Service
Adult Non-Fiction
Annual general meeting of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind: 2010. A recording of the Annual General Meeting that was held at Awhina House Recreation Centre, Parnell, Auckland, 6th November, 2010. On 2 cassettes, 2:24 hours. Produced by Bravo Productions and RNZFB.
TBHA444
CD59994
Equipment catalogue 2010 - 2012 by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. This catalogue contains a list of products available from Equipment Services. Read by Rosemary Ronald on 2 cassettes, 1:42 hours. RNZFB.
TBHA445
CD60051
Equipment price list effective October 1st 2010 by Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. This price list is for the Equipment Services catalogue. Read by Rosemary Ronald on 2 cassettes, 1:35 hours. RNZFB.
TBHA446
CD60054
Get ready now so you can get through: a resource for the blind and partially sighted community. Wellington: Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, 2010. This document discusses how you and your family can prepare to survive the aftermath of a natural disaster; be it earthquake, flood, storm or volcanic eruption. It also discusses your emergency kit, getaway kit, water, as well as caring for sick or vulnerable people, pets and livestock. Read by Rosemary Ronald on 1:05 hours. RNZFB.
TBHA441
CD60025
Long term residential care for older people: what you need to know, June 2010 by the New Zealand Government. Read by Rosemary Ronald on 1 cassette, 49 minutes. RNZFB.
TBHA443
CD59821
Minutes of the annual general meeting of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, 2010. Held at Awhina House Recreation Centre, Parnell, Auckland, 6th November, 2010. Read by Rosemary Ronald on 1 cassette, 1:07 hours. RNZFB.
TBHA440
CD59996
Retirement villages, January 2011 from the website www.sorted.org.nz. In this information you will find helpful information from; how to find the right retirement village; to how to sign up. The information is based on the Retirement Villages Act 2003. Read by Francis Mountjoy on 1 cassette, 57 minutes. RNZFB.
TBHA448
CD 60427
RNZFB guide to the Invalid's Benefit Blind by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. Auckland: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, 2011. The Invalid's Benefit Blind is not the name of an actual benefit, it is a phrase used within the blind community only. Read by Francis Mountjoy on 1 cassette, 32 minutes. RNZFB.
TBHA447
CD60398
Biographies
Cleo: how an uppity cat helped heal a family by Helen Brown. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Arena Allen & Unwin, 2009. The author wasn't a cat person but her nine-year-old son Sam lost his heart to a newborn kitten. Before the kitten could leave her mother, Sam had died. His younger brother insisted they take the kitten and quickly absorbed her into the grieving family. Cleo's antics over the next twenty-three years hold the family together through thick and thin. This is a heart warming story that proves the value of human resilience and animals' healing love. Sponsored by Jenny Bristow. Read by Verity George on 2 cassettes, 9:10 hours. RNZFB.
TB8212
CD58415
Promised New Zealand: fleeing Nazi persecution by Freya Klier; translated by Jenny Rawlings. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2009. This is the story of twenty-four European Jews who take refuge from Nazi Germany in New Zealand. From doctors and entrepreneurs to children and world-famous minds, their stories vary greatly but are linked by the desire to get as far away from Germany as is possible. Sponsored by Mr Charles Littlejohn. Read by Madeleine Lynch on 3 cassettes, 12:41 hours. RNZFB.
TB8210
CD58191
History and Travel
Hello Dubai: skiing, sand and shopping in the world's weirdest city by Joe Bennett. London: Simon & Schuster, 2010. Boom town, commercial hub, where middle-east meets west, playground for tourists, built by Indians, owned by Arabs this is Dubai. It has risen from next to nothing to an awful lot in just over thirty years. Leaving the comfort of his armchair, the author embarks on a quest to discover just what and where Dubai really is. Read by Paul Barrett on 2 cassettes, 8:04 hours. RNZFB.
TB8196
CD57845
Switching on the King Country: a century of community achievement by Helen Reilly. Wellington: Steele Roberts, 2010. This is the story of how electricity was taken to the most remote parts of the King Country and how the power was kept on under appalling conditions. It describes how today's retailer, King Country Energy, and network line companies, despite operating in a totally different environment, are striving to maintain a tradition of providing a high quality service to their customers. Read by John Callen on 2 cassettes, 10:01 hours. RNZFB.
TB8220
CD59888
Under African skies: Jo and Gareth Morgan's epic ride from Cape Town to London by Jo and Gareth Morgan. Auckland: Random House, 2008. The latest adventure takes this couple on an epic ride from Cape Town, South Africa to London. A highlight of the journey is visiting the villages with water pumps installed, courtesy of the Morgan's charitable donations. Gareth is now a UNICEF ambassador and his view on Africa's woes and the solution to its plight are acerbic but also heartfelt and compassionate. Sponsored by the New Zealand Community Trust. Read by Elisabeth Easther on 2 cassettes, 7:43 hours. RNZFB.
TB8138
CD55027
New Age
The enneagram in love & work: understanding your intimate & business relationships by Helen Palmer. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. The author explores the wisdom of the enneagram system of personality typing. She applies it to the most important area of our lives; relationships with family, friends, clients, bosses and coworkers. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tauranga. Read by Wendy Karstens on 3 cassettes, 14:25 hours. RNZFB.
TB8214
CD58419
Sport
The Awa book of New Zealand sports writing edited by Harry Ricketts. Wellington: Awa Press, 2010. New Zealand is a nation of sports-lovers, which is reflected in this collection of eighty pieces of sports writing. Many are written by acclaimed sportspeople, journalists, novelists, playwrights and poets. Read by George Henare and Madeleine Lynch on 3 cassettes, 13:16 hours. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tauranga. RNZFB.
TB8198
CD57850
Adult Fiction
General Fiction
The night book by Charlotte Grimshaw. Auckland: Vintage, 2010. Roza leads a quiet, orderly life, working at her publishing job, enjoying a comfortable home she shares with her politician husband David and her two stepchildren. This peaceful existence changes forever when Dave becomes Prime Minister. Roza is involved in a chain of events that bring turmoil to their lives and requires dangerous re-evaluation of the past and future. Read by Elisabeth Easther on 2 cassettes, 10:27 hours. RNZFB.
TB8202
CD57878
Historical Novels
Lunch with Mussolini by Derek Hansen. Pymble, N.S.W.: HarperCollins, 2003. With the end of World War II in sight, a German officer orders the reprisal shooting of eight women in a small Alpine village near Lake Como. Fifty years later in Sydney, the daughter of one of the victims discovers that her mother's executioner is living quietly nearby under an assumed name. Explicit descriptions of sex. Sponsored by the Netta Memorial and Jack Shortt Trust. Read by Blair Cooper on 4 cassettes, 17:24 hours. RNZFB.
TB8219
CD58875
Mystery and Detective Stories
Containment by Vanda Symon. North Shore: Penguin, 2009. Chaos reigns in the sleepy village of Aramoana when shipping containers wash up on the beach and are looted. Detective Constable Sam Shephard knows first-hand the desperation of the scavengers; she's got the scars to prove it. Then there is a skull in the sand and a body pulled from the ocean. A morning's madness has far reaching consequences. Strong language. Sequel to: The ringmaster - TB8110. Sponsored by Jenny Bristow. Read by Laura Hill on 2 cassettes, 7 hours. RNZFB.
TB8206
CD57887
Poetry
Oh light: an anthology of writings and reflections to enrich the spirit edited by Anna Gilkison. Lower Hutt: Disability, Spirituality & Faith Network Aotearoa/New Zealand with Whitireia Pub., 2008. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tauranga. Read by Elisabeth Easther and Matu Ngaropo on 1 cassette, 1:31 hours. RNZFB.
TB8211
CD58407
Short Stories
Lost in translation; New Zealand stories edited by Marco Sonzogni. Auckland: Vintage, 2010. Written by a mix of leading New Zealand writers with diverse backgrounds, ranging from Maori to British, Irish to Polynesian, Chinese to Greek, this entertaining book of fictional stories engages creatively with the idea of ambiguity. Strong language. Sponsored by the Netta Memorial and Jack Shortt Trust. Read by various narrators on 2 cassettes, 9:08 hours. RNZFB.
TB8199
CD57852
Junior Non-Fiction
Piano rock: a 1950s childhood by Gavin Bishop. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2008. The author tells of his 1950s childhood growing up in Kingston beside Lake Wakatipu. He recalls haring around outside, building huts, eating girdle scones and marmite sandwiches, going to school on a horse and catching eels. Read by Roy Ward on 1 cassette, 1:08 hours. RNZFB.
TB8186
CD56803
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