Episode Transcript
[00:00:17] Speaker A: Greetings, readers. Welcome to the first October edition of Library News. Fall is officially here, and the leaves are starting to turn into their beautiful fall colors. October is dyslexia Awareness Month. Did you know that dyslexia impacts 15% to 20% of people? Dyslexia accounts for over 80% of all learning disabilities. Individuals with dyslexia are eligible for library services from the Iowa Library for the Blind and print Disabled. If you know someone with dyslexia who might benefit from our services, encourage them to apply. To learn more about dyslexia, visit decodingdyslexiaioa.org or to access our library application, go to iowalibrary blog.
[00:01:01] Speaker B: October is also National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Good jobs change lives, and all workers, including disabled workers, deserve the opportunity to prepare for, obtain, and succeed in them. Reflecting this access to good jobs for all is the theme for this year's National Disability Employment Awareness Month. To learn more about the 79th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, go to Dol dot Gov ndeam and October 15 is the 60th annual white cane awareness day for blind people. The white cane is essential to achieving a full and independent life. White canes are tools which extend the senses, allowing a blind person to hear and touch their surroundings and react quickly and confidently. Whether avoiding obstacles, finding steps and curbs, locating doorways, or interacting with the world, blind people can use the white cane to explore the world around them. Take a minute on October 15 to celebrate the white cane.
[00:02:02] Speaker C: Now for top ten nonfiction books. Downloaded from Bard Hillbilly Elegy a memoir of a family and culture in Crisis.
DB 85796 by JD Vance.
Memoir of growing up in the Ohio Rust Belt in a family culture rooted in Scots Irish, Appalachia. Explores political themes affecting these community cultures through the lens of personal and familial experiences.
Discusses what it took to go from nearly failing high school to graduating from Yale Law School. Some strong language bestseller what this comedian said will shock you DB 12230 two by Bill Maher.
Inspired by the editorial he delivers at the end of each episode of real time, this hilarious work of commentary about american life speaks exactly to the moment we're in. Covering free speech, cops, drugs, race, religion, cancel culture, the media, showbiz, romance, health, and more. Bestseller long haul hunting the highway serial killers DB 12 24 64 by Frank Figliuszi in 2004, the FBI was tipped off to a gruesome pattern of murders along american roadways.
Today, at least 850 homicides have been linked to a solitary breed of predators. Long haul truck drivers they've been given names, like the truck stop killer who rigged a traveling torture chamber in the rear of his truck and is suspected to have killed 50 women, and the interstate strangler who once answered a phone call from his mother while killing one of his dozen victims. The crisis was such that the FBI opened a special unit, the highway Serial Killings initiative. In each case, the victims, often at risk women, were picked up at truck stops in one jurisdiction, sexually assaulted and murdered in another, and dumped along a highway in a third place. What's worse, the transient nature of the offenders and multiple jurisdictions involve making these cases difficult to solve.
[00:04:31] Speaker A: On a doctor's journey in Public Service DB 122992 by Anthony S. Fauci Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous and most revered doctor in the world today. His role, guiding America sanely and calmly, through Covid and through the torrents of Trump, earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern american history. But this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Doctor Fauci played a major role, his crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIdS into a sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises made him truly an American hero. His memoir reaches back to his boyhood in Brooklyn, New York, and carries through decades of caring for critically ill patients, navigating the whirlpools of Washington politics and behind the scenes, advising and negotiating with seven presidents on key issues, from global aids relief to infectious disease preparedness. At home Good the great Christmas Cookie Swap Cookbook 60 large batch recipes to bake and share DB 121381 a collection of recipes from the Good Housekeeping kitchens for 60 different types of Christmas cookies, all yielding more than eight dozen cookies and perfect for a holiday cookie swap.
Cook County ICU 30 years of unforgettable patience and odd cases DB twelve three, five, six by Corey M. Franklin an inside look at one of the nation's most famous public hospitals, Cook county, as seen through the eyes of its longtime director of intensive care, Doctor Corey Franklin. Readers will be riveted by stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from his 30 year career in medicine that spanned the 1970s through the 1990s, including some of the major moments in medical history, like the AIDS epidemic and the deadly Chicago heatwave of 1995. We follow Doctor Franklin as he unravels a host of strange cases, including the nurse with rare Munchausen syndrome, the only surviving ricin victim, and the professor with Alzheimer's hiding the effects of the wrong medication. Each chapter features stories centered on a medical topic like body temperature, medications, detecting poisons, and the art of taking a history. Readers will come away learning how the practice of medicine has changed over the years, which will be insightful for patients, doctors, and medical students alike.
[00:07:22] Speaker B: Echoes of an angel the miraculous true story of a boy who lost his eyes but could still see. DB 122539 by Aquanetta Gordon Ben Underwood became blind at the age of two. Anyone would have thought he faced a life full of hardship and uphill challenges, a world full of things he'd never be able to see and activities he'd never be able to enjoy. But as far as his mom, Aquanetta Gordon, was concerned, nothing was impossible for Ben. And so he accomplished the incredible. Known as the boy who could see was sound, Ben mastered human echolocation, the ability to detect the size, shape, and location of objects through the reflection of sound waves. By clicking his tongue and seeing the waves, Ben could ride his bike, shoot baskets, identify objects, and even play video games. Some called it a miracle. But to Ben and Aqua, the real miracles were the other worldly experiences God gave Ben, physical and spiritual that others couldn't explain.
The divinity of dogs. True stories of miracles inspired by man's best friend. DB 122668 by Jennifer Skiff. A moving collection of amazing stories that will make you laugh and cry and show just how much dogs bring to our lives.
Left for dead shipwreck, treachery, and survival at the edge of the world. DB 123083 by Eric J. Dolan the true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. A tale of treachery, shipwreck isolation, and the desperate struggle for survival fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust. The incident left three british sailors and two Americans, including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard, abandoned in the barren, windswept, and inhospital Falkland islands for a year and a half. With deft narrative skill and unequaled knowledge of the very pith of the seafaring life, Dolan describes in vivid and harrowing detail the increasingly desperate existence of the castaways during their 18 month ordeal, an all too common fate in the great age of sail. A best selling and award winning maritime historian presents this true story of five a hunger to kill a serial killer, a determined detective in the quest for a confession that changed a small town forever. DB 122847 by Kim Major in this fascinating and profoundly chilling account. Detective Kim Major a real life version of Clarice Starling reveals how she closed in on and broke one of Ohio's most infamous serial killers. On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a terrified woman who claimed to be kidnapped. The man holding her hostage was Sean Great, a serial killer whom the press later dubbed the lady killer. A key to his conviction and dessens were grates extensive recorded confessions, all extracted by one woman, Detective Kim Major. As an experienced specialist in sex offenses, Detective major was one of the officers assigned to grates case. Upon his arrest, Grate immediately latched onto her repeatedly, demanding to speak to her and presumably convinced that he could somehow exercise his power over her in much the same way that he'd overpowered and controlled his female victims. He was wrong. Over a period of eight days, Major conducted one interview after another, risking her life by sitting alone in the interview room with a malevolent predator. Using brilliant psychological strategy in a lethal game of wits, Major successfully elicited his damning confessions to five murders, kidnapping, and multiple sexual assaults of women across Ohio.
[00:11:02] Speaker C: Save the date for the 25th anniversary Braille Challenge the Braille Challenge is the only academic competition of its kind in North America for kids grades one through twelve who are blind or visually impaired. The Iowa Regional Braille Challenge will be held Saturday, February 22, 2025 in Des Moines at the Iowa Department for the Blind. Come be a part of the challenge.
[00:11:26] Speaker A: Makerspace Mondays is returning this month. It will be held on Monday, October 14 from six to 07:30 p.m. you can join us in person or via Zoom for our first makerspace Monday workshop. We invite you to enjoy delicious fall refreshments and bring in your favorite author quote that inspires you to create unique clay art pieces from broken pottery. All ages are welcome. You can find the link to register on our blog at iowalibrary blog or call the library and we can help get you registered. For any questions about makerspace Mondays, contact Denise Bean at Denise Beanlind State or.
[00:12:07] Speaker B: 515-452-1338 Explore everything that the NLS ereader has to offer with our new program, ereader essentials. This program will be hosted every two months on the first Wednesday of the month from one to 02:30 p.m. via Zoom. The first session is Monday, October 2. Join Leland Smith, service specialist for the IMC, as he reviews basic functions of the e reader, offers tips and tricks, and provides time to ask questions. Contact the library to get signed up or visit iowalibrary blog many faces of.
[00:12:42] Speaker C: Bard will be held on Thursday, October 10 at 06:00 p.m. via Zoom.
The topic for this month will be NLS Bard on the smart speaker. The program will start with a discussion of the use of bard on the Alexa device and will include a demonstration. After the presentation, we will entertain questions about the presentation or anything else relating to Bard. Please contact the library for the link or call in information or go to iowalibrary blog that Almay eread, a new monthly NLS program that focuses on the NLS Braille ereader, will be held Tuesday, October 29 at 06:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please contact the library for the Zoom link. Please dont hesitate to contact a library with any questions or comments at 515-281-1323 or by email at librarylind State IA US. The library is open Monday thru Friday, 08:00 a.m. to 04:30 p.m. happy reading.
