NLS 80th Anniversary

The National Library Service is this wonderful resource that came into RantWoman's life pretty far along. RantWoman invites readers to share the following festivity:


News Brief: WTBBL Reads 1931 Bestseller To Celebrate

The National Library Service For The Blind

and Physically Handicapped’s (NLS)

80th Anniversary!



Join us on March 3, 2011 as we discuss The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck at WTBBL’s first Brown Bag Book Club Luncheon.

Whether you read it in high school or this is your first time, join us as we talk about this 1931 bestselling title!



The Good Earth is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. It describes the rise of Wang Lung, a poor Chinese peasant. The story begins with his wedding day, as he ponders his good fortune that now he will have a woman to take over the chore of lighting a fire to heat the water for his bath. With the help and patience of his new wife, O-lan, Wang Lung becomes a rich landowner.



The Good Earth is available at WTBBL by download (DB 37294 - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.37294), as downloadable Web-braille (BR 9400 - Volume 1. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/br.09400v01, Volume 2. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/br.09400v02, Volume 3. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/br.09400v03) and on cassette (RC 37294).



Please contact WTBBL (206-615-0400) if you are interested in receiving a digital cartridge of the title.



Stay tuned for more details on the Brown Bag Book Club Luncheon…