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Tag Archives: BARD
Read About the Frontier on BARD!
“The Bullwhacker: Adventures of a Frontier Freighter” by William Francis Hooker is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Rough as a cob, the bullwhacker has never been romanticized, but his work was as essential as the cowboy’s, and perhaps more hazardous. Young William Hooker, who came west from Wisconsin to Wyoming Territory in the early 1870s, would not be disappointed in his search for exhilarating open-air adventure. Soon he was driving a team of oxen hauling supplies for army posts and Indian reservations far from the railroad. He cracked a bullwhip and kept a rifle ready as he delivered sugar, bacon, blankets, and other destinations along the old Cheyenne, Medicine Bow, and Sidney trails. And the thrilling stories he lived to tell! All true. About outlaws, rum runners, and collisions with Indians. About the feuding between bullwhackers and military officers. About exposure to every kind of varmint and the the fury of the elements. About the daily perils and pleasures of rumbling down some pretty primitive trails in the Old West.
TBBS borrowers can request “The Bullwhacker: Adventures of a Frontier Freighter” DBC02180 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
New Good Samaritan Story on BARD!
“Saving Harlan Brandt: A Survivor and His Good Samaritans” by Kent Warneke and Kevin Warneke, foreword by U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Harlan Brandt needed a Good Samaritan. Would anyone answer the call for help? Would you? On any given day at any given time, we may be called to help someone in need. It could be someone close or someone unfamiliar. When Harlan Brandt, a cattleman living and working in northeast Nebraska, was critically injured in a horrific tractor accident, a slew of friends, family and strangers came to his rescue. This is the story of how and why each of these people came to Harlan’s rescue. These are their Good Samaritan stories.
TBBS borrowers can request “Saving Harlan Brandt: A Survivor and His Good Samaritans” DBC02067 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
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Nebraska Volleyball Story Now on BARD!
“Nebraska Volleyball: The Origin Story” by John Mabry, foreword by Jordan Larson, is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
The compelling book tells the story of how Nebraska volleyball began with players fundraising just to afford uniforms and grew into one of the most dominant programs in NCAA history. Author John Mabry follows the team’s rise through legendary coaches, standout local athletes, and increasing statewide support.
With five national championships and sold out crowds at every game, Nebraska’s volleyball program is a powerful example of the impact of women’s sports. As Karch Kiraly, head coach for the U.S. National Women’s Volleyball team, said, “If you want to learn about women’s college volleyball, your first stop has to be Lincoln, Nebraska.”
TBBS borrowers can request “Nebraska Volleyball: The Origin Story” DBC02051 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Go Big Red on BARD!
“My Big Red Obsession” by Charlie Winkler is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Nebraska’s greatest football fan, Charlie Winkler, tells of his own devotion to Big Red football. Charlie offers a history of Nebraska football, at times serious and at times with humor, but always with affection.
TBBS borrowers can request “My Big Red Obsession” DBC02023 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Western Fiction Book Available on BARD!
“Wolf Song” by Harvey Fergusson is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
In what is now New Mexico, a restless Tennessee lad, Sam Lash, grew into manhood among trappers, hunters, Indians, and the Spanish-Americans. He falls in love with Lola Salazar, the daughter of a wealthy Spanish family, but is uncertain whether he is ready to settle down.
TBBS borrowers can request “Wolf Song” DBC02155 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Nebraska Book Award Winner Available on BARD!
“Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds” by Alison Pearce Stevens is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
The 2022 Nebraska Book Award winner for Youth Book and Illustration, looks into the discovery of the Ashall fossil beds.
“Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes-eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else’s lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed. The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia. Until 1953, when a seventeen-year-old farm worker made an unbelievable discovery. This is the first book to be published about the Ashfall Fossil Beds, where more than two hundred perfectly preserved fossils have been found. Step into the past with author Alison Pearce Stevens, who has worked with many of the Ashfall researchers at the University of Nebraska State Museum” — Provided by publisher (Godwin Books)
TBBS borrowers can request “Rhinos in Nebraska” DBC02048 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Mari Sandoz Book Available on BARD!
“The Story Catcher” by Mari Sandoz is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
A young Oglala Sioux warrior becomes story catcher–the recorder of his tribe’s history–after a number of trials, dangers and sorrows which test his ability to tell the story of his people with truth and courage.
TBBS borrowers can request “The Story Catcher” DBC02136 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Nebraska Biography Available on BARD!
“Medicine Creek Journals: Ena and the Plainsmen” by D. Jean Smith is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Southern-belle and sharp-shooter Ena Raymonde knew she had found her new home when she stepped off the train at McPherson Station in southwest Nebraska. Based on journals and letters from the 1870s, this biography presents the life of a frontier woman who crossed paths with Buffalo Bill Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, Doc Carver, and other legends of the Old West.
TBBS borrowers can request “Medicine Creek Journals: Ena and the Plainsmen” DBC02026 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Nebraska History Book Available on BARD!
“Nebraska: An Illustrated History” compiled by Frederick C. Luebke is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
This novel contains 58 short, topical chapters on Nebraska history that, when united with the images in this rich gallery of illustrations, present a unique history of the state. Familiar illustrations are accompanied by richly detailed explanations of their significance: many others, never published before, cast new light on aspects of our state history.
TBBS borrowers can request “Nebraska: An Illustrated History” DBC02072 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Nebraska Sandhills Book Available on BARD!
“The Chosen Land: A Sand Hills Life” by Ira Moss is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
A partly autobiographical work which tells of the Moss family’s experiences homesteading in the Sandhills of Nebraska and their struggle to make a good life for themselves. For high school and adult readers.
TBBS borrowers can request “The Chosen Land: A Sand Hills Life” DBC02071 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Folklore Book Available on BARD!
“Febold Feboldson: Tall Tales from the Great Plains” compiled by Paul Robert Beath is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
This novel is a collection of stories featuring the Swede immigrant Febold Feboldson, a giant who attempts to homestead in Nebraska. These stories, primarily collected and edited by Paul R. Beath, are humorous takes on the challenges faced by early pioneers on the Great Plains.
TBBS borrowers can request “Febold Feboldson: Tall Tales from the Great Plains” DBC02030 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Nebraska Book Available on BARD!
“Vigilante Days: Frontier Justice Along the Niobrara” by Harold Hutton is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Covering a period of 15 to 20 years during the late 1800s and mostly focusing on the activities of noted horse thief, Kid Wade, Hutton expands his scope to include all vigilante activity in the lower and middle Niobrara region. This volume tries to present an unbiased factual study. Hutton does not depict the vigilance committees as always right or always wrong, nor does he attempt to glamorize or create sympathy for the thieves.
TBBS borrowers can request “Vigilante Days: Frontier Justice Along the Niobrara” DBC02021 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
New Essay Book Available on BARD!
“Best of Prairie Schooner: Personal Essays” edited by Hilda Raz and Kate Flaherty, is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
This powerful anthology collects some of the best personal essays from the poets, novelists and critics who have appeared in the journal’s pages. Readers will explore a kaleidoscope of memories and experiences, including the power of a planting season, the catharsis that fishing holds for an adolescent boy, the literary fallout from a cousin’s death, the lessons learned in the parlor of a Puerto Rican grandmother, the impact of discovering an identical twin’s homosexuality, and the revelations of a homecoming.
TBBS borrowers can request “Best of Prairie Schooner: Personal Essays” DBC02025 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
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Nebraska Football Book Available on BARD!
“More Than Winning: The Story of Tom Osborne” by Tom Osborne and John E. Roberts is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Tom Osborne give an in-depth, personal account of his life—the forces that shaped his values, his own accomplishments in sports, and his experiences as head football coach at Nebraska. Throughout, he maintains that his strength and success come from a deep faith in God.
TBBS borrowers can request “More Than Winning: The Story of Tom Osborne” DBC02006 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
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New Book Available on BARD!
“Panther!” by Roger A. Caras is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
A panther of the Florida Everglades survives Hurricane Dora only to confront the deadly fangs of a diamondback rattlesnake, the jaws of an alligator, the hug of a hungry bear, the trap of an obsessed human hunter, and the bullets of boys on a lark.
TBBS borrowers can request “Panther!” DBC02201 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
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Nebraska Historical Fiction Available on BARD!
“Son of the Gamblin’ Man: The Youth of an Artist” by Nebraska author Mari Sandoz is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
A work of historical fiction, the story tells of a gambler who founded Cozad, Nebraska. It also focuses on his family, especially his younger son, who became the world-famous artist and teacher known as “Robert Henri.”
TBBS borrowers can request “Son of the Gamblin’ Man: The Youth of an Artist” DBC02039 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Collection of Nebraska Vignettes Available on BARD!
“Nebraska, Where Dreams Grow” by Nebraska author Dorothy Weyer Creigh is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Fifty-one vignettes present Nebraska history from the point of view of those who lived their lives on the Great Plains. Topics include ice harvesting, Chautauqua, mail-order brides, World War II, television, and Big Red.
TBBS borrowers can request “Nebraska, Where Dreams Grow” DBC02044 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Nebraska Sequel Book Available on BARD!
“Watchers on the Hill: Pine Ridge Portraits, #2” by Nebraska author Stephanie Grace Whitson is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service.
BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.The sequel to “Secrets on the Wind: Pine Ridge Portraits, #1”, this novel centers on Charlotte Valentine. Once a flirtatious beauty seeking a military husband, Charlotte has been changed by life’s trials. Returning to Fort Robinson for peace, she finds herself faced with two former suitors. She can trust only in her faith to heal and move forward.
TBBS borrowers can request “Watchers on the Hill: Pine Ridge Portraits, #2” DBC02058 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
New Nebraska Book Available on BARD!
“Busted Tractors and Rusty Knuckles: Norwegian Torque Wrench Techniques and Other Fine Points of Tractor Restoration” by Nebraska author Roger Welsch is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD,
the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.The sequel to “Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them”, author Roger Welsch revisits his favorite pastime, tinkering with beat up tractors. The book follows the rescue of a scrap yard refugee Allis-Chalmers WC tractor; a journey that pulls Welsch deep into a bottomless morass of broken bolts, smashed fingers and frozen pistons.
TBBS borrowers can request “Busted Tractors and Rusty Knuckles: Norwegian Torque Wrench Techniques and Other Fine Points of Tractor Restoration” DBC02211 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
Nebraska Adult Fiction Book Available on BARD!
“Secrets on the Wind: Pine Ridge Portraits, #1” by Nebraska author Stephanie Grace Whitson is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
Two cavalry soldiers discover a burned-down settler’s dugout and find a woman hiding under a trapdoor. They bring her to For Robinson, where a gentle, elderly woman helps nurse her back to health. Traumatized and distrustful of men, she remains indifferent to those trying to help her. Gradually, however, she beings to embark on a path toward faith.
TBBS borrowers can request “Secrets on the Wind: Pine Ridge Portraits, #1” DBC02057 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
