Adult Braille Books – Non-fiction
Business
BR74553
Stupid to the last drop: how Alberta is bringing environmental Armageddon to Canada (and doesn't seem to care) by William Marsden.
3 v. of braille.
In its search for oil and gas riches, Alberta is plunging ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and filling its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells. In so doing, it is running out of water, destroying its range land, wiping out its forests and wildlife and spewing huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 2007.
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Correspondence
BR74539
Graham Greene: a life in letters edited by Richard Greene.
7 v. of braille.
Editor presents a compilation of letters from noted twentieth-century British writer Graham Greene (1904-1991). The correspondence reveals Greene's religious, political, literary, and personal concerns and describes his travels, his sentiments about suffering in the world, and empathy for his family and friends. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2007.
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Health
BR74742
Meg Hickling's Grown-up sex: sexual wholeness for the better part of your life by [Meg Hickling].
1 v. of braille.
Meg Hickling, a retired RN, has been teaching parents, children, grandparents, caregivers, teachers, and other professionals how to talk about sex and sexual health for over 30 years. Now she answers the many questions adults ask. Meg's 'whole person' approach respects the roles of personal and family values, spirituality, and community. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2008.
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Internet
BR74395
SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe.
2 v. of braille.
When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.
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Poetry
BR74567
The door: poems by Margaret Atwood.
1 v. of braille.
A collection of fifty poems, ranging in subject from the personal to the political. They investigate the mysterious writing of poetry itself, as well as the passage of time and our shared sense of mortality. 2007.
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Politics and Government
BR74447
The new cold war: revolutions, rigged elections and pipeline politics in the former Soviet Union by Mark MacKinnon.
5 v. of braille.
While Vladimir Putin cements power in Russia by co-opting now independent neighbouring countries, pro-democracy advocates work with the American government to support Western-oriented movements and political parties in the region. Focusing on the Commonwealth of Independent States and other formerly Soviet-influenced states such as Serbia and Slovakia, MacKinnon chastises both democrats and authoritarians for their actions, like the Western organizations, who while officially nonpartisan, make no secret of their allegiances and goals. 2007.
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Travel and Culture in Canada
BR74519
Ride the rising wind: one woman's journey across Canada by Barbara Kingscote.
4 v. of braille.
In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for the Pacific Ocean on horseback. Barbara and her equine companion Zazy reached the West Coast just over a year later. After travelling 4,000 miles, she discovered both herself and her country on the journey of a lifetime. 2006.
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War
BR74536
Fifteen days: stories of bravery, friendship, life and death from inside the new Canadian Army by Christie Blatchford.
5 v. of braille.
Blatchford has covered the conflict in Afghanistan as an embedded reporter, and provides observations of military life in the twenty-first century. The troops share their accounts of their desire to serve, their willingness to confront fear and danger in the battlefield, their loyalty towards each other and the heartbreak occasioned by the loss of one of their own. Descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007.
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