Sound and Touch December 2019
Blind & Low Vision NZ Library—I tū tika atu i te kanohi kitea
Produced 2019 by Accessible Formats Service, Blind & Low Vision NZ formerly Blind Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Transcriber's note
If reading this volume on a portable braille device, note that this e-text is unproofed by touch.
Welcome to the December 2019 issue of Sound and Touch
In this issue:
Marrakesh Treaty update
New Word to EPUB3 conversion tool
How to set up a favourite in our Telephone Information Service (TIS)
NZ Herald on TIS
Audio described TV and arts performances on TIS
Returning DAISY players
Adding NLS titles to our collection
Useful tips for searching our collection
Magazine recommendations
NZ Healthy Food Guide
Many thanks to our generous sponsors
Marrakesh Treaty update
New Zealand now joined Marrakesh Treaty
New Zealand joined the Marrakesh Treaty on October 4, 2019. We are the 60th contracting party to the Marrakesh Treaty, which now covers 87 countries. The Marrakesh Treaty enters into force in New Zealand on 4 January 2020, which is three months after the date of joining.
There is also an amendment to our Copyright Act that comes into force simultaneously with the Marrakesh Treaty on 4 January 2020. This brings New Zealand copyright law into line with our obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty. The amendment to the Copyright Act addresses who can create accessible formats and the process around this. It also amends the definition of print disability to:
print disability, in relation to a person,—
(a) means an impairment that prevents the person from enjoying a printed copyright work to the same degree as a person who does not have that impairment; but
(b) excludes an impairment of visual function that can be improved, by the use of corrective lenses, to a level that is normally acceptable for reading without a special level or kind of light
Practically for our Library, the Marrakesh Treaty makes easier the exchange of material between overseas libraries and us. Whereas previously we had to wait for content to clear copyright in its origin country, now between Marrakesh Treaty signatory countries, it is a straight exchange of accessible material. 
With many countries now having ratified the Marrakesh Treaty including the European Union, Canada and Australia, thousands of accessible books will become available to blind and print disabled New Zealanders.
Previously copyright law was one of the major barriers preventing timely access to books for the print disabled. To access books from overseas we had to ask for permission from the rights holder to obtain an accessible copy of their work. This permission was not always granted, or alternatively could take a very long time to be granted. Our Library is now working with Accessible Books Consortium at WIPO to enable us to receive the backlog of several thousand books that we have been waiting to clear copyright restrictions. These will become available after 4 January 2020.
We would like to make special mention of Neil Jarvis’ role in making this happen. 
New Word to EPUB3 conversion tool
The DAISY Consortium staff have recently created a new Word to EPUB online tool. This tool is incredibly simple to use and relevant to all print disabled people who use a computer, as they can easily make an inaccessible word document accessible. 
This is a tool for individuals, teaching institutions, producers and Governments to make accessible EPUB3 files.
If you are interested in learning more, this can be found at:
https://daisy.org/activities/software/wordtoepub/
How to set up a favourite on our Telephone Information Service (TIS)
A favourite is a short cut to any bulletin that you want quick access to, or that you frequently listen to. To set up a bulletin as a favourite follow these steps.
1. Ring TIS. TIS calling numbers are included on the last page of this Sound and Touch.
2. Navigate to the bulletin you want to set up as a favourite.
3. Anytime while the bulletin is playing press the star (*) key to enter the Special Functions Menu.
4. You will hear a prompt saying press 2 to add this to your list of favourites. Press 2.
5. Then press 1 to add this item to your favourites. If you have not set up your phone as the preferred phone or you are not logged in, you will be asked to enter in your user ID and PIN.
A confirmation message will tell you this option has been saved and tell you the number it has been saved to.
TIS will then take you back to the bulletin you have just saved. 
NZ Herald on TIS
The format of NZ Herald on TIS has changed since NZ Herald introduced Premium content. When you are listening to news articles in TIS it may appear that there is a fault as the same heading can be repeated. This happens because an article that is continued from e.g. from page 1 onto page 3 of the print Herald is also divided in this same manner in our digital copy we receive, as it is a straight replica of the print. If you continue listening, all the other articles will follow on from this, as all articles are available.
Audio described TV and arts performances on TIS
Members interested in audio described TV and arts performances are invited to visit TIS Menu 66. Not only are there weekly listings of audio described television programmes on TVNZ1, TVNZ2 and Duke, but there are also details of how to access audio description on SKY TV Channels. We regularly update this area in TIS with details of live performances offering audio description. We have just added details of such events in next year’s Auckland Arts Festival, and by the time you read this the International Arts Festival in Wellington, Royal New Zealand Ballet and NZ Opera programmes will be there too. Check back regularly for additions. 
Returning DAISY players
If you are using an Alexa or BookLink to access our library and have a DAISY player you are not using then can you please return it to us. To return a DAISY player, please contact the Library on 0800-24-33-33 and we will organize its return. 
Adding NLS titles to our collection
Adding NLS titles to our collection has been complicated for many years. The reason for this is that these audio titles are produced by NLS in a format that is different from DAISY. This made them very difficult to convert to DAISY for us to make available to you. This problem has been frustrating many agencies for several years.
Up until now CNIB in Canada were the only agency able to convert these audio files into DAISY. They were doing this for us for a small fee, which enabled us to provide this popular content to you.
However, in the last couple of months Michael Katzmann, Chief, Materials Development Division NLS/BPH Library of Congress, provided our library with the computer coding formula to enable us to undertake the conversion ourselves. I would like to thank Michael for providing this and also Joshua Nathan, our Audio Post Production Technician as well as Jay Leahy our Information Technology Manager for their hard work and expertise in implementing this code, as it was a complicated and technical process. The result is that we can now do these conversions ourselves.
We are now working on adding the NLS titles that we have been waiting to be converted into our library collection. There are approximately 900 of these titles, and they should be available early next year. 
Useful tips for searching our library collection
Probably the best way to find books you want in our collection is to use our advanced search function on either our website catalogue or our BookLink site. You can narrow your search with our advanced search to "Category" and then "Interest" and then narrow it further in the subject search box. I.e. if you are looking for books about the country China:
Category: Travel, History and Culture;
Interest: Asian Countries;
Subject: China. 
This brings back relevant searches.
Another example search topic "travel in Russia" is also findable by selecting in advanced search:
Category: Travel, History and Culture;
Interest: European Countries;
Subject: Russia.
In addition, in order to remove any children's books on this subject, in the catalogue select:
Collection: Main Library (Parnell);
Reading level: Adult.
Magazine recommendations
From time-to-time, our library team receives requests to add a new magazine to our collection. However we are currently at full capacity for the number of magazines we can produce in studios, therefore to add a magazine, we must replace one we are currently producing. I am listing three magazines with the lowest readership and the current suggestion we have received. We request your feedback on the titles you would like to receive below.
Current request: New Zealand AutoCar 
Least subscribed to magazines: Kiwiparent; Ellinis; Home and Country
NZ Healthy Food Guide
After November, the NZ Healthy Food Guide is no longer available in print; they have told us this is because they found the print costs unsustainable. However, there are 363 library members subscribed to this magazine and as there is a print Australian version available, we have subscribed to that and will record the Australian version instead. If you do not want the Australian version then please contact the Library on 0800-24-33-33 and ask to have it removed from your subscription list. 
Many thanks to our generous sponsors
We would like to express our appreciation to the following sponsors who gave generously towards the production of talking books for the Library since the previous issue of Sound and Touch. These funds have helped to make print material accessible to people who are blind or have low vision. Without their support, it would not be possible to add more new titles to our Library. 
Jack and Netta Shortt Memorial Fund for Richie McCaw 148 by Richie McCaw.
Roy and Jan Mace Charitable Trust for The walking stick tree by Trish Harris.
Bowls Southland Charity Pairs Committee for Smelly Louie by Catherine Rayner.
Marsh Family Charitable Trust for A sister in my house by Linda Olsson.
Marsh Family Charitable Trust for Five strings by Apirana Taylor.
Marsh Family Charitable Trust for The president's assassin by Brian Haig.
New DAISY audio
This issue contains DAISY audio books added to the collection since the last issue of Sound and Touch in September 2019.
Abbreviations:
BA Blackstone Audio Inc.
CD DAISY audio CD ordering number
CNIB (formerly known as) Canadian National Institute for the Blind
RNIB Royal National Institute of Blind People
RNZFB Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
Ulv Ulverscroft
VAILS Vision Australia Information and Library Service
Adult non-fiction
Authors (Biography)
Over the bridge: an essay in autobiography by Richard Church. Recalling his boyhood spent with his parents and brother in Battersea, the author recreates a happy close-knit family in middle-class London. Read by Eric Gillett in 9 hours, 3 minutes. RNZFB. CD99417
A life in the day by Hunter Davies. Hunter Davies' memoir of his childhood, The Co-Op's Got Bananas!, was immediately hailed as a classic. In this much-anticipated sequel, Hunter shares his colourful memories of living in London during the height of the Swinging Sixties, becoming editor of Britain's first colour weekend supplement; befriending the Beatles; and interviewing (and partying with) the biggest names in television, film and theatre. He also reflects on his years spent with the love of his life—the bestselling writer Margaret Forster, who sadly passed away in February 2016. This is both a colourful, enjoyable memoir of what it was like to be at the epicentre of Britain's artistic heart and an emotional, heartfelt tribute to family and friends. Read by Cameron Stewart in 10 hours, 13 minutes. Ulverscroft. CD120124
Australia and the Pacific
Smoky the war dog how a tiny Yorkshire Terrier became a hero on the frontline by Nigel Allsopp. The story of a US soldier stationed in New Guinea during the Second World War, his tiny Yorkshire terrier, Smoky. Smoky stayed by his side when he fell ill, and was soon visiting other soldiers on the ward, bringing happiness to the sick and wounded. This experience inspired the soldier to visit injured soldiers with Smoky while on leave in Australia and she is recognised today as the first therapy dog. Smoky also performed other daring deeds as part of her war effort, and went on to become a beloved performer on children's television. The author, a historian and former military dog handler, tells the story of Smoky and the soldier, chronicles his own efforts to see Smoky formally recognised for her war work and interweaves Smoky's story with remarkable tales of other military dogs, past and present, and the vital roles they play in wartime. Read by Paul Barrett in 1 hour, 50 minutes. RNZFB. CD128522
Business and Economics
Hundred percent Kiwi business: Nine Kiwi success navigators by Ryan L. Jennings. An inspiring guide for New Zealanders growing their business, or starting a new one. Read by Gary Denver in 12 hours, 18 minutes. RNZFB. CD126919
Christianity
A Friend Within: GOD—a pilgrim—a roadmap by Dr Anton McLean. A book that aims to reach out to those 21st century Christians who have lost their appetite for a personal God or lost the presence of God in their life. Read by Norman Knox in 12 hours, 20 minutes. RNZFB. CD120812
Disabilities and Society
Song for Rosaleen by Pip Desmond. A memoir of a family coping with their mother's dementia. It is, both, a celebration of Rosaleen Desmond's life and an unflinching account of the practical and ethical dilemmas that her six children had to face. This book raises important questions about who we become when our memories fail, how our rapidly ageing population can best be cared for, and what this means for us all. Read by Christine Hewton in 8 hours, 7 minutes. RNZFB. CD127148
Food and Beverages
Hudson & Halls: the food of love by Joanne Drayton. A love story and tale of two television chefs who helped change the negative attitudes of a nation in the 1970s and 80s to that unspoken thing—homosexuality. Peter Hudson and David Halls became reluctant role models for a "don't ask, don't tell" generation of gay men and women who lived by omission. They were also captains of a culinary revolution that saw the beginnings of Pacific-rich, Asian-styled international cuisine. Hudson and Halls were pioneers of celebrity television as we know it today: the naughty, not-quite-normal boys next door who rocketed to stardom on untrained talent and a dream. What remained unchanged through it all was their abiding love for each other. Read by Hera Dunleavy in 12 hours, 31 minutes. RNZFB. CD126939
General Non Fiction
Listen to me! Taking the conflict out of child discipline by Dr Anna Martin PhD. If you are confused by all the different parenting advice on how to discipline your child, here is a guide to parenting that will change the way you think about discipline altogether. The author has turned traditional methods on their head to come up with effective strategies that put listening and the well-being of children before lecturing. Whatever your child’s age, the clear step-by-step methods in this book will help minimise conflict in the family and encourage a secure relationship between you and your child. Read by Gary Denvir in 5 hours, 28 minutes. RNZFB. CD126825
Health and Wellbeing
Mind that child: a medical memoir. In this book, Rowley provides a rare glimpse into what it means to be entrusted with the most precious of responsibilities—a young human life. Charting his decades of medical experience, Rowley touches on an array of issues, from the high-stakes management of tiny pre-term babies to the serious impacts of drugs, alcohol and technology on developing minds. Read by Gary Denvir in 6 hours, 29 minutes. RNZFB. CD99793
Maori Spirituality
Mauri ora: wisdom from the Māori world by Peter Alsop & Te Rau Kupenga. Pearls of wisdom in proverbs—whakatauki—gifted from generations as an intrinsic part of the Maori world. As powerful metaphors, they combine analogy and cultural history. Short and insightful, engendering reflection, learning and personal growth. Mauri Ora links whakatauki to key personal virtues idealised across cultures and generations. The virtues—wisdom, courage, compassion, integrity, self-mastery and belief—stem from the science of positive psychology; the study of how to live a better life. Illustrated with photographs from an old world, this book offers the connection of Maori knowledge to contemporary thinking about personal happiness and fulfilment. Read by Hera Dunleavy in 1 hour, 52 minutes. RNZFB. CD119865
Media and Communications
How to get to the top of Google Search: a practical SEO guide by Richard Conway. Anyone trying to sell anything wants potential customers to be able to find them straight away when searching online. This book is a practical guide to how to achieve that. It cuts through the mis-information and talks about what actions you need to take, so searchers will find your product quickly and easily. Read by Norman Knox in 10 hours, 26 minutes. RNZFB. CD120815
Medicine (Biography)
The heart of Jesús Valentino: a mother's story by Emma Gilkison. An extraordinary story about a young couple forced to go beyond their everyday experience and confront issues of the life and death of their baby. During a routine twelve-week ultrasound during her pregnancy, the author notices that her baby’s heart is growing outside his body—an extremely rare and usually fatal condition called ectopia cordis. By the time the option of surgery is ruled out, Emma is almost twenty weeks pregnant. They now face a heartbreaking decision about whether to end the pregnancy, or continue in the knowledge their baby will die. Read by Hera Dunleavy in 7 hours, 14 minutes. RNZFB. CD126790
Middle East
Provisions for the seekers: a manual of prophetic ḥadīths with commentary/Muḥammad 'Āshiq Ilāhī al-Bulandshehrī; a translation and commentary of Zād al-Ṭālibīn by Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf by Muḥammad. 'Āshiq Ilāhī. The Messenger of Allah, Muhammad was given exceptional oratorical skills. His words were eloquent, comprehensive, and simple, conveying libraries of wisdoms and truths. The Messenger himself said, "I have been sent with the jawami al-kalim" (Bukhari)—that is, concise language that expresses a multitude of meanings in few words. This book is a collection of 327 hadiths and contains many jawami al-kalim, as well as prophecies and other accounts and narratives. Read by Qays Buksh in 16 hours, 2 minutes. RNZFB. CD120145
Nature and Animals
K9 cops: police dogs of the world. In this book, the author, a historian and former military dog handler, allows us to discover the world of police dogs, and the vital roles they play in Australia and other countries. Read by Gary Denvir in 9 hours, 6 minutes. RNZFB. CD128523
New Zealand (Biography)
Memory pieces by Maurice Gee. An intimate and evocative account of the author’s life in three parts. Read by John Callen in 12 hours, 1 minute. RNZFB. CD126140
Two slices of bread: a memoir by Ingrid Coles. A true story ... Ingrid Coles was born in Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), on 28 November 1942, during the Japanese occupation of WWII. Three months after her birth, her family were incarcerated in prisoner-of-war camps. Her father died, aged 43, in a prison camp. Her 6-year-old brother died of starvation and pneumonia en route to Holland. Orphaned at age 16 in 1958, she immigrated to New Zealand to become a nurse. This memoir traces Ingrid's background, revealing the secret of her successful life in New Zealand. Read by Marguerite Vanderkolk in 8 hours, 41 minutes. RNZFB. CD120020
NZ and Pacific Non-Fiction
Dear Oliver: uncovering a Pākehā history by Peter Wells. When the author found a cache of family letters amongst his elderly mother's effects, he realised that he had the means of retracing the history of a family swept out to New Zealand during the great nineteenth-century human diaspora from Britain. Digging deep into their stories, examining letters from the past and writing a letter to the future, he constructs a novel and striking way to view the history of Pakeha New Zealanders. Read by Janice Finn in 12 hours, 58 minutes. RNZFB. CD126789
New Zealand History
The New Zealand Wars: Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley. The New Zealand Wars were a series of wars fought between the Crown and various groups of Māori between 1845 and 1872. They profoundly shaped the course and direction of the nation’s history and touched many aspects of life in nineteenth century New Zealand, even in regions spared actual fighting. They are an integral part of the New Zealand story that is not always remembered or acknowledged. This book is a highly accessible introduction to the causes, events and consequences of the New Zealand Wars supported by illustrations as well as timelines, graphs and summary tables. Read by Paul Barrett in 8 hours, 47 minutes. RNZFB. CD127921
Swim: a year of swimming outdoors in New Zealand by Annette Lees. New Zealanders have a deep connection to swimming in the outdoors, one of the things that defines Kiwis. The book is about the author’s personal quest to swim every day of a full year in the natural waterways of New Zealand—from Northland to Fiordland in rivers, lakes, ponds, the sea, estuaries, wetlands, springs and outdoor lido pools. It also includes stories of urban swims, night swims, forbidden swims, swimming in the dead of winter, Maori legends of swimming feats, the endurance swimmers of the Depression, and the swimming ANZACs, going back hundreds of years. Read by Wendy Karstens in 11 hours, 13 minutes. RNZFB. CD128519
Philosophy
The book of joy: lasting happiness in a changing world by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams. Spiritual masters his Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu share their wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives. Read by Bruce Hopkins in 10 hours, 45 minutes. RNZFB. CD119991
Sportspeople (Biography)
Warrior by Simon Mannering; with Angus Gillies. Simon Mannering is a regular in the Warriors and Kiwis rugby league teams and has captained both sides. He is an ultimate warrior always putting the good of the team before his own wishes and ambitions. He has played close to 300 games in the NRL, but not much is known about him. He shuns the celebrity lifestyle, is never implicated in controversy and hardly ever does interviews. He is a role model for the young people with only average natural abilities can force their way to the top. In this autobiography, he talks about his transition from skinny white rugby-playing fan from Nelson College to life at the Warriors rugby league club in the heart of Auckland. Read by Gary Denvir in 7 hours, 28 minutes. RNZFB. CD126139
War Memories (Biography)
Always the children: a nurse's story of home and war by Anne Watts. An autobiographical account of the author's life as a nurse and midwife in Vietnam, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. She witnessed the random cruelty of warfare, nursing injured and orphaned children and caring for wounded and dying servicemen. Over some forty-five years her courage and compassion helped those most in need of help. Read by Donna Brookbanks in 11 hours, 16 minutes. RNZFB. CD120346
Women in Society
Women's rights: a historical perspective by Abdallah H. Al-Kahtany. A historical account of Women's oppression across the world. A comparative discussion of women's rights in Islam and the doctrine and practices of some prominent religions. Read by Cheryl Lawton in 2 hours, 1 minute. RNZFB. CD101983
World Religions
Introducing Quakers by George H. Gorman. An introduction to Quakers, for those who are interested but know very little. Read by Joe Gilfillan in 2 hours, 21 minutes. RNZFB. CD126355
Adult fiction
Adventure Stories
Ramage's trial by Dudley Pope. Captain Ramage receives dire news from home: his new wife, Sarah, is missing and presumed captured by the French. A sequence of bizarre events leads Ramage, en route to England, to face a full court martial presided over by his nemesis, Rear-Admiral Goddard. Some violence. Book 14 of Ramage Series. Sequel to Ramage's Devil 82528. Has sequel Ramage's Challenge 82527. Read by Erik Sandvold in 12 hours, 49 minutes. NLS. CD119466
Australian Stories
The lost flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland. After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. Under the watchful eye of June and the women who run the farm, Alice settles, but grows up knowing very little of her family's story. In her early twenties, when life forces Alice to flee to the beautiful central Australian desert. The feeling of having found solace lasts only until she meets a charismatic but dangerous man. Read by Bridget Parke in 14 hours, 33 minutes. VAILS. CD127442
Country Life
Absolution Creek by Nicole Alexander. In 1923 nineteen-year-old Jack watches the construction of the Harbour Bridge and dreams of being more than a grocer's son. He is offered the chance to manage Absolution Creek, a sheep property. Then a thirteen-year-old girl, Squib appears setting in motion a devastating chain of events. Forty years later and Cora is trying to keep Absolution Creek in business. She's ostracized by the community and hindered by her inability to move on from the events of her past. Only one man knows what happened in 1923. A dying man who is riding towards Absolution Creek, seeking his own salvation. Read by Cynthia Howell 16 hours, 57 minutes. VAILS. CD119962
Fantasy
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson. Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older—a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness, court life is suffocating the free-spirited Lift, who can't help heading to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless Darkness is there hunting people like her with budding powers. The downtrodden in Yeddaw have no champion, and Lift knows she must seize this awesome responsibility. Read by Christine Hewton in 6 hours. RNZFB. CD119864
General Fiction
The little teashop of lost and found by Trisha Ashley. Alice Rose is a foundling, discovered on the Yorkshire moors above Haworth. Adopted but then later rejected again by a horrid step-mother, Alice struggles to find a place where she belongs. Only baking brings a comforting sense of home. So it seems natural that when she finally decides to return to Haworth, Alice turns to baking again, taking over a run-down little teashop and working to set up an afternoon tea emporium. Luckily she soon makes friends who help her both set up home and try to solve the mystery of who she is. There are one or two last twists in the dark fairytale of Alice's life to come ... but can she find her happily ever after? Read by Colleen Prendergast in 13 hours, 58 minutes. Ulverscroft. CD120120
The president's hat by Antoine Laurain; translated from the French by Gallic Books. Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. After the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand's black felt hat has been left behind. Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir, and as he leaves the restaurant, he begins to feel somehow different. Read by John Callen in 4 hours, 56 minutes. RNZFB. CD119862
Historical Novels
The imperialists by William Stuart Long. A new century dawns and new hopes drive the people who proudly call themselves "Australian." Young idealist, Tolo Mason will journey into the Outback, looking for treasures of gold and glory, finding danger in a desert land where only the mysterious Aborigines survive. Others, like the famous Broome family, will turn to the intrigue of politics, raising new citites and grabbing the raw power to sail north to primitive New Guinea, where they can reign as the conquerors, the takers, the Imperialists. Book 12 of the Australians series; sequel to The nationalists 119957. Read by Dennis Challinger in 19 hours, 22 minutes. VAILS. CD119958
Mystery and Detective Stories
U is for undertow by Sue Grafton. In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned. Twenty years later, Michael Sutton contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a disturbing memory which might just provide the key to the mystery. He now believes he stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh's body ... Michael's account is indistinct and even members of his family try to discredit his evidence. But Kinsey is certain there is something vital within Michael's recollections. As the protagonists of the tragedy are gradually brought to light, the truth finally begins to emerge. And while stepping back into the past, Kinsey uncovers more about her own history too ... Private eye. Book 21 of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries series, Sequel to T is for trespass 119704, has sequel V is for vengeance 120930. Read by Liza Ross in 13 hours, 56 minutes. Ulverscroft. CD120113 
NZ and Pacific Novels
Beneath pale water by Thalia Henry. Beneath Pale Water is a social realist and expressionistic novel set amidst the physical and psychological landscapes of New Zealand's southern hills and grasslands. The story follows a triangle of three damaged individuals; a sculptor, a vagrant and a model who have grown calcified shells against the world. Their search for identity and belonging leads them into dangerous territory that threatens both their sanity and lives. As their protective shells crack they are left vulnerable—both physically and emotionally—to the high country winds and their own conflicts that will either free or destroy them. Read by Cheryl Lawton in 6 hours, 57 minutes. RNZFB. CD120041
The year of falling by Janis Freegard. When the porcelain dolls start turning up on Selina's doorstep, she knows it's a bad sign. Shortly afterwards she embarks on an affair with a celebrity TV chef. Both events, and the lies and untold truths at their heart, precipitate a spectacular fall from grace for high-flying graphic artist, Selina. Enter Smith: the sister who saved Selina once before. But this time Smith's life is complicated by a small boy called Ragnar, and she's almost too late. Janis Freegard's novel is a beguiling urban tale that moves from the hills of Brooklyn, Wellington, to the streets of Iceland via Takaka. Read by Christine Hewton in 8 hours, 14 minutes. RNZFB. CD120041
Call me Evie by J.P. Pomare. Evie is a young woman held captive by a man named Jim in the isolated New Zealand beach town of Maketu. Jim says he's hiding Evie to protect her from something terrible she did back home in Melbourne. Slowly, Evie begins to piece together the pieces of memories of the events that led her here. And Evie is not sure whether she can trust him or her own memories. Read by Donna Brookbanks, Josh Nathan and Joe Gilfillan in 9 hours, 35 minutes. RNZFB. CD126137
Poetry
Around the boree log and other verses by John O'Brien. Written by a parish priest from outback New South Wales, these verses are a tribute to the spirit of the Irish settler in Australia to their ideals, their surroundings, their home life and the ties of religion and family unity. Read by Jim Young in 5 hours. VAILS. CD119954
The Family
Sisters at war by Milly Adams. Bryony and Hannah are sisters, but they couldn't be more different, and war has brought even more of a rift between them. Bryony is happiest at Combe Lodge, the family home, while young, headstrong Hannah has fled to Jersey. At Combe Lodge, everyone else is pitching in with the war effort. The family home fills with evacuees and Bryony is doing her bit, flying planes at the nearby Combe Lodge Airlines. But Bryony knows that she needs to reach out to Hannah. Only she will be able to keep her flighty younger sister's feet on the ground. But is Bryony too late to help her? Will Hannah ever come home? Read by Maggie Mash in 11 hours, 21 minutes. Ulverscroft. CD120117
Calling Major Tom by David M. Barnett. We all know someone like Thomas. The grumpy next-door-neighbour who complains to the Residents' Committee about the state of your front lawn. The man who tuts when you don't have the correct change at the checkout. The colleague who sends an all-company email when you accidentally use the last drop of milk. Thomas is happy to be on his own, away from other people and their problems. But beneath his cranky exterior lies a sadness that is familiar to us all. And he's about to encounter a family who will change his view of the world. Read by David Thorpe in 11 hours, 12 minutes. Ulverscroft. CD120121
Thrillers
Detonator by Andy McNab. A high-level conflict at the dark heart of the Russian Empire and an assassin's bullet on an isolated Alpine pass propel ex-deniable operator Nick Stone from an apparently run-of-the-mill close-protection task into his most brutal and challenging mission yet. Without warning, Stone finds himself one of Europe's Most Wanted. He must evade the elite forces of three nations in pursuit of faceless men who trade in human misery and a lone-wolf terrorist capable of delivering the Western World's worst nightmare. Read by Paul Thornley in 10 hours, 50 minutes. Book 17 in Nick Stone Series, Sequel to: For valour, 99760, has sequel: Cold blood, 99755. Ulverscroft. CD99759
Cold blood by Andy McNab. Accompanying a group of veteran soldiers on an expedition to the North Pole should be a simple job for ex-deniable operative Nick Stone. But when they're intercepted in their tracks by hulking men with powerful weapons and an enormous ice-breaker ship claiming to be US Navy, Stone immediately understands that not everyone on this trip is who they say they are. When members of the crew begin to die, it is clear that the murderer must be amongst them. Read by Paul Thornley in 11 hours, 3 minutes. Book 18 in Nick Stone Series, Sequel to: Detonator, 99759, has sequel: Line of fire, 119702. Ulverscroft. CD99755
The gulf between by Maxine Alterio. A foreigner is seriously injured not far from Julia's safe Queenstown hideaway and he has her name in his wallet. His unexpected arrival takes Julia back forty-five years to the time when she is pitched against her husband’s family in a lethal battle for her husband and children. Read by Wendy Karstens in 10 hours, 45 minutes. RNZFB. CD126088
War Stories
Levi's war by Julie Thomas. The story of the eldest Horowitz son, Levi, who is smuggled out of Berlin to London the day after the Kristallnacht in 1938. He makes the momentous decision to be parachuted back behind enemy lines. His musical skills see him playing the piano for Hitler before he escapes to Italy to join the Partisans, culminating in the vital role he plays in saving the Jews of Assisi. Read by Cheryl Lawton in 9 hours, 8 minutes. RNZFB. CD102818
Junior collection
Survivors: extraordinary tales from the wild and beyond by David Long.
These real-life stories of extreme survival, include The Man Who Sucked Blood from a Shark, who survived 133 days on a raft in the Atlantic when his ship was torpedoed, using shark's blood in place of fresh water. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, falling 2 miles from an aeroplane she trekked through the Amazon jungle to safety. The Woman Who Froze to Death—Yet Lived, trapped under freezing water for so long her heart stopped. It combines tales such as Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic voyage, and includes modern exploits like the adventurer who inspired the movie 127 hours.
Available in daisy audio 119831
Tuck everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
A 10-year-old girl and a malicious stranger discover the Tuck family secret—a spring of water that prevents one from ever-growing old. Grades 5-8.
Available in braille 127060, daisy audio 104303 and large print bib 36607
The danger box by Blue Balliett
Three Oaks, Michigan. A sight-impaired boy and his new friend investigate the journal found inside a mysterious box and find family secrets and a more valuable treasure, while a dangerous stranger watches and waits.
Available in daisy audio 128460
A hero's guide to deadly dragons by Cressida Cowell
How to train your dragon; book 06
Sequel to: How to twist a dragon's tale: 85915
Has sequel: How to ride a dragon's storm: 87900
It's Hiccup's birthday, but that's not going to keep him out of trouble. To save his dragon, Toothless, from being banished, Hiccup must sneak into the Meathead Public Library and steal the Viking's most sacred book. But the Vikings see books as a dangerous influence and keep them under heavy guard. Can Hiccup save his friend by braving the Hairy Scary Librarian and his dreadful army of Meathead Warriors and facing off against the formidable Driller-Dragons?
Available in daisy audio 87907
Mercy Watson fights crime by Kate DiCamillo
Mercy Watson; book 03
Mercy loves buttered toast. One night her cravings lead her to the kitchen, and to the capture of a small thief trying to steal the Watson's toaster.
Available in daisy audio 128457, braille 99095 and large print 120647
Dragon rider by Cornelia Funke
Dragon rider; book 01
Has sequel: The griffin's feather: 128825
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven. They encounter friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, while struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy. Grades 5-8. 2004.
Available in daisy audio 17692 and ebraille 122624
Everything on a waffle by Polly Horvath
Eleven-year-old Primrose lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia. She recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Available in daisy audio 56225 and ebraille 121593
Young Adult Collection
Children of blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Legacy of Orisha; book 01
Everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, magi were targeted and killed, leaving the seventeen-year-old girl without a mother and her people without hope. Now, she has one chance to fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but is ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy. 
Years 11-17
Inky Awards longest, 2019.
Available in Large Print 127609 and Playaway 127740
Feed by M.T. Anderson.
In the future, most people have computer implants in their heads streaming information. Titus has had his since birth, while home-schooled Violet received hers later. When the "feed" is attacked by a hacker, Titus's system shortly recovers but Violet's continues to malfunction. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2002.
Available in daisy audio 128792, braille (non UEB) 42126 and ebraille 122707
Darkside by Tom Becker
Your home's been attacked. Your dad's in an asylum. You're running for your life. And there's nowhere to hide. You've stumbled on the city's greatest secret: Darkside. Incredibly dangerous and unimaginably exciting. Darkside is ruled by Jack the Ripper's children—a place where nightmares walk the streets. You think you're in trouble now, but your problems have just begun.
Available in daisy audio 92477
Gone: a Gone novel by Michael Grant
Gone; book 01
Has sequel: Hunger: 128767
In a small coastal town in California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears. This event creates a battle between the remaining town residents, the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" who can perform supernatural feats. Some violence.
Available in daisy audio 128768 and large print 57501
Beauty queens by Libba Bray
When a plane crash strands the teen beauty contestants on it are stranded on a mysterious island. The arrival of some hot reality-television pirates only adds complications as they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high and older readers.
Available in daisy audio 128703
New braille and eBraille books
This issue contains braille and ebraille books added to the collection since the last issue of Sound and Touch in September 2019. Adult braille books have a CD number as they are being embossed upon request. Please contact us to enquire as to whether a particular title is available for embossing.
Abbreviations:
UEB: Unified English Braille code
Ebraille: Electronic braille books held at Parnell Library
RNZFB: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
CNIB: (Formerly known as) Canadian National Institute for the Blind
SE: Seeing Ear
f.: Computer file available for embossing
v.: volume(s)
The following braille books are contracted, single spaced and double sided.
Adult non-fiction
Christianity
God's dominion a sceptic's quest by Ron Graham. Graham looks at the history and current events of religion across Canada, from bishops to preachers, from communes in British Columbia to Tibetan Buddhists in Halifax, from the Sikhs of Vancouver to the Hutterites of Manitoba to the Jews of Montreal, to monasteries and psychic fairs. 6 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 121082
Crime and Law
The Donnellys by Anne Monaghan. The story of the Black Donnelly feud which led to the slaughter of the Donnelly family in 1880. 1 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 121070
General Non Fiction
The Fifth (and probably last) Morningside papers by Peter Gzowski. Peter Gzowski offers more letters and stories sent to his CBC Radio program, "Morningside." The selections include everything from memories of Christmas to Sarah Binks to thoughts from the Arctic. 6 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 121079
General (Biography)
The reason you walk a memoir by Wab Kinew. When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Winnipeg broadcaster and musician Wab Kinew decided to spend a year reconnecting with the accomplished but distant aboriginal man who'd raised him. "The Reason You Walk" spans that 2012 year, chronicling painful moments in the past and celebrating renewed hopes and dreams for the future. As Kinew revisits his own childhood in Winnipeg and on a reserve in Northern Ontario, he learns more about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. Bestseller. Winner of the 2016 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. 3 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 125317
Adult fiction
Adventure Stories
Along the Gold Rush Trail by Gail Wilson Kenna. Young Eugene Chase hears the call of the West and leaves his home in Vermont for the 1849 California Gold Rush. 1 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 121075
Authors (Biography)
Negroland: a memoir by Margo Jefferson. Margo Jefferson has spent most of her life among the colored aristocracy, the colored elite, the blue-vein society. Since the nineteenth century they have stood apart, these inhabitants of Negroland, 'a small region of Negro America where residents were sheltered by a certain amount of privilege and plenty.' Reckoning with the strictures and demands of Negroland at crucial historical moments. 1 f. UEB. SE. Ebraille 99610
Disabilities
Away a novel by Jane Urquhart. On a small island off the Irish coast, young Mary is away, enchanted by her encounter with a dying sailor. During the Potato Famine, she and her husband, Brian, emigrate to Canada, but the other world again begins to attract Mary. 4 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 121097
Fantasy
Arthur by Stephen R. Lawhead. Although they call Uther's bastard unfit to rule, his coming has been foretold. Arthur Pendragon, who has been trained by the mystical Merlin, rises to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed and war. Book 3 in the Pendragon cycle series and sequel to Merlin, Ebraille 125315. 7 f. UEB, CNIB. Ebraille 121095
General Fiction
The house at the edge of the world by Julia Rochestser. Twins Morwenna and Corwin are eighteen when their father falls to his death near their home in Devon. While the twins flee in opposite directions to try to begin new lives, their mother seeks freedom from the family home that has oppressed her. But for all of them the connections are not so easy to break. Seventeen years after their father's death, when Corwin returns to the house again, he will force Morwenna to confront a terrifying truth from the past. 1 f. UEB. SE. Ebraille 101915
Historical Novels
Spirit knife by Donald Clayton Porter. After a frontier nation beats back the British Empire, only Renno can unite the Five Nations of the Iroquois to fight an English alliance with renegade tribes. Yet he still needs a spirit knife from the Manitous to battle a more than human foe. Uncontracted braille. 5 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 125309
Science Fiction
Neuromancer by William Gibson. Case is hired to steal data from one of the almighty megacorps. Riding shotgun is Molly, a wired-up samurai. They venture deep into the Matrix, amongst the gangsters of the Sprawl—only to confront the Neuromancer, who is playing a game far deadlier than their own. 1 f. UEB. SE. Ebraille 99612
The Family
The green library by Janice Kulyk Keefer. Eva has carefully constructed her world in a bid to make herself invisible. The structure falls to pieces when a stranger gives her a photograph of a boy identical to her own son, but who lived in the 1930s in another place. The photograph sets Eva on a journey to trace her family's unknown history. 3 f. UEB. CNIB. Ebraille 121084
Thrillers
Inferno by Dan Brown. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces—Dante's Inferno. Against the backdrop of classic art, secret passageways and futuristic science Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle. 1 f. UEB. SE. Ebraille 97804
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