Items tagged "bard"

Stoicism

Stoicism is a misunderstood philosophy. Small “s” stoic is the idea that you never show emotion and never react to things. Just sit there stone-faced as the world spins around you. That is not large “S” Stoicism. Stoicism is the idea that you do not control anything in the world beyond your reaction to something. […]

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Free Listening: Options for Library Patrons with Print Disabilities

As many of you know, CLP-LBPH has been closed over the last few weeks while we adhere to Governor Wolf’s order for nonessential workers to Stay at Home. This order is of course designed to lower the rate of transmission of COVID-19 throughout Pennsylvania. I would like to thank all of our patrons who called […]

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The Recording Studio at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians

Something that many people may not know is that here at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians we have a fully equipped and functioning volunteer-run recording studio. This little-known secret is a true gem, and contributes to the noble mission of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print […]

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Haben Girma

Black History Month is a time to remember those who started the fight against the societal imbalance between races, classes and cultures. We have so many idols to thank for the freedoms we have today and it is motivating to continue seeing more and more people rise up in the fight against these imbalances. There […]

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October Country: The Horror of Ray Bradbury

If you’ve heard of Ray Bradbury before, you’ve heard of Fahrenheit 451 (DB 34963). A slightly deeper cut would be the famous Martian Chronicles(DB 26787). A deeper cut, and some of my personal favorite things he has written is his horror. A podcast I really enjoy has been going through some of them for October, […]

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An Old Friend in a New Format

Looking back on it, I definitely had low expectations when reaching into the depths of my mother’s childhood closet. I was an avid reader in middle school, and I was instructed to dig through a cardboard box stuffed with paperbacks to see if I wanted to keep any. I expected to come across old classics, […]

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Paths of Heart–Writing Stories Told at Life’s End

“Death and dying are radioactive topics.” So says Richard Haverlack, author of Paths of Heart—Writing Stories Told at Life’s End (DBC 16051). Haverlack, who personally recorded his book for the LBPH narration program, began his own journey into this realm following the death of his father and later his beloved Uncle Frank who struggled in […]

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Blast off to Summer Reading!

Summer at the library means books books books! The Summer reading program is not just for teens and kids, it’s also for all our avid adult readers! There is a great list of books this year that you will not want to miss. Here are a few just to get you interested. There, There by […]

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Engaging Audio Books for Preschoolers

Why listen to an audio book with your preschooler when you could just as easily read to them? It’s a good question. Listening to audio books together can be fun and engaging. While not a replacement for reading aloud together, audio books can help children to expand their imaginations while practicing important early literacy skills. […]

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A Lesson Before Dying

Recently, while sorting papers, I came across a list, made over ten years ago, of books I was interested in reading. On it was A Lesson Before Dying (DB36694), Ernest J Gaines’ 1993 novel which won the National Book Circle Award for Fiction. The book addresses issues of race and identity, and also law as […]

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