The latest Allen’s List – Foreign Policy and Diplomacy

In this edition of Allen’s List, features books on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy. The world of foreign policy and diplomacy is in a word, complicated. It requires a combination of finesse and bluntness. An appreciation of nuance. These writers and their works do just that in this Allen’s List – Foreign Policy and Diplomacy.

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The latest Allen’s List – American Classics

In this edition of Allen’s List, features books known as American Classics. These are books known as works of art for their recognized and established value. These American novels meet that definition of classic on this Allen’s List – American Classics – Timeless Stories.

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The latest Allen’s List – Hard-boiled Mysteries

In this edition of Allen’s List, we look at Hard-boiled Mysteries, books with a bit of toughness and corruption. These stories have detectives that may not have the fanciest offices or the most respectable clients but they make for a great story. Lots of picks from these tales on this Allen’s List – Hard-boiled Mysteries.

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Heard Any Good Books Lately? – February 2021 edition is here

Just in time, for some inspirational winter reading, a new episode of Heard Any Good Books Lately? The February 2021 edition of Heard Any Good Books Lately? produced by North Carolina Reading Service and brought to you by the Friends of The Library is now live on our Heard Any Good Books Lately? Podcast Page and as a as a new episode and the North Carolina Reading Service’s website. 

This edition features a review of the book The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor.
Check it out here – https://heardanygoodbooks.podbean.com/e/heard-any-good-books-lately-february-2021-edition/

If you missed any previous editions check out the Heard Any Good Books Lately? Podcast page – https://heardanygoodbooks.podbean.com/

This Just In… A New Episode of Craig’s Desk Podcast

This just in…shake off the winter cold and get ready for the holidays with this all new episode of the Craig’s Desk Podcast hosted by NCLBPH’s Technology Librarian, Craig Hayward. Get answers to your technology questions with insight about the library’s online resources and get informed. On this episode, we using BARD Express. Then the recent move of BARD to the cloud plus a spotlight the library’s ZOOM accessibility guides.

Want to learn more about the online catalog, downloading from BARD or anything else technology-related? Bring them to Craig’s Desk. Get your questions answered on this show. Send an email to nclbph.tech.librarian@gmail.com

New episodes happen each month. Get the latest episodes delivered to you. Sign up to listen using your favorite podcatching app using the feed – https://feed.podbean.com/craigdesk/feed.xml

Craig’s Desk joins other NCLBPH podcasts like Tar Heel Talk Podcast, Heard Any Good Books Lately? and Notable On NOBLE in the library’s new podcast section

The latest Allen’s List – Chicago Books

In this edition of Allen’s List, we look at Chicago, a distinctively American city of hard work and machine politics. Also, it is the setting for some great fiction, from science fiction to mysteries and steamy romance. Lots of picks from the windy city on this Allen’s List – Chicago Books.

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10 Most Wanted Books – January 2021

January 2021 was a great month for reading at the library. Because of the library’s Books On Demand service with multiple books on a single cartridge, we can serve many more patrons many more books at a one time and it shows in January 2021’s 10 Most Wanted totals. These are the books that we sent most often to patrons on cartridges from NCLBPH. Note, all books were checked out at least 88 times over the month. The top book was checked out 147 times.
DB101158 – The mountains wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor
DB101163 – Why they marched: untold stories of the women who fought for the right to vote by Susan Ware
DB100902 – A bride of convenience: the Bride ships, book three by Jody Hedlund
DB101082 – A dog’s perfect Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron
DB100921 – Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer
DB101174 – The restaurant by Pamela M Kelley
DB100964 – Nerves of steel: how I followed my dreams, earned my wings, and faced my greatest challenge by Tammie Jo Shults
DB101161 – The man who ran Washington: the life and times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker
DB101129 – Bonnie : a novel by Christina Schwarz
DB101157 – All of us : a novel of suspense by A. F. Carter

To order – Online Catalog – https://ncbph.klas.com, email – nclbph@ncdcr.gov or call – 1-888-388-2460

BARD Roundup – January 2021 top 10 audio downloads

Here are January 2021’s 10 most downloaded BARD audio book titles:
DB101096 – The law of innocence Michael Connelly
DB101338 – Deadly Cross by James Patterson
DB101095 – Shakeup Stuart Woods
DB100846 – The return by Nicholas Sparks
DB101364 – NYPD Red 6 by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
DB101093 – Three women disappear: with a bonus novel: Come and get us James Patterson and Shan Serafin
DB100857 – The coast-to-coast murders by James Patterson and J. D Barker
DB100485 – Thick as thieves by Sandra Brown
DB101340 – Cold as ice Allison Brennan
DB100852 – Shadows in death: an Eve Dallas novel by J. D Robb

Happy downloading! To get the latest books delivered at the speed of cyberspace login to BARD. Don’t have a BARD account? Sign up today – http://nlsbard.loc.gov/nc1a

Get the BARD Mobile app for another great way to read your books and magazines:

• iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bard-mobile/id705229586
• Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.loc.nls.dtb
• Amazon Kindle Fire – http://www.amazon.com/Library-of-Congress-BARD-Mobile/dp/B016760320

Don’t want BARD Mobile but still want a simpler and easier way to download your books? Try BARD Express from your Windows PC and make downloading books and magazines simpler – https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/lbph/read/download#mobile-vs-express

BARD Roundup – January 2021 top 10 braille downloads

Here are January 2021’s 10 most downloaded BARD braille titles:
BR023213 – Sunrise point by Robyn Carr
BR010867 – Rosie’s Bakery chocolate-packed, jam-filled, butter-rich, no-holds-barred cookie book by Judy Rosenberg, Nan S Levinson and Rosie’s Bakery
BRC00308 – Behold the man by Gerald N. Lund
BRC00531 – Fifty degrees below by Kim Stanley Robinson
BR022475 – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
BRC01405 – Gone by Lisa Gardner
BR021196 – The other daughter by Lauren Willig
BR019646 – Where we belong: a novel by Emily Giffin
BR013358 – The villa by Nora Roberts
BR018501 – The time traveler’s wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Happy downloading! To get the latest books delivered at the speed of cyberspace login to BARD. Don’t have a BARD account? Sign up today – http://nlsbard.loc.gov/nc1a

Get the BARD Mobile app and have another great way to read your books and magazines on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bard-mobile/id705229586

Happy BARD Day – February 2021

Happy BARD Day – January 2021 was a great month for downloading audio and braille. In January 759 audio readers downloaded 13415 books, 425 magazines and 169 music items. Another 31 braille readers downloaded 201 books, 7 magazines and 85 music items. 10 more people signed up for BARD. BARD Mobile added 52 new users and 56 new mobile devices. Do you BARD? If not, what’s keeping you? With the BARD Mobile app added to things you now have another great way to read your books and magazines on the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, Android devices and Amazon Kindle Fire.

Sign up for BARD today – https://nlsbard.loc.gov

Get the BARD Mobile app

Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.loc.nls.dtb&hl=en

iPhone – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bard-mobile/id705229586

Kindle Fire – http://www.amazon.com/Library-of-Congress-BARD-Mobile/dp/B016760320