Major sections of this newswire are at heading level 1. Contact information
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Newswire:
Topic: Worlds of Books discussion group
Time: Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 9pm Eastern.
Worlds of Books will meet at 9pm Eastern on 3/17/20 to discuss Mobituaries:
great lives worth reliving DB97699 by Mo Rocca. The NLS annotation follows:
Mobituaries: great lives worth reliving DB 97699
Rocca, Mo. Reading time 11 hours, 47 minutes.
Read by Mo Rocca. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and
Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Biography
Description: CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist profiles the
notable dead individuals he finds fascinating and give them the send-offs
they deserve. Includes essays on artists, entertainers, sports stars,
political pioneers, founding fathers, and more. Unrated. Commercial
audiobook. 2019.
You can find this book on Bookshare at the following website:
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/2929183?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGV
OYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPU1vYml0dWFyaWVz
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invitation meeting link on the device of your choice or dial in with a
telephone to one of the provided numbers. All are welcome.
Zoom invitation
The Zoom meeting invitation for Worlds of Books is as follows:
Topic: Worlds of Books discussion group
Time: Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 9pm Eastern.
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/s/286200556 ;
Or iPhone one-tap :
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Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 408 638 0986
Meeting ID: 286 200 556
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/cnnUjZ1oh ;
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software, the software should automatically launch and take you to the
meeting. If you execute the above link from a smart device containing the
Zoom Cloud Meetings app, the app should automatically launch ant take you to
the meeting. If you prefer to use your iPhone as a regular phone without the
app to call into the meeting, you can double tap on one of the above two
numbers to initiate the call.
Podcast feed
Those wishing to subscribe to past Worlds of Books program archives can do
so using their mobile device and podcast app of choice or using their
computers and podcatcher program of choice. The link with which to subscribe
follows:
http://accessibleworld.org/taxonomy/term/18/all/feed
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Robert Acosta: Chair Emeritus
www.accessibleWorld.org and www.radiooutofthepast.org.
Phone: 818-998-0044
Email: boacosta818@xxxxxxxxx
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Larry Gassman: Accessible World Co-Chair
Phone: 714-449-1958
Email: larrygassman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alan Lemly: Accessible World Co-Chair
Phone: 601-919-6907
Email: walemly@xxxxxxxxx
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