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A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS LIBRARY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA

The Special Needs Library of Northeast Georgia is a part of your public library and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, serving Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Stephens, Walton and White counties. We do not endorse any product or service mentioned in this newsletter.

800-531-2063, 706-613-3655

Email: specialneedslibrary@athenslibrary.org

Staff: Stacey Chandler, Lavern Gordon, Claudia Markov, Pete Hayek

MARCH 2005

Top Bestsellers for the Year 2004

  1. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (RC 55735)
  2. The South Beach Diet by Arthur Agatston (RC 56409)
  3. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (RC 51799)
  4. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (RC 55648)
  5. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (RC 57004)
  6. My Life by Bill Clinton (RC 58100, Unabridged; RC 58181, Abridged)
  7. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (RC 43180)
  8. Deception Point by Dan Brown (RC 57939)
  9. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (RC 49630)
  10. The 9/11 Commission Report by the Nat’l Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (RC 58238)
  11. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (RC 55533)
  12. The Last Juror by John Grisham (RC 57381)
  13. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctation by Lynne Truss (RC 58442)
  14. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger (RC 57705)
  15. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (RC 54950)

    16. Let’s Celebrate Spring with Music!

    Spring is the time to celebrate with the tunes of the season. Recordings for Recovery would like to help you celebrate Spring! R4R is a music library that is available to the visually impaired, homebound or those residing in a nursing home. The music is sent through the mail like your talking books. They have music for our oldest listeners and those that are from the eighties, country-western, classical, short stories, and many more categories. To become a member of their library, you can call them at 1-800-798-1192 and they will send you one of their information packs. They can help you celebrate the changing seasons. Call them today and you can listen to the tunes of Spring!

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