California Collection - Braille Institute of America

Almost Everyone's Guide to Economics CBB-0286
by John Kenneth Galbraith
In a series of questions and answers, Nicole Salinger questions
Professor Galbraith into a step-by-step-exploration of classical,
neoclassical and Marxian economics.
Already Dead CBB-1641
by Dennis Johnson
Nelson Fairchild, Jr. is a confused and baffled man whose world is
being ripped apart as he sinks to depths to confront himself. 1997.
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.
CBB-0977 / BRB-11784
by Luis J. Rodriguez
Growing up in Watts and East L.A., Rodriguez joined his first gang at
age 11 and was drawn into “la vida loca”--the crazy life. Gangs were
“How we wove something out of the threads of nothings,” he
remembers. By age 18, he was a veteran of gang warfare, police
killings, drug overdoses and suicides that had claimed 25 of his friends
and had driven him and so many others to despair. In part, Rodriguez
survived the violence and desperation of his youth by writing down his
experiences. 1993.
Alzheimer's: Finding the Words BRB-11678
by Harriet Hodgson
A communication guide for those who care for people with
Alzheimer's. It provides sensitive and practical advice regarding how to
detect Alzheimer's how to cope with personality changes and
deteriorating communication skills, and how to care for yourself
through this difficult process. The author wrote this book in response to
a need she felt while caring for her mother with Alzheimer's. 1995.
Las Amarras Terrestres CBB-0602
by Joaquin Armando Chacon
With brief ironic touches and an unpretentious style, this young
Mexican author tells the story of a visionary fisherman and the village
captivated by his oracular dreams. A parable of the lost innocence of a
rural culture. Spanish language. 1982.
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