California Collection - Braille Institute of America

The Vanishing American BRB-10574
by Zane Grey
A novel of the tragedy and glory of an entire race, set against the
background of the old West. 1925.
Vegetarian Epicure BRB-10876
by Anna Thomas
This vegetarian cookbook contains chapters on entertaining, menus,
bread, soup, salads, vegetables, eggs, cheese, rice and other grains,
pasta, curries and Indian recipes, and sweets. 1972.
Velveteen Rabbit: Or, How Toys Become Real BRB-11789
by Margery Williams
The velveteen rabbit suffers more hardship than most other stuffed
animals, and, finally, he is thrown into the trash, but the love of his
owner and the help of the "Fairy of Old Toys" salvage the velveteen
rabbit and transform him into a real live rabbit with a soft cotton tail.
For grades 2-5. 1922.
Venetia BRB-10606
by Georgette Heyer
Beautiful Venetia manages the family estate and takes care of her
younger brother who is lame while her older brother is with the army
occupying Europe after the fall of Waterloo. Lord Damerel, a dashing
rake, is but one of the many suitors who pursues Venetia. 1958.
Venice West: The Boat Generation in Southern California
CBB-0790 / BRB-11135
by John Arthur Maynard
In the 1950s, Venice was Southern California’s answer to Greenwich
Village and North Beach. Maynard interweaves the Bohemian
Colony’s history with the lives of its two most prominent literary
denizens: Stuart Perkoff and Lawrence Lipton. 1991.
The Venus Deal CBB-0904 / BRB-11602
by Ken Kuhlken
Set a few months before the events in Kuhlken’s previous novel The
Loud Adios (CBB-0774/BRB-11117/BR 9977), this book finds Tom
Hickey still a civilian, stiff, if somewhat precariously married and part
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