Hidden heroes series. Books 1-6

Daisy Sound Recording 2018

Six books featuring lesser-known activists, journalists, mathematicians, pilots, and baseball players that made an impact. Includes The Belles of Baseball, Hidden Human Computers, The Muckrakers, Occupying Alcatraz, The Stonewall Riots, and Women with Wings. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2017.

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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History

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Edition:

Daisy edition

Description:

1 DAISY disc (13 hours, 5 minutes) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY
audio file MP3 DAISY 2.02

Target Audience Note:

Male narrator
Contains some violence
For senior high and older readers

Notes:

This is a compilation of six books in a series
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Audio producer: Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio
Narrated by: Jeff Allin
Digital talking book. 3 levels and 312 navigation points. Digitally mastered
Recorded from: Minneapolis, Minn. : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2016]
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software

Contents:

Compilation of: The belles of baseball : the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League / Nelson Yomtov
Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA / Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris and Duchess Harris
The muckrakers : Ida Tarbell takes on big business / Valerie Bodden
Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change / Alexis Burling
The Stonewall Riots : the fight for LGBT rights / Tristan Poehlman
Women with wings : women pilots of World War II / Shannon Baker Moore

LCCN:

2017995634

Control Number:

3315264

Other Authors:

Allin, Jeff, narrator
Bodden, Valerie, author
Burling, Alexis, author
Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Contains (work): Bodden, Valerie. Muckrakers : Ida Tarbell takes on big business
Contains (work): Burling, Alexis. Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change
Contains (work): Edwards, Sue Bradford. Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA
Contains (work): Moore, Shannon Baker. Women with wings : women pilots of World War II
Contains (work): Poehlmann, Tristan. Stonewall Riots : the fight for LGBT rights
Contains (work): Yomtov, Nel. Belles of baseball : the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Edwards, Sue Bradford, author
Moore, Shannon Baker, author
Poehlmann, Tristan, author
Yomtov, Nel, author

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