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Notable On NOBLE brings you highlights of locally recorded digital talking books and magazines, from the State Library of North Carolina Accessible Books and Library Services NOBLE (North Carolina BARD Local) download service
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the community organizer best known for facilitating the meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at Shaw University, a key force in the Civil Rights movement. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
A biography on the Asheville native who took the literary world by storm. A genius, a giant figuratively and literally, the mountain writer angered many in Asheville with his depictions. But late in life, he did go home again, sitting with his mother on the steps of the boarding house and renewing old acquaintances. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
A comprehensive account of military operations in North Carolina during the Civil War. This clip contains the first 3 minutes from the 1st chapter. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Presented by the students of The Governor Morehead School for the Blind, located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Includes student artwork, poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, and creative non-fiction. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
A story from the Depression-era in North Carolina, about a woman who's life is turned over when her brothers leave the family farm and her mother dies. She then kills her drunken, abusive father and is sent to Dorothea Dix Hospital. Her time at Dix, is life changing. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
The author tells the story of her mother's time bringing up children on her own in an unfamiliar country. Armed with intense determination and unconventional wits, she faces hard economic times and a domineering father to prove she is capable of meeting this momentous task. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Describes the Great War as seen through the eyes of North Carolina doughboys who fought on the western front in Belgium and France. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Retired folk art curator Beatrice Coleman knows everything there is to know about quilts, except how to make them. But with her recent move to Dappled Hills, North Carolina, she's learning all sorts of new things--including how to solve a murder. Includes quilting tips. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Author's account of her life growing up in the 1950s at the NC State School for the Blind in Raleigh. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Set in the mountains of western North Carolina, an historical novel follows the lives of three families from the end of the Civil War until 1928, when the National Park Service prepares to uproot them to make way for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
A grandfather tells his granddaughter the story of the building of the Blue Ridge Parkway, which he experienced firsthand as a boy growing up on a farm in western North Carolina during the Depression. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
A comprehensive history of the establishment in 1869 and operations through 1967 of the Governor Morehead School for the Negro Blind and the Deaf. Also includes a list of the instructors, personnel, and a brief history of some of the graduates. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
More enchanting tales of the people and events that shaped a young doctor's life and faith during his early practice in the Smoky Mountains. Sequel to "Bryson City Tales" and "Bryson City Seasons". Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
New NC Governor, Cooper Lanier sees that her husband intends to manage the state's affairs from the Presidential campaign trail, even if it means undermining her every command. Cooper is faced with the stark choice of seizing control or becoming a phony, irrelevant figurehead. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Examines the causes of the Scottish migration to the Cape Fear Area of North Carolina and their loyalty to the crown during the American Revolution. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Judge Craig B. Brown revisits his thirty-five year battle with Behcet's Syndrome, a disease which ultimately blinded him, but which led to his 13 years of private legal practice before he became the 4th blind judge in the history of North Carolina. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
In this joyous sequel to his bestselling Bryson City Tales Dr. Walt Larimore whisks you along on a journey through the seasons of another year in Bryson City. On the way, you'll encounter crusty mountain men, warmhearted townspeople, peppery medical personalities, and the hallmarks of a simpler, more wholesome way of life. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Read your way across North Carolina's Piedmont in this set of regional guides that bring the state's rich literary history to life for travelers. Eighteen tours direct readers to sites that more than 200 Tar Heel authors have explored in their fiction, poetry, plays and creative nonfiction. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
A collection of stories originally written by Dr. H.G. Jones for his long-standing "In Light of History" series. Spanning 400 years of NC history. Across the golden age of pirates, the colonial period and the American Revolution, the Civil War through Prohibition these stories cover every part of the Tar Heel State. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
Judge Craig Brown was a fixture in the Durham, North Carolina, criminal justice system for most of his adult life. As critic of the system and through many nationally famous trials, he tells of his life and his career as a judge in one of North Carolina's most active judicial districts. Read the rest of this work in NLS Digital Talking Book format (NLS patrons only)
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