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Titles referenced in this edition of Hear This: The surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the love of words by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Knowing what we know by Simon Winchester – not available in the Vision Australia Library Atlantic great sea battles, heroic discoveries, titanic storms, and a vast ocean of a million stories by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio Pacific: the ocean of the future by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The fracture zone by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio Land how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The perfectionists how precision engineers created the modern world by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio Krakatoa: the day the world exploded by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The map that changed the world by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The meaning of everything: the story of the OED by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio No sight required, the blind user’s guide to AI by Tony Gebhard – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Gunpowder Creek by Alex Dook – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Cul-de-sac by Eleanor Limprecht – DAISY Audio – audio sample played War dog: breaking the chains by Jamie Williams – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Whistler by Ann Patchett – DAISY Audio – audio sample played  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Titles referenced in this edition of Hear This  My friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The happiest man on Earth the beautiful life of an Auschwitz survivor by Eddie Jaku – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Cloudstreet by Tim Winton – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The wreck by James Riley – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The chilling by James Riley – DAISY Audio Neighbourhood watch by Lauren Williams – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Don’t say his name by Rachel Givney – DAISY Audio – audio sample played See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's episode references the following titles: Unearthed: new horror of ancient ruins by Dan Coxon – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Dracula Park by Dana Grigorcea – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Afterbirth by Emma Cleary – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Lost in the dark and other excursions by John Langan – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Rainforest by Michelle Paver – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Dark matter by Michelle Paver – DAISY Audio Daughters of Eden series (#1, #2, #3) by Michelle Paver – DAISY Audio The buffalo hunter hunter by Stephen Jones – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The only good Indians by Stephen Jones – DAISY Audio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's episode includes a discussion of the following books: Mother Mary comes to me by Arundhati Roy – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played Orpheus Nine by Chris Flynn – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played The Correspondent by Virginia Evans – Available in DAISY Audio The Changeling by Kate Forsyth – Available in DAISY Audio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Loretta Smith This edition of Hear This features an interview with author Loretta Smith, discussing her book A spanner in the works: the extraordinary story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s first all-girl garage.  An audio sample of Loretta's book was played at the conclusion of the interview. Loretta's book is available in the Vision Australia Library in DAISY Audio format. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Books referenced on this edition of Hear This include: Reach for the sky: the story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The dam busters by Paul Brickhill – DAISY Audio The great escape by Paul Brickhill – DAISY Audio The Hero Maker: A biography of Paul Brickhill by Stephen Dando-Collins – not available in the Vision Australia Library Flying into danger: The Paul Brickhill Story by John Ramsland – not available in the Vision Australia Library The World of Pooh by A.A. Milne – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Somewhere, a boy and a bear by Gyles Brandreth – DAISY Audio Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift – DAISY Audio and eBraille – audio sample played East of Eden by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Burning Bright by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio Cannery Row by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio and eBraille Of mice and men by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio and eBraille See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This edition of Hear This features a wide range of books available in the Vision Australia Library, including several reader recommendations.  Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played The Survival Series (books 1 - 4) by Bear Grylls – Available in DAISY Audio Don’t die with the music in you by Wayne Bennett – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played Wayne Bennett: the man in the mirror by Wayne Bennet – Available in DAISY Audio The centenary of the greatest game under the sun by Maxwell Howell – Available in DAISY Audio John Kirwan’s rugby world by John Kirwan – Available in DAISY Audio The game of our lives; the story of rugby and New Zealand by Finlay Macdonald – Available in DAISY Audio Running with the ball: the birth of rugby football by Jennifer Macrory – Available in DAISY Audio Rugby Stories; some rucking good yarns by Peter Fitzsimons – Available in DAISY Audio Future boy: Back to the Future and my journey through the space-time continuum by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played Always looking up: the adventures of an incurable optimist by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio A funny thing happened on the way to the future by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio Lucky man: a memoir by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio No time like the future an optimist considers mortality by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio Out of the forest by Gregory Smith and Craig Henderson – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played The moth and the mountain: a true story of love, war and Everest by Ed Caesar – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played The Creeper (Detective Constable Sally White #1) by Margaret Hickey – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played Cold River (Detective Constable Sally White #2) by Margaret Hickey – Available in DAISY Audio Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti (books 1-3) by Margaret Hickey – Available in DAISY Audio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Red Szell, host of Read On, RNIB Connect Blind Trust by Red Szell – DAISY Audio The Blind Man of Hoy by Red Szell – DAISY Audio I chose to climb by Chris Bonington – DAISY Audio Offshore: a North Sea journey by A. Alvarez – DAISY Audio A sense of the world: how a blind man became history’s greatest traveller by Jason Roberts – DAISY Audio Eccentric Travellers by John Keay – DAISY Audio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hear This – September 18th Orpheus Nine by Chris Flynn – DAISY Audio The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer – DAISY Audio 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff – DAISY Audio Wheels – DAISY Audio (Human) Hello! Magazine – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text Rolling Stone – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text New Scientist : Australian edition – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text Gardening Australia – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text Money Magazine – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text Gourmet Traveller – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text Inns and Outs by Gwen Meredith – not available in the Vision Australia Library Come tell me how you live by Agatha Christie – DAISY Audio The Last Séance tales of the supernatural by Agatha Christie – DAISY Audio Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie – DAISY Audio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hear This – September 11th The Desert Swimmer by Brendan Cullen and Paul Matchell – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Albatross: the true story of a woman’s survival at sea by Deborah Scaling Kiley – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Against all odds by Craig Challen, Ellis Henican, Richard Harris – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Walking with nomads by Alice Morrison – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Adventures in Morrocco: from the Souks to the Sahara by Alice Morrison – DAISY Audio The Crossing by Sophie Matterson – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Everything is Water by Simon Cleary – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The blind man of Hoy by Red Szell – DAISY Audio – audio sample played See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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