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Literary Nonsense: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
If you have ever held disdain for a book with no pictures or no interesting characters and conversations, you will understand Alice’s terrible plight at the beginning of her Adventures in Wonderland. -
Popular Books Available on Bookshare
All of these current top books and thousands more are available in accessible e-book form on Bookshare and are fully compatible with Open LORE Read software. Both companies continue towards the same mission: helping all readers, regardless of challenges, unlock their full reading potential. -
Using Open LORE Read with Bookshare
Using Open LORE reading software with Bookshare is as easy as 1-2-3.
- Download the DAISY file to your computer from your Bookshare account.
- Add the DAISY book to your Open LORE library.
- Open the book and start reading!
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Qualify for Bookshare
But what are the qualifications? What documentation is required? How do I sign up? We hope to shed light on these questions and help you become a member and gain access to the material you've always wanted to read. -
Bookshare Accessible Online Library
Bookshare - an incredible online library stuffed with all the latest novels, your text books, even classic literature you've wanted to read. As you explore further, you find there are reading apps, such as Open LORE Read, designed specifically to help you with your reading disability. -
There and Back Again: Tolkien and Jackson's Hobbits
Just moments into the first installment of The Hobbit film, Bilbo Baggins recites the timeless words that kick off Tolkien’s beloved novel: “In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole…it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” -
The Hunger Games: A Change of Perspective
The first Hunger Games film is unique in that it was directly adapted by its original author. Other screenwriters took over for the subsequent films, but Collins had a heavy hand in guiding plot and dialogue choices, as well as other details. As such, the films remain mostly faithful to the stories of the books. -
Great Literature Versus the Blockbuster Film
A film adaptation is one interpretation of a book, but there are as many other interpretations as there are readers. We see this in the continued retellings of classic books in films.