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Making History: The Disability Visibility Project
History moves along day by day, with headlines and stories around the world capturing attention. But the Disability Visibility Project, in partnership with StoryCorps, is making a permanent mark on history and bringing awareness to the disabled community. -
Adirondack Murray and His Mountain Tales
Sparkling sunrises over white-capped peaks. Warm, rosy alpenglow sunsets. Deep blue rivers carved between mountains, and rich green trees dotting the surrounding slopes. This is a place of great beauty, engulfing peace, and invitations to adventure. -
Megan's Story: Unlocking the Imagination
Growing up, Megan was a smart kid. She understood math concepts, grasped history, and understood verbal lectures well. She even liked to invent her own stories. And yet she struggled with low grades all through elementary and high school.
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A Ghostly Book of Whimsy, Warmth, and Redemption
In the preface of the timeless classic A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens greets his readers: “I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.” -
Stay Informed Through Accessible Newspapers and Magazines
In addition to thousands of current, classic, and educational books, Bookshare is bringing newspapers and magazines into the realm of accessible literature. All are available to qualifying Bookshare members and are fully compatible with the Open LORE Read. -
Unlocking the Classics: Accessible E-book Versions
Check out Open LORE’s classic e-book library for the premium reading experience on Open LORE Read and original artwork, and visit Bookshare.org for tens of thousands of classic titles. -
Accessible Textbooks Available From Bookshare
Bookshare's library covers every level from Pre-Kindergarten to Adult Education and every subject area, from English and History to Math and Science. Providing these texts and tools, Bookshare and Open LORE seek to help all learners overcome reading challenges. -
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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Sherlock Holmes: A Travel Through Time
For nearly a century, 221B Baker Street referred to a small flat in Victorian London, land of gas street lamps, long skirts, and a thick layer of murder and scandal behind the thin veil of classical Victorian “properness.” -
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.
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