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Braille Magazines | Cassette Magazines

Current issues of the following BRAILLE periodicals may be ordered from the library.

Braille Chess Magazine
(Quarterly)
Chess; news of current trends and competitions. (British)

Braille Music Magazine
(Monthly)
Articles about classical music for professional and amateur musicians; reviews of new braille music publications. (British)

Boy's Life
(Monthly)
Articles on the outdoors, sports, and hobbies, with adventure fiction and humor; ages 9-16.

Conundrum
(Monthly)
Crossword and logic puzzles, anagrams, word searches, and general knowledge quizzes. (British)

Cooking Light
(9 issues/yr.)
Family-oriented with short articles on exercise, food, fitness, health, and nutrition.

ESPN
(bi-weekly)
Covers a range of sports for the sports fanatic.

Harper's
(Monthly)
General culture magazine with articles on politics, international affairs, education, and science.

Health Newsletters
(Monthly)
Current health concerns, medical information, nutrition, and stress management from Harvard Health Letter, Mayo Clinic Health Letter, andUniversity of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance
(Monthly)
General-interest articles on managing finances, including taxes, investment options, real estate, insurance, and retirement planning.

Ladies' Home Journal
(Monthly)
Articles and fiction intended for women; includes household hints, recipes, and ideas on fashion and beauty.

Martha Stewart Living
(10 issues/yr.)
Recipes, gardening, crafts, collectibles, reminiscence, homekeeping, and home entertaining.

Muse
(10/yr)
Science, art, archaeology, and history activities for ages 6-14; includes contests and book and media reviews.

Musical Mainstream
(Quarterly)
Selected articles from national magazines about classical music, music criticism, and music teaching; lists new NLS music acquisitions.

National Geographic
(Monthly)
Articles on world geography and cultures, plant and animal life, space exploration, and ancient history.

New York Times Large Type Weekly
(Weekly)
Highlights from the New York Times.

Parenting
(Monthly)
Child rearing from infancy through the mid-teens.

PC World
(Monthly)
Information for computer users about hardware, software, advanced technology, and trends in the field.

Playboy
(Monthly)
Entire text of the print edition; fiction, interviews, and articles with a male perspective.

Poetry
(Monthly)
Contemporary poetry selected from a wide range of contributors and styles.

Popular Communications
(Monthly)
Articles of current and historical interest specifically for the radio hobbyist.

Popular Mechanics
(Monthly)
Practical advice for the amateur mechanic; information on automotive and home repairs.

Popular Music Lead Sheets
(Irregular)
Melodies, lyrics, and chords to popular songs ranging from golden oldies to recent hits.

Reader's Digest
(Monthly)
Short articles, some taken from current publications; opinion pieces, commentary, anecdotes and humor.

Rolling Stone
(Bi-weekly)
American popular culture in the arts and entertainment industry; record, video, audiovisual, and computer hardware reviews.

Science News
(Weekly)
Excerpts of reports on current programs in science, medicine, and technology.

Seventeen
(Monthly)
Beauty and fashion for young women; careers, education, social relations, and diet.

Short Stories
(Monthly)
Stories from contemporary writers. (British)

Spider: The Magazine for Children
(Monthly)
Stories, poems, jokes, and crafts for readers ages 6-9.

Stone Soup
(5 issues/yr.)
Fiction, poetry, illustrations, and book reviews by children through age 13.

Washington Post -- Book World
(Weekly)
Compilation of book reviews appearing as a supplement to the Sunday edition of the Washington Post.

Various professional sports schedules are available each year
shortly before the start of each sport's season:

AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE
(Annual)

NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
(Annual)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
(Annual)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
(Annual)

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

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