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If you attended our Bookshare presentation last month, you learned about all the ways you can access reading materials through Bookshare’s vast library collection. eBooks are available in a variety of formats to meet your individual needs including audio, large text, and braille. You can read books on your computer, mobile device, tablet, or AT device. Second Sense has partnered with Bookshare to offer Second Sense clients who are actively receiving training access to this large library of books. Through this partnership, Second Sense can help you sign up for Bookshare, submit proof of disability, and show you how to use the service. This is a great opportunity to find book titles you might not find elsewhere. To start your membership, visit the Bookshare-Second Sense sign up page.

Second Sense and Bookshare - Bookshare Bookshare is honored to partner with Second Sense to support adults with blindness and low vision. Bookshare is the world’s largest collection of accessible ebooks. Members can access books for school, career, and leisure and read in ways that work for them. Every Bookshare book comes in multiple ...

In honor of America’s 250th birthday, take some time to learn more about our history! Wheeling Township is offering an online seminar, The Brilliance of Abraham Lincoln presented by Professor Gary Midkiff, author and professor of American History at North Park University. Many American historians and presidential scholars rank Abraham Lincoln as our best president. What did he do to deserve such acclaim? You’ll go beyond the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address and learn about key decisions he made that shaped his legacy as president. To attend this informative and timely lecture on Wednesday, July 15 at 10:00 am, call Wheeling Township at 847-259-7730.

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Do you love poetry? Check out Poetry Unbound at Harold Washington Library Center. The session begins with listening to a podcast by poet Pádraig Ó Tuama who reads and analyzes of poem. Afterwards, there is time for discussion. This Adult Listening Circle is Especially friendly for people with vision loss – no reading involved! Poetry unbound takes place on Wednesday, July 15 from 1 to 2 pm.

Adult Listening Circle: Poetry Unbound Hello poetry lovers! Join us this Poetry Month for a poetry listening circle. We will be listening to an episode of the podcast Poetry Unbound, hosted by poet Pádraig Ó Tuama. After listening to a recording of Ó Tuama reading and analyzing a poem, we will talk about the poem together. It's like a...