Official State of Rhode Island website

  • Change the visual color theme between light or dark modes
  • Adjust the font size from the system default to a larger size
  • Adjust the space between lines of text from the system default to a larger size
  • Adjust the space between words from the system default to a larger size
State of Rhode Island, Office of Library & Information Services , An agency of the Department of Administration

Rhode Island Collection New Titles

Icon
Image
OLIS Logo
Summary
The Talking Books Library continues to build the RI Collection with the addition of 2 more titles of local interest.

41 Sign of Hope by Dave Kane (father of an 18 year old son killed in the Station Nightclub Fire in Warwick, RI)

DBC 27012

A father's grief in the wake of one of America's worst disasters becomes a certainty that life and love continue forever. Adult. Unrated. Death and dying. Life changing events. Disaster. Non-fiction. Male narrator.

Hidden History of Rhode Island:  Never-to-be-Forgotten Tales of the Ocean State by Glenn Laxton 

DBC 27011

Robert the Hermit, who failed twice before finally escaping from bondage; a trio of Titanic survivors; a Smithfield girl's Revolutionary War romance with a French viscount. These and the other true tales in this lively collection are just too good to be forgotten. Adult. Unrated. History, United States. Male narrator.