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Literary Nonsense: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland March 09 2016, 0 Comments

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.

The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne September 28 2015, 0 Comments

Up above the clouds and down to the fiery center of the earth. Deep in the ocean’s dark depths to distant, mysterious islands. The fifty-four adventure novels of Jules Verne--known as the Extraordinary Voyages--take readers to all these places and more, weaving science with wonder, exploration, and excitement.

Exploring the Classics: Gateways to the Past September 27 2015, 0 Comments

The Iliad. Don Quixote. The Scarlet Letter. Great Expectations. Many high school students have groaned in despair seeing these titles on their class syllabi.

The Mathematician, the White Rabbit, and the Looking Glass January 30 2015, 0 Comments

Ever since he was young, Carroll reached into his imagination to create poems and short stories, reaching publication success in magazine and at publishing houses over the years. But his famous tales of Wonderland did not come into being until 1856 when Henry Liddell became dean of Christ Church, bringing along with him his three children: Harry, Lorina, Edith…and Alice.

A Ghostly Book of Whimsy, Warmth, and Redemption November 25 2014, 0 Comments

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.”

Unlocking the Classics: Accessible E-book Versions November 10 2014, 0 Comments

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.

Using Open LORE Read with Bookshare November 03 2014, 0 Comments

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!

Sherlock Holmes: A Travel Through Time October 31 2014, 0 Comments

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 October 31 2014, 0 Comments

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 October 30 2014, 0 Comments

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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