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[aw-announcements] Newswire: Worlds of Books meets 12/15/20 at 9pm Eastern to discuss Squeeze me DB100606 by Carl HiaasenAccessible World has adopted a passcode for all its Zoom meetings and has turned off the waiting room. This passcode is the same for all of its meetings and is the three letters a w z without spaces. Those dialing in with a regular telephone will not be required to enter the passcode. The meeting ID for each Accessible World Zoom meeting remains unchanged. The new Worlds of Books Zoom meeting link follows and executing it from your computer or device running the Zoom Cloud Meetings app should take you right into the meeting with no further action required other than waiting for the host to start the meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/286200556?pwd=NEVENXcrc3p4Y0k1eExkZTdpKzJCQT09
Major sections of this newswire are at heading level 1. Contact information is at heading level 2.
Newswire:
Topic: Worlds of Books discussion group
Time: Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 9pm Eastern.
Worlds of Books will meet at 9pm Eastern on 12/15/20 to discuss Squeeze me DB100606 by Carl Hiaasen. The NLS annotation follows:
Squeeze me DB100606
Hiaasen, Carl. Reading time: 11 hours, 11 minutes.
Read by Scott Brick.
Suspense Fiction
Political Fiction
Bestsellers
A prominent Palm Beach dowager is found dead in a concrete grave. Kiki Pew was an ardent fan of the Winter White House resident, and a founding member of the POTUSSIES. The President declares that Kiki was the victim of rampaging immigrant hordes. Meanwhile, there is an influx of huge, hungry pythons. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2020.
You can find this book on Bookshare at the following website:
About 10 minutes before the meeting time above, execute the below Zoom invitation meeting link on the device of your choice or dial in with a telephone to one of the provided numbers. All are welcome.
Zoom invitation
The Zoom meeting invitation for Worlds of Books is as follows:
Topic: Worlds of Books discussion group
Time: Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 9pm Eastern.
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/286200556?pwd=NEVENXcrc3p4Y0k1eExkZTdpKzJCQT09
Meeting ID: 286 200 556
Passcode: awz
One tap mobile
+19292056099,,286200556# US (New York)
+13017158592,,286200556# US (Germantown)
Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 286 200 556
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kOBrfEzFc
If you execute the above link from a computer with installed Zoom client software, the software should automatically launch and take you to the meeting. If you execute the above link from a smart device containing the Zoom Cloud Meetings app, the app should automatically launch ant take you to the meeting. If you prefer to use your iPhone as a regular phone without the app to call into the meeting, you can double tap on one of the above two numbers to initiate the call.
Podcast feed
Those wishing to subscribe to past Worlds of Books program archives can do so using their mobile device and podcast app of choice or using their computers and podcatcher program of choice. The link with which to subscribe follows:
http://accessibleworld.org/taxonomy/term/18/all/feed
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Contacts:
Robert Acosta: Chair Emeritus
www.accessibleWorld.org and www.radiooutofthepast.org.
Phone: 818-998-0044
Email: boacosta818
Website: www.helpinghands4theblind.net
Larry Gassman: Accessible World Co-Chair
Phone: 714-449-1958
Email: larrygassman
Alan Lemly: Accessible World Co-Chair
Phone: 601-919-6907
Email: walemly
The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them.
Alan Lemly