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Greetings to all!<br>
The following information is provided for your interest in the next
interviews conducted on Thru Our Eyes.<br>
First, a note for the interview scheduled for Wednesday, August 15 at
8:00 pm eastern.<br>
Host Joe Ruffalo will interview Anil Lewis, Director of Strategic
Communications at the National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore,
Maryland.<br>
Highlights will include on the progress of HR 3086, The Fair Wages For
Workers With Disabilities,The plans to take the issue to the streets, to
feature the partnerships with numerous disability groups, to secure
passing of the bill and much more.<br>
Please take special notice of the following important message
highlighting the interview hosted by Jane Degenshein and Jerry Moreno
with New York Times Best Selling Author, Francis Ray.<br>
This is a DO NOT MISS Show!!!<br>
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Hello All NFB members, friends, family members, co-workers. <br>
I am so excited to have Francis Ray as our upcoming guest on our
internet<br>
show:<br>
On the Bright Side with Janie and Jerry.<br>
We agreed on the date of Wednesday August 8 at 8 PM so it is easy
to<br>
remember:<br>
8/8 at 8<br>
How excited am I?<br>
Just click/enter on the link below to hear just how excited I am. .
.<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LbvFckptY">
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LbvFckptY</a><br><br>
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Francis Ray is a New York Times best selling author and a USA
Today best<br>
selling author.<br>
She is quite prolific and I have copied those books that are on the
BARD<br>
site for you to peruse. . .<br>
If you have the time or inclination, kindly read one of your choice and I
am<br>
encouraging you to phone in the night of the show to add your comments
to<br>
our broadcast.<br>
The call in number is toll free:<br>
1 888 572 0141<br>
It will be a great fun night<br>
ECHO book club members remember we already read:<br>
Trouble Don't Last Always and the follow-up<br>
Somebody's Knocking AtMy Door<br>
We had great discussions about these books and now we will be privileged
to<br>
have this fantastic author to enlighten our internet show!<br>
I have had much discourse via emails with Francis and she seems so easy
to<br>
connect with so hope you listen or view the night of the show<br>
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Following are various options for accessing and or listening live to
these<br>
broadcasts:<br><br>
No internet is required, just use your phone and dial 1 347 215 7037<br>
(Some charges may apply)<br>
For internet access to live or previous shows:<br>
<a href="http://www.thruoureyes.org/">www.thruoureyes.org</a><br><br>
or for JAWS and other screen reader users:<br>
<a href="http://m.thruoureyes.org/">http://m.thruoureyes.org</a><br><br>
To watch LIVE shows go to:<br>
<a href="http://www.thruoureyes.org/simulcastfeed.html">
http://www.thruoureyes.org/simulcastfeed.html</a><br>
To listen to archived audio podcasts<br>
Click/Enter on the listen to get the audio only or to watch video of<br>
past shows go a bit further down the > page for the view and<br>
click/enter there for audio and video<br>
To listen to the live show via phone, call:<br>
1 347 215 7037.<br>
(Some charges may apply)<br>
To phone in with a suggestion, comment, or just a shout out:<br>
Call toll free:<br>
1 888 572 0141<br>
Looking forward to having you join us on the night of the shows but<br>
if you can't listen or view live then you can subscribe to the<br>
podcasts by the following links:<br>
Subscribe to Audio podcasts:<br>
<a href="http://www.thruoureyes.org/podcasts/WTOERadio.xml">
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Subscribe to Video Podcasts:<br>
<a href="http://vzaar.com/users/wtoe/podcast.rss">
http://vzaar.com/users/wtoe/podcast.rss</a><br>
Wow what an opportunity for us all. . .<br>
Happy Listening and Viewing!<br><br>
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Taken from the Bard site<br>
Francis Ray Books:<br>
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And Mistress Makes Three<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Erin Jones. Reading time 9 hours 2 minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Charleston, South Carolina. Gina Rawlings runs a business travel agency
and<br>
has two unhappy, angry kids and a cheating husband. After her divorce
Gina<br>
stages widower Max Broussard's bed and breakfast. In exchange, he helps
her<br>
with her website--and falls in love. Explicit descriptions of sex.
2009.<br>
Download And Mistress Makes Three, DB74144<br><br>
Any Rich Man Will Do<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Michele Schaeffer. Reading time 8 hours 47
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Divorced and disgraced, Jana Franklin wanders into Olivia Sanders's
Dallas<br>
boutique. Olivia offers Jana a job and a home against her brother
Tyler's<br>
advice. Jana eventually wins Tyler's trust--and love--by confronting
past<br>
mistakes. Companion to Like the First Time (RC 62376). Some strong
language<br>
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005.<br>
Download Any Rich Man Will Do, DB62691<br><br>
Falcon Saga<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Madelyn Buzzard. Reading time 25 hours 2
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Three romance novels by award-winning African American author. Includes
Only<br>
Hers, Break Every Rule, and Heart of the Falcon, in which production<br>
engineer Madelyn Taggart tries to convince family friend and
businessman<br>
Daniel Falcon to open his heart to love. Some explicit descriptions of
sex.<br>
2004.<br>
Download Falcon Saga, DB59713<br><br>
If You Were My Man<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Catherine Byers. Reading time 10 hours 50
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Widowed restaurateur Nathalyia Fontaine
falls<br>
in love with officer Rafael Dunlap, who is commitment-shy because of
his<br>
dangerous job as a hostage negotiator. Then Nathalyia's sister
Theresa<br>
returns home and creates trouble. Some strong language and some
explicit<br>
descriptions of sex. 2010.<br>
Download If You Were My Man, DB72112<br><br>
In Another Man's Bed<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Marni Penning. Reading time 10 hours 35
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Just after Charleston bookstore owner Justine Crandall catches her
husband<br>
Andrew cheating, Andrew has a car accident that leaves him comatose.
Justine<br>
is torn between duty and her own desires--especially when her first
love,<br>
Dalton Ramsey, arrives for a book signing and pursues her. Some
explicit<br>
descriptions of sex. 2007.<br>
Download In Another Man's Bed, DB72166<br><br>
Like the First Time<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Michele Schaeffer. Reading time 11 hours 9
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Charleston, South Carolina. When Claire Bennett and Brooke Dunlap lose
their<br>
jobs to downsizing, housewife Lorraine Averhart suggests they open a<br>
business selling bath and body products. With Lorraine's finances,
Claire's<br>
creativity, and Brooke's savvy, their venture and friendship flourish.
Some<br>
explicit descriptions of sex. 2004.<br>
Download Like the First Time, DB62376<br><br>
Not Even If You Begged<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Madelyn Buzzard. Reading time 9 hours 31
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Charleston, South Carolina. Thirty-seven-year-old attorney Traci Evans
is<br>
honored to join the Invincible Sisterhood, a group of older widows,
although<br>
she does not mourn her cheating husband. While fellow member Maureen
Gilmore<br>
falls in love with a younger man, Traci meets Maureen's unmarried son.
Some<br>
explicit descriptions of sex. 2008.<br>
Download Not Even If You Begged, DB71713<br><br>
Somebody's Knocking at My Door<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Melissa Maxwell. Reading time 12 hours 6
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Kristen Wakefield is devastated when forced to resign as curator of a
New<br>
Orleans museum and forgo a project on nineteenth-century African
American<br>
art. Enter Rafe Crawford, an old acquaintance still struggling with<br>
childhood abuse. Romance may help them both--if Rafe will let it.
Some<br>
explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.<br>
Download Somebody's Knocking at My Door, DB58080<br><br>
Someone to Love Me<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Tracy Mickens-Hundley. Reading time 8 hours 32<br>
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
African American realtor Michelle Grant recognizes her new client,
computer<br>
mogul Brad Jamison, as the compassionate man who rescued her years
before.<br>
Their passions ignite, but a property deal involving Michelle's<br>
wheelchair-bound brother threatens to spoil everything. Also includes
the<br>
short story "Maybe This Time." Explicit descriptions of sex.
2003.<br>
Download Someone to Love Me, DB60233<br><br>
Trouble Don't Last Always<br>
Ray, Francis. Read by Mare Trevathan. Reading time 12 hours 29
minutes.<br>
Romance<br>
Lily Crawford flees her abusive husband only to have her car break down
in<br>
Louisiana. Lily meets a local family and takes a job keeping house
for<br>
neurosurgeon Adam Wakefield, who lost his sight during a recent
carjacking.<br>
Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.<br>
Download Trouble Don't Last Always, DB72464<br>
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