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Title:
Once upon a Yugoslavia [DAISY talking book] : when the American way met Tito's third way : a personal journey
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Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2016
Physical Description:
1 computer optical disc (13 hours, 34 minutes) : sound; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
Journalist recounts a summer internship with Zagreb Film in 1968. Discusses the mentors she encountered at the studio, reconnecting with the history of her family--many of whom had died in the Holocaust--and reevaluating what it meant to be American when living in a culture markedly different from her own. 2015
General Note:
Digital audiobook in DAISY format.
Title from disc surface.
"4371778".
Performers:
Narrated by: Suzanne Duvall.
Contents:
Venturing Out of the Comfort Zone -- Entering a Gray Existence -- Remembering the Backstory -- Living Like the Locals -- Getting to Know Zagreb Film -- Comparing Lifestyles -- Exercising a New Simplicity -- Stretching Mind's Boundaries -- Detaching from Conditioning -- Seesawing between Emotions -- Missing Freedom -- Assisting Film Trailblazer John Grierson -- Knowing Which Questions to Ask -- Carrying Our Self-Examination -- Glimpsing the Larger Perspective -- Experiencing the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia from Afar -- Learning from Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X -- Seeing with New Eyes -- Becoming Wise in the Workplace -- Crossing Borders -- Embracing the Positive within the Negative -- Going-from-Slave-ia -- Rounding Out Yugo-Nostalgically -- Summing Up in the Now and Looking Ahead.
Technical Details:
Plays on DAISY talking book players and software only; DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression rate 32.
Accessibility Note:
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps Requires IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software.
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Language:
English
Audience:
Female narrator.