HOW TO GET BOOKS BY MAIL Applying for service.
How do you return your books?
For those living in Oklahoma County, if you are 65 years of age or older or Easy. Put the books back into the bag and fill out the re-order slip if you completely homebound, please call 405-606-3295 or 405-606-3297 to wish to order more books. Turn the address label (located in the pocket on the side of the bag) so that the library’s address is showing. Or, drop sign up for Books-by-Mail service and to place your order. off the bag at any Metropolitan Library System library.
How do you receive your books?
Your books will be mailed to you in a reusable canvas bag. No postage is required.
How long can you keep your books? You can keep books for up to three weeks. Of course, we hope when you finish your reading you’ll return them promptly so they will be available to others.
FEBRUARY 2016
www.metrolibrar y.org
What if I have questions? No problem. Call us at (405) 606-3295 or 405-606-3297. We’re happy to help.
www.metrolibrar y.org
NONFICTION Being Mortal By Atul Gawande
Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, “Being Mortal” asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end. PPH
Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
The Old Man and the Cat: A drawing, and the best ways to turn rough sketches into finished Love Story By Nils Uddenberg
The story of how Nils Uddenberg, retired Professor of Psychology, became a beloved cat-owner even though he had never wanted a pet of any kind. He quickly found himself falling in love with the homeless cat with big yellow eyes. ANI
One-Skein Wonders for Drawing on Bush’s personal diaries, Babies By Jon Meacham
his wife’s diaries, and interviews with the family, the author paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man from his upbringing to heading the CIA to his place in the White House. BIO
By Judith Durant
Don’t Eat This, If You’re Taking That
By France Belleville-Van Stone
Knit your beautiful single skeins into darling wearables, toys, blankets, and accessories for baby. There’s a perfect pattern for every occasion. CRA
Sketch!
Anyone can be an artist by sketching for just ten minutes By Madelyn Fernstrom a day. Have fun learning the An easy-to-use guide for anyone taking a medication – short term fundamentals of sketching or long term – that indicates foods with creative prompts, detailed instructions on hand and digital to avoid. HEA
artwork. CRA
FICTION Blue By Danielle Steel
When her husband and son are killed in a car accident days before Christmas, Ginny Carter tries to avoid her grief by becoming involved in human rights work in New York. On the anniversary of the accident she meets a boy who will change her life forever.
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS ANI....................Animals BIO.....................Biography CRA....................Crafts HIS.....................History HEA....................Health INSP....................Inspirational PPH.....................?????
Return Service Requested Books by Mail MLS Service Center 300 N.E. 50th, Suite 5 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Oklahoma City, OK Permit No. 757
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BOOKS BY MAIL FEBRUARY 2016 Titles available in large print and regular print.
Come Rain or Come Shine By Jan Karon
Graduating from vet school and opening an animal clinic, Dooley Kavanagh plans what he hopes will be a simple, affordable wedding with soulmate Lace Harper.
The End Game By Catherine Coulter
FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, investigate a violent group known for widespread bombings of power grids and oil refineries across the country. They join forces with deep-cover counterterrorism agent Vanessa Grace to stop the plan to assassinate the President.
Host By Robin Cook
Devastated by the death of her boyfriend after a routine surgery, fourth-year medical student Lynn Peirce investigates the accident and discovers a string of suspicious deaths at the hospital.
Our Souls at Night By Kent Haruf
The nights are so lonely for widow Addie Moore. But when she asks her widower neighbor Louis Waters to spend the night with
her, in her bed, just so they can have someone to talk to offset the loneliness, it provokes comment from the community and concern from her family.
The Promise By Robert Crais
Loyalty, commitment, the fight against injustice -- these are the things that have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed.
Scandalous Behavior By Stuart Woods
BOOKS BY MAIL FEBRUARY 2016
Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’Easter By Lisa Patton
Southern belle Leelee Satterfield leaves her beloved Memphis to follow her husband’s dream of managing a quaint Vermont inn. When Leelee is left swindled and snowbound, she’s forced to confront the true depth of her Southern grit in this foreign town.
MYSTERY Dry Bones By Craig Johnson
New York City cop-turnedManhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington confronts a particularly challenging adversary whose schemes test the limits of Barrington’s skills.
Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire recruits a team of helpers to investigate the murder of a rancher whose body has been found near a T. Rex fossil that is claimed by multiple parties.
Secret Sisters
Hush
By Jayne Ann Krentz
Reuniting at the hotel where one of them was brutally attacked as a child decades earlier, Madeline and Daphne are forced to confront painful memories and truths in order to solve the mysterious death of Madeline’s father.
By Karen Robards
When Riley Cowan finds her estranged husband Jeff dead in his palatial home‚ she’s sure it’s no coincidence. The police rule it a suicide‚ but Riley thinks someone’s out for blood. Riley must uncover the murderer before she becomes the next victim.
Tricky Twenty-Two
Michigan since her father’s death, but her home and livelihood are By Janet Evanovich threatened when a wounded Civil Stephanie Plum is on the trail War veteran arrives to take her of a college fraternity member arrested for beating up the dean of place. students. People have seen him on If I Could Turn Back Time campus, but no one will talk. By Elizabeth M. Harbison
Thirty-seven-year-old Ramie Phillips has led a very successful life, but lately she has begun to A Blessing for Miriam feel dissatisfied. On a boat with By Jerry Eicher friends off the Florida coast, she As Miriam Yoder prepares for her dives off the diving board and wedding to Wayne Yutzy, beautiful finds herself back on the eve of her Esther Swartz arrives in town, eighteenth birthday with a chance leaving Miriam trying not to let to live her life differently. Esther’s previous relationship with Wayne cloud her view of Wayne’s Kiss Me devotion. INSP By Susan Mallery Kind hearted Phoebe Kitzke gets Crazy Little Thing Called roped into helping her best friend Love on the family ranch in Fool’s Gold. By Beth K. Vogt Cowboy Zane Nicholson isn’t As Vanessa Hollister prepares for exactly thrilled by the city girl’s her elegant destination wedding arrival, and Phoebe may be the in Florida, circumstances put kind of woman he needs to avoid. her back into close contact with professional storm chaser Logan The Kissing Bridge Hollister, the man she eloped with By Tricia Goyer in her youth. Caught between a stifling Amish community and an unnerving Hearts Made Whole outside world, a devout young By Jody Hedlund woman on the run is about to In 1865, Caroline has tended the become the newest arrival to West Windmill Point Lighthouse in Kootenai, Montana.
ROMANCE
McKnight in Shining Armor By Tami Hoag
Stung by a bitter divorce, Kelsie’s been married to her job as a high-end animal wrangler ever since. So when her disastrous first encounter with advertising executive Alexander McKnight blossoms into romance, she finds herself in uncharted waters.
A Sapphire Season By Lynn Morris
As Lady Mirabella Tirel comes near to finding a practical, suitable match, longtime friend Sir Giles Knyvet’s secret love for her spurs him into action.
WESTERN Vengeance Trail By Bill Brooks
With men determined to exact their own brand of justice on his trail, Texas Ranger Henry Dollar must prevent a bloodbath as he escorts Johnny Montana, a gambler and killer, across Indian Territory to “Hanging” Judge Parker.
www.Metrolibrary.org
BOOKS BY MAIL FEBRUARY 2016 Titles available in large print and regular print.
Come Rain or Come Shine By Jan Karon
Graduating from vet school and opening an animal clinic, Dooley Kavanagh plans what he hopes will be a simple, affordable wedding with soulmate Lace Harper.
The End Game By Catherine Coulter
FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, investigate a violent group known for widespread bombings of power grids and oil refineries across the country. They join forces with deep-cover counterterrorism agent Vanessa Grace to stop the plan to assassinate the President.
Host By Robin Cook
Devastated by the death of her boyfriend after a routine surgery, fourth-year medical student Lynn Peirce investigates the accident and discovers a string of suspicious deaths at the hospital.
Our Souls at Night By Kent Haruf
The nights are so lonely for widow Addie Moore. But when she asks her widower neighbor Louis Waters to spend the night with
her, in her bed, just so they can have someone to talk to offset the loneliness, it provokes comment from the community and concern from her family.
The Promise By Robert Crais
Loyalty, commitment, the fight against injustice -- these are the things that have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed.
Scandalous Behavior By Stuart Woods
BOOKS BY MAIL FEBRUARY 2016
Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’Easter By Lisa Patton
Southern belle Leelee Satterfield leaves her beloved Memphis to follow her husband’s dream of managing a quaint Vermont inn. When Leelee is left swindled and snowbound, she’s forced to confront the true depth of her Southern grit in this foreign town.
MYSTERY Dry Bones By Craig Johnson
New York City cop-turnedManhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington confronts a particularly challenging adversary whose schemes test the limits of Barrington’s skills.
Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire recruits a team of helpers to investigate the murder of a rancher whose body has been found near a T. Rex fossil that is claimed by multiple parties.
Secret Sisters
Hush
By Jayne Ann Krentz
Reuniting at the hotel where one of them was brutally attacked as a child decades earlier, Madeline and Daphne are forced to confront painful memories and truths in order to solve the mysterious death of Madeline’s father.
By Karen Robards
When Riley Cowan finds her estranged husband Jeff dead in his palatial home‚ she’s sure it’s no coincidence. The police rule it a suicide‚ but Riley thinks someone’s out for blood. Riley must uncover the murderer before she becomes the next victim.
Tricky Twenty-Two
Michigan since her father’s death, but her home and livelihood are By Janet Evanovich threatened when a wounded Civil Stephanie Plum is on the trail War veteran arrives to take her of a college fraternity member arrested for beating up the dean of place. students. People have seen him on If I Could Turn Back Time campus, but no one will talk. By Elizabeth M. Harbison
Thirty-seven-year-old Ramie Phillips has led a very successful life, but lately she has begun to A Blessing for Miriam feel dissatisfied. On a boat with By Jerry Eicher friends off the Florida coast, she As Miriam Yoder prepares for her dives off the diving board and wedding to Wayne Yutzy, beautiful finds herself back on the eve of her Esther Swartz arrives in town, eighteenth birthday with a chance leaving Miriam trying not to let to live her life differently. Esther’s previous relationship with Wayne cloud her view of Wayne’s Kiss Me devotion. INSP By Susan Mallery Kind hearted Phoebe Kitzke gets Crazy Little Thing Called roped into helping her best friend Love on the family ranch in Fool’s Gold. By Beth K. Vogt Cowboy Zane Nicholson isn’t As Vanessa Hollister prepares for exactly thrilled by the city girl’s her elegant destination wedding arrival, and Phoebe may be the in Florida, circumstances put kind of woman he needs to avoid. her back into close contact with professional storm chaser Logan The Kissing Bridge Hollister, the man she eloped with By Tricia Goyer in her youth. Caught between a stifling Amish community and an unnerving Hearts Made Whole outside world, a devout young By Jody Hedlund woman on the run is about to In 1865, Caroline has tended the become the newest arrival to West Windmill Point Lighthouse in Kootenai, Montana.
ROMANCE
McKnight in Shining Armor By Tami Hoag
Stung by a bitter divorce, Kelsie’s been married to her job as a high-end animal wrangler ever since. So when her disastrous first encounter with advertising executive Alexander McKnight blossoms into romance, she finds herself in uncharted waters.
A Sapphire Season By Lynn Morris
As Lady Mirabella Tirel comes near to finding a practical, suitable match, longtime friend Sir Giles Knyvet’s secret love for her spurs him into action.
WESTERN Vengeance Trail By Bill Brooks
With men determined to exact their own brand of justice on his trail, Texas Ranger Henry Dollar must prevent a bloodbath as he escorts Johnny Montana, a gambler and killer, across Indian Territory to “Hanging” Judge Parker.
www.Metrolibrary.org
HOW TO GET BOOKS BY MAIL Applying for service.
How do you return your books?
For those living in Oklahoma County, if you are 65 years of age or older or Easy. Put the books back into the bag and fill out the re-order slip if you completely homebound, please call 405-606-3295 or 405-606-3297 to wish to order more books. Turn the address label (located in the pocket on the side of the bag) so that the library’s address is showing. Or, drop sign up for Books-by-Mail service and to place your order. off the bag at any Metropolitan Library System library.
How do you receive your books?
Your books will be mailed to you in a reusable canvas bag. No postage is required.
How long can you keep your books? You can keep books for up to three weeks. Of course, we hope when you finish your reading you’ll return them promptly so they will be available to others.
FEBRUARY 2016
www.metrolibrar y.org
What if I have questions? No problem. Call us at (405) 606-3295 or 405-606-3297. We’re happy to help.
www.metrolibrar y.org
NONFICTION Being Mortal By Atul Gawande
Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, “Being Mortal” asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end. PPH
Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
The Old Man and the Cat: A drawing, and the best ways to turn rough sketches into finished Love Story By Nils Uddenberg
The story of how Nils Uddenberg, retired Professor of Psychology, became a beloved cat-owner even though he had never wanted a pet of any kind. He quickly found himself falling in love with the homeless cat with big yellow eyes. ANI
One-Skein Wonders for Drawing on Bush’s personal diaries, Babies By Jon Meacham
his wife’s diaries, and interviews with the family, the author paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man from his upbringing to heading the CIA to his place in the White House. BIO
By Judith Durant
Don’t Eat This, If You’re Taking That
By France Belleville-Van Stone
Knit your beautiful single skeins into darling wearables, toys, blankets, and accessories for baby. There’s a perfect pattern for every occasion. CRA
Sketch!
Anyone can be an artist by sketching for just ten minutes By Madelyn Fernstrom a day. Have fun learning the An easy-to-use guide for anyone taking a medication – short term fundamentals of sketching or long term – that indicates foods with creative prompts, detailed instructions on hand and digital to avoid. HEA
artwork. CRA
FICTION Blue By Danielle Steel
When her husband and son are killed in a car accident days before Christmas, Ginny Carter tries to avoid her grief by becoming involved in human rights work in New York. On the anniversary of the accident she meets a boy who will change her life forever.
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS ANI....................Animals BIO.....................Biography CRA....................Crafts HIS.....................History HEA....................Health INSP....................Inspirational PPH.....................?????
Return Service Requested Books by Mail MLS Service Center 300 N.E. 50th, Suite 5 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Oklahoma City, OK Permit No. 757
PAID
Non-Profit U.S. Postage