Books by Mail - January 2016

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 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.

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

Books by Mail MLS Service Center 300 N.E. 50th, Suite 5 Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Your books will be mailed to you in a reusable canvas bag. No postage is required.

Return Service Requested

How do you receive your books?

JANUARY 2016

www.metrolibrar y.org

NONFICTION Haatchi & Little B

By Wendy Holden

The true story of Owen (Little B) who was born with a rare genetic disorder and the friendship formed with an abandoned dog named Haatchi. BIO

Lafayette in the Somewhat to work out your brain and mind, Staying Sharp provides you with United States

By Sarah Vowell

A portrait of the French Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, discusses his nonpartisan influence on a fledgling United States, his Heaven is Beautiful relationships with the Founding

By Peter Baldwin Panagore Fathers, and his contributions In March 1980, college senior Peter during the contentious 1824 Panagore went ice climbing in presidential election. HIS Alberta, Canada. On the descent, Peter and his climbing partner The Life Changing Magic of became trapped and Peter dies. In Tidying Up those minutes on the other side,

By Marie Kondo With detailed guidance for every he experienced hell, forgiveness, type of item in the household, this and unconditional love. BIO quirky little manual from Japan’s How to Draw Everything newest lifestyle phenomenon will

By Gillian Johnson help readers clear their clutter and Begin with warm-up exercises enjoy the unique magic of a tidy and easy projects, then progress home--and the calm, motivated to shading, perspective and how mindset it can inspire. HT to draw people, faces, animals, flowers and more. ART Staying Sharp

By Henry Emmons

Filled with easy to understand theories and practical exercises

a blueprint to live more joyfully, age more gracefully, and build intimacy in your relationships, no matter what your age. HEA

Teach Yourself Visually: Android Phones and Tablets

By Guy Hart-Davies

Step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 120 Android phone and tablet tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique. HT

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

ART.....................Art BIO.....................Biography HIS.....................History HT.......................Home Technology HEA....................Health INSP....................Inspirational

Oklahoma City, OK Permit No. 757

PAID

Non-Profit U.S. Postage

BOOKS BY MAIL JANUARY 2016 Titles available in large print and regular print.

FICTION

rescue the retreating British army from the beaches of Dunkirk.

By James Patterson

Perfect Match

In Good Company

Confined to a wheelchair after an injury ends his NFL career, Jake reluctantly takes over his twin sister’s matchmaking business before his tough-as-nails new assistant, Gracie, challenges him with her very different perspectives.

Cross Justice

Returning to his North Carolina hometown to defend a cousin accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross is drawn into the search for a brutal murderer before his world is shattered by the revelation of a devastating family secret.

By Jen Turano

Millie and Everett are eager to prove themselves--as a nanny and a society gentleman, respectively.

They both have one last chance . . . each other.

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

By J. Ryan Stradal

Eva Thorvald’s career is influenced by all the people she’s met and the dishes she’s eaten as she becomes the iconic chef behind the country’s most coveted dinner reservation.

Maggie Bright

By Tracy Groot

Inheriting the yacht “Maggie Bright,” Clare Childs finds herself drawn to action when Churchill asks for civilian watercraft to help

By Fern Michaels

Precious Gifts

By Danielle Steel

After his death, three sisters discover a new side to their father when his bequests give them the power to pursue their dreams.

Reluctant Midwife

By Patricia Harman

Back in her hometown of Hope River, Becky Myers becomes the head midwife. When her mentor becomes pregnant her skills are put to the test as a fire rages through the Civilian Conservation Corps camp.

See Me

By Nicholas Sparks

A young man with a dark, destructive past has his plans to remain single challenged by a

BOOKS BY MAIL JANUARY 2016

hardworking lawyer.

Shadow Play

By Iris Johansen

Assisting a California sheriff in the reconstruction of a skeleton that may be a missing child, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan begins communicating with the child’s spirit and becomes increasingly obsessed with the case.

Someday Home

By Lauraine Snelling

When three grieving women find themselves at crossroads in their lives, they move to a lakeside retreat to seek healing together.

Unspoken

By Dee Henderson

Charlotte Graham’s never spoken about her kidnapping. Sixteen years later, she’s back in Chicago and she is the only one who knows the truth. But, even now, can she risk sharing it?

MYSTERY After the Storm

By Linda Castillo

When a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate

Burkholder is tasked with the an operation that transforms responsibility of identifying the bright students into calculating bones and finds herself plunged criminals. into a thirty-year-old murder case that takes her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged.

ROMANCE

All Dressed in White

By Mary Higgins Clark

A follow-up to The Cinderella Murder finds intrepid television producer Laurie Moran recreating the events surrounding the cold case disappearance of a bride and investigating numerous theories about what may have happened.

Depraved Heart

By Patricia Cornwell

Receiving a surveillance video of her niece taken twenty years earlier that reveals disturbing secrets, Dr. Kay Scarpetta becomes increasingly isolated as she realizes the dangerous legal implications of her niece’s private life.

Theory of Death

By Faye Kellerman

Investigating a suspicious suicide in the woods near Greenbury, former LAPD detective Peter Decker, accompanied by Tyler McAdams, infiltrates a college’s elite mathematics circle to uncover

A Heart’s Disguise

By Colleen Coble

After Sarah Montgomery receives word that her fiancé, Rand Campbell, has been killed fighting for the Union, her brothers and ailing father persuade her to pledge herself to Ben Croftner.

Then Sarah finds out that Rand is alive – and Ben knew it. INSP

Love Everlasting

By Tracie Peterson

After the great fire that destroyed much of Seattle in 1889, Abrianna Cunningham recognizes that her longtime friendship with Wade Ackerman is changing, but she finds herself overwhelmed by her conflicting feelings and the pursuit of another relentless suitor.

Match of Wits

The Proposal at Siesta Key

By Shelley Shepard Gray

In a rare instance of disobedience to her parents, Penny Troyer goes out to hear a popular travelling Mennonite evangelical speaker, a man named Michael with an inspirational story, whom she befriends and comes to know.

Starlight on Willow Lake

By Susan Wiggs

Working as a caregiver for a sharptongued woman to rebuild after a painful loss, Faith McCallum unexpectedly falls for her client’s charismatic son, who questions his fast-paced lifestyle in the wake of a chilling revelation.

Wildest Dreams

By Robyn Carr

Professional athlete Blake Smiley, who has come to Thunder Point to focus on his training, is distracted by his new neighbor, Lin Su Simmons, and her teenage son, Charlie, who are in desperate need of his help.

By Jen Turano

Zayne and Agatha have always been a match in wits, but will unlikely circumstances convince them they could also be a match made in heaven as they return.

www.Metrolibrary.org

www.metrolibrar y.org

BOOKS BY MAIL JANUARY 2016 Titles available in large print and regular print.

FICTION

rescue the retreating British army from the beaches of Dunkirk.

By James Patterson

Perfect Match

In Good Company

Confined to a wheelchair after an injury ends his NFL career, Jake reluctantly takes over his twin sister’s matchmaking business before his tough-as-nails new assistant, Gracie, challenges him with her very different perspectives.

Cross Justice

Returning to his North Carolina hometown to defend a cousin accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross is drawn into the search for a brutal murderer before his world is shattered by the revelation of a devastating family secret.

By Jen Turano

Millie and Everett are eager to prove themselves--as a nanny and a society gentleman, respectively.

They both have one last chance . . . each other.

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

By J. Ryan Stradal

Eva Thorvald’s career is influenced by all the people she’s met and the dishes she’s eaten as she becomes the iconic chef behind the country’s most coveted dinner reservation.

Maggie Bright

By Tracy Groot

Inheriting the yacht “Maggie Bright,” Clare Childs finds herself drawn to action when Churchill asks for civilian watercraft to help

By Fern Michaels

Precious Gifts

By Danielle Steel

After his death, three sisters discover a new side to their father when his bequests give them the power to pursue their dreams.

Reluctant Midwife

By Patricia Harman

Back in her hometown of Hope River, Becky Myers becomes the head midwife. When her mentor becomes pregnant her skills are put to the test as a fire rages through the Civilian Conservation Corps camp.

See Me

By Nicholas Sparks

A young man with a dark, destructive past has his plans to remain single challenged by a

BOOKS BY MAIL JANUARY 2016

hardworking lawyer.

Shadow Play

By Iris Johansen

Assisting a California sheriff in the reconstruction of a skeleton that may be a missing child, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan begins communicating with the child’s spirit and becomes increasingly obsessed with the case.

Someday Home

By Lauraine Snelling

When three grieving women find themselves at crossroads in their lives, they move to a lakeside retreat to seek healing together.

Unspoken

By Dee Henderson

Charlotte Graham’s never spoken about her kidnapping. Sixteen years later, she’s back in Chicago and she is the only one who knows the truth. But, even now, can she risk sharing it?

MYSTERY After the Storm

By Linda Castillo

When a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate

Burkholder is tasked with the an operation that transforms responsibility of identifying the bright students into calculating bones and finds herself plunged criminals. into a thirty-year-old murder case that takes her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged.

ROMANCE

All Dressed in White

By Mary Higgins Clark

A follow-up to The Cinderella Murder finds intrepid television producer Laurie Moran recreating the events surrounding the cold case disappearance of a bride and investigating numerous theories about what may have happened.

Depraved Heart

By Patricia Cornwell

Receiving a surveillance video of her niece taken twenty years earlier that reveals disturbing secrets, Dr. Kay Scarpetta becomes increasingly isolated as she realizes the dangerous legal implications of her niece’s private life.

Theory of Death

By Faye Kellerman

Investigating a suspicious suicide in the woods near Greenbury, former LAPD detective Peter Decker, accompanied by Tyler McAdams, infiltrates a college’s elite mathematics circle to uncover

A Heart’s Disguise

By Colleen Coble

After Sarah Montgomery receives word that her fiancé, Rand Campbell, has been killed fighting for the Union, her brothers and ailing father persuade her to pledge herself to Ben Croftner.

Then Sarah finds out that Rand is alive – and Ben knew it. INSP

Love Everlasting

By Tracie Peterson

After the great fire that destroyed much of Seattle in 1889, Abrianna Cunningham recognizes that her longtime friendship with Wade Ackerman is changing, but she finds herself overwhelmed by her conflicting feelings and the pursuit of another relentless suitor.

Match of Wits

The Proposal at Siesta Key

By Shelley Shepard Gray

In a rare instance of disobedience to her parents, Penny Troyer goes out to hear a popular travelling Mennonite evangelical speaker, a man named Michael with an inspirational story, whom she befriends and comes to know.

Starlight on Willow Lake

By Susan Wiggs

Working as a caregiver for a sharptongued woman to rebuild after a painful loss, Faith McCallum unexpectedly falls for her client’s charismatic son, who questions his fast-paced lifestyle in the wake of a chilling revelation.

Wildest Dreams

By Robyn Carr

Professional athlete Blake Smiley, who has come to Thunder Point to focus on his training, is distracted by his new neighbor, Lin Su Simmons, and her teenage son, Charlie, who are in desperate need of his help.

By Jen Turano

Zayne and Agatha have always been a match in wits, but will unlikely circumstances convince them they could also be a match made in heaven as they return.

www.Metrolibrary.org

www.metrolibrar y.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 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.

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

Books by Mail MLS Service Center 300 N.E. 50th, Suite 5 Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Your books will be mailed to you in a reusable canvas bag. No postage is required.

Return Service Requested

How do you receive your books?

JANUARY 2016

www.metrolibrar y.org

NONFICTION Haatchi & Little B

By Wendy Holden

The true story of Owen (Little B) who was born with a rare genetic disorder and the friendship formed with an abandoned dog named Haatchi. BIO

Lafayette in the Somewhat to work out your brain and mind, Staying Sharp provides you with United States

By Sarah Vowell

A portrait of the French Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, discusses his nonpartisan influence on a fledgling United States, his Heaven is Beautiful relationships with the Founding

By Peter Baldwin Panagore Fathers, and his contributions In March 1980, college senior Peter during the contentious 1824 Panagore went ice climbing in presidential election. HIS Alberta, Canada. On the descent, Peter and his climbing partner The Life Changing Magic of became trapped and Peter dies. In Tidying Up those minutes on the other side,

By Marie Kondo With detailed guidance for every he experienced hell, forgiveness, type of item in the household, this and unconditional love. BIO quirky little manual from Japan’s How to Draw Everything newest lifestyle phenomenon will

By Gillian Johnson help readers clear their clutter and Begin with warm-up exercises enjoy the unique magic of a tidy and easy projects, then progress home--and the calm, motivated to shading, perspective and how mindset it can inspire. HT to draw people, faces, animals, flowers and more. ART Staying Sharp

By Henry Emmons

Filled with easy to understand theories and practical exercises

a blueprint to live more joyfully, age more gracefully, and build intimacy in your relationships, no matter what your age. HEA

Teach Yourself Visually: Android Phones and Tablets

By Guy Hart-Davies

Step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 120 Android phone and tablet tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique. HT

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

ART.....................Art BIO.....................Biography HIS.....................History HT.......................Home Technology HEA....................Health INSP....................Inspirational

Oklahoma City, OK Permit No. 757

PAID

Non-Profit U.S. Postage