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.
SEPTEMBER 2015
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
2 Weeks to a Younger Brain
Fat Quarters: Small Fabrics
By Lark Crafts What can you quilt with 18” x 22” fat quarters? Find 52 projects By Gary Small to answer that question. Make Follow this simple and fun 2-week program to improve your them for yourself, give as gifts, memory and mental well-being share with little ones, and decorate your space. CRA while also reducing your risk for diabetes, heart disease, and Joy of Zentangle stroke. HEA By Suzanne McNeill Zentangle® is an easy-to-learn April Mourning method of pattern drawing that By Melva Noakes reduces stress while promoting The daycare operator of the creativity. Learn the basic Murray Building tells how time theory of Zentangle and receive stood still in the aftermath of instructions for drawing over 100 the bombing and shares how tangle patterns. ART families faced the reality of losing their little ones. HIS
Bastards: A Memoir
By Mary Anna King Born to parents who were great at having babies, but not great at raising them, Mary was sent to live with her grandparents in Oklahoma City who adopted her but didn’t show her the love she needed. As an adult, she seeks to reconnect with her siblings. BIO
It’s Not About Perfect By Shannon Miller The winner of seven Olympic medals, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. Her story of trial, triumph and life after cancer reminds us all that its life’s bumps and bruises that reveal our character. BIO
FICTION
All the Single Ladies By Dorothea Benton Frank In the wake of a remarkable woman’s death, three middleaged women bond over their shared grief while evaluating their own shifting prospects.
Finding Me
By Kathryn Cushman After her father’s death, Kelli Huddleston discovers the entire life she’s known has been a lie. As she seeks to know more about her past, she finds family she’s never known, and ugly secrets threaten to stifle the truth and restoration she seeks.
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS ART..........Art BIO..........Biography CRA.........Crafts HIS..........History HEA..........Health INSP.........Inspirational Fiction
Return Service Requested Books by Mail MLS Service Center 300 N.E. 50th, Suite 5 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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BOOKS BY MAIL SEPTEMBER 2015
BOOKS BY MAIL SEPTEMBER 2015
Titles available in large print and regular print.
The Face of the Earth Second Life By Deborah Raney Mitchell Brannon’s beloved wife of 20 years disappears after leaving for a conference. Nextdoor neighbor, Shelley, helps search. With their relationship growing closer, he wonders how he can honor his vows to a wife who has vanished from the face of the earth.
Go Set a Watchman
By Harper Lee Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family and home town.
The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn
By Lori Benton Forsaking security and an arranged marriage, Tamsen enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in western North Carolina. Pursued by her stepfather and a wealthy suitor, she must decide where her heart lies.
that compels him to reexamine the choices he made in the decades after his wife’s death.
By S. J. Watson While investigating her sister’s murder, Julia finds herself Woman of Courage in a world of online sex that jeopardizes her marriage, family, By Wanda Brunstetter Jilted by her fiancé in 1837, and life. Amanda Pearson gives up on romance and turns to her Truth or Die Quaker faith for reassurance. By James Patterson She becomes determined to When his journalist girlfriend’s follow the Reverend and Mrs. latest scoop leads to a violent Spaulding three thousand miles confrontation, attorney Trevor Mann discovers a shocking secret into the western wilderness to minister to the Nez Perce that governments and terrorist organizations would do anything Indians. INSP to possess.
Walking on Water
By Richard Paul Evans When the long walk from Seattle to Key West finally nears an end, Alan Christoffersen must return to the west and face yet another crisis just as he has begun to heal from loss.
The Widower’s Tale
MYSTERY
The Dead Will Tell
By Linda Castillo While investigating a murder, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself chasing an elusive trail of evidence that points back to a terrible night 35 years ago, when an Amish father and his four children perished – and his young wife disappeared without a trace.
By Julia Glass Enjoying an active but lonely rural life, 70-year-old Percy haplessly allows a progressive Garden of Lies preschool to move into his barn By Amanda Quick and transform his quiet home When Ursula Kern, proprietor into a lively, youthful community of the Kern Secretarial Agency,
ROMANCE
discovers the body of one of her best secretaries, she immediately suspects murder. When no one Betting On Hope believes her, Ursula seeks the By Debra Clopton help of her new mysterious Maggie Hope is an advice client, Slater Roxton. columnist with little advice to give. When she interviews Melody Lingers On champion horse trainer, Tru By Mary Higgins Clark Monahan, the on-camera Interior designer Lane Harmon assists in redecorating the home chemistry is undeniable. When of the wife of missing disgraced Maggie takes Tru up on a bet that he can teach her to ride a financier Parker Bennett and finds herself drawn to his family cutting horse, she hopes to know the man under the cowboy hat. unaware that her life is in jeopardy.
A Simple Prayer
Robert B. Parker’s Kickback
By William Johnstone Luke Jensen pursues professional bandit Gunner Kelly and his Apache sidekick, who have robbed the Rio Rojo bank, and encounters a would-be man hunter, renegade Mexican soldiers, and a runaway bride before winding up in an outlaw hideout.
By Ace Atkins The mother of a seventeen year old sent to a lockdown juvenile facility for pulling a prank on his principal seeks the assistance of Spencer to find out the truth behind the judge who imposed the harsh sentence.
Silenced
By Dani Pettrey After Kayden McKenna discovers the body of a fellow climber, she and Jake Westin team up to investigate the death – provoking threats on her entire family.
Miriam’s Secret
By Jerry Eicher When Miriam Yoder inherits land and a lot of money, she flees the suitor she suspects wants only her riches and moves with her sister to Oklahoma, where she meets greenhouse employee Wayne Yutzy, whose love seems more sincere. INSP
Outlaw Takes a Bride
By Susan Page Davis Wrongly accused fugitive, Johnny Paynter, flees to his brother’s Texas ranch only to find him dead. He assumes his lookalike brother’s identity, unaware that a mail-order bride with secrets of her own is on her way.
By Amy Clipston Linda Zook’s orphaned upbringing and the lingering trauma from the buggy accident that took her parents leave her with a low sense of self-worth, until she takes work at a bed and breakfast and meets former Amish resident Aaron Ebersol. INSP
WESTERN Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter: Dead Shot
www.metrolibrar y.org
BOOKS BY MAIL SEPTEMBER 2015
BOOKS BY MAIL SEPTEMBER 2015
Titles available in large print and regular print.
The Face of the Earth Second Life By Deborah Raney Mitchell Brannon’s beloved wife of 20 years disappears after leaving for a conference. Nextdoor neighbor, Shelley, helps search. With their relationship growing closer, he wonders how he can honor his vows to a wife who has vanished from the face of the earth.
Go Set a Watchman
By Harper Lee Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family and home town.
The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn
By Lori Benton Forsaking security and an arranged marriage, Tamsen enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in western North Carolina. Pursued by her stepfather and a wealthy suitor, she must decide where her heart lies.
that compels him to reexamine the choices he made in the decades after his wife’s death.
By S. J. Watson While investigating her sister’s murder, Julia finds herself Woman of Courage in a world of online sex that jeopardizes her marriage, family, By Wanda Brunstetter Jilted by her fiancé in 1837, and life. Amanda Pearson gives up on romance and turns to her Truth or Die Quaker faith for reassurance. By James Patterson She becomes determined to When his journalist girlfriend’s follow the Reverend and Mrs. latest scoop leads to a violent Spaulding three thousand miles confrontation, attorney Trevor Mann discovers a shocking secret into the western wilderness to minister to the Nez Perce that governments and terrorist organizations would do anything Indians. INSP to possess.
Walking on Water
By Richard Paul Evans When the long walk from Seattle to Key West finally nears an end, Alan Christoffersen must return to the west and face yet another crisis just as he has begun to heal from loss.
The Widower’s Tale
MYSTERY
The Dead Will Tell
By Linda Castillo While investigating a murder, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself chasing an elusive trail of evidence that points back to a terrible night 35 years ago, when an Amish father and his four children perished – and his young wife disappeared without a trace.
By Julia Glass Enjoying an active but lonely rural life, 70-year-old Percy haplessly allows a progressive Garden of Lies preschool to move into his barn By Amanda Quick and transform his quiet home When Ursula Kern, proprietor into a lively, youthful community of the Kern Secretarial Agency,
ROMANCE
discovers the body of one of her best secretaries, she immediately suspects murder. When no one Betting On Hope believes her, Ursula seeks the By Debra Clopton help of her new mysterious Maggie Hope is an advice client, Slater Roxton. columnist with little advice to give. When she interviews Melody Lingers On champion horse trainer, Tru By Mary Higgins Clark Monahan, the on-camera Interior designer Lane Harmon assists in redecorating the home chemistry is undeniable. When of the wife of missing disgraced Maggie takes Tru up on a bet that he can teach her to ride a financier Parker Bennett and finds herself drawn to his family cutting horse, she hopes to know the man under the cowboy hat. unaware that her life is in jeopardy.
A Simple Prayer
Robert B. Parker’s Kickback
By William Johnstone Luke Jensen pursues professional bandit Gunner Kelly and his Apache sidekick, who have robbed the Rio Rojo bank, and encounters a would-be man hunter, renegade Mexican soldiers, and a runaway bride before winding up in an outlaw hideout.
By Ace Atkins The mother of a seventeen year old sent to a lockdown juvenile facility for pulling a prank on his principal seeks the assistance of Spencer to find out the truth behind the judge who imposed the harsh sentence.
Silenced
By Dani Pettrey After Kayden McKenna discovers the body of a fellow climber, she and Jake Westin team up to investigate the death – provoking threats on her entire family.
Miriam’s Secret
By Jerry Eicher When Miriam Yoder inherits land and a lot of money, she flees the suitor she suspects wants only her riches and moves with her sister to Oklahoma, where she meets greenhouse employee Wayne Yutzy, whose love seems more sincere. INSP
Outlaw Takes a Bride
By Susan Page Davis Wrongly accused fugitive, Johnny Paynter, flees to his brother’s Texas ranch only to find him dead. He assumes his lookalike brother’s identity, unaware that a mail-order bride with secrets of her own is on her way.
By Amy Clipston Linda Zook’s orphaned upbringing and the lingering trauma from the buggy accident that took her parents leave her with a low sense of self-worth, until she takes work at a bed and breakfast and meets former Amish resident Aaron Ebersol. INSP
WESTERN Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter: Dead Shot
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 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.
SEPTEMBER 2015
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
2 Weeks to a Younger Brain
Fat Quarters: Small Fabrics
By Lark Crafts What can you quilt with 18” x 22” fat quarters? Find 52 projects By Gary Small to answer that question. Make Follow this simple and fun 2-week program to improve your them for yourself, give as gifts, memory and mental well-being share with little ones, and decorate your space. CRA while also reducing your risk for diabetes, heart disease, and Joy of Zentangle stroke. HEA By Suzanne McNeill Zentangle® is an easy-to-learn April Mourning method of pattern drawing that By Melva Noakes reduces stress while promoting The daycare operator of the creativity. Learn the basic Murray Building tells how time theory of Zentangle and receive stood still in the aftermath of instructions for drawing over 100 the bombing and shares how tangle patterns. ART families faced the reality of losing their little ones. HIS
Bastards: A Memoir
By Mary Anna King Born to parents who were great at having babies, but not great at raising them, Mary was sent to live with her grandparents in Oklahoma City who adopted her but didn’t show her the love she needed. As an adult, she seeks to reconnect with her siblings. BIO
It’s Not About Perfect By Shannon Miller The winner of seven Olympic medals, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. Her story of trial, triumph and life after cancer reminds us all that its life’s bumps and bruises that reveal our character. BIO
FICTION
All the Single Ladies By Dorothea Benton Frank In the wake of a remarkable woman’s death, three middleaged women bond over their shared grief while evaluating their own shifting prospects.
Finding Me
By Kathryn Cushman After her father’s death, Kelli Huddleston discovers the entire life she’s known has been a lie. As she seeks to know more about her past, she finds family she’s never known, and ugly secrets threaten to stifle the truth and restoration she seeks.
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS ART..........Art BIO..........Biography CRA.........Crafts HIS..........History HEA..........Health INSP.........Inspirational Fiction
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