We would like to remind everyone that the Douglas County Public Library is now offering electronic books and downloadable audio books for loan. All you need to use this service is a PIN number and to be in good standing with the library. E-books can be downloaded to both a Barnes and Noble Nook and the Amazon Kindle, as well as other electronic devices. There are two websites for you to get started: www.mobile 2go.org or the library’s website, douglascountylibrary.lib.mo.us. We are also offering free WiFi service.
Among the new books at the library, you will find:
FICTION
The Christmas Wedding, by James Patterson; Bonnie, by Iris Johansen; The Litigators, by John Grisham; Peril on the Katy Trail, by Robert Shoop; A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny; To Have and to Hold, by Tracie Peterson; Those Across the River, by Christopher Buehlman; Naughty in Nice, by Rhys Bowen; A Dublin Student Doctor, by Patrick Taylor; Skeleton Letters, by Laura Childs; A Christmas Homecoming, by Anne Perry; The Outlaw Album, by Daniel Woodrell; Wife-In-Law, by Haywood Smith; Damage Control, by Denise Hamilton; Robert Parker’s Killing the Blues, by Michael Brandman; Defensive Wounds, by Lisa Black; City of Whispers, by Marcia Muller; Robert Ludlum’s the Ares Decision, by Kyle Mills; As the Pig Turns, by M.C. Beaton; Bullets in the Sun, by Robert J. Horton; The Best of Me, by Nicholas Sparks; On Canaan’s Side, by Sebastian Barry; Forbidden, by Ted Dekker; Hotel Vendome, by Danielle Steel; Zero Day, by David Baldacci; A Bitter Truth, by Charles Todd.
NON-FICTION
The Foxfire 40th Anniversary Book, in memory of Pat Miller; History of the Order of the Eastern Star, by Willis D. Engle, in memory of Pat Miller; Bridal Shower Themes; Casual to Elegant, by Pat Nekola; Confessions of a Missouri Guerrilla; The Autobiography of Cole Younger; The Boy Who Went to War; The Story of a Reluctant German Soldier in WWII, by Giles Milton; Rin Tin Tin; The Life and the Legend, by Susan Orlean; Outwitting the Devil, by Napoleon Hill; Suicide of a Superpower, by Patrick J. Buchanan; The Unexpected Patriot, by Shannen Rossmiller; The Untold Civil War, by James Robertson; Joplin 5:41, by the staff of the Kansas City Star; Holy Ghost Girl, by Donna M. Johnson; Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson.
DVDs
Letters to God; Veggie Tales; Bob Lends a Hand; Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur; Spongebob Squarepants: Triton’s Revenge.
COMPACT DISCS
Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco; The Scottish Prisoner, by Diana Gabaldon.