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The library can now give you access to eBooks in two different ways. We
have two sets of Kindles which have been preloaded with a variety of
titles. These are available for a four week loan. If you are looking for one
of these on our catalogue you can search for eReader in the anywhere
field, and it will come up. This is an excellent way to trial an eReader if
you are considering purchasing one.
You can also borrow eBook titles through the catalogue. We are linked to
Project Gutenberg which gives you access to tens of thousands of books.
You may have noticed that there are now books on the catalogue which
have [electronic resource] beside the title. These are the eBooks. If you
want to look through a list of the titles available, type electronic resource
into the anywhere field in the catalogue. This will bring up a list of all the
eBooks.
To borrow, simply click on the title that you require, and then click the
borrow eBook button. If you have not already logged in to the catalogue it
will prompt you to enter your borrower ID and your pin. Your borrower ID
is on your card underneath the barcode, and your pin is the first four let-
ters of your surname in capital letters. You will then get a message saying
that your eBook loan expires in 28 days. Click continue and on the next
screen there is a link on the right to download the eBook. If you do not
wish to download it straight away, the link will be available when you log
back into the catalogue, under current eBook loans.
If you receive a message saying that there are no eBooks available for
loan this means that the book is already out on loan. If this is the case
you can reserve the eBook in the same way you reserve a print title, by
clicking on reserve title, and entering your details.
Any eBooks which you borrow do count towards your 15 item limit on
your card. If you have finished with your eBook and wish to return it early,
please contact your local branch and library staff can do this for you.
eBooks are now available!
Library Lovers News
Southern Downs Regional Libraries July 2013 Volume 2, Issue 3
Inside this issue:
Unusual libraries 2
Spotlight on Harlan
Coben
2
New Books 3
Authors of histori-
cal fiction
4
Top Reads 4
Authors of
Glitz & Glamour
4
Funny Questions 4
Book title quiz 5
The Computer
School
5
Author Visits 6
New DVDs 6
Logic Puzzle 7 The Equation Bookshelf is
designed by Marcos Bre-
der. The idea is that you
can put things in priority
order, using the movable
(parenthesis), [square
brackets], and {braces}.
This hobbit house is a private
library built to house a collectors
Tolkien collection.
Unusual Libraries
Page 2 Library Lovers News
If you have any
ideas of what
could be
included in this
newsletter
please let us
know; we
would love to
hear your
opinions.
This newsletter
can be emailed
to you if you
wish. Ask to be
added to the
email list at
your local
library.
This building is actually a parking
garage in Kansas, USA which is
used for the public library.
Harlan’s first books are a series focusing on a sports
agent named Myron Bolitar. After writing seven
books, Coben wanted a change and wrote the
thriller Tell No One which has won multiple awards
and has been turned into a film. He has followed
this up with multiple award winning novels.
The Southern Downs Library Service has Harlan
Coben titles in both print and audio format available
for loan.
The library now has a Pinterest account. You can find us at
http://pinterest.com/sdrclibraries/
Harlan Coben is an American author who has over 50 million books in print
worldwide. He has been published in 47 languages. His last six novels, Six
Years, Stay Close, Live Wire, Caught, Long Lost, and Hold Tight all debuted at
number one on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Spotlight on Harlan Coben
Wheat Belly by
William Davis
New Books
Volume 2, Issue 3
Watch this space! The library will soon have online courses and magazines for you to try. Links
will become available shortly.
Page 3
And the
mountains
echoed by
Khaled Hosseini
Bannon Brothers:
Triumph by Janet
Dailey
Your ideal cat by
Benjamin L. Hart
Remembering
Whitney by Cissy
Houston
As darkness falls
by Bronwyn Parry
The rise and fall
of a domestic
diva by Sarah
May
Anthem for Jack-
son Dawes by
Celia Bryce
Nine days by Bill
Clegg
The accidental
husband by Jane
Green
All good things by
Sarah Turnbull
The accidental
apprentice by
Vikas Swarup
These are some of our most borrowed titles
over the last two months.
Kindle set
Reader’s Digest select editions
Better Homes and Gardens magazine
Australian Country Style magazine
Australian House & Garden magazine
The drop by Michael Connelly
Authors of Glitz & Glamour
Modern Day Romances
These are actually questions asked by library patrons
in libraries around the world.
Have you got any Shakespeare in proper Eng-
lish?
How do you milk bats?
I want a guide book to help identify the little
people that I see on my lawn.
I want a book by the author with a bald head
and a beard.
I was here about three weeks ago looking at a
cookbook which cost $39.95. Do you know
which one it is?
I am looking for a list of laws which I can break
that will send me back to jail for a few months.
Which power points in the library are suitable
for my hairdryer?
Jean Auel (pre-history)
Marion Zimmer Bradley
(Arthurian)
Philippa Carr
Alexander Cordell
Dorothy Dunnett
Barbara Erskine
Diana Gabaldon
Kathleen & Michael
Gear (Native American)
Winston Graham
Kerry Greenwood
(Ancient Greece)
Sue Harrison (Native
American)
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Cecelia Holland
Christian Jacq
(Egyptian)
John Jakes (American
Civil War)
Stephen Lawhead
(Arthurian)
Colleen McCullough
(Ancient Rome)
Caiseal Mor (Celtic)
Edith Pargeter
(Medieval)
Sharon Penman
(Arthurian)
Jean Plaidy
Fay Sampson
(Arthurian)
Linda Lay Shuler
(Native American)
Mary Stewart
(Arthurian)
Nigel Tranter
Authors of Historical Fiction
Elizabeth Adler
Leona Blair
Pat Booth
Celia Brayfield
Jacqueline Briskin
Sandra Brown
Anita Burgh
Shirlee Busbee
Jackie Collins
Joan Collins
Shirley Conran
Jilly Cooper
Vera Cowie
Janet Dailey
Barbara Delinskey
Lucinda Edmonds
Julie Ellis
Elizabeth Gage
Judith Krantz
Jayne Anne Krentz
Johanna Lindsey
Patricia Matthews
Judith Michael
Fern Michaels
Una-Mary Parker
Erin Pizzey
Amanda Quick
Harold Robbins
Nora Roberts
LaVyrle Spencer
Danielle Steel
Penny Vincenzi
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Do you know of book titles containing :
1. A girls name _____________________
2. An animal _____________________
3. A place _____________________
4. An adjective _____________________
5. A colour _____________________
6. A feeling _____________________
7. A verb _____________________
8. A boys name _____________________
9. A number _____________________
10. A word repeated _____________________
Book Title Quiz
Page 5 Library Lovers News
Not
hibernating
this year,
just catching
up on my
reading.
The Computer School
SDRC Libraries is a subscriber to The Computer School program. The Computer School runs
comprehensive easy to follow technology training which can be done online from home or
within your library. If you are interested in trying this out, contact your library branch for the
password.
The Stanthorpe library is very excited to have two upcoming author visits.
Robin de Crespigny will be visiting on Monday 29th July. She will
be talking about her book The People Smuggler : the true story
of Ali Al Janabi, the ‘Oskar Schindler of Asia which has been
short-listed for the Walkley Award for Non-Fiction and The Stella
Award.
Nicole Alexander is returning to the library on the 3rd of
September. Nicole’s new book, Sunset Ridge will be pub-
lished shortly. Nicole came and spoke to us on her last pro-
motional tour, and gave a very entertaining talk.
More information on these author visits will be available
closer to the events.
Author Visits
Page 6 Library Lovers News
Books
wash away
from the
soul, the
dust of
everyday
life.
Quiescit Anima Libris The soul finds respite in books
New DVDs
The life before
this
Ancient Greece BeeGees: One
night only
The Landlady
Animatrix Bed of Roses 21 Jump Street Carla’s Song
Logic Puzzle - Rescue that cat!
Southern Downs
Regional Libraries
Allora Library 4666 3742
Mobile Library 4661 0342
Stanthorpe Library 4681 2141
Warwick Library 4661 0342
www.southerndowns.qld.gov.au
The charming cats, including Ratchett, of Kingfisher Avenue caused the local fire brigade to be
called out five times one night last week. They had all become stuck up a tree. Which fireman res-
cued which cat from which tree?
Trees: Ash, Beech, Elm, Oak, Willow
1. Fluffy, the giant ginger tom, became stuck up the willow tree; his rescuer was not Ken.
2. Jock did not rescue a cat from the willow tree, did Boris?
3. Slater, the tortoiseshell moggy, was rescued by Dirk.
4. Rick rescued the cat from the ash tree, this was not the adorable black and white kitten
called Percy.
5. Tiddles was not stuck in the ash tree.
6. Ken did not rescue a black and white cat, but he climbed a tree whose first letter was di-
rectly after the initial of the name of the fireman that climbed the beech tree to rescue one
defenceless little kitty.
Volume 2, Issue 3 Page 7
Rake in a good read at your local library