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NEW BOOKS: Best Sellers and OverDrive Collections – November 2019

November 4, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments

New Best Seller Titles

Click on the book’s image to place a hold on it in our Voyager catalog. For instructions on placing a hold on a library item, click here [New Window].

The Farm: A Novel Fire and Blood Where the Crawdads Sing Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love The Silent Patient Summer of '69 How Not to Get Shto: And Other Advice from White People American Royals Every Breath

New OverDrive [New Window] Audiobook and E-Book Titles

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Click on the image to access the audiobook’s Voyager catalog record. In the record’s “Holdings Information,” the provided link will direct you to borrowing the audiobook in OverDrive [New Window].

Lean In book cover Crushing It book cover Primal Leadership book cover

Click on the book’s image to access the e-book’s Voyager catalog record.

The Revisioners book cover The Revolution of Birdie Randolph book cover The Big Book of the Dead book cover 

Have you heard of a book that you wished we had at Leeward?

We welcome your suggestions…Please fill out our Best Sellers & OverDrive Suggestion Form [New Window].

 

New Ebooks for Fall 2019

October 21, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments

Did you know that Leeward CC students, faculty and staff have access to more than 200,000 ebooks through the library?  Check out some of our latest additions:

Information you can use in your work:

13 Ideas That are Transforming the Community College WorldThe 5 Languages of Appreciation in the WorkplaceReframing Academic Leadership

Hawaiian/Pacific titles:

Kaiaulu: Gathering TidesBreaking the Shell: Voyaging from Nuclear Refugees to People of the Sea in the Marshall IslandsThe Past Before Us : Moʻokūʻauhau As Methodology

Other interesting titles:

Hunger in the Land of Plenty: a Critical Look at Food InsecurityFive Women Who Loved Love: Amorous Tales from 17th-Century JapanLove, Money & Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids

If you are off campus, you may be prompted to log in with your UH username and password.

In addition to academic titles, our ebook offerings include fiction/leisure reading, easy readers for English language-learning, reference works, and more.  Click for more information.

Oc-THRILL-ber on OverDrive

October 7, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments


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Your mobile NIGHTMARE begins on OverDrive!

In October, visit OverDrive’s [New Window] Oc-THRILL-ber special collection of thrillers, mysteries, horror, and a few zombies.

Did you hear? Coming soon to OverDrive…

Audiobooks on OverDrive

Your audiobook suggestions are appreciated. Please fill out our Best Sellers & OverDrive Suggestion Form [New Window].

New OverDrive Titles

Click on the book’s image to access the e-book’s Hawaiʻi Voyager catalog record. In the record’s “Holdings Information,” the provided link will direct you to borrowing the e-book in OverDrive.

The Institute book cover The Stand book cover Facing the Spears of Change book cover

 

New Flipster Magazines

September 30, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 1 Comment

Need a break from your hectic schedule?  Relax your body and rejuvenate your mind with a good (digital) magazine!

Did you know that Leeward CC students, faculty and staff have access to nearly 40 digital magazines via Flipster?  Enjoy your favorite titles from desktop or mobile, whether you’re on campus or on the go.  And the best part: no more back issues collecting dust in your house!

Check out our fresh batch of Flipster titles for fall.  If you are off campus, you may be prompted to log in with your UH username and password.

Real Simple cover imageArt Newspaper cover imageSimply Gluten Free cover imageNew York Review of Books cover imageSimply Vegan cover imageFlipster logo

Other popular titles include Consumer Reports, The New Yorker, and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.  Visit Flipster to view all titles available.

NEW BOOKS: Best Sellers and OverDrive Collections – September 2019

September 9, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments

RELAX with a Best Seller!

The Best Sellers Collection [New Window] is on the library’s main level and features a rotating selection of bestselling fiction and non-fiction print books from popular authors on a three-week borrowing period.

New Best Seller Titles

Click on the book’s image to place a hold on it in our Voyager catalog. For instructions on placing a hold on a library item, click here [New Window].

The Poet X book cover The Lost Girls of Paris The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls book cover The Silence of the Girls book cover Time's Convert book cover Lost Children Archive book cover Unsheltered book cover The Ruin of Kings book cover My Sister, the Serial Killer book cover Evvie Drake Starts Over book cover

Your mobile ADVENTURE begins on OverDrive!

The OverDrive Collection [New Window] contains digital general interest non-fiction and fiction titles along with titles supporting Leeward classes. Use the “New Additions” sub-collection [New Window] to review all titles available.  These e-books have a two-week loan period.

New OverDrive Titles

Click on the book’s image to access the e-book’s Voyager catalog record. In the record’s “Holdings Information,” the provided link will direct you to borrowing the e-book in OverDrive.

The Testaments book cover The Uninhabitable Earth book cover Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature book cover Hoʻi Hou Ka Mauli Ola book cover Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story book cover Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance book cover Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion book cover Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat book cover 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book cover Undo It! book cover Ducks, Newburyport book cover When - The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing book cover One of Us is Lying book cover Shortest Way Home Digital Minimalism book cover The Yellow House book cover Boys Will Be Boys book cover An American Summer book cover

Is there a book you’d like us to get?

We welcome your suggestions…Please fill out our Best Sellers & OverDrive Suggestion Form [New Window].

 

Let the Fall E-Book Reading Begin!

August 25, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments

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New electronic book titles have been added to the OverDrive database [New Window].

Just a few reasons to try an e-book on OverDrive:

  • Downloadable ebooks for viewing on tablets, smartphones, e-readers, and desktops
  • Online and offline viewing modes
  • Supported formats include Kindle Books, OverDrive Read, and EPUB eBook
  • Two-week loan period. No late returns, no overdue fines, ever!

If you are interested in a title below, click on the book cover image to access the e-book’s Hawaiʻi Voyager catalog record. In the record’s “Holdings Information,” the provided link will direct you to borrowing the e-book in OverDrive [New Window].

Three Women book cover Ironopolis book cover The Five book cover
The Source of Self-Regard book cover Thirteen Reasons Why book cover Nā Wāhine Koa book cover
Existentialism From Dostoevsky To Sartre book cover Kokoro book cover The Stranger book cover

 

New OverDrive Reads – May 2019

April 30, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments

These electronic book titles have been added to the OverDrive database [New Window].

If you are interested in a title below, click on the book cover image to access the e-book’s Hawaiʻi Voyager catalog record. In the record’s “Holdings Information,” the provided link will direct you to borrowing the e-book in OverDrive [New Window].

Where the Crawdads Sing book cover Women Talking book cover Dig book cover
Shark Dialogues book cover Tu book cover The Tattoo book cover

 

The BIG LIBRARY READ Concludes on April 15th

April 8, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments

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OverDrive’s international e-book reading program, Big Library Read [New Window], ends on April 15th.

There’s still time to utilize our unlimited access to borrow Homes: A Refugee Story [New Window] through our OverDrive database [New Window]. The lending period is two weeks from the start of your borrow date. Beginning on April 16th, this e-book will be updated to one user access at a time.

Global Community Discussion

See what others are saying about Homes in an online discussion at Discuss.BigLibraryRead.com [New Window].

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The BIG LIBRARY READ – April 1-15

April 1, 2019 by Wayde Oshiro | 0 comments

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Big Library Read [New Window] is an international e-book reading program facilitated by OverDrive, connecting millions of readers around the world.

During April 1-15, Leeward CC Library users have unlimited access to borrow Homes: A Refugee Story [New Window] through our OverDrive database [New Window]. The lending period is two weeks from the start of your borrow date.

A Letter from Co-Author Winnie Yeung

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Join the Global Discussion Board

See what others are saying about Homes in an online discussion at Discuss.BigLibraryRead.com [New Window].

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