Thursday, June 02, 2011

We've Got Kindles!

The Kindle Project was funded by a grant through The Mercy Health Foundation to purchase 2 “latest generation” Kindle eBook readers with wi-fi, along with 30 start-up eBook titles.

     • eBooks focus on Management & Leadership
     *  Literature and Medicine / Nursing (aka Narrative Medicine)
     • with a few free classics thrown in.

During this initial pilot, Kindles may only be checked out by MMC Staff.

Checkout includes :
1) the Kindle device
2) the USB/power cord
3) a protective leather cover
4) a carrying case
5) the quick-start guide
6) and a book light.

You'll be able to search the internet, but will not be able to download titles wirelessly for the MMC Library Kindles. That said, new title suggestions are encouraged, and may be submitted to the MMC Librarian in advance.  

Let me know if you want to check out one of the Kindles!
             • If they are all checked out, we’ll put you on the waiting list and let you know when one becomes available.

If you already have a Kindle of your own and want to borrow one of our titles, we can make that happen. This allows you to read one of our titles on your own device for a limited time.

Your Librarian,
Michele Matucheski
MMC Library
3-0340

Kindle eBooks currently loaded to the MMC Library Kindles
Title Author (updated November 14, 2011)

Literature in Medicine Titles

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Notes on Nursing : What it is, and What it Isn’t by Florence Nightingale
Sound of a Wild Snail Eating : A Memoir by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
The World I Live In by Helen Keller

Management & Leadership Titles
5 Essential People Skills by Dale Carnegie
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Art of Oncology by The American Society of Clinical Oncology
Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie
Crucial Confrontations by Kerry Patterson
Crucial Conversations : Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High  by Karry Patterson
Crucial Conversations Summarized for Busy People by Peter Cellier
Dealing with People You Can't Stand by Dr. Rick Brinkman
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John
Good to Great : Why Some Companies Make the Leap …  by Michael Collins
Hardwiring Excellence by Quint Studor
Highlighted in Yellow by H. Jackson Brown Jr.
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Hundred Percenters by Mark Murphy
Influencer : The Power to Change Anything by Karry Patterson
Kindle User's Guide, 3rd ed. by Amazon.com
Leadership Mastery by Dale Carnegie
Make Yourself Unforgettable by Dale Carnegie
Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy
Oz Principle by Roger Connors
Remarkable Leadership by Kevin Eikenberrry
Results that Last by  Quint Studer
Servant Leader by James A. Autry

Classics
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Aurthur Conan DoyleAmerican Fairy Tales by Frank Baum

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery

Call of the Wild by Jack London

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Legends of King Arthur and His Knights

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Persausion by Jane Austen
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum

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