Kindles
Kindles have come to the River Forest Public Library!
The Kindle is a portable electronic reading device developed by Amazon. Kindles utilize technology such as wireless connectivity and electronic paper to deliver a unique reading experience.
The River Forest Public Library Kindles will come pre-loaded with selected digital content. The library has 5 Kindles available for checkout: the Popular Fiction Kindle, the Popular Non-Fiction Kindle, the Mystery and Suspense Kindle, the Leadership Non-Fiction Kindle, and the History Non-Fiction Kindle. In addition, the River Forest Public Library owns a 6th Kindle for in-library use only, so that patrons who are interested may take a look and test out the Kindle prior to checkout. Use of the River Forest Public Library’s Kindles are limited to River Forest Public Library patrons 18 years of age and older.
At this time, the content on each Kindle is fixed. Patrons will not have the ability to purchase content from the Kindle store on Amazon through the library Kindles. However, we will periodically update the content on these Kindles and welcome suggestions for additions.
Here are the current titles available on each Kindle:
Hella Westbrook History Kindle:
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
American Lion by Jon Meacham
Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill
Basilica by R.A. Scotti
Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong
Non-Fiction Kindle:
Dewey by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson
Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
The Snowball by Warren Buffet
3 Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
What Happened by Scott McClellan
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Wisdom of Our Fathers by Tim Russert
Mark Coe Leadership Kindle:
Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Servant by James C. Hunter
Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright
A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Owning Up by Ram Charan
On Becoming A Leader by Warren Bennis
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey and Rebecca R. Merrill
A Description of the methods adopted by the Duke Valentino when murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di Gravina Orsini by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Power of Nice by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson
One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D. and Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Fiction Kindle:
Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
The King of Lies by John Hart
Run by Ann Patchett
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Mystery and Suspense Kindle:
Divine Justice by David Baldacci
Winter Study by Nevada Barr
Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver
Third Degree by Greg Iles
Private Patient by P.D. James
Sail by James Patterson
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
To find Kindles in the library catalog, go to www.riverforestlibrary.org.
Click on the “Find books, movies, and more” button at the top right hand corner of the screen. Once you are in the catalog, search by keyword for “RFS Kindle”, and you will find a list of the available Kindles. You may request any Kindle by placing a hold through the catalog, or if you would like to place a request on a Kindle with specific content (for example, the Mystery/Suspense Kindle), you may do so by contacting a librarian. Call us at 708-366-5205 x 316 to put your name on the waiting list.
For more information about Kindles go to www.amazon.com/kindle.
