New Chief of Staff Reading List available now at the Luke AFB Library

For your convenience, we have listed the new Chief of Staff (CSAF) Reading List for January 2011. Some books can also be downloaded using Overdrive.com so stop by the circulation desk and sign up today for easy reading.

Available on Overdrive.com as well as for checkout at the Library

- Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace
940.5412 PER
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
371.822 MOR
- Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 965.046 HOR
- Descent Into Chaos 954.053 RAS


Exclusively on Overdrive.com

- Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope
- Monsoon: The I ndian Ocean and the Future of American Power
- Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to do About it
- Return of History
- Fighter Pilot: Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

In order to sign up for Overdrive.com you must have a Library Account. If you already have a Library Account please call the circulation desk at (623) 856-7191 to sign up for Overdrive.com.

Thank you for your service and as always, happy reading!

NY Times Book Review - What's in Stock

The New York Times has recently re-formatted their book review listing both print and e-book best sellers in the same list. For your convenience we have only listed the books that we have in stock or that are currently on order. Some numbers may appear to be skipped but rest assured, it is not a typo, we opted to list the books with their numerical place on the NY Times Book Review list.

Fiction

1. Tick Tock by James Patterson
2. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson
5. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
6. The Confession by John Grisham
7. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
9. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
10. The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer
11. Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
12. Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr
13. Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy and Grand Blackwood
15. Room by Emma Donoghue (book is on order)

Nonfiction

1. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand - B Zamperini
3. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua - B Chua
4. Decision Points by George W. Bush- B Bush
6. Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff - B Cleopatra
7. The Next Decade by George Friedman - 909.831 FRI
8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - B Lacks
9. Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz - 636.7 HOR
10. Autobiography of Mark Twain vol. 1 by Mark Twain - B Twain
11. ___ My Dad Says by Justin Halpern - 818.602 HAL
13. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - 362.82 WAL
15. Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer - 940.5426 HOR

Please call (623) 856-7191 with any questions and as always, happy reading!

Book Discussion Group and Special Guest Speakers

Join us this Thursday, February 10th at 1:30PM as we discuss the book Yuma Crossing 1849. We are proud to welcome David Robrock as our special guest speaker this week and hope that you will take advantage of this unique learning opportunity.

Other discussions and speaking engagements include are as follows;

March 3rd - Exploring Human Nature with guest speaker John Neinstedt

April 14th - "AZ One Book", read Hopi Summer Letters From Ethel to Maud by Carolyn Ogaby Davis for book discussion group.

Adult Craft Group.. Sign Up TODAY!

Join us for our first ever Adult Craft Group meeting on Thursday, February 24th @ 4PM! Sign up at the circulation desk, call (623) 856-7191 or RSVP on Facebook.

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What better way to celebrate the changing seasons than to bring spring into your home? There are so many simple ways to change the look and feel of your personal space and for our first craft project we would like to "light up" your living room by customizing candle holders and centerpieces!

Bring glass candle holders, bowls, etc and the Library will provide the rest!

The group will meet in the lobby area at 4PM and then move to the back of the main reading room (far right hand corner by Reference) to work on crafts.

We look forward to meeting you all and seeing the creative designs you come up with!

Focus On... InterLibrary Loans (ILL)

InterLibrary Loan (ILL) services through Luke AFB Library are free. Don't you just love that word? "Free" has such a nice ring to it!

If you have never used ILL before it is a service that allows libraries to borrow books from each other so that we can better serve our patrons. Most Libraries do charge for this service but here at Luke AFB we believe in being fee free whenever possible. Through our interlibrary loan program we have access to 38,000+ library catalogues across America. Whether you need books or peer reviewed journals we have you covered.

If you choose to take advantage of this great service, please keep the following in mind;

• You must have a library account in order to use interlibrary loan services
• Items must be signed out and signed back in which means that you cannot leave them in the book drop
• The due date for each item is set by the lending library so if you need to renew you must contact us at least two days prior to the due date
• There are some items that cannot be requested such as DVDs, any other audio/visual materials
• Books must be at least 6 months old
• Only certain libraries will lend text books.