New Digital Titles: Monday, August 18

Do you prefer to read books on your Kindle, iPad or other tablet, or even on your smartphone? If so, you should know about the OWWL Digital Library. This service offers a digital library of more than 19,000 ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines, including best-sellers, children’s books, business, and romance. This free service requires only a library card! You can find out more information and directions at the Library’s OWWL Digital Library page.

Looking for some suggestions for good digital books to read? Here are a few that were recently added to the collection, for adults and children:

Let’s Learn All About Saving Our Planet!

It’s never too early to begin learning about the importance of taking care of earth, and young readers are introduced to ways they can do this in this colorful and creative guide. Readers learn about greenhouse gases, fossil fuels, ways to go green, how to measure the weather, and so much more throughout achievable text. Charming illustrations, eye-catching fact boxes and sidebars, and fun activities make for an interactive and informative reading experience that takes a big topic and makes it less intimidating for the next generation of environmental activists. For ages 5-8.

The Sound of Many Waters: A Journey Along the River Tay

With the widest catchment area of any river in Britain, the Tay drains much of the lower Highlands of Scotland. A vast network of lochs and smaller bodies of water feed the Isla, Garry, Tummel, Almond and Earn, which all flow into this mighty river. As Robin Crawford walks along the banks of the Tay, we delve into the history of this landscape and his personal connection with it, from hill walks with friends into the mountains of the Tay’s source to his student days in Dundee, where the Tay eventually spills out into the North Sea. Along the route we dip into the river’s story: the gold-panners on the river Cononish, the Earthquake House outside Comrie, Beatrix Potter’s holiday home near Dunkeld.

Horus Rising

It is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor’s grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? Horus Rising is the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatens to bring about the extinction of humanity.