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Audiobook: Empire of AI Audiobook - Searches : selfhood in the digital age Audiobook: The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World Audiobook: Answering Why: Unleashing Passion, Purpose, and Performance in Younger Generations

No time to read? We have OverDrive audiobooks. Using the Libby smartphone app, you can listen to books on self-improvement, history, AI, social issues, and more on your daily commute, during your lunch break, or while working out at the gym. Our latest titles include:

To view more audiobook titles, go to the Library's PrimoSearch page and click Featured Books on the top menu. Then click the Audiobooks collection. Happy listening!

New to OverDrive and Libby? See our OverDrive LibGuide for helpful tips.

Do you have a title you want us to purchase? Submit your request using our book request form. Be sure to tell us if you want it as an audiobook.

Want to read, not listen? See New Books and OverDrive Ebooks for the latest print and e-book titles.

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OverDrive audiobook: Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people OverDrive audiobook: Shift : Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You OverDrive audiobook: Fallen idols : twelve statues that made history OverDrive audiobook: How to be enough : self-acceptance for self-critics and perfectionists

No time to read? We have Overdrive audiobooks. Using the Libby smartphone app, you can listen to books on self-improvement, history, AI, social issues, and more on your daily commute, during your lunch break, or while working out at the gym. Our latest titles include:

To view more audiobook titles, go to the Library's PrimoSearch page and click Featured Books on the top menu. Then click the Audiobooks collection. Happy listening!

New to Overdrive and Libby? See our Overdrive LibGuide for helpful tips.

Do you have a title you want us to purchase? Submit your request using our book request form. Be sure to tell us if you want it as an audiobook.

Want to read, not listen? See New Books and Overdrive Ebooks for the latest print and e-book titles.

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The Libby app allows faculty, staff and students to access online magazines, eBooks, and audiobooks from our OverDrive collection on their phones and tablets. 

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OverDrive

You can browse thousands of popular fiction and non-fiction ebooks, magazines, and audiobooks on OverDrive! To locate OverDrive, go to the Research menu tab on the library’s homepage then click the Full A-Z Databases List option to view a list of databases in alphabetical order. 

To browse OverDrive, log in using your UH credentials. 

Download Libby for reading on the go!

Once you've found something to borrow, go to the app store on your phone or tablet and download the Libby app. After downloading Libby, add Leeward Community College as your library and log in with your UH credentials. 

If you have a public library card in Hawaiʻi, you can also add Hawaii State Public Library System to access their OverDrive collection!

Please contact us at lcccirc@hawaii.edu if you have any questions. Happy reading!

Screenshot of cover art for A Very Typical Family.

The Big Library Read, hosted by OverDrive, comes but thrice a year. If you've been wanting to join in on the fun, you're in luck! The summer Big Library Read is happening NOW, July 13-27, 2023.

Billed as "the first global ebook club," the Big Library Read offers one title, free of charge, to OverDrive users around the world. This summer's selection is A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey.

About the book

Cover photo of A Very Typical Family.

Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and sister went to prison over 15 years ago. She fled California shortly after that fateful night and hasn’t spoken to anyone in her family since. Now, on the same day her boyfriend steals her dream job out from under her, Natalie receives a letter from a lawyer saying her estranged mother has died and left the family’s historic Santa Cruz house to her. Sort of. The only way for Natalie and her siblings to inherit is for all three adult children to come back and claim it—together.

Written with delightfully dark humor and characters you can’t help but cheer for, A Very Typical Family is an uplifting family drama that will have you reveling in the power of second chances.

Accessing the book on OverDrive

Ready to read? Just click on these direct links to access A Very Typical Family on OverDrive:

If this is your first time using OverDrive, you're in for a treat! More than 500 ebooks and 4,700 magazines are available for your reading pleasure. We also have a small (but growing) selection of audiobooks--perfect for making those long commutes a little more bearable.

OverDrive screenshot.

For reading on the go, be sure to check out OverDrive's mobile app, Libby. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines, then read/listen to them right from the app. You may also manage your loans, even across different OverDrive library collections (such as the Hawaii State Public Library System's). Click on the graphic below for a video introduction to Libby.

Libby promotional graphic.

A discussion board for A Very Typical Family is available, but beware of spoilers! Happy reading!

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Leeward Community College library has an abundant source of online reading materials on Overdrive!  Searching for holiday traditions and recipes, I found wonderful and current recipes, holiday crafts and decorating ideas in magazines!  Also, several staff members contributed personal holiday favorites such as "Lilikoi Coconut Cookies", a delicious Vietnamese dish called "Bo Nhung Dam - Vietnamese Fondue" and how to "Make your home smell like the holidays!"

I hope you enjoy the staff contributions above. If you are interested in finding more holiday recipes and ideas, here are a few of the magazines available in the library’s Overdrive Magazine Collection.

  1. delicious - December/January 2022
  2. delicious. Cookbooks Christmas 21
  3. Good Housekeeping Christmas Cookbook
  4. Seasoned Magazine - Winter 2020, Issue 12
  5. taste.com.au Cookbooks, #67

Wishing you a wonderful Holiday Season!

You're probably familiar with OverDrive, Leeward's digital resource for popular fiction, non-fiction, audiobooks, and magazines. Now, old things have become new again with the addition of the Classics collection! These are public domain titles selected from Project Gutenberg's vast library. There is no limit to the number of simultaneous users for these titles.

Sample titles in the OverDrive Classics collection.

To view the collection, access OverDrive Digital Collection from our A-Z Databases page, click on the Collections drop-down menu, and select Classics.

Click on the Collections drop down menu and select Classics

It's easy to borrow books in OverDrive. Simply click on the Borrow button and log in with your UH credentials when prompted. You may read your chosen title right in your browser.

Click on the Borrow button to check out a book.

Change the text size, background, and font to suit your taste.

Text size, background, and font are customizable.

The book will be returned automatically in 14 days, although you may renew it or return it early if you wish.

At any time, you may view your loans by clicking on the My account dropdown and selecting Loans. You may have up to 10 books checked out. Magazines do not count toward checkout limits.

To see your loans, click on the My account dropdown menu and select Loans.

If you can't find the classic title you want, please feel free to submit a suggestion and we will see if we can find it.

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May 2021 Asian and Pacific Heritage Month Display
May 10-13 Finals Week Study Hours
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Library staff will available for item pick-up appointments, online chat, phone calls, and email 8am - 4pm.
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Please give us a call (455-0412) if you have any questions about making an appointment.

 

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