Kindle E-book Reader Lending Service
To encourage and support paperless reading, Kindle Paperwhite E-book Readers pre-loaded with a variety of e-books, are available for 7-day loan.
Eligibility
All Library borrower card holders, excluding holders of JULAC card, can borrow Kindle E-book Readers.
Location
Kindles E-book Reader Lending Service is available at Learning Garden of the University Library, Chung Chi College Elisabeth Luce Moore Library, New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library, United College Wu Chung Library and Legal Resources Centre at Graduate Law Centre (Off Campus).
Loan Rules
E-book Reader model Kindle Paperwhite
Initial Loan Period 7 days
Maximum Loan Period 14 days
Quota 1 Kindle per borrower
E-Books on Kindles
A total of around one hundred e-Books selected from the General Education or Good Reads collection have been loaded to each set of Kindles for lending. Details below:
GE Books @ Kindle
Ideas And Opinions
Consciousness
Confucius
A Presocratics Reader
The First Scientist
Socrates
Symposium
The Nicomachean Ethics
Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction
Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
The Meaning Of Life: A Very Short Introduction
Handbook Of Creativity
The Impulse Factor
Free Will: A Guide For The Perplexed
Free Will: A Very Short Introduction
Light From The East
God
Can You Believe In God And Evolution?
Myth: A Very Short Introduction
Religious Literacy
The Great Transformation
Religion
The Greek Myths: Vol.1
The Greek Myths: Vol.2
The Koran
The Meanings Of The Holy Qur’an
The Koran: A Very Short Introduction
Islam
The Heart Of Understanding
What The Buddha Taught
The Buddha
The Old Testament
The New Testament As Literature
The Apocryphal Gospels
Biblical Archaeology
Roman Catholicism
Puritanism
Free To Choose
Social Entrepreneurship
The Power Of Unreasonable People
Building Social Business
Doing Good Well
The Four Steps To The Epiphany
Venture Capital Handbook
Representations Of The Intellectual
Justice
On liberty
Against intellectual monopoly
What I wish I knew when I was 20
An introduction to international criminal law and procedure
Text and act: essays on music and performance
The beginnings of western science
Reconfiguring the world
The scientific revolution: a very short introduction
The grand titration
What science is and how it works
Philosophy of science: a very short introduction
Philosophy of science: a contemporary introduction
Truth or beauty: science and the quest for order
The first six books of the elements of Euclid
An introduction to international criminal law and procedure
Galileo
Newton
Evolutionary writings
Darwin
How to read Darwin
Evolution
The origin of species
The Eighth Day of Creation
The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix
The design of everyday things
Introduction to public health
My stroke of insight
Darwin’s Origin of species
An introduction to international criminal law and procedure
Good Reads @ Kindle
Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Gone Girl
Hard Choices
Historians Debate the Rise of the West
Inferno: a novel
Mandela’s way
Repositioning the Hong Kong Government
Search Inside Yourself
Still Alice
Talk Like TED
The First Phone Call From Heaven
The Great Convergence
The Power of Habit
The Son Also Rises
Think Like a Freak
1492 : the year the world began
Being George Washington
Bend, not break
Better than normal
Blind to betrayal
Bright-sided
Civilization, nation and modernity in East Asia
Civilization
Daring greatly
George F. Kennan
Honest truth about dishonesty
No higher honor
Out of our minds
Quiet
Righteous mind
That woman
Thinking, fast and slow
Tree That Bleeds
Wartime journals
Year in Provence
Animals and Public Health
Average is over
A life without limits
Behind the beautiful forevers
First job first paycheck
Forget a mentor
Freakonomics
Going to extremes
How to deliver a TED talk
Lean In: women work and the will to lead
Making yourself indispensable
Nudge
The black banners
The eleventh day
The great degeneration
The life you can save
What money can’t buy
Empire: what ruling the world did to the British
Great negotiations
The case of the speluncean explorers
The rule of law
I am Malala
Everything you ever wanted to know about classical music but were too afraid to ask
Van Gogh : the Life
The swerve
Dial M for Murdoch
Les Miserables
Great expectations
Murder on the Orient Express
Heart of darkness and other tales
Ulysses
Nineteen eighty-four
Jubilee lines
Bring up the bodies
City of Bohane
When I die : lessons from the death zone
The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Even the dogs
Almost English
Sarah’s key
MaddAddam : a novel
Too much happiness
Dear life : stories
All that I am
The book thief
The Luminaries
Shanghai girls : a novel
For whom the bell tolls
Second foundation
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The round house
Catch-22
May we be forgiven
Mr g : a novel about the Creation
A tale for the time being
State of wonder
Emperor of all maladies
Hunger games trilogy
Night circus
Orphan master’s son
Song of Achilles
Teleportation accident
Tiger’s wife
Time keeper
Until I say good-bye
Waste
Wild
Wool
The intelligent investor: a book of practical counsel
Ideas And Opinions
Consciousness
Confucius
A Presocratics Reader
The First Scientist
Socrates
Symposium
The Nicomachean Ethics
Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction
The Meaning Of Life: A Very Short Introduction
Handbook Of Creativity
The Impulse Factor
Free Will: A Guide For The Perplexed
Free Will: A Very Short Introduction
Light From The East
God
Can You Believe In God And Evolution?
Myth: A Very Short Introduction
Religious Literacy
The Great Transformation
Religion
The Greek Myths: Vol.1
The Greek Myths: Vol.2
The Heart Of Understanding
What The Buddha Taught
A life without limits
What money can’t buy
Lean In: women work and the will to lead
Justice
On liberty
The case of the speluncean explorers
I am Malala
Everything you ever wanted to know about classical music but were too afraid to ask
Van Gogh : the Life
Dial M for Murdoch
Les Miserables
Great expectations
Murder on the Orient Express
Heart of darkness and other tales
Ulysses
Nineteen eighty-four
Jubilee lines
Bring up the bodies
City of Bohane
When I die : lessons from the death zone
The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The design of everyday things
Introduction to public health
My stroke of insight
Darwin’s Origin of species
A Presocratics reader : selected fragments and testimonia
Against intellectual monopoly
Average is over : powering America beyond the age of the great stagnation
Better than normal : how what makes you different can make you exceptional
Blind to betrayal : why we fool ourselves, we aren’t being fooled
Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America
Civilization : the West and the rest
Confucius
Consciousness
Daring greatly : how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
Empire : what ruling the world did to the British
For whom the bell tolls
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Free will : a guide for the perplexed
Free will : a very short introduction
Going to extremes : how like minds unite and divide
Great expectations
Great negotiations : agreements that changed the modern world
Heart of darkness and other tales
How to deliver a TED talk : secrets of the world’s most inspiring presentations
Ideas and opinions
Islam : the basics
Les Miserables
Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction
Metaphysics : a very short introduction
Murder on the Orient Express
Philosophy of science : a contemporary introduction
Philosophy of science : a very short introduction
Philosophy : the basics
Sarah’s key
Socrates : a very short introduction
Symposium
The book thief
The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer
The first scientist : Anaximander and his legacy
The great degeneration : how institutions decay and economies die
The (honest) truth about dishonesty : how we lie to everyone–especially ourselves
The hunger games trilogy
The meaning of life : a very short introduction
The Nicomachean ethics
The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion
Truth or beauty : science and the quest for order
What I wish I knew when I was 20 : a crash course on making your place in the world
Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Against Intellectual Monopoly
An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure
Better Than Normal : How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Consciousness : A Very Short Introduction
Empire : What Ruling the World Did to the British
Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor : The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career
Great Negotiations : Agreements That Changed the Modern World
How to Deliver a TED Talk : Secrets of the World’s Most Inspiring Presentations
Ideas and Opinions
Justice : What’s the Right Thing to Do?
Lean in : Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Making Yourself Indispensable : The Power of Personal Accountability
Out of Our Minds : Learning to Be Creative
Repositioning the Hong Kong Government : Social Foundations and Political Challenges
Representations of the Intellectual
Search Inside Yourself : Increase Productivity, Creativity and Happiness
Talk Like TED : The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty : How We Lie to Everyone–Especially Ourselves
The Impulse Factor : An Innovative Approach to Better Decision Making
The Rule of Law
Thinking, Fast and Slow
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 : A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World
What Money Can’t Buy : The Moral Limits of Markets
Fines, Damage and Replacement Charges
The overdue fine for a Kindle Paperwhite is $10.00 per calendar day.
For a lost or damaged Kindle Paperwhite, the borrower is required to pay a fine equivalent to the actual replacement cost of the Kindle Paperwhite and its leather cover plus a processing fee and any outstanding overdue fines.
Kindle Quick Start Guide
For more details, please visit Kindle Paperwhite User’s Guide 2nd edition