Forthcoming titles - January 2015

Forthcoming titles - click here to search for and place your hold on the ECRL catalog.

Adult Fiction

DeMille, Nelson	A Quiet End	5/26/15
Castillo, Linda	After the Storm : A Kate Burkholder Novel	7/14/15
Frank, Dorothea Benton	All the Single Ladies	6/02/15
Andrews, Mary Kay	Beach Town	5/19/15
Rollins, James	Blood Infernal	2/10/15
Delinsky, Barbara	Blueprints	6/09/15
Kenyon, Sherrilyn	Born of Defiance	5/12/15
Thor, Brad	Code of Conduct : A Thriller	7/07/15
Steel, Danielle	Country	6/16/15
Ferris, Monica	Darned If You Do	2/03/15
Harris, Charlaine	Day Shift	5/05/15
Hamilton, Laurell K.	Dead Ice	6/02/15
Hart, Carolyn	Don t Go Home	5/05/15
Michaels, Fern	Double Down	5/26/15
Johnson, Craig	Dry Bones	5/12/15
Deveraux, Jude	Ever After : A Nantucket Brides Novel	6/23/15
King, Stephen	Finders Keepers	6/02/15
Sandford, John	Gathering Prey	4/28/15
Michaels, Fern	In Plain Sight	2/24/15
Brown, Dale	Iron Wolf	8/25/15
Oates, Joyce Carol	Jack of Spades : A Tale of Suspense	5/05/15
Andrews, Donna	Lord of the Wings : A Meg Langslow Mystery	7/07/15
Woods, Stuart	Naked Greed	7/14/15
Coulter, Catherine	Nemesis	7/07/15
Jackson, Lisa	Never Die Alone	5/26/15
Cussler, Clive	Piranha	5/26/15
Peterson, Tracie	Refining Fire	7/07/15
Andrews, V. C.	Secret Brother	5/26/15
Deaver, Jeffery	Solitude Creek	5/12/15
Jance, Judith A.	Stand Down : A Beaumont and Walker Novel	7/14/15
Brown, Rita Mae	Tail Gait : A Mrs. Murphy Mystery	5/26/15
Rollins, James	The Bone Labyrinth	6/30/15
Lescroart, John T.	The Fall	5/05/15
Child, Lincoln	The Forgotten Room	5/12/15
Miller, Linda Lael	The Marriage Season	5/26/15
Johansen, Iris	The Naked Eye	7/14/15
Meltzer, Brad	The President s Shadow	6/16/15
Hilderbrand, Elin	The Rumor	6/16/15
Graham, Heather	The Silenced	6/30/15
Palmer, Michael	Trauma	5/12/15
Garlock, Dorothy	Twice in a Lifetime	7/07/15
Palmer, Diana	Untamed	6/30/15
Flynn, Vince	Untitled #1 New Detective Series	7/01/15
Lindsey, Johanna	Wildfire in His Arms	6/16/15

Large Print

Jance, Judith A.	Cold Betrayal	3/18/15
Woods, Sherryl	Dogwood Hill	4/01/15
Woods, Stuart	Hot Pursuit	4/01/15
Childs, Laura	Scorched Eggs	2/11/15
Jance, Judith A.	Stand Down : A Beaumont and Walker Novel	7/14/15
Peterson, Tracie	Steadfast Heart	1/07/15
Rollins, James	The Bone Labyrinth	6/30/15
Hannah, Kristin	The Nightingale	4/01/15
Patterson, James	Truth or Die	6/22/15
Jackson, Lisa	Wicked Ways	4/01/15

Books on CD

Grippando, James	Cane and Abe                                           1/20/15
Flynn, Vince	Untitled #1 New Detective Series              1/30/15

Adult Nonfiction

Mezrich, Ben

Once Upon a Time in Russia                               6/20/15

Marcia Ledin, Technical Services Manager

IRS Limits 2014 Tax Documents to Public Libraries

It’s tax season. Tax forms usually start to arrive at the libraries in January. Minnesota Income and Property tax booklets and forms have begun to arrive.

East Central Regional Library has received notice that, due to budget cuts in the 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill recently passed by Congress, the IRS will significantly reduce the number of tax products they are sending to libraries for distribution. The IRS will not be sending out any 1040, 1040 A or 1040 EZ instruction booklets, as well as several other forms and publications that libraries used to receive. Libraries will still receive Forms 1040, 1040 A, and 1040 EZ. Individuals and employers may order forms from the IRS webpage or by calling 1-800-829-3676 Monday through Friday from 7 am-7 pm, and the IRS will deliver them by mail to you. Many forms and instructions are also available to view and download online.

Library staff can assist with locating and printing online tax forms but are not able to give advice regarding the forms that you might need. Printing and copying is $.15/single-sided black & white page, $.25/double-sided black & white page, and $.50/single-sided color page.

You may wish to call your local library to see if the form(s) you need are in. The IRS has not started shipping the 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ forms.

Online Forms

Links to the current year and commonly used forms printable versions of state and federal taxes are below.

1040 form and instructions 

1040A form and instructions 

1040EZ form and instructions 

All current year forms 

Income Tax form and instructions

Property Tax form and instructions

Certification of Rent Paid (CRP)

All current year forms

Tax Assistance

Lakes and Pines operates a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program for low-income individuals and families to have their income taxes prepared for free.  Additional Tax Assistance locations may be found in late January at the State of Minnesota’s Free Tax Preparation Site finder.

For Minnesota tax assistance, call the Minnesota Department of Revenue phone number at 651-296-3781, Monday-Friday from 8 am-4:30 pm.

For IRS forms and publications call 1-800-829-3676. For federal tax assistance call 1-800-829-1040.  Both are open Monday-Friday from 7 am-7 pm. IRS Minnesota office locations are here.

Businesses

Federal tax forms and publications for businesses often have to be ordered directly from the IRS and cannot be printed off.  For more information see Federal Tax Forms for Business and the State of Minnesota Tax Information for Businesses.

J. K. Rowling is Writing New Stories??

          J.K. Rowling has made the news again recently, with outlets blasting headlines like “J.K. Rowling to Release 12 New ‘Harry Potter’ Stories (abc news) and “J.K. Rowling Finally Gives Harry Potter Fans What They Want.” Unfortunately, these aren’t the new novels (or even short stories) that so many of her die-hard fans long for. Instead, they are bits of background information on characters, locations, and other details in the Harry Potter universe that never quite made it to the original books. Rowling made it clear in interviews and press releases during the times of publication that she had thoroughly planned out the wizarding world in which her characters live. Now, Rowling is taking that information and using it on her website: www.pottermore.com.

               What is Pottermore? Pottermore is an interactive website that walks users through all seven of the Harry Potter books, chapter by chapter. Each chapter contains an illustration depicting a certain story event (Hagrid arriving at the hut on the rock, Sybil Trelawney’s sacking etc). Within each illustration or chapter, users can collect items for potion making, Chocolate Frog cards and even unlock new information about the characters or other elements of wizarding world. For example, have you ever wondered how Petunia Dursley got her name? Or why wizards measure in inches while the rest of Britain measures in centimeters? Or why Harry couldn’t see the thestrals until after Cedric Diggory died, yet he saw his mother die as an infant? These are all things learned in the various chapters. Users can also brew potions, be sorted into their house , earn House Points and download the eBook and eAudio versions of the books.

Elizabeth Shirek

Chisago Lakes Area Branch Librarian