Ever watched a movie and thought, "The book was better?"

Maybe you’re the type of person who loves to compare every detail between the novel and its film adaptation? Either way, we’ve got you covered!

Check out these incredible books—available in the Durham Tech Library—that have made their way to the small screen on DVD...which we also have available for you to take home!

The Color Purple

Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning novel is a powerful tale of resilience, sisterhood, and survival, set in the early 20th-century American South.

The 1985 Spielberg film (starring Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Danny Glover) and the;

2023 musical adaptation, both bring Celie’s journey to life with unforgettable performances.

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn’s psychological thriller about a seemingly perfect marriage gone horribly wrong keeps readers guessing until the very end.
 

David Fincher’s 2014 film (starring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck) is just as twisty, dark, and deliciously unsettling as the novel.

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We may not be doing the Read Great Things Challenge this year, but you can still read with the Durham Tech Library.

Did you know that you can use our book club sets to make your own book club?

Organizational Development and Learning Selections are for faculty and staff use only and require permission for borrowing. All the other books on the guide are available.

How do you start your own reading group?

It can be pretty simple-- gather your readers, pick a book, and coordinate checkout by emailing Meredith Lewis (lewisma @ durhamtech.edu) or the Durham Tech Library (library @ durhamtech.edu).

Who can be in your reading group? Your department, your work friends, your school friends, interested people in your program, your club--anyone! Reading group copies only check out to current Durham Tech faculty, staff, and students, so while you may have folks outside Durham Tech in your reading group, they'll need to borrow one of our circulating copies or get their own copy from their local public

Click on any of the linked names in this post to read more about them using Durham Tech Library's "academic Wikipedia"-- Credo Reference.

Unearthing the Past: The Legacy of Slavery and Stories of Resilience

As Black History Month begins, we reflect on one of the darkest chapters in American history: the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring legacy. For over 400 years, millions of Africans were forcibly brought to the Americas, enduring unimaginable brutality. Yet even in the face of oppression, enslaved individuals resisted through acts of courage, cultural preservation, and community-building. Explore firsthand accounts that reveal both the horrors of slavery and the unyielding spirit of those who survived.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Illustrated Black History : Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

Our library’s collection also includes documentaries. Each offers critical insights into slavery’s economic and social impacts.

Slavery and

Fall 2024 was rough, y'all. The Library ran out of both loaner laptops and calculators within the first weeks of class and, we were operating on a waitlist for the whole 16 weeks. We hated it as much as you did.

THANKFULLY, we're mostly great now and ready to check out Chromebooks and loaner calculators to those who need them thanks to our NC DIT Digital Champion Grant which will allow us to buy more and refresh our current circulating Chromebooks AND purchase additional TI-84 graphing calculators for our MAT students.

We're still working on processing more PC laptops for those students who need them for IT classes, including our multiple one-term CIS 110 borrowers. Soon! Also soon? Info about our "keeper" Chromebook program for loaner laptop borrowers.

Keep reading for refreshers on borrowing a loaner laptop, calculator, or one of our awesome Tech Tool options.

As a reminder, to borrow equipment from the Durham Tech Library--either Main or Orange County--you'll need a library account and