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A little unfinished business first-- Need to fill out your 2021 challenge form? Here it is! Need to fill out your 2021 SPRINT form? We've got you-- here it is! If you've already filled it out, no need to do it a second time. New year, new Read Great Things Challenge categories! 2022 marks the fifth year of our reading challenge and we're excited to have you in our community of readers. What is the Read Great Things Challenge? The Read Great Things Challenge is a personal reading challenge
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
This book was read by Library Director Irene Laube. One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans. When Damon Tweedy begins medical school,he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment
This year's poetry month bookmarks have "Characteristics of Life" by Camille T. Dungy, "Small Kindnesses" by Danusha Laméris, "Rain" by Raymond Carver, "for grandma" by NC Poet Laureate Jackie Shelton Green, and "I Pick Up My Footprints" by Vasyl Holoborodko, translated from Ukrainian by Svetlana Lavochkina, illustrated by our own Reference Librarian Sasha Deyneka, adapted from the works of Maria Prymachenko. The file is a pdf, so you can print your own (and color them in, if that's your thing)
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. National Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the contributions made by Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrates Hispanic heritage and culture. [caption id="attachment_1589" align="alignleft" width="300"] image from
One item of wrap-up before moving on to 2024-- if you haven't filled out the Read Great Things 2023 completion form to document your "win," you have until Thursday, February 15 to do so. Not sure if you've "won"? Click on the form or the 2023 challenge information guide. You'll have needed to complete 10 categories in total, but can double-dip, so five well-chosen books can do it for you. No sign up was necessary, so if you read it in 2023, you could win! Prizes will be available late February
Need a little more football in your life? This show was watched by Rachel Smith, Northern Durham Center Librarian. Title: All American (tv series; 2 seasons available streaming on Netflix and the CW) Genre: Drama The series opens when a rising high school football player from South Central Los Angeles is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High. The show details the wins, losses, and the struggles of two families. They are in the same city, but they're from two different worlds— the poverty
Crafternoons are a partnership between the Durham Tech Student Government Association and the Library. It's back-to-school time, and usually we'd host a few Crafternoons so you can get organized and decorate your own planner/agenda or notebook. Since we're 80% online this semester, we won't be hosting face-to-face events, but we do have some opportunities for you to still get organized for the new semester with a fresh Durham Tech planner, begin your pandemic diary, or take notes for your new
Start 2021 and the Read Great Things 2021 Challenge off right and mark your short book off the list. What counts as a short book? Good question. For people who read 900 page books, a 500 pager is going to be a brief adventure, right? We're willing to be flexible with the definition of "short," but in general if you want some guidelines, aim for 250 pages or fewer or about 6 hours or shorter for an audiobook. But wait! What if the audiobook of a short book is longer than 6 hours? Does that count