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Title: Wrecked: An IQ Novel Author: Joe Ide Genre: mystery, street lit Why did you choose to read this book? This is the third book in the IQ series, which features protagonist Isaiah Quintabe (“IQ”), a small-time, self-styled private investigator from East Long Beach, California. I enjoyed the first two books— IQ and Righteous —so I picked up the third. There are several traits of the main character I appreciate. IQ, motivated by the memory of his older brother Marcus, who was murdered, pursues
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s Durham Tech’s awesome faculty and staff’s favorite reads from all of 2017: [gallery link="none" size="medium" type="rectangular" ids="3832,3833,3834,3835,3836,3837,3838,3839,3840,3841,3842,3843,3844,3845,3846,3847,3848,3849,3850,3851,3852,3853,3854,3855,3856,3857,3858,3859,3860,3861,3862,3863,3864,3865,3866,3867,3868,3869,3870,3871,3872,3873,3874,3875,3876,3877,3878,3879,3880,3881,3882,3883,3884,3885,3886,3887
October 1-7 is Banned Books Week. With the increase in challenges to libraries and school systems to limit access to reading materials, the Durham Tech Library feels it is more important than ever to mindfully reflect on the power that stories have to empower and educate. Banned Books Week highlights this issue in libraries and society and encourages people to consider the implications of book bans in society. While we strongly believe that parents and individuals have the right to choose to
This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the Orange County Campus (mostly) Librarian, and several Durham Tech faculty & staff over the summer. Two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle’s dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coast’s booming slave trade
We don't like to boast around here, but with the arrival of Black History Month, we want to shout from the rooftops about Durham Tech Libraries' robust collection of documentary films about famous Black activists, artists, athletes. Have you seen a movie about New York slam poets? How about a survey of the history of Black Feminism? Click "Continue Reading" to see what films we're talking about! Between Films on Demand and Academic Video Online, students and staff have access to a vast range of
I attended #OpenEd21, the online Open Education Conference, from October 18 - 22, 2021. There were many outstanding sessions at the conference. Fortunately, many of the presentations were recorded and made publicly available. I highlight a few of the sessions I attended below. I recommend scanning the presentation titles on the conference schedule for those that appear interesting and relevant to you. At the page for each presentation, I recommend also following the link to its topic (such as
Title: Independence Day Author: Richard Ford Genre: literary fiction Why did you choose to read this book? This is the second book in a series and I enjoyed the first book, The Sportswriter .There are two more books in the series: The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank with You , which were published in 2006 and 2014, respectively. What did you like about it? It is very well-written. The first-person narrative invites the reader to get inside the main character’s head. In 1988 Frank Bascombe is
April 22, 2022 is Earth Day 2022. This year’s theme is Invest in our Planet, which means " We need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. A partnership for the planet." Durham Tech is incorporating green goals within its 2021-2026 Strategic Plan – Pathways to Institutional Excellence by prioritizing the creation of green and sustainable campuses
Are you planning a trip to see some waterfalls? Want to find some wildflowers nearby those waterfalls? The library can help! We have several guidebooks to waterfall hikes in North Carolina and the surrounding areas. You read that right, these guidebooks are to WATERFALL hikes. Not boring hikes where you just look at trees, or mountains, or gorges. Waterfalls are where it's at.* Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide to the State's Best Waterfall Hikes A great guide of all the waterfall hikes
This week for Black History Month, we're highlighting the actual history of the month itself and resources available to work towards Dr. Woodson's goals when he envisioned a month highlighting Black contributions to American history. https://youtu.be/WMfWGc5kyBg Dr. Carter G. Woodson is the "father of Black History Month." Starting as a week in February in 1926 (selected as the same month as the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass) and expanded to a month by