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[caption id="attachment_2917" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Image from https://pixabay.com/en/colorful-color-brush-painted-1974699/[/caption] This month the library is featuring a display of international authors on the lower level. Check out these authors and titles to explore the world. Many of these works have been translated from their original languages. For more ideas, browse this Goodreads list of popular international authors for inspiration. Search the library's online catalog for
[caption id="attachment_3753" align="aligncenter" width="199"] Available at the OCC Library on the New Book Shelf[/caption] Title: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Author: Caitlin Doughty Genre: Nonfiction -- Essay & Travelogue Why did you choose to read this book? I saw it as a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards best nonfiction book of 2017 and it seemed interesting-- I read both Mary Roach's Spook and Stiff a few years ago and found the topic of how we as
The library is featuring a display on the lower level of poetry books. Check out classic poets or modern poets! Be inspired to write your own poetry. Here are some great websites for reading, learning about, and listening to poetry! Poets.org A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for every occasion. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ Find poems, poets, poetry news, articles, and book reviews http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
Banned Books Week is an annual event which celebrates the freedom to read and highlights the importance of open access to information for all. Banned Books Week brings awareness to issues of censorship in libraries and schools. [caption id="attachment_3587" align="aligncenter" width="373"] Image from ALA: American Library Association[/caption] According to the American Library Association, "A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the Durham Tech Library is currently reading and has recently read virtually or digitally: [caption id="attachment_3036" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Currently Reading: Irene Laube & Stephen Brooks[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3037" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Currently Listening To: Courtney Bippley[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3040" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Currently Reading
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's Black History Month post highlights contemporary activist and advocates and their works, but also highlights some folks closer to home. North Carolina has a history of Black advocates and activists--in no particular chronological order--from Pauli Murray to Ann Atwater to James Shepard to Ella Baker to the Greensboro Four (Franklin McCain, Jibreel Khazan, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond) to Nina Simone to the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II. Two time Durham university graduate
The Durham Tech Library is thrilled to introduce our new library team member, reference librarian Adrian Knight (he/him). Adrian has worked in the NC Community College library system for several years and most recently comes to us from College of the Albemarle. A traveler since infanthood, Adrian currently has 48 stamps on his passport with Italy as his favorite place he's visited so far and was actually born in Vatican City. He also loves cooking (especially Italian food) and is excited to
Title: Leaving the Sea: Stories Author: Ben Marcus Genre: short stories / experimental fiction Read Great Things Challenge 2018 category: a book you chose for the cover; a book with a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event (maybe) Why did you choose to read this book? I was drawn in by the cover art at first. The reviews on the back of the dust jacket also made the stories sound interesting to me. One of my favorite authors, Michael Chabon, has a blurb on the back of the book praising
Did you know that, since 1995, September 19 has been International Talk Like a Pirate Day? Wikipedia gives a brief history of this weird occasion, which originated between two friends playing a game of Racquetball. So, I know you're asking, "How do I learn to talk like a Pirate?" Good news! You've come to the right place. Your Durham Tech library has just the tool for you: Mango Languages. Mango Languages provides lessons for people who want to learn any of dozens of languages. These range from