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In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the Durham Tech Science Department is currently reading and has recently read: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="2940,2942,2943,2944,2945,2947,2948,2984" orderby="rand"] As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if we don’t have it. Need help doing either of these things or don’t yet have a library
Title: And the Mountains Echoed Author: Khaled Hosseini Genre: fiction What did you like about it? Through various characters from 1952 until the current decade, it provides different views of Afghanistan. Some characters are born there and leave; some are not from there, but end up there; and others spend their entire lives there. The book portrays Afghanistan as a place of poverty in relation to the West, of hardship and suffering; and that is even before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
This month the library is featuring a display of genre fiction. The display is downstairs on the lower level. Enjoy! Graphic Novels: The Arctic Marauder Daytripper Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Classics: Science Fiction Classics Short Stories: At the Mouth of the River of Bees Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Steampunk! : An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories About Sci Fi: In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
This episode was difficult to name since I talked about many different things with Dana Cea, a PhD student at ECU (pronouns she/her or they/them). Listen to learn about how to support LGBTQ+ students, how to find a therapist that fits you, and what we should be doing to help disabled students. Join Dana Cea and Spectrum Club for an event on April 6th, at 2 PM. This conversation will highlight disabilities plus supports and mental health awareness in the LGBTQ+ community. Join the event at this
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the Durham Tech ACA Instructors are currently reading and have recently read: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="2847,2848,2849,2850,2851,2852,2854,2855,2856,2857,2858,2862" orderby="rand"] As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if we don't have it. Need help doing either of these things or don’t
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the Durham Tech English & Communications Department is currently reading and has recently read: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="2884,2885,2886,2892,2897,2898,2905,2907,2909,2911,2912,2913" orderby="rand"] As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if we don’t have it. Need help doing either of
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
Unlike many of our health science folks, I was academically an English major (and then an education major and then a library science major), so my formal education surrounding anatomy and physiology is lacking. Maybe that's why I love books about the human body so much, especially microhistories that dig deep into particular anatomical aspects. Or maybe I remember The Magic School Bus and then the Futurama tribute episode fondly, both of which were inspired by the 1966 science fiction classic
It (probably?) should go without saying that snakes and other pets are not allowed in the Durham Tech Library, but just in case you were wondering, based on a pretty popular news article going around lately, service animals must be approved as per college policy. Snakes are not approved service animals. If you want to know more about snakes and other animals, check out books in call letter S (for some specific domestic animals) and QL (for animals galore!), including some of the awesome picks
Check out the library's display of gardening resources downstairs on the lower level for ideas and inspiration: American grown : the story of the White House kitchen garden and gardens across America The vegetable gardener's container bible : how to grow a bounty of food in pots, tubs, and other containers The ultimate guide to growing your own food : save money, live better, and enjoy life with food from your own garden From seed to skillet : a guide to growing, tending, harvesting, and cooking