Category Archives: New Books
Did you enjoy the Black Panther movie? Want to read the comic books?
The library has the first three graphic novels in the recent Black Panther series and we have just ordered the fourth. If you liked the movie and want to learn more of the back story, borrow these today! You’ll find them on our new bookshelf.
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 3
New art books available in the library
The library recently added nearly twenty new contemporary art books to our collection thanks to the Art Resources Transfer program sponsored by The Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program (D.U.C.). The D.U.C. distributes books on contemporary art and culture free of charge to rural and inner-city libraries, schools, prisons, and alternative education centers nationwide. By enriching library collections with art resources, the program fosters arts education, literacy, and access to contemporary art. We are excited to offer these books to support the college’s Associate in Fine Arts program. Book content includes art exhibition catalogs, essays, photography, sculpture, painting, portraiture, mixed media, and more.
Here is the complete list of art books received with descriptions: Art Books donated by the DUC Jan 2018
Some of these books are featured on a display downstairs on the lower level of Main Library.
New Books
Which one of our new books is your next read?
Fresh Books On Our Shelves
Take home a stack of books to keep you company over the holidays!
Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi
Available at the Main Campus (PZ 7.1 .S7546 De 2017)
Trashing the Planet: Examining Our Global Garbage Glut by Stuart A. Kallen
Available at the Main Campus Library
Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus
Available at the Main Campus in the Graphic Novel Collection (PN 6747 .C45 V34 2017 Vol. 1)
David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West by Peter Cozzens
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker, Julia Scheele
What We’re Reading: Take Out
Available on the New Book Shelf at the Durham Tech Main Campus Library
Title: Take Out: A Mystery
Author: Margaret Maron
Read by: Mary Kennery, Library Technician
Genre: Mystery
Why did you choose to read this book?
I read all of the Deborah Knott character series of books. This is the first Sigrid Harald, a NYPD homicide detective, book that I tried.
What did you like about it?
I like to read a mystery. I enjoyed learning about the new character (for me). The neighborhood residents each had a rich history.
Did it remind you of any other book, or a movie?
Margaret Maron concluded the Deborah Knott series 2015 with Long Upon the Land. Now she has returned years later to Sigrid Harald.
Was there anything noteworthy about the book?
This is a take out (murder) with take out (food.) It was quite an interesting case! Many colorful suspects had motive and opportunity.
What feeling did the book leave you with?
A need to read the other books in the series! One Coffee With (first in series) was published in 1981 and Fugitive Colors (last in series until now) in 1995, so there is a big gap until Take Out was released in 2017.
Whom would you recommend the book to?
Margaret Maron fans. Sigrid has a Southern grandmother with family ties to Deborah.
What would you pair this book with?
New York diner food – not usually poisonous!
This book is available now on the New Book Shelf at the Durham Tech Main Campus Library!
Post-Halloween New Books
These books may not have any sugar in them, but they are still pretty sweet. Read one while you’re waiting for that sugar-induced haze to pass.
September’s New Books
Life after Loss: A Practical Guide to Renewing Your Life after Experiencing Major Loss by Bob Deits
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
Available at the Main Campus (D 810 .W7 A5313 2017)
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamic Militancy in Nigeria by Helon Habila
Portrait Revolution: Inspiration from around the World for Creating Art in Multiple Mediums and Styles by Edited by Julia L. Kay
The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America by Rick Wartzman
Thinking Machines: The Quest for Artificial Intelligence – And Where It’s Taking Us Next by Luke Dormehl
Hamilton: the Revolution: Being the Complete Libretto of the Broadway Musical with a New Account of its Creation and Concise Remarks on Hip-Hop, the Power of Stories, and the New America by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
She-ology: The Definitive Guide to Women’s Intimate Health. Period. by Sherry A. Ross
New Semester, New Books
Take one of these books home to enjoy. Or cry over. Or marvel at. Or learn from. Or all of the above.
Available at the Main Campus (E 185.97 .M95 R67 2017)
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
Available at the Orange County Campus (QB 461 .T97 2017 and online as an audiobook through the Dogwood Digital Library Collection
Do I Make Myself Clear? Why Writing Well Matters by Harold Evans
American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For by David McCullough
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski
Audubon: On the Wings of the World by Fabien Grolleau and Jeremie Royer
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South by John T. Edge
The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea by Christopher J. Lebron
The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies are Changing the Way We Have Kids-and the Kids We Have by Bonnie Rochman
Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? by Heath Fogg Davis