New books at OCC just in time for summer session!
![OCC New Books Shelf, May 2023](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MicrosoftTeams-image-26.jpg?resize=720%2C768&ssl=1)
Our Library summer hours start Monday, May 15 (though Librarian hours start at OCC the week of May 15).
The Main Campus Library will be open Monday and Tuesday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Wednesday and Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. The Orange County Campus Library will be open for general use Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM; the Librarian will be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Library services will be virtual on Fridays– utilize our Library Chat and virtual library services on our website! The Northern Durham Center Library will be moving over the summer; for librarian services, email the Library (library at durhamtech .edu).
Check our website for the most up-to-date information.
Keep reading for specific titles new on the Orange County shelves and click on the link in the caption to check availability or put a book on hold.
MAYbe you want some of our new nonfiction?
![the turnaway study: ten years, a thousand women, and the consequences of having-- or being denied-- an abortion by diana greene foster, phd](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-turnaway-study-ten-years-a-thousand-women-and-the-consequences-of-having-or-being-denied-an-abortion-by-diana-greene-foster-phd.jpg?resize=657%2C1000&ssl=1)
![see no stranger: a memoir and manifesto of revolutionary love by valarie kaur](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/see-no-stranger-a-memoir-and-manifesto-of-revolutionary-love-by-valarie-kaur.jpg?resize=648%2C1000&ssl=1)
![paris: the memoir by paris hilton](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/paris-the-memoir-by-paris-hilton.jpg?resize=675%2C1024&ssl=1)
![active hope: how to face the mess we're in without going crazy by joanna macy and chris johnstone, revised edition](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/active-hope-how-to-face-the-mess-were-in-without-going-crazy-by-joanna-macy-and-chris-johnstone.jpg?resize=324%2C500&ssl=1)
![american sirens: the incredible story of the black men who became america's first paramedics by kevin hazzard](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/american-sirens-the-incredible-story-of-the-black-men-who-became-americas-first-paramedics-by-kevin-hazzard.jpg?resize=663%2C1000&ssl=1)
![animal, vegetable, miracle: a year of food life by barbara kingsolver](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/animal-vegetable-miracle-a-year-of-food-life-by-barbara-kingsolver.jpg?resize=329%2C500&ssl=1)
![awe: the new science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life by dacher keltner](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/awe-the-new-science-of-everyday-wonder-and-how-it-can-transform-your-life-by-dacher-keltner.jpg?resize=658%2C1000&ssl=1)
![charging ahead: general motors, mary barra, and the reinvention of an american icon by david welch](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/charging-ahead-general-motors-mary-barra-and-the-reinvention-of-an-american-icon-by-david-welch.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&ssl=1)
![edible economics: a hungry economist explains the world by ha-joon chang](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/edible-economics-a-hungry-economist-explains-the-world-by-ha-joon-chang.jpg?resize=645%2C1000&ssl=1)
![from generosity to justice: a new gospel of wealth by darren walker](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/from-generosity-to-justice-a-new-gospel-of-wealth-by-darren-walker.jpg?resize=639%2C1000&ssl=1)
![how professors think: inside the curious world of academic judgment by michèle lamont](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/how-professors-think-inside-the-curious-world-of-academic-judgment-by-michele-lamont.jpg?resize=331%2C500&ssl=1)
![staying strong: 365 days a year by demi lovato](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/staying-strong-365-days-a-year-by-demi-lovato.jpg?resize=735%2C1000&ssl=1)
![the facemaker: a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of world war i by lindsey fitzharris](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-facemaker-a-visionary-surgeons-battle-to-mend-the-disfigured-soldiers-of-world-war-i-by-lindsey-fitzharris.jpg?resize=667%2C1000&ssl=1)
![we are the middle of forever: indigenous voices from turtle island on the changing earth edited by dahr jamail and stan rushworth](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/we-are-the-middle-of-forever-indigenous-voices-from-turtle-island-on-the-changing-earth-edited-by-dahr-jamail-and-stan-rushworth.jpg?resize=647%2C1000&ssl=1)
![well of souls: uncovering the banjo's hidden history by kristina r. gaddy](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/well-of-souls-uncovering-the-banjos-hidden-history-by-kristina-r.-gaddy.jpg?resize=327%2C500&ssl=1)
![when should law forgive? by martha minow](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/when-should-law-forgive-by-martha-minow.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&ssl=1)
![a promised land by barack obama](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/a-promised-land-by-barack-obama.jpg?resize=674%2C1024&ssl=1)
![a forest journey: the role of trees in the fate of civilization by john perlin](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/a-forest-journey-the-role-of-trees-in-the-fate-of-civilization-by-john-perlin.jpg?resize=754%2C913&ssl=1)
![energy work for the everyday to elite athlete: how to achieve optimal sports performance by cyndi dale](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/energy-work-for-the-everyday-to-elite-athlete-how-to-achieve-optimal-sports-performance-by-cyndi-dale.jpg?resize=754%2C930&ssl=1)
![good grief: on loving pets here and hereafter by e. b. bartels](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/good-grief-on-loving-pets-here-and-hereafter-by-e.-b.-bartels.jpg?resize=667%2C1000&ssl=1)
![postcolonialism: a very short introduction by robert j.c. young](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/postcolonialism-a-very-short-introduction-by-robert-j.c.-young.jpg?resize=606%2C1000&ssl=1)
![poverty, by america by matthew desmond](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/poverty-by-america-by-matthew-desmond.jpg?resize=658%2C1000&ssl=1)
![righting wrongs: 20 human rights heroes around the world by robin kirk](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/righting-wrongs-20-human-rights-heroes-around-the-world-by-robin-kirk.jpg?resize=667%2C1000&ssl=1)
![the element encyclopedia of birthdays by theresa cheung](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-element-encyclopedia-of-birthdays-by-theresa-cheung.jpg?resize=754%2C993&ssl=1)
![travelers to unimaginable lands: stories of dementia the caregiver and the human brain by dasha kiper](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/travelers-to-unimaginable-lands-stories-of-dementia-the-caregiver-and-the-human-brain-by-dasha-kiper.jpg?resize=656%2C1000&ssl=1)
![the gospel of wellness: gyms, gurus, goop, and the false promise of self-care by rina raphael](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-gospel-of-wellness-gyms-gurus-goop-and-the-false-promise-of-self-care-by-rina-raphael-1.jpg?resize=329%2C500&ssl=1)
![spare by prince harry, duke of sussex](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/spare-by-prince-harry-duke-of-sussex.jpg?resize=674%2C1024&ssl=1)
MAYbe some new-to-our-shelves fiction?
![river sing me home by eleanor shearer](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/river-sing-me-home-by-eleanor-shearer.jpg?resize=662%2C1000&ssl=1)
![i have some questions for you by rebecca makkai](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/i-have-some-questions-for-you-by-rebecca-makkai.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&ssl=1)
![bloodmarked by tracy deonn](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bloodmarked-by-tracy-deonn.jpg?resize=656%2C1000&ssl=1)
![age of vice by deepti kapoor](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/age-of-vice-by-deepti-kapoor.jpg?resize=658%2C1000&ssl=1)
![highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/highly-suspicious-and-unfairly-cute-by-talia-hibbert.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&ssl=1)
![pax by sara pennypacker, illustrated by jon klassen](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/pax-by-sara-pennypacker-illustrated-by-jon-klassen.jpg?resize=720%2C1024&ssl=1)
![alice and the fly by james rice](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/alice-and-the-fly-by-james-rice.jpg?resize=672%2C1000&ssl=1)
![bridgerton: the viscount who loved me (anthony's story) by julia quinn](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bridgerton-the-viscount-who-loved-me-by-julia-quinn.jpg?resize=648%2C1024&ssl=1)
![bridgerton: to sir phillip, with love (eloise's story) by julia quinn](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bridgerton-to-sir-phillip-with-love-by-julia-quinn.jpg?resize=680%2C1024&ssl=1)
![marple: twelve new mysteries inspired by agatha christie](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/marple-twelve-new-mysteries-inspired-by-agatha-christie.jpg?resize=675%2C1024&ssl=1)
![the song of achilles by madeline miller](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-song-of-achilles-by-madeline-miller.jpg?resize=664%2C1000&ssl=1)
![the stars beneath our feet by david barclay moore](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-stars-beneath-our-feet-by-david-barclay-moore.jpg?resize=680%2C1024&ssl=1)
![looking for alaska by john green](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/looking-for-alaska-by-john-green.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)
![my name is lucy barton by elizabeth strout](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/my-name-is-lucy-barton-by-elizabeth-strout.jpg?resize=663%2C1024&ssl=1)
![the gilded ones by namina forna](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-gilded-ones-by-namina-forna.jpg?resize=677%2C1024&ssl=1)
Want to check out one or more of these books?
Come on over to the Orange County Campus Library during librarian-available hours (see our library homepage for details or reach out to Orange County Campus Librarian Meredith Lewis at lewisma @ durhamtech.edu).
Can’t make it to OCC and want to pick it up at one of our other campus libraries? Either send us an email (library @ durhamtech.edu) or put a hold on it yourself using your Durham Tech Library account information.
![My Account login for library catalog. Login using user ID OR alternate ID and pin. User ID is the 29024000 barcode from the library that you would have received when registering for a library card. Alternate ID is your Durham Tech ID number. The pin should be the last 4 digits of your Durham Tech ID number. Email or chat us with issues logging in.](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sirsi-login-with-annotations.png?w=538&ssl=1)
To access the catalog record, you can click on the link in the book caption (under the call number) to get to the catalog record or search for it via our Search Library box.
![Screenshot of an item entry in the library catalog with a circle around "Place Hold" on the left side.](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/place-hold-image1.png?resize=538%2C395&ssl=1)
Need help? Just ask!
Happy reading!