MAYbe You Should Check Out the New Books at the Orange County Campus Library

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New books at OCC just in time for summer session!

OCC New Books Shelf, May 2023

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
Available at the Orange County Campus (HQ 767.5 .U5 F67 2021) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library
see no stranger: a memoir and manifesto of revolutionary love by valarie kaur
Available at the Orange County Campus (BF 575 .L8 K38 2021)
paris: the memoir by paris hilton
Available at the Orange County Campus (CT 275 .H59926 A3 2023)
active hope: how to face the mess we're in without going crazy by joanna macy and chris johnstone, revised edition
Available at the Orange County Campus (HM 856 .M33 2022)
american sirens: the incredible story of the black men who became america's first paramedics by kevin hazzard
Available at the Orange County Campus (RA 645.6 .P4 H39 2022)
animal, vegetable, miracle: a year of food life by barbara kingsolver
Available at the Main and Orange County Campus (S 521.5 .A67 K56 2007) and as an ebook through Dogwood Digital Library
awe: the new science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life by dacher keltner
Available at the Orange County Campus (BF 575 .A9 K45 2023)
charging ahead: general motors, mary barra, and the reinvention of an american icon by david welch
Available at the Orange County Campus (TL 220 .W45 2022)
edible economics: a hungry economist explains the world by ha-joon chang
Available at the Orange County Campus (HB 71 .C46 2023)
from generosity to justice: a new gospel of wealth by darren walker
Available at the Orange County Campus (HM 831 .W35 2019)
how professors think: inside the curious world of academic judgment by michèle lamont
Available at the Orange County Campus (LB 2333 .L36 2009)
staying strong: 365 days a year by demi lovato
Available at the Orange County Campus (BF 575 .S37 L68 2013)
the facemaker: a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of world war i by lindsey fitzharris
Available at the Orange County Campus (RD 27.35 .G555 A3 2022)
we are the middle of forever: indigenous voices from turtle island on the changing earth edited by dahr jamail and stan rushworth
Available at the Orange County Campus (E 98 .P5 W425 2022)
well of souls: uncovering the banjo's hidden history by kristina r. gaddy
Available at the Orange County Campus (ML 1015 .B3 G24 2022)
when should law forgive? by martha minow
Available at the Northern Durham Center and Orange County Campus (K 5135 .M56 2019)
a promised land by barack obama
Available at the Main and Orange County Campus (E 908 .A3 2020) and in the Spanish Language Collection and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library
a forest journey: the role of trees in the fate of civilization by john perlin
Available at the Orange County Campus (SD 434 .P47 2022)
energy work for the everyday to elite athlete: how to achieve optimal sports performance by cyndi dale
Available at the Orange County Campus (GV 711.5 .D35 2023)
good grief: on loving pets here and hereafter by e. b. bartels
Availalbe at the Orange County Campus (SF 411.47 .B36 2022)
postcolonialism: a very short introduction by robert j.c. young
Available at the Orange County Campus (JV 51 .Y67 2003)
poverty, by america by matthew desmond
Available at the Orange County Campus (HC 119 .P6 2023)
righting wrongs: 20 human rights heroes around the world by robin kirk
Available at the Main and Orange County Campus (JC 571 .K57 2022)
the element encyclopedia of birthdays by theresa cheung
Available at the Orange County Campus (BF 1655 .F72 2008)
travelers to unimaginable lands: stories of dementia the caregiver and the human brain by dasha kiper
Available at the Orange County Campus (RC 521 .K574 2023)
the gospel of wellness: gyms, gurus, goop, and the false promise of self-care by rina raphael
Available at the Orange County Campus (RA 778 .R27 2022)
spare by prince harry, duke of sussex
Available at the Orange County Campus (DA 591 .A45 H46365 2023) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library

MAYbe some new-to-our-shelves fiction?

river sing me home by eleanor shearer
Available at the Orange County Campus (PR 6119 .H433 R58 2023)
i have some questions for you by rebecca makkai
Available at the Orange County Campus (PS 3613 .A36 I33 2023)
bloodmarked by tracy deonn
Available at the Orange County Campus (PZ 7.1 .D46837 Bl 2022)
age of vice by deepti kapoor
Available at the Orange County Campus (PR 9499.4 .K3763 A72 2023) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library
highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert
Available at the Orange County Campus (PZ 7.1 .H53 Hig 2023) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library
pax by sara pennypacker, illustrated by jon klassen
Available at the Orange County Campus (PZ 7 .P3856 Pax 2016)
alice and the fly by james rice
Available at the Orange County Campus (PZ 7.1 .R524 Al 2016)
bridgerton: the viscount who loved me (anthony's story) by julia quinn
Available at the Orange County Campus (PS 3617 .U57 V573 2021) and as an audiobook and ebook through Dogwood Digital Library
bridgerton: to sir phillip, with love (eloise's story) by julia quinn
Available at the Orange County Campus (PS 3617 .U57 T6 2021) and as an audiobook and ebook through Dogwood Digital Library
marple: twelve new mysteries inspired by agatha christie
Available at the Orange County Campus (PR 6005 .H66 M37 2022)
the song of achilles by madeline miller
Available at the Orange County Campus (PS 3613 .I5445 S65 2012) and as an audiobook and ebook through Dogwood Digital Library
the stars beneath our feet by david barclay moore
Available at the Orange County Campus (PZ 7.1 .M6547 St 2019)
looking for alaska by john green
Available at the Main and Orange County Campus (PZ 7 .G8233 Lo) and as an audiobook and ebook through Dogwood Digital Library
my name is lucy barton by elizabeth strout
Available at the Main and Orange County Campus (PS 3569 .T736 M9 2016)
the gilded ones by namina forna
Available at the Orange County Campus (PZ 7.1 .F6626 Gi 2020) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library

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.

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.

Need help? Just ask!

Happy reading!

About Meredith Lewis

Meredith is a librarian at Durham Tech on both the Main and Orange County Campuses.