Quick note:
The Durham Tech Main Campus Library will close from 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8 for a College-wide staff training. Printing and chat will be unavailable during this time (since your Durham Tech librarians staff chat during the day.)
We will be open from 8:00-8:50 a.m. and then again from 12:30 -5:30 p.m. after the training has finished.
It’s summer term and summer time (kind of?), and whether you’re taking classes, teaching, working, or just taking a little break, the extended daylight hours have always seemed like a good time to try something new.
![how to books for adventure, self-improvement, and beyond!](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/How-To.jpg?resize=512%2C512&ssl=1)
With that in mind, the Library has a variety of how-tos to activate your curiosity and build your skills, whether mending, reading ancient languages, building up your personal boundaries and emotional intelligence, getting a better night’s sleep, becoming an expert in microwave cookery, embarking on small gardening, and many more!
Keep reading to check out what we have available in print and digitally through Dogwood Digital Library (add us on your Libby app!).
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(TX 321 .D38 2022)
![How to Bake Everything by Mark Bittman](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/How-to-Bake-Everything.jpg?resize=318%2C362&ssl=1)
(TX 763 .B525 2016)
![how to sleep: the new science-based solutions for sleeping through the night by Rafael Pelayo](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/how-to-sleep-the-new-science-based-solutions-for-sleeping-through-the-night-by-Rafael-Pelayo.jpg?resize=333%2C500&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)
![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)
![houseplants for all: how to fill any home with happy plants by danae horst](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/houseplants-for-all-how-to-fill-any-home-with-happy-plants-by-danae-horst.jpg?resize=260%2C297&ssl=1)
![how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/how-to-sell-a-haunted-house-by-grady-hendrix.jpg?resize=662%2C1000&ssl=1)
![How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity by Stuart Getty and illustrated by Brooke Thyng](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/How-to-They-Them-A-Visual-Guide-to-Nonbinary-Pronouns-and-the-World-of-Gender-Fluidity-by-Stuart-Getty-and-illustrated-by-Brooke-Thyng.jpg?resize=510%2C680&ssl=1)
![How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/How-to-be-an-Antiracist.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&ssl=1)
![switch: how to change things when change is hard by chip heath and dan heath](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/switch-how-to-change-things-when-change-is-hard-by-chip-heath-and-dan-heath.jpg?resize=714%2C1024&ssl=1)
![You are a badass: how to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life by Jen Sincero](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/You-are-a-badass-how-to-stop-doubting-your-greatness-and-start-living-an-awesome-life-by-Jen-Sincero.jpg?resize=317%2C499&ssl=1)
![Love + work: how to find what you love, love what you do, and do it for the rest of your life by marcus buckingham](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Love-work-how-to-find-what-you-love-love-what-you-do-and-do-it-for-the-rest-of-your-life-by-marcus-buckingham.jpg?resize=662%2C1000&ssl=1)
(HF 5549.5 .M63 B827 2022)
![How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to be Human by Melanie Challenger](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/How-to-be-Animal-A-New-History-of-What-It-Means-to-be-Human-by-Melanie-Challenger.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)
![How to change: the science of getting from where you are to where you want to be by Katy Milkman](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/How-to-change-the-science-of-getting-from-where-you-are-to-where-you-want-to-be-by-Katy-Milkman.jpg?resize=662%2C1000&ssl=1)
(BF 637 .C4 M54 2021)
![how to read egyptian hieroglyphs by mark collier and bill manley](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/how-to-read-egyptian-hieroglyphs-by-mark-collier-and-bill-manley.jpg?resize=430%2C648&ssl=1)
![viral justice: how we grow the world we want by ruha benjamin](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/viral-justice-how-we-grow-the-world-we-want-by-ruha-benjamin.jpg?resize=662%2C1000&ssl=1)
![Cooking at home or, how I learned to stop worrying about recipes (and love my microwave) by Priya Krishna and David Chang](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cooking-at-home-or-how-I-learned-to-stop-worrying-about-recipes-and-love-my-microwave-by-Priya-Krishna-and-David-Chang.jpg?resize=404%2C500&ssl=1)
(TX 714 .C4629 2021)
![indistractable: how to control your attention and choose your life by nir eyal](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/indistractable-how-to-control-your-attention-and-choose-your-life-by-nir-eyal-686x1024.jpg?resize=686%2C1024&ssl=1)
(BF 323 D5 E93 2019)
![how to live safely in a science fictional universe by charles yu](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe-by-charles-yu.jpg?resize=664%2C1024&ssl=1)
(PS 3625 .U15 H68 2010)
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![how not to drown in a glass of water by angie cruz](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/how-not-to-drown-in-a-glass-of-water-by-angie-cruz.jpg?resize=615%2C900&ssl=1)