In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here are some of Durham Tech’s great faculty and staff’s recommendations to help you complete your Read Great Things Challenge:
A popular science book. Recommended by Shana Curl, ACA Instructor and Academic Advisor. Available at the Main Campus and OCC Libraries
A book about or that features sports. Recommended by Karin Abell, English as a Second Language Director
![A book that takes place in a country or place you’d like to visit [Svalbard, Norway]. Recommended by Brittney VornDick, Physics Instructor.](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-One-Memory-of-Flora-Banks-by-Emily-Barr.jpg?w=184&h=282&ssl=1 "The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr")
A book that takes place in a country or place you’d like to visit [Svalbard, Norway]. Recommended by Brittney VornDick, Physics Instructor.
Available at the Main Campus Library
A book with a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event. Recommended by Sara Juarez, Director of Interpretation / Translation Programs. Available at the Main Campus and OCC Libraries
A book with a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event and A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life. Recommended by Mary Kennery, Library Technician. Available at the Main Campus and OCC Libraries
A book being turned into a movie or tv show in 2018. Recommended by Janice Stuart, English Instructor, Gateway to College. Available at the OCC Library
A book about cooking or food. Recommended by Lori Heiger, ACA Instructor and Academic Advisor.
A book with a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event and A book you chose for the cover. Recommended by Shawna Daniels-Ash, Early Childhood Education Instructor. Available at the Main Campus and OCC Libraries
A popular science book. Recommended by Paula Wilder, Director of English for Academic Purposes and Continuing Education for Non-Native English Speakers. Available at the Main Campus Library.
A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life. Recommended by Dorothy Wood, Biology Instructor
A book that takes place during or is about a historical event 50 years or more in the past [1968 or before] and A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life. Recommended by Shana Curl, ACA Instructor and Academic Advisor
A popular science book. Recommended by Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian. Available at the Main Campus Library
A book that takes place during or is about a historical event 50 years or more in the past. Recommended by Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian. Available at the Main Campus and Northern Durham Center Libraries
A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life [and A book you chose for the cover]. Recommended by Paula Wilder, Director of English for Academic Purposes and Continuing Education for Non-Native English Speakers. Available at the Main Campus Library.
A book of poetry or a book written in verse and, not a category BUT, written by a Durham Tech advisor and instructor. Available at the Main Campus Library.
A book about cooking or food. Recommended by Lea Bingham, English Instructor and ASUT Associate Dean. Available at the Main Campus Library
A book with a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event. Recommended by Stephanie Turner, Coordinator, Marketing and Media Relations. Available at the Main Campus Library
A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life and A book you chose for the cover. Recommended by Gina Perryman, International Student Services and Study Abroad Advisor. Available at the Main Campus Library.
A book being turned into a movie or tv show in 2018. Recommended by Karin Abell, English as a Second Language Director. Available at the Main Campus Library
Available at the Main Campus (ML 400 .K873 2014)
A book with a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event. Recommended by Courtney Bippley, Reference Librarian. Available at the Main Campus Library
A popular science book. Recommended by Janice Stuart, English Instructor, Gateway to College. Available at the Main Campus and OCC Libraries
A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life. Recommended by Stephanie Turner, Coordinator, Marketing and Media Relations
A book that takes place during or is about a historical event 50 years or more in the past and A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life. Recommended by Brittney VornDick, Physics Instructor. Available at the Main Campus Library
A book with a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event and A book you chose for the cover. Recommended by Lori Heiger, ACA Instructor and Academic Advisor.
A book about or that features sports and A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person’s life. Recommended by Mary Kennery, Library Technician. Available at the Main Campus Library
Need more information about how to participate in (and “win”) the Durham Tech Library’s Read Great Things 2018 Challenge? Click the following link for more information: #ReadGreatThings2018 Information
Need help finding a book in-library or requesting a book through ILL? You can look it up in our catalog or ask a librarian. Don’t yet have a library card? Ask in the library and be sure to bring your Durham Tech ID.
