Black History Month – Embrace the Present

Celebrate Black History Month @ the SCC Libraries…..

Non-Fiction Collection

The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the

Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television

by Brett Pulley  HE8700.8 .P85 2004

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Ida: A Sword among Lions; Ida B. Wells and the

Campaign against Lynching

by Paula Giddings  E185.97 .W55 G53 2008

Journalist, Ida B. Wells, not always celebrated by

contemporaries because of her difficult personality,

crusaded against lynching, not least by revealing the

connection between racism and sexuality.

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Come on, People!: on the Path from Victims to Victors

by Bill Cosby  E185.625 .C75 2007

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Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to

Power by Marcus Mabry  E840.8 .R48 M33 2007

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Letter to My Daughter

by Maya Angelou PS3551. N464 Z468 2008

Maya Angelou dedicated this book to the daughter she never had but sees all around her. This book reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living  a meaningful life. This book transcends genres and categories (guidebook, poetry, and memior).

Fiction Collection

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

This novel reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. This is a disturbing story of a mother who abandons her daughter in order to save her from a life of slavery.

Western Books

Check out our Western Books at any of SCC Library locations.

• Redeye: A Western by Clyde Edgerton PS3555 .D47 R34 1996
• Leaving Whiskey Bend by Dorothy Garlock PS3557 .A71645 L43 2008
• Cassidy by Lori Wick PS3573 .I237 C37 2007
• McKettrick’s Heart by Linda Miller PS3563 .I41373 M3 2007
• Barbed Wire by Elmer Kelton PS3561 .E9575 B37 2007
• Colter’s Wife by Joan Johnston PS3560 .O3895 C658 1986

These titles and more are located in our Popular Fiction collection.

Central Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/ Cherokee Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/cherokee/cherokeelib.htm Tyger River Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/tygerriver/tygerriver.htm

Sci-Fiction Collection @ SCC

Check out our Sci-Fiction Books at any of SCC Library locations.

• Ground Zero by Kevin Anderson PS3551. N37442 G76 1996
• Butterfly by V.C. Andrews PS3551. N454 B888 1998
• Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins PS3556. E755 C75 2005
• The Wilding by C. S. Friedman PS3556. R5184 W55 2004
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins PS3553. O476 H86 2008
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins PS3553. O476 C38 2009
• Armageddon’s Children by Terry Brooks PS3552. R6596 A76 2007

These titles and more are located in our Popular Fiction collection.

Central Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/

Cherokee Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/cherokee/cherokeelib.htm

Tyger River Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/tygerriver/tygerriver.htm

Kick 2010 Off Right

New Year’s Resolution is a commitment that an

individual makes to a project or the reforming of

a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally

interpreted as advantageous. 

The SCC Libraries have the right books to Kick 2010 Off Right.

• 48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller HF5382.7 .M552007

 

• What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Godsmith HF5386 .G5852 2007

 

• You Majored in What?: Mapping Your Path from Chaos to Career by Katherine Brooks HF5385.75 U6 B755 2009

 

• The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler QP141 .E467 2009

 

• How to Remember Anything: The Proven Total Memory Retention System by Dean Vaughn BF385. V38 2007

 

• Remember Everything You Read: The Evelyn Wood 7-day Speed Reading and Learning Program by Stanley Frank LB1050.54 .F7 1992

 

• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You by John Maxwell HD57.7 .M3937 2007

 

• Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Enterpreneur by Pamela Slim HB615. S62 2009

Check Out Our Romance Collection

SCC Libraries’ Romance Collection

• River’s End by Nora Roberts PS 3568.O243 R58 2000

Olivia MacBride was four years old, when her mother

was murdered by her father. Over the years, Olivia

learned how to bury the past and her feelings. When

Noah Brady appears into her life, Olivia allowed

herself to uncover her feelings.

• Tears of the Renegade by Linda Howard PS3558. O88217 T437 1985

Susan Blackstone is in charge of the Blackstone Family

business after the death of her husband. Cord Blackstone

is on a mission to destory her family. Can Susan fall in

love with Cord and stay loyal to the Blackstone family?

• Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be by Laura Wolf PS3623. O55 D536 2003

Amy Thomas Stewart is a newlywed and a career

woman, and becoming a mother is the last thing

on her list, until her great aunt dies. Now motherhood is

on the top of her to do list.

Other Romance Titles:

• The Lady and the Cowboy  by Christine Anne Wenger
• The Texan’s Touch by Jodi Thomas
• Seduction by Design by Sandra Brown
• To Love Again by Danielle Steel
• The Gravity of Sunlight by Rosa Shand

Winter Break 2009

What’s on Your Reading List this Winter Break?

I asked the SCC Library Staff to share their reading list during the Winter Break.

I am currently reading Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosany. In this Holocaust novel, 10 year-old Sarah locks her 4 year-old brother in a cabinet to save him from the French police who are rounding up children to be sent to Auschwitz. This is a moving novel based on a real event. The characters are fictitious, however.

Judy Parham, Adjunct Librarian

I am planning on reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo and The Sisters: the Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell.

Barbara Scala, Technical Services Librarian

I am currently reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. This novel is received The Caldecott Medal in 2008. This novel was recommended to me by a SCC student. Hugo Cabret is an orphan living at a train station in Paris. The illustrations in this novel are amazing and will transport you into the mystery of this story. I am planning on reading The Shack by W. Paul Young.

N. Leverne McBeth, Library Specialist

I will be reading books by Mildred Taylor The Land and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Debra Cohen, Library Technical Assistant

I am almost finished The Clan of the Cave Bear by Auel.  For those not familiar it takes place in prehistoric times and is the first in a series. This was a banned book at one time.

Susan, Library Specialist (Cherokee)

 I am planning on reading “An Amish Christmas” by Beth Wiseman and “Home for the Holidays” by Rebecca Kelly.

Louise McFadden Pritcher, Library Assistant

Top 12 Reasons Books are the Perfect Holiday Gift

Top 12 Reasons Books are the Perfect Holiday Gift
A list compiled by the SCC Library Staff

12. They don’t go out of style (unless, of course, you get a book on style)

11. If you are going away for the holidays, they pack and travel well (they pack and travel well even if you don’t go away for the holidays)

10. They imply that you think the recipient can read

9. They are aesthetically pleasing: they have that “new book” smell and make that nice cracking sound when opened

8. If you are careful, you can read them before you give them and the recipient will never know (hint: avoid eating or drinking while doing this)

7. They are easy to wrap

6. They are Earth-Friendly: they don’t need batteries and they’re biodegradable

5. They go well with coffee and they look nice on the coffee table

4. They work for any occasion: Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Groundhog’s Day, etc.

3. They can fit everyone’s budget (especially if you get a book on budgeting!)

2. They are a gift that can be personalized no matter who the recipient is: young, old, male, female

And the #1 Reason why Books Are the Perfect Gift:
1. They’re just plain fun!

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Barbara Tuchman

Thanksgiving Books at SCC Libraries

Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

Cookbooks:

• Holidays : recipes, gifts and decorations, Thanksgiving & Christmas by Martha Stewart – TX739. S76.1993
• Joy of cooking by Irma von Starkloff Rombauer – TX715. R75. 1975

Children Books:

• The pilgrims of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall – F68 .S49 1986
• The pilgrims are marching  by, Carol Greene – PZ8.3.G82 PI 1988

Craft Books:

• Holiday crafts   by Annalisa McMorrow – LB1027 .S84 1985
• Stencil art : holiday patterns and decorations by, Carole Flemming Charters – LB1140.5.A7 C437 1984

The Best of the Millennium

The Millions selected fifty-six people for a special panel. Each panelist could name up to five books available in English with a publication date no earlier than January 1, 2000. Books were ranked according to number of votes received. The SCC Libraries have a few of these books available for you to check out and enjoy.

#16. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides PS3555.64 M53 2003

#11. The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz          PS3554.I259 375 2008

 #2. The Known World by Edward P. Jones PS3560 .04813 K58 2003

#1. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen PS3556. R352 C67 2002B

Do you agree or disagree?

I ask you, what are the best books of fiction of the millennium, so far?

www.themillions.com

Fahrenheit 451’s Discussion Questions from the Big Read

1. Montag comes to learn that “firemen are rarely necessary” because “the public itself stopped reading of its own accord.” Bradbury wrote his novel in 1953: To what extent has his prophecy come true today?
2. Clarisse describes a past that Montag has never known: one with front porches, gardens, and rocking chairs. What do these items have in common, and how might their removal have encouraged Montag’s repressive society?
3. “Don’t ask to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library,” Faber tells Montag. “Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, as least die knowing you were headed for shore.” How good is this advice?
4. One of the most significant of the many literary allusions in Fahrenheit 451 occurs when Montag reads Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach.” What is the response of Mildred’s friends, and why does Montag kick them out of his house?
5. It may surprise the reader to learn that Beatty is quite well read. How can Beatty’s knowledge of and hatred for books be reconciled?
6. Unlike Mrs. Hudson, Montag choose not to die in his house with his books. Instead he burns them, asserting even that “it was good to burn” and that ”fire was best for everything!” Are thres choices and sentiments consistent with his character? Are you surprised that he fails to follow in her footsteps?
7. Beatty justifies the new role of firemen by claiming to be “custodians of [society's] peace of mind, the focus [the] understandable and righ dread of being inferior.” What does he mean by this, and is there any sense that he might be right?
8. How does the destruction of books lead to more happiness and equality, according to Beatty? Does his lecture to Montag on the rights of man sound like any rhetoric employed today?
9. Why does Montag memorize the Old Testament’s Ecclesiastes and the New Testaments’s Revelation? How do the final two paragraphs of the novel allude to both biblical books?
10. Are there any circumstances where censorship might play a beneficial role in soceity? Are there some books that should be banned?
11. If you had to memorize a single book or risk its extinction, which book would you choose?

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