Public Speaking Resources @ SCC Libraries

  The SCC Libraries want to offer Public Speaking Resources to our students and community patrons.

Books —

• iSpeak: Public Speaking for Contemporary Life (3rd Edition) by Paul Nelson PN4129.15 .N46 2010
• Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations that Inform, Motivate, and Inspire by Cliff Atkinson HF5718.22 .A87 2011
• There’s No Such Thing as Public Speaking: Making Any Presentation or Speech as Persuasive as a One-on-One Conversation by Jeanette Henderson PN4129.15 .H46 2007
• It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It: Ready-to-Use Advice for Presentations, Speeches and Other Speaking Occasions, Large and Small by Joan Detz PN4121 .D38825 2007
• 7 Steps to Fearless Speaking  by Lilyan Wilder PN4121 .W3865 1999

Videos — http://library.sccsc.edu/findbooks.asp#videos

Library Catalog – Audiovisual Search:
Search for videos, audiobooks, CD-ROMs (software), and CDs that are located in the Audiovisual (AV) section of Spartanburg Community College Library.

Films on Demand
Educational videos available via streaming to anywhere (off-campus must login).  If you experience any problems, please call the SCC Library at 592-4654.

NBC Learn:
Thousands of videos, historic newsreels, and other materials available via streaming from NBC News archives.

SCC Research Guide and Blog —

http://library.sccsc.edu/SubjectGuides/speech/index-speech.asp — This Research Guide covers how to retrieve statistical information, quotes, and create a persuasive speech.

http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/ — “Six Minutes: Pubic Speaking and Presentations Skills Blog.” by Andrew Dlugan. Every week this blog identifies the best public speaking articles that the author finds on the Web.  The author also provides reviews for books on public speaking.

 

What’s New @ SCC Library?

Non-fiction

Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems by Tony Candela

TL272 .C36 2009

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Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery

HQ615. V53 2009

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Carmen: An Urban Adaption of Bizet’s Opera by Walter Dean Myers

PS3563. Y48 C37 2011

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Decision Point by George W. Bush

E903. A3 2010

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Finding the Answers to Legal Questions: A How-To-Do-It Manual by Virginia Tucker and Marc Lampson

KF240 .T83 2011

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The Pruning Book: Completely Revised and Updated by Lee Reich

SB125. R38 2010

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Punishment and Democracy: Three Strikes and You’re Out in California 

by Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, and Sam Kamin

HV9305. C2 Z58 2001

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

PQ2246. M2 E5 2010

Summary: Madame Bovary was published in 1857 by Gustave Flaubert. Lydia Davis translated this literary classic in 2010. Emma Bovary is the heroine. On the outside, Emma has the perfect life (doctor’s wife, middle class lifestyle, and mother) but behind closed doors Emma is a desperate housewife. Lydia Davis provides an introduction and notes that give readers additional knowledge about Gustave Flaubert. This masterpiece could be a good discussion topic about French Families in rural 1840s.

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Knock at a Star: A Child’s Introduction to Poetry

by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy

Summary: Knock at a Star is a revised anthology of poetry for children (grades third to six). This anthology also contains “special kinds of poetry” (Limericks, Songs, Takeoffs, and Haiku). The book is illustrated by Karen Lee Baker. The illustrations are black ink and relates to the poems. I enjoyed reading “Learning” by Judith Viorst (page 5). “Learning” is a poem about a boy trying to learn how not to be a slob. The authors included several indexes (authors, titles, and first lines) and a “Do It Yourself” chapter to encourage children to write their own poetry.

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Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War

by Stephen C. Neff

KF5060. N44 2010

Summary:       The author explores the legal issues that arose from the American Civil War and still are debatable today. Legal issues like property ownership and military trials after the war. The author also explains how the American Civil War affected behaviors in military events now. This book is written in an easy t understood format. Book’s index is an effective search tool for looking up key people and events. Stephen Neff is a Reader in Public International Law at Edinburgh Law School.   

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The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories

Edited by Daniel Imhoff

SF140. L58 C34 2010

Summary: CAFO stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation which is the agriculture industry’s term for factory farm. This book contains 30 essays by food and agriculture excerpts. The essays are shining a bright light on factory farms. Several of the issues include treatment of animals, employee rights, and deregulation of the industrial food industry. Daniel Imhoff is the editor of The CAFO Reader. Daniel provides several reference tools for readers (consumer guides for example “Know Where Your Food Comes From”, information about contributors, list of resources to government and non-profit agencies, a glossary of CAFO terms, and bibliography, notes, and index).

November: Football Reading for Football Weather

SCC Libraries are celebrating November by displaying the following books:

Snake by Ken Stabler GV939. S68 A37 1986

Stabler (the Snake), good old boy quarterback for the Raiders for ten years, led the team to win Super Bowl XI. The anticipation of a juicy read with lots of controversial and spicy anecdotes is more than satisfied by this raunchy account of his life on and off the field. From the University of Alabama to championship teams with the Raiders to his lackluster career end with the Oilers and Saints, he never tries to hide his love of loose women, hard liquor, and fast cars and boats; he is painfully honest with the details of his escapades. The earthy style may offend some, but this is the kind of book to be expected from one of the perennial bad boys of the NFL. Jo DeLapo, Queens Borough P.L., New York Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Additional Titles:

I Remember Vince Lombardi by Mike Towle GV939. I42

Anatomy of a Game by David M. Nelson GV955. N44 1994

A Civil War, Army vs. Navy: A Year Inside College Football’s Purest Rivalry by John Feinstein GV958. U5 F45 1996

Touchdown Jesus: Faith and Fandom at Notre Dame by Scott Eden GV958. N6 E35 2005

The Carolina-Clemson Game, 1896-1966 by Donald Barton  GV957. S58 B3

Religious Fiction @ SCC Libraries

Enjoy the Summer with a fiction book from the SCC Libraries

(Central Campus Library, Cherokee County Campus Library, and Tyger River Campus Library)

Religious Fiction:

• Angel and Demons by Dan Brown    PS3552. R685434 A82 2009

Angels and Demons is the prequel to Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. Harvard religious symbologist Robert Langdon is asked to investigate a strange murder. He soon learns that the victim, well-known physicist, has an ancient symbol seared onto his chest. Langdon recognizes the image as the seal of the Illuminati, an ancient organization devoted to science and discovery. Over the course of history, the Illuminati has been in constant conflict with the Catholic Church due to their religious teachings.

• The Shack by William Young   PR9199.4 .Y696 S53 2007

While vacationing in a remote wilderness area, Missy Philips goes missing. No one knows what has happened to her. While her body is never uncovered, evidence at a nearby shack suggests that the child was murdered. Without proof, her father, Mackenzie, is unable to come to terms with his loss. One year after her disappearance, he receives a mysterious letter in the mail. The letter tells him to return to the shack if he wants to find out what happened to his daughter, and it’s signed by God.

• The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd  PS3611. I44 M47 2006

Jessie Sullivan is a troubled middle-aged woman who doesn’t know how to deal with the stagnation that has set into her marriage. When she hears some shocking news–that her mother, Nelle, has cut off her own finger–Jessie leaves to care for her, whether Nelle wants to be cared for or not.  Jessie has always wondered why Nelle never got over the death of her husband, Jessie’s father, Joe, decades before. She wonders why the past has such a strong hold on Nelle. And she is grateful for the time away from her husband, which gives her a chance to think about where her marriage is going.

• Rachel & Leah: Women of Genesis by Orson S. Card  PS3553 .A655 R33 2004
• Finding Amy by Carol Steward  PS3569. T4580. S749 2004
• No Woman so Fair by Gilbert Morris  PS3563. O8742 N6 2003
• Ladies in Waiting by Linda Hudson-Smith  PS3608. U3495 L33 2002

Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?, 2010

Special Books for April 2010

The SCC Libraries will be showcasing Special Books for the month of April.

African-American Women’s Fitness

GV481.G746 1996

Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body and a Better Life

by, Bob Greene

RA778.4 .A36 B76 2004

Dr. Ro’s Ten Secrets to Livin’ Healthy: America’s Most Renowned African American Nutritionist Shows you How to Look Great, Feel Better, and Live Longer by Eating Right

by, Rovenia Brock

RL87. F667 2002

The African American Woman’s Guide to Successful Makeup and Skincare

by Alfred Fornay

Alcohol Awareness

(Popular Fiction)

PS3552. A947 R854 2005

Rules of the Road

by, Joan Bauer

PZ7 .B26234 TAL 2009

Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973

by, John Barnes

(Non-Fiction)

HV5278. M55 2005

Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You

by, William Miller

HV5020. W35 2002

Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication

by, Stuart Walton

HV5135. D69 2009

College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem

by, George Dowdall

Car Care

TL152. H168 2004

The Car Care Book

by, Ron Haefner

TL230.2 .C57 2007

Clueless about Cars: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance and Repair

by, Lisa Christensen

“The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd – Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions for the Reader

1.Were you surprised to learn that T. Ray used to be different, that once he truly loved Deborah? How do you think Deborah’s leaving affected him? Did it shed any light on why T. Ray was so cruel and abusive to Lily?

2.Had you ever heard of “kneeling on grits” before? What qualities did Lily have that allowed her to survive, endure and eventually thrive, despite T. Ray?

3.Who is the queen bee in this story?

4.Lily’s relationship to her dead mother was complex, ranging from guilt, to idealization, to hatred, to acceptance. What happens inside a daughter when she discovers her mother once abandoned her? Is Lily right– would people generally rather die than forgive? Was it harder for Lily to forgive her mother or herself?

5.Lily grew up without her mother, but in the end she finds a house full of them. Have you ever had a mother figure in your life who wasn’t your true mother? Have you ever had to leave home to find home?

6.What compelled Rosaleen to spit on the three men’s shoes? Did something in her finally say “Enough!”? Can you imagine yourself in her situation? What does it take for a person to stand up with conviction against brutalizing injustice? What did you like best about Rosaleen?

7.Had you ever heard of the Black Madonna? What do you think of the story surrounding the Black Madonna in the novel? How would the story be different if it had been a picture of a white Virgin Mary? The women in the pink house drew consolation and power from the Black Madonna. Do you know women whose lives have been deepened or enriched by a connection to an empowering Divine Mother?

8.Many women in our society are isolated from other women. Why is it important that women come together? What did you think of the “Calendar Sisters” and the Daughters of Mary? How did being in the company of this circle of females transform Lily?

9.May built a wailing wall to help her come to terms with the pain she felt inside. Even though we don’t have May’s “condition,” do we also need private and public “rituals,” like wailing walls, to help us deal with our grief and suffering?

10.How would you describe Lily and Zach’s relationship? What drew them together? Could you appreciate how taboo their love was in the South in 1964? Did you root for them to be together?

11.Project into the future. Does Lily ever see her father again? Does she become a beekeeper? A writer? What happens to Rosaleen? What happens with Lily and Zach? Who would Zach be today?

Source: http://www.suemonkkidd.com/SecretLifeOfBees/ReadersGuide.aspx

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

What to Read Now. And Why

Newsweeks.com selected fifty books for their “Fifty Books for Our Times” booklist. The SCC Libraries have a few of these books available for you to check out and enjoy.

11. The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry

12. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor

16. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

20. Benjamin Franklin by Edmund S. Morgan

24. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

33. Kim by Rudyard Kipling

38. Underworld by Don DeLillo

40. American Pastoral by Philip Roth

47. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

http://www.newsweek.com/id/204300

Popular Fiction: Oldies but Goodies

Below are some “oldies but goodies” available in the SCC Library’s Popular Fiction Collection. These titles have been around for a while but are worth a second, or first look. With everything from thrillers and horror to romance and adventure, this list has something for everyone:

Altered States: The ulimate horror story

Duchess: The orginal Shopgirl

Inadmissible Evidence: For the “legal-eagle”

Red Phoenix: A geopolitical military thriller

Stormchild: Not for the faint of heart

Taller Than Trees: Not the typical Man vs Nature story

Woman of the Inner Sea: Unfolds like a mystery

For more information on these and other titles go to http://library.sccsc.edu/ and click on Library Catalog

January’s Booklist @ SCC Library

Stop by the SCC Libraries and explore the Popular Fiction Collection.

Romance Fiction

Author:                                        Title:

Danielle Steel                               Coming Out

Robert James Waller                    Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

           

Mystery Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            Janet Evanovich                            One for the Money 

            Chester Himes                              A Rage in Harlem

            Sparkle Hayter                              Nice Girls Finish Last

 

Fantasy/Science Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            M. T. Anderson                             Feed  

            Lois Lowry                                    The Giver

            Terry Brooks                                 Running with the Demon

           

African American Fiction   

           Author:                                         Title:              

           Jacqueline Woodson                      Feathers

            Walter Mosley                              47

            Dori Sanders                                 Clover

            Angela Johnson                            Toning the Sweep

            Nikki Grimes                                 The Road to Paris

 

Religious Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            Fred Chappell                               I am One of You Forever

            Lynne Hinton                                Friendship Cake

            Francine Rivers                             Unveiled