Library Newsletter - August 2023

Clovis Community College Library is fine free! This means that items borrowed from our collection that are returned late will not be charged late fees. We want to ensure that you feel comfortable borrowing all of our resources without the fear of unexpected fees. 

However, please note that this policy does not apply to the following:

• Lost or missing items that are not returned.
• Items returned damaged.
• Items from other libraries including other SCCCD libraries. 

Keep Reading!

School work keeping you from pleasurable reading? That essay taking longer than expected and you still need the book? Books now check out for 6 weeks. So, grab a book to read at your leisure. With no fines and 6 weeks to read you don’t have to worry. Schedule some self-care and come check out a book.  

Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City

by Ben Wilson

In this enlightening look at cities, past and future, Wilson achieves a fascinating intertwining of apocalyptic warning and pragmatic optimism while proposing that the natural world may prove the city's savior.

Tasting History: Explore the Past Through 4,000 Years of Recipes

by Max Miller and Ann Volkwein

A series of strikingly photographed dishes that take you on a path from the earliest written clay tablets of Babylon, all the way through history to the cuisine that built the Americas.

Hang the Moon: A Novel

by Jeannette Walls

Drawing once again on her family history, Walls has created Sallie, a magnetic heroine. The novel races along in a tale of perpetual family melodrama, dynastic struggles, suspenseful showdowns, and all-out warfare.

Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

by Camille T. Dungy

A significant, meditative, and wholly down-to-earth memoir, Dungy’s identity as a mother, Black woman, and poet offers an inclusive and realistic style of nature writing while she diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage.

Dust Child: A Novel

by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Mai’s novel portrays the heart-wrenching collateral damage that resulted from a fleeting love during the Vietnam War. Set between the Việt Nam war and the present day, this is a sweeping epic of family secrets and hidden heartache.

A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival

by Gulchehra Hoja

This extraordinary memoir provides insight into the lives of the Uyghurs people and culture, while simultaneously telling the most personal and powerful chronicle of a woman who gave up everything to help her people.

Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals

by Jack Ashby

Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has many truly astonishing mammals, with incredible, unfamiliar features. Ashby’s book is scientific, funny, and looks at how our perceptions impact the future of these mammals.

Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents--And What They Mean for America's Future

by Jean M. Twenge

Surprising and informative, Twenge explores what the Silents and Boomers want out of the rest of their lives; how Gen X-ers are facing middle age; the ideals of Millennials as parents and in the workplace; and how Gen Z has been changed by COVID, among other topics.

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A Novel

by Tom Hanks

A page-turning look at show business and moviemaking, a reflection on the changes in America over the past eighty years, and a lovely window into the world we all share. If you love movies, you'll love this book. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece on Audiobook. Read by the author and a full cast.

Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

by Paul Bloom

Bloom, a professor of psychology and cognitive science at Yale, explains the deep and lasting insights from the science of the mind while offering an engaging, comprehensive, accessible introduction to the field of psychology. This is essential reading for anyone who has wondered why people do, feel, and think what they do.

Cuando Echarle Ganas No Es Suficiente

by César Lozano

Todos hemos estado en situaciones difíciles en las que se nos dice "¡tú puedes!" o "¡échale ganas!", y a veces puede hacernos sentir molestos y sin ayuda. Este libro ofrece consejos útiles sobre cómo comprender y escuchar a alguien cuando está pasando por un momento difícil para ofrecer mejor ayuda y orientación significativas.

Yellowface: A Novel

by R.F. Kuang

Kuang’s magnificent novel - about an author claiming to be Asian-American - uses satire to shine a light on systemic racial discrimination, the codependent relationship between the empowered and the oppressed, and the truth that often hides behind the twisted narratives constructed by those in power. Yellowface on Audiobook. Read by Helen Laser.