Library Newsletter - October 2025
Banned Books Week
Established in 1982, Banned Books Week (October 5 - 11) brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to read. This year’s theme is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Our library participates in Banned Books week with a display, a BBW library research guide, and a Banned and Challenged Books collection in our library catalog. Check out the CCC Library Instagram page for more information.
Along with the English Department, we will be hosting a banned books and student poetry reading on October 9 from 4p.m. to 5p.m. Sign-up to read poems or a passage from a banned book.
Got Bones?
The library has 22 anatomy models on reserve to help you get a leg up on your exams. Models include skulls; close-ups of a muscle fiber and a neuron; the circulatory system; skin with burn pathologies; the pelvic regions; arm, leg, and head muscles; the ear and eye; complete skeletons; and a variety of internal organs. Inquire at the circulation desk for our “menu” of items, check one out for two hours in the library, and prepare for your next test!
Employee Professional Development Corner
Faculty Guide to Streaming Video
This guide provides an overview of CCC Library’s streaming video collections, accessible via digital licenses and subscriptions on the Research Databases page. Each page on the guide provides information about the platforms, including how to incorporate it into your class. Our video streaming services are Films on Demand and Swank Digital Campus.
New Books
Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking
by Alice Vernon
Ghosted follows the story of paranormal investigations from the Victorian era to the modern day, examining how our fascination with ghost hunting has changed alongside technology and culture. The author encourages readers to interrogate their own skepticism and belief.
The Cemetery of Untold Stories: A Novel
by Julia Alvarez
When writer Alma Cruz inherits land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a graveyard for her unfinished stories and haunted characters. Though she hopes to let them rest, the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary where their true tales come to life.
The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's the Stand
edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene
King’s iconic 1978 postapocalyptic fantasy The Stand has entertained readers and influenced 34 writers to make this collection of short stories. Ardent fans will enjoy the captivating characters in this tribute to the battle of good versus evil and human nature’s response to catastrophe.
Macbeth: A Potions Primer
by Jennifer Adams
illustrated by Alison Oliver
Give little ones a perfect start at building essential reading skills that plant seeds for lifelong learning and literary appreciation. This charming book creates precious bonding moments while introducing Shakespeare.
Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful
by David Enrich
With an archconservative shift, key press protections like New York Times v. Sullivan face threats. Enrich reveals how defamation claims by politicians and corporations silence journalism and endanger press freedom and democracy.
Your Pocket Therapist: Break Free from Old Patterns and Transform Your Life
by Annie Zimmerman
Zimmerman narrates an engaging and empowering five-step process of self-discovery from a psychodynamic approach. She argues that actively understanding why you struggle is the first step in a healing journey that can result in fewer struggles and an improved life.
Ghosts of Hiroshima
by Charles Pellegrino
Pellegrino’s latest work, grounded in research on Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, explores tenuous links and unintended consequences. Interconnected stories are filled with haunting images of charred ruins and ghostly shadows etched onto surfaces by the nuclear blasts.
Cesar Romero: The Joker Is Wild
by Samuel Garza Bernstein
Bernstein delivers a vivid, compelling portrait of a multitalented, often-overlooked star. Blending glamour, identity, and self-authenticity, this skillful biography is comprehensive, effusive, and candid while keeping Romero’s legacy alive.
We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions
by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle
When you travel through a new country, you need a guidebook. When you travel through love, heartbreak, joy, parenting, friendship, uncertainty, aging, grief, new beginnings--life--you need a guidebook, too. This is the guidebook for being alive.
