I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts!

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Prepare yourself for the new Ghostbusters movie by reading some ghost stories from the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library. Some are scary, some are funny, but they all have those opaque apparitions we love to fear! Collected and introduced by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry--including her own fabulous new illustrations for each piece, and a new story by Niffenegger--this is a unique and haunting anthology of some of the best ghost stories of all time. From Edgar

Too Hot to Cook?

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Summer has really and truly arrived, which means it may be too hot to use some of our awesome cookbooks,* but that doesn't mean you can't check out some of our awesome other food-related books and movies. [gallery type="slideshow" link="none" size="medium" ids="2255,2256,2257,2258,2259,2260,2261,2262,2263,2264,2265,2266,2267,2268,2269,2270,2271" orderby="rand"] *Check out section TX in all campus libraries for cookbooks of all cuisines and sizes.

Inspirational Women: Films for Women's History Month

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March is Women's History Month and a great time to celebrate important women in history. Explore the films below and visit Films on Demand for more films and clips. Films on Demand provides more than 20,000 high quality streaming videos and includes award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches, and newsreels. Films or shorter film segments can be easily embedded into Sakai course sites. Happy Women's History Month! Sojourner Truth was

History Lives @ Your Library: Celebrate Black History Month

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Here are some recommended children's and young adult books to celebrate Black History Month. Share these with a child or teen in your life. We also have a display on the lower level of the library of African American autobiographies and memoirs. [gallery type="slideshow" size="medium" ids="1955,1953,1948,1945,1946,1938,1932,1939,1940,1942,1941,1943,1944,1937,1936,1935,1933,1962" orderby="rand"]

Books to Movies in 2016

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2016 brings a new crop of movies coming to a theater near you that are based on books. Below is a list of books you can check out from the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library to read before the movie comes out. Then you can proclaim the book better than the movie with confidence! The 5th Wave by Richard Yancy-Theatrical Release on January 22nd (It's already out!) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith-Theatrical Release on February 5th Allegiant by Veronica Roth-Theatrical Release on March 18th

Take a walk! Explore NC State Parks, Trails, and more.

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Are you stressed by the end-of-semester crunch or the upcoming holidays? Spend time outdoors! It's amazing what nature, walks or hikes, and fresh air can do for you! We have many beautiful parks and trails in the triangle to enjoy as well as throughout the state. [caption id="attachment_1814" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Image from http://www.ncparks.gov/eno-river-state-park/history[/caption] Visit the NCpedia page, Exploring North Carolina: North Carolina State Parks, Trails, Lakes, Rivers

Thanksgiving @ Your Library

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Thanksgiving is just a little over a week away! For yours truly, this holiday is about the three fs: family, food and football! I will enjoy the day cooking and visiting with my relatives while watching my beloved Carolina Panthers take on the Dallas Cowboys. Speaking of football, CQ Researcher recently published an in-depth report titled NFL Controversies. Chief among the issues it highlights is the occurrence, detection and prevention of concussions among players. The main campus library also

Books About Writing

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Now that NaNoWriMo has started, here are a few books at the library that can help get the creative juices flowing. Here are tips, tricks, and advice from writers of both fiction and nonfiction. No matter what you are writing about you can find help here. Good luck! [gallery type="slideshow" ids="1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1725,1724,1721,1722,1723" orderby="rand"] Don't forget to add the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library as your writing buddy on Nanowrimo.org!

Ready for NaNoWriMo?

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November is known for Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday shopping season, but for writers it's known for something else. November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), when people put their fingers to their keyboards and pound out 50,000 words in one month. That's about 1,667 words a day. You can do it, we believe in you! There are as many ways to write a novel as there are writers, but for those who would like to plot their novel before writing we've collected some resources

Check Out Mars

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Today, NASA announced that they've found proof of liquid saltwater on Mars. It's an announcement that makes one day finding living microbes on the surface more likely than ever before. With the movie adaptation of The Martian by Andy Weir coming out soon it seems like a good time check out what science has to say about the red planet, and through fiction discover what our preoccupation with the red planet says about us. All of the books below are available to check out of the library. This list