A Perfect Opportunity For A Bookl

November has finally come and gone.  We are now in the depths of autumn. As the temperatures begin to drop and the rain clouds invade the skies, going outside is a lot less fun than it used to be. However, it is also the perfect opportunity to snuggle under a warm blanket and read a book. The library has plenty of books to choose from, but here are just a few of them.

By The Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz (813.54 KOONTZ K)


Dylan O'Connor, on his way to an arts festival in Santa Fe, is attacked by a mysterious "doctor" who injects him with an unknown substance and tells him that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill him or transform his life. Then he is told that he must flee--before the doctor's enemies hunt him down for the secret circulating through his body. No one can help him, the doctor says, not even the police. The next 24 hours turn into an odyssey of terror, mystery--and wondrous discovery. 

Camille by Alexander Dumas (843.7 Dumas D)

The book begins with a sale of a courtesan's things after her death. The narrator happens to go there by chance, and intrigued by what he saw, decides to write about her life. Margaret Gautier was the most popular and sought-after courtesan in Paris. Her symbol was the white camellia, which she wore whenever she was . . . available for business. However, she casts off her upper-class lifestyle for the commoner Armand Duval. But try as they might, society constantly challenges their love.

Ordeal by Nevil Shute (823.912 SHUTE S)

Written in 1938, just before the Second World War broke out, Ordeal is what Nevil Shute, and possibly the rest of Europe, feared would happen.The story follows the Corbett family as they try to survive multiple bombings, cholera, food shortages, and life aboard their small little yacht in the south of England.The Corbetts are good people, but sometimes they have to resort to more monstrous means in order to take care of their family and survive.

The Brief and Frightening Rein of Phil by George Saunders (813.54 SAUNDERS S)

Phil used to be a perfectly ordinary guy, with a perfectly ordinary hate for the people of Inner Horner until one day the country of Inner Horner shrinks and its few residents find themselves standing inn the country of Outer Horner. Never one to waste a chance, Phil claims that they are invading the country and must be punished. It begins innocently enough with a tax, but before long, Phil becomes so power-hungry that he feels the need to rule everything and get rid of the Inner Hornerites. In short, it is probably the strangest story about war that you will ever find, but it's wonderfully entertaining.

The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of The Worlds by H.G. Wells (823.912 WELLS W)
H.G. Wells has a reputation for being one of the fathers of science fiction, and that rests mainly on these three novels. The Time Machine follows its scientist narrator to the year 802701 A.D. where two social classes have evolved into two separate races. The Invisible Man is about a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible and then becomes disconnected from society and from his own mind. The War of the Worlds features an alien invasion by martians who devastate the earth and feed on human victims while the red weed spreads over the planet.

Is School Not Keeping You Busy Enough?

Did Halloween come and go too fast this year? Do you wish Thanksgiving would turn into Halloween II? Well now it can! Stay in the scary spirit with watching these movies and reading these books to help the time pass by until the warm weather comes back! Lucky for you, all of these can be found in the UCC library!

Just After Sunset
By: Stephen King

Scare your socks off with these short stories!

"Starred Review. Culled almost entirely from leading mainstream periodicals, these stories are a testament to the literary merits of the well-told macabre tale." - Publishers Weekly

"An uneven collection, but King has plainly had a ball writing these stories." - Kirkus Reviews

Shaun Of The Dead - DVD 791.43 S

Shaun doesn't have a very good day, so he decides to turn his life around by getting his ex to take him back, but he times it for right in the middle of what may be a zombie apocalypse... But for him, it's an opportunity to show everyone he knows how useful he is by saving them all. All he has to do is survive... And get his ex back.

Scanners - DVD 791.43 1980 S

Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain and damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Darryl Revok (the leader of the underground scanner movement for world domination) hasn't, and converts him to the good side so they can destroy the underground movement together.

Alien - DVD 791.43 A

The crew of the deep space mining ship Nostromo are awaken from hypersleep to investigate a strange signal from a nearby planet. While investigating the signal, they discover it was intended as a warning, and not an SOS.

Kitty's House Of Horrors
By: Carrie Vaughn - PB V

Talk radio host and werewolf Kitty Norville has agreed to appear on TV's first all-supernatural reality show. She's expecting cheesy competitions and manufactured drama starring shapeshifters, vampires, and psychics. But what begins as a publicity stunt will turn into a fight for her life.

An American Werewolf In London - 

DVD 791.43 A

Two American students are on a tour of Britain and are attacked by a Werewolf, leaving one dead and the other badly injured. The Werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet, but then his friend and other recent victims start appearing to him and demand the he find a way to die to release them from their curse of being trapped between worlds.

Night Of The Living Dead -
DVD 791.43 N

A group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and eat their brains...Yum.. Can they get out of a zombie attack alive?

Reading for fun

If you need to take a break from text books to relax with a book of your choosing, then the UCC library is definitely the place to go. There are shelves lined with engaging books on a multitude of subjects. Here are just a few suggestions to help you fall back into love with reading.

"Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists" is an inspiring book edited by Courtney E. Martin and J. Courtney Sullivan. It features the stories of many different women from various lifestyles, writing about how they came to the realization that they were feminists. Their stories range from comical to emotionally touching and are encouraging for all age groups.

"Mexicanos in Oregon: Their Lives, Their Stories," written by Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, is another inspiring book that follows the stories of people from different walks of life with the same common goals. This book focuses on the increasing numbers of Latinos that are settling in Oregon. It discusses why they come and what they experience upon arrival. This book is an informative read for all Oregonians.

"The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness" by Oren Harman is another thought provoking book that tells the story of George Price. A genius from America, Price sets out to answer questions regarding kindness from an evolutionary perspective. The ending will leave you with much to ponder.

The UCC Library has a wide variety of books that will provide you with some relaxing, leisure time in between homework assignments. Come find a topic that interests you today!