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New Books Are In!

The beginning of the fall semester is behind us, but its end lies even farther ahead. You’ve a few months to go before you can start catching up on all that sleep you’re missing. But there’s no reason why you shouldn’t treat yourself to a few new books in the meantime. Learn how to maximize your experience here at PVCC with the The Community College Career Track: How to Achieve the American Dream without a Mountain of Debt by Thomas Snyder and Community College Success: You Are Not Alone: How to Finish with Friends, Scholarships, Internships, and the Career of Your Dreams by Isa Adney. And don’t stop there: check out How You Can Maximize Student Aid: Strategies for the FAFSA and the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) to Increase Financial Aid for College by Tracy Foote and Paying for College without Going Broke by Kalman A. Chany to discover strategies for navigating the important but often complex subject of financial aid. As the leaves turn and the weather chills, nature

Banned Books Week! September 21-27

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Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association. September 21-27, 2014 is Banned Books Week! During Banned Books Week the library is celebrating our freedom to read by showcasing books that have been censored or challenged over the years.  The Banned Books Week tradition was started in 1982 by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom to combat censorship and protest the increasing number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores, and public libraries. Books that were frequently banned during this time included Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, which was censored from school libraries in 1982 because some people considered it “Anti-American” and “just plain filthy,” and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, a story accused in 1983 of “encouraging deviant behavior.” In 1984 Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Color Purple was challenged for its “troubling ideas about race relations and human sexuality.”

Homeless to Harvard film at the library

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"I was 15 when I went out in the world. What's a home anyway? A roof? A bed? A place where when you go there, they have to take you?" Liz Murray, Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. As part of the 2014-2015 One Book program, the library will screen the film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story on Monday, September 22, starting at noon in the library's periodicals room .  The film runs 104 minutes, and stars Thora Birch ( American Beauty, Patriot Games ) as Liz Murray. The film was directed by Peter Levin, who also directed the popular TV dramas Judging Amy and Joan of Arcadia .   Homeless to Harvard is based on Liz Murray's book Breaking Night , the 2014-2015 choice for the PVCC One Book program.  Please join us! We will have popcorn (limited supplies) for attendees.