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Tuesday, October 16 - Hours: 10am - 3pm; (9 - 10am Friends of the Library members only)
Wednesday, October 17 - Hours: 9am - 3pm; $2-a-bag sale starts at 1pm
Great used books at incredible prices! The Friends of the Library will host their Fall Book Sale for two days. A variety of books will be available from bestsellers, romance, and mysteries to science, art, history and computers. Most books sell for $1.00. The sale will culminate with a "2-dollar-a-bag" sale from 1 - 3pm on the second day. Anyone may join the Friends of the Library prior to the book sale to take advantage of the first day one hour "pre-sale" exclusive for Friends members. The sale will be held inside of the library, with entry from the outside door. Metered parking is available in Lot E (take Merrimac Way to the southwest corner of campus). Please call (714) 432-0202 x21058 for further details.
We wanted to let you know that we have added several new bestseller titles to the OCC Library collection. We hope that you like this selection of new books. Please contact our Circulation Department if you wish to check out any of these titles (714-432-5705 or occlibrary@occ.cccd.edu).
Your input is very important to us! Please let us know if you have suggestions for book titles. Here is the link for the Library Material Purchase Request form on our web page:
Our bestseller collection is funded by the OCC Friends of the Library. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested in bestsellers at our library. Happy reading!
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin - PS3607 .I28 A79 2018
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston - E44 .H897 2018
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware - PS6123 .A745 D43 2018
The Dime by Kathleen Kent - PS3611 .E674 D56 2017
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy - RC568 .O45 M33 2018
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Things are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling - BF441 .R673 2018
Feared by Lisa Scottoline - PS3569 .C725 F43 2018
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian - PS3552 .O495 F58 2018
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent - D774 .I5 V56 2018
The Outsider by Stephen King - PS3561 .I483 O98 2018
The Pharaoh Key by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - PS3566 .R3982 P43 2018
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter - PS3569 .L275 P54 2018
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson - PS3603 .L56539 P74 2018
Severance by Ling Ma - PS3613 .A14 S49 2018
Texas Ranger by James Patterson - PS3566 .A822 T49 2018
Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House by Omarosa Manigault Newman - E912 .O47 2018
War Storm by Victoria Aveyard - PZ7 .A9529 War 2018
When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger - PS3623 .E432457 W48 2018
Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer - E907 .P44 2018
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour When: Wednesday, September 26 (7:00 PM)
Where: Robert B. Moore Theatre
The BMFF World
Tour features an international selection of films that present a vast range of
outdoor adventures and portraits, including climbing, mountain expeditions,
remote cultures and the world’s last great wild places!
Admission:
$12 for advance tickets; $15 at the
door; $5 for OCC students with current ID. Save $3 on admission at
the door by donating three or more books, DVDs or CDs per person! This discount
does not apply to $5 student admission. Click here to purchase
tickets online! - OCCTickets.com
Tickets are also
available at local REI stores in Huntington Beach and Tustin. For general
information, call (714)
432-0202 x21058. Free parking will be offered at OCC lot C and at the
OC Fairgrounds across the street. All proceeds benefit OCC Friends of the
Library.
Watch the preview for the 2018 BMFF World Tour -
BMFF World Tour Playlist:
Intersection: Micayla Gatto USA, 2017, 5 minutes
Mountain biker Micayla Gatto takes
the viewer into her world as a painter and as an athlete, riding through
beautifully created masterpieces where colours come to life and reality blends
with art.
2.5 Million
USA, 2017, 22 minutes
American skier Aaron Rice sets out
to ski 2.5 million, human-powered, vertical feet in the backcountry and set a
new world record.
Johanna
United Kingdom, 2016, 4 minutes
2017 Best Short Mountain Film
For freediver Johanna Nordblad
diving under the ice provides a surreal, calming environment that helps heal
her injuries.
DugOut (Tour Edit)
United Kingdom, 2017, 41 minutes
Ben and James decide to travel to
the Ecuadorian Amazon, live with an indigenous community, learn from them how
to build a canoe from scratch, then take that canoe on a journey…what could go
wrong?
WHY
France, 2016, 7 minutes
Iceland. A cold, rugged and
forbidding landscape where powerful rivers plunge through bedrock gorges, over massive
waterfalls toward the sea. A crew of French kayakers travel here to ask the
question, “Why? Why do we do this?”
Tarfala
Germany, 2016, 26 minutes
Far north of the Arctic Circle,
next to Sweden's highest mountain, one old man has chosen to spend his life as
a caretaker of a lonely alpine hut. Retreating from obligations and everyday
routines into the cold Arctic winter storms, he's set on finding peace of mind
with the life he has lived and those he has chosen to leave behind.
Safety Third
USA, 2017, 29 minutes
Brad Gobright is beyond bold. From
his runout and poorly protected trad climbs to his unimaginable free solos,
watch as Gobright recovers from a back-breaking fall and attempts some of the
hardest ascents of his career.
Ice Call - Backyards Project -
Sam Favret
France, 2016, 3 minutes
Try to keep up to freerider Sam
Favret as he gives us a new perspective of the mythical Mer de Glace, at the
heart of Mont-Blanc.
The library provides workshops for students to learn how to do library and information research. Extra credit slips will be available if requested by your teacher. See the syllabus for more information.
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