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Monday April 15th is our kickoff! Stop by the library during College Hour and enjoy cookies from 12:30-1:30! Fav Books & Candy! Tuesday April 16th come see our Staff Faves Book Display! Post your favorite book for everyone to see and enjoy some candy. Popcorn! Wednesday April 17th be sure to Pop Into the Library! We will be serving popcorn from 11:30-2:30. While you’re here, challenge a friend to a game of checkers or backgammon! The library has game tables for you to enjoy. Poetry! Thursday April 18th we are celebrating National Poetry Month! Stop by the library to see our poetry display, and check out a book by your favorite poet! iTunes! COM students, take the time to enter our drawing for two $100 iTunes gift cards* to be held this Friday! All you have to do to enter is complete a COM Library survey and show us your current COM student ID. Return your completed library survey to the Circulation Desk before Friday the 19th at 2:30 and library staff will put you...

Where do outdated books go when replaced with new editions? In this case they get new life as art. Check out the creative use of books as sculpture from COM instructor George Bowes’ sculpture students. See the exhibit in our Flickr slideshow or in the Library on exhibit until March 17th.

COM Library celebrates Black History Month. This year it's all about the music. See the display in our Flickr slideshow , also posted in our African American History LibGuide . The books you see in the slideshow are available for check out in COM Library. You may also be interested in this great collection: Library of Congress Gottlieb Jazz Photos .

 Read Banned Books--It's Your Freedom We're Talking About! Learn what banned books are and the history of banned books. Many classics have been banned or challenged in the past and continue to be challenged at other libraries or even by governments. Find out which of your favorites have been banned and why. COM Library call numbers are included so you can check them out and read them. Go to the Guide! Features: Watch a video made by a real COM student with interviews of COM faculty and local teachers. Download free eBook versions of classic banned books  View the interactive Google Map of banned books.  Watch COM Library's YouTube Playlist on banned books. Students and faculty can leave a comment on any box on any page, review the entire guide or suggest more resources on the topic. Please don’t hesitate to provide feedback!

New Books in the Leisure Collection COM Library Rarian's favorite books » Share book reviews and ratings with COM Library, and even join a book club on Goodreads.

Supernatural fiction is very popular lately, especially when it involves vampires. If you’re in the library, be sure to check out our vampire fiction display in the Leisure Reading area! Here are two of the most popular vampire novels from COM Library: Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris Dead Until Dark is the first book in Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries, also known as the Sookie Stackhouse series. In this page turner, set in fictional backwoods Louisiana town, Harris creates a fantasy world where humans and vampires coexist (somewhat) successfully, if not entirely believably. If you enjoy this genre and can suspend some serious disbelief, this book might be for you. The HBO series True Blood is based on this series of novels; fans of the book might like to check out the television show, and vice versa. The Twilight Saga, by Stephenie Meyer Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling “vampire love saga” features vampires, werewolves, forbidd...

COM Library's New Leisure Books COM Library Rarian's favorite books » Share book reviews and ratings with COM Library, and even join a book club on Goodreads.

Frank Skinner delivers a perfect performance of Osbourne's memoir of his long and colorful career—from his humble beginnings to his days fronting Black Sabbath and rise as a successful solo artist. Skinner captures Osbourne's slurry drawl in an intimate performance that transports the listener to a quiet pub where Ozzy is holding court and swapping stories about family, factory jobs, stints in prison, drugs, sex, alcohol, guns, chickens, more drugs, band breakups. Equally compelling are Skinner's renditions of Osbourne's friends and bandmates—his Geezer Butler is a knockout. A must for fans of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, and the rock 'n' roll memoir; highly memorable and recommended. A Grand Central hardcover. (Jan.) from Publisher Weekly. Title: I am Ozzy Call number: ML 420 O825 A3 2010 Leisure Book Shelf

The Leisure Collection contains popular and recently released books that can be checked out primarily for entertainment, whether you are looking for something to take along on a trip or simply for a break from course readings. The collection reflects a wide variety of reading interests, to meet the various tastes of our students, staff and faculty. The focus of the collection is fiction best-sellers and popular fiction genres, such as mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, adventure, and historical fiction. The books are arranged in alphabetical order by titles. Check out our Leisure Collection on GoodReads or come on in and pick up a good story! You are welcome to offer suggestions for additions to this collection. A suggestion box is located on the Circulation Desk. Please provide the title of the book, the author's name, and any additional information you have that would help us identify the book and its publisher. Though it is not possible to acquire every book suggested ...

Artifacts and books on Mexican culture were on display in the library from Dr. Urbina, Blanca Comeaux and the Multiculture Team. If you missed it, you can still see highlights: check out the slide show on Flickr , view the books in the library, or check out our Cinco de Mayo HotSpots . Here are a few HotSpot samples: Cinco de Mayo de 1862 - La Batalla de Puebla (website) Encyclopædia Britannica: Cinco de Mayo , Puebla, Battle of (COM Only resource) The Mexican Revolution in Puebla, 1908-1913 : The Maderista Movement and the Failure of Liberal Reform (COM Only resource) Benito Juarez (book) F 1233 J9342 Upcoming displays: June: Juneteenth July: 4th of July