August's New Acquisitions

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Looking for your next read?

We are excited to present the following selection of books added to our collection this month.

To check out the books, you will need a library card. These books are available through SCLENDS, a consortium of libraries throughout the state that share a single catalog allowing patrons to search for items in all of the libraries as easily as you search for items in your home library. Requesting items is as simple as clicking a button. Within a few days, any available circulating item can be delivered from any SCLENDS library across the state.

Check out the booklist below featuring new titles to the South Carolina State Library.

New Acquisitions - August 2025

Cover of Tsistu's Colorful Adventure

Tsistu's Colorful Adventure
Author: Richardson, Candace
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: S.C. J 398.20975 RICH

Cover of Tsistu's Clever Game

Tsistu's Clever Game
Author: Richardson, Candace
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. J 398.20975 RICH

Cover of The Song of Everything

The Song of Everything
Author: Redmond, Glenis
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 811.6 REDM

Cover of The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists who Championed the American Revolution

The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists who Championed the American Revolution
Author: Anishanslin, Zara
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: 973.31 ANIS

Cover of The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South

The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South
Author: Eubanks, Georgann
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: 508.75 EUBA

Cover of Streams of Consciousness: A Poetry Anthology

Streams of Consciousness: A Poetry Anthology
Author: Randall, Amy
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 811.6 STRE

Cover of Salt & Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South

Salt & Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South
Author: Monsour, Sammy
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 641.692 MONS

Cover of Recreation without Humiliation: Black Leisure in the Twentieth-Century South

Recreation without Humiliation: Black Leisure in the Twentieth-Century South
Author: Stanton, Mary
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 306.4 STAN

Cover of Reading the Archival Revolution: Declassified Stories and Their Challenges

Reading the Archival Revolution: Declassified Stories and Their Challenges
Author: Vatulescu, Cristina
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 327.127300947 VATU

Cover of Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow

Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow
Author: Mellinger, Gwyneth
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 071.375 MELL

Cover of Pendleton, South Carolina Recollections and Reflections. Vol. II: Historic Houses

Pendleton, South Carolina Recollections and Reflections. Vol. II: Historic Houses
Author: Reynolds, Jacqueline Morrow
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 728.09725 REYN V.2

Cover of Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory

Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory
Author: Miron, Rose
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 977.500497 MIRO

Cover of Graveyard to Blooming Garden: A Story of Redemption & Transformation

Graveyard to Blooming Garden: A Story of Redemption & Transformation
Author: Green, J.R.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 371.2 GREE

Cover of Elizabeth & Ann Timothy: America's First Female Journalists in Colonial and Revolutionary War Times

Elizabeth & Ann Timothy: America's First Female Journalists in Colonial and Revolutionary War Times
Author: McNeely, Patricia G.
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: S.C. 975.702092 MCNE

Cover of Dentsville Remembered: The Story of Dentsville, SC

Dentsville Remembered: The Story of Dentsville, SC
Author: Rabon, Alton
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 975.771 RABO

Cover of Code Name: Pale Horse: How I went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis

Code Name: Pale Horse: How I went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis
Author: Payne, Scott
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 335.6097 PAYN

Cover of Appalachian Folklore Unveiled: Mysterious Happenings of Folk Spirits and Mystic Shades from the Ancient Foothills

Appalachian Folklore Unveiled: Mysterious Happenings of Folk Spirits and Mystic Shades from the Ancient Foothills
Author: Darkness Prevails
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 398.0974 DARK

Cover of Ahead of Her Time: The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann Head

Ahead of Her Time: The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann Head
Author: Thode, Nancy
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. B H4322T

Cover of A Sharecropper's Daughter Tells Her Family Story

A Sharecropper's Daughter Tells Her Family Story
Author: McQueen, Dorothy J.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. B M1734M

Upcoming Event

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Speaker at the Center: Silversmith Kaminer Haislip, "Charleston Silver, Past to Present"

August 7, 2025, 6:00 PM

Join us at the next installment of the Speaker at the Center series with Charleston silversmith Kaminer Haislip. Haislip's rice spoon was recently added to the Charleston Museum's collection and she has received a grant from SC Humanities to study silver techniques abroad. Kaminer will present a lecture titled Charleston Silver, Past to Present on the history of colonial Charleston silversmithing and how it relates to her contemporary silver designs.