by Peabody Institute Library | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-fiction, Patron Recommendations
Publisher’s Summary: “When Harry de Leyer first spotted Snowman, the future jumping champion was a scarred plow-horse being toted away to the slaughterhouse. Something about this regal outcast attracted the Dutch immigrant’s attention; he bought the...
by Peabody Institute Library | Nov 3, 2011 | Book Group Ideas
via Book Movement 1. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand “On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of...
by Peabody Institute Library | Nov 1, 2011 | The Literary World
It’s November: Happy National Novel Writing Month! NaNoWriMo urges writers at every stage in the grand game to complete the first draft of a 50,000 word novel. In a month. Think it can’t be done? Erin Morgenstern’s recently published The Night Circus...
by Peabody Institute Library | Oct 24, 2011 | The Literary World
From The Boston Globe: “Engrossing works of fiction inspire all manner of reader reactions. But hunger? That’s a surprisingly common takeaway for obsessed fans of George R.R. Martin’s best-selling series, “A Song of Ice and Fire,’’ the fifth book of which, “A...
by Peabody Institute Library | Oct 18, 2011 | Fiction
Reviewed by Kim “On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Labore McIlvrae-Lanny-walks into his ER, she changes his life forever. A...
