by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 17, 2011 | Fantasy
Reviewed by Kim MAY INCLUDE SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES. When Changes ended Harry Dresden had surpassed his personal best for getting beat up, hurt, and tortured. Not enough, the closing chapter ended with him being murdered by an unknown assassin. But...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 10, 2011 | Patron Recommendations
Publisher’s Summary: “A riveting true crime story that vividly recounts the birth of modern forensics.At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher, known and feared as “The Killer of Little Shepherds,” terrorized the French...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 8, 2011 | Books to Movies, Fantasy
Peter Jackson knows how to tease. Case in point: the third of his production videos (below) showcases the initial stages of whipping the Dwarves into fighting shape (or looks-to-be-more-out-of-shape, as the case may be), and gives us a brutally brief glimpse of Martin...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 5, 2011 | Mystery, Urban Fantasy
Publisher’s summary: “Having narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans’ voodoo queen just keeps on giving-leading to a...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 3, 2011 | The Literary World
“I have many fond memories of poring over the outlandish sci-fi and fantasy book covers at the University Book Store in Seattle and choosing a stack to bring home with me to devour. I have managed to, over the many decades since the late ’70s, hold on to a good...
