by Peabody Institute Library | Mar 15, 2011 | The Literary World
Are you tempted to see the new adaptation of Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell & Dame Judi Dench? Perhaps taking a peek at the film’s gorgeous, brooding set interiors will be further incentive.
by Peabody Institute Library | Mar 14, 2011 | Adventure, Fiction
Publisher’s Summary: “Archaeologist and explorer Annja Creed’s fascination with the myths and mysteries of the past leads her to a crypt in the caves of France, where the terrifying legend of the Beast of Gevaudan hints at the unimaginable. What she discovers is...
by Peabody Institute Library | Mar 9, 2011 | Fiction
At the young age of twelve, Gideon Crew saw his brilliant mathematician father gunned down before his eyes after being accused of treason. Twelve years later, his dying mother tells him that his father was framed and deliberately killed as part of a cover-up. With her...
by Peabody Institute Library | Mar 1, 2011 | The Literary World
“Michael Lewis, who wrote the best-seller The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine about the mortgage meltdown, has become the target of a lawsuit by an asset manager he wrote about in the book.” [via Advisor One] “Getting a handle on naming...
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 22, 2011 | Fiction, Paranormal, Romance
Charley Davidson is a private investigator and a grim reaper. As part of her reaper job description, she must convince dead people to “go into the light”, which in this case strangely enough is Charley herself. Of course things are never that simple. In...