by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 16, 2010 | The Literary World
According to the New York Times: “It appears that Oprah Winfrey and Jonathan Franzen have kissed and made up. Nearly a decade after their public literary feud, Ms. Winfrey has selected ‘Freedom,’ Mr. Franzen’s best-selling novel, as her next...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 14, 2010 | Fiction
And yet, when he noticed that I, his youngest daughter, showed an interest in reading, he took me to our local Jonesboro library and told me that I could read any book in the building so long as I promised to talk to him about it if I read something I didn’t...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 13, 2010 | Sci - Fi
“Navigational grimspace ‘jumper’ Sirantha Jax forms an army to defend colonists stationed on the outskirts of space from a legion of flesh- eating aliens.” [Publisher’s Summary] This is the fourth book in the Sirantha Jax series. The...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 9, 2010 | Biography, Books to Movies
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-CEDsZstdI] J.R. Ackerly’s Memoir My Dog Tulip has just been re-released in anticipation of the new animated film based on the book. The distinguished British man of letters, Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 7, 2010 | Fiction
Join us tomorrow, September 8th, at 7:00 pm for an author visit with Lynne Griffin Ms. Griffin will be discussing her most recent release, Sea Escape, and will follow the event with a signing. Borders Books will be selling copies of Ms. Griffin’s books before...
