by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 17, 2010 | Fiction, Historical Fiction
The life changing events in Agnes Trussel’s life seem to occur by chance. She has a knack for either being in the right place at the right time or vice versa. When she accidentally comes upon some money, she flees to London to avoid facing the consequences of...
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...