by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 2, 2010 | Book Trailer
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cL5WQ978JM&feature=player_embedded”] Publisher’s Summary: “Shades of Milk and Honey is exactly what we could expect from Jane Austen if she had been a fantasy writer: Pride and Prejudice meets...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 1, 2010 | Local Connection
Publisher’s Summary: “Billy is sent to London in the midst of a Luftwaffe bombing offensive to investigate the murder of a Soviet official. There’s reason to believe that the crime could be connected to the recent discovery of mass graves in the...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 1, 2010 | Staff Picks
Publisher’s Summary: “New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 30, 2010 | Urban Fantasy
Total Eclipse is the last book in Rachel Caine’s phenomenal Weather Warden series. As the book opens, the wardens and the djinns have all lost their powers and Mother Nature is on the warpath. Things have never been so dire. Joanne and David have also had their...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 24, 2010 | The Literary World
Do you read the dedications or just flip to the start of a book? If you’re the kind of reader who is interested in who gets the honor of being mentioned at the beginning of a book, you might enjoy this article by Nigel Farndale.