by envisionmg | Feb 17, 2016 | History, Jim Reviews
If you have seen any of the flyers, you know the library has a new History Book Group that meets every third Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. Massie’s Catherine the Great is this month’s book (which we will be discussing this evening; all are welcome)....
by envisionmg | Feb 15, 2016 | Non-fiction, Reading Intersections
After many years spent traveling and reporting on the considerable number of life-altering events of her era, Martha Gellhorn, war correspondent, passed away on this day in 1998, at the age of 89. Gellhorn began as a novelist before turning to journalism, had the...
by envisionmg | Feb 10, 2016 | Reading Intersections
H.A. and Marget Rey’s contribution to children’s literature is unarguably huge, with the appeal of Curious George showing no signs of diminishing, well, ever. The insatiably curious monkey, along with the Man With the Yellow Hat, Pretzel, and other...
by envisionmg | Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Like all libraries we do a ton of book displays so we thought we would give all of you a taste of what you’ll find on our displays this month. All of these are done by members of our staff who put a lot of time and thought into them. The Pyramid If you’ve...
by envisionmg | Feb 3, 2016 | Fiction, Staff Review
In The Fortune Hunter Daisy Goodwin has crafted a tale that weaves together fiction with historical fact. At the core of this novel is a love triangle between the handsome and dashing British Captain Bay Middleton, a young heiress by the name of Charlotte Baird, and...