by envisionmg | May 11, 2015 | Audiobooks, Patron Recommendations
An audiobook-loving patron recently recommended the following two titles, both of which, she noted, have good narrators: First up, a work of “inspiring” non-fiction: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba. “In this memoir adapted for...
by envisionmg | Apr 29, 2015 | Staff Picks
“Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning a letter arrives, addressed to Harold in a shaky...
by envisionmg | Apr 27, 2015 | History, Jim Reviews, YA
by Jim The obvious hook of Georg Rauch’s memoir Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army is how did a Jew end up in the German army in World War II? Until I read this book I would have thought it was impossible, but apparently it was a thing...
by envisionmg | Apr 23, 2015 | Fiction, Memoir, Staff Review
Recommended by Julie The House at the End of Hope Street – Menna van Praag “Distraught that her academic career has stalled, Alba is walking through her hometown of Cambridge, England, when she finds herself in front of a house she’s never seen before, 11...
by envisionmg | Apr 21, 2015 | Fantasy, Staff Review
Recommended by Linda The Secret Prince is a story of magic, adventure, surprise, fairytale and deception. As an infant, Thorn, is left by a cave entrance and is cared for by an old man. The old man teaches Thorn survival skills and stories of the mean king who took...
