by ta | Dec 29, 2008 | Fiction
A late-spring storm capped the last daffodils and the first tulips with dollops of snow, which melted when the sun came back out. The snow seemed to have a bracing effect on the flowers; their roots drank the cold melt, their stalks straightened from the chilly drink;...
by ta | Dec 23, 2008 | Adventure Classics
A patron recommends the following Urdu epic. It took a long time for him to read, but Amir Hamza manages to get into one amazing advenuture after another. Slap on your scimitar and join the adventure! The Indo-Islamic Dastan-e Amir Hamza is a rip-roaring, bawdy,...
by ta | Dec 10, 2008 | Non-fiction
They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. It begins with a knock at the door. “The curtains pull away. They come to the door. And they know. They always know,” said Major Steve Beck. Since the start of...
by ta | Dec 3, 2008 | Fiction
If you like best book lists, you’ll want to check out the New York Times list of Ten Best Books of 2008 while you’re at it, you might want to look at their list of 100 Notable Books or the Notable Children’s Books. We’re excited that Hannah...
by ta | Nov 2, 2008 | Fiction
In medieval Cambridge, England, four children have been murdered. The crimes are immediately blamed on the town’s Jewish community, taken as evidence that Jews sacrifice Christian children in blasphemous ceremonies. To save them from the rioting mob, the king...
