by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 22, 2010 | Fantasy, Fiction
In the first book in Pratchett’s Discworld series, we meet wizard school dropout Rincewind. The Discworld is a flat disc held up by four elephants riding on the back of a giant turtle that wanders through space. Due to a bit of mischief, Rincewind has been...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 21, 2010 | Fantasy, Fiction, Staff Picks
A tale about English villagers who are of elvish lineage. They are trapped in the human world because the gate to the other world is closed. The quest to open the gate has as many convolutions as a soap opera: there are star-crossed lovers, suspense and mystery. There...
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 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 7, 2010 | Fiction
Join us tomorrow, September 8th, at 7:00 pm for an author visit with Lynne Griffin Ms. Griffin will be discussing her most recent release, Sea Escape, and will follow the event with a signing. Borders Books will be selling copies of Ms. Griffin’s books before...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 20, 2010 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery
In the 19th book in this series, Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco travels to Alexandria with his family so that his pregnant wife can see the pyramids. This menagerie which includes, Falco and his wife, two young daughters, an adopted teenage daughter and...
