by Peabody Institute Library | Dec 8, 2011 | Booklists, Fiction, Non-fiction, Staff Picks
If you’re looking for something to get you in the spirit of the holidays, try one of the books on our New Holiday Fiction Booklist. If you’re looking for a good book your favorite booklover, we have some suggestions for you. Books to Give the Reader in...
by Peabody Institute Library | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-fiction, Patron Recommendations
Publisher’s Summary: “When Harry de Leyer first spotted Snowman, the future jumping champion was a scarred plow-horse being toted away to the slaughterhouse. Something about this regal outcast attracted the Dutch immigrant’s attention; he bought the...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jun 6, 2011 | Non-fiction
Alice Ozma is the author of The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared. Publisher’s Summary: “When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. On the hundreth night,...
by Peabody Institute Library | May 28, 2011 | Biography, Non-fiction
Publisher’s Summary: “The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek. Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: actor,...
by Peabody Institute Library | May 25, 2011 | Book Trailer, Non-fiction
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LosHXm8gjM&feature=player_embedded”] Publisher’s Summary: “The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors,...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jan 18, 2011 | Biography, Non-fiction
Rick Springfield’s recently released memoir is not for the faint of heart – or at least those clinging to the lily white image of Dr. Noah Drake. While he managed to avoid the plague of drugs and alcohol, the rocker was admittedly a BAD boy for a LONG...
