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...
by Peabody Institute Library | Oct 18, 2010 | Book Trailer, Non-fiction
Here’s a book trailer for all you dog lovers out there: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ_XK00Eqj4] Steven Kotler was forty years old and facing an existential crisis—which made him not too different from just about every other middle-aged guy in Los...
by maturid | Aug 7, 2010 | Biography, Non-fiction
Ah, the pleasures of doing the “hard work” in reading. Let David Lipsky guide you on an amazing, intimate and poignant journey with the late writer, David Foster Wallace. Lipsky has transcribed the tapes of a week-long “interview” with DFW...
by Michelle | Aug 2, 2010 | Non-fiction, The Literary World
Have you read William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind? In it, a fourteen year old William uses the information he found in a library book to rig a windmill in his village, providing much needed electricity and running water. His narrative is charming...
