by ta | May 18, 2010 | Fiction, Patron Recommendations
The Fountainhead has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper...
by ta | May 14, 2010 | Fiction, Patron Recommendations
A patron recommended this book as an antidote to all the violence on television. She loved the humor in the book and if you are looking for a good laugh you might too! The first novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club...
by Michelle | Jun 2, 2009 | Patron Recommendations
A patron said that this was a very good book. Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Italia. Very Valentine is...
by Michelle | Apr 27, 2009 | Non-fiction, Patron Recommendations
More than a century ago, a school was constructed in Fort Worth, Texas, for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Texas Freemasons. It was a humble project that for years existed quietly on a hillside east of town. Life at the Masonic Home was about to...
by ta | Apr 9, 2009 | Non-fiction, Patron Recommendations
The true story of thirteen women who took a risk on an expensive diamond necklace and, in the process, changed not only themselves but a community. Four years ago, in Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a diamond necklace in a local jewelry store display window....
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 26, 2009 | Non-fiction, Patron Recommendations
One of our good friends passed on recently. He was a loyal library patron and an avid reader of non-fiction. True crime was his favorite, but he enjoyed any book that taught him something new. He submitted many written reviews of the books he read. Here are few...
