Death Trade by Jack Higgins is another great spy story with Sean Dillon and the "Prime Minister's private army" trying to save an Iranian scientist and his family from death. That is what will happen to him if he runs to the West with his breakthrough secrets about nuclear weapons. Silver Star by Jeannette Walls When their artistic mother leaves to find herself, Bean and Liz are…
Read moreThe final dispatch from MPL Library Director Paula Kiely, who is currently traveling with the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library tour of Edith Wharton's New York City:
Read moreBillie Breslin has just moved from California to New York to work as assistant to the editor of Delicious! Magazine. She's immediately known for her superhuman palate: she can taste any dish and list its ingredients and suggest the flavors it needs. Quickly, she immerses herself in this world, enjoying the magazine staff while befriending a family that operates an Italian cheese shop. Not long after…
Read moreThe latest dispatch from MPL Library Director Paula Kiely, who is currently traveling with the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library tour of Edith Wharton's New York City:
Read moreThe latest dispatch from MPL Library Director Paula Kiely, who is currently traveling with the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library tour of Edith Wharton's New York City: [Read Day 1 and Day 2]
Read moreAnother dispatch from MPL Library Director Paula Kiely, who is currently traveling with the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library tour of Edith Wharton's New York City: "Another great day, packed with art and the architecture of the Wharton era..."
Read moreFinally, the Starchild tells his story. Following books by Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, Paul Stanley is the last original member of KISS to publish his autobiography. Unlike its predecessors, Face the Music is less focused on dishing on his bandmates (though there is plenty of that in the book) and more on Stanley’s development as a musician and person. He describes his…
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