Jennifer Walters, who became The She-Hulk after a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner (The Incredible Hulk himself), finds herself in a bit of a quandary and is forced to put away the purple spandex and instead don a suit and glasses to fight criminals in the courtroom, not with her fists. It sounds a bit like Ally McBeal on super-powered steroids, but I…
Read moreDid you know that the Humanities Room at Central Library is home to thousands of historic photographs of Milwaukee in the Historic Photo Collection? The image above is just one example. It captures a moment from the 4th of July celebrations at Lake Park in 1918. Members of the Ladies Home Defense group can be seen marching in the center of the field. A selection of…
Read moreDark Invasion: 1915: Germany’s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum A fascinating and suspenseful account of America’s slide into World War I while still ostensibly neutral, and the German attempt to pre-empt the conflict by setting up a spy network in the United States. German agents pursued an agenda of sabotage and terrorism aimed at weakening…
Read moreGood weird. Funny weird. Captivating weird. It’s like the literary equivalent of an Adam Sandler movie penned by Mark Twain. Sort of a concoction between Twain’s Letters From the Earth and Sandler’s Little Nicky. Billy Ridgeway wakes up after a bender to find great smelling coffee brewing in the kitchen and Lucifer Morningstar (Satan) sitting in his living room. Hangover central. The Weirdness just gets weirder…
Read moreDeath 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…
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