There’s been an odd trend of ‘literary mash-ups’ in the past few years, exemplified by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies among others. While many of these are books are just shoe-horning some ridiculous genre element into various literary classic (Android Karenina, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters), there are some nice and more creative efforts that grace the shelves of your local Milwaukee Public Library.…
Read moreYou may enjoy reading Mollie Moran's Minding the Manor: The Memoir of a 1930s English Kitchen Maid. It's an entertaining account of her true story and adventures while in domestic service as a scullery maid, then kitchen maid and cook for wealthy British aristocrats. Photos, recipes and household hints help evoke the atmosphere of a time long since passed and a way of life that…
Read moreIn The Death Trade by Jack Higgins an eminent Iranian scientist has made a major breakthrough in nuclear weapons research. Iran wants his research, but he doesn't want his country owning this weapon. He cannot flee as they have his mother and sister. In steps Dillon and Company to devise a plan to protect the scientist and his research. This is book twenty in the…
Read moreBig worms are really disgusting creatures. Big worms eating your innards and crushing your vertebrae while you wallow with an insatiable hunger are totally disgusting. In short, The Troop by Nick Cutter is a pretty disgusting book. A group of Canadian scouts are visiting a remote, uninhabited island off the coast when a very hungry, very sick man appears at their cabin door. Chaos…
Read moreare central to Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau, the second book in The Testing trilogy. Cia has finally made it to university. Only the best and brightest will be groomed as future leaders -and the rest get "redirected". The pressure is greater than ever to succeed, and Cia will need all the help she can get -if she can figure out who to trust. This…
Read moreToday is the birthday of John Muir, the world-renowned naturalist and author with ties to Wisconsin. Born on April 21, 1838 in Dunbar, Scotland, he moved to Wisconsin with his family at age 11. He grew up on his family's farm near Portage and later attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His keen interest in botany, piqued at the UW, led him to begin hiking throughout…
Read moreAddison lives on the fringe of humanity. When people look at his face, they are sent into fits of violence. He is a loner, but his entire life changes when he meets Gwyneth, a young girl repulsed by anybody who touches her. In Innocence by Dean Koontz two broken individuals come together one fateful night and must survive the relentless pursuit of her would-be rapist;…
Read moreToday is the official unveiling of the new MPL.org website! Designed by the local web design firm Byte Studios, our new site offers the same resources and amenities you've always enjoyed with a sleek, up-to-date look and feel. You'll find the latest news of goings-on at Central Library and all of the branches, important phone numbers, and our social media feeds right on the front…
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