Fiction: Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend of Edgar’s. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy…
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Features, January 2015
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Janet Mills The Map Thief -The Gripping Story of our Esteemed Map Dealer who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps by Michael Branding This is a story of a man named E. Forbes Smiley who made millions researching maps of the world, buying them cheaply and selling them for profit. He was highly esteemed for his knowledge…
Features, November 2014
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Janet Mills Stuff Matters – Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Share Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik. Steel was the first metal that Miodownik discusses. For thousands of years, the making of steel was handed down as a craft. During the Stone Age metal was highly prized and copper and gold were the only two metals.…
Features, August 2014
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Janet Mills Countdown – Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth by Alan Weisman. This book is a follow-up to his first since The World Without Us. Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agree are the most pressing problems about our world. With a million more of us every…
Features, June 2014
Check Out – Check In – June 2014
Janet Mills Jim Henson – A Biography by Brian Jay Jones. This detailed account of Jim Henson takes the reader from Jim as a child growing up in the small town of Leland, Mississippi to New York City with his Muppet family. Along the way Jim had many projects. His first project working with puppets was…