Staff Picks

I was reminded of this book by the news of the recent renovation of the Frick Museum in New York City. Fiona Davis chooses a NYC landmark for each of…

The officials in the Society make everyone’s choices for them: what job you have, who you marry and even – when you die. Cassia had alway…

Fifteen years ago, eight supervillains escaped to a hidden beach. Twice, small groups of them set out for supplies but never returned, leaving only o…

“Oaths sworn… loyalties tested… forces collide. It’s been only months since Eragon first uttered ‘brisingr’, an ancient language te…

The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy. Emily Dickinson  All gardeners, no matter how passionate t…

I have learned quite a lot from participating in our BPL Watercolor Workshop for over two years.  We all encourage and learn from each other, but one…

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author.  On a dark, wet even…

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman ARE Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in the 21st century. The series is full of clever allusions and witty tak…

Alice and her mother have never stayed in one place until her grandmother, an author of a dark twisted fairy tale book, dies. Her mother is then brou…

Written by a witty mortician, each chapter of this book visits a new location to look at the vastly different ways people around the world treat deat…