Archive for the ‘ Books ’ Category

Next Selection: The Language of Flowers

25th September 2011 | Closed

In a world where talk is cheap, debut author Vanessa Diffenbaugh has written a captivating novel in which a single sprig of rosemary speaks louder than words.


Next Selection: Operation Family Secrets

4th April 2011 | Closed

Operation Family Secrets by Frank Calabrese, Jr. (319 pages) is non-fiction  story about the Calabrese family of Chicago.


Next Selection

15th February 2011 | 2 Comments

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (447 pages).  This is non-fiction with murder, magic and madness at Chicago’s World’s Fair 1893, which changed America.  It is filled Chicago history still evidenced today at our Lakefront and complete with fun-filled facts about the latest “inventions” — mechanical, structural and even fun-food we still […]