Staff Picks Archive - Peters Township Library

Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

By Eric Klinenberg

Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

By Eric Klinenberg

Recommended by Mary Kipling, Head of the Technical Services Department From Penguin Random House Publishing: An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint...

Becoming

By Michelle Obama

Becoming

By Michelle Obama

Recommended by Ed Wolf, Information Technology / Reference Librarian From Penguin Random House Publishing: An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady...

A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

By Ayelet Waldman

A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

By Ayelet Waldman

Recommended by Mary Kipling, Head of the Technical Services Department From Penguin Random House Publishers: The true story of how a renowned writer’s struggle with...

Marilla of Green Gables

By Sarah McCoy

Marilla of Green Gables

By Sarah McCoy

Recommended by Mary Kipling, Head of the Technical Services Department From Harper Collins Publishers: A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . ....

The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London

By Christopher Skaife

The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London

By Christopher Skaife

Recommended by Ed Wolf, Information Technology Librarian From MacMillan Publishers: The first behind-the-scenes account of life with the legendary ravens at the world’s eeriest monument...

Etiquette & Espionage

By Gail Carriger

Etiquette & Espionage

By Gail Carriger

Recommended by Ed Wolf, Information Technology Librarian From Little, Brown Young Readers: Set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate, this bestselling...

Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

By Jennifer Worth

Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

By Jennifer Worth

Recommended by Ed Wolf, Information Technology Librarian From Penguin Random House Publishers: ABOUT CALL THE MIDWIFE The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans...

The Library Book

By Susan Orlean

The Library Book

By Susan Orlean

Recommended by Dianne Finnegan, Head of Circulation From Simon & Schuster Publishers: On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in...

The Removes

By Tatjana Soli

The Removes

By Tatjana Soli

Recommended by Myra Oleynik, Library Director From MacMillan Publishers: As the first wave of pioneers travel westward to settle the American frontier, two women discover...

Fever

By Deon Meyer

Fever

By Deon Meyer

Recommended by Dianne Finnegan, Head of Circulation From Grove Atlantic: Nico Storm and his father, Willem, drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a...

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

By Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

By Azar Nafisi

Recommended by Ed Wolf, IT/Reference Librarian From Penguin Random House: Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a...

Vox

By Christina Dalcher

Vox

By Christina Dalcher

Recommended by Dianne Finneagan, Head of the Circulation Department From Penguin Random House: Set in a United States in which half the population has been...