Cowboys and Cossacks

Looking for something different?  Tired of James Patterson?  The Cowboy and the Cossack is an excellent book to cleanse the palate.  Nancy Pearl, NPR contributor and librarian has chosen this book to be part of the Book Lust Rediscoveries series. Book Lust...

Waiting for the next Jack Reacher novel?

If you are looking for a series to read while waiting for the next Jack Reacher  or Mitch Ryan novel to be released, try Gray Man by Mark Greaney: http://catalog.ccls.org/search~S1?/tgray+man/tgray+man/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tgray+man&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-...

Adult Summer Reading Challenge

Do you have more time to read during the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer? Join the D-town Summer Reading Challenge. For each book that you read you will get a chance to win a prize at the end of the summer. Registration is ongoing. The challenge ends on August 31st....

INDENTURED SERVANT

In 1791 a seven-year old girl is orphaned while onboard a ship from Ireland to Virginia.  At this tender age she becomes an indentured servant on the  captain’s plantation.  She lives and works with the slaves of the kitchen house.  The story is told through two...