Matthew Taylor
Staff Picks Book Review - Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies by Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy
“Say you’re sorry”, is one of the first things we are taught in life. As authors Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy point out so clearly, too many of us never learn how to do it well.
Staff Picks Genre Study - Renfield: A Further Telling of the Dracula Story in Film
Count Dracula and the undead vampire have been a part of popular culture for all of living memory. With roots going back to 1720s Germany, the vampire has sunk its teeth deep into western literature and cinema.
Staff Picks Book Review - Fearless by Doug Pederson
"When you are a great listener and a great communicator—and you combine that with being smart, focused, and unselfish—you can go very far." - Jeffrey Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles (from foreword to Fearless)
Staff Picks Genre Study - Model Trains and History of Trains in United States
Spotlight on the library's collection for Jacksonville Model Train and Railroadiana Show 2023
Staff Picks Genre Study - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It!
All good things must come to an end. Humans have always been fascinated by what the future holds and the futures in these books do not disappoint. Whether it is the disappearance of natural resources in Shusterman’s book Dry, a community learning to live without the comforts of 20th century life in Pat Frank’s Alas Babylon or Robert Neville’s attempt to hide from the night walkers in I am Legend, these books will leave you wondering how you would fare if the world as you knew it was suddenly turned on its head.
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