Copyright is everywhere. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now deemed to be intellectual properties—making copyright a labyrinthine construction of laws with colorful and often baffling rationales covering almost all products of human creativity. But it wasn’t always so. Who Owns This Sentence? is a […]
Friday, January 26 at 6 PM, Saturday, January 27 at 1 PM, and Friday, February 2 at 6 PM People in the Victorian Era knew what greeting card companies these days have forgotten: emotions are complicated–especially love! Any candy heart or last-minute card can say “Be mine,” but using the Victorian language of flowers, you can […]
One of The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post’s Ten Best Books Of The Year, and a Best Book of the Year: Time, The Boston Globe, NPR, Chicago Public Library, The Star Tribune, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Bookreporter This new novel from Pulitzer […]
Terry Hayes, author of the bestseller I Am Pilgrim, returns with a terrifying and eagerly awaited new thriller. CIA Agent Kane travels to the badlands of Afghanistan: a place where violence is the only way to survive. He must exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West—but instead he meets an […]
The Mark Twain House & Museum welcomes John Muller to the Trouble Begins stage for his lecture: The Lost History of Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass The lecture begins at 7 PM. This event will be held on Zoom Webinar. A recording will be available after the program. This is a FREE event sponsored by […]
From the author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things comes a tantalizing thriller about the nature of friendship and belonging. Margot and Lucy have become the closest of friends, but by the middle of their sophomore year, one of the fraternity boys from the house next door has been brutally […]
In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Montero follows the trail of the massive wealth amassed by Northern corporations throughout America’s history of enslavement. He showcases exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed, calling for corporate reparations as he details contemporary […]
A blazing novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life in our universe, that is a remarkable evocation of feeling in exile at home and introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times. At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual […]
From celebrated bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which Cotton unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure, worth billions, known as Yamashita’s Gold. The subsequent adventure is a high-octane, propulsive page-turner that will take you from the stolid banking halls of Luxembourg to the secret vaults […]
Experience the eerie allure of the Clemens Family home after dark with our Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours. Delve into the chilling depths of haunted history, Victorian seances, and firsthand encounters with the supernatural. Join us for a spine-tingling journey where you'll hear tales of paranormal investigations, unexplained phenomena witnessed by both staff and guests, […]
Join instructor Kelly Kelly in this stained glass mosaic workshop. You will have the option to choose a mosaic sunflower or heart to create. Kelly will guide you through the entire process of creating a mosaic, including the correct way to lay out the glass, glass nipping, and grouting. Tickets are $60 per person, $54 […]
What goes on behind the closed door of a therapist’s office, or, more importantly, in their head as they are treating the clients? And How Does That Make You Feel? takes you there. Psychotherapist and host of the self-help podcast Disordered Joshua Fletcher provides a candid, funny, and revealing look inside the mind of a […]