Category: social sciences
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Fresh Banana Leaves
By Jessica Hernandez, PhD I really enjoyed listening to this book. It was like a breath of fresh air. I’m not sure how long I waited on hold for it through the library. It was many months and it was definitely worth the wait. The author is an indigenous scientist of Binnizá and Maya Ch’orti’…
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In Honor of Women’s History Month
Last week, I spent time working on one of the webpages on my new website. The site is still very much under construction, but I have been blogging from it, while I build it. It’s a big dream website, where I am trying to showcase various skills, abilities, and goals in one place, while preparing…
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Soon to be cross-posted – a review of Humboldt
So I finally got around to writing another blog posting for a book I read not too long ago. I wrote it originally for my library’s blog – because it’s a good book and it hasn’t been checked out very much. I’m posting the review here first – it won’t show up on Pima County…
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: a Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
By Anne Fadiman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997 Genres: nonfiction, social sciences, anthropology, cultural studies, medicine ISBN: 9780374525644 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 341 (including Notes, Bibliography, and Index). Setting: Mostly set in Merced, CA, but also includes places where the Hmong have lived – including China, Laos,…
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Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
By Sara Marcus Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper Perennial, 2010 Genres: Non-fiction, social sciences, feminism, women’s studies, popular culture ISBN: 9780061806360 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 367 Setting: Mainly set in Olympia, WA & Washington DC (but also includes other locations in the US and Europe) Time period: 1989-1994 Description: Punk rock…
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I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You
By Bill Green, Ben Peskoe, Will Russell, & Scott Shuffitt; Foreward by Jeff Bridges Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Bloomsbury, 2007 Genre: Non-fiction, social science, popular culture ISBN: 9781596912465 Intended audience: Achievers Number of pages: 237 Setting: USA, mostly California but also Louisville, Kentucky Time period: Contemporary Description: This book is a must read…
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Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to be Young
By Anya Kamenetz Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Riverhead Books, 2006 Genre: Non-fiction, social sciences ISBN: 9781594489075 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 265 (including Notes and Bibliography) Setting: USA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Why do so many younger Americans graduate from college (or not) with huge debt from school loans where previous…
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This is Your Country on Drugs: the Secret History of Getting High in America
By Ryan Grim Place: Publisher & Year: Hoboken: Wiley, 2009 Genres: Non-fiction, social sciences, history, popular culture ISBN: 9780470167397 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 264 (including notes and index) Setting: USA Time period: 1800s – present Plot summary: Grim tells the story of America’s relationship with various drugs throughout the country’s history up to…
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Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer
By Rosita Arvigo with Nadine Epstein and Marilyn Yaquinto Place: Publisher & Year: San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994 Genres: Non-fiction, ethnobotany, anthropology, autobiography, biography, traditional medicine ISBN: 9780062502551 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 190 Setting: San Ignacio, Belize Time period: 1980’s (1981- 1993, most of the book’s story is 1981-1987) Plot summary: When Rosita moves…
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