Category: Books and Reading
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Grave Peril
By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal, vampire Series: The Dresden Files; 3 ISBN: 9780451458445 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 378 Setting: Chicago, IL and the Nevernever Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harry Dresden and his knight friend, Michael, have…
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Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
By Michael Pollan Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Books, 2009 Genre: Non-fiction, health & fitness, healthy living, diet, nutrition ISBN: 9780143116387 Intended audience: American adults Number of pages: 140 Setting: USA Time period: The era of obesity and processed “food-like substances” Description: A practical guide for what and how to eat, written as…
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Greywalker
By Kat Richardson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, c2006, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal, vampire, mystery, suspense, thriller Series: Greywalker series; 1 ISBN: 9780451461322 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 352 Setting: Seattle, WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harper Blaine is a small time private investigator who…
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Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
Story by Michael Keller, Art by Nicolle Rager Fuller Place: Publisher & Year: Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2009 Genre: Non- fiction, science, biography, history Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781605299488 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 191 Setting: Earth Time period: 1831 – 2006 Plot summary: This book is a graphic version of Charles Darwin’s On the…
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The Highlander’s Touch
By Karen Marie Moning Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dell, c2000, 2007 Genres: Romance, paranormal romance, fantasy, time travel fantasy, historical fiction Series: The Highlander romances; 3 ISBN: 9780440236528 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 356 Setting: Cincinnati, Ohio and Scotland Time period: Contemporary and 1314 Plot summary: Lisa Stone works two jobs to…
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Caught Stealing
By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2004 Genres: Thriller, crime thriller, suspense Series: Hank Thompson series; 1 ISBN: 9780345464774 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 240 Setting: Lower East Side, NYC (Manhattan) Time period: 2002 or 2003 Plot summary: Hank Thompson has had a really bad day which has stretched…
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Fool Moon
By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2001 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: The Dresden Files; 2 ISBN: 9780451458124 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 342 Setting: Chicago, IL and outskirts (Chicagoland) Time period: Fall 2000 Plot summary: Work has been slow for Harry Dresden, the…
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Dead to the World
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2004, 2005 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, paranormal romance, romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 4 ISBN: 9780441012183 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 291 (310 including an excerpt from the next book – Dead as a Doornail) Setting:…
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson; translated by Reg Keelan Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Books, c2008, 2009 Genre: Thriller, mystery, suspense Series: Millennium trilogy; 1 ISBN: 9780307473479 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 644 Setting: Stockholm, Hedestad & Hedeby Island, Sweden Time period: around 2003-2004 Plot summary: When Mikael Blomkvist, a financial journalist, is recently…
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