Ra's Spiral Path

Category: Books and Reading

  • Nevernever

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    by Will Shetterly Place: Publisher & Year: Orlando: Magic Carpet Books, 2004 Genres: Fantasy, faerie tale, punk fantasy, urban fantasy Series: Sequel to Elsewhere, part of the Borderlands series edited by Terri Windling ISBN: 9780152052102 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 226 Setting: Bordertown- the city which acts as a gateway between the realms…

  • If I Die in Juárez

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    By Stella Pope Duarte Place: Publisher & Year: Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008 Genres: General fiction, suspense Series: Camino del Sol ISBN: 0816526672 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 328 Setting: Ciudad Juárez and the village of Montenegro, Mexico (located in the Chihuahuan desert) Time period: 1995- 96 Plot summary: Since 1993, the bodies…

  • Death: the Time of Your Life

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    By Neil Gaiman Illustrators:  Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, Mark Pennington Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1997 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, horror Format: Graphic novel Series: Related to The Sandman series, but not a part of it. ISBN: 1563893339 Intended audience: Adult, young adult (“Suggested for mature…

  • The Family Tree

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    By Sheri S. Tepper Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Avon Books, 1997 Genres: Science fiction, fantasy, time travel fantasy, eco-fiction ISBN:0380791978 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 480 Settings: An unnamed American city and future landscapes and cities Time period: The year 2000 and three thousand years in the future Plot summary: Police officer…

  • Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome Volume 1

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    By  Chuck D and Adam Wallenta Illustrators: Adam Wallenta with Peov, Komikers Studios and Michael Bianco Place: Publisher & Year: Naugatuck: American Mule Entertainment, 2009 Genres: Adventure; science fiction; mystery Format: Graphic novel ISBNs: 0967390893, 9780967390895 Intended audience: Public Enemy fans – adults and young adults Number of pages: unpaginated Setting: Greater NY metropolitan area…

  • Dragonfly in Amber

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    By Diana Gabaldon Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dell Pub., 1993, c1992 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, time travel fantasy Series: Outlander series; 2 ISBN: 0440215625 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 743 Settings: Scotland and Paris Time periods: 1744-45 and 1968 Plot summary: In 1968, Claire Randall and her daughter, Brianna,…

  • Outlander

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    By Diana Gabaldon, narrated by Davina Porter Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, 1997 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, time travel fantasy, romance Format: Audiobook Series: Outlander series; 1 ISBN:9781419359682 Intended audience: Adults Number of discs: 28 (32 hr., 30 min.) Setting: Scotland Time periods: 1945 and 1743-44 Plot summary: In…

  • The Graveyard Book

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    By Neil Gaiman; illustrated by Dave McKean Place: Publisher & Year: New York: HarperCollins, 2008 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, occult fiction ISBN: 9780060530921 Intended audience: Children – tweens Number of pages: 312 Setting: A graveyard in England Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Nobody Owens was a toddler, his family was murdered one night by…

  • Che : a graphic biography

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    By Spain Rodriguez ; edited by Paul Buhle Place: Publisher,Year: New York : Verso, 2008 Genres: Non-fiction, biography, history Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 1844671682 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 106 Setting: Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Congo, and Bolivia Time period: 1928 – 1967 and beyond Plot summary: The story of Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s life…

  • Stardust

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    By Neil Gaiman Place: Publisher, Year: New York : Spike, 1999 Genres: Fantasy, faerie tale ISBN: 0061142026 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 238 Setting: Wall, England and Faerieland Time  period: Victorian era Plot summary: Tristan Thorn begins his adventure through Faerieland with a promise to Victoria Forester, the young woman he wishes to marry. …