Ra's Spiral Path

Category: Books and Reading

  • Nobody’s son: notes from an American life

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    By Luis Alberto Urrea Place: Publisher & Year: Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1998 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography, memoir Series: Camino del Sol ISBN: 9780816518654 Audience: Adults Number of pages: 189 Setting: Various locations in Mexico and the US,  including Tijuana and San Diego Time period: late 1950s – 1990s Description: Urrea describes key moments of…

  • Sweet and Deadly

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: USA: Severn House, 2010 (c1981) Genres: Mystery, suspense ISBN: 9780727869487 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 262 Setting: Lowfield, Mississippi Time period: early 1980s Plot summary: Catherine Linton moved back to the small town where she was raised after her parents died under suspicious circumstances.  When Catherine finds the…

  • The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint

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    By Brady Udall Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Contemporaries, c2001, 2002 Genre: General fiction ISBN: 9780375719189 Audience: Adult, young adult Number of pages: 423 Setting: Various locations in Arizona, including San Carlos Reservation, Globe, and Fort Apache.  Also set in Richland, UT and Stony Run, PA. Time period: Hard to decipher, but it…

  • I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You

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    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…

  • Mockingjay

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    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 3 ISBN: 9780439023511 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 392 Setting: Panem – mainly District 13 & the Capitol, but also Districts 12, 8, and 2 Time period: Sometime in the future Plot…

  • Who Fears Death

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    By Nnedi Okorafor Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Daw Books, Inc., 2010 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, science fiction, magical realism ISBN: 9780756406172 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 387 Setting: Jwahir & Seven Rivers Kingdom, Africa Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: In a post-apocalyptic Africa, Onyesonwu is born to an…

  • Matched

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    By Ally Condie Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton Books, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, dystopian, romance Series: Matched; 1 ISBN: 9780525423645 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 369 Setting: The City & Mapletree Borough, Oria Province Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: Cassia Reyes lives in a perfect society.  Debilitating…

  • Things Fall Apart

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    By Chinua Achebe Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Anchor Books, c1959, 1994 Genre: General fiction, historical fiction ISBN: 9780385474542 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 209 Setting: Umuofia & Mbanta, Africa (now Nigeria) Time period: Not stated – the transitional period between traditional village life and colonization (1890’s) Plot summary: Okonkwo tries to live a…

  • Dead and Gone

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, faerie tale, paranormal, paranormal mystery, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 9 ISBN: 9780441017157 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 312 Setting: Bon Temps, LA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Werewolves and…

  • The Night Bookmobile

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    By Audrey Niffenegger Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Abrams, 2010 Genres: General fiction, short stories Format: Graphic novel Series: “The Night Bookmobile is the first installment of a much larger work, The Library, which has its origins in a dream I had as a teenager” (from the first page of “After Words” at the…