A Mystery

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre Set in the period of The Cold War, John le Carre’s novels are the quintessential spy stories. His protagonist, George Smiley, is the model for many spies in modern novels. This is a modern classic in which le Carré...

A Book About a Culture Other Than Your Own

Senior Book Break — A Book About a Culture Other Than Your Own A Hidden History of Savannah by Breana and T.C.Michaels This book reveals some of Savannah’s exciting history of pirates and Native Americans and the city planning that preserved the rich culture of this...

Another Country

Senior Book Break Topic: Another County The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman England: The Thursday Murder Club at a Retirement home. Our rocking chair detectives tackle another one. Elizabeth, one of the members, meets Nick, a wedding guest asking for her help, but...

Ghosts August 2025

The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman When an elder on the Navaho reservation witnesses a shootout, one of the gunmen dies in his hogan.  According to the Navajo way his chindi (ghost) is trapped within the hogan, and earth covered structure. The hogan is sealed and a wall...

Westerns

Rails Across the Ranchos by Loren Nicholson An Interesting history of the development of San Luis Obispo County. Visionaries, developers and businessmen saw the potential in this Central Coast area. They encouraged the Southern Pacific Railroad to lay tracks from the...