Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor
By: Alice Sparkly Kat
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
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1. Astrology and the Authentic Self: Integrating Traditional and Modern Astrology to Uncover the Essence of the Birth Chart
By: Demetra George
4.45
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
Astrology and the Authentic Self is a ground-breaking work by Demetra George, one of the most the r… read more
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- spirituality
- astrology
2. The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
By: Francis Weller , Michael Lerner
4.40
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of … read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Grief keeps the heart flexible, fluid, and open to others."-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Ritual is able to hold the long-discarded shards of our stories and make them whole again. It has the strength and elasticity to contain what we cannot contain on our own, what we cannot face in soli…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for wh…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"To alter the amnesia of our times, we must be willing to look into the face of the loss and keep it nearby. In this way, we may be able to honor the losses and live our lives as carriers of their unf…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
3. Debt: The First 5,000 Years
By: David Graeber
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more
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- politics
- history
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4. Stone Butch Blues
By: Leslie Feinberg
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more
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5. The Argonauts
By: Maggie Nelson
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Ma… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
6. Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth
By: Benebell Wen
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, Holistic Tarot offers a fresh and easy… read more
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- occult
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7. The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need
By: Joanna Martine Woolfolk
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Paperback with CD Rom
"Truly lives up to its title"--United Press International read more
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8. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
3.65
Format: 192 pages,
Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategyis … read more
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9. Água Viva
By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler
4.29
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more
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"I always give names to things"-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
10. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir
By: Kai Cheng Thom
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom is… read more
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11. Zur See
By: Dörte Hansen
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Die Fähre braucht vom Festland eine Stunde auf die kleine Nordseeinsel, manchmal länger, je nach We… read more
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"Der Glaube ist ein krankes Kind, die Liebe ist ein Biest. Die Hoffnung ist nicht tot zu kriegen. Die Sehnsucht auch nicht, jedenfalls nicht ganz."-Dörte Hansen, Zur See
12. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
By: Jessica Fern
4.40
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more
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- nonfiction
"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
13. Terminal Boredom: Stories
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.59
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more
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"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
14. We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
By: Lou Sullivan
4.76
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
Drawn from Lou Sullivan’s meticulously kept journals, this landmark book records the life of arguab… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I don't even know if there was anyone that's ever felt as I do.. how they coped, what they did...how do I find out what someone like me does?"-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"A big fear of mine is that I will die before the gender professionals acknowledge that someone like me exists, and then I really won't exist to prove them wrong."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"In a lot of ways I think the problem is I spend too much time seeing myself though other people's eyes and not really being in my body and enjoying myself and relaxing in my image."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"I finally said, "Let's put it this way: I'd rather lose you than stop my shots.""You mean that chemical is more important to you than I am?""No, I am more important to me than you are."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
15. You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance and Living Your Purpose
By: Chani Nicholas
4.22
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The beloved Los Angeles astrologer with more than one million fans shows a new generation how to us… read more
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- occult
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- astrology
"Being witnessed is essential to our humanity, our growth, and our ability to move past the trauma that we have survived. If astrology does its job, it offers a mirror in which we see both our best se…"-Chani Nicholas, You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance and Living Your Purpose
16. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
4.25
Format: 441 pages, Paperback
How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourse… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
"In other words, I want an erotic that demands space be made for honest bodies that like to also fuck."-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"revolution cannot be created by conforming to existing roles in relationships already defined by the systems we want to overthrow."-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"Women and femmes who love money are free to be demanding. The world has tried to fool them into thinking that getting paid for care or sex “cheapens"-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"Money buys protection. It buys time off and privacy. And it buys nice, pretty shit. Money also buys food, housing, and health care. Getting paid enough to meet our needs—and more—feels good. I’m not …"-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
17. We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter
By: Celeste Headlee
3.96
Format: 272 pages, ebook
“WE NEED TO TALK.” In this urgent and insightful book, public radio journalist Celeste Headlee sho… read more
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- nonfiction
"I now believe that conversation may be one of the most fundamental skills we can learn and improve upon."-Celeste Headlee, We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter
"We've all lost something because of what we said or didn't say, what we failed to hear, or what we heard and misunderstood. So we can all benefit from learning a better way."-Celeste Headlee, We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter
"If you want to articulate your opinion, write a blog. If you want to have a conversation, set your opinions aside, at least temporarily. You might find you never want to return to them. You might fin…"-Celeste Headlee, We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter
18. The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine
By: Sophie Strand
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A deep exploration of the regenerative and magical secrets of sacred masculinity hidden in familiar… read more
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- history
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19. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
20. Stone Fruit
By: Lee Lai
4.06
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-… read more
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21. The Complete Guide to Astrology: Understanding Yourself, Your Signs, and Your Birth Chart
By: Louise Edington
3.92
Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition
An essential guide to astrology for both beginner and advanced practitioners. Astrology has been u… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
- astrology
22. Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor
By: Alice Sparkly Kat
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Tapping into the political power of magic and astrology for social, community, and personal transfo… read more
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- race
- history
- theory
- politics
- astrology
- occult
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- essays
- anti racist
23. Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune
By: Chris Brennan
4.71
Format: 670 pages, Paperback
Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was practiced in the Mediterranea… read more
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- history
- astrology
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24. Females
By: Andrea Long Chu
3.59
Format: 106 pages, Paperback
Everyone is female "When I say that everyone is female, I mean very simply that everyone wants to b… read more
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- theory
- nonfiction
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"Femaleness is a universal sex defined by self-negation, against which all politics, even feminist politics, rebels. Put more simply: Everyone is female, and everyone hates it."-Andrea Long Chu, Females
"Gender is not just the misogynistic expectations a female internalizes but also the process of internalizing itself, the self's gentle suicide in the name of someone else's desires, someone else's na…"-Andrea Long Chu, Females
25. The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
By: Naomi Klein
4.23
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Fearless necessary reporting . . . Klein exposes the 'battle of utopias' that is currently unfoldin… read more
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- history
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26. Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance, and Growth
By: Jessica Dore
4.57
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“ An instant classic, a must-have for every tarot enthusiast, and a manifesto for insightful living… read more
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- occult
- nonfiction
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"When it comes to our habits, there are many ways to intervene. In most cases, we have to be aware of them first."-Jessica Dore, Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance, and Growth
27. Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
By: Mimi Zhu
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“Radical and revolutionary.” —Jonny Sun, New York Times bestselling author of Goodbye, Again A col… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Anger, like numbness, is another sacred protector of our survival. It is a loving act to protect yourself, a loving at to resist harm, and a loving act to allow yourself the sacred breath of anger."-Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
"I have tried to return to an "untainted" version of myself, one that was oblivious to the visceral natures of pain and loss. I obsess over an imagined place of "purity", where the ghosts of my past d…"-Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
"The excuses became an armor that pushed away he pain, but painful feelings do not relent even when faced with brute force. They linger in the ether and visit you, whether you are ready or not to conf…"-Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
28. Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome
By: Philip Matyszak
4.02
Format: 208 pages, ebook
In the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit a… read more
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- occult
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29. Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
By: Joshua Whitehead
4.18
Format: 120 pages, ebook
Love After the End is a new young adult anthology edited by Joshua Whitehead (Lambda Literary Award… read more
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"Humans aren’t animals. You’re meant for more than survival."-Joshua Whitehead, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
"centuries ago, people were more likely to prepare for the end of the world than attempt to save it"-Joshua Whitehead, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
30. Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
By: Edgar Villanueva
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Decolonizing Wealth is a provocative analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in phi… read more
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- race
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- anti racist
"Grieving requires softening your self-protective defense mechanisms enough to feel: getting beyond the denial, numbness, righteousness, apathy, and other obstacles we have put In place to avoid the d…"-Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
"Some may say it’s tiresome to dwell on the hurt- after all there’s a relentless (if artificial) drive to Stay Positive! in America, to focus only on solutions—yet an essential step in the process of …"-Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
"Colonial, white supremacist organizational practices seem inevitable because they were so universally adopted over the next centuries, and they still govern the great majority of our institutions, bu…"-Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
31. Liberated to the Bone: Histories. Bodies. Futures. (Emergent Strategy)
By: Susan Raffo
4.51
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Self-transformation requires social transformation. Social transformation requires self-transformat… read more
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- theory
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