6 Top history books like Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews by Deatra Cohen

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Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews

By: Deatra Cohen

4.03

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

The definitive guide to the medicinal plant knowledge of Ashkenazi herbal healers--from the Middle …

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1. The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic

By: Israel Regardie , Chic Cicero , Sandra Tabatha Cicero

4.14

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Israel Regardie wrote The Tree of Life, a book many consider his magnum opus, in 1932. It has conti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"It is a well-worn saying but one nonetheless true and nonetheless worthy of repetition, inasmuch as it expresses peculiarly the situation now widely prevalent, that "where there is no vision the peop…"

-Israel Regardie, The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic

"According to the traditional philosophy of the Magicians, every man is a unique autonomous center of individual consciousness, energy, and will—a soul, in a word. Like a star shining and existing by …"

-Israel Regardie, The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic

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2. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor

4.16

Format: 354 pages,

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more

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  • judaism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • jewish

3. Earth, Air, Fire & Water: More Techniques of Natural Magic (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series)

By: Scott Cunningham

3.72

Format: 272 pages,

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4. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

By: Asha Bandele , Patrisse Khan-Cullors

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the moveme… read more

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5. The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

By: Anaïs Nin , Gunther Stuhlmann

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

This celebrated volume begins when Nin is about to publish her first book and ends when she leaves … read more

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6. When the Angels Left the Old Country

By: Sacha Lamb

4.27

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more

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  • judaism
  • jewish
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7. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • judaism
  • history
  • jewish
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

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8. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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9. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

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10. No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1)

By: Cadwell Turnbull

3.45

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother has been shot and killed by Boston cops. … read more

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11. Trouble

By: Lex Croucher

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

There's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble. Emily Laur… read more

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12. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

By: Janelle Monáe

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion ico… read more

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"Dreams aren't memories. They are memories' voices."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Some days Artis had to remind himself that his dad actually existed, that his mother was not a phantom. Remembering the dead was hard work."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Hearing her name, she gathered herself within the span of normalcy, just barely escaping the extra beat that would have made it weird. "Hey," she said. "I'm good, good."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Grandpapa and even Artis's friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn't true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work ou…"

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

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13. 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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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"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

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14. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • judaism
  • history
  • jewish
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15. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

By: Devon Price

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • health
"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

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16. Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft: Slavic Magic from the Witch of the Woods

By: Madame Pamita

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Move Swiftly On Your Own Two Feet, for Baba Yaga You Must Meet Discover ancient and modern Slavic m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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17. Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

By: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson returns with a bold rei… read more

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"Diabetes is a choice if you forget colonialism, fellas."

-Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

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18. Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews

By: Deatra Cohen

4.03

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

The definitive guide to the medicinal plant knowledge of Ashkenazi herbal healers--from the Middle … read more

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  • history
  • health
  • jewish
  • medicine
  • judaism
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • nature
  • science
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19. It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable―And How We Can Stop It

By: Jonathan Greenblatt

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Refreshingly candid . . . Get off Instagram and read this book.” —Sacha Baron Cohen  From the dyna… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • jewish
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20. Kew: The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine

By: Sandra Lawrence

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists, whatever you call them, those who cultivate plants f… read more

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  • history
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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21. Pagan Portals - Sekhmet

By: Church Dr Olivia

4.07

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

An invitation to come face to face with the incarnate female power of ancient Egypt. Sekhmet was an… read more

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Dara Horn

4.36

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4.22

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3.91

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Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology (World Mythology and Folklore Series)

Liv Albert

4.29

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Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain

Amy Jeffs

3.89

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The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

Katherine Rundell

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