Race and the Cosmos: An Invitation to View the World Differently
By: Barbara A. Holmes
4.42
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Argues that theoretical physics and cosmology can provide a key to overcoming race-related problems…
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1. My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
By: Patricia Raybon
3.93
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
God help me. I stopped hating white people on purpose about a year ago. With this brave confessio… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
"Get close enough to someone and his or her halo slips--not because they're bad, but because they're mortal."-Patricia Raybon, My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
2. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
By: Susan Cain
4.40
Format: 82 pages, Hardcover
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to … read more
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- nonfiction
3. Upstream: Selected Essays
By: Mary Oliver
2.43
Format: None pages,
Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Rules of Magic
By: Alice Hoffman
4.02
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
Find your magic For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was char… read more
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5. Zen and the Birds of Appetite
By: Thomas Merton
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the B… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
6. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
By: John Berendt
4.27
Format: 67 pages,
A sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this eno… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Flight Behavior
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.81
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
Flight Behavior takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time: climate change. With a d… read more
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"She would die of him or be cured."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"For scientists, reality is not optional."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"Be sweet and carry a sharp knife, was her motto."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"I never learn anything from listening to myself."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
8. Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps
By: Richard Rohr
4.67
Format: 360 pages, Audio
Both individuals and society are drowning in addictions, says dynamic speaker Richard Rohr, O.F.M.,… read more
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9. Animal Dreams
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet drea… read more
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10. The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation
By: Thomas Merton , William H. Shannon
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on b… read more
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11. The Turn of the Screw
By: Henry James
3.39
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more
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"When I'm bad I am bad !"-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"He fairly glittered in the gloom."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"There was something between them." "There was everything."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
12. If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus
By: Philip Gulley
3.27
Format: None pages,
While many denominations claim to be growing, the largest group in American religious life is the d… read more
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13. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
By: Gabor Maté
4.49
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treat… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Passion creates, addiction consumes."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"Compassionate curiosity directed toward the self leads to the truth of things."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"There is a quality or drive innate in human beings that the Austrian psychiatrist Victor Frankl called our “search for meaning."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
14. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
By: Kristin Neff
4.25
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
From leading psychologist Dr. Kristin Neff comes a step-by-step guide explaining how to be more sel… read more
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15. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more
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16. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more
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17. Practical Magic
By: Alice Hoffman
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York T… read more
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18. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
19. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
By: Richard C. Schwartz
4.15
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
20. A Heart That Works
By: Rob Delaney
4.62
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
New York Times Bestseller * The New Yorker Best Books of 2022 * Entertainment Weekly Best Boo… read more
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- nonfiction
"I felt like I was being asked to find an individual lentil in a warehouse that a tornado had just torn through"-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works
"Why don't you just leave open the possibility that others love you, whether you like it or not, and that the people who'd like you to stick around aren't, to a man, wrong."-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works
21. The Book of Delights: Essays
By: Ross Gay
4.16
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays—some as short as a paragraph; som… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
"The more stuff you love the happier you will be."-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"...which is simply called sharing what we love, what we find beautiful, which is an ethics."-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"Is sorrow the true wild? And if it is—and if we join them—your wild to mine—what’s that? For joining, too, is a kind of annihilation. What if we joined our sorrows, I’m saying. I’m saying: What if th…"-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"...in witnessing someone's being touched, we are also witnessing someone's being moved, the absence of which in ourselves is a sorrow, and a sacrifice. And witnessing the absence of movement in ourse…"-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
22. The Murmur of Bees
By: Sofía Segovia
4.24
Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition
From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated int… read more
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"In life, only potential was free."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
"One should not cling to old habits that no longer work in a changing world."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
"Había sido madre y... ¿cómo se les llama a las madres que pierden a un hijo? ¿Amputadas?, así se sentía."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
"It doesn’t matter whether time passes slowly or quickly. What you can be sure of is that, in the end, all you want is to have more."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
23. The Book of Longings
By: Sue Monk Kidd
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
“I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.” Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ru… read more
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"Bless the largeness inside me, no matter how I fear it."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"Her mind was an immense feral country that spilled its borders."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"What most sets you apart is the spirit in you that rebels and persists."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"When I tell you all shall be well, I don't mean that life won't bring you tragedy. Life will be life. I only mean you will be well in spite of it. All shall be well, no matter what."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
24. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
25. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
By: Richard Rohr
4.45
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
- theology
26. Deacon King Kong
By: James McBride
4.17
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who… read more
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"You’ve got to be strong to get old."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"Friendship was trouble in business."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"A man ain’t got to stand in church every Sunday to do God’s work."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"Is your cheese this good? This wasn’t plain old housing projects “cheese food"-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
27. Night of the Living Rez
By: Morgan Talty
3.91
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
How do the living come back to life? Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more
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"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez
28. God Is a Black Woman
By: Christena Cleveland
4.32
Format: 256 pages, ebook
In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland… read more
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- theology
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
29. Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World
By: John Philip Newell
4.35
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and i… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- theology
30. Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times
By: Otis Moss III
4.42
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A “deeply spiritual and socially radical” (Dr. Obery Hendricks, PhD) guide to uplift our spirits as… read more
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- theology
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
31. Race and the Cosmos: An Invitation to View the World Differently
By: Barbara A. Holmes
4.42
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Argues that theoretical physics and cosmology can provide a key to overcoming race-related problems… read more
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- religion
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- spirituality
- social justice
- science
