Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace (Compass)
By: Angel Kyodo Williams
4.11
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
"Honest, courageous... Williams has committed an act of love."—Alice Walker "A classic."—Jack Korn…
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1. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
By: Marjane Satrapi , Mattias Ripa
4.26
Format: 153 pages, Paperback
In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"To each his own way of calming down."-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
"Saying goodbye is a little like dying."-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
"My natural optimism just leads me to be skeptical."-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
"I want to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one."-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
2. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
By: Pema Chödrön
4.28
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
3. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
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- self help
"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
4. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker
4.21
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
"Waves are the practice of the water."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
5. Sing, Unburied, Sing
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 2017 A searing and profound Southern odyssey. In Jesm… read more
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- race
6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X
4.36
Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more
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- social justice
- race
- nonfiction
- memoir
"We all like chicken"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
7. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
By: D.H. Lawrence
3.50
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Lawrence's frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of its ce… read more
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"We fucked a flame into being."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
"She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
"It's terrible, once you've got a man into your blood!" she said."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
"A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
8. It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
By: Robie H. Harris , Michael Emberley
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Providing accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every imaginable question, from conception and puber… read more
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9. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
By: Ruth Reichl
4.54
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, knows a thing or t… read more
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10. Yerba Buena
By: Nina LaCour
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, following two wo… read more
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"How special it was, that first sip, and each sip that came after. How it had settled and warmed her, made her feel that she was welcome. That's what Sara did."-Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena
"I was a vase. The thought struck her as she gazed at the wall of them. She had been a vessel; it was true. She'd stepped into this shop, introduced herself, asked for a job, hoped it would fill her. …"-Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena
11. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
By: Ali Wong
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they wer… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"That day, my co-workers found out my secret: I'm a fucking idiot."-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
"I don't care how funny or beloved someone is. Take his ass down if he fucks with you."-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
"My dad would sometimes say things to my mom like, “Devil, get away, for I am God’s property!"-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
"It made me realize that the most important part of parenting, relationships, pretty much anything is just actually being there."-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
12. Bridge to Terabithia
By: Katherine Paterson
4.05
Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition
The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine… read more
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"Impressed. Lord. He had nearly drowned."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
"Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
"It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
"You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like."-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
13. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
14. The Office of Historical Corrections
By: Danielle Evans
4.18
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and … read more
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- race
"Who buys these?" I asked. "Who walks in here and says this, this is what I need?" "People who don't know what they need in the first place," she said. "So, pretty much anybody."-Danielle Evans, The Office of Historical Corrections
"Besides the tablecloths, the decor is all old photographs and postcards that they scrounged up from wherever, because you know how white people love their history right up until it's true."-Danielle Evans, The Office of Historical Corrections
"I was certain it would indeed be charming, but the Upper Midwest made me moody; people made me feel like I was being asked to speak a language I'd never learned and in which I was constantly misunder…"-Danielle Evans, The Office of Historical Corrections
"I distrusted, in general, appeals to nostalgia--I loved the past of archives, but there was no era of the past I had any inclination to visit with my actual human body, being rather fond of it having…"-Danielle Evans, The Office of Historical Corrections
15. Hell of a Book
By: Jason Mott
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
In Hell of a Book, an African-American author sets out on a cross-country book tour to promote his … read more
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- race
"Because God needs the little people more than he needs anyone"-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book
"The modern author is only as important as their search results."-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book
"From his perspective, Daddy Henry was a nice enough collection of wrinkles."-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book
"I know all the smells: humidity, pine trees, thinly veiled racism. It’s what home feels like for me."-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book
16. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
By: Mikki Kendall
4.37
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream femi… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
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"Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"I tell you this story because sometimes the story of your life is the story of a lot of lives."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Mainstream, white-centered feminism hasn't just failed women of color, it has failed white women."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Ignoring the treatment of the most marginalized women doesn't set a standard that can protect any woman."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
17. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola … read more
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"if it's real, the distance won't change it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
18. Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace (Compass)
By: Angel Kyodo Williams
4.11
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
"Honest, courageous... Williams has committed an act of love."—Alice Walker "A classic."—Jack Korn… read more
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- buddhism
- race
- memoir
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- social justice
- self help
19. Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)
By: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
4.24
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN―featuring spray-painted edges, while supplies last in the US and Canada onl… read more
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"There had to be a rule somewhere that evil overlords needed to be at least fifty, maybe sixty if they were pushing it."-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)
"Sometimes family isn't a thing we are born into but a choice we make. Sometimes" -Evie smiled-"the people who love ypu most in your life are the ones who choose you."-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)
