Book Review
Happy AF
Marked by sass and salty language, Beth Romero’s "Happy AF" is an experiential, science-backed guidebook to being happy, no matter what. For Romero, the events of 2018 to 2020 could have been backed by “the soundtrack from a...
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When Religion Hurts You
Written for those who have been trapped by fear-based high-control religions, the self-help book "When Religion Hurts You" points the way to freedom. Laura E. Anderson survived long-term religious abuse herself. Here, she indicts...
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How We Ended Racism
In their exciting speculative book "How We Ended Racism", Justin Williams and Shelly Tygielski envision a future in which racism is unknown. Born of the need to do more than just talk about their despair and outrage over COVID-19 and the...
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The Spirituality of Dreaming
"The Spirituality of Dreaming" repackages dreaming as a life-enhancing, revolutionary act resulting in access to fonts of sacred energy. Kelly Bulkeley declares that dreaming is the most democratic and accessible of all the spiritual...
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Generation Dread
"Generation Dread" probes the psychological, emotional, and spiritual impacts of climate change with recommendations for turning ecoanxiety into action. With the planet appearing to be growing ever more hostile to life, ecoanxiety,...
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Dare to Be Me
Taking a light, respectful approach to the sensitive topic of children being different from their peers, "Dare to Be Me" is an exuberant, supportive picture book. In Kaci Bolls and Nathan Meckel’s colorful picture book "Dare to Be Me",...
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Lessons of Nature, from a Modern-Day Shepherd
The personal religious musings collected in "Lessons of Nature, from a Modern-Day Shepherd" promote mindful attention to the natural world. The essays and poems of Idaho rancher Don F. Pickett’s religious collection "Lessons of Nature,...
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Pearl
A girl is consumed with grief and guilt when her mother goes missing in Siȃn Hughes’s luminous novel "Pearl". Marianne recalls the exact moment when the police stopped looking for her missing mother and began searching for her body....