Author: Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche, author. Lopez Landry, Paloma, editor. Caputo, Ibby, editor. Gustafson, Paul (scholar on Buddhism), editor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 294.3
Format: Books
Summary: "We've all heard platitudes cultivating love and compassion but how can we really cultivate these qualities in ourselves and-crucially - share them in our world? Mind Frees Mind provides a proven method for doing so. 1,000 years ago the Indian saint Atisha endured great hardship through long land and sea journeys to bring these teachings, implicit in the very first teachings of the Buddha, to Tibet where they flourished and became a set of coherent practices. Khentrul Rinpoche introduces readers to one of essential texts from this genre, the Seven Key Points of Mind Training. This short, pithy work is taught widely by revered teachers like the Dalai Lama, Chogyam Trungpa, Pema Chodron and more. Like them, Khentrul Rinpoche comes from the direct teaching tradition of these practices and learned them from his teachers who endured innumerable hardships during the Chinese cultural revolution. Rinpoche was moved by the ability of these teachers who, like alchemists, were able to take their pain and suffering endured in Chinese prisons and turn it into something good, using the very techniques he shares in this book. This wisdom is accessible to anyone seeking inner transformation-whether Buddhist or not. As Khentrul Rinpoche states, "Peace and happiness can be attained, but not by searching for something in the outside world. They start within us then extend out to the entire globe.""--
Author: Mateer, Trista, author, illustrator.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 811.6
Format: Books
Summary: "Bestselling and award-winning author Trista Mateer returns with another magical approach to self-care in her newest goddess-themed poetry. Using the framework of tarot and conversation, Mateer approaches myth through a witchcraft-inspired lens and uses it to explore timeless issues like burnout, survival, trauma, and the restorative power in taking control of your own lore. Artemis speaks to what is wild and untamed in all of us, and in this new collection, she asks for a moment of calm"--From publisher website.
Author: Holland, Tanya, author. Deetz, Kelley Fanto, author. Hunt, Maria C., author. Walker, Alice, writer of foreword. Pick, Aubrie, photographer.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 641.59
Format: Books
Summary: "80+ comfort-filled recipes that trace the roots of modern California soul food to the Great Migration that brought African American culture to the West Coast-from the acclaimed chef and author of Brown Sugar Kitchen"-- Holland's cuisine is rooted in a Black Southern cultural repertoire--with a twenty-first century sensibility using local, sustainable, chef-driven, season ingredients. Here she traces the roots of modern California soul food to the Great Migration that brought African American culture to the West Coast. Beyond the recipes she spotlights ten contemporary Black Californian foodmakers whose work defines California soul food. --adapted from inside back cover
Author: Hunt, Stephanie, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 747.0973
Format: Books
Summary: "Step inside the South's finest homes, created by a diverse group of innovative architects who share on important credo--an abiding love of beauty"-- A luxurious collection of 27 contemporary Southern homes that explores the range of style of the region--from classic and genteel to contemporary and edgy. On this exclusive Veranda house tour, you're invited to step inside spectacular Southern homes created by a diverse group of innovative designers and architects that share one important credo: an abiding love of beauty. The region holds its own as a design mecca, with swoon-worthy style along every coast and in every geographic nook and cranny. You'll tour a wooded cabin in Tennessee, an old farmhouse in Georgia, a serene Low Country island retreat, and exquisite historic homes in Palm Beach and Charleston, and more. From the dreamy Blue Ridge Mountains to the rural Arkansas Delta, from Atlanta to Dallas to Birmingham and beyond, you'll learn the secrets of southern style from designers and architects and how landscape and personality are always essential elements of successful design. Most important, you'll discover how Southern style is wildy inclusive--an amalgamation of many different aesthetic sensibilities. It's a style that resists easy categorizing and also defies cliche. You'll experience how the warmth of being "at home" is achieved through imaginative and evocative design by visionary designers including Keith Robinson, Mark D. Sikes, Bobby McAlpine, Bunny Williams, Darryl Carter, Phoebe Howards and others.
Author: Cain, Susan, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 155.2
Format: Books
Summary: "With her mega-bestseller Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now, she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and the surprising lessons these states of mind teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality and love. Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy when beholding beauty. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death--bitter and sweet--are forever paired. A song in a minor key, an elegiac poem, or even a touching television commercial all can bring us to this sublime, even holy, state of mind--and, ultimately, to greater kinship with our fellow humans. But bittersweetness is not, as we tend to think, just a momentary feeling or event. It's also a way of being, a storied heritage. Our artistic and spiritual traditions--amplified by recent scientific and management research-- teach us its power. Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don't acknowledge our own sorrows and longings, she says, we can end up inflicting them on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know-- or will know--loss and suffering, we can turn toward each other. And we can learn to transform our own pain into creativity, transcendence, and connection. At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways"--
Author: Nimr, Sonia, author. Qualey, Marcia Lynx, translator.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y NIMR
Format: Books
Summary: "In a tent at the foot of a mountain in Palestine, many years ago, our storyteller and her twin sister are born. Her parents name her Qamar, or Moon and her sister Shams, or Sun. Their tiny caravan is journeying from the mother's city back to the father's remote ancestral village atop the mountain. This village suffers from isolation, and from a mysterious curse-- females are no longer born there. When her parents try to break the spell, their lives are cut short, and Qamar and her sister are left to fend on their own. And so, Qamar decides to pursue her mother and father's dream of discovering the world--its people and places. With the treasured book in hand that brought her parents together, she sets out on a daring journey, on caravans and ships, across empires. From her village to Jerusalem, to Gaza, and then over continents, deserts, and seas, telling tales to survive, Qamar searches irrepressibly for life in endless stories within stories. Sonia Nimr's richly imagined historical fable recalls the famous travel narratives of the fourteenth-century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta. But the captivating adventures of this heroine are the wondrous journeys we take when we discover we can do more than we ever dreamed possible, even in strange lands that decree we cannot"--Back cover.
Author: Golding, Melanie, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F GOLDING
Format: Books
Summary: While investigating the brutal attack on Gregor, a seemingly single man, DS Joanna Harper discovers that her estranged daughter Ruby is somehow involved in this case that is steeped in Celtic mythology. In a small seaside town a little girl is found alone; a woman arrives for her, and authorities release the pair, believing it to be an innocent case of a toddler running off. A man is found bludgeoned and left for dead in his apartment; the discovery of children's toys raises more questions than answers. Gazing into Gregor's apartment, Ruby discovers his secret family: his unusually silent daughter and his mentally unstable wife, Constance, who insists that she is descended from the mythological Selkies. She begs Ruby to aid in finding the sealskin that Gregor has hidden from her, making it impossible to return to her people. When DS Joanna Harper's investigation into Gregor's assault leads her to CCTV footage of the mother-daughter pair from town, she realizes she knows the woman almost as well as she knows herself: it's her estranged daughter, Ruby. No matter the depth of Ruby's involvement, Harper knows she will choose her daughter over her career. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Kress, Adrienne, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y KRESS
Format: Books
Summary: "An all-new original novel from the twisted world of Bendy, the hit horror video game series! Atlantic City, 1946. Bill, Constance and Brant can't help but feel like they are missing out on life. Bill craves an existence outside of his father's influence. Brant is willing to play a dangerous game to further his career and make a name for himself. Constance yearns for the freedom to be herself and do exactly what she loves. What these three teens don't know is that their desires will lead them all to a dark secret. Something inky just came to town in the form of a curious machine and a visit from a man named Joey Drew. When mysterious ink stains begin permeating their lives, will these teens investigate and risk it all in the process? And what of the monster lurking in the shadows? Read and find out in this chilling sequel to Dreams Come to Life by Adrienne Kress!"-- Back cover.
Author: Cho, Nam-ju, 1978- author. Chang, Jamie, translator.
Published: 2021 2016
Call Number: F CHO
Format: Books
Summary: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman's psychic deterioration in the face of rampant misogyny. In a tidy apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, millennial "everywoman" Kim Jiyoung spends her days caring for her infant daughter. But strange symptoms appear: Jiyoung begins to impersonate the voices of other women, dead and alive. As she plunges deeper into this psychosis, her concerned husband sends her to a psychiatrist. Jiyoung narrates her story to this doctor--from her birth to parents who expected a son to elementary school teachers who policed girls' outfits to male coworkers who installed hidden cameras in women's restrooms. But can her psychiatrist cure her, or even discover what truly ails her? "A social treatise as well as a work of art"--
Author: Martine, Arkady, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F MARTINE
Format: Books
Summary: "An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass--still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire--face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity. Whether they succeed or fail could change the face of Teixcalaan forever" --Provided by publisher.
Author: Delany, Sarah, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y DELANY
Format: Books
Summary: "Dealing with the aftermath of a tragedy is never easy. The ripples of the after effects are felt by all, not just Tate and Tamsyn. Can they survive the experience while it opens old wounds? Can their group of friends remain intact while their foundation is shaken to the core? Is Tate and Tamsyn's love strong enough to survive outside the realms of high school?"--Publisher's description.
Author: Delany, Sarah, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y DELANY
Format: Books
Summary: With their worlds spiralling out of control, Tate and Tamsyn struggle to cope on their own. Without Tate, Tamsyn falls back into old habits, relying on her trusty 'fake' smile to get her through until new friendships emerge and help her see the light. Tate has a long, hard journey ahead of him without Quinn or Tamsyn to help him. With old haunts and memories threatening to break him, can he battle the darkness and find a light of his own to show him the way? These two broken souls must fight to repair their fragile bond and rediscover what they have lost.
Author: Delany, Sarah, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y DELANY
Format: Books
Summary: After suffering a great deal of loss in her life in such a short time, Sarah Delany decided to deal with her grief by putting it down on paper. These pages slowly turned into a story. 'Don't Think. Just Breathe' is her debut young adult novel and is the first book in the TNT trilogy. Tamsyn: Have you ever looked someone in the eye with a fake smile plastered on your perfectly put together face while your soul is screaming on the inside for help? If not, consider yourself lucky. If you have then you know how I feel. This is me on a daily basis. Trapped in the dark and tortured by nameless shadows is the place where I reside. Consumed by grief in the worst possible way. I can't see an escape through this never ending suffering. No one can hear my silent screams or see the pain I desperately try to hide from the world. Until him. Why can he see what no one else can? Can he save me before I'm completely lost? Tate: Have you ever let someone down so badly that there's no turning back? What you broke is smashed into a million pieces and utterly beyond repair. The guilt eats away at you from the inside out and the more you hide it, the worse it becomes. My cracks are starting to show and I fear I will completely shatter one day. On a nightly run to escape the darkness tormenting me, I see her. A broken mystery who I fiercely need to protect. Even if it means protecting her from herself. Do I have the strength and the will to save her? Tate and Tamsyn have a chance encounter starting them on a heartbreaking journey together through grief, loss and friendship. Can they save each other from what life throws at them? More importantly, can they save themselves?
Author: Lore, Pittacus, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y LORE
Format: Books
Summary: "When the United Nations takes drastic measures against the Human Garde to keep them in check, the students at the Academy must go on the offensive while those who have defected face off against a new and equally dangerous threat"-- "This is our home, and we're going to fight for it. The Fugitive Six have found their allegiances torn after their explosive battle in Switzerland. Now they have become fractured at the very moment when they are needed most. Fear, jealousy, and hatred of the Human Garde have finally reached a boiling point. What happens next will change the world forever." --Front jacket flap
Author: G, Mady author. Zuckerberg, J. R., illustrator.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 306.76
Format: Books
Summary: "Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples. A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!"--Back cover.
Author: Lovelace, Amanda, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 811.6
Format: Books
Summary: "The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now--indestructible. These moving, relatable poems encourage resilience and embolden women to take control of their own stories. Enemies try to judge, oppress, and marginalize her, but the witch doesn't burn in this one"--Publisher's website.
Author: Bongiovanni, Archie author, illustrator. Jimerson, Tristan author. Crank! (Letterer), letterer. Yarwood, Ari, editor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 305
Format: Books
Summary: "A quick, easy and important educational comic guide to using gender-neutral pronouns."--Amazon. "Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender-neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender-neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. They also include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world." --Publisher's description
Author: Blackstock, Terri, 1957- author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: F BLACKSTO
Format: Books
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock, If I'm Found continues the heart pounding story of Casey Cox as she races to escape capture and bring the true killer to justice"-- Is Dylan hunting Casey to prosecute her or protect her? Casey Cox is still on the run, fleeing prosecution for a murder she didn't commit. Dylan Roberts--her most relentless pursuer--is still on her trail, but his secret emails insist that he knows the truth and wants to help her. He's let her escape before when he had her in his grasp, but trust doesn't come easily. As Casey works to collect evidence about the real murderers, she stumbles on another unbearable injustice: an abused child and a suicidal man who's also been falsely accused. Casey risks her own safety to right this wrong and protect the little girl from her tormenters. But doing so is risky and just may result in her capture - and if she's captured, she has no doubt she'll be murdered before she ever steps foot in a jail. In this riveting sequel to the USA Today best seller If I Run, evil lurks, drawing Casey out of the shadows...but there is light shining in the darkness. Is Dylan a provision from the God who loves her or another heartache yet to happen?
Author: White, Mark D., 1971-
Published: 2013
Call Number: 741.59
Format: Books
Summary: He has thrilled millions for 75 years, with a legacy that transcends national, cultural, and generational borders, but is there more to the Man of Steel than just your average mythic superhero in a cape? The 20 chapters in this book present a fascinating exploration of some of the deeper philosophical questions raised by Superman, the Last Son of Krypton and the newest hero in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture arsenal.
Author: Brooks, Geraldine, author.
Published: 2001
Call Number: F BROOKS
Format: Books
Summary: This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself.
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