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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2021 Place a hold in the catalog and pick it up at our Drive-Thru window or check it out on the Libby by OverDrive app!
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| Do Right By Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces by Valerie I. Harrison and Kathryn Peach D'AngeloWhat it is: a compelling and candid conversation for white parents of Black adopted children and how best to raise them with a strong, healthy relationship with their own identities.
Reviewers say: Do Right By Me is a "timely examination of discrimination and privilege" that is "packed with insight" (Publishers Weekly).
Try this next: In Their Voices by Rhonda Roorda, which centers the experiences and observations of transracial adoptees. |
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Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money
by Zephyr Teachout
What it's about: Identifying big-platform monopolies that have resulted in the greatest economic and power imbalances since the Gilded Age, a leading anti-corruption scholar and activist shares bold recommendations for addressing major issues by eradicating monopolies and creating better antitrust safeguards.
Publishers' Weekly says: "Teachout delivers a forceful, clearly articulated vision of 'moral markets' built on freedom, choice, and human dignity. "
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
What it's about: There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Science journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong with our breathing and how to fix it.
Answers to questions such as: Why are we the only animals with chronically crooked teeth? Why didn't our ancestors snore? Nestor seeks out answers in muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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| Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine MayWhat it's about: the importance of retreat and reflection during trying times and the healing to be found in periods of "hibernation."
Why you might like it: Katherine May pulls thoughtful observations from a wide variety of sources like mythology and the natural world which could provide solace during periods of isolation and upheaval.
Want a taste? "When everything is broken, everything is also up for grabs. That’s the gift of winter: it’s irresistible. Change will happen in its wake, whether we like it or not." |
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As Needed for Pain: A Memoir of Addiction
by Daniel Peres
What it is: The former editor-in-chief of Details magazine presents a cautionary memoir that reveals his celebrity encounters and private life as an opioid addict, detailing how his addiction significantly impacted his life and career.
Reviewers call it: "an unflinching account of addiction and hard-won recovery" (Kirkus) and "both harrowing and charming, Peres’s story bracingly captures the struggles of addiction" (Publishers' Weekly).
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| Ordinary Girls: A Memoir by Jaquira DíazWhat it's about: Jaquira Díaz's experiences growing up in an environment of neglect, mental illness, and omnipresent drug abuse.
Why you should read it: Despite the heavy topics, this moving story is narrated from a place of empowerment and self-assuredness.
For fans of: other well-rendered memoirs about the adverse experiences of women of color like Roxane Gay's Hunger or When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago. |
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| Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction by Maia SzalavitzWhat it is: a thought-provoking argument in favor of radically reframing our understanding of substance abuse as a disorder with developmental underpinnings.
Is it for you? Maia Szalavitz has potentially polarizing criticisms of common recovery strategies like 12-step programs that may not be for everyone.
Want a taste? "About here's where I'm supposed to tell you that I'm different, that I wasn't your 'typical addict.' The American media repeatedly assures us that such an addict certainly isn't white, female, educated, or middle class. But I'm not going to do that." |
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