LibraryAware September 2025

Books You Might Have Missed

Good Things : Recipes and Rituals to Share With People You Love: a Cookbook
by Samin Nosrat

The author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat shares 125 soul-nourishing, flavor-packed recipes, including Ricotta Custard Pancakes, Saffron Roast Chicken and Sky-High Focaccia, along with heartfelt cooking wisdom that celebrates connection, comfort and the everyday joy of feeding those we love. Illustrations.

Replaceable You : Adventures in Human Anatomy
by Mary Roach

From the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz comes a rollicking exploration of the quest to recreate the impossible complexities of human anatomy including difficult questions prompted by the human body's failings.

Twelve churches : an unlikely history of the buildings that made christianity
by Fergus Butler-Gallie

Explores 12 churches across the globe through travel writing, history and spiritual reflection, tracing Christianity's complex legacy while revealing how sacred spaces reflect the struggles, faith and resilience of the people who shaped and were shaped by them.

The neck : a natural and cultural history
by Kent D. Dunlap

"A 300-million-year tour of the prominent role of the neck in animal evolution and human culture. Humans give a lot of attention to the neck. We decorate it with jewelry and ties, kiss it passionately, and use it to express ourselves in word and song. Yet, at the neck, people have also shackled their prisoners, executed their opponents, and slain their victims. Beyond the drama of human culture, animals have evolved their necks into a staggering variety of shapes and uses vital to their lifestyles. The Neck delves into evolutionary time to solve a living paradox--why is our neck so central to our survival and culture, but so vulnerable to injury and disease? Biologist Kent Dunlap shows how the neck's vulnerability is not simply an unfortunate quirk of evolution. Its weaknesses are intimately connected to the vessels, pipes, and glands that make it so vital to existence. Fun and far-reaching, The Neck explores the diversity of forms and functions of the neck in humans and other animals and shows how this small anatomical transition zone has been a locus of incredible evolutionary and cultural creativity"

I just wish I had a bigger kitchen : and other lies I think will make me happy
by Kate Strickler

"In a social media saturated world where it's all too easy to believe we'd be happy "if only," popular mentor of moms offers practical advice, tips, and her trademark philosophy of home to help you identify and dismantle the 10 most common lies about time, friends, money, and home life-- to truly enjoy the life you already have"