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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World
by Christian Cooper
What it is: an engaging memoir from birder and activist Christian Cooper, whose Central Park encounter with a white dog walker went viral in 2020.
Read it for: Cooper's love for the natural world; insights on how his hobby informs his experiences as a gay Black man; tips for birdwatching.
Try this next: Bird Brother: A Falconer's Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife by Rodney Stotts.
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An Anthology of Monsters : How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety
by Cherie Dimaline
An Anthology of Monsters by Cherie Dimaline, award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves, is the tale of an intricate dance with life-long anxiety. It is about how the stories we tell ourselves can help reshape the ways in which we think, cope, and ultimately survive. Using examples from her books, from her mère, and from her own late night worry sessions, Dimaline choreographs a deeply personal narrative about all the ways in which we tell stories. She reveals how to collect and curate our stories, how they elicit difficult and beautiful conversations, and how family and community is a place of refuge and strength.
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The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts
by Loren Grush
Tells extraordinary true story America's first women astronauts who made history in 1978 when they were selected to go into orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle, each of them making their mark as they helped build the tools that made the space program run.
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Unearthing : a story of tangled love and family secrets
by Kyo Maclear
Discovering she and the father who raised her are not biologically related, the author becomes a detective in her own life, unraveling a family mystery; assembling the story of her biological father; and reflecting on race, lineage and what it means to be a family.
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A place for us : a memoir
by Brandon J. Wolf
A survivor of the 2016 terror attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando presents a coming-of-age memoir about his childhood in a racist and homophobic rural Oregon community to this emergence as a galvanizing LGBTQ+ activist.
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Conflicted Scars : An Average Player's Journey to the Nhl
by Justin Davis
At a time of great change in hockey, Justin Davis exposes the dark underbelly of the journey from the minors to the big leagues...
As it navigates the sport’s darkest corridors, Conflicted Scars shares the story of the common Canadian player and offers a guide for parents who need to know how and why a typical teenager with NHL dreams, from a small town, now lives anxiously, introvertedly, and battling emotional detachment.
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