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• For the Love of Men

  a New Vision for Mindful Masculinity

  Plank, Liz,

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  An award-winning Vox.com correspondent links societal enforcement of traditional masculinity to current crime rates, outlining actionable steps based on today's rapidly evolving world to promote understanding and healthier responses in men who have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hopeful Visions, Practical Actions

  Cultural Humility in Library Work

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  "This collection gathers contributors from across the field to demonstrate how cultural humility can change the way we work and make lasting impacts on diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries"--

• I'll Tell You When I'm Home

  a Memoir

  Alyan, Hala, 1986-

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  "After a decade of yearning for parenthood, years marked by miscarriage after miscarriage, Hala Alyan makes the decision to use a surrogate. In this charged time, she turns to the archetype of the waiting woman -- the Scheherazade who tells stories…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leisure

  the Basis of Culture ; the Philosophical Act

  Pieper, Josef, 1904-1997,

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  One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Joseph Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture is more significant, even more crucial than it was when it first appeared fifty years ago. Pieper shows that Greeks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Letters to the Sons of Society

  a Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom

  Senghor, Shaka,

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  "The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sons-one whom he is raising and the other whose childhood took place during Senghor's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Loud Hands

  Autistic People, Speaking

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  Autistic people speak out because there is nothing wrong with us. We are complete, complex, human beings leading rich and meaningful existences and deserving dignity, respect, human rights, and the primary voice in the conversation about us. This…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Across Borders

  Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World

  Lekas Miller, Anna, 1990-

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  "Love Across Borders takes readers through contentious frontiers around the world to reveal the widespread prejudicial laws intent on dividing us. Anna Lekas Miller tells her own gripping story of meeting Salem Rizk in Istanbul, where they were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sounds Fake but Okay

  An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else

  Costello, Sarah (Podcaster),

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  "Sarah and Kayla invite you to put on your purple aspec glasses - and rethink everything you thought you knew about society, friendship, sex, romance and more. Drawing on their personal stories, and those of aspec friends all over the world, prepare…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Speaking Out

  Twenty-one of Tacoma's Social Justice and Civil Rights Champions

  Dorr, Katherine

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• Take Command

  Find Your Inner Strength, Build Enduring Relationships, and Live the Life You Want

  Hart, Joe (CEO, Dale Carnegie & Associates),

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  "Take command of your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and future with this groundbreaking book by Joe Hart (CEO) and Michael Crom (Board Member) of Dale Carnegie & Associates-the game-changing self-development organization founded by the author…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tears to Triumph

  the Spiritual Journey From Suffering to Enlightenment

  Williamson, Marianne, 1952-

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  The internationally recognized teacher, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love argues that our desire to avoid pain is actually detrimental to our lives, disconnecting us from our deepest emotions and preventing true…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There's a Revolution Outside, My Love

  Letters From a Crisis

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  "This kaleidoscopic portrait of an unprecedented time brings together some of our most treasured writers today--Edwidge Danticat, Layli Long Soldier, Monica Youn, Julia Alvarez, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor--to give voice to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Underdogs

  Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love

  Greene, Melissa Fay,

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  "Describes the unbreakable bond between humans and canines through the story of a severely disabled woman who began training her own service dogs after she was deemed "too disabled" to receive one by every agency in the U.S."--NoveList.

• The World Without Us

  Weisman, Alan

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  A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far-reaching…Read moreRead more of this annotation