Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain
The searing, wry memoir about a woman s fight for a new life after a devastating brain injury When Sarah Vallance is thrown from a horse and suffers a jarring blow to the head, she believes she s walked away unscathed The next morning, things take a sharp turn as she s led from work to the emergen
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X Kendi s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America but even fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other In How to be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
Have you ever wanted to solve a murder Gather the clues the police overlooked Put together the pieces Identify the suspect Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims Every story he wrote had one thing in common they didn t ha
The Yellow House: A Memoir
In 1961, Sarah M Broom s mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then promising neighborhood of New Orleans East and built her world inside of it It was the height of the Space Race and the neighborhood was home to a major NASA plant the postwar optimism seemed assured Widowed, Ivory Mae
I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian American author Bassey Ikpi s experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life Bassey Ikpi was born in Nigeria in 1976 Four years later, she and her mother joined her father in Stillwater, Oklahoma a move tha
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
A provocative and original investigation of our cultural fascination with crime, linking four archetypes Detective, Victim, Attorney, Killer to four true stories about women driven by obsession.In this illuminating exploration of women, violence, and obsession, Rachel Monroe interrogates the appeal
Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention
In this compelling and disturbing true story Rebecca Traister , a young woman s toxic mentor develops a dark, stalking obsession that disrupts her career and her peace of mind Donna Freitas has lived two lives In one life, she is a well published author and respected scholar who has traveled
Into the Planet
From one of the world s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth s final frontier the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know about deep space than w
God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America
In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her the empty churches and the b
Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing
I m reading this book right now and loving it Cheryl Strayed, 1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild How can a mother and daughter who love but don t always like each other coexist without driving each other crazy A wry and moving meditation on aging and the different kinds of love bet
In the Country of Women
In inland Southern California, near the desert and the Mexican border, Susan Straight, a white self proclaimed book nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African American basketball player, started dating in high school After college, they married and drove to Amherst, Massachusetts, where Straight met her tea
Best Friends
Sequel to Shannon Hale s award winning graphic novel memoir, Real Friends , this new graphic memoir picks up where Real Friends left off As Shannon grows a little older, the rules of friendship always seem to be changing, leaving her guessing and trying her best to just keep up Best Friends s