New Arrivals Added To Our Adult Nonfiction Collection in the last 7 days
"Ishion Hutchinson turns his poetic sensibility to questions of home, displacement, and memory in his beautiful and searingly brilliant prose debut"--
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Mar 31, 2025
"An awe-inspiring guide that weaves together permaculture design, food resiliency, climate adaptation, community organizing, and indigenous wisdom that you can implement in your own backyard. This book has been crafted for beginner gardeners and large scale permaculturists alike . It is a step-by-step manual starting from your landscaping ideas and ending with seeds and trees confidently planted. However, this is more than just a guide to landscaping, it is a motivational read. Throughout The Re
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Mar 31, 2025
"Celebrate queer faith and take your rightful place at God's table with Brandan Robertson, the "TikTok Pastor," Biblical scholar, and social activist For too long, the Bible has been weaponized to exclude LGBTQ+ individuals, despite Jesus' radical messageof inclusion. In Queer & Christian, Brandan Robertson envisions a faith where all are unequivocally embraced. Ostracized at school, Brandan thought he had finally found his community when he joined the local church. But he soon realized that the
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Mar 31, 2025
"An exploration of manhood and what it takes to be a good man in a world of toxic masculinity, from trans author Shannon Kearns. No one ever taught Shannon Kearns how to be a man. As a trans man, Shannon was presumed female at birth and constructed his relationship with masculinity after his transition, using bits and pieces he gathered from the world around him: male behavior, pop culture portrayals, and cultural expectations for men that seemed to be in the air he breathed. But rather than sep
"Over seven billion times a day, someone taps a like button. How could something that came out of nowhere become so ubiquitous and so familiar-and even so addictive? What problem does it solve for people, and why does a "like" feel so good? And by the way, who invented the like button in the first place? In Like, bestselling author and renowned strategist Martin Reeves and coauthor Bob Goodson-Silicon Valley veteran and participant in the invention of the like button-take readers along on a fasc
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Mar 31, 2025
"Growing up in small-town Texas, Jason Felts dreamed of being in Hollywood. He made his way to California, started his own production company at 23, was named to Variety's "Top 10 to Watch" list, rubbed elbows with famous faces daily, and rose quickly tobuild and lead a multi-million dollar entertainment company for Virgin, one of the world's most respected brands--so why did he walk away at such a young age? Jason recounts how he diligently pursued opportunities in the entertainment industry, q
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"An exploration of "copaganda"-propaganda employed by police and news media"-- Provided by publisher.
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Mar 31, 2025
"A Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian recounts the history of Israeli oppression of the Palestinian people, culminating in the current genocidal campaign against Gaza, and calls Western Christians to repent of their complicity in this oppression"--
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Mar 31, 2025
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"Discover the antidote to cynicism and despair in this dynamic, revelatory, hope-inducing exploration of the extraordinary work and extraordinary people who are transforming communities around the country--motivated by faith.The mother of a man with autism manages a network of group homes through her local Greek Orthodox congregation. The director of an Islamic cultural center hosts a national interfaith conference to foster better relationships with the Jewish community. A student counselor sta
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Mar 31, 2025
"A new understanding of how our bodies work, how to keep them healthy, and how our biological diversity unites us rather than divides us. How does the body work-and why does it seem to work so differently for each of us? Why do we grow tall or short, obese or slim? Why do some of us stay healthy despite our bad habits while others who do all the right things fall ill? When we look around the planet, why do people vary in skin color, facial features, stature, body proportions, and disease risk? T
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Mar 31, 2025
This updated guide offers step-by-step instructions for 50 homestead projects, including 10 new ideas like drought-resistant gardens, insulated coops and accessible paths, designed to help beginners and advanced homesteaders create a thriving, self-sufficient backyard.
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Mar 27, 2025
For millennia the 'wild' was a place heroic men went on epic quests. This book traces the lives of five women who fought against prejudice for their right to work in, enjoy and help save the earth's wild places.
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Mar 27, 2025
What should we make of the sprawling and puzzling book of Isaiah--so layered and complex in its composition? John Goldingay helps us see, hear and understand the grandeur of this prophetic masterpiece among the Prophets as both separate parts and as a whole, clearly tied together with unifying themes.
"Saving Democracy is structured to challenge and guide each reader-no matter your role in your community or politics or where you work-on how you each can play a more active and effective role in lifting democracy than you might have imagined. Over the course of the book, you will construct your own personal plan to fight for democracy. And when you're finished, you'll be ready to get to work."--
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Mar 27, 2025
This updated 10th anniversary edition of the definitive account of America's most feared serial murderer--Richard Ramirez--features a shocking new chapter and 24 pp. of shocking photos. Reissue.