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Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
Annie Spence · Flatiron Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A Gen-X librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life.Librarians spend their lives weeding. Not weeds, but books! Books that have reached the end of their shelf life, both literally and figuratively. They remove the ones... |
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What Is It All but Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man
Art Garfunkel · Knopf
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel--a memoir (of sorts) : artful, moving, lyrical; the making of a musician; the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and collaboration that became one of the most successful singing duos of their time.... |
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Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy
THOMAS MOORE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Thomas Moore is the renowned author of Care of the Soul, the classic #1 New York Times bestseller. In Ageless Soul, Moore reveals a fresh, optimistic, and rewarding path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather embraced and cherished. In Moore's view, aging is the process by which... |
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Reunion: The Good News of Jesus for Seekers, Saints, and Sinners
Bruxy Cavey · Herald Press
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover
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The message of Jesus changed the world...until the world changed the message.Is a truncated and fragmented version of the good news masquerading as the full, forceful gospel of Jesus? A growing movement of truth-seekers and Jesus-lovers believe so, and they are calling for a return to the first... |
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Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World
Lizzie Velasquez · Hachette Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrated motivational speaker and YouTube sensation Lizzie Velasquez shows us how we can learn to accept all parts of ourselves and others, and in doing so create a "culture of kindness" and a more compassionate world. Born with a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez always... |
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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
MITCH PRINSTEIN · Viking
Pages: 273
Format: Hardcover
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A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happiness - and why we don't always want to be the most popularNo matter how old you are, there's a good chance that the word "popular" immediately transports you back to your teenage... |
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Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
ZEYNEP TUFEKCI · Yale University Press
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesses... |
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The Emoji Code: The Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats
VYVYAN EVANS · Picador
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Drawing from disciplines as diverse as linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience, The Emoji Code explores how emojis are expanding communication and not ending it.For all the handwringing about the imminent death of written language, emoji -- those happy faces and hearts... |
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My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir
Jessica B Harris · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era - the vibrant New York City of her youth, where her social circle included Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and other members of the Black intelligentsia.In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies,... |
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Strong in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Addiction and Redemption Through Wellness
QUENTIN VENNIE · Rodale Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Wellness expert Quentin Vennie shouldn't be alive -- he's walked a path that many don't live long enough to write about. Surrounded by dead ends and haunted by addiction, abandonment and violence, he's battled anxiety and depression for most of his life. He's been shot... |
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Living with the Living Dead: The Wisdom of the Zombie Apocalypse
GREG GARRETT · Oxford University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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When humankind faces what it perceives as a threat to its very existence, a macabre thing happens in art, literature, and culture: corpses begin to stand up and walk around. The dead walked in the fourteenth century, when the Black Death and other catastrophes roiled Europe. They walked... |
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Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together
James Blake · Amistad
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by Arthur Ashe's bestselling memoir Days of Grace, a collection of positive, uplifting stories of seemingly small acts of grace from across the sports world that have helped to bridge cultural and racial divides.Like many people of color, James Blake has experienced the effects... |
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It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan
Tristan Donovan · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It's All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible... |
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Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios
Holly FitzGerald · Vintage
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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A stunning debut; a Departures original publication. The ultimate survival story; a wild ride - the wildest - down a South American river in the thick of the Amazon Basin; a true and thrilling adventure of a young married couple who survive a plane crash only to later raft hundreds of miles... |
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How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays
MANDY LEN CATRON · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
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An insightful, charming, and absolutely fascinating memoir from the author of the popular New York Times essay, "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," (one of the top five most popular New York Times pieces of 2015) explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they... |
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A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal
Jen Waite · Plume
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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What do you do when you discover that the person you've built your life around never existed? When "it could never happen to me" does happen to you? These are the questions facing Jen Waite when she begins to realize that her loving husband - the father of her infant daughter,... |
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Text, Don't Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life
AARON CAYCEDO-KIMURA · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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An illustrated guide to the challenges and pleasures of the introverted lifeIntroversion is "in." But there are still many misconceptions about introverts in the world. They're shy. Anti-social. They don't want to have close relationships. They're all cat people. They don't like... |
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The Comfort Food Diaries
Emily Nunn · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Elizabeth Gilbert and Ruth Reichl, former New Yorker editor Emily Nunn chronicles her journey to heal old wounds and find comfort in the face of loss through travel, home-cooked food, and the company of friends and family.One life-changing night, reeling from her beloved... |
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