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The Joy of Politics: Surviving Cancer, a Campaign, a Pandemic, an Insurrection, and Life's Other Unexpected Curveballs

Amy Klobuchar - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and revelatory memoir -- on personal challenges, political turmoil, and the state of American democracy -- from one of the most effective voices in politics, Amy Klobuchar.. During the past few years, as our country has faced unprecedented challenges, Senator Klobuchar has been...
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The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide for Caregivers, 2nd Edition

Maria M Meyer - Care Trust Publications
Format: Paperback

Winner of the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Award for Health TitlesNow - at last - a guide that promises to take the fear out of home care and brings confidence and peace of mind to caregivers.Simple and Practical! Starts with the basics - which most books wrongly assume you already know. Easy...
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Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

Michael A. Heller - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

"Mine" is one of the first words babies learn. By the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? Why is plagiarism wrong,...
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Blood Sex Magic: Everyday Magic for the Modern Mystic

Bri Luna - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, illustrated collection of spells and stories to infuse our lives with ritual, history, and magic from the visionary artist and infamous witch Bri Luna, founder and creative director of "The Hoodwitch."Blood Sex Magic is an invitation and an awakening - a guide toward...
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Aging Safely In Your Home

Yvonne Poulin - Self-Counsel Press, Inc.
Format: Paperback

You need not move to live gracefully and safely as you age. A respected author taps into expertise on how your home can be modestly renovated to ease the physical challenges and provide a great quality of life in a familiar surrounding.
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The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of New England Under Siege

Marilynne K. Roach - Cooper Square Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Based on over twenty years of original archival research, this history unfolds a nearly day-by-day narrative of the Salem Witch Trials as the citizens of Salem experienced the outbreak of hysteria.
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On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes

Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the giant 1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog comes an equally smart, delightful, and startling exploration of how we perceive and discover our world. Alexandra Horowitzs brilliant On Looking Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinaryto...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

Jane Sherron De Hart - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The first full life - private, public, legal, philosophical - of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews...
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Mark Miodownik - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does?...
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This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing

Jacqueline Winspear
Format: electronic resource

A 2021 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Critical/Biographical“Jacqueline Winspear has created a memoir of her English childhood that is every bit as engaging as her Maisie Dobbs novels, just as rich in character and detail, history and humanity. Her writing is lovely, elegant and welcoming.”—Anne...
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