Brené Brown

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

An expert of the psychology of shame presents advice on how to overcome paralyzing fears and self-consciousness, and at the same time increase feelings of self-worth, gratitude, and acceptance.

The Gifts of Imperfection

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Janice Munemitsu

Sylvia Mendez

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Story of Two Families and Mendez, et Al. V. Westminster, the 1947 Desegregation of California Public Schools

The true story of two immigrant families, their struggle against racism, and the kindnesses that helped them toward a brighter future. --- "... a book full to the brim with passion, truth and insight. The lessons you will learn as you turn these pages will help you not only understand the past, but will influence your future." Bob Goff New York Times Bestselling Author of Love Does, Everybody Always and Dream Big "Beautifully written, an American story of the courage, patriotism and resilience of two Orange County families." Honorable Frederick Aquirre Judge, Superior Court of Orange County (retired) "The Kindness of Color is a beautifully crafted true and inspiring story of how the cross-cultural cooperation between two oppressed families and communities of color in Orange County, California, during the World War II era, led to a landmark case of public-school desegregation at the state and national levels." Dr. Art Hansen Emeritus Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton "This captivating story twists and turns like fiction but all is real, factual, and historical. This will be required reading for all students to grasp the impact and importance of our interwoven history, and serendipitous connections all the while, changing hearts towards kindness." Tommy Dyo Asian American Pacific Islander Community Advocate "...the true story of two families behind the Mendez v. Westminster case...Through it all, the unconditional kindness they received from others and returned to others ultimately proved to be a force for healing and change." Al Mijares, PhD Orange County Superintendent of Schools "As an Orange County native and daughter of first-generation Indian immigrants, the intertwined stories of the Munemitsu and Mendez families hold a special place in my heart...I loved this book, and I know you will too!" Jasmine Chhabria National History Day Finalist, 2018 --- A true story of perseverance, unity, and hope, The Kindness of Color follows two immigrant families facing separate battles with racism in WWII-era Southern California. Unexpectedly, their paths intertwine, ultimately paving the way for the landmark court case Mendez, et. al v. Westminster and the desegregation of California public schools seven years before Brown v. Board of Education. In the face of tremendous discrimination, the Mendez and Munemitsu families are sustained by the simple yet harrowing acts of kindness extended to them by friends and strangers as they navigate their difficult journeys toward justice. It is this kindness that encourages their hearts, opens paths to solutions, and creates communities of support-all highlighting the beauty and power of The Kindness of Color.

The Kindness of Color

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Tatoos On The Heart 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Social Studies

Emotional Intelligence 

William M. Tuttle

Chicago in the Red Summer Of 1919

Portrays the race riot which left 38 dead, 537 wounded and hundreds homeless in Chicago during the summer of 1919.

Race Riot

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Me Before You

Helga Weiss

A Young Girl's Account of Life in Concentration Camp

'The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank' Daily Telegraph First they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice . . . In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to their home, their relatives and all that they knew, and were interned in the Nazi concentration camp of Terezín. For the next three years, Helga documented her experiences there, and those of her friends and family, in a diary. Then they were sent to Auschwitz, and the diary was left behind, hidden in a wall. Helga was one of a tiny number of Jewish children from Prague to survive the holocaust. After she returned home, she eventually managed to retrieve her diary and completed the journal of her experiences. The result is one of the most vivid first-hand accounts of the Holocaust ever to have been recovered. 'Anne Frank's diary finished when her family was rounded up for the camps: in Helga's Diary, we have a child's record of life inside the extermination factories. Shines a light into the long black night that was the Holocaust' Daily Express 'Resounds with a ferocious will to endure conditions of astonishing cruelty. Displays a rare capacity to remain keenly observant and to find the right words for transmitting . . . memory into history' New Statesman 'A moving testimony to courage and endurance. Remarkable . . . what is so compelling is the immediacy and unknowingness' Financial Times

Helga's Dairy

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Affirming Diversity 

Dawn Bradley Berry

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A guide to domestic abuse, including how the law can help the abused, how the abuse can hurt children, guidelines on how to leave the relationship, and addresses of support groups.

The Domestic Violence Sourcebook

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Kim Buck M B a

The Thriving Woman's Guide to Setting Boundaries

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Karel Kurst-Swanger

Jacqueline L. Petcosky

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Violence in the home is one of the most damaging and widespread of social problems. This book reviews the most current theoretical explanations of family violence and then links theory to practice.

Violence in the Home

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Rachael Amber Longo

Brand new. Dated 2022 but has great info and is not written in 

A Lunar Calendar & Planner for Menstrual Tracking & Inner Healing

Cycles Journal is an annually illustrated lunar and menstrual tracking calendar for those seeking to prioritize self-care, slow down - and deeply listen. You'll be guided on a journey to uncover patterns within & reconnect to your natural flows through journaling, lunar insight, sacred tips, and more. Reclaiming the power of your cycle helps you regain control within your life - so that you can heal + transform your relationship with yourself, others & the world. MISSION:*To celebrate our fluxes and flows which are usually shamed, repressed, or dreaded by both society and ourselves.*To highlight the importance of holding space, time and energy for ourselves and cycles.*To remind you to practice self-care, love and empowerment*To help those of all ages with cycles understand their patterns better.*To help you connect & heal more deeply to yourself, and in turn to others.FEATURES:Mo(o)nthly Overview Calendar to track symptoms & patterns: Follow your menstrual cycle alongside the moon's cycleNotice your own patterns from one cycle to the nextLunar months instead of calendar months for easy comparison& to serve as an anchor for irregular or non-existent periodsSpace for your own unique symptomsAstrological symbols for considerationDaily Journaling Space to write & release:Dated pages from the end of Dec. 2021 - Dec 2022 Space to expand in more detail on your symptoms Intention-setting space per quarter moonIllustration of the moon's phase per dayConsider weather & astrology's impactTrack fertility with your temperatureReminders to track & tune inCycle reflections & preparations to help you deepen your observations:Record your patterns, caution days, bliss days & irregularitiesReminders for self-exams & date nights with yourselfFind where your cycle aligns with the lunar cycleReminders to plan & prepare for your next cycleIntegrate your cycle into your life & workKeep track of your favorite ritualsExtra space for inspirationCommunity Features sharing wisdom, rituals, prose & more

Cycles Journal 2022

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Clare Pooley

A Novel

"A warm, charming tale about the rewards of revealing oneself, warts and all." --People The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves--and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica's Café. The Authenticity Project's cast of characters--including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends--is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward--and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness. The Authenticity Project is just the tonic for our times that readers are clamoring for--and one they will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure.

The Authenticity Project

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Janet Mock

My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love and So Much More

In this New York Times bestseller—the first transgender memoir written by an African American—an extraordinary young woman recounts her coming-of-age. “Undercurrents of strong emotion swirl throughout this well-written book…An enlightening, much-needed perspective on transgender identity” (Kirkus Reviews). In 2011, Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for the first time as a trans woman. Those twenty-three hundred words were life-altering for the People.com editor, turning her into an influential and outspoken public figure and a desperately needed voice for an often voiceless community. In these pages, she offers a bold and inspiring perspective on being young, multicultural, economically challenged, and transgender in America. This “heart-rending autobiography of love, longing, and fulfillment” (bell hooks, author of All About Love) follows Mock's quest for identity, from an early, unwavering conviction about her gender to a turbulent adolescence in Honolulu that saw her transitioning during the tender years of high school, self-medicating with hormones at fifteen, and flying across the world alone for sex reassignment surgery at just eighteen. Despite the hurdles, Mock received a scholarship to college and moved to New York City, where she earned a master's degree and enjoyed the success of an enviable career. Now, with unflinching honesty, Mock uses her own experience to impart vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of trans youth and brave girls like herself. A profound statement of affirmation from a courageous woman, Redefining Realness provides a whole new outlook on what it means to be a woman today, and shows as never before how to be authentic, unapologetic, and wholly yourself.

Redefining Realness

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Cristina Henríquez

Moving from Mexico to America when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy.

The Book of Unknown Americans

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Nina Laurin

A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist

A debut psychological thriller that reads like a dangerous cocktail with equal parts Gillian Flynn, Chelsea Cain, and Paula Hawkins.

Girl Last Seen

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Delia Owens

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a heartbreaking coming of age story and a surprising murder investigation. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens's debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

Where the Crawdads Sing

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Rupi Kaur

"A collection of poetry and prose about survival, about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity"--Amazon.com.

Milk and Honey

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Gail Honeyman

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick "Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!" --Reese Witherspoon "This wacky, charming novel. . . draws you in with humor, then turns out to contain both a suspenseful subplot and a sweet romance. . . Hilarious and moving."--People No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond's big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . . The only way to survive is to open your heart.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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Jill Santopolo

The New York Times bestseller and A Reese’s Book Club Pick "This love story between Lucy & Gabe spans decades and continents as two star-crossed lovers try to return to each other...Will they ever meet again? This book kept me up at night, turning the pages to find out, and the ending did not disappoint."--Reese Witherspoon "One Day meets Me Before You meets your weekender bag."--The Skimm "Extraordinary."--Emily Giffin He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be the last? Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story--their story--at the very beginning. Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated--perhaps they'll find life's meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other's hearts. This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story for a new generation. "It's the epic love story of 2017."--Redbook

The Light We Lost

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Crystal Maldonado

Coming of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. Harder when your whole life is on fire, though. Charlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it's hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn't help. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired. Be smaller. Be whiter. Be quieter. But there's one person who's always in Charlie's corner: her best friend Amelia. Slim. Popular. Athletic. Totally dope. So when Charlie starts a tentative relationship with cute classmate Brian, the first worthwhile guy to notice her, everything is perfect until she learns one thing--he asked Amelia out first. So is she his second choice or what? Does he even really see her? Because it's time people did. A sensitive, funny, and painfully honest coming-of-age story with a wry voice and tons of chisme, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega tackles our relationships to our parents, our bodies, our cultures, and ourselves. A New England Book Award Winner

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

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