Mind Body Spirit Clutter : An Untidy History
Black-and-White Thinking :
by Jennifer Howard
available in January 2022, paperback, Belt Publishing
Sparked by the painful two-year process of cleaning out her mother’s house in the wake of a devastating physical and emotional collapse, Howard sets her own personal struggle with clutter against a meticulously researched history of just how the developed world came to drown in material goods. With sharp prose and an eye for telling detail, she shines unsparing light on clutter’s darker connections to environmental devastation and hoarding disorder.
Buddha Boards “The Buddha Board is one of my favorite things to practice relaxing and meditation, especially over winter break!” –Guinevere
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton
available in January 2022, paperback, Picador
Several million years ago, natural selection equipped us with binary, black-and-white brains. Though the world was arguably simpler back then, it was in many ways much more dangerous. Since then, the world has evolved—but we, for the most part, have not. Confronted with a panoply of shades of gray, our brains have a tendency to “force quit”: to sort the things we see, hear, and experience into manageable but simplistic categories. We stereotype, pigeonhole, and, above all, draw lines where in reality there are none. This book is a sciencebased wake-up call for an era of increasing extremism and a thought-provoking, uplifting guide to training our gray matter to see that gray really does matter.
Keanu Reeves' Guide to Kindness : 50 Simple Ways to Be Excellent
A Great Gift
Soaps & Lotions Stay Soft, Smell Good
by Hardie Grant
available in November, hardcover, Hardie Grant Books
An illustrated guide to how we can all spread a little more kindness à la Keanu Reeves. Including 50 simple acts, such as holding the door open for someone, donating clothes and books to charity and smiling at a stranger, and accompanying illustrations featuring Keanu himself, this book implores us to be kind. Always.
Stay Warm & Cozy
Hats, Gloves, Slippers
The Illustrated Herbiary, Bestiary, and Crystallary Oracle Cards by Joshua McFadden, Martha Holmberg available in November, Storey Publishing
Fans of Maia Toll's popular book have been clamoring for a deck of larger, sturdier oracle cards designed for frequent use. Each set is packed in a collectible box, 36 cards are accompanied by a short guidebook explaining the symbolism of each plant, animal, or crystal and how to use the cards for self-discovery and spiritual exploration.
38 Winter 2021-22
Building Community One Book at a Time
