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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking exploration of a debilitating disorder that's underdiagnosed and misunderstood. Most days, Shalene Gupta was the person she'd always aspired to be. She was hardworking, excelled at work, and had a long-term boyfriend who she desperately loved. Then, every month like clockwork, it all came crashing down in fits of rage and inconsolable sorrow. Work became meaningless, and she struggled to get through the day. The lows were subterranean....
Series
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This collection of inspiring first-hand stories from across libraryland spotlights the ways library staff are making a difference in their communities. A sharing of hearts, minds, and spirits of library staff from across the country, the personal narratives in this book include: a routine reference query that inspired a librarian to reach out to a senior patron; a public library's annual Diwali celebration that strengthened the social fabric of the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you've been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years. Diving into five of the most fraught conversation topics - death, sex, money, family, and identity - she moves between memoir, fascinating snapshots of a variety of Americans opening up about their lives, and expert opinions to show why having tough conversations is important and how to do them in a thoughtful and generous...
6) Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts: stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden stories of Black Appalachians through powerful essays and forty comforting recipes from the Poet Laureate of Kentucky. Years ago, when Crystal Wilkinson was baking a jam cake, she felt her late grandmother's presence. She soon realized that she was not the only cook in her kitchen. There were an abundance of ancestors stirring, measuring, and braising with her. These are her kitchen ghosts, five...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After an incredibly successful debut cookbook, Coinneach is serving up a fresh selection of exciting new recipes, charming stories and breathtaking photography from the Hebridean Islands. With his family, community and a few household names (including Westie pup Seoras), the Hebridean Baker takes inspiration from Celtic mythology, family history and some of his favourite occasions to bring us nourishing and flavourful dishes with a story to tell....
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told that he was a 'do-nothing' because he lacked initiative. Dispirited and unemployed, it occurred to him that if he was so good at doing nothing, perhaps he could turn it into a business. And with one tweet, he began his business of renting himself out to do nothing. Morimoto, aka Rental Person, provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. Sitting with a client undergoing surgery, accompanying...
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