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The Home Edit Life: The No-guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything

The Home Edit Life: The No-guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything
by Clea Shearer/ Teplin, Joanna

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Home Edit and stars of the upcoming Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit teach you how to apply their genius, holistic approach to your work life, on-the-go necessities, and technology.

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Untamed

Untamed
by Glennon Doyle

In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others' expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.

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Alone Together : Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of Covid-19

Alone Together : Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of Covid-19
by Jennifer Haupt

This collection of essays, poems, and interviews serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come.

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When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
by Joy Harjo /Leanne Howe/ Jennifer Foerster, Jennifer Elise

nited States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology.

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The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard

The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard
by Ollivier Pourriol

Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything.

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Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time

Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
by Ben Ehrenreich

Layering climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, Ehrenreich presents a reckoning with our current moment and with the figurative and literal end of time.

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Finna

Finna
by Nate Marshall

Definition of finna, created by the author: fin·na /?fin?/ contraction: (1) going to; intending to [rooted in African American Vernacular English] (2) eye dialect spelling of &;fixing to&; (3) Black possibility; Black futurity; Blackness as tomorrow

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Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
by Martha S. Jones

The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power -- and how it transformed America.

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Just Us: An American Conversation

Just Us: An American Conversation
by Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine, without telling us what to do, urges us to begin the discussions that might open pathways through this divisive and stuck moment in American history.

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If You Tell : A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

If You Tell : A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen

Bestselling author Gregg Olsen tells the shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive their mother's house of horrors.

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