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Made for the Movies
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The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes OnEverything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest InfectionIf I Must Die: Poetry and ProseOur Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab WorldOne Hundred Years of Solitude

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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May

An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job. Wintering explores how she not only endured this painful time, but embraced the singular opportunities it offered. A moving personal narrative shot through with lessons from literature, mythology, and the natural world, May’s story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas. Ultimately Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter, and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear. A secular mystic, May forms a guiding philosophy for transforming the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season.

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Douglas Stuart

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George Saunders

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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green

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The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

Franny Choi

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    Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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    Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet

    Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet

    Kate Marvel

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    Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

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    Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

    Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

    Stephen Kinzer

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