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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corpotation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In this transcendent memoir, Windham-Campbell Prize-winning poet Ali Cobby Eckermann's gorgeous narrative unfolds against the verdant South Australian landscape, the pastoral setting belying the painful realities of a young girl estranged from her community. Told at first through the frank eyes of a child whose life is irretrievably changed after being forcibly taken from her family and later adopted by a German Lutheran family, 'Too afraid to cry'...
Publisher
Acorn TV
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Weighed down by grief and guilt, DCI Tom Mathias comes to coastal Aberystwyth after a decade on the London police force. Escaping recent hurts and long-simmering trauma, he's on a journey of recovery, healing himself by bringing justice to others. But the beautiful seaside vistas and close-knit mountain villages hide a multitude of sins. Partnered with hardworking local DI Mared Rhys, Mathias confronts mystifying murders that push him to the edge...
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"To remedy means to heal, to cure, to set right, to make reparations. The Remedy invites writers and readers to imagine what we need to create healthy, resilient, and thriving LGBTQ communities. This anthology is a diverse collection of real-life stories from queer and trans people on their own health-care experiences and challenges, from gay men living with HIV who remember the systemic resistance to their health-care needs, to a lesbian couple dealing...
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Amber Tamblyn, Jessica Valenti, Lidia Yuknavitch, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby, Meredith Talusan, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Ada Limón, and Huma Abedin are among the impressive list of authors contributing to this powerful collection of essays that takes a fresh and powerful look at our relationship to intuition and how we can harness it to change our everyday lives and the world. For generations, women have been...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the first arc of WILLOWVERSE, trying to help Buffy heal from her trauma proves to be more than Giles and Willow bargained for! She's left without her powers or identity, and it's up to an unprepared and inexperienced new Slayer to take up the mantle--Willow. But thankfully Willow isn't alone, as the spell also leads to another newly-activated Slayer, serving as a guide for this speed-run of training. But even with the threat of 4 terrifying and...
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith? In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, acclaimed poet and essayist Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today. With the author's...
27) Monsieur Lazhar
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
" ... the ... story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher, and the 55-year-old Algerian immigrant who offers his services as a substitute teacher and aids the process of collective healing"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the tools to heal and thrive"--
Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As we emerge from the past few years of collective upheaval, are we ready to face the complexities of our time with joy, authenticity, and connection? Now, more than ever, we must learn to heal ourselves, connect with each other, and embody our values. In this revolutionary book, Prentis Hemphill shows us how. Becoming the People of Our Time argues that the principles of embodiment awareness-the awareness of our body's sensations, habits, and the...
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