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This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press’ popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers.$30.00ISBN: 9780762470013Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Black Dog & Leventhal - October 6th, 2020An encyclopedic A-to-Z guide, this beautifully illustrated volume offers hundreds of rich, fascinating definitions of 700 major and minor characters, creatures, and places of classical mythology.$22.00ISBN: 9780593236666Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Convergent Books - February 18th, 2020NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and theological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story.
$26.00ISBN: 9781982171865Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Simon & Schuster - December 1st, 2020In this uplifting and practical book, written in collaboration with his biographer, Austen Ivereigh, the preeminent spiritual leader explains why we must—and how we can—make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people now.
In the COVID crisis, the beloved shepherd of over one billion Catholics saw the cruelty and inequity of our society exposed more vividly than$25.95ISBN: 9781643133119Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Pegasus Books - February 4th, 2020Because man’s best friend deserves to know the secrets of how to live a good life, too.
Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees.$20.00ISBN: 9781524749118Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Pantheon - November 17th, 2020In Philosophy for Polar Explorers, Erling Kagge, renowned explorer and acclaimed author of Silence and Walking, provides a thoughtful and eloquent meditation on adventure and discovery.
$14.95ISBN: 9781797200163Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Chronicle Books - March 24th, 2020The I Know This to Be True series is a collection of extraordinary figures from diverse backgrounds answering the same questions, as well as sharing their compelling stories, guiding ideals, and insightful wisdom.
$22.99ISBN: 9780062976581Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: HarperOne - October 22nd, 2019#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER · USA TODAY BESTSELLER
$24.99ISBN: 9781250310576Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Flatiron Books - September 1st, 2020From one of most prominent figures in the field of meditation comes a guidebook for how to use mindfulness to build our inner strength, find balance, and help create a better world.
$14.95ISBN: 9781579659912Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Artisan - December 8th, 2020“Charming. . . . A moving testament to the diversity and depths of love.”
—Publishers Weekly
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be swept away—in less time than it takes to read this paragraph.
$16.95ISBN: 9781611803433Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Shambhala - June 7th, 2016Pema Chödrön's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library.
$22.00ISBN: 9781250237026Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Celadon Books - October 22nd, 2019In HUNDRED, the simple pleasures and hard lessons of each age are gorgeously presented as a full color, illustrated journey of the passage of time.
What did you learn in life? At age 3? At 21? What about 45? 65? 80 and beyond? How can you share this wisdom with the people you love?$22.00ISBN: 9780593132685Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Random House - October 29th, 2019A beautifully illustrated collection of Gloria Steinem’s most inspirational and outrageous quotes, with an introduction and essays by the feminist activist herself
“A fearless book full of passion, resolute perspective, and unbiased hope for the future.”—Janelle Monáe$16.00ISBN: 9781982131326Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Scribner - April 7th, 2020A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the power of perseverance from the beloved, New York Times bestselling, and two-time National Book Award–winning Jesmyn Ward.
For Tulane University’s 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the importance of respect for on$17.95ISBN: 9781609806101Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Seven Stories Press - March 31st, 2020For this first-ever paperback edition of If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?, the beloved collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s campus speeches, editor Dan Wakefield has unearthed three early gems as a sort of prequel—the anti-war Moratorium Day speech he gave in Barnstable, Massachusetts, in October 1969, a 1970 speech to Bennington College recommending “skylarking,” and a 1
$12.95ISBN: 9781849945417Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Batsford - May 7th, 2019For fans of Camelot and King Arthur, here are seven classic Arthurian legends, retold by a master storyteller and accompanied by beautiful illustrations and notes on their background.
$16.95ISBN: 9780974848600Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Chronicle Books - July 21st, 2005The home has long been the center of our family lives. This is where we gather to create memories with family and friends and to find comfort and solace for ourselves. In House Blessings, best-selling anthologist June Cotner has assembled a moving collection of interfaith prayers, poems, and toasts that speak to the experiences we share in turning our houses into our homes.$17.00ISBN: 9780525431923Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Anchor - October 20th, 2020A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
ONE OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR$14.99ISBN: 9781849766234Availability: On Our Shelves Now (email to confirm availability)Published: Tate Publishing - October 29th, 2019A thought-provoking and striking new title from Raul Guridi that explores the theme of migration
What happens if you suddenly have to leave your home and put everything you love into one suitcase? How do you begin to fit everything in?
