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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith (Unabridged)

Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith (Unabridged)

by Anne Lamott

With the trademark wisdom, humor, and honesty that made Anne Lamott's book on faith, Traveling Mercies , a runaway bestseller, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times. The world is a more dangerous place than it was when Lamott's Traveling Mercies was published five years ago. Terrorism and war have become the new normal;... (more)

Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement

Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement

by Dominique Browning

"My story," writes Dominique Browning, the editor in chief of House & Garden, "is about the way a house can express loss, and then bereavement, and then, finally, the rebuilding of a life." Around the House and in the Garden is a moving narrative, culled from Browning's much-loved monthly editorial column, about the solace and sense of self that can be found through tending to one's home. From building a... (more)

Day by Day: The Chronicles of a Hard of Hearing Reporter (Deaf Lives Series, Vol. 7)

Day by Day: The Chronicles of a Hard of Hearing Reporter (Deaf Lives Series, Vol. 7)

by Elizabeth Thompson

The Seventh Volume in the Deaf Lives Series Elizabeth Thompson’s hearing loss was detected when she was in elementary school, and her hearing continued to deteriorate until she became completely deaf. Like many other hard of hearing and late-deafened individuals, her hearing loss complicated the general challenges of life. She struggled through school, worked as a secretary, married, had a daughter, and then... (more)

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