Books for National Depression Education and Awareness Month

For National Depression Education and Awareness Month in October, we are sharing a collection of titles that educates and informs on depression, including personal stories from those who have experienced depression and topics that range from causes and symptoms of depression to how to develop coping mechanisms to battle depression.

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Horror Titles for the Halloween Season

In celebration of the Halloween season, we are sharing horror books that are aligned with the themes of the holiday: the sometimes unknown and scary creatures and witches. From classic ghost stories and popular novels that are celebrated today, in literature courses and beyond, to contemporary stories about the monsters that hide in the dark, our list

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Books for LGBTQIA+ History Month

For LGBTQIA+ History Month in October, we’re celebrating the shared history of individuals within the community and the importance of the activists who have fought for their rights and the rights of others. We acknowledge the varying and diverse experiences within the LGBTQIA+ community that have shaped history and have led the way for those

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Rachel Slade’s Making It in America

Making It in America is a moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why our nation depends on it—told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry, ethically.   MAINE ROOTS On

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Author Jennie Erin Smith Discusses Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer’s Families and the Search for a Cure

By: Jennie Erin Smith Valley of Forgetting is a very readable and vivid science narrative that offers a rare worm’s eye view of clinical research in Latin America, from the perspectives of both the subjects and the investigators. I spent seven years researching and writing it, most of that time in Medellin, Colombia. The book

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A Letter from Jason Mott, Author of People Like Us

People Like Us is Jason Mott’s electric new novel. It is not memoir, yet it has deeply personal connections to Jason’s life. And while rooted in reality, it explodes with dreamlike experiences that pull a reader in and don’t let go, from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks, and feelings

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