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Subtitle: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance Recommended to me by: Elly Blue Adonia Lugo gives us both a warm memoir and a carefully researched overview of her anthropological study of racism in bicycling activism. She shares her background as a half-Mexican, half-white girl growing up in San Juan Capistrano in Southern California, her joyful involvement […] Recommended to me by: Sarah Pinsker This book has no words, only illustrations. Whimsical and menacing by turns, the images tell the story of an immigrant’s parting with his family and arrival in a new land where everything is unexpected and askew. It was unclear until the end whether the macabre or the whimsy […] Subtitle: A new understanding and treatment for prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndromes Recommended to me by: a client As is clear from the subtitle, this book is written by and for men, or at least people with prostates and penises. The book is focused on physiology rather than gender, and a lot of […] Subtitle: A Recipe for Healing After Loss Grandy, a “somewhat wise” grandmother with a long silver braid, has suffered a big loss. In gorgeous detailed illustrations we see her making tear soup with her tears, memories, and time. She grieves alone and with friends. She gives it all the time it needs, far longer […] Subtitle: Money, Class, and Bicycling Recommended to me by: Elly Blue at Microcosm Publishing bookstore A collection of close to twenty articles about the intersection of biking, class, race, and social inequity from a variety of viewpoints. Each article was clear and engaging. Since I bike for transportation and care about social justice, this zine/small […] Subtitle: Professional Guidelines for Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Movement Teachers Recommended to me by: Ethics and Boundaries class in massage school I re-read this book because I’m planning to write about dual relationships. Nina McIntosh writes lucidly about the need for clear boundaries as a bodyworker. The book is filled with guidelines and anecdotes […] Recommended to me by: Reading Volume 1 This graphic novel is the second half of Mike’s visit to his dead husband’s brother’s family in Japan. It’s a quick read, and at the same time touches on a lot of emotionally powerful themes. The meaning of “family.” Making things right after a family member has […] Subtitle: Opening Our Hearts to All the Ways We Feel and Are in Every Moment Recommended to me by: reading Robyn Posin’s website for the last 15+ years. Also I was an advance reviewer for this book. This is a collection of line drawings and wise words that have appeared on Robyn Posin’s website […] Recommended to me by: Received a copy from Asakiyume who edited it Gerald Zaltman is a marketing consultant for corporate executives and a professor emeritus of business administration at Harvard. The idea for this book came out of interactions with his young grandchildren. I do not belong to these target audiences, and the book did […] Subtitle: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past. A Practical Guide for Understanding & Working with Traumatic Memory The first part of this book is a thorough introduction to different kinds of memories. There are explicit and implicit memories. Explicit (conscious) memories include declarative (like the times table) and episodic […] |