Jas’ Bookshelf
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All About Love: New Visions
In All About Love, bell hooks challenges the conventional, romanticized notion of love, urging us to view it not just as a noun but as an active verb.
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
In The Will to Change, bell hooks explores how patriarchal culture prevents men from fully experiencing and expressing their emotions, crucial for authentic love and self-connection.
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
In this powerful collection of essays, interviews, and speeches, Angela Y. Davis connects historical and global struggles against state violence and oppression, emphasizing the relevance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism.
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
In I'm Still Here, Austin Channing Brown, a compelling new voice on racial justice, recounts her experiences growing up Black, Christian, and female in predominantly white, middle-class America.
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
In Attached, psychiatrist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller explore how attachment theory—the study of how early relationships influence adult romantic connections—can help us find and sustain love.
Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication
In Say What You Mean, Oren Sofer offers a proven approach to improving communication by blending mindfulness with nonviolent communication (NVC) principles.
In the Dream House
In In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado delivers a raw and inventive memoir about her experiences in an abusive same-sex relationship.
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
In Hood Feminism, Mikki Kendall argues that today's feminist movement often overlooks the most basic needs of women, such as food security, education, safe neighborhoods, and healthcare.
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
In Good Talk, Mira Jacob shares her touching and humorous journey as a first-generation American through a unique graphic memoir.