Ocean State Libraries

"Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in our heads. And just as we crack their spines, loosen their leaves and write in their margins, so they disrupt and disorder us in turn. All books are, as Stephen King put it, 'a uniquely portable magic'....

"Offers a map to our inner terrain, inviting us to deepen and expand our encounters with God. Through specific spiritual practices from early desert monastics, as well as Latinx, Black, and Indigenous contemplatives, Colón DeLay guides readers in cultivating lives of devotion. The author uses theology and neuroscience to help readers work through buried fear or pain and find embodied spiritual healing from trauma."--

"Drawing is a great way for readers to use their imagination! And princesses and fairies are two common characters in fantasy stories. Readers work through clear directions on 13 different drawing projects to create a colorful cartoon wood fairy, pirate princess, fairy godmother, and more. The step-by-step instructions include both an example of the step and a description of it, aiding readers in each part of the drawing process. Tips and an introduction...

"Close to 50 percent of marriages in America fail, leading to about 1.5 million divorces a year. But for Suzanne Riss and Jill Sockwell, who've been there and done that, there's no comfort in statics, only community. Community is the one thing that can turn the shattering experience of divorce into a tolerable one-and, finally, a positive one. And community is what the authors offer in their inspiring and brilliantly helpful book, The Optimist's Guide...

"A warm, empathetic guide to understanding, coping with, and healing from the unique pain of sibling estrangement. "Whenever I tell people that I am working on a book about sibling estrangement, they sit up a little straighter and lean in, as if I've tapped into a dark secret." Fern Schumer Chapman understands the pain of sibling estrangement firsthand. For the better part of forty years, she had nearly no relationship with her only brother, despite...

Thanks to the runaway success of the number-one national bestseller Final Exit: the Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, the right to die has been brought to the moral and political forefront. Derek Humphry's new book, Dying with Dignity: Understanding Euthanasia, puts the somewhat confusing ethics and legality of the right to die in perspective and serves as an important companion volume to Final Exit. Euthanasia...