Reference works contain entire worlds, arranged, indexed, and designed to support research and exploration. These aids—hefty both in physical form and in depth and resonance—provide new interpretations, offer access into decades of academic work, and inspire fresh ways of thinking.
By Sarah Hashimoto Databases foster deep research, expansive reading, and a myriad of inquiry avenues. These 10 tools, covering food, Shakespeare, study skills, and much more, are our selections for the best databases of 2023.
Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World is a Zen meditation wrapped in a memoir of destruction and healing written by an elite ultrarunner as she struggles to make it to the other side of a life-shattering injury with her sanity—and her marriage—intact. This story of survival and awakening proves: life’s challenges are a chance to live.
By Sarah Hashimoto and Gary Price Free reference sources, vetted, smart, and endlessly useful, are a rich resource for scholars and students. Here are our five top picks for 2023.
Environmental writer and former land-use planner Tim Palmer explores the legacy of flooding in America, taking a fresh look at the emerging climatic, economic, and ecological realities of our rivers and communities. This book urges that we reduce future damage in the most effective, efficient, and equitable ways possible.
Designed to be used with any deck, Red Tarot expands the practice beyond self-help and divination into a space of reclamation, self-determination, and collective healing. Taking an Indigenous lens, Red Tarot interprets the cards in cosmologies outside the Hellenistic framework and reveals tarot as an essential language for liberation.
By Hannah Baumgartner, Barbara Hoffert, Jayme Oldham, and Claire Sherman Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Erin E. Adams, Kimberly Belle, and Simone St. James for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
By Kevin Howell and Penelope J.M. Klein These performing arts memoirs feature Judi Dench’s insights, personal experiences, and knowledge about Shakespeare’s plays and RuPaul baring his soul about his dysfunctional family and the battles he has fought.
By Carol J. Binkowski and Kathleen McCallister These biographies of Candida Royalle and Anna May Wong explore 20th-century feminism, the film industry, sex, race, and gender.
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