Grief is a crazy-making, complicated process, a struggle to acknowledge the life-changing impact of loss. It affects every dimension of the self; it is despairing, isolating, and overwhelming. It is depriving, mischievous, and keeps you unbalanced. Grief is so personally unique and ever changing that getting your hands around it once and for all seems impossible. Someone or something is gone, and you are left broken, empty, and afraid. This Thing Called Grief shows that although grief and pain may be changing you now, they have the potential to transform your life in a healing way. Ellis uses many real-life narratives of loss from his therapy practice to help illustrate various ways of grieving, and shows how you can learn from the experience of loss and make your way towards a place of healing transitions and a renewed sense of life.

This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss

Thomas M. Ellis

Parenting & Relationships

Tasora Books

For more than two decades, Minnesota has seen a new wave of immigration from disparate areas of the world, including Eastern Europe, Mexico, Central and Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Gregg Aamot, who has been covering immigration in Minnesota since the early 1990s, shares the challenges and realities immigrants and refugees face while assimilating to the Upper Midwest. From a front-row seat in the homes, workplaces, and meeting halls of these newcomers, Aamot provides an informative and intimate view of what life is really like for groups that are striving to adapt to a different culture. We are also reminded of how the last major wave of immigrants--who were mostly Europeans--faced similar challenges,helping us to better understand conditions in Minnesota today. The New Minnesotans is essential reading for anyone interested in the changing cultural and economic landscape in Minnesota, or in other states where the immigrant population is on the rise.

The New Minnesotans: Stories of Immigrants and Refugees

History

Gregg Aamot

Americas

Inside Grand Central Terminal is a short memoir and photo essay about a messenger who rides the New York City Subway. This is a unique story written by Kurt Boone - with photography by John Sarsgard - a veteran messenger who rode all 22 major subway lines in a week picking up and delivering critical documents and packages to businesses in New York City. The story is a series of full-page black and white photographic images of the Terminal - with Kurt's experience and thoughts about them - during a time that Mr. Boone used Grand Central Terminal as his main location to expedite pick-up and delivery of documents. At Grand Central Terminal, the subway trains run every few minutes.

Inside Grand Central Terminal - A Photo Essay

Arts & Photography

Kurt Boone

John Sarsgard

Photography & Video

New York Alleycats chronicles - in 57 vibrant color and black & white photographs by Amy Bolger - the world-famous New York City bicycle messengers who race each other in events called Alleycats. A former bicycle messenger herself, Amy Bolger captures these messengers in stunning photographs with text provided by Kurt Boone and Kevin Bolger, both veteran messengers.

New York Alleycats

Amy Bolger

Kevin Bloger

Light Up. Dance With Your Dark Side was written to help readers learn how to use the parts of themselves that are painful, scary, dangerous, hidden and shameful to live more the way they want to live. In it, Dr. Al Galves uses stories, examples and exercises to help readers learn how to manage their whole selves, not just the "positive" parts. The reader learns to: - become clear about what is important - harness the energy in the "negative" emotions - use the stress response to address threats to his ability to love the way he wants to love and express herself the way she wants to express herself - become aware and able to manage the hidden beliefs, attitudes, assumptions and habits that drive her behavior - learn how and why he stops himself from doing what he wants to do - use her selfishness to get along with others without giving up too much of herself - integrate the parts of herself she doesn't like to keep them from biting her in the butt, and - wrestle with the great bugaboo: sex. Lighten Up will help you use your whole self to live the way you want to live.

Lighten Up: Dance with Your Dark Side

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Galves, Al

Mental Health

Here's everything you need to know about going to a game at Fenway Park: how to get tickets, where to sit (and where not to), and the best places to eat, drink, and stay overnight.
Beloved by millions for its charm, uniqueness, and 95-year history, Fenway Park is a must-see for any baseball fan. This book can help make your trip to this hardball mecca even more memorable. It explains the dramatic improvements made to the park in the past 5 years, and shows how the new owners have made these changes without altering the essential character of Fenway. In addition, it is the only place you will find detailed diagrams showing exactly which seats have views blocked by the park's infamous poles.
From the author of Fenway Pole Finder and Boston Baseball Fan Guide, this book is essential for anyone who loves Fenway Park or plans on going there.

Fenway! The Ultimate Fan's Guide to the Nation's Ballpark

Sports & Outdoors

Tim Shea

Baseball

Having never uttered a word in his life, 40-year-old Jim Grimm profoundly and joyfully touches the lives of all who come to know him. Born with cerebral palsy and unable to communicate verbally or move of his own volition, Jim has turned what by all accounts is a severely isolating lifelong disability into a gift for connecting deeply with others. The Heart's Alphabet is Jim's self-told story, painstakingly spelled out, letter by letter, with the assistance of an interpreter. It is a tale of personal perseverance, a tribute to loving families, and -- most of all -- a testament to the possibilities that lie within each of us.

The Heart's Alphabet: Daring to Live With Cerebral Palsy

Biographies & Memoirs

Grimm, James

Community & Culture

A single poem -- heart-rending, fearful, raging, beautiful, grotesque, even hilarious -- lets us know we're not alone in dealing with cancer. This was the idea that launched The Cancer Poetry Project and drew more than 1,200 submissions from published poets, first-time poets and everyone in between. The award-winning result is a national anthology of 140 poems, plus the story and people behind each. Hailed by critics and readers alike, The Cancer Poetry Project offers not lofty verse, but accessible, extraordinary poetry. From the hopeful Farewell to Hair (Terri Hanson) to the poignant Slow Dancing at the Med-Inn (F. Richard Thomas) to the laugh-out-loud Empathetic Ode (Dorothy Stone), there is a poem for everyone in this powerful collection. These are the words we long to say when someone we love is diagnosed. Cancer survivors find solace in its pages. And it is frequently used by cancer support groups. Truly, The Cancer Poetry Project is for anyone affected by cancer.

The Cancer Poetry Project: Poems by Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them

Karin B. Miller

Religion & Spirituality

On The Subway is a book of poetry written by Kurt Boone - a New York City messenger - while riding on MTA, the largest subway system in the world. As a messenger, Kurt rode all 22 major subway lines every week. While on the subway, he wrote original poems to pass the time and record his thoughts. On The Subway is an adventure into the world of a subway rider.

On the Subway - Poems

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

CPR for Caregivers uses Grant Watkins' personal journey as a caregiver to teach communication skills that reduce the risk of burnout. Through a career in human services providing housing to seniors and people with chronic physical and mental disabilities, Grant has discovered strategies that help achieve life balance and self-renewal. His lessons will help you assist, encourage, and nurture family, friends, and people in need. CPR for Caregivers is an easy-to understand guide that will renew your mind, body, and spirit. You will discover how to: - Connect with yourself and others so that you can deal with the daily challenges of caregiving. - Project a positive sense of self-worth that will encourage others to be self-reliant. - Reflect on positive thoughts that will empower you into action and restore your energy. 
''CPR for Caregivers is a book to carry you through your journey of caregiving. Grant Watkins offers a book to help you gain strength and to move forward no matter what challenges lie ahead. It lets us know that we are not alone and that others who have gone before us can show us the way.'' - Maureen Reeder, President, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Minnesota Chapter 
''A person caring for another is one of life's greatest values. We will all face the role of caregiver to someone close to us. CPR for Caregivers is a wonderful road map to thrive and empower yourself through the physical emotional and spiritual journey of being a caregiver.'' - Dr. James Ackelson, Clinic Director, Care Chiropractic Health &amp; Resource Center 
''This [book] is a great help to caregivers. It offers a holistic approach mind, body spirit to taking care of yourself as you take care of others.'' - Most Rev. Victor H. Balke, Retired Bishop, Diocese of Crookston, MN

CPR for Caregivers: Connect, Project, & Reflect through mind, body, and spirit

Self-Help

Grant Watkins

Relationships

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