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May is Mental Health Awareness Month |
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This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael PollanIn this unique blend of history, science, and memoir, a #1 New York times best-selling author examines and experiences three plant drugs--opium, caffeine, and mescaline--from several very different angles and contexts, exploring the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants. |
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The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Rheeda WalkerIn this groundbreaking book, psychologist and African American mental health expert offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community and how to get the best care possible in a system steeped in racial bias. |
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(Don't) Call Me Crazyby Kelly JensenAn anthology of essays and illustrations that illuminate mental health topics in a straightforward way. |
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Are u ok?by Kati MortonThe licensed family therapist and YouTube personality clarifies the difference between mental health and mental illness, answering common questions to reduce stigmas while offering advice on how to pursue beneficial therapy. |
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Heavyby Kiese LaymonAn essayist and novelist explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. |
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Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life
by 1972- Li, Yiyun
A first nonfiction book by the award-winning author of Kinder Than Solitude presents a searing response to George Orwell's question, "Why write?" while exploring the influence of such writers as William Trevor, Katherine Mansfield and Marianne Moore on her literary career.
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The Noonday Demonby 1963- Solomon, AndrewThe award-winning author of A Stone Boat offers a deeply personal look at depression in which he draws on his own battle with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, researchers, doctors, and others to assess the vast complexities of the disease, its causes and symptoms, available therapies, and impact on society. |
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First, We Make the Beast Beautifulby Sarah WilsonThe best-selling author of I Quit Sugar challenges cultural beliefs about anxiety from the perspectives of medical and spiritual leaders and the Chinese proverb, "To conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful," to explore how the condition needs to be viewed less as a burdensome affliction and more as a source of divine growth. |
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Highly illogical behavior by John Corey WhaleyAgoraphobic sixteen-year-old Solomon has not left his house in three years, but Lisa is determined to change that--and to write a scholarship-winning essay based on the results.
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Turtles all the way down by 1977- Green, JohnAza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire. |
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