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  Summary: I'm Glad My Mom Died -...

  Brooks Bryant

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  Disclaimer: This is NOT the Official Book, but a Summary! Also Please Note that this does NOT accompany the official book. 
  Dive into the moving and provocative recapitulation of "I'm Glad My Mom Died", a memoir filled with gut-wrenching honesty and remarkable wit. Authored by Jennette McCurdy, celebrated star of popular shows like iCarly and Sam & Cat, this work recounts her battles with the dark side of childhood stardom— from grappling with eating disorders and addiction, to navigating the tempestuous relationship with her demanding mother, and finally discovering her path to personal freedom. 
  At a tender age of six, Jennette McCurdy was thrust into the limelight, auditioning for roles she barely understood, all to fulfill her mother's ambitious dream of seeing her daughter shine on screen. The young star's life was dictated by what her mother termed as 'calorie management', forcing her into extreme dietary practices, checking her weight with unhealthy frequency, and constantly battling self-image issues. Subjected to severe parental control, including intrusive practices like sharing her personal diaries and emails, and even overseeing her bathing until she was sixteen, Jennette's life was anything but normal. 
  In this condensed version of her memoir, journey with Jennette as she learns to challenge her mother's influence, confront her issues, and reclaim control of her life. This summary book presents a distilled, yet potent exploration of a child star's challenging journey to self-liberation. It is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and a reminder that it's never too late to rewrite your own story.

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  Just Add Buddha! - Quick...

  Franz Metcalf

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  “A diverse and edifying collection of practices to use in annoying and difficult circumstances” from the author of What Would Buddha Do? (Spirituality & Practice). 
   
  Written for spiritual seekers who deal with unenlightened coworkers and inconsiderate bank tellers more often than Zen masters and Tibetan monks, this book demonstrates the practical side of Buddhism. Author Franz Metcalf shows how to weave simple vows, quick rethinks, instant relaxations, fast visualizations, and many other stripped-down Buddhist practices into every area of life. Individually, Metcalf’s techniques work as quick fixes for specific dilemmas, but woven together, they gradually strengthen one’s spiritual base when one day a habitual way of being has been quietly transformed. While not written to impress pure Buddhists, this book takes Buddhism seriously. Approachable sections on Buddhism’s rich tradition and a sprinkling of quotes from ancient scripture and contemporary teachers connect the book’s practices to the deeper wisdom underlying them. Always, Just Add Buddha! remains squarely focused on daily life, drawing out the most practical aspects of Buddhism.

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  Churchill's War Lab - Code...

  Taylor Downing

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  This WWII biography of Britain’s legendary Prime Minister examines his critical role in the military innovations that led to victory. 
   
  Winston Churchill's vital leadership in the allied victory of World War II is undisputed. As a patriot, statesman, and orator, he successfully galvanized a beleaguered nation and helped coordinated a vast international bulwark against fascism. Yet, of his many unique qualities, Churchill's enduring legacy is attributable at least in equal part to his unshakeable fascination for the science of war.  
   
  Churchill's War Lab reveals how Churchill's passion for military history, his inimitable leadership style, and his dedicated support of radical ideas would lead to new technologies and tactics that would enable an allied victory. No war generated more incredible theories, technical advances, and scientific leaps. From the development of radar and the decoding brilliance of Bletchley Park to the study of the D-Day beaches and the use of bouncing bombs, Churchill's War Lab is an enlightening and exciting new take on Churchill as a complex, powerful, and inventive war leader.

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  An Explorer's Guide to Julian of...

  Veronica Mary Rolf

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  IVP Readers' Choice Award
  
  Publishers Weekly Starred Review
  "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."
  Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love is truly an astounding work: an inspired example of Christian mysticism, a unique contribution to Christian theology, the first book in English known to have been written by a woman.
  But it can also be a daunting work. Veronica Mary Rolf, who has been studying Julian's text for decades, serves as a trustworthy guide for readers willing to take up and read Julian's work.
  Rolf not only sets Julian's life and text in its fourteenth-century context, but she also sheds light on each of Julian's sixteen revelations. She then digs deeper into Julian's theological themes, including her innovative mystical theology of the "motherhood of God," and she offers a chapter on developing a retreat based on Julian's work. Throughout, Rolf takes a deeply contemplative approach to Julian, illuminating our understanding of this extraordinary woman, her enduring work, and the revelation that "all shall be well."
  Books in the Explorer's Guide series are accessible guidebooks for those studying the great Christian texts and theologians from church history, helping readers explore the context in which these texts were written and navigate the rich yet complex terrain of Christian theology.

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  The Lost Café Schindler - One...

  Meriel Schindler

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  Meriel Schindler spent her adult life trying to keep her father, Kurt, at bay. But when he died in 2017, he left behind piles of Nazi-era documents related to her family’s fate in Innsbruck, Austria, and a treasure trove of family albums reaching back to before World War I. Meriel was forced to confront not only their fractured relationship but also the truth behind their family history. The Lost Café Schindler re-creates the journey of an extraordinary family, whose relatives included the Jewish doctor who treated Hitler’s mother when she was dying of breast cancer, the Kafka family, and Alma Schindler, the wife of Gustav Mahler. The narrative centers around the Café Schindler, the social hub of Innsbruck. Famous for its pastries, home-distilled liquors, live entertainment, and hospitality, the restaurant attracted Austrians from all walks of life. But as conditions became untenable for Jews in Austria during the Nazi era, the Schindlers were forced to leave, and their café was expropriated. Meriel reconstructs the color and vibrancy of life in prewar Innsbruck against the majestic backdrop of the Austrian Alps, as well as the creeping menace and eventual terror of the Nazi occupation. Ultimately, The Lost Café Schindler is a story of tragic loss?several relatives disappeared in Terezín and Auschwitz?but also one of reclamation and reconciliation. Beautifully written, it is an unforgettable portrait of an era and a testament to the pull of family history on future generations.

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  Swamplands of the Soul - New...

  James Hollis

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  Swamplands of the Soul  
  Is the purpose of life to achieve happiness? Who does not long to arrive some distant day at that sunlit meadow where we may abide in pure contentment? in reality we know life is not like that: our road is often dreary, the way unclear. Much of the time we are lost in the dismal states of guilt, grief, betrayal, doubt, depression, anger, terror and the like. Is this all we can hope for?  
  Perhaps not, says this author. The Jungian perspective, by encompassing both the meadow and the bog, asserts that the goal of life is not happiness but meaning. And meaning, though it may not be all sunlight and blossoms, is real.  
  Swamplands of the Soul explores the quicksands where we have all floundered. It lights a beacon by showing what they mean in terms of our individual journey and the engendering of soul. For it is precisely where we encounter the gravitas of life that we also uncover its purpose, its   dignity and its deepest meaning. 

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