A Little Library
of Freedom
Reading that is continually freeing me to (re)negotiate and prefigure a life within the cracks.
inclusivity, power, agency, and growth
Soil. The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy, Matthew Evans
Hold me tight: seven conversations for a lifetime of love, Dr. Sue Johnson
Nonviolent Communication, 2nd edition, Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD
The Compassionate Mind, a New Approach to Life’s Challenges, Paul Gilbert, PhD
Essentialism, Greg McCowan
Being Wrong, Adventures in the Margin of Error, Kathryn Schulz
The Drunkard’s Walk, How randomness rules our lives, Leonard Mlodinow
Your Money or Your Life, Vicky Robbin and Joe Dominguez
Highly Sensitive: Practical strategies for understanding emotions, managing relationships, and maximizing your potential in an overstimulating world, Linda Hill
Street Corner Society, William Foot White
When the Body Says No, Gabor Maté
The Velveteen Rabbit, Marjory Williams
Teaching Critical Thinking, Bell Hooks
Teaching to Transgress, Bell Hooks
No dig gardening, raised beds, layered gardens, and other no-till techniques, Bella Linde and Lena Granefelt
Parenting with Presence. Practices for raising conscious, confident, caring kids, Susan Siffelman, MFT
Unfinished Business, Anne-Marie Slaughter
Salt, a World History, Mark Kurlansky
History of the World in Six Glasses,Tom Standage
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum
The Lottery, Shirley Jackson
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note, Mark Twain
The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Beverly Cleary
Encyclopedia Brown, Donald J. Sobel
Zero the Biography of a Dangerous Idea, Charles Seife
Call for Revolution, The Dalai Lama
The Conquest of Bread, Piotr Kropotkin
Judeaism as a Civilization, Toward the Reconstruction of American-Jewish life, Mordecai M. Kaplan
Radical Help, Hillary Cottam
Social Theory for Action, William Foote Whyte
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Irving Goffman
Prisons in Turmoil, John Irwin
The Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward
The Anarchist Imagination, edited by Carl Levy and Saul Newman
Art as an Experience, John Dewey
Creative Connection, Natalie Rogers
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
Am I Normal?, Sarah Chaney
The Care Manifesto, the politics of interdependence, The Care Collective
The Problem that has No Name, Betty Friedan
Badass: Making Users Awesome, Kathy Sierra
