My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization
10 best books like My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization (Chellis Glendinning): Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure, Charlotte Sometimes, Ramona the Brave, Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home, Antisemitism: Here and Now, On a Pale Horse, The Way To The Stars
| Author | Kathryn Joyce |
| ISBN | 0807010707 |
Kathryn Joyce's fascinating introduction to the world of the patriarchy movement and Quiverfull families examines the twenty-first-century women and men who proclaim self-sacrifice and submission as model virtues of womanhood—and as modes of warfare on behalf of Christ. Here, women live within...
French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
| Author | Mireille Guiliano |
| ISBN | 0375435484 |
So, two winters ago when I started to put on a little weight, I didn't sweat it at first. I figured "hey, it's normal to put on a few pounds when it's cold out." But when one morning I had difficulty zipping up my pants, I decided to get serious and apply the ideas from this book.
Confession: in the past,...
| Author | Penelope Farmer |
| ISBN | 1590172213 |
A time-travel story that is both a poignant exploration of human identity and an absorbing tale of suspense.
It's natural to feel a little out of place when you're the new girl, but when Charlotte Makepeace wakes up after her first night at boarding school, she's baffled: everyone thinks she's...
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0192751077 |
I've had a copy of Beverly Cleary's Ramona the Brave somewhere in my house, regardless of where I've lived or how old my kids are, for 4 decades now, but I never had the audiobook, narrated by Stockard Channing.
I don't really “do” audiobooks (exceptions made by books narrated by Colin Firth...
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas is the hilarious, poignant and entertaining story of the life of a junior doctor at the most challenging time of the year. With twenty-five tales of intriguing, shocking and incredible Christmas incidents, the British public will finally appreciate the sacrifices...
Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age
| Author | Donna Zuckerberg |
| ISBN | 0674975553 |
A disturbing exposé of how today's alt-right men's groups use ancient sources to promote a new brand of toxic masculinity online.
A virulent strain of antifeminism is thriving online that treats women's empowerment as a mortal threat to men and to the integrity of Western civilization....
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home
| Author | Toko-pa Turner |
| ISBN | 1775111202 |
2017 Nautilus Award Gold Winner for Personal Growth
The world has never been more connected, yet people are lonelier than ever. Whether we feel unworthy, alienated, or anxious about our place in the world the absence of belonging is the great silent wound of our times.
Most people...
Antisemitism: Here and Now
| Author | Deborah E. Lipstadt |
| ISBN | 0805243372 |
The award-winning author of The Eichmann Trial and Denial: Holocaust History on Trial gives us a penetrating and provocative analysis of the hate that will not die, focusing on its current, virulent incarnations on both the political right and left: from white supremacist demonstrators in Charlottesville,...
Even in a world where magic is an accepted fact, and Satan uses advertising agencies to encourage people to commit sins and go to Hell, the suicidal Zane didn't expect that an actual personification of Death would walk through his door just before he pulled the trigger to shoot himself in the head. Startled,...
| Author | Una McCormack |
| ISBN | 1982104759 |
Despite being an inexperienced Starfleet cadet, Sylvia Tilly became essential to the U.S.S. Discovery finding its way back home from the Mirror Universe. But how did she find that courage? From where did she get that steel? Who nurtured that spark of brilliance? The Way to the Stars recounts for fans...
Star Trek: Discovery: The Enterprise War
| Author | John Jackson Miller |
An all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series!
A shattered ship, a divided crew—trapped in the infernal nightmare of conflict!
Hearing of the outbreak of hostilities between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, Captain Christopher Pike attempts...
