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259 reviews

The Art of Mindful Relaxation: The Heart of Yoga Nidra by Ed Shapiro

informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

2.75

Most of the book wasn’t even about yoga nidra. Was hoping for more info on the subject. Was more about general relaxation benefits. 

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease by Marc Lewis

challenging informative slow-paced

3.25

The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense slow-paced

4.5

The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean

adventurous dark funny informative medium-paced

3.75

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5