Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I : the mother and daughter who forever changed British history / Borman, Tracy
Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I
"Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating relationship in that historic era may well be that between the mother and daughter who, individually and collectively, changed the course of British history. The future Queen Elizabeth was not yet three when her mother, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded on May 19, 1536, on Henry's order, incensed that she had not given him a son and tired of her contentious nature. Elizabeth had been raised away from court, rarely even seeing Anne; and after her death, Henry tried in every way to erase Anne's presence and memory. At that moment in history, few could have predicted that mother and daughter would each leave enduring, and interlocked, legacies. Yet as Tracy Borman reveals in this first-ever joint portrait, both women broke the mold for British queens and for women in general at the time. Anne was instrumental in reforming and reshaping forever Britain's religious traditions, and her years of wielding power over a male-dominated court provided an inspiring role model for Elizabeth's glittering and unprecedented 45-year reign. Indeed, Borman shows how much Elizabeth -- most visibly by refusing to ever marry, but in many other more subtle ways that defined her court -- was influenced by her mother's legacy. In its originality, Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I sheds new light on two of history's most famous women -- the private desires, hopes, and fears that lay behind their dazzling public personas, and the surprising influence each had on the other during and after their lifetimes. In the process, Tracy Borman reframes our understanding of the entire Tudor era"--

Empowering aging : insights from the Healthy Aging webinar series / Gupta, Shilpi

Aging -- Health aspects.
Aging -- Physiological aspects
Aging -- Psychological aspects

Letters from home : the creation of diaspora in Jewish antiquity / Simkovich, Malka Z.
Creation of diaspora in Jewish antiquity
"Investigates rhetorical strategies Egyptian and Judean Jews used in their writings about life outside the Land of Israel, charting the development of the contested idea of diaspora and the making and breaking of boundaries that took place within Jewish letters of the Hellenistic era"--

Genocide bad. : notes on Palestine, Jewish history and collective liberation / Kern, Sim

Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad dismantles Zionist propaganda in ten unapologetic essays. Drawing connections between Biblical promises and exploding pagers, medieval dress codes and modern-day apartheid, Kern sketches a sweeping history of imperialism with their characteristic blend of far-ranging research, pop-culture insights, and scathing humor. Kern, a former teacher, journalist, novelist, and book influencer, gained international recognition as an anti-Zionist Jewish activist in the days after October 7th, 2023. At a time when social media was flooded with "I Stand with Israel" posts, Kern started sharing content encouraging their followers to read Palestinian books, learn Palestinian history, and question Western reporting on Palestine--videos which went viral into tens of millions of views. Despite facing hate messages, death threats, and exile from the Zionist Jewish community, Kern has remained steadfast in their advocacy over the past year. They've posted daily videos on Palestinian, Jewish, and colonial history, and they've raised over $500,000 in direct aid for families in Gaza--all while navigating the challenges of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting a newborn. In Genocide Bad, Kern reflects on the life experiences that led them to anti-Zionist activism, while capturing and expanding upon their online educational content. Kern doesn't flinch when confronting the horrors of genocides past and present, but there is also tremendous hope contained in these pages--hope that springs from examples of courage and resilience in the face of extreme violence, and from the kinds of resistance that might just lead to our collective liberation.

Inner excellence : train your mind for extraordinary performance and the best possible life / Murphy, Jim

"ARE YOU READY? Train your mind like the world's best performers and live with fullness of life. The heart is the key to extraordinary performance. In a world of constant comparison and endless noise clamoring for our attention, it's not surprising we're caught up in our heads, struggling to live and perform fully engaged, heart, mind and body. I uncovered another astonishing discovery: the pursuit of extraordinary performance and the pursuit of the best possible life are the same path. This realization changed my life. Inner Excellence is an entire lifestyle and training system based on centuries-old principles of love, wisdom, and courage. These three powerful virtues are designed to help you, whether you're a professional athlete or everyday citizen, perform extraordinarily and live with absolute fullness of life"--

Funky florals : a bend-the-rules approach to making bright, bold & beautiful flower art with watercolor, acrylics, markers & more / Wells, Megan
Funky florals :
"Beginning artists will learn how to draw and paint flowers to create 12 expressive mixed-media projects using watercolor, markers, acrylic paints, and more."--

Forbidden : a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig / Rosenblum, Jordan
3,000-year history of Jews and the pig
"From humble biblical origins to virulently antisemitic medieval images of the Judensau to modern debates about whether Impossible Pork is kosher, this book tells the more than 3,000 year-old story of the complicated relationship between Jews and the pig"--

Ghosts of a holy war : the 1929 massacre in Palestine that ignited the Arab-Isreali conflict / Schwartz, Yardena

In 1929, in the sacred city of Hebron--then governed by the British Mandate of Palestine--there was no occupation, state of Israel, or settlers. Jews and Muslims lived peacefully near the burial place of Abraham, patriarch of the Jewish and Arab nations, until one Saturday morning when nearly 70 Jewish men, women and children were slaughtered by their Arab neighbors. The Hebron massacre was a seminal event in the Arab-Israeli conflict, key to understanding its complexities. The echoes of 1929 in Hamas's massacre of nearly 1,200 men, women, and children on October 7, 2023, illustrate how little has changed--and how much of our perspective must change if peace is ever to come to this tortured land and its people, who are destined to share it. Noted journalist Yardena Schwartz draws on her extensive research and wide-ranging interviews with both sides to tell a timely, eye-opening story. She expertly weaves the war between Israel and Hamas into a historical framework, demonstrating how the conflict today cannot be understood without the context of ground zero of this century-old war, which began long before the occupation, the settlements, or the state of Israel ever existed.

Bookends : a memoir of love, loss, and literature / Owens, Zibby

Zibby Owens has become a well-known personality in the publishing world. Her infectious energy, tasteful authenticity, and smart, steadfast support of authors started in childhood, a precedent set by the profound effect books and libraries had on her own family. But after losing her closest friend on 9/11 and later becoming utterly stressed out and overwhelmed by motherhood, Zibby was forgetting what made her her. She turned to books and writing for help. Just when things seemed particularly bleak, Zibby unexpectedly fell in love with a tennis pro turned movie producer who showed her the path to happiness: away from type-A perfectionism and toward letting things unfold organically. What unfolded was a meaningful career, a great love, and finally, her voice, now heard by millions of listeners.

The folly of realism : how the West deceived itself about Russia and betrayed Ukraine / Vindman, Alexander S.

"A bestselling national security expert delivers a chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism -- with catastrophic consequences. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that boosted Putin's Russia and made U.S. relations with all-important Ukraine secondary to the Russia relationship, thus unwittingly playing into Russia's imperialist, centuries-long myth of its supposed regional hegemony. The result should have been foreseeable: Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea and 2022 invasion of Ukraine. As leading national-security expert and bestselling author Alexander Vindman argues, this history of U.S. missteps is bound up in policymakers' fixation on immediate, short-term, and transactional thinking. He proposes instead a long-term, values-based approach, where forthright insistence on the fundamentals of liberal democracy and a rules-based world order build positive partnerships while refusing to submit to the emotional blackmail of authoritarians. Enlivened by behind-the scenes interviews with big-name Washington policymakers in four administrations and climaxing in the shocking brutality of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the book exposes the sources of a dangerously stubborn problem and shows the way to a better world"--