''If You Exist is a personal message written, not to currently living, but rather future descendants, who may find it many generations in the future.... The narrator shares her personal take on where humanity is now and where we might be heading depending on what choices we will make. ... she writes about climate change and such topics as human migration, racism, and the pandemic, as well as her projected concerns about the possibilities of unbridled...

"Yu Xiuhua was born with cerebral palsy in Hengdian village in the Hubei Province, in central China. Unable to attend college, travel, or work the land with her parents, Yu remained home where she could help with housework. Eventually she was forced into an arranged marriage that became abusive. She divorced her husband and moved back in with her parents, taking her son with her. In defiance of the stigma attached to her disability, her status as...

"Early in this nation's history, America was populated by many different faith-based communities, each in search of a place to practice its religion. Initially, there was conflict, but by the time our Founding Fathers were ready to establish an independent nation, the idea of religious tolerance had become deeply ingrained in this brave new country's design. So much so that when the United State Constitution was ratified, it contained a document known...

"'Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s' investigates the development of abstraction in West Asia and North Africa via paintings, sculpture, and drawings made during a period of rapid industrialization, several wars and mass migrations, new state formations, and the rise and fall of Arab nationalism(s). Examining how a diverse group of artists mined the region's rich artistic heritage as well as the expressive capacities of line,...

"In an irrreverent and empowering book on the art of parenting, Ariel Gore trashes the stereotypes of what a 'good mother' should be and offers support to mothers who break the mold. The Mother Trip offers advice on how to retain one's sense of self in the chaos of mothering, a critique of notions of the 'perfect' American family, and thoughts on how to reject the self-sacrificing model of motherhood ... "--From back cover.

Driven explores my evolution as one of those bra-burning, pants-wearing, education-getting, money-making, opinion-having, sex-enjoying, career-focused Black women who grew up in the 70's deciding to live life and live it abundantly with or without a man. Like many career women, I flew through my twenties and thirties and forties, but fifty brought everything to a sudden stop. My fiftieth birthday was like a spiritual thief that snuck up behind me,...