nonfiction
(category archive)
Browsing the New Book Shelves: new nonfiction books about your brain
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
At Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, and now that we’ve moved into the next phase of limited re-opening, the new book shelves […]
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Black Lives Matter: an anti-racist reading list
Posted about 4 years ago by Natalie Draper
This list is by no means comprehensive. I am not an academic, an expert, nor am I a person of color. These are books that I personally read and recommend […]
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HAPPY with HABITS
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Book Reviews, Health and Wellness, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with anxiety relief, cabin fever, Covid-19, Dr. Huberman, habits, health and wellness, mental health, New Normal, nostalgia, stress relief
Habit was a dirty word. Like hope, waiting, and boundaries, the idea of habit was a form of discipline I scoffed at as being confining, restricting, and limiting. As a […]
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RPL’s Big Bread-making Blog Post
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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crafts and hobbies, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #baker, #baking, #bread, #breadbaking, cooking
Oddly enough, one of the unintended consequences of staying safe at home seems to be that people have discovered (or re-discovered) their love of bread-making. Who knows why so many […]
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Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch, Part 2
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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crafts and hobbies, Gardening, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with e-books, gardening, Kitchen Garden, novice gardener, Resilience Garden, seeds;, vegetable garden, Victory Garden
GROCERY SHOPPING FROM THE BACK PORCH, Part 2 by Meldon Jenkins-Jones In the words of Nicole Johnsey Burke, the author of Kitchen Garden Revival: A Modern Guide to Creating a […]
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Creating Space: Personal reflections on inspiring spaces
Posted about 4 years ago by Natalie Draper
I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about space. Not outer space, though sometimes that too, but the spaces we live in, and more importantly, how we interact with, […]
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Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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crafts and hobbies, Gardening, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with e-books, gardening, novice gardener, seeds;, vegetable garden
Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch That’s my plan. At least, for vegetables. Last weekend a friend left some seeds on the porch that I planted in tiny seedling containers […]
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African-American History Month in Richmond
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]
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Biography Buzz: Jonathan Van Ness
Posted about 5 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
Welcome to the inaugural Biography Buzz! This will be a monthly posting reaching into the lives of some notable people. All of 2020 I will be digging into the experiences […]
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