Notes for My Grandchildren

Norman Campbell

Biograph

We Were Strangers is the true story of Magda Preiss, a breathtaking masterpiece of Holocaust literature, composed in her own words upon arriving in America in the 1940s. Lived and told by a beautiful young bride with fearless defiance, Magda's harrowing experience reveals a character who is larger than life and death. Hers is a love story more complex than any happy-ever-after tale. It recounts the love of culture, beauty, and life itself that fueled Magda's will to survive; the love for her husband that made her stay to face Nazi horror instead of escaping with her parents and siblings; and her love for strangers, whose humanity amidst the most inhumane circumstances illuminates every page through Magda's heroic voice.From an idyllic childhood in Czechoslovakia through the hells of Auschwitz, Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Ravensbrück, and Beendorf, Magda shows what it means to be a stranger at home and in foreign lands, to be estranged from loved ones and even from oneself as the world goes insane. In devastating sentences as sharp as barbed wire, Magda uncovers universal truths from her experience as a woman in the Holocaust. Then in words as sweet as an unexpected smile, she redeems our love of life. Dreamlike but all too real; dripping raw passion but unsentimental; righteous without moralizing-they don't make books like this anymore, yet we need books like this now more than ever.

We Were Strangers: The Story of Magda Preiss

Self-Help

Schloss, Magda Riederman

Relationships

Book Synopsis What is the meaning of life? How can we live a good life? How long will we live? Why should we live longer? What is the body? What is the soul? What happens when we die? How is human life exceptional from the life of animals, plants, and things? From Shakespeare to stem cells, from Francis Bacon to Black Lives Matter, this book revives the histories of life and death that created our world and continue to shape our lives. Early modern sovereignty made caring for the population's life the essential task of modern government. We now live in the age of biopower, where sovereignty decides what counts as life and which lives are worth preserving. To grasp the ethical, political, spiritual, and scientific meanings of modern life, we must return to its early modern origins. Our lives depend on it.

Early Modern Matters of Life and Death

Literature & Fiction

Greenberg PhD, Dr. Aaron Lee

History & Criticism

The Cannabis Advocate

Biographies & Memoirs

Loncar, Maryann

Leaders & Notable People

Book Synopsis 
Recorded Time: How to Write the Future is a memoir on the origins of Biograph, a company that tells and preserves stories. Businesses, like lives, are quantum phenomena: recording them transforms them. This book is not in the genre of “how I built this” but rather “how we’re building this.” Yet, in writing the company’s story, the company’s story has become worth writing. 
Starting a business takes a leap of faith. It’s like falling in love or writing a book. You throw your doubts to the dogs and commit to something radical, scary, and fragile. You open yourself to failure. You take risks because you must. The inspiration and holy ambition are too powerful to ignore. 
The brothers who co-founded Biograph, an engineer and a Shakespearean, believe that our humanity depends on narrative. Without stories, life slips away. We become isolated blips in the vast darkness of history. There’s never been more information about us available. Our DNA is collected in online databases. Our every move ends on social media between glossy ads for couches and designer sunglasses. But this sea of data is shallow, more puff and pretense than substance or reflection. Biograph helps people tell their own stories in the richness and depth they deserve.\nVisit biographbook.com

Recorded Time: How to Write the Future

Business & Money

Greenberg PhD, Aaron Lee

Greenberg, AJ

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Why I Wrote This Book 
“Ma, you should write a book.” My youngest son, Walter, always encouraged me to document my life’s journey. 
He’s been saying that for a good 10 years. He’s 24 now. 
“Ma, you had so much going on,” he would remind me. “So many things have happened to you. You got to share your life’s journey with a broader audience.” 
He’s right. I do need to share, but I’ve always put the accounts of my life on the back burner. A part of me thought my story wasn’t significant enough to share, but another part of me always said, “I’m going to do it. I’m going to do it one day.” So, in the middle of a pandemic, during the summer of 2020, I found the strength to tell my story. 
I wrote this book for my children and grandchildren, so that they can know my struggles and aspire to greater heights in their own lives. About the Author 
Darlena Williams-Burnett is Deputy Chief at the Chicago Housing Authority. She was elected State Central Committeewoman of the 7th Congressional District in March of 2002. In 2004, Darlena was appointed Delegate to the Democratic National Convention. She served as a Super Delegate for President-Elect Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. As an employee of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, she was appointed Union Contract Negotiator and elected by co-workers as union steward, lobbying members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation in Washington D.C. As a volunteer, Darlena serves as Treasurer for Friends of Jesse White. She was appointed Treasurer for First Baptist Congregational Church, in addition to serving as a Deaconess. Darlena has served on the Advisory board for Union Park and Deborah’s Place in addition to the Board of Aids Care. She is a member of the 13th Police District Domestic Violence Sub Committee. Praise for Living History 
“Darlena Williams-Burnett is a great success story and a role model for young people on how to succeed. 
She lives my philosophy of life, which is to give back to society. She has served as Treasurer and Deaconess at the First Baptist Congregational Church, and on the advisory boards for Union Parkand Deborah’s Place. In addition, she volunteers as Treasurer of my Friends of Jesse White committee. 
Darlena knows that life can be challenging, and that the best way to get ahead is to get an education. And she has done that, holding a Bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, and a Master’s degree from National Louis University. 
Her life story coming from an underprivileged background to reach being an elected public official, a Democratic Party leader, a convention delegate for Barack Obama and deputy chief of staff for the Chicago Housing Authority is truly impressive. 
Darlena is very family-oriented, having two sons and three grandchildren. She and her husband Alderman Walter Burnett live on Chicago’s near west side, where they are esteemed members of the community.” 
‒ Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White

Living History: The Story of Darlena Williams-Burnett

Williams-Burnett, Darlena

Community & Culture

Review\n"Therapy is SO important and I can't stress that enough. Jennifer is the it therapist of the millennial generation, and she really gets it." 
—Lindsey Metselaar, podcast host of We Met at Acme & CEO of Lindsey's Lunchbox\n"Jennifer conveys her familiarity with the challenges of the transitional twenties and thirties with clear and relevant examples of the anxieties and feelings of loneliness throughout the journey. With appropriate humor and great sensitivity, she addresses several resonating themes. I Love Me More offers the reader a keen look into a young therapist's commitment to her clients and her appreciation of the complexities of the human condition. Along with her exquisite curiosity and thoughtful languaging, Jennifer's drive for connection and understanding will help anyone who is facing the beginning, middle, or end phase of a life transition." 
—Wendy Behary, author of Disarming the Narcissist\n"In a world drowning in information, Jennifer Leigh Coren dives beneath the noise in search of wisdom, reshaping the traditional Hero's Journey from a contemporary perspective. Coren shares with us her process of questioning imposed values and discovering the true self in the midst of her personal journey as she learns the art of psychotherapy. Highly recommended for anyone less than a century old." 
—Dr. Lou Cozolino, author, psychotherapist, and consulting psychologist in Beverly Hills. Professor at Pepperdine since 1986 and lectures around the world on psychotherapy, neuroscience, and trauma\n"I Love Me More, is the guide I've been looking for when it comes to offering direction to my millennial and Gen Z clients. So many of them feel frozen in life—unsure of where to go next. Jennifer Coren's book gives clear guidance to any young person who is not only wondering 'what's next for me?' but also 'Okay, now how do I get there?'" 
—Elizabeth Earnshaw, Practice Director & Therapist, Author of I Want This to Work\n"Jennifer understands the highs and lows of early adulthood better than most. Her book challenges readers to lean into life's uncertainties. Most importantly, she provides a game plan on how to do it." 
—Mark Travers, PhD, Lead Psychologist at Awake Therapy, Writer for Forbes, Psychology Today, and Therapy Tips\n"Jennifer is the it therapist of the millennial generation, transforming the way in which we view transitions as a way of making peace with our now." 
—Jonah Berger is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Postbestselling author. He is a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and internationally bestselling author of Contagious, Invisible Influence, andThe Catalyst.\n"Jennifer highlights relatable anxieties and feelings of loneliness. With appropriate humor and great sensitivity, she addresses several themes we all find ourselves grappling with in our everyday lives. We learn about this young therapist's obsession with life, her experience with death, and her love for her clients. Jennifer's drive for connection, people, and meaning is why I could not put this book down. This book can help those at the beginning, middle, and end of a transition..." 
—Natalie Weiss, Broadway Star; "Breaking Down the Riffs" International Youtube Star, Other Credits: The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen, American Idol Season 4 Semi-Finalist\nAs a twenty-something therapist, Jennifer takes readers through the turbulent and relatable stories she and her clients have experienced. 
The book dives into various stages that can help one understand their own transitions, and provides questions into helping them understand themselves throughout, before, and after a transition occurs. 
Jennifer eloquently writes deep into the struggles of relationships, personal development, career, friendships, identity as she depicts the dark hole many feel throughout their two decades of life post-graduation. She highlights themes of uncertainty, mortality, perfectionistic tendenci

I Love Me More: lessons from a 20-something therapist

Coren, Jennifer Leigh

Parenting & Relationships

Prophecy of My Undoing

Garcia-Crow, Amparo

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