Members and friends of the UU Village Church, Hot Springs AR and the UU Church of Minnetonka in Wayzata MN share their personal stories of what Unitarian Universalism means to them, in 19 essays.

self-published essays by a hospice chaplain on ALS

A fascinating biography of Eunice Hunton Carter, the black New York lawyer who brought down the mobster, Lucky Luciano in the 1930s.
"In this haunting and powerful biography, Stephen Carter tells the astonishing story of his grandmother, a brilliant African American lawyer who struggled with prejudice and personal tragedies It is a riveting and moving story, one with enormous resonance for our own time."--Walter Isaacson

“An excellent primer for anyone who needs the important facts of the last 150 years of American history–and how they got us to the sorry place we inhabit today.” –Guardian

Fools Crow is based on interviews conducted in the 1970s. The holy man tells Thomas E. Mails about his eventful life, from early reservation days when the Sioux were learning to farm, to later times when alcoholism, the cash economy, and World War II were fast eroding the old customs. He describes this vision quests and his becoming a medicine man.

Christopher has done a brilliant job of explaining the new science of the evolution of life and the Universe. His story helps us view the crises of our time in a new and more positive light and offers a guidepost for the emerging culture of our time. Paul H. Ray, Ph.D.

A study of forgiveness, justice, compassion, and human responsibility, featuring contributions from the Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, Cynthia Ozick, Primo Levi, and more.

Since 1964, Just Communities of Arkansas (or JCA, formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews/National Conference for Community and Justice) has given the National Humanitarian Award to publicly recognize civic leaders who have worked to build communities and advance opportunity for the common good.

The 1619 Project’s picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the U.S., by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, Newbery honor-winner Renée Watson, and illustrations by Nikkolas Smith.

"The Line Becomes a River" lays bare, in damning light, the casual brutality of the system, how unjust laws and private prisons and a militarized border have shattered families and mocked America’s myths about itself.” —New York Times Book Review

Dr. Cooper-White is Professor of Psychology and Religion at Union Theological Seminary, an Episcopal Priest, and a pastoral psychotherapist. This book explores the impact of Christian Nationalism in the U.S., and ways to advocate for justice effectively across the deep divides in our society.

Stories of Rev. Hearns life, written for his family, gathered in a notebook.

The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past.

Some books are like revelations; they open the spirit to unimaginable possibilities. The Chalice and the Blade is one of those magnificent key books that can transform us and... initiate fundamental changes in the world. With the most passionate eloquence, Riane Eisler proves that the dream of peace is not an impossible utopia. -- Isabelle Allende, author of The House of the Spirits

Based on the UUA Course of same name. Author an ordained UUA Minister.

A smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us—and why you need to understand the work it’s doing.

Beginning in the early 1960s, Albert Porter, an African American, and Allan Ward, a white man, began a friendship committed to civil rights and racial equality. For more than 50 years, they worked together to fight prejudice and to build a more just and harmonious society -- first in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, and then across the nation and around the world.

“Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story.” —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road.

NPR Best Books of 2020

With Religions of Korea in Practice, we finally get an anthology of highly reliable English translations of important Korean religious texts with scholarly commentaries that combine academic depth and readability. This is an extremely useful overview of the main traditions of Korean religions, with discussion of the focal issues of each tradition, as well as crucial personalities.

A classic work of Indian philosophy that succinctly spells out how the mind works and what is needed to attain liberation.

"The Book of Mormon is the sacred text of the Later Day Saint movement, first published by Joseph Smith in 1830.

A history of Hot Springs, AR during the NY Mobster era.

Beebo Brinker is a lesbian pulp fiction novel written in 1962 by Ann Bannon (pseudonym of Ann Weldy). It is the last in a series of pulp fiction novels that eventually came to be known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.

Pulitzer Prize winner 19996, Treats God as the main character in the Bible.

In the sequel to Stolen Lives, the story of her family's twenty-year imprisonment in a Moroccan jail, the author describes what it is like to return to the world after twenty years of suffering as she struggled to adjust to the modern world, understand the reality of freedom, fall in love, and experience an intimate relationship for the first time.

Essays by contemporary UU leaders on placing love at the center of our faith.

In The Peaceability Mindset, sociology professor and peace advocate Reba Parker redefines peace as a practical and deeply personal process. Clearly written and grounded in sociology, psychology, and personal growth, this book is your guide to aligning your inner calm with outward action, fostering meaningful relationships, and creating a ripple effect in your community.

This exclusive edition brings together a selection of Audre Lorde's poetry and essays with "biomythography," the form that she created in A new Spelling of My Name (1982). Zami combines the narrative power of biography, mythology, and history as it records Lorde's experiences as a West Indian in America and the breadth of her emotional and sexual resonance with women.

Fifteen personal stories from laity and clergy alike show what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist Christian today.

Astrid Holm, forced by her family's bankruptcy to abandon a comfortable, middle-class life in Norway for a harsh, new existence in Minneapolis living in an apartment above her father's saloon. She attempts to escape this hardship through art (as an actress) and love (entering into an unhappy relationship with a brutish lawyer) until she finds her true calling as a Unitarian minister and fulfills her longing for meaningful companionship with Helene Nielsen, a selfless doctor to poor immigrants.

This collection of poignant testimonials illuminates the lived experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Unitarian Universalists