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Library Database Biography BGLT Library Database Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent, Ohio Biography Bolster, Arthur S. James Freeman Clarke: Disciple to Advancing Truth. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1954.) Braestrup, Kate. Here If You Need Me: A True Story. (NY: Little, Brown, 2007.) Burnstine, Lyn. Anita Trueman Pickett. (Boston: Skinner House, 2000.) Comer, James P., Maggies American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family (NY: Plume, 1988, QP, aq. 7/11.) Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass, An American Slave. (NYU: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003.) Frank, Anne. Diary of Anne Frank. (NY: Pocket Books, 1953.) Fritchman, Stephen Hole. Men of Liberty: Ten Unitarian Pioneers. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1944.) Fritchman, Stephen Hole. Heretic: A Partisan Autobiography. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1977.) Kochenhoerfer, Violet A. One Woman’s World War II. (The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.) Kochendoerfer, Violet. A Modern Pioneer; One Woman’s Ministry. (Boston: Skinner House, 1996.) Morrison-Reed, Mark. In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby. (Boston: Skinner House, 2009.) Richardson, Robert D., Jr. Emerson. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.) Scott, Clinton Lee. These Live Tomorrow: Twenty Unitarian Universalist Biographies. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1964.) BGLT Ayers, Tess and Paul Brown. The Essential Guide to Lesbian and Gay Weddings. (NY: Alyson Books, 1999.) Bawer, Bruce. A Place at the Table: The Gay Individual in American Society. (NY: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster,1993.) Bergling, Tim. Sissyphobia: Gay Men and Effeminate Behavior. (NY: Harrington Park Press, 2001.) Bornstein, Kate. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us. (NY: Vintage Books, 1995.) Brown, Mildred L. and Chloe Ann Rounsley. True Selves. (SF: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.) Chase, Clifford, ed. Queer 13. (NY: Wm. Morrow & Cio., Inc., 1955.) Crimmins, Cathy. How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization. (NY: Penguin, 2005.) Cruikshank, Margaret. The Lesbian Path. (SF: Grey Fox Press, 1985.) Deakin, Michelle Bates. Gay Marriage, Real Life. (Boston: Skinner House, 2006.) Copy 1. Deakin, Michelle Bates. Gay Marriage, Real Life. (Boston: Skinner House, 2006.) Copy 2. D’emilio, John, William B. Turner, Urvashi Vaid. Creating Change: Fighting for Our Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights. (NY: St. Martins Press, 2000.) Duberman, Martin Bauml, Martha Vicinus, and George Chauncey, Jr. Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past. (Ontario: New American Library, 1989.) Faderman, Lillian. Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life—Twentieth Century America. (NY: Penguin Press, 1991.) Faderman, Lillian. Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love between Women from the Renaissance to the Present. (NY: Perennial, 1981.) Faderman, Lillian. To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America—A History. (NY: Mariner Books, 1999.) Feinberg, Leslie. Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue. (Boston: Beacon Press, 2003.) Ford, Michael Thomas. The World Out There: Becoming Part of the Lesbian and Gay Community. (NY: The New Press, 1996.) Garner, Abigail. Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is. (NY: Perennial Currents, 2005.) Hay, Harry. Radically Gay. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.) Herdt, Gilbert and Bruce Koff. Something to tell You: The Road Families Travel When a Child is Gay. (NY: Columbia University Press, 2000.) Heron, Ann, ed. Two Teenagers in 20. (LA: Alyson Publications, 1994.) Jay, Karla. Tales of the Lavender Menace: A Memoir of Liberation. (NY: Penguin Books, 1999.) Jennings, Kevin, ed. One Teacher in 10: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories. (NY: Alyson Books, 1994.) Kailey, Matt. Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience. (Boston: Beacon Press, 2005.) Kotulski, Davina, Ph.D., Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage. (LA: Advocate Books, 2004.) Larkin, Joan, ed. A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bi-Sexual Writers Tell Their coming Out Stories. (NY: Perennial, 1999.) Marcus, Eric. Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights. (NY: Perennial, 2002.) Martin, April, Ph.D. The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook. (NY: HarperCollins, 1993.) Minor, Robert N., Ph.D. Scared Straight: Why It’s So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It’s So Hard to be Human. (St. Louis: Humanity Works!, 2001.) Murdoch, Joyce & Deb Price. Courting Justice: Gay Men and Women vs. the Supreme Court. (NY: Basic Books, 2001.) Newman, Leslea. A Letter to Harvey Milk. (NY: Firebrand Books, 1988.) Pharr, Suzanne. Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism. (Little Rock, AR: Chardon Press, 1988.) Rafkin, Louise, ed. Different Daughters: A Book by Mothers of Lesbians. (SF: Cleis, 2001.) Ramsey, Gerald Ph.D. Transsexuals: Candid Answers to Private Questions. (CA: The Crossing Press, 1996.) Savin-Williams, Ritch C. …and then I Became Gay: Young Men’s Stories. (NY: Routledge, 1998.) Singer, Bennett L., ed. Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology. (NY: New Press, 1994.) Urvashi, Vaid. Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation. (NY: Anchor Books, 1995.) Weinberg, Dr. George. Society and the Homosexual. (NY, St. Martin’s Press, 1972.) White, Mel. Stranger at the Gate. (NY: Penguin Books. 1995.) Buddhism Baldock, John, ed. The Tibetan Book of the Dead. (NY: Chartwell Books, 2009.) Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, trans. Boorstein, Pat. Attention for Goodness Sake; Practicing the Perfections of the Heart; The Buddhist Path of Kindness. (NY: Ballantine Books, 2002.) Burtt, E. A., ed. The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha. (NY: Mentor, 1991.) Dali Lama. Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart: Core of Teaching of Tibetan Buddhism. (San Francisco: Harper, 1995.) Dali Lama. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living. (NY: Riverhead Books, 1998.) Dali Lama. Worlds in Harmony; Dialogues on Compassionate Action. (CA : Parallax Press, 1992.) Dali Lama. Live in a Better Way: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness. (NY: Viking Compass, 2001.) Feldman, Christina. The Buddhist Path to Simplicity. (NY: Barnes & Noble, 2001.) Ford, James Ishmael. This Very Moment: A Brief Introduction to Buddhism and Zen for Unitarian Universalists. (Boston: Skinner House, 1996.) Gach, Gary. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism. (NY: Alpha Books, 2004.) Goldstein, Joseph. Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom. (Boston: Shambhala Publications,1993.) Huber, Cherri; Sara Jenkins, ed. Trying to be Human: Zen Talks from Cheri Huber. (Lake Junaluska, NC: Present Perfect Books, 1995.) Kapleau, Roshi Philip. The Three Pillars of Zen Buddhism. (NY: Anchor Books, 1989.) Kornfield, Jack and Christina Feldman. Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart. (Harper San Francisco, 1996.) Kornfield, Jack, ed. Teachings of the Buddha. (Boston, Shambhala, 1996, QP.) Kornfield, Jack, ed. Teachings of the Buddha. (Boston, Shambhala, 1996, MM, aq. 7/11.) Levine, Steve and Ondrea Levine. Embracing the Beloved; Relationship As a Path of Awakening. ( New York: Doubleday, 1984. ) Martin, Philip. The Zen Path Through Deprression. (NY: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000.) Mipham, Sakyong. Turning the Mind Into an Ally. (NY: Riverhead Books, 2003.) Reps, Paul and Nyogen Senzaki. Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings. (Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 1998.) Salzberg, Sharon. Loving-Kindness; The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. (Boston, Shambhala, 1995.) Stein, Diane. Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art. (Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press Inc., 1996.) Thich Naht Hanh. Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities. (Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2002.) Thurman, Robert. Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness. (NY: Riverhead Books,1998.) Wallace, B. Alan. Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up. (Boston: Wisdom Press, 1993.) Celebrations and Passages Auden, W. H. and Louis Kronenberger. Aphorisms: A Personal Selection. (Dorset Press, 1962.) Church, Forrest. Love and Death. (Boston: Beacon Press, 2008.) Fritts, Roger. For as Long as We Both Shall Live. (NY: Avon Books, 1993.) Fulghrum, Robert. From Beginning to End; the Rituals of Our Lives. (NY: Villard Books, 1995.) Laws, Virginia E. and Louise B. Nayer. How to Bury a Goldfish. (Emmaus, PA: Daybreak Books, 2000.) Lewis, C. S. A Grief Observed. (NY: Harper & Rowell, 1961.) Macomb, Rev. Susanna S.; Andrea Thompson. Joining Hands and Hearts: Interfaith, Intercultural Wedding Celebrations. (NY: Fireside, 2003.) Pryor, Gale. Family Blessings for Special Moments Great and Small. (Boston: Conari Press, 2003.) Searl, Edward. In Memoriam: A Guide to Modern Funeral and Memorial Services, Second edition. (Boston: Skinner House.) Searl, Edward. Bless This Child. (Boston: Skinner House, 2006.) Searl, Edward, collector. Beyond Absence: a Treasury of Poems, Quotations and Readings on Death and Remembrance. (Boston: Skinner House Books, 2010.) Seton, Susannah, Simple Pleasures of the Holidays: A Treasury if Stories & Suggestions for Creating Meaningful Celebrations. (Conari Press.) Toussaint, David; Heather Leo. Gay and Lesbian Weddings. (NY: Ballantine Books, 2004.) CD/DVD Church, Forrest. Love and Death. (North Eastham, MA: Morris Creative Services, 2008.) CD Christianity American Bible Society. Seek: Find; The Bible for All People. (NY: G. P. Putnam’s & Sons, 2006.) Beal, Timothy K. Roadside Religion. (Boston: Beacon Press, 2005.) Borg, Marcus. The God We Never Knew. (SF: Harper, 1997.) Crossan, John Dominic. The Birth of Christianity; Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately
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