Non-Fiction Books Collection September 26, 2025

The Encyclopedia of Astrology examines the development of astrology throughout history and across the globe. From the Babylonians to ancient Chinese and Egyptian civilizations, history has a time-honored tradition of finding meaning in the stars for all walks of life—right up to the current practices of financial astrology and daily online sun sign horoscopes.

The second book in The School of Life’s ‘Secrets’ series, offering lessons on the emotional skills necessary to build and maintain friendships. Few things promise as much potential happiness as friendship, yet the challenge of finding and maintaining meaningful connections remains one of life’s great struggles.

Gen Z, born into a complex and rapidly changing world, carries unique questions about life and God. Church methodologies that worked for previous generations often miss their mark with this one. Understanding Gen Z’s real questions about faith opens the door to meaningful conversations and deeper connections.

This is regional cooking with a very strong identity. It’s Czech food via traditional recipes, hints of nostalgia and a surprisingly modern take on sustainability, seasonality, and popular cooking techniques.

Annie Ernaux’s profound investigation into the life of her mysterious older sister, who died at six, two years before Annie was born. In the summer of 1950, when Annie Ernaux is ten, she inadvertently learns she had a sister who died at six, two years before her own birth.

In the late, post-lockdown days of the pandemic, grappling with personal loss and existential uncertainty, Justin Smith-Ruiu found himself standing in a California cannabis dispensary, pondering a question his tribe of fellow philosophers have often dismissed as too simple: How did I get here? That moment marked a transition for him—it was the start of a journey Smith-Ruiu would take to experience his own mind and the world around him in a new, clarifying way.

Drew Nieporent has been a staple of the New York dining scene for decades, establishing a host of iconic restaurants like Nobu, Tribeca Grill, and Montrachet. But his career started from much more humble beginnings—the grill at the local McDonald’s.

Integrating your spirituality and sexuality can be daunting – these parts of life can feel very separate, even contradictory. Activist, educator, relationship coach and co-founder of QueerTheology.com, Brian G. Murphy, is here to change that.

The first four-color Forks Over Knives cookbook: head chef Darshana Thacker offers 150 delicious, all-new, easy-to-prepare whole-food, plant-based recipes for internationally inspired meals.

Everybody knows how difficult it can be to get a delicious meal on the table night after night, not to mention a healthy one made from real and readily-available ingredients. Enter the air fryer, the must-have, revolutionary kitchen device.

Overcome bad thoughts and discover lasting inner health that transforms your life and faith by the renewing of your mind.

From Jen Hatmaker—beloved New York Times bestselling author and host of the For the Love podcast—a brutally honest, funny, and revealing memoir about the traumatic end of her twenty-six-year-long marriage, and the beginning of a different kind of love story.