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Book Review: ‘The Black Hour’ by Lori Rader-Day
Rader-Day draws her heroine’s character with an Exact-o knife, leaving her sharp edges intact.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times’ by Arlie Russell Rochschild
How far are we are willing to go to hire others to live large parts of our lives for us?
Read More »Book Review: Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck? by Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig
Mother and daughter journalists examine Twentysomethings in the world of the internet.
Read More »Book Review: Rich People Things: Real-Life Secrets of the Predator Class by Chris Lehmann
Rich People Things showcases 19 provocative essays skewerimg the sacred cows of the rich.
Read More »Book Review: The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City’s Most Infamous Crimes by Sarah Burns
Although the reader knows in general how the story of the Central Park Five will come out, author Sarah Burns still tells a compelling, suspenseful story.
Read More »Book Review: In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik
Have we lost the ability to stare into space and think without distraction; without noise pulling us into someone else’s reality?
Read More »Book Review: Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World by Lisa Bloom
In a sea of pop culture, our value are sinking fast.
Read More »Book Review: The Kitchen Shrink by Dora Calott Wang M.D.
A personal and deeply moving account of a doctor’s life and her insights into the troubled American health care system.
Read More »Book Review: Waiting for Jack: Confessions of a Self-Help Junkie by Kristen Moeller
When did self-help become the need for perfection? The search for more?
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