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Book Review: The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50 by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
What’s in store for your life’s penultimate chapter? It may be filled with unprecedented potential for personal growth and fulfillment
Read More »Book Review: God’s Brain by Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire
Rather than join a debate about the validity of religion, two scientists examine the purpose behind it.
Read More »Book Review: Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire edited by Graydon Carter
How would you answer these questions? Revealing truths from a 19th century Paris parlor game.
Read More »Book Review: Chicago Folk: Images of the Sixties Music Scene – The Photographs of Raeburn Flerlage edited by Ronald D. Cohen and Bob Riesman
Documenting Chicago’s folk music scene in the 1960s.
Read More »Book Review: Sisters: An Anthology edited by Jan Freeman, Emily Wojcik, and Deborah Bull
The unique bond of sisters takes many forms in this rich collection from Paris Press.
Read More »Book Review: Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We do by Wednesday Martin, Ph.D.
"I was discovering I couldn’t find my footing or trust my judgment.”
Read More »Book Review: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin
Benjamin describes Utopian American residential areas – a constellation of small towns and exurbs that are extremely white.
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