by Laura | Feb 24, 2016
Nancy Owen Nelson’s entire life has been haunted by the death of her grandmother, Nannie B Russell Chandler, who passed away only an hour after giving birth to her mother. Nancy imagines her mother, also named Nannie, grappling with the knowledge that her birth was...
by Laura | Feb 3, 2016
by Natalie Klempel Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers offers the reader a chance to experience the different aspects of body donation. There are so many different avenues that a cadaver can end up following body donation that many people do not know about....
by Laura | Jan 26, 2016
At the beginning of a new year, many of us start and are trying to stick to our new year resolutions. A common one is – Get organized! Purge what I don’t need! If this sounds like something you have promised yourself this year, here is the book for you:...
by Laura | Jan 13, 2016
The Power of Music As Confucius wrote in The Book of Rites, “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” Music can fuel our imagination, fill us with emotion, and inspire us to move to its beat. Music can heal and connect us. In The Power...
by Laura | Jan 12, 2016
Get ready to take a great ride with writer, political activist and social organizer Gloria Steinem in her new memoir, My Life on the Road. In it she gives an up close and personal account of her “lifetime of travel, activism and leadership,” and a profound story of...
