by Laura | Feb 14, 2013
By now we all know that 50% of first marriages end in divorce. From there it just gets worse; the failure rate for second marriages is a startling 65%. Stephen Martin, president of the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists, and Emmy Award-winning...
by Laura | Jan 15, 2013
This great nonfiction book is a captivating analysis of the Millennials. Here is the review by Richard Geldard of Huffington Post Books: The Millennial Momentum is about “this huge generation of Americans, over 80 million strong, whose influence in the 2008...
by Laura | Jan 2, 2013
Before I read More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, I had to admit I was somewhat skeptical. Let’s face it: any man that says “What Women Want” in the title of his book opens himself up to all sorts of cynicism. But I was pleasantly surprised;...
by Laura | Jan 1, 2013
The Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald’s Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat follows a group of popular books on “conscientious eating”, like Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food and Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal,...
by Laura | Dec 1, 2012
Sustainability, author Andres Edwards argues, is more than a trendy buzzword. It is an actual movement. Early on in The Sustainability Revolution, he contrasts sustainability with environmentalism. While not dismissing the latter, he feels the former is a broader and...