by Laura | Sep 11, 2012
Review by Deborah at The Bookstop This book has to do with how living true includes understanding and managing stress! Here is the review by a favorite professional book reviewer colleague, Deborah Spitz: I decided this year I was going to work on bringing down my...
by Laura | Sep 5, 2012
In this pathbreaking book, psychologist Mardy Ireland takes on womanhood without parenthood. She does an insightful historical examination of the development of female identity from a psychoanalytic view, and how the theories don’t take into account the...
by Laura | Sep 3, 2012
Beginning with its wonderfully paradoxical title, Dan Ariely’s sharp and sly book challenges our assumptions about our own decision-making. We all acknowledge that the irrational intrudes from time to time, but think of this joker card as random and capricious. ...
by Laura | Sep 2, 2012
This is poet, novelist and essayist Erica Jong’s first anthology. She has gathered a collection of great writers in their own right to not just talk about sex, but better. In Sugar in My Bowl, 29 female writers tell us stories from their real lives. Why is a...
by Laura | Aug 20, 2012
First, the caveat: I love Gloria Feldt. I met her one year when I spoke at a Planned Parenthood conference, when she was President of the organization. She is a powerhouse when it comes to the fight for women’s reproductive rights. Her previous book, The War on...
