by Laura | Mar 20, 2012
Letter to a Christian Nation builds on Sam Harris’ previous book, The End of Faith, which puts forth a startling contention: that from religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientists, most people agree that science has nothing to say on the subject of...
by Laura | Mar 1, 2012
Unlike a lot of living green books I’ve read out there, Christie Matheson brings a sense of fun and style to the challenge of trying to live green. But her book is not all fun and games, nor a call to go out and spend lots of money on the growing “green...
by Laura | Feb 14, 2012
From varieties of toothpaste to investment options, we have all experienced the paralysis that can come with too many choices. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz synthesizes a wealth of social science research to show us in clear language exactly why this is so,...
by Laura | Feb 5, 2012
Author Deborah Tannen, a professor of linguistics at Georgetown, has written a number of academic books and articles about the nature of human conversation, particularly as it relates to gender. In You Just Don’t Understand, which spent four years on the New...
by Laura | Feb 2, 2012
In this book, renowned gerontologist Karl Pillemer, Ph.D. does something our society sure needs to do more of—listen and learn from our elders. He writes, “fear of aging is rampant in our society. Surveys over the past two decades show how pervasive negative attitudes...
