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...
by Laura | Dec 25, 2011
This book is a revised and updated version of historian Linda Gordon’s 1976 classic Woman’s Body, Woman’s Right. The new work is a comprehensive history of birth control and reproductive rights in the U.S. Gordon’s works from the premise that...
by Laura | Dec 25, 2011
Stephanie Coontz, a left-leaning academic and veteran of Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement, would seem an unlikely defender of the institution of marriage. Marriage, A History sees a largely positive direction in the evolution of marriage. “Marriage has...
by Laura | Nov 28, 2011
Alexander Sanger is the grandson of renowned reproductive rights activist Margaret Sanger. He has carried on her tradition by serving as President of Planned Parenthood of New York. In Beyond Choice he bravely forges a new set of principles…capable of breaking...
by Laura | Jun 1, 2011
This book will take you on a different kind of ride to what it means to be fully human. Psychologist Douglas Kenrick makes the case for how evolutionary psychology and cognitive science fuse to tell us what makes humans tick, but does so by coming in through our dark,...
