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Great Sex Made Simple

by Lauren Kramer

What is truly great sex and how can it be attained? That’s the question partners Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson try to answer in "Great Sex Made Simple". Offering tantric tips to deepen intimacy and heighten pleasure, the... Read More

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Dummy

by Lauren Kramer

What does it feel like to struggle with dyslexia and autism, to cope with cognitive disorders that make reading and writing impossible to master? In "Dummy", David Patten explains precisely how frustrating and demoralizing it was to have... Read More

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A Private History of Happiness

by Maria Siano

Happiness may seem elusive because we are not looking for it in the right places. That is George Myerson’s premise in this inspiring compilation of ninety-nine excerpts about moments of joy described in personal writings in journals,... Read More

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Picturing the Cosmos

by Aimee Jodoin

Many astronomers and physicists have labeled the production of images from the Hubble Space Telescope as “pretty pictures … little better than a diversion,” since they “cannot be used as sufficient evidence to make claims about... Read More

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A Finger Lakes Feast

by Maria Siano

These more than one hundred recipes from Kate Harvey and her father, Karl Zinsmeister (along with photos by son/brother, Noah), focus on crops from the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. The family shows its appreciation for the... Read More

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Consider the Fork

by Ron Kaplan

Even the most experienced home chefs may seldom think about the dangerous and painful sacrifices made by the generations of cooks who came before them, or the evolution of the processes that make food more than just a nutritional... Read More

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