Book Review
The Big Girls' Guide to Life
The time for revolution is at hand, when plus-sized gals will raise their fists in protest against super-skinny celebrities and diet doctors, and the streets will be paved with chocolate. At least, that’s the author’s vision, and she...
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Booby-Trapped
As every woman past puberty knows (and sadly, increasingly before puberty as well), when it comes to breast development, size really does matter. Even if a woman is content with the shape, width, and breadth of her bosom, it’s likely...
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Oddball Minnesota
Because of its many, many lakes and the outdoorsy attitude of its citizenry, Minnesota tends to attract hearty travelers who look forward to a vacation rife with fishing, canoeing, hiking, and fighting mosquitoes. These visitors,...
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Lovers' Legends
After a smattering of mythology in childhood, usually introduced through Disney vehicles like Hercules, some formal study of the ancient tales is undertaken in high school. Students reluctantly throw Edith Hamilton’s Mythology into...
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The Science of Romance
For some, love may be full of hearts and stars, but for evolutionary psychologists like the author, it’s mainly a stew of neurons, genes, and hormones. In this work on how evolution affects human behavior in the romantic and sexual...
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Slay Me Tender
In the genre of detective fiction, it’s hard to find a truly original shamus that isn’t based on characters like Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Philip Marlowe or Patricia Cornwell’s soft touch Kay Scarpetta. This author, however,...
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Modern Sex
There is an undercurrent of emotion running through all the contributions to this work on sexual liberation, but it isn’t enthusiasm for the subject or even optimism for the future of romantic relationships; it’s anger that bubbles...
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Light, Coming Back
Those who are romantically inclined tend to declare that, in love, age makes no difference. Although a graying businessman’s possession of a “trophy wife” may draw criticism, the lovestruck often say that with true devotion the...