On December 19, 2011, a Nashville newspaper carried a story about the construction of an all-faiths chapel at the nearby Fort Campbell military base that will cost taxpayers $8.4 million. A smaller article in the same issue noted that a... Read More

Inviting readers along on a year’s journey of gratitude, Dr. Angeles Arrien, a teacher, cultural anthropologist, and author (The Four-Fold Way; The Second Half of Life) draws on a world of inspiration and perennial wisdom in this, her... Read More

For those of us in love with, or at least drawn to, the written word—be it in fiction or nonfiction—try to imagine looking at a page of words and being unable to make any sense of them. Imagine further somehow overcoming this... Read More

Every year, a deluge of new cookbooks hits the shelves, promising to give insight into fluffier pastries, richer sauces, and healthier (but still tasty) dinners. But it’s likely that few of them in the current crop will have the type... Read More

One devilishly hot July day, Robinson quotes Dean Koontz in response to her family’s depression about the weather: “Where there’s cake, there’s hope. And there’s always cake.” Thus was born “Cake Day,” designated as... Read More

Finding a new spin on a leadership book is a difficult challenge because the category is always brimming with titles. Ruma Bose and Lou Faust have managed to add a new twist with "Mother Teresa, CEO". The authors set up the premise of... Read More

Nancy Clarke reveals a treasured glimpse into the social life of the White House in "My First Ladies". With help from Christine Matheson, she recounts thirty years of experience arranging flowers there. As chief floral designer, Clarke... Read More

On the list of “isms”—ageism, heterosexism, classism, racism—speciesism is most likely to fall at the bottom. Sister Species, a collection of essays by feminist animal activists, could change that. In this book, feminism and... Read More