In this memoir of her extended family of Sephardic Jews, the author asks her father, Jacob, “What is your mother tongue?” He replies: “At home, it was Judeo-Spanish; in the street with my buddies, Greek and Armenian; with the... Read More

“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same,” according to the Chinese proverb. “I like a man who grins when he fights,” said Sir Winston Churchill. Like the balance between these two... Read More

“I know all about fear,” says the author. “I’m afraid of failure, growing old, gaining weight, the whole concept of motherhood, and insurance salesmen. But most of all, I’m terrified of complacency, the fear that I might settle... Read More

“Man forgets quickly,” says a blurb in the 1941 edition of Het Parool, a Dutch underground newspaper. Our propensity to dismiss the past is in large part why Bolle, a historian of religions and professor emeritus at UCLA, has snipped... Read More

This book is one to hold while sinking into a hot bath or sitting under the shade of a tree after a long, hectic day. Well Being is among a number of books about the resurgent interest in herbs, meditation, nutrition, exercise, yoga,... Read More

From the authors of Love Life for Parents: How to Have Kids and a Sex Life Too (1998) comes another parenting book of common sense ideas. Organized into short day-of-the-month readings, each day focuses on a different aspect of raising... Read More

Old-fashioned values. More than ever, this country is seeing how important they are to teach our children. "The Values Book" is a blueprint for teaching 16 basic, but very important values to children (commitment, compassion,... Read More