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TED Talks: Why Raghava KK Has a 200-Year Plan

  What is the single most important force defining your identity? For artist Raghava KK, it’s your creative legacy. In this engaging and insightful talk, from TEDxSummit 2012, Raghava describes the 200-year plans he and his wife design in order to put their unique stamp on the digital legacies they…
Katie Hires
January 19, 2016
Nonfiction

Remembering Alan Rickman in His Best Literary Film Roles

It’s been a rough week for art and culture. Alan Rickman, beloved veteran of the stage and screen, passed away early January 14, 2016, just days after the similarly shocking passing of rock god David Bowie. Rickman, whose trademark sonorous voice was scientifically proven to be one of the most…
Katie Hires
January 14, 2016
Nonfiction

TED Talk: Do Soul Mates Hold the Key to Human Happiness?

What makes people happy? We have been searching for answers to this age-old question for millennia. In his talk at TEDxBeaconStreet from November 2015, Dr. Robert Waldinger details the findings of a 75-year Harvard study tracking the lives of two disparate groups of men and their levels of happiness. The…
Katie Hires
January 12, 2016
Nonfiction

Holiday Baking: Up Your Gingerbread Game with Maple Syrup

cr: gingerbread-house-heaven.com Christmas comes but once a year and with it, all those signature Christmas cookies. My family bakes and feasts on carmelitas, coconut macaroons, raspberry walnut thumbprints, anisettes, butterballs and of course, sugar cookies. That’s a little too ambitious for me. While all the cookie freaks out there are…
Amanda Harkness
December 16, 2015
Nonfiction

Smart Reads: 5 Beautiful Books That Offer a Visual Feast

By now our readers are aware of how much we love the holidays—and how much we love sharing our favorite books to give as gifts. But our suggestions wouldn’t be complete without those gorgeous coffee table books that sweep you away with their luscious photos and fascinating stories. Their spectacular…
JeriAnn Geller
December 10, 2015
Nonfiction

A Better Tomorrow: 3 Books that Can Change the World

In the words of the musical that wowed America Thursday night, “Don’t bring me no bad news.” It seems like that’s all we see in the headlines lately, but Odyssey Bookshop has the balm that heals: their selection of “Books that Can Change the World.” First opened in 1963, Odyssey…
Ben S. Dutka
December 4, 2015
Nonfiction

TED Talks: Ann Morgan on Reading the World in Just One Year

In 2011, Ann Morgan, who considered herself a “relatively cultured person,” realized that virtually every book on her bookshelf was written by either an English or North American author. In her TED Talk at this year’s TED Global in London this past September, she discusses her journey throughout 2012 –…
Katie Hires
December 1, 2015