The Gene: An Intimate History

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn...

For Anyone Who Has Every Loved a Dog

Eugene O’Neill, a dog lover, wrote this extraordinary eulogy for his beloved dog Blemie when the dalmatian was nearing his end. I challenge you not to cry.        The Last Will and Testament...

A Stylish Tribute to Dads

Tomboy Style: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion, is a fabulous book from blogger, writer, friend and tomboy Lizzie Garrett Mettler. What better way to celebrate Dads than to look at the styles they inspire? You had...

Learning Resilience from a Master

The last ten years of Henri Matisse’s were far from what most of us would think of as joyful. His marriage was over, he was diagnosed with cancer and underwent a number of painful...

Read My Mind: Do You Ever Really Know What Someone Else is Thinking?

I love this speech and cannot resist sharing it with you. It is the remarks that Joe Biden gave to the graduating class at Yale in 2015. He tells a powerful story of how our beliefs...