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To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis Book Review

Time travel to Victorian times, subtle humor, a gentle love story, a cat that is crucial to the fate of the universe, an overbearing busybody, homage to a great comic writer with a rowboat trip down the Thames, a search through time for a mysterious object called “the Bishop’s bird stump,” and a happy ending–how [...]

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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Series Book Review

Outlander (U.S. title, also published as Cross-Stitch in the U.K.), has stayed firmly at the top of my list of favorite books of all time for the last several years. Actually, I include Gabaldon’s entire Outlander series in that category, but if you have never yet had the pleasure of losing yourself in these books, [...]

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Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar Book Review

An academic specialist in happiness tells us the secret he taught to Harvard students about finding daily joy and lasting fulfillment.

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