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Vegan for Life, by Ginny Messina and Jack Norris, is a great read for both longtime vegans and people considering going vegan. It is quite a comprehensive book, whose authors are not only very knowledgeable about the latest nutritional research, but also manage to present it in a very accessible man

Several years ago, I came across a service that would automatically transcribe messages left on my voicemail and send them to me immediately as texts. It made it possible to get the jist of a call without needing to take the time to dial in and listen to messages. The transcription was good enough t

Frankie Parsons worries about things most boys his age don’t. Does he have a terminal disease, who will take care of his mom if he’s gone, will he have to go on the school field trip, does their cat have worms? These things keep Frankie up at night. His older brother Louie and older sist

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Some forty years ago Kenneth Gergen famously published a paper entitled Social psychology as history that shocked would-be scientific experimental social psychologists.  Later he became a prominent exponent of  'social constructionism', an approach which usefully indicates that many of our

Presented as a collection of 17 short chapters (each by a different author), and arranged into four thematic sections, this anthology of opinions and experiences is primarily concerned with issues of male parenting, with an emphasis upon how and why the role of father in so important in child-rearin

I teach at least one section of introductory psychology most years, and I have a confession to make: I've largely cut out the topic of sensation and perception (S&P) from the course. We have only 12 weeks in our academic term, so something has to go, and S&P has always seemed like an attract

Not for the philosophically light-hearted reader, Cognitive Disability and its Challenge to Moral Philosophy offers a wide birth of insight into a relatively new concentration of philosophical interest.  Created as a collection of articles following a conference held at Stony Brook University i

If you are looking to build up arm and core strength, and you don't want to use lots of equipment, then push-ups are a great option.  7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups is a useful guide to how to do them, even for people who are not aiming at 100.  It is a simple book with 144 pages combining black

On What Matters is a massive tome that makes major contributions to several fields in philosophy, especially ethical theory, metaethics, and the study of rationality. It is also a significant work of historical scholarship, particularly in its extended discussion of the work of Immanuel Kant and rec