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  • Happiness Sold Separately

    by Lolly Winston

    Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, law school, marriage, successful corporate career. But suddenly her world is falling apart. In her late 30s, she's discovered that she and her podiatrist husband, Ted, can't have children. When Elinor withdraws from Ted into an interior world of heartbreak and anger, Ted begins an affair with Gina, the nutritionist at their gym--a young woman with an... (more)
  • Good Grief

    by Lolly Winston

    When 36-year-old Sophie Stanton's husband dies of cancer, she desperately wants to be a graceful, composed Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Self-medicating with cartons of ice cream for breakfast, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers, soon she's lost not only her husband, but her job and her waistline. In an attempt to reinvent her life, Sophie moves to... (more)
  • Churchill and the Jews

    by Martin Gilbert

    An insightful history of Churchill’s lifelong commitment—both public and private—to the Jews and Zionism, and of his outspoken opposition to anti-Semitism  Winston Churchill was a young man in 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was convicted of treason and sent to Devil’s Island. Despite the prevailing anti-Semitism in England as well as on the Continent, Churchill’s position... (more)
  • When the economy turns rough, many companies sideline their green business initiatives, but that's a big mistake. Green initiatives actually are a great way to cut costs precisely because these initiatives are all about ratcheting up your company's resource efficiency. They save energy, waste, and money, preserving precious capital--and give precise focus to your innovation efforts and strategic priorities. They... (more)