“55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life” by Elizabeth White c.2020 in paperback, Simon & Schuster $17.00 / $23.00 Canada 272 pages Your last regular paycheck has come and gone. That was awhile ago, back before you were downsized / laid…
“The Hunt for History” by Nathan Raab. c.2020, Scribner $30.00 / $39.99 Canada 251 pages Burn. Toss. Recycle. Deal with later. It was easy to go through that box of papers you found because most of it went in the first three categories, junk, junk,…
“To Me, He Was Just Dad: Stories of Growing Up with Famous Fathers” by Joshua David Stein c.2020, Artisan Books $22.95 / $32.95 Canada 192 pages When you were growing up, your Dad was called many different names. His boss sometimes used his last one.…
“Becoming Bulletproof” by Evy Poumpouras c.2020, Atria $27.00 / $36.00 Canada 323 pages Every schedule, every plan you made in February was shot. March began and in about three weeks’ time, life changed in big ways and small, calendars were tossed, and things got scary. Maybe they still are. So how did…
“When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error” by Danielle Ofri, M.D. c.2020, Beacon Press $26.95 / $35.95 Canada 272 pages You felt wonderful. Never better. In the peak of health, fit as a fiddle – until you weren’t. Then you were achy, miserable,…
“Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam” by Jake Anderson c.2020, Citadel Press $26.00 / $35.00 Canada 368 pages Something doesn’t feel right. Things are off a little bit, or a lot. One point’s out of place, another seems slightly askew, and once…
“The Presidential Fringe: Questing and Jesting for the Oval Office” by Mark Stein c.2020, Potomac Books $29.95 / $44.95 Canada 264 pages A year from now, the circus will be over. All the phone calls at dinnertime, the incessant ads, the name-calling and campaigning and…
“Would I Lie to You? The Amazing Power of Being Honest in a World That Lies” by Judi Ketteler c.2020, Citadel Press $26.00 / $35.00 Canada 272 pages “How does it look?” Your client just asked that loaded question, and you don’t know what to…
You just spit in a tube. That’s what you do when you have your DNA sequenced: spit, cap it tight, ship it off, and wait. A few weeks later, you’ll know where your ancestors lived. You’ll have an explanation for your red hair or long…