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Still Life With Remorse by Maira Kalman

Still Life With Remorse is a compilation of love notes to family, art, music and literature. The book explores the interior landscape of the deliriously talented author/ illustrator Maira Kalman. Israeli born, American bred, Kalman celebrates with folksy-type of drawings, “to…

Muppets in Moscow by Natasha Lance Rogoff

Shocking but sadly, true,the adorable, sweet-voiced Muppet, Elmo, was abducted and banished from Moscow. What business did Elmo even have going to Russia? For the most reliable answer please consult the most reliable source, filmmaker, TV producer, Natasha Lance Rogoff, now author of a…

When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman

Based on extensive research author Alice Hoffman fills in the gaps in the lives of the Frank sisters, Margot 14 and the younger, Anne 11 two years before the family was forced into hiding.

You’ll Do, A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love by Marcia Zug

“What’s love got to do with it?” Song lyrics popularized by the late, great Tina Turner encapsulate the sentiment expressed by author Marcia A. Zug in a new book, You’ll Do, A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love. Taking an historical approach with examples from colonial…

All That Really Matters by David Weill

Joe Bosco graduated second, ahead of 131 other students from Harvard’s Medical School. Any parent would “kvell” about that prodigious result. But not Joe’s dad! Upon hearing Joe’s status he responds, “Do you know what second place is son”? Those stinging words would compel Joe…