Chris McNamara

Looking for a sentimental present for the man in your life? Look elsewhere. In the coming weeks, we'll highlight some of the goofiest guy gifts this holiday season. Since well...

It's All Too Much An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life With Less Stuff By Peter Walsh (Free Press, $14 paper) Peter Walsh, host of TLC's "Clean Sweep," stresses...

AT FIRST IT SEEMS as if you've stumbled on a lusty couple flouting decorum and getting it on in public. But then you recall you're at the Museum of Contemporary...

Everything He Hasn't Told You Yet A New Way to Get Men Talking About Stuff That Matters By Burton Silver and Martin O'Connor (Ten Speed, $14.95 paper) Sure, women could...

This individual visits the hotel rooms of lonely travelers and, for a fee, helps them relax before falling asleep. The name of the occupation, of course, is sleep concierge. (What...

Is It a Big Problem or a Little Problem? By Amy Egan, Amy Freedman, Judi Greenberg and Sharon Anderson (St. Martin's, $14.95 paper) It's common for parents to worry about...

Hungry Lessons Learned on the Journey From Fat to Thin By Allen Zadoff (Da Capo Lifelong, $19.95 paper) The author ballooned to 360 pounds before realizing that his head, not...

I've got a mild case of germaphobia. As such, there are a number of tricks I employ each day to limit my exposure to unseen beasties. Bathroom doors are opened...

The Guy's Guide to Surviving Toddlers, Tantrums, and Separation Anxiety* *Yours, Not Your Kid's! By Michael Crider (DeCapo/Lifelong, $12.95 paper) While this male-written parenting guide has the requisite fathers-are-dolts cliches,...

HALLOWEEN IS A BUSY TIME for candy makers, lawn rakers and blood takers. Not hospital phlebotomists, mind you, but vampires. The children of Dracula. In this age of lethal blood...