Chris McNamara

Trust Rules How to Tell the Good Guys From the Bad Guys in Work and Life By Linda K. Stroh, PhD (Praeger, $34.95) Stroh, a professor at Loyola University Chicago's...

Living Your Unlived Life Coping With Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the Second Half of Life By Robert A. Johnson and Jerry M. Ruhl, PhD (Tarcher/Penguin, $22.95) Johnson,...

THE TERM "eco-friendly 40-foot stretch Hummer" seems as oxymoronic as "low-cal fudge" or "sober Hollywood starlet." But that's just what Villa Park's Exotic Coach LimoSuites has been touting since June,...

The Encyclopedia of Immaturity By the editors of Klutz (Klutz, $19.95) You can judge this book by its cover, featuring the Mona Lisa with a mustache and an arrow through...

Negotiation Generation Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment By Lynne Reeves Griffin (Berkley, $14 paper) The author doesn't believe in punishment. Nor does she believe in negotiating every aspect...

To some runners of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, a beer is the last thing they'd put into their depleted bodies upon crossing the finish line next Sunday. To others,...

Wrigleyville is aptly labeled a circus, especially during night games like last month's matchup with the Mets, when Clark Street hosted a panhandler dressed as a clown, a winged fairy...

It's a dramatic scene as members of the Chicago Bears enter North Side nightclub Enclave, and a buzz crackles through the clubbers who've paid as much as $50 to party...

The Teen Whisperer: How to Break Through the Silence and Secrecy of Teenage Life By Mike Linderman with Gary Brozek (Collins, $24.95) The author is a cowboy and therapist, using...

At 55, Michael Gill lived in a big house in the suburbs of New York with his loving family, pulling down a six-figure salary as an executive at an ad...