Chris McNamara

God help the deer, raccoon or smallmouth that wanders into a Bass Pro Shop. These cathedrals of carrion, these PETA-baiting palaces are fun houses for hunters, anglers and those --...

Dad's Pregnant Too! By Harlan Cohen (Sourcebooks, $12.95 paper) The Chicago author has made a career out of advising teens on growing up. Here he focuses on parenthood. Promising to...

The Self-Esteem Trap Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance By Polly Young-Eisendrath (Little, Brown, $25.99) The psychologist author describes the self-esteem trap as "unrealistic fantasies of...

Graham Bowles has competed against Bobby Flay on "Iron Chef America" and established Avenues within the Peninsula Hotel as one of Chicago's premier upscale restaurants. But on a recent afternoon,...

Finding Your Zone Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life By Michael Lardon, MD (Perigee, $14.95 paper) The sports-psychiatrist author believes that great athletes "capture the...

Moving Forward Taking the Lead in Your Life By Dave Pelzer (Center Street, $22.99) Dave Pelzer, an acclaimed author of life-guidance books, demands that readers accept themselves as they are...

It's common to find those men's hairstyle books in the magazine racks at barbershops, but have you ever seen a guy pick one up, browse the pictures, then hand it...

There are two possible reasons that I'm a terrible golfer: 1. I've never had a lesson and I play once a year with antiquated clubs, don't particularly care for the...

Stimulated! How to Spark Your Creative Genius at Work By Andrew Pek and Jeannine McGlade (Greenleaf Book Group Press, $21.95) The married authors believe that creativity isn't a luxury, it's...

Change the Way You See Yourself Through Asset-Based Thinking By Kathryn D. Cramer, PhD, and Hank Wasiak (Running Press, $24.95) Asset-based thinking (ABT) is a way of viewing reality, say...