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50 Ways to Leave Your 40s Living It Up in Life's Second Half By Sheila Key and Peggy Spencer, MD (New World Library, $14.95 paper) Five million people turn 50...
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… or just try the scientific Guinness
Leave it to the Irish to push the boundaries of science to create a better beer. The latest from the good folks at Guinness is The Surger, a futuristic-looking doodad...
5 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM … Making Love, Playing Power
Making Love, Playing Power Men, Women, and the Rewards of Intimate Justice By Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio (Soft Skull Press, $15.95 paper) "Intimate justice" means a level playing field for couples,...
‘Bromance’ turns into good theater
Over time, terms are ousted from our lexicon (for example, "blame it on the rain") and others are welcomed, such as "bromance," which is increasingly used in reference to close...
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The Second Circle How to Use Positive Energy for Success in Every Situation By Patsy Rodenburg (W.W. Norton, $24.95) The acting coach/author focuses on the concept of three circles of...
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Be Happy Without Being Perfect By Alice D. Domar, PhD, and Alice Lesch Kelly (Crown, $24.95 paper) Psychologist Domar advises women to quit dreaming of perfection and start appreciating the...
Bartender’s nicotini can bring smokers in from the cold
Rashed Islam has found a way to pacify smokers struggling with the city's recent ban on lighting up. It doesn't entail huddling outside in the cold, wearing Nicoderm patches or...
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Cinescopes What Your Favorite Movies Reveal About You By Risa Williams and Ezra Werb (Quirk, $14.95 paper) Sunday's broadcast of the Academy Awards could serve as psychoanalysis for you, if...
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The Secrets of Happily Married Women By Scott Haltzman, MD, and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo (Jossey-Bass, $22,95) Some women retain a confident spark when dealing with the stresses of life that...
Here’s how to give a woman chocolate
Christopher Rocklyn comes home from work smelling like chocolate. But the 37-year-old doesn't work in a candy shop; he spends his days soothing ladies. Late last year the Four Seasons...