Laura Blumenfeld wrote a book called “Revenge: A Story of Hope.” It recounts how she went to Jerusalem and sought out the family of the Palestinian man who shot her tourist father.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Are we ever good enough, or are we doomed to self-optimization for our entire lives?
Jay Parini is a poet, novelist and teacher. He's also the author of "Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America." He tells Jim Fleming that his is not a list of "great books" but rather books that significantly changed the literary climate of American culture.
Jessica Lamb-Shapiro attended a conference of self-help authors featuring Mark Victor Hansen of "Chicken Soup for the..." fame.
In 1776 there were no radios or telephones or honking cars, but there were other sounds. The church bell, the town crier, and women beating their laundry all had distinct sounds.
No matter how much we learn about the brain, Sacks says we may never understand how the mind works. In this interview, he marvels at how the human brain is fine-tuned to respond to music.
Joao Magueijo has been stirring things up in Physics with his book, “Faster Than the Speed of Light.” He posits that the speed of light can vary.
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