Traveling Internationally with Teenagers: “We Came, We Saw, We Left” by Charles Wheelan
Have you ever thought of taking a year off and traveling? With teenagers?
Africa
Forsyth’s “A Short History of Drunkenness”: The Importance of Handling the Buzz
Americans in Paris celebrate the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Unknown /w New York Times, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, 1933. Who would think to write a history of drunkenness, and what is there to say? That’s what I thought when I ran across this bizarre little book, but as it turns out, people have …
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“The Pickup” Picks Up the Story: Nadine Gordimer’s Take on the Post Apartheid Generation in South Africa
Why I Read The Pickup A couple of weeks ago, I found myself with a hole in my scheduled where an installment of “Bedtime Short Stories” was supposed to go, and I wasn’t sure that I was going to have time to read something new. I had a brainwave and decided to go with Nadine …
Get “Stoned” by Aja Raden and Learn about the Compulsion to Hoard
I got interested in reading Stoned because it’s just not everyday that you pick up a nonfiction book, or any book, and see a blurb from Madonna on the cover. It’s also a great title, especially since the book is mostly about gemstones but a little bit about spices, which people apparently used to get …
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