BYPASSING THE NEW-CAR LOT: Couple favor a little history framed in chrome
Mike Thomas had a simple explanation for why he and wife Elaine bought a muscle car, decades after he owned a GTO as a teen in the '60s. "I'm a...
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Playing the Quantum Field By Brenda Anderson (New World Library, $14.95 paper) Chicago business executive Brenda Anderson's book mixes New Age spirituality with common sense, positive thinking and a dash...
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The Life Audit By Caroline Righton (Broadway Books, $14.95 paper) Bookstores are packed with books that claim to help you focus on your passions, make the most of your time...
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The Richest Man Who Ever Lived by Steven K. Scott (Currency/Doubleday, $19.95) Steven K. Scott has made millions creating TV infomercials that urge you to call in with your credit...
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Breakthrough Parenting for Children With Special Needs by Judy Winter (Jossey-Bass, $15.95 paper) Judy Winter's son Eric was born with cerebral palsy. He died unexpectedly when he was 12. In...
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"The Power of Purpose: Living Well by Doing Good" by Peter S. Temes (Harmony, $24) Peter Temes, a former professor at Harvard and Columbia Universities, says the key to happiness...
COMPETITIVE SHOOTING: A little gunfire just among friends
No animals were harmed in the course of the recent National Classic Shotgun Festival on the 640-acre grounds of the Northbrook Sports Club in north suburban Hainesville. But the clay...
MORE THOUGHT, LESS MUSCLE: Rising golf star offers a little coaching for guys
St. Charles' Sarah Lynn Johnston is only 5 foot 6 but still is one of the longer hitters, averaging 270 yards, on the Duramed Futures Tour, the LPGA's developmental arm...
Life can be so distracting
This ultra-fast-paced world deserves new words, and Edward M. Hallowell has come up with some winners: Gemmelsmerch. Screensucking. Doomdarts. Gemmelsmerch is a catch-all for the multitude of distractions we face...
`A lifestyle of giving’
To say that "Live Like You Mean It" (WaterBrook, $16.99) may have a limited audience is by no means to condemn it. Christian singer Kathy Troccoli's latest book, subtitled "Seven...