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What Happened to the McStay Family?

January 26, 2012
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What Happened to the McStay Family?

The McStay family went missing from their home in Falbrook, CA, in February of 2010. Joseph McStay, 40, and his wife Summer, 43, apparently left home in their Isuzu Trooper on the night of February 4 with their two children–Gianni, 4, and Joseph, Jr., 3. Aside from a call Joseph made to one of his co-workers that night, the family has never been heard from again. There was no sign of forced entry or struggle at the home, which the family had only recently moved into. On February 8, the Trooper was towed from a strip mall parking lot...

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The Joy of Less: declutter & live simply & well in 2012

January 9, 2012
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The Joy of Less: declutter & live simply & well in 2012

Maybe you've made a resolution to downsize and declutter in 2012. If you're like me, you've made this resolution every year for the past ten years. You keep planning to throw stuff away, but never get around to it. You keep planning to stop shopping, but then you see that stunning pair of shoes, and you forget.  Guilty but necessary pleasure: I don't plan to stop buying books. (That would be hypocritical, since I certainly hope that the good readers of the world will keep buying mine.) Buy the Joy of Less from your local bookstore through indiebound--and when you're...

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Great gifts for boys

November 12, 2011
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Great gifts for boys

It’s that time again. If there are boys on your Christmas list, and you’re bored of the same old Lego sets, check out these great gifts for boys ages 6 -10. Includes sports games, spy gear, learning games, classic toys, electronics, and more.

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Penn State and the Good Citizens of Omelas

November 11, 2011
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Penn State and the Good Citizens of Omelas

In a basement under one of the beautiful buildings of Omelas, or perhaps in the cellar of one of its spacious private homes, there is a room. It has one locked door, and no window…In the room a child is sitting… These words are form Ursula LeGuin’s chilling short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” You may remember the story from school, because it is often taught in high school English classes: a moral lesson about what, or rather whom, a society is willing to sacrifice in order to maintain its own happiness, its own illusion of...

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3 Great Gifts for Booklovers

November 5, 2011
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3 Great Gifts for Booklovers

Blue Nights, by Joan Didion My Hollywood, by Mona Simpson: an incredibly nuanced take on the relationship between caregivers and the families who depend on them. Set in LA in the nineties, this book is a complex and thought-provoking counterpart to Kathryn Stockett’s The Help. The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes

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