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Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are

March 15, 2013

Friendfluence

  We tend to think all of our traits and life decisions can be traced back to our genes or the influence of our parents or partners, but it has become increasingly clear that our peers are stealth sculptors of everything from our basic linguistic habits to our highest aspirations.   Friendfluence is a well-researched but readable look at what many consider to be the most ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, Doubleday, friendship, psychology, relationships

Much Ado About Loving

February 13, 2013

Much Ado About Loving

Just in time for Valentine's Day, two writers with a love for literature take a light-hearted look at relationships based on some of the world’s greatest works of fiction, in Much Ado About Loving. Maura Kelly has written a daily dating blog for Marie Claire and has written for Glamour, Rolling Stone, and Slate.  Jack Murnighan has a Ph.D. in medieval and renaissance literature ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: Free Press, relationships, self-help

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