Books & Movies

Why We Crave Rescue Fantasies

Why We Crave Rescue Fantasies

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels In Pakistan, people watched as a pregnant woman was stoned to death by her own father for marrying the man she loved. In India, two girls were raped and hung from a tree. The police are accused of failing to respond. In Nigeria, […]

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The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook + A Tomato Tart Recipe

The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook + A Tomato Tart Recipe

by guest bloggers Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, The Beekman Boys One warm summer day, a family with a 4-year-old came to visit us at Beekman Farm. As we walked around the heirloom vegetable garden—52 raised beds on a half-acre plot at the heart of the farm—the child became fascinated with pulling carrots out of […]

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Are You Fed Up? You Will Be Soon

Are You Fed Up? You Will Be Soon

There’s a new documentary out that aims to prove that “everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong.” That’s a strong statement, and mostly true if the only place you’ve been getting your news on food and exercise is from the mainstream media. Mass-media outlets love to […]

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The Kind Mama

The Kind Mama

by guest blogger Alicia Silverstone, actress, author, and activist Back in 2009, I published my first book, The Kind Diet, in which I shared everything I know about the healing power of a plant-based, or “kind,” diet. I’m proud to say that since that book came out, I’ve heard from countless readers whose lives have […]

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A Garden of Marvels

A Garden of Marvels

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels I don’t usually read gardening books, but this one promised sex. I was intrigued by a peek at the great orgy happening in the great outdoors. All those birds, all those bees…! The book in question, A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered […]

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Act Like a Couple, Think Like a Person: 5 Fight-Less, Love-More Strategies to Superglue Your Relationship

Act Like a Couple, Think Like a Person: 5 Fight-Less, Love-More Strategies to Superglue Your Relationship

by guest blogger Laurie Puhn, lawyer, couples mediator, and author Sometimes, the best advice given to people in a relationship is common sense, uncommonly used—as in, do unto your mate as you’d like done to you. As a lawyer, a couples mediator, and the author of the bestseller Fight Less, Love More: 5-Minute Conversations to […]

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Just Keep Swimming

Just Keep Swimming

by guest blogger Renee James, essayist and blogger When Lynne Cox was a little girl on her swim team in New Hampshire, she never wanted to get out of the pool. She wasn’t the fastest, and she rarely won races, but that didn’t matter; she was still always the last to get out of the […]

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Heroines Gone Wild

Heroines Gone Wild

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels Once upon a time, if a woman wanted to make it in the world she had to keep her ankles covered and her thoughts to herself.  And “making it” most likely meant just a marriage and a respectable reputation. Times have changed—right? Well, […]

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