Alexander Pope, a brilliant, vindictive little hunchback who became the greatest satirical poet of his century (the 18th), usually had the last word, and usually it lasted. Vain and touchy, a ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Christie Watson A GOOD TIME TO BE BORN How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future ...

These are the questions that Dacher Keltner tackles in his new book, Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life. Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, ...

The title of David Lodge’s memoir of the first 40 years of his life, from 1935-75 is not ironic. 1935 really wasn’t a bad time to be born – if you were British. It was pretty awful if you ...

Several months ago, I was browsing through a bookstore inSeattle looking for something to read on my flight back across thecountry. After having spent eight hourson stage working to keep a mental ...

At nearly 500 pages, Quite a Good Time to Be Born is long. It is laudably touching that Harvill Secker have permitted what might be considered an indulgent amount of space to reach only the age of 40.

When award-winning filmmaker Eileen Thalenberg decided to make the documentary Babies: Born To Be Good? she headed to the laboratories of U of T’s Kang Lee in Canada and China. The result airs on ...

Robert Budreau ‘s “ Born to Be Blue,” which revolves around legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, falls somewhere in the middle of the genre’s eternal problem. The movie catches up with ...

08-21-2009 TECH Born To Be Good – Mirror Neurons Help Us Empathize Several months ago, I was browsing through a bookstore in Seattle looking for something to read on my flight back across the ...