Updated
27 June, 2010
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Young Women Talking (1878). Courtesy of Auguste Renoir Gallery.
The Libraries
Of Interest~
    
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Interviews
"A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books.” (Chinese Proverb)
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Creating Sustainable Relationships
Will Marré, cofounder and a former president of the Covey Leadership Center, suggests that new approaches to over-complicated modern lifestyles will not only help people improve their personal effectiveness but will also yield immense interpersonal benefits. |
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On the Brink of Immortality
In his semi-retirement from a long career that focused (literally) on other planets, scientist Robert Nathan has turned his attention back to Earth and to how we humans can extend our stay here. After receiving his PhD in chemistry and biology from Caltech, Nathan enjoyed a long and distinguished career at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he received an award from NASA for his work on image processing. |
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Communicating With Style
Deborah Tannen, a respected linguistics scholar who has written extensively within the scholarly community, is also author of six books for popular audiences, two of which have been New York Times best-sellers. Besides her doctorate earned at the University of California-Berkeley, Tannen has received five honorary doctorates. Her research has contributed significantly to linguistics theory. |
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Parent Talk
Ruth Nemzoff, a mother of four and grandmother of six, is a researcher and resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. Her undergraduate studies at Columbia University were followed by graduate studies at Harvard and Wellesley and she has taught in a variety of situations from American universities to a government school in India. In addition to her book for popular audiences, Nemzoff has been published extensively in scholarly journals and is noted for her contributions to women's studies. |
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The Lost Relationship: Fathers and Daughters
Linda Nielsen is a psychologist and professor of adolescent psychology and women's studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, where she teaches a “Fathers and Daughters” course, the only one of its kind in the United States for nearly 20 years. Nielsen's latest book, Between Fathers and Daughters, provides practical advice about how women and their fathers can create a more comfortable, honest, meaningful bond or how they may be able to rebuild a badly damaged one.
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Smart Men Make Passes at Women with Glasses
Christine Whelan is an author, journalist and commentator who has been in the limelight since she was eight, when she moderated a nationally syndicated talk show for kids. She studied at Oxford University, has taught at Princeton and has written for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Huffington Post. In this interview she explains the focus of her 2006 book, Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women. |
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Tipping the Scale Toward Balance
Life Balance Coach Natalie Gahrmann is the official Life Coach for Parenting Magazine and work/life expert at BlueSuitMom. In these roles, as well as in her own company (NRG Coaching Associates) Gahrmann helps her clients learn to succeed in balancing their personal and professional obligations in order to maintain their focus on core values and to achieve an overall sense of peace, joy, and sustainability.
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