Yoko Ono breaking up the Beatles is a story as deeply entrenched in pop culture as the British Invasion itself, and Nirvana fans have long maintained Courtney Love was to blame for Kurt Cobain’s tragic death. But how did these women, and so many others...

Cursing with Style: A Dicktionary of Expletives by Erika M. Weinert is a resource with a satirical but factual presentation that sets out to define what many would think defies definition -- swear words. However, referring to them as swear words is an oversimplification of...

Nate River is a sixteen-year-old teenager who ends up entering Café de Sophia on a rainy day. There he meets someone who calls himself Plato and they engage in a casual conversation. Nate didn't expect that this moment would be the first step on a...

This book provides a concise history of people who influenced statistics and the theorems that developed from them, starting from a professional gambler, the founder of probability, to Bayes’ theorem. Confused by the Odds: How Probability Misleads Us by David Lockwood makes understanding the results...

Children learn according to their natural abilities, but they have to be motivated to acquire new skills. Teachers must also learn to connect with each student individually. Childhood education prepares them for a better future and real learning begins in an efficient classroom. Connect...

Climate change is causing a paradigm shift all around us. If you take a careful look you will see it. There has been much speculation surrounding the causes. Areas that were once cold are now being impacted by warmer weather and the reverse is also...

Contrary to Conception: Stories and Lessons about Successful Birth Control and Contraceptive Methods by Madeline V. Pasimio, DDS is a useful and informative book on contraception. The book begins with a true story of how a young girl approaches her mother and asks to see...

Creative Leadership: Born from Design (Designing Now), Rama Gheerawo’s nonfiction work explores the contemporary conflict between leadership and more dated methods. The author examines the tools of design and asks whether designers can be leaders or not. With a new outlook in the 2020s, looking...

When you hear the word 'nature,' what comes to mind? Is it something visual, spiritual, physical, mental, or nothing at all? Nature has a way of healing, connecting, engaging, and speaking by releasing your senses when you allow it. If you want to learn more...

Leaders are everywhere: in the office, in a sports team, they also head a family. As leaders, we have a responsibility to improve our conversational abilities. Using good communication skills, productivity is boosted, better results can be achieved by building trust, and each employee feels...