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We’ll admit we haven’t worn butterflies around our neck since the ‘80’s but this sophisticated necklace designed by Courtney Cox and David Arquette with Satya Jewelry will definitely change that. Hanging delicately from a black silk cord, the etched sterling silver butterfly pendant literally represents hope and freedom for children suffering from a rare skin…
Fast Fact: More than 20% of adults read at or below fifth grade level. Fast! Act!: It’s never too late to learn. Visit www.proliteracy.org to discover how you can help an adult learn to read and open up a whole new world.
One could argue that songs are literature set to music — sure, we can think of some exceptions, too, but even a snappy little Beach Boys tune tells a vivid story. Artists for Literacy, a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of reading-challenged children and adults, has taken that idea one step further with…
The original chick lit, Persephone Books boasts an eclectic collection of 70 forgotten or neglected twentieth-century classics by, for and about women that are timeless, thought-provoking and worth a prominent place on every serious book lover’s shelf. New editions come out quarterly and (re)introduce important authors like Katherine Mansfield and Judith Viorst We dream of…
Start organizing your books! If the thought of categorizing them on your shelves is just too daunting, try cataloging them online at www.librarything.com. A bibliophile’s dream, this highly innovative site proves that libraries really are cool places to meet fascinating people.
Totally hooked by classics like “The Age of Innocence” and “The House of Mirth,” we already knew literary master Edith Wharton had substance. The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, Wharton nailed the hypocrisy of upper class conventionality with her scathing portraits of the turn-of-the-century New York society into which she was born as…
Five-time Olympic swimmerDara Torres made quite a splash at the Beijing Olympics this summer when, at 41, she became the oldest Olympic swimmer in history and the only one to win a medal in five Olympics. Torres won her first medal in 1984 — the year Debbie Phelps was pregnant with Torres’ future teammate, Michael….
Unable to start the day without clean hair but feeling guilty about the 2.5 gallons of water per minute it takes to get it (that’s a whopping 25 GALLONS for a leisurely shampoo, absorb, rinse and repeat), I was thrilled to find Lulu Organics Hair Powder. Meant for “days of unwash” — which is a…
