Shelf Reflections

Sex in the Museum by Susan Forbes

“Sarah Forbes was in graduate school when she stumbled upon a museum dedicated to . . . sex. The anthropology[…]

“Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis’s exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada—a coming of age story,[…]

“In 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his[…]

“Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of[…]

“’Ken Jennings reveals the truth behind all those things you tell your children’ (Parade) in this entertaining and useful New[…]

“In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching[…]

“The humble act of putting one foot in front of the other transcends age, geography, culture, and class, and is[…]

“With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw’s Laughing at My Nightmare describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year-old[…]