A thirsty elephant herd storms toward the river, stampeding faster and faster as they pick up the smell of water. Small One moves safely amid the tall, gray legs of the adults. Protected by the dynamics of the family circle, she gains... Read More

The Civil War blew away almost all the sources of social status and pride for aristocratic Southern belles. Few young women were as resourceful as Scarlett O’Hara in using grit and charm to build a new life for themselves. Instead,... Read More

As every woman past puberty knows (and sadly, increasingly before puberty as well), when it comes to breast development, size really does matter. Even if a woman is content with the shape, width, and breadth of her bosom, it’s likely... Read More

It is 1973: “The Partridge Family”rules the hearts of prepubescent girls on television, and music is played on vinyl records. Danny Burke, a loner in his 5th grade class at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, longs to be accepted by the... Read More

A canvas covered with bright spatters of paint, by Jackson Pollock. Warhol’s famous image of Marilyn Monroe. “The Spiral Jetty,” by Smithson, a massive curl of heaped rocks extending into the Great Salt Lake. The glaring... Read More

“This book is about love-not the soft, sentimental kind but the strong, spirit-transforming kind,” writes the author. The distinction is important, since the word “love” can signify different things to different people. To... Read More

“Approximately one third of a million Americans acknowledge having MS [multiple sclerosis], and every week about 200 people are diagnosed. Worldwide, MS may affect 2.5 million individuals,” according to the National Multiple... Read More

“Nobody had any money. You could buy a set of overalls for 25 cents [but] nobody had 25 cents,” recalled a Montana man in the 1930s. That’s the Depression-era Montana captured on film by photographers sent by Washington, D.C.... Read More