For many Americans, the standard meal is cheap, tasty, and fast. Many people go out to eat (fast food or sit down), order take-out, or grab something from the freezer. In Food, Inc. filmmaker Robert Kenner examines the costs of putting convenience and value  over nutrition and environmental impact. Food Inc. It's the movie that has gotten people to stop eating certain foods and to start eating healthier. Some people simply gawk and gasp at how unhealthy the food processing world is and continue to live their lives, but for others, it is a life changing experience. Food, Inc. reveals...

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Although summer is a time that many think of vacation and travel, not everyone gets to enjoy that luxury.  However, you can travel for free; all you need is a good book and a little imagination.  Here are our picks for great summer travels of the mind. Beach Chair Diaries, Summer Tales from Maine to Maui by Janet Spurr A collection of short humorous essays from learning to surf in Maui to eating lobster and ice cream, convertible rides and just walking an endless beach on Nantucket. At the end of each essay the reader will find low tide times with...

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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch Some of you may have heard of Randy Pausch before; perhaps his name would sound more familiar to you if I told you he was the Carnegie Mellon Professor known for his famous Last Lecture back in September of 2007. Many professors at Carnegie Mellon had given a speech in the series of lectures the university called "The Last Lecture", but his was the first real last lecture. When he was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer he knew that his chances for survival were slim, and...

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This is Mitch Albom's first nonfiction book to be published since his first nonfiction book, Tuesdays with Morrie, was published twelve years ago. In this book, Mitch Albom presents the amazing written story of an eight year journey between two worlds – two men, two faiths, two communities. It is based on a true story and has the capability to empower your life. Have A Little Faith all started with an unusual request. What was this request? Well, an 82-year-old rabbi from Albom’s old hometown asked him to deliver his eulogy. Mitch Albom did not feel as if he...

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I always have been fascinated in making processes more efficient and organized. At buffet lines, I am the one who sees that the ability to form two lines (one on each side of the table) is there, and I create that second line--cutting down the wait time for everyone in line. I am also extremely intrigued by human behavior and why we behave the way we do. When I saw the quote Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us) underneath the title of a book called Traffic, I knew that was a book for...

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