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An overview of the recent phenomenon of marriages that end before they reach the five-year mark.
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I hate books that never tell you more than what you read in the title. I generally enjoy books like this, as I’m keenly interested in human behavior and social trends, but this book really didn’t do it for [...]

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A dissection of hook-up culture on college campuses and in high schools, including anecdotal accounts.
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More hand-wringing than Last Night in Paradise, less high-minded than Unprotected, Unhooked is more likely than either to provoke fear and consternation in the hearts of parents of teenagers across America–particularly if they’ve read I Am Charlotte Simmons and their daughter [...]

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A look at sexual mores in the age of AIDS.
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I like a good polemic as much as the next person, particularly when it involves people having lots of sex, mostly because I always feel like that’s nice work if you can get it. Last Night in Paradise isn’t hard-hitting investigative journalism as much as [...]

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An investigation into cosmetic surgery, mainly in America, with a focus on the extremes to which people have gone.
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An overview of the “giftedness complex,” from Baby Einstein to kid Scrabble tournaments.
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An essay-driven look at various crises facing American men.
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Judith Wallerstein began a long-term study of the effects of divorce on children 25 years ago, and this book presents a portrait of the history and present of 5 children of divorce, and 5 who lived in families with similar dynamics where the parents did not divorce.
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