Science Fiction And Philosophy Go Hand-In-Hand: This Is Why
If you're a fan of science fiction, then I've got another label for you: you're also a philosopher, to a degree. Yes, I know - the images...
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Saying Goodbye In Chapters: How I Learned That Grief Is A Never-Ending Journey
I always knew my dad would die during my early 20s. What I didn’t know was that I’d still be grieving 10 years later. Ever since I was...
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A Portal To Other Worlds: Inside The Last Bookstore In Los Angeles
This independent bookstore in Downtown LA may have only opened in 2005, but inside its unique book vaults and tunnels, and curious nooks...
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Memoirs of a Ryokō-sha
The scene at the end of Memoirs of a Geisha (the film, not the book) where we see a flashback of the main character Sayuri - when she was...
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Georgia On My Mind: Batumi, Eurasia's Pearl of the Black Sea
Sometime during the past few years, Batumi - a beautiful coastal town in Georgia, where the beaches are lined with pebbles and the air is...
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Finding Life In The House Of Bones
I used to paint - a lot. When I was a fresh university graduate in Boston, many nights after I got home from work, whether I was sad,...
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Confessions Of A Half-Asian Tiger Cub
In 2001, a book written by American author, lawyer, and Yale Law School professor Amy Chua called "Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother" made...
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The Village That Slowed Down Time
It was a cold and nippy winter's day in Azerbaijan - a destination I'd wound up in through a rather spontaneous plane ticket purchase....
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Life Lessons From The Boxing Ring
Ask anyone who has ever exhibited a serious commitment to a sport whether that passion has seeped into the rest of their life somehow or...
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