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Because we know both how good it feels to actually finish a book and how rarely that actually happens at Harvard, the titles are arranged roughly from shortest to longest. (Thanks to the members of the Eliot, Mather, Pfoho, and FUP mailing lists for providing the recommendations...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Books to Read Over J-Term | 1/3/2010 | See Source »

Instead, reward yourself for sticking to your limits and focus on the benefits of changing. For instance, if your goal is to drink less or lose weight, treat yourself to something you want - a new book or DVD, say - each time you successfully resist a tempting dessert or achieve a goal, like a month of abstinence. Success tends to beget greater success. If you do slip back into old patterns, avoid recriminations. "Don't say, 'I can't do it,' " says Marlatt. "People make mistakes. If you keep working at it, you will get better over time. That's what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions: Advice from the Experts | 1/1/2010 | See Source »

After Saigon fell, America abandoned the secret army, and in 1975, as many as 10,000 Hmong were slaughtered at the hands of the ascendant Pathet Lao, according to Roger Warner, an author who is researching a book on Vang Pao. Others fled to neighboring Thailand and the U.S., where about 100,000 were eventually resettled. It was not until 1997 that Washington officially acknowledged the valor of the Hmong soldiers. A small stone with a copper plaque was placed in their honor between the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame in Arlington National...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hmong and the CIA | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...this kind of closes the book on whether or not, if you start taking ginkgo later in life, you are going to have cognitive benefit," says DeKosky, vice dean of the School of Medicine. "We don't have good evidence that it maintains good brain health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Ginkgo Flunks Test as a Brain Booster | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

SARAH PALIN gets a book deal; LEVI JOHNSTON gets a pictorial. Next year, the other way around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

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