According to clinical psychologist Alyson Nerenberg, an addictions and relationship expert who has long had an office in Chestnut Hill, many of us enter into relationships with unrealistic expectations - which can lead to crushing disappointment.
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by Len Lear
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6/30/22
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Are you like me and almost everyone else on earth, and completely befuddled by this thing called cryptocurrency?
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by Len Lear
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6/23/22
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Lafayette Hill resident Richard Lyntton's life would make a pretty good movie. He’s been a captain and a tank commander in the British military, observed and documented war crimes in Bosnia, been abducted by Serbs in Sarajevo and written several books.
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by Len Lear
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6/23/22
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David Contosta, professor of history at Chestnut Hill College and prolific interpreter of modern America, has turned his pen to memoir and subtly bridged the genres.
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by John O’Donnell
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5/4/22
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Every single one of the 360 pages was a treasure and epiphany for me.
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by Len Lear
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5/4/22
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“Our Catholic identity was part of our family life,” she said during a recent Zoom interview. “My faith was always part of my identity.”
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by Len Lear
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4/29/22
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Hoerlin, who served as Health Commissioner of Philadelphia and now lives in Center City, taught public health at the University of Pennsylvania and has been a visiting lecturer at Haverford College and Oxford University.
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by Len Lear
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4/28/22
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Peter Murphy has written numerous books and articles, often about masculinity and femininity, as well as poetry books.
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by Len Lear
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3/11/22
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“Are on this earth to help others; don’t you think? I’ve learned a lot from these people with so-called disabilities because they are some of the most honest, loving, nonjudgmental people you will ever know.”
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by Len Lear
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3/1/22
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One day last August, I read a cluster of news headlines on Phillynewsfeeds.com. They dismayed me, so I copied and pasted them to a file while I thought about their weird, peculiarly American horror.
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by High Gilmore
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2/17/22
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Retired history professor Edward J.M. Rhoads just finished his memoir, “War and Revolution in South China: The Story of a Transnational Biracial Family, 1936-1951”
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by Len Lear
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2/10/22
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I recently read four books you might enjoy. All of them concern the mystifying intersections where humans and animals all too often collide.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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2/3/22
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The event last year marked a soft opening for the used bookstore. For a $5 donation, the Friends will set you up on a Blind Date with a Book.
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by Laura Lucas, Friends of Chestnut Hill Library Board Member
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1/27/22
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Chestnut Hill resident Tony DePaul's crime novels is full of references to Northwest Philadelphia locations. They definitely make the events seem more relatable.
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by Len Lear
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1/26/22
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In Woke Racism, McWhorter takes on quite a few sacred cows, including affirmative action. Needless to say, all of this makes McWhorter a bit of a lightning rod on social media, where he gets pilloried by some and praised by others.
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by Len Lear
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1/21/22
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Based on a true story, Chestnut Hill author Alfred O'Neill Jr. has just written “…an intriguing crime story packed with shady characters, double-dealing and violence … Alby and …
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by Len Lear
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1/14/22
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Long-time Chestnut Hill resident Dr. George L. Spaeth is arguably the most renowned ophthalmologist in the world. The Director Emeritus of the Glaucoma Service at Wills Eye Hospital received his …
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by Len Lear
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1/6/22
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Doug Wechsler, who has written 24 previous books about nature and the animal world and has taken most of the photos in them, specializes in researching information that is not widely known to the public.
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by Len Lear
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1/5/22
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Chestnut Hill resident Miles Orvell may be more intrigued by urban ruins than any other subject.
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by Len Lear
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12/31/21
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Over the decades I have dealt with quite a few stock brokers promoting one stock or another. I often wondered why these brokers, if they are so smart and prescient about their analyses, don't quit their day jobs and start investing their own money full-time in all of these stocks they are so sure will hit home runs.
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by Len Lear
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12/31/21
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