Alumnae Authors

{"id":6844662906969,"title":"The Tin Ticket — Swiss '74","handle":"the-tin-ticket-swiss-74","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Deborah J. Swiss, Class of 1974\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tin Ticket\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of three women arrested and sent into suffering and slavery in Australia and Tasmania-where they overcame their fates unlike any women in the world. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives. Ultimately, this is a story of women who, by sheer force of will, became the heart and soul of a new nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-10-26T16:45:19-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-29T09:36:38-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Books","tags":["History","Non-Fiction"],"price":1700,"price_min":1700,"price_max":1700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1700,"compare_at_price_min":1700,"compare_at_price_max":1700,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39506397298777,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA405-Swiss","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Tin Ticket — Swiss '74","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1700,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780425243077","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba405-swiss-tin.jpg?v=1632922600"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba405-swiss-tin.jpg?v=1632922600","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Tin Ticket by Deborah Swiss 1974","id":20750368440409,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba405-swiss-tin.jpg?v=1632922600"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba405-swiss-tin.jpg?v=1632922600","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Deborah J. Swiss, Class of 1974\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tin Ticket\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of three women arrested and sent into suffering and slavery in Australia and Tasmania-where they overcame their fates unlike any women in the world. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives. Ultimately, this is a story of women who, by sheer force of will, became the heart and soul of a new nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6824163410009,"title":"Dying to Be Beautiful — Kay '91","handle":"dying-to-be-beautiful-kay-91","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Gwen Kay, Class of 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful: The Fight for Safe Cosmetics\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of how cosmetics came to be regulated in early-20th-century America. In 1906, the Food and Drug Administration was given the power to control food and drugs. Not until 1938 were other products that went into or onto the body, including cosmetics, similarly regulated. The intervening years saw death by depilatory and blindness by mascara and a rise in consumer and grassroots political activism. This book examines who fought for regulation of these inherently feminine products and why it took so long for their goals to be achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGwen Kay argues that many activists, often at the grassroots level, set the stage for changes in legislation. The activists’ continued outrage, letters, negative press, books, and just plain attention to these matters allowed for the plodding Congressional committee hearings to transform into swift action in the face of a national crisis provoked by a lack of regulatory oversight. Ordinary citizens, doctors as individuals rather than as an association, government officials acting in a personal rather than an official capacity, and even manufacturers concerned about less-reputable industrial cousins tainting the cosmetic industry’s good name all supported the effort to regulate cosmetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book that substantively examines the cosmetics industry in light of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. \u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e pays particular attention to the problems caused by cosmetics and to the possible solutions offered, both before and after implementation of the 1938 law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-22T12:18:05-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-22T12:18:04-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Books","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2295,"compare_at_price_min":2295,"compare_at_price_max":2295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39473892819033,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA397-Kay","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dying to Be Beautiful — Kay '91","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2295,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0814251382","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Dying to Be Beautiful, by Gwen Kay","id":20721972576345,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Gwen Kay, Class of 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful: The Fight for Safe Cosmetics\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of how cosmetics came to be regulated in early-20th-century America. In 1906, the Food and Drug Administration was given the power to control food and drugs. Not until 1938 were other products that went into or onto the body, including cosmetics, similarly regulated. The intervening years saw death by depilatory and blindness by mascara and a rise in consumer and grassroots political activism. This book examines who fought for regulation of these inherently feminine products and why it took so long for their goals to be achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGwen Kay argues that many activists, often at the grassroots level, set the stage for changes in legislation. The activists’ continued outrage, letters, negative press, books, and just plain attention to these matters allowed for the plodding Congressional committee hearings to transform into swift action in the face of a national crisis provoked by a lack of regulatory oversight. Ordinary citizens, doctors as individuals rather than as an association, government officials acting in a personal rather than an official capacity, and even manufacturers concerned about less-reputable industrial cousins tainting the cosmetic industry’s good name all supported the effort to regulate cosmetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book that substantively examines the cosmetics industry in light of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. \u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e pays particular attention to the problems caused by cosmetics and to the possible solutions offered, both before and after implementation of the 1938 law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6824118255705,"title":"The Big Disconnect — Steiner-Adair '76","handle":"the-big-disconnect-steiner-adair-76","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Catherine Steiner-Adair, Class of 1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHave iPads replaced conversation at the dinner table? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat do infants observe when their parents are on their smartphones? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShould you be your child's Facebook friend?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the focus of family has turned to the glow of the screen—children constantly texting their friends, parents working online around the clock—everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy availability to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from the unsavory aspects of adult life. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis around this issue, and even more so than they realize. Not only do chronic tech distractions have deep and lasting effects, but children desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical work with children and parents, and her consulting work with educators and experts across the country, Steiner-Adair offers insights and advice that can help parents achieve greater under-standing, authority, and confidence as they come up against the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe all know that deep connection with the people we love means everything to us. It's time to look with fresh eyes and an open mind at the disconnection we are experiencing from our extreme device dependence. It's never too late to put down the iPad and come to the dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-22T11:54:09-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-22T11:54:06-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Books","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":2699,"price_min":2699,"price_max":2699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2699,"compare_at_price_min":2699,"compare_at_price_max":2699,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39473872699481,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA396-Steiner-Adair","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Big Disconnect — Steiner-Adair '76","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2699,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780062082428","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba396-steiner-big.jpg?v=1632326048"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba396-steiner-big.jpg?v=1632326048","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Big Disconnect by Catherine Steiner-Adair","id":20721907236953,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba396-steiner-big.jpg?v=1632326048"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba396-steiner-big.jpg?v=1632326048","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Catherine Steiner-Adair, Class of 1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHave iPads replaced conversation at the dinner table? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat do infants observe when their parents are on their smartphones? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShould you be your child's Facebook friend?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the focus of family has turned to the glow of the screen—children constantly texting their friends, parents working online around the clock—everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy availability to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from the unsavory aspects of adult life. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis around this issue, and even more so than they realize. Not only do chronic tech distractions have deep and lasting effects, but children desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical work with children and parents, and her consulting work with educators and experts across the country, Steiner-Adair offers insights and advice that can help parents achieve greater under-standing, authority, and confidence as they come up against the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe all know that deep connection with the people we love means everything to us. It's time to look with fresh eyes and an open mind at the disconnection we are experiencing from our extreme device dependence. It's never too late to put down the iPad and come to the dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6543420555353,"title":"Living Sustainably — Sanford '83","handle":"living-sustainably-sanford-83","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy A. Whitney Sanford, Class of 1983\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own societies and live based on the values of nonviolence, self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e, A. Whitney Sanford reveals the solutions that such communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting the specific choices and adaptations that they have made to accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy. \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e is a teachable testament to the idea that new cultures based on justice and sustainability are attainable in many ways. Sanford's engaging work demonstrates that citizens can make a conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-10T16:31:24-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-10T16:30:59-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":3695,"price_min":3695,"price_max":3695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3695,"compare_at_price_min":3695,"compare_at_price_max":3695,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39267077587033,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA315-Sanford","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Living Sustainably — Sanford '83","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3695,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780813177526","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Living Sustainably by A. Whitney Sanford","id":20263824326745,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy A. Whitney Sanford, Class of 1983\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own societies and live based on the values of nonviolence, self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e, A. Whitney Sanford reveals the solutions that such communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting the specific choices and adaptations that they have made to accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy. \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e is a teachable testament to the idea that new cultures based on justice and sustainability are attainable in many ways. Sanford's engaging work demonstrates that citizens can make a conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6538903289945,"title":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","handle":"thinking-woman-dragseth-93","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:41-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:29-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2995,"compare_at_price_min":2995,"compare_at_price_max":2995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256751046745,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA286-Dragseth","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2995,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781625646347","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Thinking Woman by Jennifer Dragseth '93","id":20239954640985,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4761658392665,"title":"The Enchanted Hour — Gurdon '86","handle":"the-enchanted-hour-the-miraculous-power-of-reading-aloud-in-the-age-of-distraction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Meghan Cox Gurdon '86\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hc-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of a book, a voice, and a bit of time into complex and powerful fuel for the heart, brain, and imagination. Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and drawing widely from literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Enchanted Hour\u003c\/em\u003e explains the dazzling cognitive and social-emotional benefits that await children, whatever their class, nationality or family background. But it’s not just about bedtime stories for little kids: Reading aloud consoles, uplifts and invigorates at every age, deepening the intellectual lives and emotional well-being of teenagers and adults, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeghan Cox Gurdon argues that this ancient practice is a fast-working antidote to the fractured attention spans, atomized families and unfulfilling ephemera of the tech era, helping to replenish what our devices are leaching away. 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