Weath­er­ing the Storm: How to Rebound from Fail­ure (PDF/ text)Fail­ure destroys some peo­ple. Oth­ers rise from the ashes, only to come back stronger. A guide to sur­viv­ing tough times.
	You’re Dri­ving Me Crazy: How to Get Along in a Rela­tion­ship (writer) (PDF / text)So often it’s the pet­ti­est prob­lems that tear cou­ples apart. How small irri­tants become big issues—and what to do about them.
	Marked for May­hem: How Crim­i­nals Select Their Vic­tims (co-writer) (PDF / text) Crim­i­nals don’t strike ran­domly; they select their tar­gets care­fully. How not to become a victim.
	The Art of Now: Six Steps to Liv­ing in the Moment (writer) (PDF/text) We live in the age of dis­trac­tion. Yet one of life’s sharpest para­doxes is that your bright­est future hinges on your abil­ity to pay atten­tion to the present.The 8½ Laws of Rumor Spread Why some ideas spread and oth­ers die.
	George Carlin’s Last Inter­view (Inter­view/High­lights)The icon­o­clas­tic comedian’s look back on his life. 7 Comics Share Their Secrets (PDF / text) PT’s favorite comics—From The Onion, The Daily Show, The New Yorker, MADtv, and The Flight of the Conchords—sit down with Jay Dixit to share their wit and wis­dom on what makes us laugh.Account­ing for Taste Our choices in books, movies, music, and art go to the core of who we are. What your tastes reveal about you.
	5 Stealth Forces That Shape Your WeightSci­en­tists are zero­ing in on the unex­pected ways mol­e­c­u­lar forces—including genes and viruses—impact your weight. In the process, they’re upend­ing the con­ven­tional wis­dom on just what makes a suc­cess­ful diet. Side­bar: Secrets of the Big Losers (Writer)Bil­lion Kid Break­down: Cri­sis Among China’s Chil­dren Cod­dled from infancy and raised to be aca­d­e­mic machines, China’s only chil­dren expect the world. Now they’re buck­ling under the pres­sure of their par­ents’ deferred dreams.
	Find­ing the Switch: The Dar­win­ian Logic of Homo­sex­u­al­ity (PDF / text)Homo­sex­u­al­ity may per­sist because the asso­ci­ated genes con­vey sur­pris­ing advan­tages on homo­sex­u­als’ fam­ily members.
	Scents and Sen­si­bil­ity“Sex­ual chem­istry” is more than just a way of talk­ing about heated attrac­tion. Sub­tle chem­i­cal keys actu­ally help deter­mine who we fall for. But here comes news that our lifestyles may unwit­tingly under­mine our nat­ural sex appeal.Fast Forces of Attrac­tion (PDF / text) Attrac­tion is a sym­phony in which many dif­fer­ent instruments—wit, voice, charisma, class, and body language—play a part. 10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong (PDF / text) Our brains are ter­ri­ble at assess­ing mod­ern risks. Here’s how to think straight about dan­gers in your midst.
	The Laws of Urban Energy The world is flat­ter than ever. But while tech­nol­ogy may give us each the tools of cre­ativ­ity, it takes urban prox­im­ity and unpre­dictabil­ity to sharpen them.
	The Decline and Fall of the Pri­vate SelfOnce upon a time, peo­ple kept secrets. Today’s tell-all blog­gers and MySpace denizens have made the notion of a guarded per­sonal life feel obso­lete. What effect does such expo­sure have on the psyche?
	You 2.0You may feel bound to your timid demeanor, your sti­fling job, or your ran­corous rela­tion­ship, but there is one realm over which you unques­tion­ably have con­trol: your own head. Herein, five prin­ci­ples of change to turn you into a self-starter.An Aspie in the City Kiri­ana Cow­ansage can run com­plex neu­ro­science exper­i­ments and sketch beau­ti­ful por­traits. She melts at the sight of an ani­mal, but she balks at the con­cept of love. Such para­doxes define women with Asperger’s syndrome.

Mem­oirs

The Fall. By Tom Bis­sell
40 years after the war, a father and son return to Viet­nam. (PDF)

Lon­don on Zero Pounds a Day. By Emily Bobrow
An Amer­i­can in Lon­don, and a bout of klep­to­ma­nia. (PDF)

For­eign Rela­tions. By Rosette Royale
A long-lost sib­ling, and a mother with a secret.