Patrick Kampert

Mike Thomas had a simple explanation for why he and wife Elaine bought a muscle car, decades after he owned a GTO as a teen in the '60s. "I'm a...

Playing the Quantum Field By Brenda Anderson (New World Library, $14.95 paper) Chicago business executive Brenda Anderson's book mixes New Age spirituality with common sense, positive thinking and a dash...

The Life Audit By Caroline Righton (Broadway Books, $14.95 paper) Bookstores are packed with books that claim to help you focus on your passions, make the most of your time...

The Richest Man Who Ever Lived by Steven K. Scott (Currency/Doubleday, $19.95) Steven K. Scott has made millions creating TV infomercials that urge you to call in with your credit...

Breakthrough Parenting for Children With Special Needs by Judy Winter (Jossey-Bass, $15.95 paper) Judy Winter's son Eric was born with cerebral palsy. He died unexpectedly when he was 12. In...

"The Power of Purpose: Living Well by Doing Good" by Peter S. Temes (Harmony, $24) Peter Temes, a former professor at Harvard and Columbia Universities, says the key to happiness...

No animals were harmed in the course of the recent National Classic Shotgun Festival on the 640-acre grounds of the Northbrook Sports Club in north suburban Hainesville. But the clay...

St. Charles' Sarah Lynn Johnston is only 5 foot 6 but still is one of the longer hitters, averaging 270 yards, on the Duramed Futures Tour, the LPGA's developmental arm...

This ultra-fast-paced world deserves new words, and Edward M. Hallowell has come up with some winners: Gemmelsmerch. Screensucking. Doomdarts. Gemmelsmerch is a catch-all for the multitude of distractions we face...

To say that "Live Like You Mean It" (WaterBrook, $16.99) may have a limited audience is by no means to condemn it. Christian singer Kathy Troccoli's latest book, subtitled "Seven...