Paul Adams

Borley Rectory in Essex, built in 1862, should have been an ordinary Victorian clergyman's house. However, just a year after its construction, unexplained footsteps were heard within the house, and from 1900 until it burned down in 1939 numerous paranormal phenomena, including phantom coaches and shattering windows, were observed. In 1929 the house was investigated by the Daily Mail and paranormal researcher Harry Price, and it was he who called it...

The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith: Conversation Starters The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy" is a memoir by ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the eighth of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. In her book, she looks back at a time long ago when she and her siblings (including future President John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy...

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber: Conversation Starters Bullshit jobs are spiritually and morally corrosive and make people extremely unhappy. If people are denied meaningful jobs that enable them to somehow contribute something to the world, they become mad or deeply miserable. They hold jobs that have no real usefulness except to justify careers. These jobs won't be missed if they suddenly disappear in the workplace. How do you deal with...

Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon: Conversation Starters Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon publishes her first book Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits. She invites you into her world in a southern style. She infuses the style she grew up with into her parties and traditions. She loves all...

The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture by Heather Mac Donald: Conversation Starters American universities are in crisis for undermining humanistic values that further cause divisions among its citizens. The ideologies against racism and sexism are promoted on college campuses as professors overlook Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and American history in favor of identity politics and ideology....

The Man God Has For You: 7 Traits To Help You Determine Your Life Partner by Stephan Labossiere: Conversation Starters Author and relationship coach Stephan Labossiere says that you deserve a great man. The question is where he is or if he even exists in the first place. Labossiere says that he does and he is out there. He has been handpicked by God for you and he is waiting to experience a wonderful relationship with him. But before you look, you...

In his book, Dr. John E. Sarno uses what he discovered about TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome) to help people overcome back conditions without dangerous surgery or drugs. He explains that is necessary to identify stress and other psychological factors that can create back pain and, by doing this, patients can heal themselves without physical therapy or specific exercise. Dr. Sarno includes case histories in his book along with the results of in-depth...

Varina: A Novel by Charles Frazier: Conversation Starters Bestselling author of Cold Mountain Charles Frazier releases his newest novel Varina. After marrying an old widower for financial security, Varina Howell expected a secure and peaceful life as a wife of a Mississippi landowner. However, her husband's decision to pursue politics brings an end to that security and peace. Varina finds herself at the center of one of American history's darkest...

The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation by Ian K. Smith Conversation Starters New York Times bestselling author Dr. Ian K. Smith writes the ultimate guide to clean eating. In The Clean 20, he writes the benefits of clean eating and how to implement it in everyday living. According to Smith, there are twenty clean foods. Some of which are avocado to whole wheat pasta and everything in between. These amazing foods are easily available...

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Conversation Starters There is no single way to be a feminist. There are many ways to be one, however, and novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie suggests we explore many ways in how women can be equal to men. Adichie is asked by a friend from their home country of Nigeria on how to raise her baby daughter to become a feminist. Adichie gives her 15 suggestions, which...