The early morning coffee ritual is enriched by easily digested, thought-provoking slices of life in "Coffee Cup Thoughts: Sips for the Soul," an easy-to-read accompaniment for morning waffles or that mid-morning bagel.

From celebrations of life to how to survive a death in the family, and from history to politics, everyday miracles and random acts of kindness, "Coffee Cup Thoughts" offer brief distractions from chaotic schedules, missed deadlines and challenging relationships.

"All too often, our pace of life becomes so demanding, we miss the obvious and precious moments that make this...

Four friends. Twenty years. One unexpected journey.

Eva, Benedict, Sylvie, and Lucien graduate in 1997, into an exhilarating world on the brink of the new millennium. Hopelessly in love with playboy Lucien and keen to shrug off the socialist politics of her childhood, Eva breaks away to work for a big bank. Benedict, a budding scientist who's pined for Eva for years, embarks on a physics PhD, and siblings Sylvie and Lucien pursue more freewheeling existences--she as an aspiring artist and he as a professional partier. But as their dizzying twenties evaporate into their thirties,...