Burn Fuel Better by Don Owens points out an often overlooked culprit of climate change: Black Carbon, a type of particulate matter and a byproduct of burning fossil fuels. It is more dangerous than carbon dioxide, causes illnesses when inhaled, and coats our ice shelves,...

Shahin Samadi’s Currents of Being (Volume II) is a thoughtful exploration of deep philosophical ideas, personal connections, and the shared human journey. Using a striking river metaphor from his youth as a foundation, the book examines how our lifelong growth is directly shaped by our...

In The Serra is Burning, American counselor Daral Boles shares her personal story of moving to the remote mountains of central Portugal to help build a prominent wellness project called the Real Change Retreat Center. What started as a plan for creating a genuine space...

As I began to read Nouvelle New England by Chef Justin Bradbury, I was immediately immersed in the rich New England culture and its relationship with food. Chef Bradbury carefully laid out the connections between types of foods and dishes that were special to each...

I Never Made Love with James Baldwin is Stanley Cohen's sprawling memoir of a life that seems to have touched every corner of the twentieth century. Cohen takes readers from his early days working aboard an oil tanker bound for Japan at eighteen, through Harvard...

In The Byzantine Pineapple, Bill Poje takes a hard look at how complex and unfair our social, economic, legal, and political (SELP) systems have become. It actually offers a solution. Poje argues that the endless stream of new laws, tax changes, and welfare programs makes...

Quentin F. Veit’s memoir, The Bumpy Road, offers a raw, firsthand look at the sheer grit it took for his family to survive on their farm in Osage Bend, Missouri. Covering the challenging years between 1930 and 1945, Veit shares his actual childhood memories of...

If you have ever wondered how extensive health systems can move past rigid leadership, Why Not? by Robert C. Garrett and Jose M. Azar offers a fantastic answer. They explore growth and real-world milestones at Hackensack Meridian Health, showing how a simple, challenging question can...

Alexandra Dionisio’s Learning to Say Goodbye grabs you with three devastating words: “Kathrin is dead.” They are spoken over a phone line to Dubai in 2016. Four years after cancer claimed the life of her mother, Kathrin, her best friend since childhood and the keeper...

Little Wekiva Memories: Kayaking & Other Adventures by Nichole Delafield-Bromme and Leif Bromme is a unique family memoir that takes you on a vivid journey along a one-mile stretch of the Little Wekiva River in Longwood, Florida. Moving from the northern United States, the family...