D.M. Christensen uses satire in M.B.A. to examine what happens after entering an MBA program and realizing many professional systems reward appearances more reliably than practical judgment. Classroom discussions about leadership expand into criticism of universities selling prestige while employers treat credentials as proof of...

In her memoir Made In Vietnam: My Epic American Journey, Elaine Damschen describes growing up in a household with strict control and uneven affection, where she learned to monitor her behavior and limit her emotional expression for stability. As she enters adulthood, she leaves home...

Math Heals: On the Gift and Weight of Being Human by Tiffany Suson lays out the idea that life is already running in patterns that don’t bend just because we feel strongly about something in the moment. The author takes equations, like Emotion ≠...

Mastering the Art of Travel by A.J. Weimer is a thoroughly comprehensive, practical guide I wish I had read sooner. It includes so many things I have never thought about. It is about transforming travel from a regular and casual activity into a carefully cultivated...

Monkey Morales: The True Story of a Mythic Cuban Exile, Assassin, CIA Operative, FBI Informant, Smuggler, and Dad by Sean Oliver and Ricardo Morales, Jr., is an expansive biography that follows the extraordinary life of Ricardo “Monkey” Morales, a figure who moved through some of...

Maybe a Note Would Help: Transforming Your Life with a Few Kind Words by Kristen Tremonti Reiter is a helpful guide that highlights the power of thoughtful words in our lives and those with whom we share them. During a time of limbo in her...

My Diecast Life is Dan Vado's personal memoir, and in it, he turns the rearview mirror to his childhood and adolescence, and the toy cars he owned, used, set aside, and later rediscovered. Raised in suburban California from the late 1960s into the early 1980s,...

David Elkins brings yet another enthralling collection of illustrations with his book, Marakin. Like his previous installment, Denewen, this collection combines social science with the machinations of the material world. In this book, you will find illustrations of hats and punch cards placed next to...

Minariel by David Elkins combines ideas of science, technology, and group behavior. It investigates how people can move, communicate, and share information in organized, often geometric ways. The book explores how groups form physical patterns, operate devices together, and coordinate actions in both two-dimensional and...

Mediocre to Meaningful by Benjamin Douglas is a business parable that explores the transformative power of intentional leadership, human connection, and strategic organizational change. Through the story of Peter Johnson, a veteran HR director tasked with turning around a struggling manufacturing plant, the book offers...