In 2064, the title of the book by Abu Bakr Rawlins, the author projects this is the year a global caliphate will be established. The mission statement of his Islamic organization is: To establish Islamic Shari’ah under the leadership of a rightly guided global caliph....

For a delightful look at the products and mores that shaped the lives of the boomer generation, you can't do much better than Boomer Brands by Barry Silverstein. For those of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties, these were the things that...

How to Calm the Hell Down and Be Happy by Ilene Angel is a self-help book about stress management. There are funny moments when the author talks about her various attempts to release stress with yoga. I bet lots of people found themselves in that...

In Discovering Significance, executive coach Philip Giordano provides an innovative blueprint for anyone seeking to move beyond what we normally think of as the fundamental goal of business leadership—a drive for success—to the deeper and generally more elusive quality he calls significance. In the book,...

Living Lagom: A Swedish Guide to a Balanced Life by Maya Thoresen takes a closer look at the Swedish concept of Lagom and shows how it can be adopted by anyone who wishes to live a healthy and balanced life. In the book, Thoresen considers...

As the title more than hints at, Tim Dalgleish’s Orwell, Two Guinea Pigs, a Cat and a Goat and Other Essays is an eclectic and wide-ranging collection of writings by the British playwright-poet-essayist-editor and actor. In the more than two dozen pieces comprising the book,...

Living Brands: How Biology & Neuroscience Shape Consumer Behaviour & Brand Desirability by Dr. Constantinos Pantidos talks about we can use the human mind to develop a brand or item. He shows us this concept with diagrams and lots of details. Dr. Constantinos Pantidos talks...

Just Stop: 10 Things Everyone Should Stop Saying is written by Heather Nelson. Have you ever been faced with a situation which is so tragic that you are not sure what to say? Do you feel you have to fill the awkward silence and just...

Surviving the Firehouse is a work of non-fiction and an educational work by author Mauro Porcelli, who gives his real life experiences over in the self-described ‘A Rookie's Guide to Surviving the Firehouse and Fire Department Life. After twenty-five years of experience in this field,...

We have all read the history books, seen the movies and heard the stories about World War II and its aftermath. These are often the stories of the leaders and the front line heroes. However, as the fathers and husbands left for war, most of...