Dierdre Wolownick’s Success in 7 Steps begins with the difference between a dream and a goal. A dream can live for years as something wished for, but Wolownick’s method begins when the reader decides what the destination actually is. First comes what must be learned....

Bud Megargee’s SOUL Octopus Analogy introduces a New Age model of the soul as an octopus whose head holds a central spiritual consciousness while each arm carries a separate incarnation. Those lives may exist across different eras at once, gathering experience for the same larger...

Full Circles by Kenneth D. Thompson Sr. tells a deeply moving story that starts in a tiny, struggling home on East 13th Street. This memoir walks us through the author’s childhood, where he dealt with forced school busing to Burnet Junior High and the hurt...

The Crazy Mother’s Guide to Raising Exceptional Children by Sonia D. Hebdon is a deeply personal blueprint from an Australian mom who is right in the thick of it, helping her son and daughter manage severe behavioral, physical, and mental health challenges. Sonia shares her...

Barksdale Chronicles in America, Vol. 2, by Robert A. Groves traces the genealogy of the Barksdale family across more than two hundred years of American history. The first family member explored is William D. Barksdale. He was a Virginia landowner and Revolutionary War veteran. From...

Vietnam's Modern Day Boat People by Shira Sebban follows Vietnamese asylum seekers returned from Australia after arriving by sea, beginning with Tran Thi Thanh Loan, a Catholic mother facing prison in Vietnam after officials sent her family back. Sebban enters the case through a newspaper...

Worth at Work by Randy Haveson and Kat Nisson is a thought-provoking inside-out blueprint for transforming service across industries. The authors dismiss the “smile harder” trap of compliance in customer service, arguing that exceptional service should be the result of the internal sense of worth...

Human Nature, Systems, and Christianity by Huizhen Sheng explores how the way we run our countries and economies comes right out of the inner workings of our minds. Sheng explains that our brains are split between a survival-driven side, which is basically the biological root...

Denise Thompson-Slaughter’s memoir Since You Weren’t There & Other Memories charts her personal path through the social landscape of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. She recounts explicit moments such as her teenage uncles shooting rats from a Kenilworth dining-room window, buying Little Golden Books at...

Caregiving Is No Joke: A Caregivers' Guide by Gemaine Owen, MD, is both a practical and heartfelt guide. Owen mixes her professional know-how with honest stories from her own life. It’s a tough job. Caring for someone takes a lot out of you, but there’s...