Pursuing or having more things doesn't necessarily make a person content. In fact, often enough, it has the opposite effect on a person's life. According to executive coach, speaker, and entrepreneur Tony Caliendo, "less" creates space for "more." With the cost of living rising, mindless...

Woman on the Run by Susan Carpenito Heard, with Jeanne Albanese, is a memoir about a mother learning how to keep living after her son David is diagnosed with neuroblastoma at eight. Heard enters his treatment determined to preserve the joyful world he loves, then...

The importance of being mindful as a path to wellbeing forms the theme of A Minute of Mindfulness Journal: Seasons. Stacey Andrade King points out that the many benefits include reduced stress, improved sleep patterns, growing self-awareness, and acquiring wisdom. The journal is presented in...

Jeff Whelchel’s The Long Road to Surrender depicts the silent breakdown and ultimate restoration of a committed family doctor. After spending more than twenty years as a primary care physician based in Texas, the author finally reached a breaking point where his inner strength was...

Rabble Rouser is John L. Skosey's firsthand account of the fight to save the University of Illinois Hospital in 1989, a battle he led as President of the Medical Staff. The trouble begins one week before Christmas 1988, when University President Stanley O. Ikenberry announces...

The Vegas Player is the jaw-dropping memoir of famous sax player Jimmy Mulidore. Hilarious and witty, Jimmy tells it like it is. Sometimes he survived on arrogance; other times it was on charm. Born into a poor Italian family, it was Jimmy’s dad’s dream to...

How to Make Your Insurance Company Pay by Aram Shah is a very comprehensive guide to the way insurance companies operate. A table early on in this book shows us the shockingly low level of claims that are actually paid out, less than fifty percent....

Do you dream? Do you ever wonder what your dreams really mean? In Slavica Joković’s Dreams, the author explores some of her own dreams, beginning with a dream about an earlier era, walking with someone special, only to run into the same person in the...

Tuesday in Trussville is Robert L. Mason's account of how he built SPOC Energy, a power conversion company in small-town Alabama, around a philosophy he calls "Lift Up." The book opens on a single dramatic morning when a company-wide drug test leads an employee to...

Many readers may feel uncertain about the future but lack the tools to move forward. Suneet Bhatt shines a light on the path in Making Sense of Purpose: How to Gain Clarity, Build Momentum, and Find Your Kiran (a ray of light). Readers will be...