Dr. Carrie Hayward offers a short but valuable story about a woman named Winnie, who has come upon a moment of her life filled with uncertainty and gloominess, not only from the weather but mental gloom; being human means having bad days or even bad...

Marcie J. Keithley draws from her own profound experience to pen an engaging self-help book called The ShoeBox Effect: Transforming Pain Into Fortitude and Purpose. Her story is one that cannot be ignored. Her candid confession begins when at the age of twenty-two, she gives...

If you are a novice to online teaching, then Teaching Online: Online Teaching Survival Guide by Selena Watts is a very good primer for you. This is a most relevant book, given the issues for schools caused by the pandemic. Though many teachers and trainers...

The Greatest College Health Guide You Never Knew You Needed: How to Manage Food, Booze, Stress, Sex, Sleep, and Exercise on Campus by Jill and Dave Henry instantly caught my attention as a mother and teacher. This guide kept its promises: it is comprehensive and...

When a young helicopter pilot from southern California completes two tours of Vietnam, he decides to book a seat on Pan American Flight 001 instead of returning home. He knew that there would be no gratitude or celebration of his service to his country waiting...

The Unfakeable Code: Take Back Control, Lead Authentically and Live Freely on Your Terms by Tony Jeton Selimi instructs, motivates, inspires, and provides the tools readers need to transform their lives — and the word “transform” should be read in its strictest sense. In...

“Freestyle cooking is about simply being a little prepared and relaxing around the kitchen.” We don’t have to be highly trained gourmet chefs to make the picture-perfect, delicious, healthy meal. Mind you, picture-perfect isn’t necessarily always delicious and healthy and, vice versa, delicious and healthy...

The Road to Covid-30: Satire for the Soul by Dunk Dougan IX captures the reality of the pandemic in a way that is realistic. With humor, the author shares thoughts about the changes effected by the pandemic in our lives, beginning with the responses in...

The Soul of an Eagle by Edmond E. Frank is an inspirational book inspired by the author’s own life, a story with strong psychological and spiritual underpinnings. The author shares an experience of “near-death” or his metaphorical death. At the ICU and convinced that he...

The Courage of a Butterfly by Edmond E. Frank had me thinking about my life, about my purpose, and the hard reality that stares at me defiantly and that I often ignore, pretending to be who others want me to be — a fake, a...