In Rise and Climb, Ben Barbic looks back on a childhood shaped by his father’s motorcycle world in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where racing trophies made ambition feel almost normal. A wildfire destroys the family home when he is five, then the Loma Prieta earthquake...

Companies are desperate for skilled workers, spending endless resources on recruiting and training talent. What’s more, the high turnover rates make these efforts look like pouring water into a sieve. Meanwhile, an entire segment of the population is desperate for a half-decent job, facing barriers...

When Mimi Nichter boarded a Trans World Airlines flight on September 6th, 1970, she was focused on resuming her studies at George Washington University after a productive trip to Israel. She never in her wildest dreams expected that this flight would put her in a...

Julie Cruse’s The Burn List tells the story of abuse and a life shaped through enduring violence and survival, from a childhood characterized by domestic poverty and abuse to a distressing journey through higher education that replicates the very harm she sought to escape. College...

How to Show Up for the Dying and Their Loved Ones by Moriah Melín W. is one of the most genuinely useful and compassionate guides to a subject most of us avoid until we have no choice. The author is a midwife who has spent...

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...

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...

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...

When the World Dies by D.E. Davis captures various evil deeds that have occurred in the 20th and 21st centuries as a result of the rise in totalitarianism and total war. The First World War was the first major world war, which cost millions of...

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...