In January 1879, thirty Ponca set off on a six-hundred-mile journey. Earlier, the United States government had forced the Ponca to leave their Nebraska homeland and move to the so-called “Indian Territory,” or what would become Oklahoma. There, with inadequate government support, the Ponca suffered....

Parenthood is a unique experience. You have someone to share both the good and bad times with, and you have the privilege of watching your children grow and teaching them life lessons, such as how to have confidence in themselves. However, every family is different,...

People in Black History: Famous African Americans by Hugh Smith is a collection of stories and fun facts about Black people who have made outstanding achievements in various fields. The book covers Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and many others remembered as icons in the arts...

Rabei A. Wazzeh's The Masterpiece of Nature takes a deep look at how people slowly shape their lives, and do it through repeated action, even when certainty has disappeared. Using real figures, including Nelson Mandela during imprisonment under apartheid and Malala Yousafzai after surviving political...

Jojo Asi’s Clarity over Doubt takes on the issue of professionals whose private thought patterns begin quietly affecting every part of daily life. Michael cannot stop replaying earlier mistakes during major projects, while designer Sarah begins interpreting silence from clients as hidden rejection. Asi leans...

In Your Animal, Your Soul Mirror, Tammy Billups shares the connection between unresolved emotional pain in humans and behavioral reactions in animals. She argues that survival responses formed during early experiences continue shaping daily life long after the original harm disappears from conscious memory. Billups...

Stacie Webb's Breaking the Chain: Cutting Toxic Family Ties & Reclaiming Your Life addresses an ailment that plagues many people but that many hardly talk about. It is the hurt that people endure because of toxic relationships that can result from dysfunctional family dynamics, unhealthy...

The Rule of Three by Jennifer Granville is a heartwarming, humorous tale of betrayal and revenge. Julia Bennett has discovered her husband’s affair. They’ve been married for 25 years, and he’s decided it’s time for a younger model. What’s a girl to do? Discover herself,...

In Rivers and Forests, Wayne Westphal Barrow’s anthology of original essays leans into Caribbean life. Barrow's memories become a way for him to show wider social attitudes through familiar situations. Getting Older and the Benefits of Gardening follows a retired Barbadian man who slowly withdraws...

From Coercion to Courage takes a hard look at how manipulation gradually changes the way victims interpret their lives until obedience begins feeling safer than resistance. Dr. Stevie Carnegie takes her personal experience and puts it next to the Epstein files, telling us that coercion...