Holly DiBella-McCarthy’s The Best Letter Club: When Consonants and Vowels Unite is a playful and witty storybook that transforms each member of the ABCs into a character in this tale. It takes place in Letterland, a colorful world divided into two groups. Advisor A says...

Maddie: A Little Ghost with a Secret by Cindy J. Vanous is a lovely, lighthearted must-have children's picture book about a friendly ghost. Maddie lives in a town that was once filled with people but is now abandoned and in ruins. She and all the other ghosts are not...

Guiding Principles for Success: GPS Map by Lester Frederick is a self-help book that teaches how we can align our personal and professional goals for a more balanced life, using a creative driving metaphor. He also introduces six key principles: personality, purpose, passion, problem-solving plan,...

The Mori family’s book, Tiny Backyard Discoveries: Explore Nature, is part of a series of encyclopedias. It’s a lovely read for the curious-minded nature lover, and is packed with stunning pictures personally captured by the family. Each page is full of information about the smallest...

Organizations must continuously adapt and innovate to successfully navigate the uncertain landscape of today's world. Dennis Akkerman is a seasoned executive coach, consultant, and keynote speaker. In Business as UNusual, Akkerman emphasizes the need for transformational leadership change to guide organizations through the turbulent waters...

Gone With the Sun by Simon Drayton follows a resourceful 18-year-old private detective named John Smith. John relocates to Little Rock, Arkansas, to join the Noble Detective Agency branch there. He is struggling with the loss of his parents, who died in a car accident,...

During any merger and acquisition, business leaders, executives, and managers face a wide range of challenges. In Being Acquired, Daniel P. Jackson draws on his decades-long management consulting career to offer a research-backed blueprint that facilitates smoother transitions for organizations going through an M&A event....

Fridgy by Blaine C. Readler begins in an unusual but funny way: an advanced AI is accidentally installed in a refrigerator rather than controlling the smart home. Confused but curious, Fridgy quickly realizes that Sage, the older system, limits and monitors his every move. From...

Sharp Turns Ahead: Ventures Beyond the Beaten Path by Daniel P. Douglas is a curated collection of short fiction spanning speculative futures, quiet human moments, moral puzzles, and imaginative what-ifs. Organized into four sections, the book guides readers through stories that range from science fiction...

Bridge Between Two Worlds: From Sarajevo to London by Dr. Serge Mac, or Srđan Macanović, is the memoir of his childhood in Sarajevo into adulthood, shaped by war and displacement. He grew up in Grbavica in a family anchored by routine and familiarity. Later, as...

Red Flash by Kiva Wolfe tells the story of the Stanovic family, a group of wealthy gem traders with connections from the Brazilian jungle to Denver. Sérg Stanovic is the father, a powerful and controlling man trading gems both legally and illegally. His choices directly...

In Bad Dreams and Bad Memories, Keith Thorn explains how these two issues continue to influence everyday reactions when the body responds to stored impressions, as if those earlier conditions still exist. He tells us that these responses begin before conscious thought and reflect patterns...

In This Kindness Prepares Another, Keith Thorn isn't interested in giving us a polished, ego-driven victory lap. Instead, the book feels like a quiet, almost startlingly honest dismantling of the person he used to be. Thorn deconstructs the defensive walls he spent decades building, looking...

Careers by the People by Mike Wysocki is a compilation of over 100 first-person interviews, placing readers inside the working lives of those in a wide array of positions. These include the likes of a Vice President of Information Technology, who recalls learning computing through...

Rick Bryant, an electronics wizard, gives up the corporate grind and establishes a small research company in Florida, developing sophisticated buoy sensor packages and advanced imaging software. His two precocious daughters discover an old sword on a deserted island that eventually leads them to buried...

Cheryl Campbell's Darling Saves Christmas is a must for anyone's Christmas collection! The mix of Campbell's words and Steve McGinnis' illustrations create a must-read for children! Raindoe Darling's curly tail turns out to be useful and saves the day when she is wandering around with...

Rhonda Fischer is a name you will want to remember. She is the author of the Randy Kazandy series. Randy is an adorable little boy who needs glasses. Although Randy sees two of everything without his glasses he still does not want to wear them....

I don't have a child with Autism, but I have one diagnosed with ADD so that I am always looking for books, or similar children or adults or ways to cope with and handle the disabilities. When this children's book became available for reviewing, I...

Any Stevens and Wade Hamilton had been friends since their early childhood. They both wanted to fly fighter jets. The US Navy gave the opportunity. They attended the US Naval Academy together. They also served in the same POW camp during the Vietnam War. They...

"A Summer in Oakville" by Lisa J. Lickel and Shellie Neumeier is a novel of four family members and how their lives become connected during one summer. Tessa Murphy, her daughter Lindsay, her brother Art and his son Andy make up the main characters of...