Mud, Microbes & Medicine by Elizabeth Reed Aden is a memoir that is definitely a study in two parts. As a young PhD anthropology student in the 1970s, the author sought a topic for her doctoral thesis. Searching the world for a suitable environment, she...

The Reset Self is an atypical self-help book by Seravyna Böhm. I use the word "atypical" because, unlike most self-help books, The Reset Self does not want you to learn more, improve more, or be more; instead, it wants you to see beyond what you...

In his self-help book Deleting Anxiety: Why Your Anxiety Is Lying to You and How to Push Back by Brian J. Fernandez, LMFT, anxiety is described as a survival alarm, misapplied in settings where it is wholly unnecessary. Fernandez explains how the brain converts the...

Biblical Evolution: Reconciling Science and the Bible by Bill Thormodson is a fascinating book that seeks to reconcile the Bible and science from the standpoint of a lay enthusiast. The author discusses the origins of the universe and Earth, comparing passages from Genesis with scientific...

Miles Ahead by David A. Janover PE tells the story of a journey in math and engineering. Miles has always loved numbers and was brilliant at math, even in the first grade. As he moves up through schools, his knowledge and skills grow, and he...

The Day It Matters by Troy Patoine follows Thomas Atherton, a retired runner, on a fateful morning when he finds himself in an unexpected rupture in time. As the miles accumulate in a sustained run, moments from Tom’s life surface through motion and dialogue, shaped...

The Rubicon Leader presents leadership change as a permanent shift in identity produced through action over time. Vahab Hasiri explains that people change when they stop treating behavior as something to negotiate and instead act in ways that force the brain to update who it...

Old Friends and Other Broken Things by Leah Cohen is a collection of thought-provoking stories about fractured relationships, societal expectations, and psychological turmoil. Two friends who have been apart for 11 years discover how one’s life has changed while the other’s has remained stagnant; a...

The Legend of Denali (A Wolverine with Heart) by Gregory English is a heartwarming story about Denali, a young wolverine who lives in the cold wilderness of the Alaska Range. Wolverines have a reputation for being tough and picking on other animals. So when Denali...

Rob wishes to earn money quickly due to his unfortunate circumstances, which have left him with insufficient income. Rob and his wife, Ann, are poorer than most people they know and work for. Their children, Matt and Marisol, must deal with this fact every day....

US Error Coin Guide 2026 by Stan McDonald is a detailed reference for serious collectors of modern United States error coins. Built from more than 4000 individually cataloged listings drawn from verified live auctions, the guide focuses on authenticated examples and realized market prices rather...

I’ve read a lot of parenting books, but Keep Your Cool: Anger Management for Parents by Olivia Tanner Greene is a total knock-out. Usually, books about temper and triggers can feel a bit shaming, but the affirmational tone in this book is a breath of...

Gail Meath’s Hellcat, book nine in the Jax Diamond Mysteries series, is set in October 1923, when detective Jax Diamond responds to a fatal fall inside the Plaza Hotel and recovers a gold heart-shaped locket from an elevator shaft, a detail that quietly unsettles what...

I Can’t Believe I’m Not Dead by Kendra Petty is an account of her remarkable life. Petty has undergone more negative experiences than any human being should have, including being abused as a child, fighting extremely serious diseases, and being the target of a murder...

“The company engineered desire and sold it as experience.” But in Tobacco City, a novella by author Ricardo Novaes, the company did much more than that: it disguised a hellish dystopia as success. Meet Matheus Reis, a power-hungry corporate cog ravenous for advancement no matter...

Kip Cassino's Supplicant is a dystopian sci-fi thriller. In the 26th century, the world is divided into fiefdoms, with 200 powerful individuals ruling their territories and extending their lives far beyond the rest of humanity. KAX is a twenty-six-year-old supplicant who serves Grand Master Tyl...

Do you like playing with your pets? Do you think they are amusing? I absolutely agree with you, so I invite you to add a new furry friend to those you already have and have fun with him. Meet Frankie, the adorable protagonist of Frankie...

The Reckoning at Ravensmoor by Samuel Riding is the story of a solicitor's assistant who finds herself overseeing a property dispute on northern moorland. Every time Clara Whitmore tries to copy the documents related to the case of Partridge versus Stone, the writing itself seems...

Spooky Ghost Stories and Deliciously Haunted Adventures by J.J. Westway is a collection of 10 spooky tales, full of thrills and scares, illustrated by Yasmin Barzegar. In Scary Christmas, Melody and Major decide they don’t want to go with their parents to church on Christmas...

The Spirits of '76 by T. W. Fitzhugh is the first book in the Spirits of the Revolution series. The Battle of Brooklyn, the largest battle in the American Revolutionary War, is drawing near. Just 11 years old, Emmeline is fed up with other people...