A leader is not someone who repeats slogans or shares data, but rather is a natural, honest, and empathetic person. They are someone who takes responsibility for results, both their own and the team's. To be in control and move in the right direction, a...

Meet Me Where I Am: An Alzheimer's Care Guide by Mary Ann Drummond is a non-fiction book mainly designed for caregivers who deal with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. In this book, Mary Ann Drummond draws upon her personal experience in the field...

Do you often look at your life and ask yourself, 'Isn't there more to life than this?' Sometimes life's obstacles and traumas can take us off track and inhibit us from following our goals and dreams. In 30 Days To A Better You by Shirley...

In Bullheaded for Success, Dale Strobach looks back on the stubbornness that once caused mistakes and explains how faith gave that same determination direction. A turning point during a college trip to Europe changed the way he understood God’s guidance, leaving him to reconsider what...

Sprouting Spiritual Growth: A Memoir and Guide to Spiritual Journaling by Marie Higgins would be “timely” for a reader regardless of where s/he is on life’s journey. Higgins tells of her period of feeling separated from God, and of feeling a growing separation from those...

Born in South Korea to a single mother who is abandoned by her American boyfriend, Lee Young Nam seems to be destined to lead the life of an outcast. Joel Peterson’s Dreams of My Mothers is a chronicle of his life from an obscure South...

Ladies, if you're only able to read one book this year, make it Cynthia James’ I Choose Me. As I turned the pages of this well written and uplifting book, I felt like I was sitting with a close friend as she gives sage advice...

The almost forgotten war in South East Asia, which ended some fifty years ago, deeply affected the lives of many of those who were involved. The participants included youngsters from America sent to fight a cunning and ruthless enemy for an increasingly unpopular cause. Stephen...

Being a leader in this rapidly fast-moving world is not easy. No matter your area of expertise or background, being in a leadership position puts you at a high risk of burnout. Through Unfolding Peace, award-winning transformational consultant and coach Kawtar El Alaoui offers valuable...

An experienced trainer of special dogs for artificial and natural disasters, Duncan McLauren's life took a different turn after her twenty-six years of marriage broke down, and she found herself in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where a chance encounter with a tarot card...

In The Cuckoo's Egg, author Anna Morten describes her childhood, and how as a young child she was told she was a cuckoo's egg. Anyone who hears this at first may not understand it; however, Anna was determined to break the mold of her...

Being Mean: A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival by Patricia Eagle is a heartbreaking tale of sexual abuse. Patricia suffered sexual abuse from her father from the time she was four until she turned thirteen. In this narrative, she captures the experience in a...

Heartfelt: Life as Seen by M.O. Olashore is a collection of deep poetry formulated from the author's life experiences and the experiences of those around her. Olashore brilliantly touches upon the pain and peace that come with living life. Her book is split into two...

Checkered Fences by Alma Hudson is the story of Diane Jones, a young black girl growing up in California during the 1970's. Her life has not been easy. After seeing her mother suffer so much at the hands of her father, Diane is determined to...

This book is positive and affirming from the very start. ‘I love being alive’, says the author in the Introduction and it isn’t long before the reader shares that opinion too, no matter how stressed or depressed he or she might be when picking up...

Five talented young basketball players from Rockwood, Georgia's high school, were all killed at different times and in different ways, but they were all much too young to die. Now they have been given a chance to come back to earth for six months to...

Diary of an Inner City Teacher by Tamam Tracy Moncur is an eye opening book about what actually goes on in a sixth grade classroom throughout the year. It is also a book that gives ideas on how to teach your own children. Teachers do...

This book piqued my interest the moment I saw it for two reasons: 1) I love tomatoes; and 2) I'm overweight. Author Joanna Cameron takes a unique approach to weight loss. She encourages us to have a conversation with our unconscious mind and to make...

Book Blueprint: How Any Entrepreneur Can Write an Awesome Book is an instructional literary guide written by Jacqui Pretty. With so many independent authors self-publishing their work today, many believe that they are putting out a good product but are, in fact, making many mistakes...

Hyphened-Nation: Don’t Check the Box by Nicole Draffen is a non-fiction philosophical memoir wherein the author provides insight into her transformative outlook following a spell of living in the UK. Draffen focuses on the differences she encountered as an ethnically diverse woman who is outwardly...