In Making Safety Happen, Brian L. Fielkow argues that workplace disasters usually develop slowly, where dangerous behavior becomes repetitive when employees stop seeing warning signs because nothing bad happened the last time. The book examines how ordinary business pressure influences judgment during daily operations and...

The Doll House Brides: Soleil is a fantasy romance novella by S.M. Webb. Soleil and her sisters grew up in the Northern Nymph Lands, raised by their adopted father, Cherub, a wizard. Cherub arranged marriages for his daughters. One of them is Soleil, who married...

Pruning a hydrangea begins long before the first cut, because the shrub’s identity determines where its next flowers are forming. Lorraine B. Ballato's Hydrangea Pruning guides readers from identification to the appropriate pruning moment, explaining how buds on last year’s stems follow a different calendar...

Down to Earth is Book 2 of The Attuned series by Jessica Natalie Reino, but it can be read as a stand-alone as well. On the face of it, Sarah D’Antonio is a typical high school junior. But her home is the fictional New England...

What would you do if you turned up for work one day and your access card didn’t work? Add to that the security guard you’ve known for years doesn’t recognize you, nor do any of your co-workers as they walk past. Would you think that...

In R.G. Edwards's Eafin Lokdore and the Magician's Lost Medallion, after young border scout Eafin Lokdore discovers that the armies of Maggoria are advancing toward the peaceful hamlet of Qualdor, he carries a warning across the dangerous wilderness to the leaders of the Realm of...

In Rob Phayre’s Reepaman, Jimmy Brown, known online as Reepaman, is a drone engineer with an illegal AI companion named Thalia and a hidden past at MIT that begins with Nathalia’s death. After a Pentagon demonstration draws Defense Department interest, Jimmy gains money, contracts, and...

In The Twilight Walker by Nic Minnella, eleven-year-old Finn Garcia is on a camping trip with his family and his magical guardian cat, Pepper. They’re joined by their friend Maya and her family, the Cedars, but they’re not happy campers. His parents keep arguing, and...

What would you do if everyone laughed at something you wanted to learn? In Dazzling Legs, Ruth Thomas introduces readers to Sparkle, a tiny peacock spider with a big dream. He opens the School of Spin and tells all the insects in the garden that...

Your Actions Change the Score by Megan Halstead is a well-written book that provides readers, particularly those battling trauma, with practical tools to recover their emotional well-being, calm their nervous system, and live a more meaningful life. This book consists of five chapters, each representing...

The Coal Room by Brenda Lyne is a must-read for any lover of the paranormal and mystery genres. The Coal Room tells the story of Delaney Black, whose life is in shambles. Her husband threw her out of the house because he had an affair...

Have you ever had fun changing your clothes over and over again? Well, in Leon the Chameleon by Sofia Elena Politano, the lizard at the heart of the story is basically doing just that. He's a chameleon named Leon who enjoys changing his colors far...

What do a flaming wallet, a seven-year-old transfixed by Van Gogh, and a Diet Coke geyser have in common? For Steve Spangler, it is a science teacher, a magician's son, and a twenty-seven-time Ellen guest. They are all proof that engagement can only be cultivated,...

Canter Cuisine: Shetland Soup by Chef Seff is about four friends, Daisy, Hazel, Iris, and Rose, who are at Culinary School learning how to cook. Their teacher is Chef Marigold. The characters show children how to work as a team, care for a sick friend,...

Q. Turner crafts a spellbinding dystopian world in Blood Sacrifice, where the walled Empire of Isulum is a pressure cooker of addiction, caste, and artificial life. It opens with Rita Shor, an impoverished, grieving Ishti woman who lost her children to a pandemic. After years...

In Irene Latham’s Some Starry Night, in 1886, struggling painter Vincent van Gogh arrives in Paris, hoping the city can finally give him the artistic future that has escaped him for years. At the same time, Emily Dickinson secretly leaves Amherst after learning that Bright’s...

Alexander Fleming’s Penicillin Promise by Dr. Katherine E. A. Korkidis is an interesting and educational story featuring regular time-traveling kids, Daniel and Jennifer. Led by Dr. K, this adventure takes us back to London in 1928. The children are led through St. Mary’s Hospital,...

Lifelines by Carla Marie Headlee is a story about love, loss, and the unpredictable nature of life. The story follows Carrie Hojem, a thirty-year-old artist and creative director. Her life began to unravel when her relationship with Jack Nielson started to break down as her...

The Blind Boy Who Saw The Invisible King by Austin M. Kairnes III centers on Joe, a blind boy who is very determined to find a mythical king hidden in a mountain castle. Joe believes this Invisible King holds the secret to his purpose and...

Eafin Lokdore and the Altar of the Sun is the second volume in R.G. Edwards’ The Eafin Lokdore Trilogy. Master Magician Eafin Lokdore is fifteen years old and grief-stricken when he sets out on the impossible mission to overthrow Sorfin, the usurper, and restore the...