The Impolite Canadian by Kumaran Nadesan takes a hard look at how Canada’s reputation for politeness shapes the way Canadians assert themselves at home and abroad. Nadesan argues that Canadians can speak directly while remaining respectful, using that approach to strengthen Canada’s place in the...

Not everyone has achieved the "American Dream." Why does poverty continue to plague society in the richest country in the world? Steven C. Taylor and Jason Janz have worked for decades in education, workforce policy, and non-profits dedicated to helping poverty-stricken families. With Together We...

Alexandra Dionisio’s Learning to Say Goodbye grabs you with three devastating words: “Kathrin is dead.” They are spoken over a phone line to Dubai in 2016. Four years after cancer claimed the life of her mother, Kathrin, her best friend since childhood and the keeper...

True leaders forge their own paths, knowing when to shut off all the noise around them. Katie Goar went through a phase in her life when she faced homelessness. Yet, she went on to become a housing CEO who provides housing services to others. With...

Identity security has become a major concern for corporations all over the world in the age of digital media and AI. In Identity Under Attack, Mark McClain addresses the key risks associated with cybersecurity. McClain emphasizes that the risks compound with the inclusion of non-human...

“And they lived happily ever after…” is the typical ending to fairy tales, but do they? Puss in… Socks by The Rizzas narrates the not-so-happily-ever-after life of the famous Puss in Boots, and, for starters, his name is Alfie. After Alfie’s owner marries the princess...

If you want a fresh take on a classic journey through the forest, The Rizzas deliver a beautiful version in their book, Little Red and Benny the Wolf. We meet Ruby, a cheerful little girl whose mom sends her out to deliver a basket of...

The Ugly Duckling and the Missing Hat, written by The Rizzas, is a picture book for young children. A duckling feels like the odd one out. He is constantly bullied for the way he looks and begs the author to design him differently. But the...

As I began to read Nouvelle New England by Chef Justin Bradbury, I was immediately immersed in the rich New England culture and its relationship with food. Chef Bradbury carefully laid out the connections between types of foods and dishes that were special to each...

There are probably hundreds of books about the fate of Eastern European Jews during the Holocaust, but relatively few about the fate of German Jews during the same period. Even fewer focus on German families who escaped not to America or British-ruled Palestine, but to...

Cranky is a children's adventure tale by Paul Stern. Blaze (Betty) is an eleven-year-old girl who prides herself on solving mysteries. Often, she would seek help from her family robot, Cranky, made by her Grandpop in his college years, in her investigations. When Blaze and...

Aspry Jones’s Beware the Golden Tigers follows the Protectors, a superhero team whose recent victories have made them celebrities across the Aeril. When seven witches from the distant world of Manipesh cross through a multiverse portal, the heroes learn of an old war between Somatran...

Fei Zheng-Ward’s Airplane: Search and Find does a great job of breaking down a flight step by step for children to see how it all works. The book is written chronologically, walking families through departures, checking in, security lines, and boarding the aircraft. From there,...

Thirteen-year-old Sophie’s parents are getting divorced. Her mother, brother Aiden, and sister Logan have moved across town into a small two-bedroom apartment in a dodgy neighborhood because their father lost all their money in a questionable investment scheme. Without his financial support, their day-to-day existence...

True Ghost Stories and Hauntings, Volume 4 by Barb Shadow is a collection of real ghost stories from people who’ve experienced things they couldn’t explain. Chat with Grandpa brings a moment of comfort that turns unsettling when the family realizes what really happened. Hiding in...

Death By Mail is the 23rd book in the Josiah Reynolds Mystery series by Abigail Keam. Josiah Reynolds is 50 years old, a former art history professor, and now a farm owner and beekeeper. She keeps receiving anonymous notes with death threats in her mailbox...

Twenty-eight-year-old Eleonora McFarland had had a rough time in graduate school trying to escape the shadow of her parents, the McFarlands, a household name in New York theaters. She had always wanted recognition for her own work and talent. That's why, now, as an assistant...

In Oh Marty by Deen Chris, Marty is a first year secondary school student in Guyana whose mathematics marks bring violent punishment at home because his parents see his difficulty as laziness and disobedience. Numbers seem to shift when he tries to work, while the...

The Picture Business: Stories About the People Who Make the Movies is an insider’s look at Hollywood. In it, best-selling author Elaine Kagan, who is also a film and television actress, uses her firsthand experience in show business as the template for her fictional (though...

In Death of Days by Eliot Pattison, Cato Pike leaves his dangerous world in intelligence because he no longer trusts the leaders. His life is interrupted when his estranged father, a renowned historian, summons him with a favor. Cato travels to an abbey in Scotland’s...