“I needed to get lost for a summer. Putting aside books and job interviews, I took a job working in the prettiest environment most people will never see.” I wouldn't say Bill Gerencer, the author of Working Waterfront, got lost; I'm sure he found himself...

In The Iron Tithe by Robert W. Riley, we meet Knight Commander Cedrik Theramond, who serves as the King’s Shield and has the grueling charge of collecting mandatory grain levies. The crux is that these come from famine-struck villages to supply the King's army of...

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...

Play From Your Heart: A Journey Through Loss, Resilience, and the Beautiful Game by Scott Martin, with Coryanne Hicks, opens with the confident stride of a rising college soccer coach at the height of his career. In the summer of 1993, Martin is thriving, invited...

Momentum: A Memoir by Emily Brown opens with the author traveling to a memorial service for her Uncle Bib. As Emily listens to stories about her uncle’s warmth and generosity, she begins to compare them with memories of her own emotionally distant upbringing. She’s hoping...

Adopted in 1955, T. Alex Blum’s memoir An Accident of Birth: A Story of Adoption and Identity describes a Manhattan upbringing by his adoptive parents, Nancy and John, who treat his adoption as a fact while keeping questions about his origins at a distance. At...

Wrong Bird by Matthew West-James is a memoir built around moments when his confidence and his reality collided. The book begins with his teenage decision to mark a turning point in life with a phoenix tattoo that later proves to be nearly identical to the...

In Colleen Hoskins' Crossing in One Piece, after nearly a decade at HarborPoint, senior analyst Cary Valente is whom executives rely on for numbers. Her models shape forecasts, performance reviews, and strategy across the company. When a long-expected promotion stalls during a corporate reorganization, Cary...

Where Our Stories Meet by Alizae Kurtzig and Thando Maluleke tells the story of two children living on opposite sides of the world whose lives gradually connect through curiosity and friendship. Daisy lives in San Francisco, where rainy mornings, school experiments, and time with family...

Moondust by Kahlani B. Steele is an evocative collection of poems that explores the delicate spaces of nature, memory, and the human psyche. The book is arranged in thematic chapters, and it begins with the section called “Nature,” where the author gives human qualities to...

Cael's unintended role in the events leading to his mother's death hardens his father's heart toward the young mouse and creates a growing emotional rift in the family. Unable to win back his father's affections and determined to make a name for himself as a...

In Sophia Kouidou-Giles’s historic Ariadne, when Cretan princess Ariadne is sent to Athens as part of a fragile alliance, she enters a city strained by famine, political unrest, and rising hostility toward her family. Her brother Androgeus arrives to compete in the Panathenaic Games, but...

David L. Wadley's AI Stocks Made Simple teaches novices how to make their investment entrance into the stock market, leaning into how money flows through companies linked to artificial intelligence. Wadley tells us that consistent exposure to real market coverage helps to organically grow our...

Echoes of Time by Anthony P. Mauro Sr. continues the story introduced in the Silent Sounds series, following Wes Marino as he returns to Manhassett Beach at seventy to reflect on the life that shaped him. The narrative moves between present-day observations and memories of...

Laurence Hutson’s Shattered Faces is set during the First World War, when American sculptor Anna Ladd leaves Boston for Europe after learning that soldiers with severe facial injuries are hiding themselves from families and society. In London, she studies a new process that uses sculpture,...

In Fractured, Debra Morgan recounts her upbringing after being abandoned by her biological mother as a young child; her grandmother raises her in a household characterized by blurred family roles. Her upbringing is marked by repeated exposure to emotional and physical abuse, along with manipulation...

Stay Thirsty by Mark Haertzen, with Mike E. Brown, is a self-help business memoir that explores Haertzen's series of ventures, using each one to determine what can produce a dependable income and what isn't going to work. From his early attempts at selling small goods...

The Boy In The Back by Fern Lebo: A True Story of Survival in Auschwitz and Mauthausen tells the story of Jan Blumenstein. Jan was born in Nové Zámky, just like his father and his grandfather before him. Growing up, things were not rough for...

Ghosted Buried Gone by Angela Grey and Paige Peterson is a gripping murder mystery. The story unfolds in the Black Hills region. Laci O’Neil is worried about her sister Willow, who suddenly disappeared after promising to be back from a quick bite before midnight. She...

Lead with Trust by Bart Spence is a well-written book containing principles for building trust and positivity that readers, particularly business leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals, will find effective for cultivating a positive work environment. Spence begins by introducing the 9 principles of trust drawn from...