This incredibly valuable book shows that healthy eating and exercise are natural, desirable choices. Nathalie Plamondon-Thomas’s "Think Yourself Thin" is a remarkable book that addresses weight loss from a fresh angle. Rather than... Read More

"Enlightened Negotiation" is a book that is both interesting to read and offers quite a bit of wise counsel. Mehrad Nazari skillfully demonstrates how negotiation can be principled and collaborative, rather than adversarial, in the... Read More

This adventurous thriller blends fact with fiction to draw attention to an ancient mystery. Steve Fisher’s "The Carswell Covenant" is a thriller based on real events. This creative novelization of the author’s own travels finds the... Read More

These stories bring to life a world that most will never see, where native populations, eccentrics, inveterate drifters, entrepreneurs, and foreign service workers meet. Nine memorable short stories set in locales ranging from... Read More

This expansive history of positive thinking also offers specific self-help techniques. "One Simple Idea" is a thorough chronicle of the concept of positive thinking, from the early 19th century to the present day. Writing with a... Read More

The lessons waiting for young readers in "Roar Like a Girl" are powerful. Coleen Murtagh Paratore’s "Roar Like a Girl" is a sweet story about a young girl struggling with change. Willa loves her life in the Cape Cod community of... Read More

Daring narrative styles and bursts of philosophy make the maybe-love story within "Two Green Otters" a fascinating trip. Buket Uzuner’s "Two Green Otters" is a story of love and ennui in which a mysterious protagonist struggles to... Read More

"The Adjustment League" is both a literary tour de force and a deft psychological thriller. Mike Barnes’s "The Adjustment League" weaves together elements of a psychological drama and a noir thriller as it follows a nameless man who... Read More