If, as Ted Williams famously said, “Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports,” then the fastball is the most devastating weapon. While hitting a fastball may not have been that difficult for “The Splendid... Read More

Bright Triumphs from Dark Hours aims to empower the fatigued spirit with stories of ten relentlessly driven individuals who rose from the lowest points in their lives to bravely forge new paths toward personal and professional success.... Read More

Like Dim Sum for the intellectually curious and literary-minded, Gioia’s chronicle of the birth and death of cool samples a variety of genres and disciplines. In the end, the reader has not consumed great portions from any literary... Read More

Maurice Marwood’s mother often urged him to stay close to his Ontario roots and raise his own farm family, but life took him elsewhere. After receiving an agricultural engineering degree in the early 1960s, Marwood was hired by... Read More

“When life gives you lemons make lemonade.” The literary equivalent of this popular adage might be “When life gives you adversity write a book” a piece of advice to which Liz Walker subscribes. Walker co-author of the previous... Read More

“I learned about inequalities in the eyes of others. Just like oppression it is about ignorance. It is about insecurity selfishness and control. Mostly it is about fear of the unknown.” This quote articulates the type of treatment... Read More

This is where America as we know it started. A dog named Willi has a person, Mr. V, who leaves her in a car on a hot day in Jamestowne Settlement. She escapes to check out Powhatan Village and an archeological dig. Canine and primary... Read More

In "Primal Management" Paul Herr endorses a science-based approach to managing companies. At the same time he lobbies for managers to accept and embrace the fact that employees emotions play a defining role in corporate success. These... Read More