November 17, 2025
Old Tricks, New Treats Interview Part 5
OLD TRICKS, NEW TREATS is book three of the BAG OF TRICKS trilogy: a compilation of short stories about San Francisco punks in the early 80’s. 1 – The prose feels vivid and cinemat...
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April 11, 2025
Align Your Business with the Real You: Connect with Yourself, Create What Matters Most, and Define Your Success by Jennifer Musser
Jennifer Musser once asked herself, “Who’s really running my business?” The answer was a turning point. In Align Your Business with the Real You, she explores how self-leadership u...
March 24, 2025
Intersections: Short Stories From Rideshare Passengers by Andrew Spink
Book Summary: Nobody lies to their Uber driver. The anonymity functions like a truth serum, putting everyone’s raw and unfiltered selves on full display. But it is in those ridesha...
December 13, 2024
Apricot Marmalade and the Edmondson Transmittal by Lon Orey
Summary: The war was not going well. The surprisingly effective Tet Offensive in late January 1968 had humbled and embarrassed the South Vietnamese and their American allies. It ha...
December 12, 2024
The Crush of Wine and War by Molly Fumia
Summary: “Here is a book of exquisite honesty and profound depth… Along the way grief becomes a dance in the dark and suffering turns to love.” -Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Book o...
December 11, 2024
Tangles: A Cold War Love Story and Mystery by by Kay Smith-Blum
Summary: “In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth of the nuclear age…a beautifully written, important story…Tangles packs a punch and h...
December 3, 2024
Universe of Lost Messages (The Charismites) by Janet Stilson
Story Summary What if your child has special powers and can get people to do almost anything? What happens if the child is abducted? Izzie and Tristan were never mere humans. They ...
December 2, 2024
Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg
Summary: Sparkling Courage: Love, Loss, and the First Champagne Queen’s Daring Legacy France, 1800s. Young widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot possesses an extraordinary gift: Le Nez, an e...
December 1, 2024
Bones of the Apostle by John Amos
Story Summary: “Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.” Back from their harrowing mission in the desert to recover a stolen statue of Aphrodite, detectives Flinders Petrie and...
November 30, 2024
The Case of the Stolen Goddess by John Amos
Story Summary: Flinders smiled. “Once more into the breach, my friend.” Now famous after their previous quest to find Cleopatra’s tomb, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettig...
November 29, 2024
Prioritize Us: Unlock Lasting Love with One Simple, Proven Test by Nick Brancato
Summary: What if the real reasons behind our arguments were hidden all along? The answer could change everything—starting today. Introducing Prioritize Us: Unlock Lasting Love with...
November 28, 2024
The Art of Drawing Manga
A guide to learning the art of drawing manga–step by easy step (Collector’s Series) Manga is fun to read, and if you want to draw it too, this book gives you a place to start. It’s...