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Mommy's Boy: How My Doggie Soulmate's Love Rescued Me

Jennifer Huston Schaeffer | Biographies and Memoirs

Jennifer Huston Schaeffer's memoir, Mommy's Boy, is a unique story of a bond between a woman and her canine son, a story of the transformative decade she spent with Benny, a rescued Westie-Maltese mix who became her “doggie soulmate.” Following heartbreaks and realizing traditional motherhood might not be her future, Jennifer adopts Benny in 2014, finding unconditional love that heals her loneliness. The narrative follows their journey from Chicago to Indianapolis, where Benny helps Jennifer pursue a romance with Brad. Together, they face Benny’s complex health battles, including pancreatitis and gallbladder surgery, treating him as their child. For how long can they keep Benny with them?...

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The Next Marketing: From Molecule to Mindset

Harshit Jain (Entrepreneur Books)

| Reviewed by Meg McKinnon

In an era where Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) are suffocating under an avalanche of data, Dr. Harshit Jain’s The Next Marketing: From Molecule to Mindset delivers a radical prescription: stop shouting and start nudging. Challenging the status quo of pharmaceutical marketing—which often adds to the cognitive “sludge” burdening physicians—Jain presents a compelling thesis rooted in behavioral science. Drawing on the work of Thaler and Sunstein, he argues that true engagement comes not from volume, but from precision. By understanding the dual-p...

Bait - A Harper Jones Novel

Jeffrey Butler (Self)

| Reviewed by John Grossman

In Jeffrey Butler's relentless thriller Bait, Detective Harper Jones of Wolf Hollow, North Carolina, hunts a car bomber when the ghosts of his past as a black-ops soldier come calling. Ten years ago, a mission to eliminate a Corsican arms dealer ended in disaster, leaving Harper believing his teammate and lover Josie was dead. Now, a vengeful crime syndicate, the mysterious Rosanera, has targeted Harper and his family, delivering a severed pig’s head as a warning and shooting his partner, Mary Lou. When Harper discovers Josie is alive, imprison...

Sustaining the Mission: Building a Billion-Dollar Nonprofit Network by Rewriting the Rules of Partnership

Ryan Dewey Smith (Forbes Books)

| Reviewed by Elena Enger

Ryan Dewey Smith’s Sustaining the Mission is a hybrid memoir and business manifesto chronicling the creation of Inperium, Inc.—a pioneering “constellation” of affiliated nonprofits designed to rescue struggling mission-driven organizations while preserving their distinct identities. This book showcases the wisdom of thirty years in intellectual and developmental disability services. Smith argues that nonprofits typically collapse not from a lack of passion but from operational and financial challenges. The book follows the growth of Inperium fr...

The Omega Course

Paul Clark (Self-published (under the name Friston Books))

| Reviewed by Eugene Lasha

Seventeen-year-old Ross Collins accidentally kills another driver shortly after passing his driving test in Paul Clark’s The Omega Course, and his life changes in unexpected ways. He is unable to live with the guilt of killing a mother and leaving two children behind. Ross withdraws from his friends, consumed by guilt and self-loathing. When he enrolls in the Alpha Course, he hopes to reclaim his life and find Christian redemption, but he instead meets Bee Ormerod, a theology student whose faith is crumbling. She offers him an alternative “Omeg...

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