Nonfiction

The Six Pillars Of Effect...

Jim Carlough (Self-Published)

| Reviewed by Lee Robbins

Jim Carlough's The Six Pillars of Effective Leadership: A Roadmap to Success is a groundbreaking work that offers a comprehensive framework for developing impactful leadership skills. The six pillars—integrity, focus, compassion, stability, empathy, and humor—are presented as a holistic approach to leadership that emphasizes character, strategic clarity, emotional intelligence, resilience, and relational skills. These core qualities form the foundation for inspiring trust, fostering a positive culture, and guiding teams through challenges to ac...

Emotionally Invested: Out...

Mary Clements Evans (Forbes Books)

| Reviewed by George Buehlman

Mary Evans’ Emotionally Invested offers an incisive exploration of the emotional foundations that drive our financial decisions. The book emphasizes that financial happiness is less about numbers and investment jargon and more about understanding the deep-rooted fears, motivations, and emotional triggers—such as FOMO (fear of missing out) and FORO (fear of running out)—that influence how individuals manage money. Evans advocates for financial therapy through self-awareness, arguing that when we recognize our “Money Why,” we can transform our fi...

The Champagne CEO: A Spar...

Terri Eagle (Forbes Books)

| Reviewed by Jeff Klune

The Champagne CEO by Terri Eagle is an inspiring memoir that chronicles the author’s extraordinary journey of success driven by courage, confidence, and collaboration. The book unearths stories from her early days selling cookies and working in family restaurants, through her rise in the luxury fashion and jewelry industries, to her leadership roles at Montblanc and David Yurman. Eagle emphasizes the importance of belief in oneself, taking risks, building genuine relationships, and leading with heart. Throughout, she shares practical strategies...

The HIPUS® Revolution: Ho...

Mark Sorensen (Advantage Media Group)

| Reviewed by Daniel Rhodes

The HIPUS® Revolution by Mark Sorensen, MD, presents a fascinating case for transforming healthcare through intelligent IT systems. The book underlines how physician burnout, uneven care quality, and soaring costs are interconnected crises that can be effectively addressed with innovative, color-coded, Bayesian-like diagnostic tools. Sorensen argues that better IT tools are the solution to physician burnout and advocates for a system—HIPUS®—that uses intuitive color signals to help doctors process diagnostic data more efficiently, demonstrate e...

The Visionary Leader

Bryan Smeltzer (LiquidMind Press)

| Reviewed by Yna Erdrich

In The Visionary Leader, Bryan Smeltzer delivers a compelling exploration of what it means to lead with vision, purpose, and conviction. Drawing on the lives and legacies of transformative figures such as Steve Jobs, Jesus Christ, Albert Einstein, and Mahatma Gandhi, Smeltzer outlines the essential traits that define visionary leadership. He identifies 16 key principles—such as vision, faith, dedication, passion, and innovation—that distinguish extraordinary leaders from conventional ones. Through a series of focused chapters, each centered on...

The Perceptive Heart: For...

Ms Bella St John ()

| Reviewed by Cristina Prescott

“You are not here to fix the world. You are here to feel joy.” These are the statements that open The Perceptive Heart by Ms. Bella St John, a gentle yet profound invitation to embrace change, loss, and inner transformation through subtle shifts in perception. Unlike conventional self-help books, it is crafted as a meditative work rich in stories, reflections, and prompts that encourage deep listening to the wisdom already within us. The book emphasizes that life’s most meaningful shifts occur not through force or effort but through quiet aware...

Unfiltered and Unapologet...

Judy McCutcheon (Advantage Books)

| Reviewed by Lee Robbins

Unfiltered and Unapologetic: A Woman's Guide to Live, Love, and Lead with Boldness by Judy McCutcheon is a powerful and inspiring self-help guide encouraging women to embrace their authentic selves, live boldly, and pursue their dreams unapologetically. The book chronicles Judy’s journey from a challenging childhood in Tobago to becoming a successful entrepreneur and leader, while confronting social expectations, personal doubts, and life's inevitable setbacks. Through her stories, Judy advocates for self-love, forgiveness, integrity, and culti...

Fire Your Hiring Habits

John W. Mitchell (Forbes Books)

| Reviewed by Elena Enger

Fire Your Hiring Habits by Dr. John W. Mitchell is a comprehensive guide to transforming modern workforce acquisition and retention strategies in response to the rapidly changing employment landscape. The book emphasizes that outdated hiring systems—based on traditional methods like static job postings, rigid requirements, and reliance on legacy recruitment channels—are no longer effective. Instead, Mitchell advocates for innovative, human-centered approaches that leverage technology, diversity, company culture, and new training models. He cove...

The Lost Chapters of Huma...

Anastasia Martin (Historium Press)

| Reviewed by Krishna Blackwood

The Lost Chapters of Humanity on Earth by Anastasia Wilhelmina Martin is an ambitious exploration into the hidden and often overlooked aspects of Earth's history and human origins. The book compiles many alternative theories and speculative ideas, proposing that our understanding of history, evolution, and the universe may be incomplete or intentionally obscured. It suggests that ancient civilizations, extraterrestrial influences, cyclical resets, and hidden knowledge shape the narrative of humanity's past, present, and future. From genetic mem...

This or Something Better:...

elisa stancil levine (She Writes Press)

| Reviewed by Elena Enger

This or Something Better: A Memoir of Resilience by Elisa Stancil Levine is a profoundly moving memoir that chronicles her journey through trauma, grit, and the pursuit of meaning. The story begins with her experiencing the devastating Sonoma Mountain wildfire in 2017, which threatened her home and forced a harrowing evacuation. This traumatic event awakens her long-suppressed memories of childhood, including her experiences of familial abuse, loss, and shame. Levine recounts her early years in Camino, California, where she endured emotional an...

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