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Lessons III: Confident Co...

Dr. LaDonna Marie (LaDonna Marie Books)

| Reviewed by Joanne Higbee

Confident Conversations Lessons III by Dr. LaDonna Marie is an uplifting collection of poetry that explores inner strength, faith, and personal growth. The poems combine heartfelt stories, biblical scriptures, and reflections to inspire readers to face life's challenges with confidence. Covering themes such as destiny, justice, healing, and divine connection, it encourages embracing one’s purpose with perseverance and faith in God's plan. The author’s poetic insights are powerful affirmations for releasing pain and embracing spiritual renewal....

American Educational Exce...

Kenan E. Sahin (Forbes Books)

| Reviewed by Lee Robbins

American Educational Excellence: The Foundation of Our Values, Democracy, and Market Capitalism by Kenan E. Sahin, PhD, offers a comprehensive and nuanced defense of American education, examining its core values, historical evolution, and unique institutional ecosystem. Sahin argues that American educational excellence is rooted in fundamental values such as initiative, innovation, family autonomy, community volunteerism, and a decentralized governance model. He traces the development of American educational institutions from colonial colleges...

The Innovation Edge: How...

Merle Symes (Forbes Books)

| Reviewed by Sarah Harkness

Merle Symes's book, The Innovation Edge: How Large Companies Lose It and How to Get It Back, offers a comprehensive roadmap for large, mature organizations seeking to reignite their innovative capabilities. Symes emphasizes that in today’s rapidly changing, hypercompetitive world, continuous strategic innovation is not just advantageous but essential for survival. The book explores why established firms tend to lose their ability to innovate over time, and provides detailed principles, processes, and organizational shifts needed to transform in...

YOUR KEY TO FINANCIAL FRE...

Mia Doucet (Bankerman Press)

| Reviewed by Matthew Novak

In Your Key to Financial Freedom, Mia Doucet delivers a refreshingly unconventional approach to wealth-building for coaches, consultants, and service professionals who set their own fees. The book’s opening chapters focus on a crucial—yet often ignored—topic: the deep money beliefs and subconscious patterns we inherit from childhood. Doucet argues that our earliest experiences and family messages about money become ‘invisible codes’ that shape our earning potential far more than education or skills ever could. Through candid personal stories an...

The Date of Christ's Retu...

Arnold V Page (Books for Life Today)

| Reviewed by Elena Enger

Arnold V. Page’s The Date of Christ’s Return is a bold and meticulously researched exploration of biblical prophecy, well-written for the contemporary audience in an age of uncertainty. Page is a seasoned minister with backgrounds in engineering and theology, and he brings an analytical mind to questions that have stirred the hearts and minds of believers and skeptics alike: Can we know when Christ will return? And if so, what does that mean for our lives today? The book is panoramic in its scope, tracing the world’s timeline from creation to w...

Crossing the Cactus: A Bl...

David C. Blivin (Entrepreneur Books)

| Reviewed by Matthew Novak

David C. Blivin’s Crossing the Cactus: A Blueprint for Tech Commercialization Success Outside Silicon Valley provides a comprehensive guide to fostering technology commercialization and start-up success in regions outside established tech hubs like Silicon Valley. The book is structured in three sections: first, it introduces the “three key ingredients” necessary for tech start-up success—great ideas, great people (management), and capital—arguing that most regions have at least two of these and can leverage them to attract the third. The secon...

The Sundown of Life

Sonia Weyers (Eudokima)

| Reviewed by Hannah Bietz

The Sundown of Life by Sonia Weyers is a heartfelt memoir that chronicles her journey caring for her aging parents through their final years. Weyers recounts the myriad challenges—medical complications, emotional upheavals, and logistical struggles—that accompany the process of supporting loved ones in decline. She vividly describes the emotional rollercoaster of grief, love, and acceptance, underlining the importance of presence, authenticity, and living without regrets. Weyers’s story is richly detailed, featuring moments of tenderness,...

Tribal Abundance: Living...

Ildikó Oravecz (Citrine Publishing)

| Reviewed by John Grossman

In Tribal Abundance, Ildikó Oravecz delivers a personal memoir that captivates, anthropological insight that gets you thinking about the different threads that hold life together, and practical exercises that provide the roadmap for transforming how we live and work. The book is structured into three segments — the principles, the program, and the practice — that outline the journey into building a tribal culture and fully embracing the model as a way of life. Oravecz shares “principles” drawn from her own experiences of dislocation—from aparth...

The AI Ecosystems Revolut...

Joe Hudicka (Forbes Books)

| Reviewed by George Buehlman

The AI Ecosystems Revolution by Joe Hudicka delivers a sweeping overview of how artificial intelligence and real-time collaboration can reshape global supply chains. Beginning with a diagnosis of current pain points—hidden costs, siloed data, and the bullwhip effect—Hudicka guides readers through assessing negotiation, analyzing operational performance, and establishing what he calls the Forestream™ model, a continuous flow of densely interwoven supply-and-demand signals. He shows how companies like Amazon, Shein, and NEOM’s Oxagon are already...

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...

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