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This reading list is sponsored by Lulu. 2024 Pit Bull Flower Power Calendar by Sophie Gamand Created with the goal of changing the public’s perspective of pit bulls, this calendar features photos of shelter pitties who were waiting for their forever home. 2024 Nature Photography Calendar by Jeremy Janus The photos in this calendar span […]

Book Award Winner: Dancing Into the Light: An Arab-American Girlhood in the Middle East by Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki

Congratulations on your silver book award! Synopsis Set against the backdrop of the early American presence in Iran under the Shah, and the burgeoning years of Kuwait’s early oil boom, Dancing into the Light is Kathryn’s memoir of growing up within both the expatriate Western communities and the larger Middle Eastern society of Kuwait and […]

Book Award Winner: In Search of Mr Darcy: Lessons Learnt In The Pursuit of Happily Ever After by Christina Ford

Congratulations on your silver book award! Synopsis Prince Charming? Happily Ever After? Childhood Fairy Tales are Full of Promises, but the Reality – Life – is a Very Different Story. And That Story Has a Hell of a Lot To Teach Us. Writing with searing honesty, wry humour and endless warmth, Christina Ford takes us […]

Book Award Winner: The Green Real Deal: American Energy, National Security, and a Better Plan for the Environment by Bill Herrington

Congratulations on your silver book award! Synopsis The Energy Wake-Up Call for Americans The all-in stance in favor of renewables has rendered Europe vulnerable to Putin. And America is in danger of making the same catastrophic mistake. The Green Real Deal exposes the danger of plans like the Green New Deal—and reveals the truth about […]

Book Award Winner: Brooklyn Goes Home: The Rise and Fall of American Greyhound Racing and the Dog that Inspired a Movement by Christine Dorchak and Carey Theil

Congratulations on your silver book award! Synopsis Brooklyn Goes Home is the true story of how one greyhound sparked a movement to close the worst dog track in the world. After spending eight years in a small, dark, and empty concrete cell, he finally found his forever home with greyhound advocates Christine Dorchak and Carey […]

Influential Books about the Importance of Gratitude

Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Practice of Taking Nothing for Granted by Kristi Nelson Storey Publishing, LLC, November 24, 2020 Wake Up Grateful provides actionable tips and meditations to inspire more gratitude in your life – even in the most trying times. The Habit of Grateful: A Handbook for Gratitude by Kristine Newell New Degree […]

Member of the Week: Soribel Martinez, author of Multi-million Dollar Private Practice

Author Name: Soribel Martinez Book Title: Multi-Million Dollar Private Practice Synopsis The mental health professional’s guide to building a sustainable business that makes a difference. Multi-Million Dollar Private Practice is the roadmap to success for psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals who finished their degree programs prepared to treat clients, but without guidance […]

Member of the Week: Maureen Buick, author of Finding Bomb Boogie: A Daughter’s Search to Rediscover Her Father–the World War II Bomber Boy, Prisoner of War, and American Veteran

Author Name: Maureen Buick Book Title: Finding Bomb Boogie: A Daughter’s Search to Rediscover Her Father–the World War II Bomber Boy, Prisoner of War, and American Veteran Synopsis Finding Bomb Boogie is the story of a daughter discovering her father’s war history long after he is gone—the quiet World War II veteran and tail gunner […]