The Dangers of Social Reliance
Several years ago, I received a message from a popular social network telling me I had been unilaterally banned. It came out of the blue. There was no appeal process.
Christopher Mannino – Making It Up: A Revolutionary Way to Bond with Kids Through Play
Christopher Mannino believes that one of the most powerful tools in parenting isn’t a schedule, a screen limit, or a perfect plan—it’s play.
Sarah and Jim Charles – From Work to What’s Next: Designing a Life you Don’t Want to Retire From
What if retirement isn’t the finish line—but the beginning of something more intentional? In From Work to What’s Next, husband-and-wife financial advisors Sarah K. Charles and Jim Charles rethink retirement as a redesign, not an ending.
Ryan Steck and Simon Gervais – The Second Son
In The Second Son, the debut collaboration between Ryan Steck and Simon Gervais, two authors who have long occupied opposite ends of the genre’s tasting menu, something unexpected has happened.
Nancy Cole Silverman – A Spy in Saigon
Nancy Cole Silverman digs into “A Spy in Saigon.” Kat Lawsom is thrust into a web of secrets, double agents, and trafficked children who desperately need her help.
Michelle Yang – Phoenix Girl
Michelle Yang’s new memoir, “Phoenix Girl,” is an inspiring story of resilience, reclamation, and learning to rise from the fire instead of being consumed by it.
Carolyn Larkin Taylor – Whispers of the Mind, a Neurologist’s Memoir
Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor turns inward in “Whispers of the Mind, a Neurologist’s Memoir.” Intimate essays on the quiet beauty found at the edge of life and memory.
Dr. Marissa Toussaint – Flambeau Kitchen
In “Flambeau Kitchen,” Dr. Marissa Toussaint stakes a claim: that culinary heritage and long-term wellness need not stand in opposition.
Mark Murphy – Rose Dhu
Hear the Conversation | Get the Book Savannah knows how to keep a secret. It is a city that appears to exhale its past: warm, humid, and faintly perfumed by the sweet decay of magnolia. Its historic squares, verdant, geometric, and improbably serene, feel like rooms in an open-air...
Nancy Shear – I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms
In mid-century Philadelphia, before backstage access required a security badge and a retina scan, there existed certain portals through which a determined teenager might slip. The stage door of the Academy of Music was one such loophole. Through it, Nancy Shear began a lifelong occupation of the...
Mark Peres – The Accord
In The Accord, author Mark Peres explores grief, love, and the blurred lines between human and machine through the bond between a professor and her sentient AI.
Gil Gillenwater – Hope on the Border
Meet Gil Gillenwater — real-estate guy, Harley fan, and founder of Rancho Feliz. For 40 years he’s helped families along the U.S.–Mexico border with one surprising motto: Helping others should be fun.