Contrary to popular belief, there are better ways to be comfortable public speaking than picturing an audience unclothed. Anne McKeown details those better ways in her highly informative and engaging book, Public Speaking: From Stage Fright to Spotlight. One might expect her narrative to leap right into psychological issues based […]

Benjamin Dane’s concise handbook, Secrets Of An Actor, will attract three categories of readers. Careerists, Creatives, and the Curious will all find value in this compact compendium of confidential counsel. Despite that alliterative abuse, the observation holds. Writers know that the perceptiveness of their readers provides value to the writing. […]

The Half-Known Life unexpectedly succeeds on drastically different levels. Ryan Lindner defies the reader’s expectations—not preaching to the unenlightened nor minimizing the obstacles to appreciating life properly. In his words: “It’s not a sunshine-and-rainbows book.” The delightful difference in this narrative from a Near-Death survivor is that the author does […]

When approaching this highly companionable book, Forget Me Not by Torri L. Fisher, one should focus on the sub-title’s first half (A Caregiver’s Guide) and not be swayed by the specificity of the second (Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease). The author makes this clear early on, but it should be emphasized: This […]

My biggest regret after reading this intriguing book of Fantastic Stories for Curious Kids is that I’ll never know the magical wonder of coming to it as a child. Robert Young’s invitation to his young (get it?) readers is enticing: Explore Incredible and Bizarre Tales from History, Science, and the […]

The problem with reviewing In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All is that I cannot praise the book enough. It is one of the best books I have read on the subject, so I should first address what that subject is. At its core, this book explores consciousness, […]