Cynthia Conrad

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Learning Numbers Can Be Silly Fun With “Flooky Dooky & Friends Count to 10”

Learning to count can be loads of fun, especially with a silly picture book to guide the way. Flooky Dooky & Friends Count to 10 (Barnes & Noble Press) by Hooman Altafi is one such book. Populated by all manner of wacky-looking doodle-y creatures, it’s an imaginative take on a…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 16, 2021

Miscellany

Poems of Angst and Reflection, Despair and Epiphany in “Speaks for Itself”

By the time we've reached a certain point in our lives, most of us have accumulated one or more past experiences that haunt us or create obstacles to moving forward. They follow us around and linger on the edges of every new experience, trying to convince us that any parallels…

Cynthia ConradAugust 31, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Astro Needs to Find His Spaceship and Complete His Mission, But He Can’t Do It Without Your Help!

Astro the astronaut is lost and alone, adrift in space with no way to get home. Luckily for him, though, by opening the pages of The Lost Astronaut by Diana Escobar, you can gain some measure of control over Astro’s world and help him find his spaceship. The Lost Astronaut…

Cynthia ConradAugust 16, 2021

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Speculative Thriller “Azalea Bluff” Explores the Human Costs of UFO Cover-Ups

"Artist's impression of Die Glocke" by WeskerX incorporated into this artwork under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license. "Reminiscent of Ray Bradbury at his best and reading like a great episode of The X-Files, this is science fiction writing of the highest order." —Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author of The Rising…

Cynthia ConradJuly 30, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

An Eager Little Cat Learns How to Make Friends in “Hello Whimsy!”

All the little cat wants to do is make friends. But she’s not quite going about it the right way. She starts out fine enough, with a positive attitude and high spirits. She stays open-minded about who might make a good friend. There’s something to admire about everyone, it seems.…

Cynthia ConradJuly 14, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

“Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn” Uses Dance to Engage Young Readers

Princess Naomi is beyond annoyed with her little sister, Princess Miranda. First, Miranda spilled the last of the milk, leaving Naomi without any left for her breakfast cereal. Then, she started singing Naomi’s least favorite song at the top of her lungs. Aaaaagh! Naomi gets so irritated that she storms…

Cynthia ConradJuly 12, 2021

Business Listicles Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

5 Books to Help You Better Engage and Motivate Your Employees

Engagement and motivation. Two factors that can make or break so much — retention, productivity, performance, innovation, speed to market, sales growth — and in so many industries. And yet, all too often these two factors are relegated to HR and addressed with meaningless team activities (Pajama Fridays, anyone?) and…

Cynthia ConradJuly 9, 2021

Fiction

A Teen Crosses the Country to Start Anew in the Coming-of-Age “Ryder Stephens”

A 13-year-old runaway finds a new home and faces her traumatic past in Ryder Stephens (SBC Publishing House) by Veronica Ventura, a moving story of loss, love and healing. It’s the day after Christmas, and Ryder has lost everything — her mother is dead, her father has chosen a Vegas…

Cynthia ConradJuly 7, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction

Serving Girl Forges a New Life for Herself as a Noblewoman in Historical Novel “Irina”

1378, Poland. Irina Kwasniewska, a farmer's daughter and servant girl to a wealthy merchant family, is about to lose almost everything dear to her — and begin an unexpected new life. Pregnant by her benefactor's son, Berek, and turned out of her family's household for it, Irina arrives back at…

Cynthia ConradJune 14, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction

More Than a Memoir, “Coping With Adoption” Is a Cautionary Tale for Teen Mothers

At the age of 16, Maya M. Thomas did something that would face the harsh judgment of her close-knit churchgoing community, not to mention her own family. Not only had she broken her promise to God to remain chaste — a vow she had taken in front of the entire…

Cynthia ConradMay 28, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction

Divorcee Speaks Out About Marriage Trauma in “They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows)”

Alcoholism. Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Bipolar Disorder. ADHD. Any one of these conditions is a challenge to forming and maintaining a healthy relationship with others. Anna Knight's husband had all four. In her enlightening and harrowing memoir, They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows): A Story of Survival and New…

Cynthia ConradMay 12, 2021

Better Self Business Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Find and Achieve “Your Next Big Idea” With This Workbook and Guide

You might think you don't have a creative bone in your body. But you'd be wrong. Most of us come up with novel ideas at one time or another. They may be big or small, good or bad, doable or not so doable. If you have to solve an unusual…

Cynthia ConradMay 3, 2021

Fiction Listicles Listicles - Featured Thrillers

Children of Cthulhu: 5 Recent Books With a Unique Take on Lovecraftian Fiction

It’s hard to imagine horror writing without the influence of H.P. Lovecraft. The early 20th-century writer made famous for creating the Cthulhu mythos spawned what’s perhaps the first full-scale example of “fan fiction,” with authors both famous and unknown exploring and expanding on the universe he created. From the controversial…

Cynthia ConradApril 29, 2021

Miscellany

Strand Magazine Unearths New Raymond Chandler Work

Andrew Gulli, the managing editor of the Strand Magazine, has a knack for finding hidden literary gems. Over the past few years, previously unpublished works by (among others) John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, Agatha Christie and Louisa May Alcott have graced its pages and delighted readers. Gulli’s gone and…

Cynthia ConradApril 23, 2021

Better Self Children's Books

“Joey and the Bodacious Beans” Teaches Powerful Lessons for Success and Happiness

If you could have any superpower in the world, what would it be? Perhaps you’d like the ability to fly, or become invisible, or simply make your broccoli disappear without actually eating it. Sure, these superpowers would be useful … at times. But what about superpowers that are useful all…

Cynthia ConradMarch 10, 2021

Business Listicles Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Building a Better Business: 6 Books on Workplace Culture

What, exactly, is workplace culture? Is it something we create from the top down or something that evolves from the bottom up? Can culture even be "created"? Perhaps it is a co-creation of a company's leadership and the employees whose personalities and attitudes power it. Whether you work at a…

Cynthia ConradJanuary 28, 2021

Cynthia Conrad

Learning Numbers Can Be Silly Fun With “Flooky Dooky & Friends Count to 10”

Poems of Angst and Reflection, Despair and Epiphany in “Speaks for Itself”

Astro Needs to Find His Spaceship and Complete His Mission, But He Can’t Do It Without Your Help!

Speculative Thriller “Azalea Bluff” Explores the Human Costs of UFO Cover-Ups

An Eager Little Cat Learns How to Make Friends in “Hello Whimsy!”

“Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn” Uses Dance to Engage Young Readers

5 Books to Help You Better Engage and Motivate Your Employees

A Teen Crosses the Country to Start Anew in the Coming-of-Age “Ryder Stephens”

Serving Girl Forges a New Life for Herself as a Noblewoman in Historical Novel “Irina”

More Than a Memoir, “Coping With Adoption” Is a Cautionary Tale for Teen Mothers

Divorcee Speaks Out About Marriage Trauma in “They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows)”

Find and Achieve “Your Next Big Idea” With This Workbook and Guide

Children of Cthulhu: 5 Recent Books With a Unique Take on Lovecraftian Fiction

Strand Magazine Unearths New Raymond Chandler Work

“Joey and the Bodacious Beans” Teaches Powerful Lessons for Success and Happiness

Building a Better Business: 6 Books on Workplace Culture

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