Cynthia Conrad

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 Over the past few years, previously unpublished works by (among others) John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, Agatha Christie and Louisa May Alcott have graced its pages and delighted readers.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

Author Discovery Zone

Anna Knight

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anna-knight-image.jpg Anna Knight Adult Nonfiction Author of They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows) Anna Knight is the pen name of a first-time author. In her book, They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows), she offers readers a new perspective of addiction from behind closed doors. Anna kept records…

Cynthia ConradApril 15, 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

Listicles Miscellany

Crash Course: 7 Books About Aviation Disasters

We've all heard the statistic before: 1 in 11 million. That's the average American's annual risk of being killed in a plane crash. Usually it's followed by this statistic: 1 in 5,000 — the much higher annual risk of dying in a car crash. So why are so many people…

Cynthia ConradDecember 7, 2020

Author Discovery Zone

Anna Gomez

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/anna-gomez-chair-crop300.jpg Anna Gomez Women’s Fiction Contemporary Romance Women’s Literature Author of six novels under the pen name of Christine Brae, and co-author of the series "From Kona With Love" under her given name. As Anna Gomez As Christine Brae BOOKS: AS CHRISTINE BRAE The Light in the Wound (2013) His…

Cynthia ConradNovember 23, 2020

Children's Books

“Love” Brings Tenderness and Wisdom to Your Baby’s Bookshelf

“A picture is worth a thousand words” goes the old adage. And for those of us who write about art, we know that a picture can also inspire a thousand words. With Love by children’s author Casey Rislov, that same picture can take on deeper meanings in the context of…

Cynthia ConradOctober 15, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

Repentant Ex-Terrorist Comes Out of “Retirement” for New Cyber Crime Thriller

“ complex and cunning tale an empathetic hero caught in a precarious struggle to do the right thing and make peace with his past.” —Kirkus Reviews "Readers will hope they won't have to wait another 19 years for Pascual's next adventure." —Publishers Weekly Back in the late 90s/early aughts, crime…

Cynthia ConradOctober 6, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

The Strand Unveils New Works by the Queen of Crime and the Father of Noir

The Strand Magazine has just released its latest issue, packed with reviews, articles and stories for the mystery aficionado. Following on the heels of last quarter’s issue, which debuted a previously unpublished story by Louisa May Alcott, number 61 includes new pieces by two masters of the genre, Agatha Christie…

Cynthia ConradOctober 5, 2020

Nonfiction

“Untamed Equality” Shows How Change Can Start Anywhere … to Spread Everywhere

When Todd A. Weiler was a kid, he wanted to be President of the United States one day. "While other kids dreamed of being superheroes or star athletes," he writes, "I practiced for the White House by reciting inauguration speeches to imaginary crowds numbering in the millions." Fast-forward 50ish years…

Cynthia ConradOctober 2, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

Inspiring Woman Thrives Beyond Prison After Being “Rearrested by Faith”

“If I only knew then what I know now” goes the old saying. How many times have we said it to ourselves as our life experiences shape and school us about the world and ourselves? And if we could talk to our younger selves, what would we tell them? Would…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 11, 2020

Book Club Network Thrillers

Industrial Sabotage and Organized Crime a Fatal Mix in “Final Flight”

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur on a six-hour trip to Beijing. But not long after takeoff, air traffic control lost contact with the Boeing 777. It never landed. Or, more accurately, we don’t know where it landed after running out of fuel seven hours…

Cynthia ConradJune 30, 2020