Cynthia Conrad

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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

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 Following on the heels of last quarter’s issue, which debuted a previously unpublished story by Louisa May Alcott, number 61 includes new pieces by two masters of the genre, Agatha Christie…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

Book Club Network Thrillers

“Fractus Europa:” Thriller Anthology Of Region Amid Seismic Change

If there’s any part of our world that’s undergone major upheaval in the last few decades, it’s Europe. Communism’s collapse and its fallout, the formation of the EU, the rise of international terrorism, refugees wanting in, countries wanting out — the Eurozone has been in a state of constant geopolitical…

Cynthia ConradMay 23, 2020

Thrillers

Geopolitical Thriller “Desert Burial” Is a Cautionary Tale Already Coming True

Spoken by Sereta, a disfigured Malian refugee with a gift of prophecy, these words deliver an ominous message in Brian Littlefair’s Desert Burial (Dunn Books), where such visions and dreams are more like nightmares. Geologist Ty Campbell is a contractor for USAID, surveying subterranean Saharan aquifers in a region of…

Cynthia ConradMarch 25, 2020

Children's Books

“Mother Jones” Encourages Children to Stand Up for Justice

So begins Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children (Random House Children's Books), a picture book for children aged 4 to 8 written by Jonah Winter. It’s the story of the Children’s Crusade told from the perspective of the formidable Mother Jones, an activist who in her time was…

Cynthia ConradMarch 9, 2020

Audiobooks Business Nonfiction

“The Barefoot Spirit” a Dramatic Departure From the Typical Audiobook

Here at BookTrib, I’m asked to review a lot of books. You can find me most evenings, weekends and train commutes deep inside a book bristling with Post-It notes. So it was a refreshing change when I was asked to review the audiobook of The Barefoot Spirit (Footnotes Press) by…

Cynthia ConradFebruary 27, 2020

Better Self Business Nonfiction

“The Key Skill of All Skills:” A Comprehensive Guide to Comprehension

How can we relate to other people and be understood by them? These two questions may seem unrelated, but they are not. Teaching and learning, loving and being loved, are all connected, along with a host of other areas in life you probably don’t realize — but you will come…

Cynthia ConradJanuary 29, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

Martha Stewart’s Latest Combines Three Methods of Organizing

Martha Stewart's Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the newest of over 90 titles written by the venerable Stewart, focuses on bringing order into your world, one day at a time. The book is divided into sections, approaching organizing from three…

Cynthia ConradJanuary 8, 2020

Author Spotlight

Flaws, Redemption and Forgiveness: Q&A with Ellen Gibson-Adler

"Much of my fiction revolves around the theme of resiliency and the internal work it takes to overcome being different," says novelist Ellen Gibson-Adler. "In other words, taking what life throws at you and not just surviving, but thriving, in spite of obstacles." In her Lyons family trilogy, Gibson-Adler explores…

Cynthia ConradJanuary 8, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

“Tiny Habits” for the New Year

Forget all those huge, sweeping resolutions you're making for the New Year — they aren’t going to work. Either your ability or motivation is likely to defeat you. Instead, hack your behavior. This is the message in Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by BJ…

Cynthia ConradDecember 31, 2019

Cynthia Conrad

Building a Better Business: 6 Books on Workplace Culture

Crash Course: 7 Books About Aviation Disasters

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Fractus Europa:” Thriller Anthology Of Region Amid Seismic Change

Geopolitical Thriller “Desert Burial” Is a Cautionary Tale Already Coming True

“Mother Jones” Encourages Children to Stand Up for Justice

“The Barefoot Spirit” a Dramatic Departure From the Typical Audiobook

“The Key Skill of All Skills:” A Comprehensive Guide to Comprehension

Martha Stewart’s Latest Combines Three Methods of Organizing

Flaws, Redemption and Forgiveness: Q&A with Ellen Gibson-Adler

“Tiny Habits” for the New Year

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