A father who wants a better life for his son, offering sage advice about the kinds of professions to avoid and the kind of career to pursue. But what makes this father-son relationship so incredible? It took place 4,000 years ago! Be a Scribe! represents an extraordinary translation of a…
BookTribJune 5, 2024
Despite how important it is, the way American public health policy is often discussed in media and literature is often much too complex and inaccessible for most of the population. With it being so closely tied to our divisive national politics, this often creates issues, issues that Greg Vigdor tackles…
Wyatt SemenukJuly 5, 2022
Seven Days of SHIVA by Marc Gellman is an unforgettable memoir about a romance that will make you smile, laugh, and cry.Seized with grief at the loss of his beloved and vibrant wife Barbara after a 30-year battle with breast cancer, Marc Gellman does the only thing he finds he…
BookTribMay 29, 2024
“Searing and soothing, honest and elusive, Every Bone a Prayer is a gift. It’s the pure truth, told slant.” — Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January “Haunting and healing ... a powerful debut that will leave its mark on readers’ hearts.” — Kim Michele Richardson, author of The Book…
With constant advertisements and purchases available at the push of a button, it’s more important than ever to be teaching children financial literacy. But it’s one thing for parents to know that this lesson needs teaching, and another thing to actually do it. How exactly do you explain the concept…
BookTribMay 20, 2024
Fire in the Hole! is the untold story of the traumatic life and explosive success of Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy. In his literary debut, this extraordinary entrepreneur recounts the exploits of his youth, his hellish days at the mercy of Catholic school nuns, his harrowing tour of combat duty…
BookTribMay 20, 2024
“I made a living writing articles that required a high degree of accuracy,” says John Manuel, author of Solitario: The Lonely One. However, “I’ve always believed in the maxim ‘never let the facts get in the way of a good story.’” Manuel has certainly stayed true to his word in…
Wyatt SemenukJuly 11, 2022
While most people’s impression of ancient Egypt is usually limited to spring holiday viewings of The Ten Commandments or grade-school museum field trips, our fascination endures. Anyone who has ever wondered about what life was like among the pharaohs will delight in the Lord Hani Mysteries by N.L. Holmes. The…
Jessica McEnteeNovember 10, 2020
Edith Tarbescu’s absorbing mystery novel One Will: Three Wives (Adelaide Books) is here to kill it in the murder-book scene. The action takes place in an expertly portrayed New York City in wintertime, full of cozy coffee shops and snowy landmarks. But don’t the postcard-worthy imagery fool you into thinking…
BookTribNovember 1, 2021
A childhood in Brooklyn. A struggle to become published. A heart-pounding encounter with spies in Romania. It’s all in author and playwright Edith Tarbescu’s book Beyond Brooklyn: A Memoir (Adelaide Books). Chronicling her journey through life, this memoir gives an inside look into the struggles of a first-generation New Yorker…
BookTribOctober 24, 2022
As Jeannée Sacken tells it, “I found myself sitting with my soon-to-be-husband on the dirt floor of a mud boma in western Zimbabwe. Smoke from the cook fire was wrapping itself around me, making me more than a little dizzy. Facing us sat a gray-haired n'anga, whose deeply wrinkled face was…
BookTribDecember 5, 2022
An exploration of high society in South Florida, A Palm Beach Wife delves into the status and tentative nature of the idealized lifestyle while focusing on a heroine who must find the balance between rejecting and embracing it all to succeed. A Palm Beach Wife (St. Martin’s Griffin) is the…
Ann LinebergerMay 12, 2019
John Russell has been a highly regarded professional psychic for almost 50 years and has worked with thousands of clients in over 30 countries. As a paranormal investigator, he has physically experienced over 1,000 paranormal manifestations. A Knock in the Attic: True Ghost Stories & Other Spine-Chilling Paranormal Adventures is his…
BookTribMay 10, 2021
Millions of people around the world have played with games and toys that Jeffrey Breslow and his partners invented. In A Game Maker’s Life: A Hall of Fame Game Inventor and Executive tells the Inside Story of the Toy Industry (Post Hill Press), Jeffrey Breslow tells the remarkable story of…
Jim AlkonSeptember 26, 2022
Susan N. Swann is no stranger to the world of writing. But while her previous novel, Angels in the Fog, told the heartrending wartime story of four siblings and their struggles in the Pacific theater of World War II, her newest book is something else entirely. Described as her first…
BookTribMay 8, 2024