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“Running Wild:” A Global Journey of Healing After the Boston Marathon Bombing

Boom! The terrible, percussive sound of the first explosion drowned out every other noise in Boston, both literally and figuratively. The horror of that sound on a sunny Monday afternoon, April 15, 2013, was just the start of the chaos. An apt description so far as Bobby O’Donnell is concerned,…

Jon LandApril 30, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

“My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me:” A Memoir of Love, Loss and Healing

Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her — through a column in the New York Times. On March 3, 2017, Rosenthal, a bestselling children’s author and filmmaker, wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times’ “Modern…

BookTribApril 21, 2020

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The Algorithm for “Maximum Momentum:” How to Achieve and Maintain Success

Why do some ideas go viral and others sink? Why does one political candidate soar while another fails to gain traction? Why does one product become an instant rage while its competitor struggles to stay above water? The secret is momentum, a phenomenon that internationally recognized pollster and strategic advisor…

BookTribMarch 31, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

Tall Poppy Review: Insightful and Empowering Essays in the Wake of #MeToo

Katie Rose Guest Pryal’s Even If You’re Broken (Blue Crow Books) is a collection of essays. It says so right on the cover. I expected, then, that the book would not be one narrative, but rather, many. But as I was reading, I was struck by how seamless the book…

Amy ImpellizeriMarch 26, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

One Man’s Spiritual Rebirth in “Every Grain of Sand”

David P. Wichman is an expert when it comes to surviving. Time and time again he picked the safer of two options — leaving his abusive stepfather for foster care; stealing a car to get out of town and escape his circumstances; hustling on the streets to make a little…

Jeff DaughertyMarch 11, 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

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

Better Self Nonfiction

Me, We and Thee: Blueprint for Spiritual Growth in “The 3rd Power”

Consider: People are fleeing organized religion in record numbers. Less than 20 percent of Americans regularly attend church, citing a lack of need for a more formal practice of religion. Of the 88 percent of Americans said to own a Bible, 57 percent read it only four times a year…

Jim AlkonDecember 19, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction

Feeling Down? Read Charles M. Johnston’s Take on “Hope and the Future”

Charles M. Johnston, MD begins his academic text Hope and the Future: Confronting Today’s Crisis of Purpose (ICD Press) with an anecdote from his psychiatry practice. A teenage boy sat in his office only two days after attempting suicide. When Johnston asked the boy why he had tried to kill…

BookTribDecember 17, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction

“I Am Not Your Slave” Exposes the Harrowing Reality of Human Trafficking

There are unspeakable acts of depravity and cruelty in the memoir I Am Not Your Slave (Lawrence Hill Books) by Tupa Tjipombo and Chris Lockhart. It is hard to read, harder yet to believe that there are men in this world who can be so sadistic, so bestial, women who aid…

Sherri DaleyDecember 10, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction

On Love, Loss and Letting Your Light Shine

Imagine becoming permanent guardians for two kids — a girl and a boy. You raise them for four years as your own, giving them love and encouragement they’d never had. Then you pursue adoption. But instead of officially becoming their parents, they are ripped from your home forever, without the…

K.L. RomoDecember 5, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction

One Bullying Victim’s Courage to Speak Up and Reach Out

It appears on the top of an article on the website of the No Bullying Initiative Trust, the New Zealand organization that's a rough equivalent to our stateside StopBullying.gov initiative. The article explains, “Bullies would not exist without victims, and they do not just pick on anyone ... They try…

Jim AlkonDecember 5, 2019

Better Self Miscellany

“Today I Choose Me:” Essays on Self-Ascension

People often tend to define themselves and their lives by their ability to serve those around them and make others happy. They are so desperate to please spouses, children, friends, co-workers, bosses, basically all those around them, that they fail to look out for someone who really holds the key…

BookTribNovember 12, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction

Two Decades Later, Another Brilliant Memoir From Mitch Albom

The first book I ever read by Mitch Albom was Tuesdays With Morrie, which spent four straight years at the top of the New York Times list and has since become the bestselling memoir of all time. A forever Albom fan, I could not wait to read his next work,…

Carole ClapsNovember 5, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction

Actress and Dancer Jenna Dewan Gives Insight into Being “Gracefully You”

From actress and dancer Jenna Dewan comes a vibrant message of how to elevate your life and experience beauty every day. Gracefully You: Finding Beauty and Balance in the Everyday (Gallery Books) is an insightful vision for anyone who wants to feel better, focus on what’s important, and maintain a…

BookTribOctober 22, 2019

“Running Wild:” A Global Journey of Healing After the Boston Marathon Bombing

“My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me:” A Memoir of Love, Loss and Healing

The Algorithm for “Maximum Momentum:” How to Achieve and Maintain Success

Tall Poppy Review: Insightful and Empowering Essays in the Wake of #MeToo

One Man’s Spiritual Rebirth in “Every Grain of Sand”

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

Martha Stewart’s Latest Combines Three Methods of Organizing

“Tiny Habits” for the New Year

Me, We and Thee: Blueprint for Spiritual Growth in “The 3rd Power”

Feeling Down? Read Charles M. Johnston’s Take on “Hope and the Future”

“I Am Not Your Slave” Exposes the Harrowing Reality of Human Trafficking

On Love, Loss and Letting Your Light Shine

One Bullying Victim’s Courage to Speak Up and Reach Out

“Today I Choose Me:” Essays on Self-Ascension

Two Decades Later, Another Brilliant Memoir From Mitch Albom

Actress and Dancer Jenna Dewan Gives Insight into Being “Gracefully You”

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