The Umbrella Maker’s Son by Tod Lending

A Brutal Regime. A Family Torn Apart. A Fight to Survive.

Tod Lending is a multi-talented award-winning producer, director, and cinematographer who specializes in human interest documentaries that demonstrate the resilience of spirit and the triumph of humanity in a variety of challenging situations during his 40-year career in filmmaking. Nominated for a Best Documentary Academy Award for his film Legacy,…

Linda HitchcockMarch 19, 2025

Listicles

Get Hooked on Siren Songs and Mermaid Tales

There’s always been something a little … suspicious about mermaids and sirens. Stories of their hypnotic songs and mesmerizing beauty have enchanted sailors for centuries, but what if there was more to the legend? What if their allure wasn’t just about magic but something else entirely? After all, anything that…

Monique SnymanMarch 14, 2025

Miscellany

Obsessed With Chappell Roan’s New Song? Book Recs Based on Your Favorite “The Giver” Lyrics!

Maybe you first found her through Pink Pony Club or Good Luck, Babe. Maybe you counted down the days until the release of her debut full album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Maybe you’ve been living under a rock and this is the first time you’re hearing…

Cameron KimballMarch 13, 2025

Miscellany Popular

Debut Author Talks About Publishing, Mythology and Monstrous Women

Emily Yu-Xuan Qin’s debut release, Aunt Tigress, is a snarky urban fantasy perfect for fans of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews and Ben Aaronovitch. Inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and bursting with wit, compelling characters and LGBTQIA+ representation, readers will eat up this gory story — and the sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup…

BookTribMarch 18, 2025

Miscellany

Chelsea Unfiltered, Chills and Thrills, The Gray Man and More!

What Happens When Chelsea Handler Gets Real? In I’ll Have What She’s Having, Chelsea Handler bares it all with hilarious stories and hard-earned wisdom, demonstrating how reinvention, resilience and laughter can transform even the most unexpected moments into life-changing lessons. You won’t want to miss this raw, unfiltered ride! The…

BookTribMarch 13, 2025

Miscellany

Explore Revolutionary Classics, Thrilling New Releases and the Hottest Books of March!

Break the Mold with These Classics Society pressures conformity, but these boundary-pushing books challenge readers to think differently, embrace their individuality and question everything they thought they knew. Through compelling stories of personal transformation and rebellion, they provoke fresh perspectives and ignite new ways of thinking. Unmissable Thrillers That Will…

BookTribMarch 6, 2025

Fiction Listicles

6 Counterculture Classics That Will Challenge Your Views on Freedom and Rebellion

In a time when societal pressures often encourage conformity, these works speak to the need for individuality, freedom, and self-exploration. For anyone looking to break free from the ordinary, these counterculture classics offer more than just stories — they provide the fuel for revolutionizing thought and expression.

Monique SnymanMarch 4, 2025

Fiction Listicles

7 Books That Are So Confusing (In the Best Way)

When was the last time you were fully immersed in a book? When you looked up from the page and took a moment to remember where you were, when the last time you drank water was, and wondered, since when had the sun gone down? For a lot of us,…

Cameron KimballNovember 4, 2024

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Beautiful Invaders — How 200 Birds Became America’s Billion-Dollar Problem

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

BookTribMarch 19, 2025

FUN Essays on a Life Embraced by Aline Weiller

Nonfiction Recommended

Essays on the Beauty of Looking Back and Moving Forward

Aline Weiller’s FUN: Essays on a Life Embraced is a delightful and heartfelt collection that captures the essence of joy, nostalgia and the beauty of everyday experiences. With wit, warmth and an undeniable gift of storytelling, Weiller invites readers into her world: a place filled with family, pop culture, personal reflection and…

Kelsey HallMarch 21, 2025

Discovering the Beauty in Ordinary Moments with Ira Joe Fisher

The Magic of Nature and Small Moments Ira Joe Fisher has a sharp eye; he sees something special and unique in the ordinary and expresses his take on it with beautiful prose. The Birth of Snow is his latest collection of poetry and I had the wonderful opportunity to discuss writing and…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 14, 2025

Business Nonfiction

Entrepreneur Duo’s Unfiltered Look at What It Takes to Succeed

Let’s be clear. I am not an entrepreneur and never will be. Yet I have worked with many with that label throughout my career (you know who you are — no worries, your secrets are safe). This makes me imminently more qualified than the average bear to review a book…

Jim AlkonMarch 13, 2025

Listicles

The Chill Quill: March Belongs to Women With These Gripping New Reads

March is Women in Horror Month, and the ladies are leading us to the dark side with a full slate of incredible new books. From searing dystopian tales to haunted yarns of ghostly revenge, hungry historical gothics to romcoms-gone-wrong and neighborhoods that transform into grisly crime scenes, March is a…

Lindy RyanMarch 13, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

Deadly Games, Epic Fantasy, Murder Mysteries and More Thrills

Featuring authors like James Rollins and Gregg Hurwitz, Jon Land shares the best thrillers of the past month in the latest edition of The Thrill List.

Jon LandMarch 6, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Road to Freedom Fraught with Danger in Historical Western-esque Adventure

The son of a Virginia plantation owner and an enslaved woman flees west after he is accused of killing his father… but that is only the beginning of his misadventures in Dan Schafer’s Western homage, Sun Walker. In 1821, Joshua Beck is one of a hundred volunteers for a large…

Peggy KurkowskiMarch 14, 2025

Fiction

Fictional Telling of FDR’s Maid, the Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

Shara Moon is making a mighty splash with her debut in historical fiction: Let Us March On. The novel introduces a broader community of readers to Lizzie McDuffie, one of America’s “hidden figures”, who made a quiet difference in the early Civil Rights Movement by way of having the ear…

Linda HitchcockMarch 13, 2025

Obsessed With Chappell Roan’s New Song? Book Recs Based on Your Favorite “The Giver” Lyrics!

Debut Author Talks About Publishing, Mythology and Monstrous Women

Chelsea Unfiltered, Chills and Thrills, The Gray Man and More!

Explore Revolutionary Classics, Thrilling New Releases and the Hottest Books of March!

6 Counterculture Classics That Will Challenge Your Views on Freedom and Rebellion

7 Books That Are So Confusing (In the Best Way)

Books & Looks Podcast: Beautiful Invaders — How 200 Birds Became America’s Billion-Dollar Problem

Entrepreneur Duo’s Unfiltered Look at What It Takes to Succeed

The Chill Quill: March Belongs to Women With These Gripping New Reads

Deadly Games, Epic Fantasy, Murder Mysteries and More Thrills

Road to Freedom Fraught with Danger in Historical Western-esque Adventure

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