Success Against All Odds by Regina Ozoemela is an interesting book by a woman who has seemingly overcome great and some would even say extreme challenges to be self-supporting. Coming from Nigeria, she found herself abandoned by her husband and his family and left with...

Take the time each day to read a Bible verse and memorize it phrase by phrase. Rachelle Ayala suggests this spiritual devotion in Your Daily Bible Verse: 366 Verses Correlated by Month and Day. She notes that a difficult time in her life inspired her...

The Legacy Driven Life, by Adil F. Dalal is a must-read for those who find themselves struggling for direction in their lives. Adil’s book shows the need and importance of changing the dash that appears between your date of birth and date of death to...

Grandma’s Notes on Parenting by Brenda Silveira is about the difficulty of being a parent for the first time and how unprepared all new parents are for the responsibility of another human being's future. It will appeal to parents-to-be as well as new parents alike....

Ever wonder what you should say when your child says, “Why are we Jewish?” or “Why did Samantha, the goldfish, die?” Ever find yourself stressed out about your role as a parent? Then The Missing Pages of the Parent Handbook by Christina Brockett is the...

Win No Matter What: A Guide to Hyping Up Your Life, by Nihar Suthar, is a worthwhile read. While some of his material comprises quotes from other authors, it is nicely tied together to flow into an expansion of his table of contents. The premise...

Mountain climbing is a topic I have never been very familiar with other than knowing you are scaling up the side of a large steep rock dependent on a rope and skill … eek! James Wilde, in Moving Mountains decided to give us an...

Productivity-BIG Ideas From the Top 10 Books, by Oran Kangas, is a very useful book. It’s on the order of audio book summaries. Kangas transparently lays out his strategy for choosing the top 10 books, picks one idea from each book, gives pros and cons...

Why Do My Employees Hate Me and Other Answers You May Not Want to Hear by William J Eisenbrandt is certainly not a book for every business owner. If you like your business advice in the form of sweet parables, if you want quick and...

The Supervisor’s Companion: A practical guide for new (and lightly trained) supervisors by Jeanne Thomas Hugg, a writer and human resources consultant, is a first-time supervisor’s survival kit. Frequently, new supervisors are promoted without any training. It’s assumed that a good worker will automatically make...