Book Reviews

Leadership expert and former Air Force pilot Ken Pasch has written a riveting, practical new book about keeping any organization flying high. It's called 'On Course: Become a Great Leader and Soar.'

Readers will find 'Wickwythe Hall' by Judithe Little hard to put down.

Lynda Shrager's, 'Age In Place' is a terrific step-by-step guide to helping parents age in their homes — safely.

In 'Beautiful Days,' Joyce Carol Oates turns ordinary tales into cautionary ones

'Marie Antoinette, Phantom Queen' by Rodolphe and Annie Goetzinger - a ghost story provides an empathetic look at the "Let Them Eat Cake" queen.

Lustiger learns to disrespect the government's futile gestures, which mostly exacerbate a burning sense among those immigrants and children of immigrants of being belittled, disrespected, and neglected. Instead she comes to a sense of collective responsibility, a focus on 'us' rather than 'them.'

Leadership expert Otto Scharmer has distilled his brilliant theory of leadership into a highly readable, inspiring guidebook, 'Essentials of Theory U: Core Principles and Applications'

Starting a business is less of a gamble if you use smart strategies. A new book, 'Improve Your Odds' by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Alan Yong shows just how to do it, focusing on the four essential pillars to make any enterprise strong.

In Ian MacKenzie's 'Feast Days' a young expat encounters a radically different way of life as she struggles to adapt to a city in unrest

'The Samurai Listener' is a refreshing new business book by executive and martial arts expert Cash Nickerson. To be more effective negotiators takes being better listeners — and no one was better at that than samurai warriors, says Nickerson.