Cara E. Houser – Burned Out to Lit Up

Cara E. Houser – Burned Out to Lit Up

Cara E. Houser’s book is inspiring to me. A number of years ago, I was right where the ideal target audience of her new book was. Washed up, a struggling professional trying to make it in a notoriously volatile and corrosive business that spits out and swallows up...
Uma Vanka – The Future is BIG

Uma Vanka – The Future is BIG

Uma Vanka strikes an interesting pose ideologically. He’s not a blind optimist to the polarizing issues his book explores. Nor does he adopt the kind of cautionary, foreboding tonality of an Elon Musk in this debate. Cautious optimism is the road he walks, a fine line...
Thich Nhat Hahn – How To Smile

Thich Nhat Hahn – How To Smile

Thich Nhat Hahn’s new book is simply titled How to Smile. As he brilliantly demonstrates, the idea – while easily dismissed in today’s world as superfluous in the face of short-term immediacies – in fact is probably one of the deepest, most introspective analyses...
Michael D. Meloan – Pinball Wizard

Michael D. Meloan – Pinball Wizard

Michael D. Meloan’s new book is titled Pinball Wizard, a short novel focusing on Mr. Meloan’s relationship with Los Angeles-based author and poet Charles Bukowski. The book immediately feels deeply personal, even like something of a roman a clef to be honest. Mr....