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April 5, 2026
THE NECESSARY GOODBYE: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
By Peter D. BankoRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Engaging and grounded in real leadership experience, Peter D. Banko’s THE NECESSARY GOODBYE: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion is a useful...
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April 5, 2026
POWER PLAYS: How the Battle for Electrons Will Define the 21st Century
By Jacques Beaudry-LosiqueRating:
4.5 / 5.0
Author Jacques Beaudry-Losique’s POWER PLAYS: How the Battle for Electrons Will Define the 21st Century delivers a rigorous, accessible, and insightful analysis of the national...
Rating:
3.4 / 5.0
Though it's too fanciful to maintain plausibility, Ross Smith's KURSK DOWN: A 24-Hour Countdown to Disaster is full of fun thrills and spills.
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Rating:
4.7 / 5.0
Rhiannon Hargadon’s BLOODY BLACK is an emotionally intense reimagining of the Blackbeard legend, offering a fierce heroine and a dark, immersive narrative that will stay...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
Though a solid work of suspense, Rochelle Ransom's THE KEEPING has some rough edges that prevent it from fully delivering on its premise.
Rating:
3.4 / 5.0
Written by Linda Patricia Cleary, THE DREAMER: The Black Stone Cycle Book 1 launches a promising YA space adventure filled with found-family dynamics and emerging...
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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0
Offering strong characterization and evocative prose, Rachyl Moore’s THE THINGS WE WOULD BEAR is a contemplative and emotionally grounded sci-fi novel that thoughtfully examines the...
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Rating:
4.4 / 5.0
Michael Schwartz's I'M ONLY A GOOD DADDY BECAUSE YOUR MOMMY DIED offers trauma survivors a light to shine through the darkness. It movingly demonstrates that,...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Marlene Zaedyan's THREE SILENT CRIES: Three Battles, One Unheard Scream at a Time is a somber and very moving collection that deals with issues of...
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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0
In RAILROAD MAN, LEGACIES SON, author Dan E. Hendrickson delivers a deeply atmospheric and nuanced historical drama that masterfully balances the internal wreckage of war...
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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0
Writing about love while avoiding saccharine and snobby sentiments, Eric Harris's WHEN I RETURN TO LOVE keeps the promise it makes in the introductory poem:...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Beth Morton's THE AWKWARD AGENDA is a satisfying adventure through grief, disability, and mental health that features loveable characters, gripping conflict, and plenty of swoon...