Theodore Roosevelt didn’t just change the presidency—he helped reinvent the American spirit. In To Rescue the American Spirit, Bret Baier traces Roosevelt’s journey from sickly, bookish child to “Bull Moose” warrior-statesman who pushed the US onto the global stage. This summary follows Teddy through family tragedy, cowboy exile in the Badlands, his rise as a […]
When One Leader Held Us Together
What do you do when the country you just fought to create is already falling apart? In To Rescue the Constitution, Bret Baier shows how George Washington didn’t just win the Revolutionary War—he held a fragile nation together when it was on the brink of collapse. From starving soldiers at Valley Forge to shouting matches […]
Before the Booker, There Was Mother
What happens when the woman who raised you is both your fiercest protector and your deepest wound? In Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy turns her unflinching gaze on the formidable mother who shaped her life, her politics, and her art. From a precarious childhood in Kerala, to the founding of a radical girls’ […]
Stop Guessing People: Read Them
What if “mind reading” wasn’t magic at all—but a skill you could actually learn? In Read Your Mind, Emmy-winning mentalist Oz Pearlman pulls back the curtain on his jaw-dropping performances and shows that his real superpower isn’t reading thoughts, it’s reading people. Using stories from cruise-ship gigs, Wall Street pranks, live TV near-disasters, ultramarathons, and […]
Find Your Inner Compass
Are you living a life that actually fits you—or one that just looks good on paper? In The Compass Within, Robert Glazer tells the story of Jamie, a high-flying young director who has everything he thought he wanted: big title, big paycheck, big plans. What he doesn’t have is peace. A series of small “this […]
Great Lakes, Greater Danger🌊🚢
On a freezing November night in 1975, the “queen of the Great Lakes” vanished without a single distress call. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was massive, modern, and crewed by some of the most experienced sailors on the lakes—yet in minutes, she was gone, taking 29 men with her. In The Gales of November, John U. […]
Aging, But Make It Unbreakable
What if your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond could be your strongest years yet? In Unbreakable, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Vonda Wright pulls back the curtain on what really drives “aging” in women—and why so much of it is fixable. Instead of accepting fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, and joint pain as destiny, Wright shows how […]
Surgery, Secrets & a “Dead” Husband
Disgraced surgeon Maggie McCabe thinks she’s taking one last risky job to fix her life: a secret, sky-high–paying cosmetic surgery gig in a Russian oligarch’s hidden palace. Instead, she walks straight into a trap built from other people’s money, bodies, and secrets — including those of her supposedly dead husband. Gone Before Goodbye rockets from […]
People-Pleasers, This One’s You
Do you ever replay conversations wondering if someone is secretly upset with you? Meg Josephson’s Are You Mad at Me? shines a light on the “fawn” response—the people-pleasing, over-apologizing, boundary-blurring habits we picked up to stay safe in childhood and never quite grew out of.This book summary explores how fawning shows up in adult life […]
Faith, Food, and Fasting
Is it possible that your daily meals are quietly sabotaging both your health and your peace of mind?In The Biblio Diet, Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe argue that the path to vibrant energy, disease prevention, and deeper spiritual alignment starts by eating the way the Bible’s heroes did. Drawing on their own dramatic recoveries from […]
