John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

A unique and insightful take on leadership practices, How to Grow Tall Poppies: A Practical Guide To Cultivating High-Performance Teams by Rajiv Jayarajah is specifically focused on how to elevate the commitment and quality of individual workers, rather than companies. This slight twist on a classic business book sets this collection of wisdom apart, while delivering actionable items to readers who want to become better managers and colleagues. Some of the anecdotal stories delve into unnecessary detail, but the knowledge shared throughout the book is authentic and clearly comes from a genuine desire to help others. Jayarajah is an excellent […]

A refreshing piece of visionary fiction that is far more utopian than dystopian, One Star by K.G. Marian is endlessly creative and profoundly inspiring. Using a marvelously twisted dialect of language, Anglish, the author instantly immerses readers in an alternate reality, a “Twilight Zone” version of America called Vaticania in which the common good is celebrated, and humanity is given the chance to reach its potential. A family drama, a philosophical treatise, and an experimental novel all in one, this book stands out for its inventiveness and originality. Centering on the complex trials and struggles of one fascinating family, this […]

Uplifting, spiritually charged, and diverse, Del Mundo: A Gift of Poetry is a delicate collection from poet Jose Day. Ranging widely from social commentary and historical reflections to longing love poems and intimate portraits of everyday life, these pieces are outwardly simple, but emotionally complex and universally relatable. There is a general lack of imagery and poetic style, in lieu of narrative recollection or musing in verse form. More variety in the structure of the poems could give the collection greater range in that storytelling vein, making this intimate and revealing collection even stronger.

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