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Triggers: Creating Behavior Change That Lasts – Becoming the Person You Want To Be by Marshall Goldsmith

So, how are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions? Have you exercised like you promised yourself you would? Are you eating healthier, like you said you would? What about the other commitments you made; like being nicer to that … Continue reading

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Last Words by Michael Koryta

Markus Novak is a tortured man.  He and his wife, Lauren were working for a Florida based firm called Innocence Incorporated that defends death row inmates. As part of their investigation Lauren was going to interview a psychic who claimed … Continue reading

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone and Bruce Patton

Getting together with family and friends can be a joy, but it can also be stressful. Dynamics in families and among friends can often lead to hurt feelings or even conflict that happens so unexpectedly you  aren’t prepared for it. … Continue reading

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Disclaimer by Renee Knight

Catherine Ravenscroft is living a fairly perfect life. She is an award winning documentary film maker and her husband, Robert, is a lawyer.  Their son, Nick, is finally out of the home, living on his own after a few shaky … Continue reading

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You Will Never Find Me by Robert Wilson

Amy Boxer is fed up with her life. Her parents are controlling, as only a cop and a private investigator can be. She hates school and doesn’t know what she wants to do, but she is certain that she doesn’t … Continue reading

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Fortune Smiles: Stories by Adam Johnson

I am really not a big short story lover.  Evidently I am not alone since several authors have noted in interviews I have read recently that they get rather negative reactions from their fans when they talk about writing short … Continue reading

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The Hand That Feeds You by A. J. Rich

Morgan Prager, a masters student at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has been working on her thesis exploring the idea that identifying what makes a victim could help change the definition of a predator.  To that end she … Continue reading

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The Investigation by J.M.Lee, Translated by Chi-Young Kim

“Life may not have a purpose. But death requires clarity-not to prove that death occurred but for the benefit of those who survive.” And Yuichi Watanabe a Japanese soldier and prison guard during WWII, who is now charged as a … Continue reading

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Alibi by Joseph Kanon

Adam MIller is desperately tired. As a US Army War Crimes investigator he has been working in Germany to bring the Nazis to justice, but it has taken its toll and he struggles with the enormity of the evil he … Continue reading

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The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami

I don’t know about you, but as a reader I often fall into a rut.  I will find a certain author or genre that I like and will read them almost exclusively until I am bored or forced to read … Continue reading

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