Image via Wikipedia I recently ran into a couple of reading lists (I’ll share them at the end) and realized that I LOVE reading book recommendations. I can’t get enough of them. So I decided to compile my own (somewhat eclectic) list of novels I think are amazing and essential to every library.... 

Cover via Amazon Review by Jim McElwain The book “Quiet Strength” by Tony Dungy, head coach of the NFL champion Indianapolis Colts is a good read for both football fans and people who appreciate positive energy and values. The book chronicles Dungy’s life story, beginning as a child in Jackson,... 

More parable than novel, “The Alchemist” uses the story of young shepherd Santiago’s search for his Personal Legend as an allegory for everyman’s struggle to break from the comfortable confines of conformity and pursue his life dreams. Along the way, of course, our young everyman...