Your brain was built to keep growing, adapting, and making new connections — no matter your age.Learn Something New is an encouraging, practical guide for adults over 55 who want to stay mentally active, curious, and confident through lifelong learning. Instead of treating aging as a time to slow down, this book shows how new skills, creative challenges, hobbies, and meaningful experiences can support memory, focus, confidence, and long-term cognitive wellbeing.Inside, you'...

Better sleep can do more than help you feel rested — it can support memory, mood, focus, and overall brain health as you age.Sleep and the Aging Brain is a practical and reassuring guide for older adults who want to understand the powerful connection between sleep and cognitive wellbeing. Written in a clear, accessible style, this book explains how sleep changes over time, why rest matters for memory and emotional balance, and how small improvements to daily and nightly routines ca...

Memory Made Easy offers a comprehensive, evidence-based program designed for adults aged 55 and older Memory changes can feel frustrating, but they do not have to leave you feeling powerless. With the right habits, strategies, and daily routines, you can support your memory, strengthen your focus, and feel more confident in everyday life.Memory Made Easy is a practical and encouraging guide for adults over 55 who want to better understand how memory works and what they can do to su...

A healthier mind is not only about memory and focus — it is also about mood, confidence, connection, and emotional balance.Mind and Mood After 60 is a practical and reassuring guide for adults who want to better understand the connection between emotional wellbeing and cognitive health in later life. Written in a clear, supportive style, this book explores how stress, low mood, anxiety, loneliness, sleep, social connection, and everyday habits can influence how the brain feels and ...

Voices from the Block - Celebrating 25 years of Black literature!In 1996, when the Writer’s Block was founded, Black writers, members of “the block” began contributing to the legacy of written works that stamped our existence, cradled our culture, and fortified our souls.The legacy continues with the 25th anniversary edition of Voices from the Block!In this collection, you will experience poems, short stories, essays, novel starts, and more – all lovingly crafted fr...

Kate Mitchum, Leanne LeDeaux, and Kathy Jonesthree little girls, growing up in Saint Elizabeths Orphanage in New Orleans, Louisiana, were as close as any friends could be. That is, until just before Christmas when they were nine years old. Turning points can come when you least expect them, as Kate Mitchum finds out as a child and later as an adult. She is smart and she is strong and she has the love and support of her friends and family at Saint Elizabeths as she faces lifes continuous st...

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21****st Century""Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book."" —Washington Post Book WorldNew York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn...

From New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons comes a bittersweet and finely wrought story of friendship, family, and Charleston society.At twelve, Emily Parmenter knows alone all too well. Left mostly to herself after her beautiful young mother disappeared and her beloved older brother died, Emily is keenly aware of yearning and loss. Rather than be consumed by sadness, she has built a life around the faded plantation where her remote father ...

I whispered my darkest fantasy. He made it my reality.A moonlit pumpkin patch deep in the forest, where jack-o'-lanterns glow, and fog clouds my vision. It's exactly the kind of place I've always dreamed of being hunted, chased by a masked man until I have nothing left to give.Tonight, my fantasy is my reality.As I run barefoot through the maze of orange lanterns, my heart pounding with terror, I realize my pursuer isn't just playing a game—he's sta...

Feeling mentally scattered, foggy, or easily distracted can be frustrating — but it does not mean you are powerless. With the right habits and simple daily strategies, you can support clearer thinking, steadier attention, and greater confidence in everyday life.The Focus Fix is a practical and encouraging guide for adults over 55 who want to improve concentration, reduce brain fog, and better understand how attention changes with age. Written in a clear, accessible style, this book...

Forgetting is a normal part of life — but understanding why it happens can make memory changes feel less worrying and far more manageable.The Forgetting Curve is a clear and practical guide for adults who want to better understand memory, aging, and the science of why information fades over time. Inspired by the classic research of Hermann Ebbinghaus and supported by modern insights into cognitive health, this book explains how memory works, why forgetting happens, and what everyda...

Strong relationships do more than make life feel richer — they can also play an important role in supporting memory, mood, confidence, and long-term cognitive wellbeing.The Social Brain is a warm and practical guide for adults who want to understand the powerful connection between social engagement and brain health. Written in a clear, encouraging style, this book explores how meaningful conversations, shared activities, friendship, family bonds, community involvement, and a sense ...