This Month’s Nonfiction Highlights: Storytelling, Mental Health & A Delightful Memoir
The Business of Storytelling by Don Yaeger
Published by Forbes Books
World Rights Available
The story is the strategy.
Every leader, entrepreneur, and sales professional needs to persuade, inspire, and connect. The ones who do it best all share one skill: they know how to tell a great story. In The Business of Storytelling, thirteen-time New York Times bestselling author Don Yaeger delivers the definitive guide to storytelling as a business tool—practical, research-backed, and built from decades in the field.
Key takeaways:
Master the Four Universal Truths that govern every great story
Apply ten proven storytelling elements to communicate with clarity and impact
Use neuroscience to understand why stories drive decisions—and how to tell them more effectively
Build a personal story bank so you're ready for any audience, any room, any moment
Turn everyday experiences into stories that build trust, shape culture, and move people to act
Learn from the habits of history's greatest storytell
In a world flooded with facts and figures, your job isn’t to present more data. It’s to give your data a heartbeat. Storytelling is the skill that allows you to do so. Whether you’re closing a deal, rallying a team, or building a brand, The Business of Storytelling gives you the framework to do it well.
Reviews
"A clear-eyed, well-executed approach to connect[ing] through the power of storytelling." – BookLife by PW Editor’s Pick
"The Business of Storytelling is not a book about theory. It is a useful guide for anyone who presents, sells, leads, or writes." – Readers’ Favorite
“The Business of Storytelling is a thorough, practitioner-built guide to narrative craft in professional settings.” – Foreword Reviews
“You’ll understand why Simon Sinek calls Yaeger one of the greatest storytellers of all time once you read this book.” – The Book Commentary
“A unique perspective and sage advice for anyone hoping to develop story craft." – IndieReader
“An entertaining yet sensible ode to the power of narrative.” – Kirkus
"Don Yaeger is one of the greatest storytellers of all time." — Simon Sinek Author, Start with Why and Leaders Eat Last
Don Yaeger is a National Speakers Hall of Fame inductee, 13-time New York Times bestselling author, and host of the top-rated Corporate Competitor Podcast. He is Publisher of Forbes Books, and a former Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated. Don is known for his work with elite sports and business leaders, coaching organizations on building cultures of Greatness using insights from his study of high-performing teams. Celebrated by thought leaders like John Maxwell and Simon Sinek as a master storyteller, Don has appeared on Oprah, CNN, Fox Business, and Good Morning America. His podcast ranks in the top 5% globally and features guests such as Condoleezza Rice and CEOs from Disney, Delta, and Mayo Clinic. A Ball State Hall of Fame alum, Don lives in Tallahassee with his wife and two children.
Recovering Hope by Clay Olsen, Jacob Hess
Published by Familius
World Rights Available
Find hope in healing from depression, anxiety, and addiction, and build a healthier, happier lifestyle, with practical strategies from Clay Olsen and Dr. Jacob Hess, leaders in mental health.
What if what we’ve been told about mental health isn’t the whole truth?
For years, we’ve been told that depression, anxiety, and addiction are lifelong conditions—manageable at best, never truly healable. But mounting evidence and thousands of lived experiences suggest otherwise.
In Restoring Hope, Clay Olsen, founder of the addiction recovery organization Fight the New Drug, and Jacob Hess, PhD, challenge the discouraging narrative surrounding mental illness and present a bold, research-backed alternative: that deep, lasting healing is not only possible—it’s already happening.
Regardless of biological predisposition and chemical imbalances, the accessible strategies in this guide target changeable variables in lifestyle and environment, such as sleep, nutrition, movement, and connection, for long-term relief. With reflection prompts, real stories, and an approachable tone and structure, this compassionate mindset shift restores hope for a life free from mental health challenges.
Combining science with practical mental health tools, this book reveals
why the current mental health model often fails to deliver real relief,
what cutting-edge research says about the brain’s ability to heal and rewire,
how small lifestyle changes can lead to powerful emotional transformation, and
how to foster hope, even in the midst of darkness.
Clay Olsen is a social entrepreneur and leader in mental health advocacy. As CEO and founder of Impact Suite and cofounder of Fight the New Drug, he has helped thousands of individuals find lasting recovery from depression, anxiety, and addiction. He also serves as president of PHASE (Prevention and Healing Against Sexual Exploitation), uniting organizations to combat sexual exploitation and trafficking.
Jacob Hess, PhD, is a community psychologist, mindfulness teacher, and staff writer at Deseret News. With a doctorate from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Hess has dedicated his career to deeply understanding and thoughtfully challenging conventional narratives around mental health treatment.
The Bootle Boy: My Untidy Life by Les Hinton
Published by Whitefox Publishing Ltd
World Rights Available
A terrific memoir by one of the all-time great newspapermen.
From the war-wrecked backstreets of the Bootle docklands to the heights of one of the world’s mightiest media empires, The Bootle Boy tells Les Hinton’s remarkable journey, during which he worked with Rupert Murdoch for five decades and witnessed the transformation of our media landscape.
In this brilliantly evocative memoir from the golden age of newspaper publishing, he writes vividly about the demonic drive of Murdoch himself and the great and notorious characters he encountered along the way – from Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, to Princess Diana, Johnny Rotten and Mick Jagger – and the time when his next-door neighbour was OJ Simpson.
Reviews
"An epic tale...a penetrating insight into the mind of Rupert Murdoch." — The Daily Mail
"Les Hinton lifts the lid on his 52 years working with the media mogul Rupert Murdoch and it yields a rich crop of anecdotes." — The Times
"A great romp of a journalistic memoir." — The Sunday Times
"Pacy and engrossing ... overflowing with the names of the rich and famous, from Yoko Ono, Johnny Rotten, Graham Greene... to Bill Clinton, Princess Diana and Gordon Brown.’" — British Journalism Review
Les Hinton was born in Bootle, Merseyside, England. He is the son of a wandering British Army sergeant and grew up in Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Germany, Singapore, and Australia. In Adelaide, Australia, he took his first job as a 15-year-old copy boy with an Adelaide newspaper owned by a young Rupert Murdoch. As Murdoch’s empire grew, he worked for him as a reporter, foreign correspondent, editor, and then one of his most senior executives, managing newspapers, magazines, and TV stations.
