Below are descriptions and links to different books I have written. Each is based on important ideas and concepts with real-world applicability.
If you’ve ever wished you could make better decisions, understand people more easily, or stop getting tripped up by situations that feel more complicated than they should be, The Three Lenses will feel like someone finally turned the lights on. The book introduces a simple but powerful way of seeing the world through three value lenses—systemic, extrinsic, and intrinsic—so you can understand what’s really happening beneath the surface of your choices, your relationships, and your reactions.
What makes this book valuable is how practical it is. You learn how to use trinocular vision to navigate conflict, communicate more effectively, and align your actions with what truly matters. Instead of relying on one narrow way of seeing, you gain a framework that helps you think more clearly, lead more intentionally, and live with greater integrity. Whether you’re guiding a team, raising a family, or simply trying to make sense of a noisy world, The Three Lenses gives you a roadmap for choosing wisely and showing up as your best self.
Hardcover $24.99
Paperback $19.99
Kindle $ 9.99
Most of us think we understand law enforcement — until we’re in the moment.
A tone we didn’t expect. A pace that feels abrupt. A decision that seems confusing. When we don’t understand the value priorities behind different law enforcement roles, we fill the gaps with assumptions that can make encounters feel tense or personal. Different Badges, Different Worlds offers a clear, non political way to understand what’s really happening beneath the surface of these moments. Drawing on the Three Lenses framework of formal axiology, Marc Andonian, Ph.D., shows how roles, missions, and value structures shape the behavior of municipal police, sheriffs, state troopers, federal agents, and special jurisdiction officers — and why they often feel so different from one another. This book gives everyday citizens a practical, human framework for navigating encounters with more clarity and less fear.
You’ll discover:
Why different agencies behave so differently
How roles and missions shape what officers notice and prioritize
How your own expectations influence the meaning you assign to a moment
How to stay grounded when the encounter feels big or fast
How to interpret tone and pacing without personalizing them
This is not a legal guide, a political argument, or an insider exposé. It’s a way of seeing — one that brings structure, clarity, and steadiness to moments that often feel confusing.
If you’ve ever walked away from an encounter thinking, “What just happened?” this book will help you understand the moment beneath the moment — and move through it with confidence.
Hardcover $24.99
Paperback $19.99
Kindle $ 9.99
Who Gets to Vote? Why Voting Is Getting Harder Now
For most of us, voting seems simple: show up, fill in some bubbles, get a sticker. But behind that familiar ritual is a sprawling system built on paperwork, identity, and rules that quietly decide who gets to participate—and who gets left out.
In Who Gets to Vote?, Marc Andonian, Ph.D., pulls back the curtain on the real mechanics of American voting. With clarity, humor, and deep humanity, he shows how our democracy actually works in the lives of real people: seniors with fragile birth certificates, students who move every year, women whose names changed twice before age thirty, tribal citizens navigating mismatched systems, naturalized citizens guarding documents that cost hundreds to replace, and millions of voters whose lives don’t fit neatly into a government form.
This book explains:
How voter registration really works—and why it’s the quiet gatekeeper of American democracy
Why fears of widespread voter fraud don’t match the evidence
How documentation, identity, and everyday life shape access to the ballot
Why voting rules are tightening now after decades of expanding access How proposals like the SAVE Act fit into a larger national trend
What courts, states, and election officials actually do behind the scenes
How to talk about voting without losing your mind—or your friends
Along the way, Andonian offers simple frameworks to help readers separate real election security from political hype, understand the tradeoffs behind modern voting rules, and ask the most important civic question of all:
Who is helped when voting becomes harder—and who is left out?
Warm, clear, and grounded in evidence rather than drama, Who Gets to Vote? is a guide for anyone who wants to understand America’s voting system without needing a law degree, a political science minor, or a tolerance for shouting matches on cable news.
It’s a book for people who believe democracy works best when the rules are built for the country we actually have—not the one imagined on a form.
A democracy made of real lives deserves rules that recognize real life. This book shows why—and how—we can get there.
Hardcover $14.99
Paperback $9.99
Kindle $2.99