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Feature Reviews - View the most recently uploaded reviews Want Games? *** Confessions of a Bookworm Anyone who has read any of my reviews will notice something suspicious–they’re all positive. Oh, they might mention something I wished was different or something that bothered me, but the overall tone is usually one of endorsement. I very rarely don’t recommend a book. Now, there are some reviewers out there who think there needs to be negative in every review, some whose thumbs-up is so rare that it’s like winning a prize to receive it. So why, they might ask, do I mainly dish out praise, and do it so generously? Read the column * * *
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Reviews Mommy Pick-Me-Ups: Refreshing Stories
to Lighten your Load Have only a few minutes to spare? Want to
have devotions but are busy with a newborn baby? This collection of 77 short
stories is perfect for you. Each story is relevant to issues mothers face in
their everyday life. Read
the full review The Bride Bargain Clara Fields is determined to make a new life for herself and her aunt.
After living under the cruel thumb of her uncle for years, she is determined
never again to feel the oppressive rule of a man. And when the kindly Mr.
Reed in Buttonwood, Nebraska offers her the deed to his house, she sees
visions of an independent future dancing before her eyes. There’s only
condition: she has to convince Mr. Reed’s doctor son to settle down in
Buttonwood and marry one of the town’s eligible young ladies. Simple! Right?
Read the full review Unbridled Dreams Irmagard Friedrich was living the life her mother wanted. She
seemed destined to live the life of a proper lady with finishing school in her
future. That all changes when Buffalo Bill comes to
town and Irma leaves home to fulfill her life long dream of becoming
a rider in his show. With a new name and a new life ahead of her, Liberty Belle
travels across the country and becomes the center of
attention of two possible suitors. It's more than she could have ever dreamed
of. Who wouldn't want to star alongside Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley as trick
rider in the Wild West show?
Read the full
review Suspicious Minds Bills must be paid. That’s the only reason
Gabby St. Claire takes the mold remediation job, when her specialty is
crime-scene cleaning. And it is g-r-o-s-s. But in the interest of paying her
rent, she shimmies into the nasty crawlspace under the decades-empty house. And
comes face to blue-suede-shoes with the King. Who is, without a doubt, dead.
Now, how can her police-detective boyfriend possibly expect her to keep
away from a case like this?
Read the full review Fiction
General Christian
Fiction A Purpose Under Heaven Technology—a force that defines our age. Alone, it is
nothing. Just a tool, neither good nor bad. But as a tool, it can be used for
great things or evil things depending on the hand that wields it. This is a
truth that Derek V. Smith, CEO and chairman of a firm dealing in decision-making
technology, is well acquainted with. In A Purpose Under Heaven, Smith
sets out to tell a story that will hammer this point home.
Read the full review This book
tells the story of a high school boy falling in love. The author does a great
job letting you into the mind of the main character. Dante, the teenage boy and
main character, feels things deeply but quietly. He notices a girl in class and
is drawn to her. I love how the story centers on the young mans viewpoint and
yet you get to know the other characters as well. Even as an adult reading this
story you can relate to the emotions the characters feel. The girl Dante is
attracted to is Helen. She comes alive in the pages with her well written
responses to Dante’s advances. Her family life is an intricate part of the
story and helps you understand her character even better. She has an adorable
younger sister, Maristella, whose interaction with Dante is priceless.
Read the full review Andie and Melanie both lost their teenage sons in the same accident. When
Melanie decides to defend her son’s legacy, things start turning sour. Andie
blames herself for her son’s death. Will both learn to forgive each other and
themselves? Read the full review
Alex Donnelly, a twenty-one year old man,
receives news that he is to receive a substantial amount of money from a trust
his birth mother set up for him years ago before she deserted him. Upon learning
the source of the money, the anger Alex feels toward his mother for causing him
to grow up in an abusive foster home surfaces. He begins a journey on which he
must deal with his past and learn how to forgive those who have wronged him.
Read the full review
Biblical Fiction Haunting and powerful are two
words that come to mind at the close of reading Roseanna M. White’s debut novel,
A Stray Drop of Blood. Not since Francine Rivers’ Mark of the Lion
trilogy has a book and its characters captured me so completely. From its rich,
historical prose that depicts the era of Christ with startling reality, to a
compelling love story that will both jolt and seize your heart, this is one of
those rare novels that haunts you centuries beyond the last page. Read the full review Book #3 in Francine River’s
Sons of Encouragement series, The Prince is the retelling of the life
of Jonathan, son of Saul, first king of Israel. While most
church-goers are familiar with the story, Francine has taken a look at this
historical character in an eye-opening new light. John, the disciple Jesus loved most, is the only disciple
left. All the others have been killed for their beliefs. Currently in prison
awaiting his sentence, John wants to get his story about his life with the
Messiah out to the rest of the world. When an attempt to boil him in a pot of
oil fails, John is sentenced to exile on Patmos. Before he goes, he dictates his
story to Polycarp in hopes that others will listen to it and believe. Read
the full review The Da Vinci Code
There are a lot of mysteries in this world that most
of us don’t often think of, and Brown does a remarkable job of pulling
them together in a thought-inducing and compelling story. His
short-lived and long-reaching Louvre curator introduces the challenge
that the main characters and the readers follow–don’t let the truth die.
Through an infinitely complex series of symbols and codes, iconographer
Rober Landon and cryptographer Sophie Neveu follow the clues left by the
curator, the latter’s grandfather, through unfathomable secrets that
arise in the search for none other than the Holy Grail. With each step
of the way, the searchers come against information that challenges the
general public’s preconceived notions about everything from the
foundation of the Catholic church to the interpretation of artistic
masterpieces. Without a doubt, this book is an eye-opening experience
and a scintillating read. Read the full
review
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Mainstream Fiction
Romantic Suspense Dani Richards thinks she was
getting a night off from journalism when she takes her aunt to the theater—but
that’s before she discovers a dead body in the next box. And before her old
flame Caleb arrives, now an investigator for the local police. She gets to cover
the case by default—but the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that the
killer won’t rest until she backs off. And that’s something she just can’t do. Read the full review Clint Rollins never expected that a gunshot wound could
save his life—until a trip to the hospital for treatment reveals a cancer
already well progressed. An agent in the FBI’s Crimes Against Children Unit,
Clint is used to standing strong and tall against evil and adversity. So
how is he supposed to handle being weak from chemo? Is it going to keep him from
tracking down the serial kidnapper on the loose? Read the full review
It was supposed to be a routine
job: steal an artifact from a Mexican museum to prove to the board members that
Desi’s security company could protect it better. And it starts out well
enough—she gets the goods and makes her escape. But questions crop up soon that
make her wonder what’s really going on in Mexico and whether she wants to accept
the President’s request to help them figure out the archaeological espionage.
After all, she has a wedding to plan, and her FBI fiancé will be none too
thrilled if she finds herself in trouble!
Read the full review
Historical Fiction
Well, I finished a great book
today. My Heart Remembers by Kim Vogel Sawyer. It was a story of three
siblings who are orphaned during a tenement fire in NYC. The eldest, Maelle, has
promised her father that she would take care of her siblings. She does not want
to see them split up. But unfortunately after spending a short amount of time in
the city's orphanage, the three children are carted o to a train heading west,
the orphan train. And inevitably the three children are split up to three
different families. Read the full review
Hours after
Catherine Newbury meets an intriguing American architectural student, Carter
Danby, at her home in England, her father, a wealthy merchant, is wrongly
accused of a heinous crime. Newbury is imprisoned, but not before he bundles his
daughter off to America with two trusted servants. Five years later in
Philadelphia, where Catherine has been posing as the daughter of her servants,
she desperately works as a dress designer and seamstress with hopes to prove her
father’s innocence and gain his freedom before it is too late.
Read the full review Before
Nazi forces invaded and occupied Anni Neumann’s beloved Luxembourg, she had
enjoyed an idyllic life while traveling with her father, a professional gymnast.
But in mid-1940, the fourteen-year-old and her family were suddenly thrust into
a terrifying world fraught with constant uncertainty, severe hardship,
humiliation, poverty, and an oppressive existence under Nazi domination.
Read the full review
Fanny is an orphan left in the care of her widowed
grandfather. When he dies, she is left with part of the estate. Will her family
survive the greed? Read the full review
Once, Charlotte Lamb was a
well-respected vicar’s daughter. Once, her father considered Daniel Taylor—a
mere doctor—an unsuitable suitor for her. But now everything has changed.
Charlotte finds herself with child and sent to a lying-in hospital in London,
where none other than Dr. Taylor is to be her physician. The shame is nearly
unbearable—but not nearly as unbearable as the knowledge that she will be
forever scorned by polite society because of the babe she bears.
Read the full review
Suspense/Thriller The Edge of Recall A whisper in her ear... A voice in her
head... A dream...or a recurring nightmare? From unconscious thought to
conscious shock, our story begins, at first in regression, and then - Smith
Chandler, now a design architect with his own team, calls on an old college
friend (who was also a previous girlfriend), Tessa Young, hoping to recruit her
to help him complete a special new build. It requires the reconstruction of an
authentic 17th century labyrinth on the grounds where Smith is designing a
mammoth custom home for his clients.
Read the full review Skizzer Jazmin’s parents have created a program that allows them
to hear the Voice of God, a program that they have been kidnapped
for. Jaz is only thirteen years old, a very grownup thirteen-year-old and
has run to the one place her parents always told her to go if there was trouble:
to her Uncle Charlie. Read the full review Emily Benton is on the verge of becoming the first female
to be elected President of America. Her campaign manager Kate Rosen is doing
whatever it takes to make Emily's lifelong dream come true. This means making
Emily look to be the best candidate possible and proving to the voters that she
has what it takes to run the nation. However, there are those that want to stop
Emily with threats and shootings. Kate also has to face the dilemma of what to
do when her faith conflicts with the dark side of politics.
Read the full review
Sci-Fi/Fantasy This is the fourth and
concluding book in Karen Hancock’s fantasy series, Legend of the Guardian King.
Since I haven’t had the privilege to read the previous volumes, I wasn’t sure
how well I could follow the events and characters as I read. While I wasn’t
always clear about relationships, connections, and events alluded to, I am happy
to report that enough information was provided that I could figure out the path
and follow the story nicely. Not only could I follow it, but I didn’t want to
leave it. Read the full review The Restorer is Sharon
Hinck’s first foray into straight fantasy and it is a wonderful read. First off,
you need to know that I am NOT a fantasy reader. I couldn’t read JRR Tolkein’s
Lord of the Rings or Hobbit until after I saw The Fellowship of
the Ring. I simply couldn’t picture the worlds he created. Finally, my love
for my husband and my sincere enjoyment of the movie pushed me to pick up those
books. I enjoyed them, but I doubt I will read them again until my kids are old
enough to enjoy them. Read the full review Flashpoint Imagine a book that combines the super-cool
action of The Matrix with a portion of Left Behind, and then mix
in a few tablespoons of Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness, a pinch of
Robocop, and the powers of your favorite superheroes. This only begins to
give you an idea of what to expect in Frank Creed’s Christian Speculative
Fiction, Flashpoint: Book One of the Underground.
Read the full review
Western Unbridled Dreams Irmagard Friedrich was living the life her mother wanted. She
seemed destined to live the life of a proper lady with finishing school in her
future. That all changes when Buffalo Bill comes to
town and Irma leaves home to fulfill her life long dream of becoming
a rider in his show. With a new name and a new life ahead of her, Liberty Belle
travels across the country and becomes the center of
attention of two possible suitors. It's more than she could have ever dreamed
of. Who wouldn't want to star alongside Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley as trick
rider in the Wild West show?
Read the full
review MEMORIES OF A DIRT ROAD TOWN Develyn Worrell is a fifth grade Indiana school teacher,
divorced and later widowed, with one twenty-year-old daughter, Delaney. Delaney
isn’t talking to her mother because she is blaming her father’s fatal heart
attack on Develyn. Read the full
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Wish I’d Known You
Tears Ago
Wish I'd Known You Tears Ago
is such an appropriate title for this story. The author could easily
continue this series, but if he doesn't, it was a satisfying conclusion
to the previous two books. But because there was a loose end with Mrs.
Tagley's money, I'm thinking there may be a book four in the works. If
so, I plan to read it!
Read the full review
YA/Juvenile
The Big Picture
Fresh and honest are the two words that came to mind as I read Jenny B. Jones
latest installment of the Katie Parker series (The Big Picture, A Katie
Parker Production Act Three). Katie lives in In Between, Texas with her darling
foster parents and endearingly crazy foster granny. When her mother is released
from prison, she wants to start a new life with her daughter in a new town, and
Katie is forced to walk away from a town she loves and a family who dotes on
her. She also leaves behind a fabulous church, friends, and a boyfriend who
suddenly can’t take his eyes off his ex. Even though life with her mom in the
trailer park goes downhill very quickly, Katie falls in with a nice group of
kids from a quaint church, including the pastor’s son, who’s dreamy enough to
make her and the reader forget about that guy back in In Between. Read the full review It's All About Us Are you looking for a realistic view of teen life in a
fictional setting? Do you have a teen girl who enjoys Christian fiction? Then
Shelley's series about three friends is the perfect
choice. Read the full review
Women's Fiction THE FORBIDDEN Nellie Mae Fisher and her love, Caleb
Yoder, are separated by a church split. Caleb’s father is not allowing Caleb to
see Nellie Mae anymore since her father has left the Old Order Amish Church and
started attending a New Order one. Nellie Mae assures Caleb she intends to stay
Old Order, but she can’t deny the pull she has toward the New Order church her
parents attend. Read the full review The feisty foursome of Desperate
Pastor's Wives are back! This time the
gals are battling new adventures in their lives of serving God and their church.
Felicia has to adapt from being a career woman to a stay at home mom. Jennifer
continues her quest to become a mother with surprising results. Lisa is battling
with a rebellious teenage daughter. And Mimi is struggling with a colicky baby
and an attraction to her
Life is by all accounts good
for Linda Revere. She’s got two gorgeous kids who are almost grown up, a
wonderful husband of almost twenty-five years, and passel of fantastic friends,
and a fulfilling job at Dream Photography. Okay, so her boss is a demanding
grouch, her daughter’s attitude is getting really annoying, her friends all seem
to have it better than her—and would it kill her husband to hold her hand in
public once in a while?All around her she sees couples in embraces and little
hearts practically floating over their heads. That’s when Linda decides to make
a plan: she’s going to wake up the sizzle in her marriage before it can fizzle
out entirely.Read the full review
The Oak Leaves is a
gripping story of two women, separated by 150 years but joined by a family tree.
Maureen Lang artfully weaves between the two stories in a way that kept me
flipping pages because I couldn't wait to get to the next chapter in each
woman's life. Read the full review
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Mom Lit Whitney is now happily married to her doctor husband, Chase
Andrews, and they are still enjoying the honeymoon status. The cats have
adjusted to having an extra person in the house, and life is going on as normal.
Read the full review
@ Home for the Holidays
For this email loop of stay-at-home moms, the weeks before Christmas are
anything but jolly. Trying to balance housework, home crises and the
husband without losing your mind needs therapeutic help. Better reach
for your laptop—and your on-line friends.
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review
Balancing Act
Heidi Elliott loves being a mom. Six-month-old Nora is an angel
of a baby, and though, sure, life is a little topsy-turvy now
that a third member has been added to the family, she and hubby
Jake are taking it in stride. Everything’s all set for her
return to the job, too—daycare lined up, lesson plans ready for
her high school Spanish class, clothes almost fit... normal
stuff for a woman getting ready to go off maternity leave.
Read the full review
Chick Lit Sincerely, Mayla Sincerely, Mayla was a great follow
up to Just As I Am. At the beginning of the story the author expresses
her hesitance in writing book two hoping that it will be able to stand up to
book one that everyone enjoyed so much. Well, Virginia, no fears....it did!
Mayla is back and is jobless. After the boss's niece moves in on Mayla job,
Mayla begins to question herself. She has regrets about not going to college
after high school and is stuck in a rut. However, after an interview in wet,
snow soaked clothes (from trying to rescue a pet rabbit off the road), Mayla
decides to head to Florida to visit the aunt and grandmother that she has not
seen in years. Read the full review Just As I Am Readers fall in love with Mayla in Just As I Am.
Purple haired, four piercings in each ear, and two on her face, friends with
gays...Mayla is not a character you are easily introduced to in Christian
Fiction. However, at the beginning of the book Mayla is baptized and continues
to live her life for Christ throughout the story. She is a good example of what
a beginning Christian should be.
Read the full review
Dancy Ames has your typical up and down life.
Her father is an alcoholic and her mother is
rather controlling, which is really the reason why
her parents are separated. She is working her dream job at Lane Publishing
with her eyes set on the Senior Editor Position and living in an apartment
with her two best friends, Tabby and Laini. She
helps out at the local coffee shop for the owner Nick,
who she thinks is part of the mafia with his rough exterior but can’t help
thinking of him as the father figure she so desperately needs.
Read the full review
Harriet Josephine Bisset—Harri—is a
tattooed rebel, the preacher’s kid, the ultimate prodigal son come home again
from the dark side past of cigarettes, sex and alcohol. But now she’s is back at
her old church – First Grace. Totally clean and forgiven by her church and God,
she cannot seem to forgive herself. She lives at the senior citizen mobile home
park because it’s safe. There is a new preacher at First Grace since her parents
are on the mission field, and Harri has been at odds with him since he took
over, fighting mainly for the rights of the seniors and demanding things stay
status quo with no changes, especially contemporary music! But changes must be
made if First Grace is to survive.
Read the full review
Inspirational Romance The Renovation I selected this book for review
initially because of the intriguing title. I very much admire old houses and the
process of rebuilding and restoring them. My dad was a carpenter, and I will
always remember helping him hold boards to cut, the smell of freshly cut wood,
frequent trips to the lumber yard and going with him to help others with their
building projects. Read the full review Sometimes you just have to get
away. That’s what Tiffany LeBoeuf intends to do when she suggests a vacation
with her father. They’re both still recovering from her mother’s death, and the
beach house in San Diego sounds perfect. But it becomes perfectly trying when a
scheduling goof leaves her face to face with Eve Danfield, the epitome of mean.
The old Tiffany would have bared her claws and dug in. The new Tiff
tries—really, really tries—not to be bothered. Not even by the constant
references to Eve’s boyfriend, Jeremy, to whom Tiff is not attracted.
Read the full review
Dr. Rachel Donovan has worked real hard to build a name for herself in Shady
Grove’s a town where she grew up. The people of this town voted her Citizen
of the Year because she loves them and they know it. She wants to make
people proud of her but how can she do that when the past is not far behind.
Always overshadowing her achievements. She was the responsible child growing
up, always easy going and someone you could rely on until that one summer
when her world was turned upside down. One bad choice, that’s all it took to
be out cast and all alone. She thought she would never recover from that one
decision.
Read the full review
Sisterchicks Go Brit! HOT TROPICS & COLD FEET
Mystery Suspicious Minds Bills must be paid. That’s the only reason
Gabby St. Claire takes the mold remediation job, when her specialty is
crime-scene cleaning. And it is g-r-o-s-s. But in the interest of paying her
rent, she shimmies into the nasty crawlspace under the decades-empty house. And
comes face to blue-suede-shoes with the King. Who is, without a doubt, dead.
Now, how can her police-detective boyfriend possibly expect her to keep
away from a case like this?
Read the full review Miss Fortune A knock on the door at four in the morning always spells
trouble to a PI. The only female investigator in New York in 1947, Allie Fortune
has learned to trust her instincts—and her instincts say that there’s more to
Mary Gordon than the woman lets on when she barges in that morning. Allie agrees
to help her, but as an international mystery comes to light, she soon realizes
there are more people on this case than just her. And maybe if she agrees to
pool her resources with the FBI, handsome agent Jack O’Connor can help her with
a problem of her own: finding the man she loves, who went missing in the war.
Read the full review A SUSPICION OF STRAWBERRIES Andi Clark loves her soap shop, and her new facial scrubs
are taking off. She hopes that business will be even better now that Charla Rae
Thacker and her bridesmaids are coming for a morning of pre-wedding pampering.
Andi lets Charla Rae pick out her own facial scrub and then waits on the wedding
party hand and foot while they are in her store. The last thing she expected is
for Charla to keel over dead from an allergic reaction to strawberries—when Andi
personally made a cherry facial scrub.
Read the full review
Everyone in Jenna’s Creek seems
to have a high opinion of Noreen Trimble. No one has a bad word to say about
her, and yet she is in prison after confessing to the murder of her best friend.
It was a confession that came almost thirty years after the fact, a minor detail
that didn’t help her case very much. But now a mysterious call has come late at
night to her former boss, Noel Wyatt, claiming that there was an eyewitness to
the murder. The eyewitness said it was self-defense. Unfortunately, the caller
will not identify himself or the witness. Is this a hoax or real?
Read the full review
Historical Romance The Bride Bargain Clara Fields is determined to make a new life for herself and her aunt.
After living under the cruel thumb of her uncle for years, she is determined
never again to feel the oppressive rule of a man. And when the kindly Mr.
Reed in Buttonwood, Nebraska offers her the deed to his house, she sees
visions of an independent future dancing before her eyes. There’s only
condition: she has to convince Mr. Reed’s doctor son to settle down in
Buttonwood and marry one of the town’s eligible young ladies. Simple! Right?
Read the full review Elizabeth Westbrook is determined to prove
to the world—and her Senator father—that a woman can be an outstanding
photographer and journalist. She has the perfect opportunity, too: a trip to
the Colorado Rockies. All she has to do is send her work back to her employer at
the Chronicle, and she may win a new position. One where she can use her
own name. Now all she needs is a guide through the wilds. . . and to keep
control of the lung condition that had killed her mother when she was
Elizabeth’s age. Read the full review In the third book in the Daughters of Blessings series we are told the story
of Grace Knutson, the daughter of Lars and Kaaren. Because she is deaf, she has
always had to rely on everyone else, therefore earning the nickname "Grace
Always." But she wants to break out of that mold,
and her opportunity comes when Jonathan Gould arrives from the city to stay with
the Bjorklands. His city ways and her country style seem to blend well together
to the point where Grace leaves home to go to New York. Now she has to rely on
herself to break barriers and prove that she can survive on her own.
Read the full review Lily is not in the small town
of Browning City, Iowa to stay. Nothing in the world could possibly convince
her to forego her dreams of city life—people, lights, and enough noise to keep
her from ever feeling lonely again. It’s what she wants. That’s why she’s
determined to avoid Ben Purcell. The new man in town sends sparks down her
spine, but he’s made it clear he’s in Browning City is his final destination,
which means he isn’t the right man for her. Read the full review
“Cancer.” Even the word strikes fear in the human heart.
No other disease affects the human spirit so deeply. Unlike other diseases
where the body wears out or is attacked, cancer is the
human body turning upon itself. Oncology patients often wrestle with their
mortality, the pain of broken dreams, and a need to understand the causes of
human suffering. All of these questions naturally lead to a spirituality quest.
Read the full review Blue Like Jazz Subtitled “non-religious
thoughts on Christian spirituality,” this book consists of Miller’s mu “A sojourner is one who resides as a foreigner or
stranger in an unknown land.” So starts this book about our journe
Biographical Jesus, You are Quite the Fellow
Jesus, You are Quite the Fellow is
the remembrance of a young man by his grieving father. Mr. Cobb’s retelling is
both thought-provoking and touching. He has experienced many trials and
heartaches. I highly respect him for his courage and strength. He encourages
readers going through what he has encountered and those who have not yet lost a
loved one. Read the full review MISTRESS BRADSTREET Many people find that Anne Bradstreet’s name is familiar
because they’ve read her poems, or because John Berryman has paid a tribute to
her. But few realize that Anne Bradstreet was the first published poet—either
male or female—< href="mistress_bradstreet.htm">Read the full review
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History
/ Academic / Instructional Learn New Testament Greek John Dobson, author of Learn
Biblical Hebrew, continues his successful method of teaching foreign
languages as he tackles the New Testament language: Greek. He applies the same
methods and approaches that he used to convey the concepts of the Hebrew
language to teach Greek.
Read the full review EMany books have boasted about its abilities to teach
languages. However, from my experience, many books have not delivered. But this
book, Learn Biblical Hebrew, has not only delivered but it also exceeded
my expectations. Read the full review
Hoerth and McRay have put together a helpful
resource for people who want to know what kind, quantity, and quality of
archaeological evidence exists for Bible times. Beginning with Mesopotamia
and continuing with Egypt, Palestine, Persia, Turkey, Greece, and Italy,
Hoerth and McRay systematically walk us through the archaeological finds
pertaining to each of these regions and show us the significance to the Biblical
narrative. Read the full review Pagan Christianity? Exploring
the Roots of Our Church Practices, may very well be the most important book
written on the Christian church in the last two millennia. Frank Viola and
George Barna team up to give their readers a critical examination of the last
1700 years of church history. Does the institutional church have any biblical
and historical right to exist? “Are the practices of the institutional church
(the clergy/laity system, salaried pastors, sacred buildings, the order of
worship, etc.) God-approved developments to the church that the New Testament
envisions? Or are they an unhealthy departure from it?”
Read the full review
True Stories Many in North America think of
Harry Potter or India when they consider the words “curses” and “occult”. After
all, it seems like something that can only happen in movies or in places really
far away. However,
Unbroken Curses reveals the contrary to be true. In civilized and
educated North America, curses and witchcraft a A Heart for Africa is the story of
Rafiki, told through the eyes of the Jensens' daughter, Annie (Jensen) Thorp.
This short book (62 pages) features firsthand accounts of orphans whose lives
have been changed, as well as the voices of house mothers and financial
sponsors. As an inspirational book, it also features many pictures of Africans
and the work Rafiki is doing. Read the full review While most of us
are aware of the dangers of anorexia for young girls in our society, less
attention has been given to the ravaging effects this eating disorder can have
on young men. The reason for this is simple: the vast majority of anorexia
sufferers are girls. About 10% of anorexia cases involve boys (http://www.anred.com/stats.html).
Skinny Boy is the first book published of its kind. It is an inside look
at anorexia in boys from a first person perspective. With courage and
vulnerability, Dr. Grahl has shared his own struggle and (thankfully) victory
over anorexia. Read the full review A TREASURY OF ADOPTION MIRACLES Adoption is a miracle in itself, the bringing together of
people who were strangers and now are part of the same family. But A TREASURY OF
ADOPTION MIRACLES tells stories that go beyond the ordinary. They are truly
extraordinary. Read the full review
Gift Ideas Looking for that perfect gift for expectant parents?
Something unique, touching, and inspiring? Then you’ll definitely want to check
out this gift book, I Know I Am Loved. Told from the point of view of
the new baby, this book gives a delightful insight into new life, family, and
love. The pictures are positively enchanting, the script heartwarming, and
together they create a memento that will thrill new or expectant parents.
Read the full review AN ORAMENT A DAY AN ORAMENT A DAY includes ideas to make 25 sparkling
holiday trims for your tree or as gifts. Patterns and instructions are included
for ornaments such as: Read the full review Celebrate Simply The holiday season is closing in fast,
and with it the panic. Who needs to be on my shopping list? What can I
get them? How much can I spend? What kind of cookies should I bake, what
meals should I try, where am I going to put up the tree? In this age of
hustle-and-bustle, it’s easy to get so caught up in the holidays that we
forget to enjoy ourselves. We over-schedule, over-spend, over-indulge,
and come away feeling empty. For a lot of us, money is a big issue and
time isn’t much better. By celebrating simply, we can cut out the
unnecessary baggage that comes along with the holidays and focus on what
really counts: our Lord and our family. In Celebrate Simply Nancy Twigg
shares her own experiences with holiday overload, from the fiasco that
was supposed to be The Perfect Christmas to the tension surrounding The
Ideal Wedding. Twigg pulls no punches about the stuff-crazed society we
all get caught up in, but right after pointing out the problems, she
offers simple solutions and a ton of great ideas to help you streamline
and simplify every holiday, from Thanksgiving
and Christmas to weddings and birthdays.
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Devotionals
Mommy Pick-Me-Ups: Refreshing Stories
to Lighten your Load Have only a few minutes to spare? Want to
have devotions but are busy with a newborn baby? This collection of 77 short
stories is perfect for you. Each story is relevant to issues mothers face in
their everyday life. Read
the full review
Following in the steps of the recent
Biblezine publications, this women’s Bible study is very easy and fun to read. I
guess one could call it a “Studyzine”? The true story of a woman at the
beginning of each chapter all serve to show the theme of the chapter, whether
trying to seek acceptance or dealing with an unforgiving heart. The chapters
have activities, discussion starters and some great additional resources. This
would make a good devotional for quiet time.Read the full review We all know prayer is an important part of
our Christian walk, but it’s easy to let that part of our faith slide when
things get busy. Sometimes we fail to see God answering our petitions. Of
course, other times it seems He answers our needs before we even ask. With
Christian Prayer Journal and Praise Report, you can keep track of your
prayers, choose verses to stand on, and look back over the pages so that you can
write out the answers you receive, too.
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Faith
This pocket guide has a wealth of information
about praying with your children. You will learn the best ways to approach
your children about the importance of praying. You are given helpful tips on
making prayer a two-way conversation with the Lord not just a list of demands.
You realize that by teaching your children about prayer you are giving them a
gift. The following quote from page 46 tells you the importance of prayer
in your children’s lives. Read the full review I usually don't pick up a lot of non-fiction books, but
this one looked really good to me. Boy, am I glad that it did! The very first
paragraph grabs your attention and the book doesn’t give it back until after the
last sentence. The author gives examples of God using ordinary people to do
extraordinary things. God is ready to use you right where you are. It was
amazing to read about the history of past movements, many of them I had not
heard of before. Reid sums up prayer as "intimacy with God that leads to the
fulfillment of His purposes." How true is that! When we truly stop focusing on
what we want, God begins to create a movement inside of us.
Read the full review Face it. The title, The Celebration of Discipline,
does not jump out and grab your attention. Discipline? That word doesn’t work
for today’s “feel good” culture. Paradoxically, anyone who reads and follows
author Richard Foster’s recommendations to know God and talk with Him, will end
up feeling good. Read the full review
Childrearing/Children Pumpkins is a beautifully done book for children,
ages 4 – 8. It details through photography a pumpkin from the beginning to the
final carved product. Read the full review This book is a must read for all parents, teachers and
child caregivers. It is an informative and instructional guide to raising
children to not be afraid of standing up for themselves or for others (to avoid
bullying). Coughlin suggests that
Christian children are instilled with the concept of being nice instead of being
good, which leads them to being passive in situations where they really should
be taking action. There we re several references to Bible passages to support
his points. Read the full review HEAVEN FOR KIDS Randy Alcorn is a parent and a grandparent, so he knows how
important it is to pass along the correct, biblical answers about Heaven. So, in
HEAVEN FOR KIDS Randy Alcorn has adapted his best-selling Heaven for the
8-12 crowd.
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Relationships Keeping His Pants On Until He Gets Home Joyce Oglesby, a pastor's wife of 35 years issues a
clarion call to women to passionately engage their
husbands in the battle against infidelity. A
refreshing change of pace from books that often sweep the issues of adultery
and subsequent divorce under the rug, Oglesby
encourages women to fight the good fight for their
marriages, and she's not talking fisticuffs.
Read the full review Growing Friendships Many of us have great memories of the fun days of childhood,
of going outside to play or neighbor kids knocking on the door. Then we grow up,
get busy, and close the door to friendship as a life priority. Becoming aware
that skills involved in friendship are often neglected, author Tracy Klehn
determined to share her understandings and approaches to initiating, restoring
and maintaining them. Read the full review First of all I really liked the title and sub-title! From
the very first sentence, I fell in love with Stina Wilson’s writing style. She
has an incredible gift of being able to “tell it how it is” while expressing
some profound truths. The first thing that struck me was that she chose to use
multiple versions of the Bible for scripture references. Often when we use just
one translation, the awe and the full meaning gets lost.
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Christian Living
Your Mother Has Alzheimer’s
If you are the primary care-giver of an
Alzheimer's patient or know someone who is, this book is a must-read. Written by
three sisters, this book provides an insider's look into caring for a loved one
with Alzheimer’s. It is their story of caring for their mother. It is written
with great sensitivity and provides down-to-earth insights that these sisters
wished they had learned earlier in their journey
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