If I Could Do It All Over Again: Christian Leaders Share the Most Important Lessons of Their Lives
Compiled and Edited
by Jon Gauger
Harvest House Publishers
Hardbound, 978-0-7369-9
157 pages, $12
This is a book aimed at speculating about how lives . . .
THE FAITH OF
CHRISTOPHER
HITCHENS:
THE RESTLESS SOUL OF THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS ATHEIST
by Larry Alex Taunton
Thomas Nelson Publishers, hardbound
217 pages, 2016
He was known as one of the “Four Horsemen of the New Atheism.” The hero of many . . .
FULL STEAM AHEAD
by Karen Witemeyer
Bethany House Publishers, 978-0-7642-0967-3
PB, 348 pages, $14.99
In this 19th century novel, Nicole Renard has taken it upon herself to find a suitable husband to be the heir of her sickly father’s shipping business. . . .
A MOUNTAIN OF MYSTERY
by Carole Jefferson
Guideposts Books and Inspirational Media
HB, 2015, 275 pages
In the Colorado town of Silver Peak, Sadie Speers runs an antique shop, which brings her in contact with many different types of people and stories. . . .
THE FAITH OF CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS: THE RESTLESS SOUL OF THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS ATHEIST
by Larry Alex Taunton
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Hardbound, 217 pages, 2016
He was known as one of the “Four Horsemen of the New Atheism.” The hero of many . . .
Eden Hill
by Bill Higgs
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 978-1-4964-1083-2
PB, 384 pages
$14.99
Grab an ice-cold lemonade and head out to your hammock on a warm summer day to read Eden Hill by Bill Higgs. It’s a gentle tale of a Kentucky small . . .
Create vs Copy
by Ken Wytsma
Moody Publishers, Hardbound
187 pages, 2016
College professor Ken Wytsma’s nonfiction book Create vs Copy argues that being creative in the workplace is not only possible, it is natural and beneficial for the worker and . . .
The Moment Between
by Nicole Baart
Tyndale House
PB, 362 pages
Abigail Bennett has been in her sister’s shadow since the day she was born. The only one able to calm her sister’s instability, Abigail has never truly been free to live her own life. . . .
THE METHUSELAH
PROJECT
by Rick Barry
Kregel Publications
PB, 320 pages
What do you get when you cross Captain America with alternate history and secret Nazi science? Rick Barry’s The Methuselah Project. This novel tells the intertwining stories of . . .
COUNTER CULTURE
by David Platt
Tyndale House
PB, 256 pages
Counter Culture is a call to Christians and all faith-based people to step away from the way the world is doing things. Platt claims that the world’s obsession with pornography, with same-sex . . .
The Makings of a Great Novel
TWICE A SLAVE
by Sammy Tippit and Randy Willis
SamRan Publishing
PB, 306 pages
American slavery is a sensitive subject, and few people know that African-Americans were not the only people sold as slaves. Twice A Slave is . . .
CHASING SUNSETS
By Karen Kingsbury
Howard Books
HB, 310 pages
Jag and Aspyn are angels sent to earth with an important mission—protect the lives of Marcus Dillinger, Mary Catherine, and their friends. There is only a small chance their mission will . . .
BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE
By Nancy Mehl
Guideposts Books & Inspirational Media
HB, 238 pages
Nancy Mehl weaves an intricate plotline in Blessings in Disguise, a mystery novel, set in an Amish community. Cheryl Cooper has recently taken over the Swiss . . .
FEAST FOR THIEVES
by Marcus Brotherton
Moody Publishers
PB, 280 pages
Rowdy Slater, a former paratrooper, has fallen on hard times since his dishonorable discharge at the end of World War II. Desperate for money, Rowdy agrees to participate in a bank . . .
Pearl in the Sand
by Tessa Afshar
Moody Publishers
PB, 316 pages
Rahab is a character in the Bible who is a mystery. She plays a significant role, but little is told about her. The Bible lays a small foundation, but with little detail. Afshar took this . . .
The Choosing
by Rachelle Dekker
Tyndale House Publishers
434 pages
Who am I? It’s a question that looms before everyone, and the world offers a thousand answers. I am a consumer. I am a patriot. I am an athlete. I am a husband. I am a wife. Yet, ultimately, . . .
Through Waters Deep
by Sarah Sundin
Revell Publishers
PB, 368 pages
It is the year 1941, and America is on the brink of World War II. Naval Ensign Jim Avery encounters his childhood friend, Mary Sterling, now a shipyard secretary in Boston. A sabotage . . .
Harvest of Rubies
by Tessa Afshar
Moody Publishers
PB, 317 pages
Sarah, the protagonist of Harvest of Rubies, is one of the few female scribes in ancient Persia and the only one employed by the queen. Sarah sees her work as a way of finding self-worth . . .
PSEUDONYM
by Dennis E. Hensley and Diana Savage
Whitaker House, PB
294 pages, 2016
Sheila Davis dreams of becoming a published author. When a scholarship allows her to attend a summer program at a nearby college, she jumps at the chance to leave her . . .
ARE YOU ATTACKABLE?
Embracing God During the Battles of Life
by David H. Judson
Certa, 978-1-939748-74-4
PB, 260 pages
$15.95
As Christians, our lives are bound to come under attack. When these attacks come, the way we respond shows where our trust . . .
ESTHER: A ROYAL BEAUTY
by Angela Hunt
Bethany House
PB, 348 pages
Hadassah, an orphaned Jewish girl, is reared by her cousins in the shadow of King Xerxes’ palace in Susa. As a young girl, Hadassah dreamt of royalty and luxury. Those dreams later . . .
THE SECRET OF CHABAD
by David Eliezrie
Toby Press
HB, 432 pages
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late head of the Chabad movement, endeavored to reawaken Jewish tradition, education, and unification that had grown numb since the Jewish people had . . .
ATONEMENT FOR EMILY ADAMS
by Susan R. Lawrence
Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
978-1-941103-01-2, 254 pages
PB, $12.95
Emily Adams is wracked with guilt after accidentally hitting and killing ten-year-old Isaiah Nelson with her car. Her attempts . . .
Jesus in All Four Seasons
Dennis E. Hensley, PhD.
Bold Vision Books, 2015
256 pp.
Jesus in All Four Seasons by Dr. Dennis E. Hensley is the sequel to Jesus in the 9 to 5. A brand new genre of book has been created via this series called the “factvella”; . . .
MOURNING MEN: A Journey Through Grief
by Clifford E. Denay, Jr.
ISBN 978-1506097626
PB, 370 pages
Over time, American culture has taught men not to show their pain except at the cost of their power and masculine merit. Men are supposed to be tough, . . .
OUR GOD-GIVEN SENSES: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NINE HUMAN SENSES INTEGRATED WITH A STUDY OF THE BIBLE
by Gary A. Burlingame
Healthy Life Press, 978-1-9392-6773-3
PB, 102 pages, $12.99
Burlingame links the Bible to our modern understanding of the human . . .
THE WAY OF GRACE
by Glandion Carney and Marjean Brooks
InterVarsity Press, paperback, 152 pages
reviewed by Alexis Turner
Anglican priest Glandion Carney is currently battling Parkinson’s disease. Throughout this book he guides his readers through . . .
TABLE IN THE DARKNESS
by Lee Wolfe Blum
InterVarsity Press, 9780830843084
PB, 198 pages
Blum takes the reader on a journey through her problems with an eating disorder and depression. Being up and down with severe weight issues caused problems with . . .
THE STORY KEEPER
by Lisa Wingate
Tyndale, 978-1-4143-8826-7
HB, 432 pages, $19.99
Here is a novel about a woman with a strong career and a traumatic past she must at last confront. She thought the doors to her previous life were forever shut. Successful . . .
THE FIRST PRINCIPLE
by Marissa Shrock
Kregel Publications, 978-0-8254-4357-2
PB 235 pages, $14.99
This dystopian futuristic young adult novel challenges the mind and soul of readers. In the future United Regions of North America, Vivica Wilkins appears . . .