A Beginner’s Guide sets up introductory ideas about belief, the nature of human understanding, the Bible, and spirituality to form a basis for further exploration and study. David Saffold’s self-help book "A Beginner’s Guide to... Read More

Andreas Izquierdo’s "The Happiness Bureau" centers on a government employee, Albert Happy, whose tenderness may just redeem the role of bureaucracies. Happy is a decades-long employee of the Agency of Administrative Affairs; he runs... Read More

Moving On by Standing Still offers an open-minded and refreshing approach to understanding and dealing with the “problem” behaviors of care-dependent people. When care-dependent people are unable to express their needs in words, they... Read More

"In the Way of Jesus" fills a needed niche, offering church followers a way to really grow in faith. Paul D. Kroeker’s "In the Way of Jesus" is a collection of pastoral reflections that offer a worthy exploration of what life looks... Read More

This is a lively and thoughtful hybrid of detective story and psychological literary fiction. Daniel Taylor’s "Do We Not Bleed?" is presented as a detective story, but that’s only half of its appeal. This is a witty and thoughtful... Read More

Lucid, interconnected portraits of adults reveal defeat, yearning, ambition, and loneliness. Nanette L. Avery pays impressive tribute to the Southern Gothic in A Curious Host. Against a backdrop of heavy rain, this panoramic novel... Read More

Brampton’s work is an imaginative blend of fantasy and mystery, cloaked in teen angst and the conflict of good vs. evil. From a momentary glimpse into a world of winged dragons and bloody battles to a present-day journey that takes a... Read More

There is much compassion and food for thought in this readable work of philosophy. In The Essence of Ethical Pragmatism: The Common Sense Philosophy, E. Dennis Brod explains a straightforward, everyday thought system based on objective... Read More