The discovery of an alien communication changes a family’s trajectory in Alexandra Oliva’s rich speculative novel "The Radiant Dark". When scientists announce that a repeating light pattern is a message from extraterrestrials, Carol... Read More
Blessed with longevity, a granddaughter of Leah sees her people through to freedom in Esther Goldenberg’s triumphant, trilogy-closing novel "The Song of the Blue Bird". Throughout major periods of Jewish history, Blue is there. She is... Read More
Mark A. Johnson’s thorough history text "American Bacon" situates bacon as a defining element of American identity. The book utilizes archival evidence, historical works, and interviews to explore the trajectory of bacon in American... Read More
A closeted woman in a dystopian society chooses between honesty and artifice in the compelling future-set novel "The Finest Line". A woman comes to terms with her sexual orientation against a backdrop of rising religious and political... Read More
About perseverance through faith, "Legacy Letters" is a moving memoir. Stephanie Livingston’s epistolary memoir "Legacy Letters" is about growing a family, the ups and downs of marriage, and religion at the turn of the century.... Read More
Mechanical mystique abounds in Joanna Davidson Politano’s "The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House", a Christian romance novel set against the bleak, beautiful backdrop of early twentieth-century England. Abandoned by her mother at a... Read More
Natasha Pulley’s novel "The Hymn to Dionysus" explores a classical struggle between order and chaos through a slow-burn romance that bridges ideologies. After failing to protect a godly passenger on his legion’s ship, Phaidros, a... Read More
Randall Fuller’s history book "Bright Circle" reveals the often-overlooked women at the heart of Transcendentalism. Focusing on the lives and works of a handful of extraordinary minds—Mary Moody Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody,... Read More