Book Review
Shaken Awake
"Shaken Awake" is a heartwarming Christian novel about a church waking up to change the world in necessary ways. Allen Madding’s gripping Christian novel, "Shaken Awake", imagines what might happen if a local church really tried to...
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The Sound of Life's Unspeakable Beauty
Martin Schleske’s powerful The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty links the pursuit of beautiful music with that of finding God. Describing the process of building a violin—picking the perfect piece of wood; shaping the wood;...
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Eyes Wide Open
"Eyes Wide Open" is a hopeful self-improvement book that suggests that deeper insights are possible at any age. Christine Bryce’s thoughtful self-improvement book "Eyes Wide Open" is made up of a series of loosely linked essays about...
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Prayer Changes Things
"Prayer Changes Things" is an accessible introduction to Pentecostal prayer. Beatrice B. Fearon’s inspiring book "Prayer Changes Things" is an accessible guide to prayer. Beginning with a theology of prayer that encourages people to...
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Sea Change
In Nancy Kress’s terrifying novel "Sea Change", a famine-stricken, near-future world has turned its back on science. In 2005, Renata’s life was normal. She was a student at Yale, worried about her difficult roommate and...
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The Tea Chest
Heidi Chiavaroli’s thrilling romance "The Tea Chest" asks questions that resonate beyond the immediate needs of its heroines. Emma and Hayley live two hundred years apart, but they are connected through their tenacity and willingness...
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Salmon
Mark Kurlansky’s "Salmon" makes the species an ecological poster child and a microcosm of the environmental challenges we face. More than an environmental book about overfishing, the text includes a comprehensive natural and cultural...
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Walker's Key
Hinging on the question of whether it is sometimes necessary to kill in order to stop evil, Walker’s Key is a satisfying and dramatic historical novel. Set in the Florida Keys, Frank B. Haddleton’s suspenseful historical novel...