1. Book Reviews
  2. Books Published January 1, 2015

January 1, 2015

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 1, 2015. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in January 2015.

Book Review

Sunrise over San Antonio

by Becky Diamond

"Sunrise over San Antonio" explores an alternate historical outcome of the Battle of the Alamo. What if the Texas army actually won the Battle of the Alamo in 1836? Robert Wallace Meyer’s "Sunrise over San Antonio" mixes historical... Read More

Book Review

My Friend Is Hindu

by Aimee Jodoin

Most of us don’t have a friend like Arjun to explain to us about sanatana dharma, varnas, samskaras, and atman, but Cameron’s Hindu pal shows him that we only fear what we don’t know. In this concise, approachable story, Khadija... Read More

Book Review

2020

by Michelle Anne Schingler

This intriguing book posits a unique solution for peace in the Middle East. 2020: The Fall of Islamic States & The Rise of a New Political Order (Iran Israel Armenia Union), the newest work from Sohrab Chamanara, finds hope for peace... Read More

Book Review

Swimming in the Rain

by Colby Cedar Smith

Each of Bloch’s poems tells a story filled with history and depth, inviting the audience to watch each enlightened moment unfold on the page. Award winning poet and translator Chana Bloch’s latest collection of poems, Swimming in the... Read More

Book Review

Maker

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Exploratory fiction at its most powerful and intelligent, "Maker" will challenge and reward all those who have ever wanted to believe in almost anything. Erec Stebbins concludes his Daughter of Time trilogy with a novel that manages to... Read More

Book Review

Transcendence

by Anna Call

The human-machine interface is coming, and this book takes us on a wild tour of our possible future. The term is “techno-optimism,” and "Transcendence" has it in abundance. According to the authors’ view, humans will soon build... Read More