This surprising and satisfying thriller blends philosophy, politics, medicine, and danger. Phalgun Prativadi’s "Being and Becoming" is an ambitious and sophisticated medical thriller with a social conscience. Arya Krish is a brilliant... Read More

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son the ability to turn water into wine. This, it may be remembered, was Jesus’s first miracle. All of which proves that Jesus himself “affirms the importance of joyful... Read More

Peter Neill is a novelist, a maritime nonfiction writer, and the founder/director of the World Ocean Observatory, and he has seen local ocean problems firsthand. His goal with "The Once and Future Ocean", though, is to get the word out... Read More

Get ready to wiggle, twist, hop, and shakety-shake your way to feeling great in Move Your Mood!, from psychologists Brenda S. Miles and Colleen A. Patterson. Based on the idea that exercise and movement are vital to balancing and... Read More

This is remarkable work that makes an indelible mark upon perceptions of modern Africa. Agbor Emmanuel’s "Beyond the Sahara" is an on-the-road adventure set in contemporary Africa that entertains, informs, and forces the rethinking of... Read More

This is an affecting story about believing in oneself, and perhaps even of the importance of the supernatural. In Sherry Maysonave’s intriguing and supernatural "The Girl Who Could Read Hearts", a young girl with special powers... Read More

Silverman avoids the mantle of a warrior mom; she exposes vulnerability, ugly emotion, and beauty in equal measure. My Heart Can’t Even Believe It: A Story of Science, Love, and Down Syndrome is journalist Amy Silverman’s candid... Read More

Dzadagu writes movingly of his personal struggles and persuasively of the reasons for his decisions. Recollections and Reflections: The British Journey of One Former African Priest is the autobiographical account of Athanasio Dzadagu,... Read More