Book Review
Big Bad China
Illustrations and A-Z chapters aim to get young adults interested in the harsh realities of China. With cartoonish drawings and speculation about a closed society, "Big Bad China" is a great resource—albeit an overly emotional...
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Beyond Beliefs
A Christian philosopher mixes logic and faith to produce his own map to God as an experience and not merely an idea. John David Geib, a proponent of Christian philosophy, believes that to get “beyond beliefs” one has to accept God as...
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The Bastard Son
This tale of honor, bravery, and accomplishment interweaves real-life history to bolster the adventure of the story. In his new novel, "The Bastard Son", C. D. Shelton presents an epic saga of nobility, heroism, and adventure on sea and...
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The Inn of Ten
"The Inn of Ten" is a meditation, in novel form, on the way that sin spreads from person to person and event to event. “We rejoice for those who keep the commandments. We weep for those who transgress.” These are the observations of...
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God's Glory and the Exhortation
Competently composed mini sermons mix with inspiring personal experience in a book that aims to redirect Christians toward the right path. Rene Bates believes he understands why Christian churches have failed in their duty: because their...
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The Vegetarian Crusade
History of vegetarianism in America offers insight into shifting of social movements into mainstream thinking. This unique, readable history of the vegetarian movement in America reveals its deep roots; transplanted from Europe in the...
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The Hidden Lamp
Lovingly structured collection of Zen stories featuring women seeks to bring gender equity to enlightened thinking. The traditional belief in mainstream Buddhism is that “it is not possible to be enlightened in a woman’s body.”...
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Guests on Earth
Mental hospital where Zelda Fitzgerald spent her last days provides real-life backdrop to tale of lust among the lost … and shock therapy. Highland, “a famous, progressive hospital” in Asheville, North Carolina, the setting for...