A spirited memoir that proves you can redefine yourself at any age, Jeffrey Weiss’s "Racing Against Time: On Ironman, Ultramarathons and the Quest for Transformation in Mid-Life" takes readers on an empowering ride.

Weiss is nearly eleven hours into an ultramarathon, his legs cramping as he fights to keep moving. This visceral opening throws ...Read more

In "Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory," author Lyn Barrett shatters misconceptions by offering a deeply personal, first-hand account of living with DID and healing from the trauma that caused it. This award-winning memoir invites readers into Barrett’s world, demystifying a disorder too often sensationalized and ...Read more

Freida McFadden’s latest psychological thriller is fiendishly clever and gripping in its narrative, revolving around Debbie Mullen and her family. Debbie is an advice columnist for the local newspaper, where she regularly offers advice for stressed wives and mothers. She may need some advice on her domestic situation, as her home is filled ...Read more

Three of our grands have their learner's permits, but somehow, I seem to be the one receiving instructions on how to drive.

“You probably should have waited ‘til that car passed,” advises our oldest daughter, as I pull into traffic. She’s my front seat passenger and mother of twins with permits.

“Excuse me? I pulled out just fine, ...Read more

Kitty Zeldis is a prolific author and gifted storyteller who ably captures the zeitgeist of the time period immediately following WWII in her well-crafted novel "One of Them" which focuses on two college girls struggling with identity and discrimination.

It’s an unusual coming of age story involving antisemitism in Ivy League universities ...Read more

A stunning motivational read, "Mama, I Love You" by Mona Liza Santos offers inspiration for mother-child activities, gratitude for mom, and a loving tribute. The story begins with a simple reminder to “mama” that she’s loved every day, which is a sweet sentiment that is repeated throughout the book.

The story is structured as a message to...Read more

You know winter is knocking on the door when the go-to topic of every conversation is windchill. You know winter has moved in and made itself at home when the house settles with loud cracks, the hardwoods creak and kitchen cabinets along an outside wall have the interior temperature of a cave. Winter soon becomes an uninvited houseguest with no ...Read more

In a cabin in upstate New York’s frigid wilderness, a hungry woman waits for her husband to return from hunting. She remembers the tenement they left in Dublin, filled with friends and warmth. Now they struggle for survival alone.

Just as troubling to Moira Kelly is the strange behavior of her three-year-old daughter, Eve. Moira has seen Eve ...Read more

If there’s one thing I love, it’s a book that yanks me straight into another world like it has zero regard for my to-do list. Give me magic. Give me danger. Give me the kind of quest where a kid with more heart than experience has to figure out who they are before the world explodes — or, you know, before a wyvern eats them. These are the ...Read more

It’s too late now, but I probably should have become a chiropractor.

Why? Two words: tech neck. It’s when a neck has been bent over a screen for so long that it needs medical attention. The phenomenon is everywhere. I’m not neck-saggerating.

I was in line to check out at a doctor’s office, and a mom and a little boy were in front of me...Read more

Cynthia Schumacher’s "Prose Pizza" is a charming, thoughtful collection of nine stories that reveal the extraordinary layers beneath ordinary lives. With a warm yet incisive eye, Schumacher explores private desires, social expectations, small rebellions and the moments — quiet or sudden — that reorient a life.

The opener, “Sunless Sea,�...Read more

In "The Treasure Within," debut author Matt Adcock invites readers on a gentle spiritual adventure to stop searching aimlessly and start discovering the riches already planted in our souls. Built on the solid foundation of Scripture and personal faith, this uplifting book takes us through life’s darkest valleys and brightest moments with the ...Read more

One of the girls gave me a tube of lotion guaranteed to reduce neck wrinkles in 14 days. “Thanks,” I said, “but it took me decades to develop these wrinkles. They’re not going away in two weeks.”

“How do you know that for sure?” she asked.

“Because I bought a tube of this myself a year ago.”

The only wrinkles I’ve had ...Read more

In "The Dark Birth of the Secret Council," Tracy Cavelli takes the reader on a journey with Trisha as she attempts to make sense of God’s messages to her in her dreams while evil forces are building a secret council.

Two storylines — good and evil — Trisha, a writer and champion for God, and Charles, a powerful businessman. Charles ...Read more

Thomas Schlesser wears many hats as an art historian, college professor, foundation director and author of several well-regarded nonfiction books. His second novel is the international bestseller "Mona’s Eyes," first published in Europe in 2024. It was translated from the original French for this English language edition by Hildegarde Serle ...Read more

Author C.M. Evergreene’s writing debut, "Echoes of Descent" is an impressive and memorable effort exploring the adventures of Miranok Danse, the heiress to the kingdom of Corticia, and how her first journey outside the royal confines becomes a formative and transcendental experience. Evergreene’s prose is vivid and her characters are ...Read more

In this groundbreaking book – the first in Calhoun’s seven-part “Faith at Work” series – the author bridges two worlds that rarely meet: timeless spiritual principles and the demands of contemporary project management.

Unlike generic business devotionals, "If Jesus Was a Project Manager" zeroes in on the specific responsibilities of ...Read more

Christmas holidays generate a lot of togetherness. A lot of togetherness means cooking, cleaning, searching for kids’ missing boots and gloves, digging through trash for a gift card accidentally thrown away, separating grands leg wrestling on the family room floor and plunging the kitchen garbage disposal.

It’s a lot of merry.

Ho, ho, hold...Read more

What would you do if you know your exact point of death? What if death is encoded into our DNA at birth? Imagine the possibilities. They’re hard to grasp, right?

John H. Thomas delves into those very questions in his new novel, "The Terminal Gene." The novel’s far from an existential crisis, but instead it is wrapped around a techno-...Read more