by Site Owner | Feb 27, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion, Self-Help
Strangers at My Door By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Convergent, $14.99, 224 pages When Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and his wife Leah moved to Durham, North Carolina, they hung a sign by their front door welcoming anyone – friends and strangers alike – to knock and enter....
by Site Owner | Feb 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Classics, Short Stories
Required Reading By Tillie Olsen University of Nebraska Press, $17.95, 154 pages Best known for Tell Me a Riddle, a collection of four connected short stories published in 1961, writer Tillie Olsen left a brief but indelible print on the American literary landscape....
by Site Owner | Feb 18, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Education, Parenting & Families, Health, Fitness & Dieting
Early Signs, a Disappointing Look at a Difficult Topic By Becki Bateman & Dave Payne Inspiring Voices, $8.99, 63 pages Becki Bateman’s The Male Teenager’s 9 Early Signs of Alcoholism is an “almost” book: “almost” new, “almost” engaging, “almost” important enough...
by Site Owner | Feb 10, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion
God = BFF By Darren Wilson Chosen, $14.99, 234 pages Do you see God as a distant creator or as a close friend? Are you wary of what He might call you to, or do you trust Him with all that you are? Do you imagine God as angry and controlling, or as merciful and loving?...
by Site Owner | Jan 31, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Religion
500 Years in 300 pages By D.G. Hart Yale University Press, $35.00, 339 pages D.G. Hart’s Calvinism: A History is not just a history of Reformation leader, pastor, and theologian John Calvin. Hart’s volume spans a 500-year stretch of Reformed Protestantism, discussing...