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Season of Fire and Ice, A
by Zimpel, Lloyd
A Time, a Place, a Temperature Lloyd Zimpel's new novel will make the bristly hairs stand up on your goosebumps...and make you glad you live in the 21st century. |
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Priest's Madonna, The
by Hassinger, Amy
A Collison of Minds and Hearts The idea of Jesus possibly being married to Mary Magdalene has certainly been fertile ground for writers lately, and why not? |
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Messiah of Morris Avenue, The
by Hendra, Tony
A Modern Messiah Battles the Media Age Hendra's book may be a sendup on modern religion, but it's just as if not more pious in its own way than many straight-up religious tales (like the Left Behind series which he even gives a sardonic nod here). Fortunately, the down-to-earth nature of the hero makes it all quite palatable. |
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Seeker: Book One of the Noble Warriors
by Nicholson, William
Promising New Young Adult Sci Fi Series Touches on Current Issues While Seeker takes place in a different world in an unspecified time, the issues the characters face are very contemporary. |
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Passion of Mary Magdalen, The
by Cunningham, Elizabeth
The "Other Mary" Comes Clean – Sort Of The impact of The Da Vinci Code continues to be felt as more authors feel free to explore lesser known biblical figures, and one of the most intriguing of those by far is Mary Magdalen, whose identity and exact relationship to Jesus has been a source of almost endless speculation. |
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Garner
by Allio, Kirstin
The Body in the Brook Those who devote themselves to at least 40 pages will find themselves immersed in the novel's world, transported back to 1925 New Hampshire. |
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Acme Novelty Library No. 16, The
by Ware, Chris
The Return of Chris Ware Chris Ware's stories always leaving me gasping and, occasionally, weeping. This short work is no exception. |
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Night Journal, The
by Crook, Elizabeth
Some Secrets Don't Stay Buried Families have a tendency to bring out the very worst in us because these are the people who are most familiar with our faults and how to push our buttons. In her new novel, Crook taps into this truth to give her characters a feeling of authenticity and relatability. |
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Grandin, Temple and Johnson, Catherine
An Exciting New Look Into Animals' Inner Lives As our concepts of intelligence and talent continue to evolve, we are forced to change our perceptions of what those who do not have what we would consider to be traditional intelligence are capable of. |
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False Impression
by Archer, Jeffrey
Murder and Intrigue in the Art World Like crime and jewelry, crime and fine art seem to go together. As long as there are great pieces of art that some people are willing to pay tens of millions of dollars for, there will always be people determined to steal them. |
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