The Missionary Position narrates the adventure-packed, chaotic, and humorous story of an American couple in Russia and their tumultuous experience of the 1998 financial crisis. Tad Browne's initial goal was to arrive in Russia with his family as missionaries and to continue helping survivors of...

The Red Sandals by Jing Li is a moving memoir about a strong woman who overcomes tremendous odds to leave her home country, travels to America, and builds a life for herself, her husband, and her daughter. The story starts in China when the author...

Covid-19 was said to originate from China and some notable individuals went as far as to call it the "China virus". However, regardless of where it originated, only love and empathy for our fellow humans can help us win the fight against it—not discrimination; not...

Witty, touching, and thought-provoking, Turtle Heart: Unlikely Friends with a Life-Changing Bond by Lucinda J. Kinsinger is a story of friendship that is bound to create a lasting impression. Luci is a devout Mennonite girl who hears the F word for the first time at...

In a rapidly fast-growing and changing world, human beings are continuously exposed to situations and circumstances that challenge every aspect of our being. Jeremy P. Boggess helps us embrace the changes we are experiencing, and understand both ourselves and our world in Taking Action for...

The Looking-Glass Voyage: Memoirs of a Pakistani Surgeon is a work of non-fiction in the autobiographical and cultural writing subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Tariq Khan. As the title suggests, the work focuses on...

The Perfect Tulip (A methodology to evaluate options and make better decisions) by Alexander Martinez is a non-fiction self-help book that would appeal most to a diverse audience of young adults and adults who are interested in Dutch culture, the handling of dilemmas, and decision...

It is time to learn the stories of some nations in a more equitable way - not from the point of view of the conquerors but of the oppressed. This is why books like The Black History Truth: Jamaica by Pamela Gayle arouse great interest...

If you expect a dull, dry Haggadah, then you will be pleasantly surprised. Martin Bodek has written The Coronavirus Haggadah as a humorous look at a Jewish high and holy day that has existed for millennia. Social distancing, disease, and fear will not keep a...

Many of us are fond of specific novels from the 18th and 19th centuries: Jane Austen’s Emma, Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and many others. We delve into the plot, the setting, and the era with ease, expecting to...