Rajat Chohda’s The Divine Flow of Satyuga is a philosophy built around the belief that peace is possible when a person stops surrendering emotional stability to outside judgment. Chohda tells us that a lot of forms of suffering begin when people confuse temporary craving with...

Myla Learns Wings Over My Heart by Angela Thibault is an exceptional read for children because it gives them a simple yet successful way to initially tackle emotional problems. Sometimes, it’s difficult for children to share what is bothering them, especially when they are limited...

Thomas R. Boniello’s A Symphony of Spies is an espionage thriller that bridges international intelligence and the rarefied world of classical music. Drew Reid is an intelligent subatomic physicist working on a classified project; he also suffers from limerence, a condition that makes him overshare...

A psychic awakening can be a blessing or a curse, depending on the outcome. Telepathic messages may overpower us, as Richard Fort discovered to his cost. He describes his traumatic journey in Foreign Whispers: A Telepathic Awakening. It seems that a voice pops into your...

You Can't Change The Past by Keith Thorn is about something we all do, even if we don’t always notice it: thinking again and again about the past. The author explains how we replay moments in our heads of things we said, choices we made,...

To Catch A Monster by Rale Miller takes place in the seemingly quiet town of Lexington, Virginia, where Officer Chrissy and her bike squad suddenly find themselves caught up in a strange murder investigation. The town's usual calm is shattered when a victim is discovered...

Voyagers: Homeland to Heartland is based on D. L. Norris’s own family history, and rings with authenticity. Opening in nineteenth-century Norway, like so many of their compatriots living in poverty, Kittil and Marte Dyrebu decide to emigrate to America. They have an extended bureaucratic battle...

Nick is a very curious young man and wants to know why many things happen the way they do. Why can't animals talk, or why are fire trucks red? Sometimes he even has dreams with the word "why." Some of his questions are reasonable, like...

The Fish Who Changed the Game by Barbara Pinke is a charming and uplifting children’s story set in a vividly imagined underwater world. It follows Seassy, a young seahorse who wants to participate in the Great Ocean Games. She even dreams of winning. She should...

Keith Thorn’s The Distance We Didn’t See is an incredibly raw, quiet book that looks at how family rifts actually happen—not usually through one big explosion, but through years of small misunderstandings and unaddressed pride. Thorn is brave enough to look back at his own...

Have you ever imagined if something other than rain or snow could fall from the sky? In Rich Follett’s The Day It Rained Popcorn, not only does something different fall, but it also draws out the bravery of some of the townspeople. This book is...

Matija Oreb Maša’s Magical Spring Wish is a children’s story about kindness, family, and the magic that can grow from caring for others. The book follows Granny and her loyal horse Toby as they prepare their small countryside home for the changing seasons. Young Nina...

Open Hands follows Keith Thorn as the wound left by the father who abandoned him continues to shape his life well into later adulthood, until the painful distance that forms between Keith and his own children forces him to face the fear that has guided...

In What’s Your Nineveh? When Running from Your Calling Becomes Its Own Kind of Hell, Keith Thorn turns the biblical account of Jonah into a question of what happens when a person keeps refusing the duty God has placed on them. In the Bible, Jonah...

In 1876, eighteen-year-old Loren Ardoin left his home in Louisiana, escaping from the lingering aftermath of the Civil War, heading west with only his worn guitar. After days on the railroad and drifting through towns with his music, Loren ends up in Nogales. In this...

Lonely When You’re Dead by Roy Chaney begins with journalist Claude “Murph” Murphy caught in a violent sweep following a riot at a Quebec City poetry festival, setting up a story that combines crime, politics, and cultural unrest. Murph arrives in Canada on an assignment,...

In It’s Party Time! But Where Is My Outfit? by Sandra Ledesma, young readers meet a group of critters who live together in a treehouse. One day, a park ranger visits them with a surprise. He invites them to a celebration, promising cake and lots...

Stay Thirsty by Mark Haertzen, with Mike E. Brown, is a self-help business memoir that explores Haertzen's series of ventures, using each one to determine what can produce a dependable income and what isn't going to work. From his early attempts at selling small goods...

Tribute by C.S. Kading and Tony Fuentes is an enthralling dark fantasy novel set against the paranoia of 1984 Cold War Romania. The time to face him has come. Eight years have passed since he looked at her with pure hatred and not love, and...

Finding Wellness by Randall Hansen is a comprehensive guide whose aim is to help us be healthy. It tackles many issues: healing, trauma, gratitude, health, sugar addiction, and so much more. It is a reflective and accessible analysis of what it means to live a...