Review: Gifts of the Heart by Karen Boes Oman

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Gifts of the Heart, a new holiday hardcover book written by Karen Boes Oman and illustrated by Marilyn Brown, was a surprising, fun, and whimsical read.
It’s Christmas Eve and as Grandma and Grandpa set out to visit their grandkids to delivery holiday gifts, their car takes a spin [...]

Review: The White Horse King (The Life of Alfred the Great) by Benjamin Merkle

The White Horse King was one of the most fascinating books I’ve read in a long time. I love history, but it has to be written in an engaging and interesting manner to hold my interest. This book did that for me.
Having read about this time period from the Viking perspective and from the French [...]

Review: Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World

This is the first book I’ve read by Dr. David Jeremiah.

I felt that Dr. Jeremiah was almost cheating the readers of this book by trying to simplify what we need to do to live with confidence in today’s world until Christ returns. The subject matter and writing itself kept my interest but I was [...]

For fans of Diamond Rio as well as those interested in the music business

Beautiful Mess is the story of Diamond Rio, their history, their problems, and the individuals that make up the band. Although I enjoy their music, I’m not a big fan, but I do have a son who plays guitar and is seeking to be successful on his own in the music business.

This book helped tremendously [...]

Review: Real Church by Larry Crabb

Larry Crabb has written a thought provoking book that is sure to spark conversations around the country. Count me among those who have long felt a discord with today’s churches. I’ve actually cried in church, not because I was especially touched by God, but because all the hypocrisy and fake holiness made me [...]

Mayo Clinic Guide to Living With a Spinal Cord Injury

I compared Mayo Clinic Guide to Living With a Spinal Cord Injury to The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook (isbn 978-1891525018) and found this book to be very comparable in information but updated for 2009. There are not a lot of books on this subject, but both do a great job of covering the basics and [...]

Mayo Clinic Guide to Living With a Spinal Cord Injury

I compared Mayo Clinic Guide to Living With a Spinal Cord Injury to The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook (isbn 978-1891525018) and found this book to be very comparable in information but updated for 2009. There are not a lot of books on this subject, but both do a great job of covering the basics and [...]

Review: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D. Wilson

Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl by N.D. Wilson explores our Universe, from snowflakes to weather to ants, with wonder and awe at their creation and their purposes. But he doesn’t stop at the awe and creation of our Earth’s plants and animals, but goes on to seriously explore poetry, physics, gravity, good and evil, sunsets and [...]

Review: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D. Wilson

Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl by N.D. Wilson explores our Universe, from snowflakes to weather to ants, with wonder and awe at their creation and their purposes. But he doesn’t stop at the awe and creation of our Earth’s plants and animals, but goes on to seriously explore poetry, physics, gravity, good and evil, sunsets and [...]

Review: Fragment by Warren Fahy

Science Fiction fans will be in for a treat!

If you love sci-fi and adventure my bet is that you’ll love reading Fragment. A group of young scientists and producers set off in a ship to visit the most remote locations in the world in a year-long around-the-world voyage while hosting a weekly [...]