March 14, 2023
Esdras Pierre Etrenne’s Bible Album is a lengthy offering (1,785 pages) of nature photographs accompanied by Bible verses.
The author begins the book with a note: “I wanted to make something beautiful for the world . . . so this is it!” This statement provides the sole context for the rest of the book. After […]
July 11, 2022
This impressive book—a veritable portable public library—offers an amazing wealth of nonfiction reading recommendations on virtually every subject.
Librarian Linda Maxie scoured best-of and award lists to find her selections, which include biographies and memoirs as well as some canonical literature. She organizes the list by the Dewey Decimal Classification system, which offers the benefit […]
June 20, 2022
Late physician John “Jock” Anderson examines wrongdoing in his discipline in this posthumously published survey. Singling out 15 especially egregious cases of doctors who abused the trust of patients or colleagues, he paints an arresting group portrait of Hippocratic Oath-violators.
Anderson, himself a pioneer in ultrasound techniques, places the most emphasis on fraud in the […]
September 6, 2021
Institutional racism is a reality many African Americans grapple with daily in the United States. Because the structural barriers to educational, legal and economic resources are seemingly insurmountable in predominantly black communities, educator Doreszell Cohen was inspired to start Link-Up 2 Lift-Up, a service organization that provides professional development and grassroots leadership training.
Her book […]
July 12, 2021
Reality Revisited (from A to Z) is much like a dictionary, but it only defines terms the author wishes to define—and those definitions range from the quirky and satirical to the philosophical and even political.
In the Foreword, author Igor Radovic explains that “some of the notes in Reality Revisited are attempts at humor and […]
April 7, 2020
A coffee-table book is intended to entice readers with its visual appeal and keep them interested with its engaging narrative. This book excels at both, with photographs and legends that explore over 80 Sikh shrines in Pakistan.
In addition to many Sikh gurdwaras (temples) in Punjab, India there are several other gurdwaras in the Pakistan […]
March 9, 2020
Chessmaster Savielly Tartakower once defined “tactics” as “what you do when there is something to do” and “strategy” as “what you do when there is nothing to do.” Learning both techniques are the main goals of savvy chess players—and a major thrust of author Norman Chan’s blueprint for mastering Xiang-Qi, a version of chess more […]
February 10, 2020
Prolific author and retired engineer John Durbin Husher’s latest book covers evolutionary advances in medicine up to 2015.
Husher’s historic look at modern medicine describes how the human lifespan has been extended and protected by key individuals such as Louis Pasteur and Jonas Salk and their medical breakthroughs that helped prevent diseases and enhance physical […]
October 3, 2019
With Morpheus Speaks: The Encyclopedia of Dream Interpreting, psychologist R. J. Cole offers a practical compendium of more than 5,000 dream images with notes regarding their meanings.
Cole has written two earlier books (The Dragon’s Treasure and The Archipelago of Dreams). He has assisted “more than three thousand individuals” with dream interpretations via his blog.
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September 16, 2019
Cary Green provides the ultimate crash course in college and career preparedness for high school and college students with this Christian-oriented self-help book.
The author advocates for leadership skills training for young people seeking to excel in college and careers. He encourages readers to improve their “soft skills,” such as critical thinking, problem solving, written […]