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Dominic Haynes provides a systematic and extensive introduction to the birth and evolution of ancient Greek culture in A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Traveling the Hellenistic World: An Odyssey Through Political Dynasties and Cultural Mosaics. Tracing the prehistoric origins and later migration of the Greeks across the Mediterranean, the book is thorough in its scope, including demographic and topographical details, and a useful map in the front pages. With succinctly edited content and well-structured chapters, Haynes seamlessly hones down his subject, covering art, culture, architecture, sports, religion, politics, and the spread of Greek influence across the region, for […]

Part book of wisdom and part insight into the practice of evangelicalism, Do You Really Love Me? Feed My Sheep: Evangelisation – Stewardship – The Desire for Higher Love-Making by Ken Rolheiser offers the reader advice on a variety of topics so they can lead a good life and find a close relationship with God. Some of the key subjects covered include marriage, raising children, what evangelicalism is, and how best to form a connection with the divine. The author’s focus on finding something positive in all of life’s challenges is particularly inspiring and offers valuable lessons on being an […]

Marisol, an illegal immigrant living in Washington Heights, New York, hatches a daring plan with her neighbor to marry for a Green Card, in Maria Rivera’s entertaining Christian romance novel, Chasing The Wind. The hapless Marisol attempts to seduce her new husband using an advice column from Cosmopolitan magazine, while her neighbor also needs to get married to keep his inheritance, with predictable but satisfying results, as their marriage of convenience blossoms into something much more. Religion is kept at the forefront of this romantic melodrama, through a regular sprinkling of earnest prayers and quotes from scripture, heightening the […]

An inspiring collection of lessons from women who made an indelible impact on their time, The Secrets of Women Who Never Give Up: 11 Resilience Building Strategies Learned From Remarkable Women in History by Dr. Katja Lindemann MD is an original work of self-help that also acts as a fascinating work of social history. Along with activist icons such as Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale, and Emmeline Pankhurst, Lindemann introduces the reader to less celebrated and yet no less compelling historical figures, including the explorer Alexandra David-Néel, the marathon runner Katherine Switzer and the romantic comedy screenwriter Nora Ephron. Alongside short […]

A well-researched portrait of artist Billie Lawless and his controversial sculpture “Green Lightning” is revealed in Michael F. Rizzo’s Fifteen Minutes: Bamboozled in Buffalo. Rizzo analyses the process by which the infamously lascivious sculpture was mistakenly commissioned by Buffalo city officials who were offended by the finished product, and swiftly ordered it to be dismantled, resulting in a court case that Lawless eventually won. Revealing in part the conventionality of the staid art establishment, as well as Lawless’s singular vision, this book not only exposes how an artist tricked a powerful clique of public art commissioners, but also […]

Adrian Green, an American software engineer, plans to “free himself from the endless noise of the States,” in Michael R. French’s eclectic and engaging Ghost with Two Hearts. Having relocated to Japan, Adrian indulges in a tantalizing romance with a resident ghost, and attempts to reconcile past wrongs by returning the Samurai sword his grandfather stole from a Japanese officer during WW2. Throughout the story, French seamlessly weaves fascinating facts about Japanese culture and Shintoism into his insightful and original narrative. A novel that is both character-rich and page-turning, this story will have readers yearning to explore and discover […]

A recently jilted designer wakes up confused and covered in her best friend’s blood in Reasonable by K.T. Carlisle, a dark and dramatic first installment of the What Happened to Mia Davis? series. The lives of four friends who were rocked by collegiate tragedy and then bound by a joint business make for an interesting emotional foundation, and their explosive dynamics are the driving force of the plot, which moves forward at a quick pace. Leaping forward and back in time, this character- and dialogue-driven drama will keep readers guessing as the full sinister scope is revealed. Unreliable narrators, spectral […]