In this “me too” era, it’s good to see victims of sexual abuse like Megan, the narrator of Finding the Face of Evil, coming out at last and sharing their stories. For too many like Megan, it’s taken decades, even a lifetime, to find the...

From Luke. G Dahl, author of the Daddy’s Curse series…which I really enjoyed reading…comes yet another story, Faith Under Water, that captures the heartaches of human suffering in a short novel. Like the previous series, Faith Under Water is a biography that reads more like...

Fortune Favors the Bold: A Woman’s Odyssey through a Turbulent Century by Theodore Modis is a lyrical tale of resilience and romance, set against the backdrop of turbulent political climates and following characters that are rock-solid and likable, a tale with powerful historical references. Theodosia...

Spiritually rich, emotionally gripping, and intelligently written, First Mistake: Facing Death, Finding Life by D.J. Chang is a book about death, about a powerful spiritual connection, about love and meaning, a book for readers who hunger for more truth than this world can reveal. It...

From Sea to Sea: River Plate to Lake Michigan by Nelda Bedford Gaydou is a wonderfully adventurous memoir that speaks about the author’s and her family’s exploits as they travel across the United States, Europe, and South America. This is the story of a couple...

For anyone interested in biographies or history in general, or the American labor movement in particular, the three-volume set of Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO is an enticing read. Co-authored by Carl W. Soderstrom Jr. MD, Robert W. Soderstrom,...

Written from the perspective of author Jim Henninger, From Nightlife to Eternal Life is a biography of the life of Bitt Thrower. Bitt Thrower was a Christian all his adult life. He was a father, baseball player, and night club owner. Bitt lived in a...

Having read Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond in high school, to the consternation of his teacher, Tom Beattie is obviously a Thoreau fan and Fronting Onlys is his unique tribute to the life and literary works of the 19th century essayist and poet. And in...

Fear of the Tide: The Untold Story of a Cuban Rebel by Analise M. Oliver is a riveting biography that follows the life of one of Cuba’s rebels, David Fuentes Martinez. When he bought a train ticket from his native, underdeveloped rural Las Matinas to...

Fishing With Hyenas by Theresa Mathews is a fascinating tale of her real life adventures on the open sea with a group of fishermen. You can almost smell the fish as you crash through the adventure in the ups and downs of life on the...