Category: Non-Fiction Reviews

As a lover of Asian culture and baker and lover of baked goods myself I was thrilled to pick up this book. Coming from a heavily Asian-influenced part of Texas and being a huge fan …

It’s a brilliant coincidence that this was the year I began watching the new Crash Course on Black American History that the book Mastering Emotions: Feelings, Power, and Slavery in the United States by Erin …

The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini is considered to be fiction, but it is about a real woman. Elizabeth Van Lew ran a significant intelligence network on behalf of the Union while ministering to Northern prisoners …

Almost from the first page of African Samurai I was asking myself “Why haven’t I heard about this man before?” The book, by Thomas Lockley and Geoffry Girand, is the non-fiction tale of Yasuke, an …

The Hiding Place is a memoir by Corrie ten Boom, with John and Elizabeth Sherrill, about her experience leading the movement to rescue Jews in her city of Haarlem, Netherlands during World War II. Though …

Christian spiritual director Larry Warner takes readers through his very personal experience of the death of his son 15 years ago and gives great insights to those grieving now and those wanting to help others …

Bettie Mae Page may be one of the most popular poster girls of all time. Her curved bangs and body were infamous, as was her reputation. Journalist Tori Rodriguez did some deeper digging to find …

In The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder, Hope Early makes her living as a blogger writing about recipes and lifestyle. The former editor of a major New York- based magazine and then runner-up in the …

 Two girls and a dog, the perfect Sunday outing to look for stones for this project.  This is the book, Stone Painting for Kids by F. Sehnaz Bac and published by Dover Publications. It may seem …

Parent’s are increasingly concerned that their children’s love for video games may turn into an addiction… A Parent’s Guide to Video Games, written by Dr. Rachel Kowert, discusses the social and cognitive impact that playing …