Nonfiction

God particle, Higgs boson—it's been news since Independence Day (no relation to said holiday) and most of us scratch our heads.  It’s too hot to ...

“If men were angels,” wrote James Madison in The Federalist #51, “government would not be necessary.”  While understanding what Madison meant, he wasn’t quite accurate.  ...

Those delegates to the Second Continental Convention probably had no idea what they were creating when they signed a certain document back in July of ...

The Glorious Fourth, as they used to call it, celebrates the birth of a nation whose independence was only declared with the signing of a ...

Some kids like numbers and are good with them; others aren’t.  Though no longer a kid, I fall in the latter category,but these two books ...

Your kids may be packing for camp this month--or maybe not.  (Watch for my post on Bible/Christian camps later this week.)  While the weather's warm ...

A handbook of practical wisdom for the would-be college student. Essential summer read for every incoming freshman.--Dr. Gene Veith, provost of Patrick Henry College About ...

The Fairy Ring, or Elsie and Frances Fool the World, by Mary Losure.  Candlewick, 2012, 168 pages.  Age/interest level: 10-14 When Frances Griffith arrived in ...

Steve Jobs: Thinking Differently, by Patricia Lakin.  Aladdin (Simon & Shuster), 2012, Age/interest level: 10-14. Who Was Steve Jobs? by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso, ...

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts On Christian Spirituality, was published in 2003 by Thomas Nelson.  Since then it has become a staple of Christian college ...

My first exposure to Charles Dickens was the original Classics Illustrated edition of A Tale of Two Cities.  The last panel of Sidney Carton climbing ...

Everybody likes stories.  But a significant number of bodies prefer their stories to be true, or at least factual. I’ve long heard it rumored among ...

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, by Alan Jacobs.  Oxford University Press, 2011, 150 pages.  Age/interest: adult. Heads-up: Watch for our interview ...

Home Field Advantage by Justin Tuck, illustrated by Leonardo Rodriguiez.   Simon & Shuster, 2011, 22 pages. Reading Level: Picture book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: ages ...

Food occupies our minds a lot this time of year—to gather around, to give away, to serve to strangers at the Salvation Army, to stuff ...

Faithfulness Under Fire: The Story of Guido de Bres (2010) and The Quest for Comfort: The Story of the Heidelberg Catechism (2011), by William Boekestein.  ...

Reformation Heroes, by Diana Kleyn with Joel R. Beeke.  Reformation Heritage Books, 2009, 250 pages.  Age/interest level: 11-up. October 31, 2017 (only six years from ...

COLUMBUS The first time I browsed through Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's biography, Columbus, I purchased it for my kids on the spot based largely ...