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Bluffing Is Murder (Books in Brief)

By Tace Baker. Barking Rain Press, 2014. 177 pages. $12.95/paperback; $5.95/eBook. Sleuth Lauren Rousseau is back in this sequel to…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

Gospel—The Book of Matthew: A New Translation with Commentary—Jesus Spirituality for Everyone

Translated by Thomas Moore. Skylight Paths Publishing, 2016. 224 pages. $29.99/hardcover; $19.99/paperback; $19.95/eBook. The other day over lunch, I told…

Reviewed by Rob Pierson

In Brief: Friendly Leadership: Humanely Influencing Others

By Donn Weinholtz. Full Media Services, 2021. 88 pages. $9.95/paperback or eBook. Donn Weinholtz is a Quaker who drew upon…

Reviewed by Kathleen Jenkins and Sharlee DiMenichi

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

By Robbie Robertson, illustrated by David Shannon. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. 48 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $15.54/eBook. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

Ordinary Miracles: Awakening to the Holy Work of Parenting / Their Name Is Today: Reclaiming Childhood in a Hostile World (Books)

Ordinary Miracles: By Rachel S. Gerber. Herald Press, 2014. 145 pages. $12.99/paperback; $8.99/eBook.   Their Name Is Today: By Johann…

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

In Brief: Choosing Life: My Father’s Journey in Film from Hollywood to Hiroshima

By Leslie A. Sussan. Self-published, 2020. 350 pages. $16.99/paperback; $4.99/eBook. This is a book with a complicated origin. For the…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World

By Caroline Paul, illustrated by Lauren Tamaki. Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2018. 128 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $12.59/eBook. Recommended for ages 9 and…

Reviewed by Sandy and Tom Farley

Jesus, Christ and Servant of God: Meditations on the Gospel According to John

By David Johnson. Inner Light Books, 2017. 278 pages. $35/hardcover; $25/paperback; $12.50/eBook. It is certainly not surprising that Quaker publisher…

Reviewed by Michael Willett Newheart

The Beauty Queen of Bonthe and Other Stories of West Africa

By Gregory A. Barnes. FriendsPress, 2018. 194 pages. $12/paperback. It was a pleasure to read some of this collection and…

Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow

By Robert H. Mayer. NewSouth Books, 2021. 224 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $12.95/eBook. Recommended for ages 12–18. Unsung adolescent heroes of the…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams