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Middle-grade readers will learn the little-known story of Mamie Tape, an 8-year-old Chinese American girl whose family fought for her right to attend public school in San Francisco.
After a brain injury erases the past eight years of Dr. Amy Larsen's life, she must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients, colleagues, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves, or the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away.
Dr. Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes's viral TED Talk on end-of-life care cemented her, a palliative care doctor in Brazil, as a global leader on living and dying well.
As a columnist for the New York Times who writes often about spiritual topics for a skeptical audience, Ross Douthat understands that many of us want to have more faith than we do. He argues that what we know today should make it harder to not have faith than to have it.
A documentary explores the beloved PBS television series for children.
4 Books to Read for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In this beautifully illustrated mock-autobiography for middle-grade readers, Wind speaks directly to the reader, telling fascinating stories that show its cultural, historical, and technical importance to humans.
Prog rocker and believer Neal Morse forms a new band, The Resonance, with players much younger than him, to fascinating effect.
This nonfiction spy novel goes beyond Corrie ten Boom’s memoir The Hiding Place to give a bigger picture of her impact on the Dutch resistance and the world.
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A fictional reimagining of Rachel Carson’s life, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. For 8-12 year olds.
Set in a small coastal town in British Columbia, this semi-cozy procedural stars Rossif Sutherland as melancholy detective Karl Alberg.
What does it mean to be Asian American? How does our racialization in the U.S. shape our lives and our worldviews? Ellie Yang Camp offers a set of ideas to guide us toward a more nuanced understanding of these questions.
A storm lies ahead of her. Freedom lies beyond it.
A Christian therapist helps readers disentangle from the harmful messages of purity culture and points the way to a redemptive way forward.
This Dublin-filmed movie showcases fine acting and beautiful redemption in Dame Maggie Smith’s last movie.
Bo Lu’s picture book is a moving story of empathy, forgiveness, and connection about an immigrant mother and daughter who discover they have more in common than they knew.
Dive into the depths of the ocean and embark on a faith and science adventure through five fact-packed short stories of marine life for ages 8 to 12.
A 2025 ECPA Christian Book Award finalist reveals the real and praiseworthy Mary Magdalene.
He had one chance to show the world he was still the king of rock 'n' roll. Discover the story behind Elvis Presley's triumphant 1968 comeback special.
In this young adult edition of the award-winning memoir The Choice, Holocaust survivor and renowned psychologist Dr. Edith Eva Eger shares her harrowing experiences.
This enthralling and deeply moving story begins during World War II and follows orphaned twin sisters in Ireland whose lives diverge for decades, until fate—and faith—reunite them in the twilight of their lives.
A lyrical and gentle picture book about the joy and importance of making memories and cherishing life’s most special moments.
Written in prose and poetry, this children’s book begins with Jesus at the Last Supper and shows readers that though there are many ways to take communion, the meaning is the same: in Communion, we remember Jesus.
