BOOK BY JOÃO CERQUEIRA LINE BY LION PUBLICATIONS, 2016 324 PP.; $14.89 (PAPERBACK) $2.99 (KINDLE)   JESUS AND MAGDALENE. The title intrigued me enough to give it a go, and I wasn’t disappointed. João Cerqueira’s... Read More

BOOK BY MARK O'CONNELL DOUBLEDAY, 2017 256 PP.; $26.95 To Be a Machine by versatile literary journalist Mark O’Connell is a travelogue about the author’s experiences among the “transhumanists,” i.e., those who believe that immortality... Read More

BOOK BY MATTHEW PARKER THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS/ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 2017 304 PP.; $26.99 Were North America's original thirteen British colonies the first ones relinquished by their mighty mother country? Most Americans probably smugly believe that’s... Read More

BOOK BY RANDALL FULLER VIKING, 2017 302 PP.; $27.00 The Book That Changed America by Randall Fuller gives a well-researched and well-written account on the effect Charles Darwin’s views had on the course of American... Read More

BOOK BY LEIGH ERIC SCHMIDT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016 360 PP.; $35.00 WHAT INITIALLY DREW ME to read Village Atheists was curiosity about life and challenges for secularists living in the United States more than... Read More

BOOK EDITED BY KAREN L GARST PRITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2016 272 PP.; $16.95 IN 2014 THE ARTS and crafts chain Hobby Lobby fought to exclude certain types of birth control coverage for its female employees based... Read More

BOOKS EDITED BY ART A. AYRIS KINGSTONE COMICS, 2016 2,053 PP. IN THREE VOLUMES, $74.99 ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD memories of United Presbyterian Sunday school is the fun I had reading full-color comics telling Bible... Read More