Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Henning Mankell Genre: Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Foreign 176 pages, published August 12, 2014 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary An Event in Autumn is a short novel featuring the famous Swedish detective Kurt Wallander (who has spawned two television series). Soon after Inspector Wallander looks at a home to […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Summer Youngs Author: Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams Genre: Non Fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Improvement, Theology, Happiness 354 pages, published October 18, 2016 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary In The Book of Joy, the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (both of whom are winners of the Nobel Prize, […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Ben Shapiro Author: Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt Genre: Non Fiction, Public Policy, Education, Philosophy, Psychology, Parenting 352 pages, published September 4, 2018 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary The Coddling of the American Mind by First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt, explores significant changes in what the authors […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Betty Lipstreu Author: Timothy Keller Genre: Non Fiction, Theology 293 pages, published February 14, 2008 Reading Format: Book Summary Throughout his life, Tim Keller, a prolific Christian writer and the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, has encountered many skeptics and doubters who have posed questions to […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Darla Schueth Author: Roger Thurow Genre: Non Fiction, Health, Environment, Food, Public Policy 282 pages, published March 3, 2016 Reading Format: Book Summary The First 1,000 Days refers to the time period of pregnancy and a child’s first two years of life. During this crucial time, whether or not a pregnant […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Alli Angulo Author: Florence Williams Genre: Non Fiction, Science, Psychology, Health, Environment 304 pages, published October 20, 2005 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary In The Nature Fix, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. In her quest to discover the beneficial impact of nature, Williams’s research […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Meris Delli-Bovi Author: Magda Szabó Genre: Fiction 272 pages, published 1987 Reading Format: Book Summary The Door is a semi-autographical novel by Hungarian writer Magda Szabó who won many national literary awards but was also labeled an “enemy of the people” by the Communist government, was fired from the Ministry of […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Clare Telleen Author: Kate Atkinson Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II 352 pages, published September 25, 2018 Reading Format: Book Summary At the beginning of World War II, 18 year old Juliet Armstrong obtains employment with an obscure department of MI5. Her job is to transcribe the conversations between an […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Yuval Noah Harari Genre: Non Fiction, History, Philosophy, Science, Politics 372 pages, published September 4, 2018 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary In 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari explores some of most pressing issues of the day as we move into the uncharted […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Chris Funk Author: Walter Isaacson Genre: Non Fiction, Biography, History, Art, Science 600 pages, published October 17, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary In Leonardo da Vinci, noted biographer Walter Isaacson (who also wrote biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin) delves into the incredible life, art, and scientific discoveries […]