The Trestin family, with their enviable upper-middle-class life, large house, and prestigious school, is the epitome of aspiration –until their perfect world begins to crumble.Maddie and Duncan, basking in the glow of admiration at school, find their star status dimming as a series of misfortunes strikes the family. Illness, injury, and the turbulent tides of high school romance test them all. United, the Trestins draw strength from one another, facing each challenge head-on. In th...

It is possible to step out of pain and suffering, honor our truths, and find passion and purpose. Gina Charles points the way beyond the conceptual understanding of spirituality, to finding our power and learning how to live it. FUEL Your Life is a 4-point practice, using authentic living perspectives that can be applied to anyone's everyday life. Live outside of the limitations of unnoticed thought and rote behavior. The life of your dreams is an authentic life experience.

The degree to which your consciousness expands is the degree to which you understand yourself and the universe. There is another way to have this human adventure. In Shift Happens, author and illustrator Gina Charles offers down-to-earth insights and witty illustrations to convey spiritual truths that go beyond words. With each realization that rises independently from within, your consciousness expands. Awakening is a series of profound inner shifts, facilitating your own personal evoluti...

Equality is a widely championed social ideal. But what is equality? And what action is required if present-day societies are to root out their inequalities?The Equal Society collects fourteen philosophical essays, each with a fresh perspective on these questions. The authors explore the demands of egalitarian justice, addressing issues of distribution and rectification, but equally investigating what it means for people to be equals as producers and communicators of knowledge or as...

This issue, we have original mysteries from Janice Law (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and our BCW’s very own Ron Miller (who moonlights as our Art Director), plus a modern masterpiece by Gina Nelson (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). Add a rare Golden Age mystery novel by James Hay, Jr. and we have quite a winning mix.But wait, there’s more! No issue is complete without a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.On the science fiction side, we have a...

The Go-Go’s were the first all-female rock group in history to write their own songs, play their own instruments, and reach the top of the Billboard charts with their #1 album, Beauty and the Beat. Made In Hollywood is drummer Gina Schock’s personal account of the band, which includes a treasure trove of photographs and memorabilia collected over the course of her 40-year career.The Go-Go’s debut album, Beauty and the Beat, rose to the to...

**Wish you had time to re-read and enjoy that daunting stack of Charles Dickens novels?Take heart: Dickens enthusiast Gina Dalfonzo** has done the heavy lifting for you. In short, readable excerpts she presents the essence of the great novelist’s prodigious output, teasing out dozens of the most memorable scenes to reveal the Christian vision and values that suffuse all his work.Dickens can certainly entertain, but his legacy endures because of his power to...