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See some of our top picks for reading and watching for July and August, 2023.
Pastor, teacher, and non-scientist John Van Sloten invites us to know God more deeply as we marvel at the complexities of his amazing creation.
Henk Rogers discovers Tetris in 1988 and then risks everything by traveling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pajitnov to bring the game to the masses.
It’s 1952 in suburban Detroit, and Bertha Harding joins the All-American Women’s Baseball League, even as her father is accused of being a Communist.
This gentle, reassuring picture book by bestselling author Glenys Nellist and illustrator Sian James encourages children to notice God all around them, in the ordinary people and places of everyday life.
A tidal wave hits as a group of women celebrate their ten-year reunion from an all-girls school. The former students must find a way to survive on the island tip of their high school campus.
"Words coined by Covid deftly woven into a journal/timeline, taking us through two years of surrealism and limbo."—Margaret Atwood
A meticulous horticulturist is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate owned by a wealthy dowager. When he's told to take on her troubled great-niece as an apprentice, his life is thrown into chaos and dark secrets from his past emerge.
This powerful and poignant coming-of-age middle grade debut novel follows an Arab American girl named Yasmeen as she moves to San Antonio with her family and navigates finding friendship—and herself.
Be Unto Your Name is the debut EP from Anchor Hymns, a community of Integrity Music songwriters and artists who care deeply about the theology and the craft of the songs the church sings.
Combining its authors' scientific knowledge, storytelling skills, and insights from theology, Dawn provides a fresh look at the fundamentals of cosmology, evolutionary biology, and the good news of God in one overarching fictional adventure.
This beautiful book invites readers to deepen their friendship with Jesus by highlighting his friendships with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.
Streaming now, this movie starring Tom Hanks is the latest treatment of the 2012 bestselling book A Man Called Ove.
When the German occupation of WWII cracks down on the Danes, two passionate people will discover if there is more power in speech or in silence.
Drawing on passages from the church’s definitive gospel treatise, Paul’s letter to the Romans, J.D. Greear unpacks the essential aspects of the Christian message.
This Canadian biographical comedy-drama film is about the history of the BlackBerry line of mobile phones.
On Dec. 31, 1989—as the Berlin Wall is coming down, the Soviet Union is falling apart, and anything seems possible—Michael will cross paths with the enigmatic heir to a fading musical dynasty.
The facade of America's favorite giant family—the Duggars—is shattered, revealing the reality underneath.
The last book by the late Tim Keller helps readers give and receive forgiveness
When humanity’s last survivors awaken on a damaged spaceship, they are forced to work together.
Summer reading from a mainstream novel about an octopus to a nonfiction book about chickens and creativity.
The true story of a beloved banyan tree and a community that fought to save it in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a long-lost relic, but their adventure goes dangerously awry.