A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an incredible adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.
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The Idealist is a complete portrait of Trice, Iowa State’s first Black football player.
Get some of our top picks for reading, watching, and listening for March 2023.
Visiting the city, a girl sees how a few packets of seeds, some helping hands, and hard work transform an empty lot in a housing project into a magical place where vegetables grow and family gathers.
A new book reveals rich historical detail about the women of the New Testament.
United Kingdom singer-songwriter Philippa Hanna’s beautiful and soothing voice highlights her six-song EP.
A picture book celebrates and teaches positive associations with two important colors: black and brown.
Exiled to Tulsa, an old gangster starts a new life that looks like his old life.
The propulsive story of 10 days in June 2015 when Obama and his chief speechwriter Cody Keenan composed a series of high-stakes speeches to meet a succession of stunning developments.
Pádraig Ó Tuama reads and discusses brilliant poems in this illuminating podcast.
he Desert of Compassion provides daily Lenten sustenance inspired by sacred Scripture, present-day teachings, and personal experience.
In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni crafts an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape.
The sequel to Black Panther honors the late Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa, and offers insights into the grieving process.
An inspiring memoir of resilience by a young survivor of the war in Ukraine, as told through her diary entries—a harrowing and ultimately hopeful survival story.
A thoughtful response to those struggling with faith and the church.
Selah celebrates 25 years in the Christian music industry with its “Greatest Hymns Vol. 3,” including “Put Your Hand in the Hand” and a Twila Paris medley.
The Banner’s Mixed Media editor suggests four books to read for Black History Month, including a 1937 classic and a recent fiction bestseller.
The true story of Mamie Till-Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who was brutally lynched in 1955 while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
Priest and scholar Esau McCaulley introduces the season of Lent, showing us how its prayers and rituals point us not just to our own sinfulness but also to our merciful Savior.
Teens from around the world talk about church history.
A great-granddaughter returns to the Great Smoky Mountains to find answers about her family member’s death 85 years before.
Combining personal narrative, sound theology, and beautiful writing, this is a book for anyone who has loved and lost.
Almost 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the powers of the Egyptian gods and imprisoned just as quickly, Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
A charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.