LJ Nonfiction | Review Alert, October 15, 2017

This large-format global selection should fascinate readers with a taste for architecture, landscape architecture, and/or the environment; Ehrman's lively and thoroughly researched volume is bound to become a standard text on early church history; autumn memoir picks—something to interest anyone; for aficionados of business and technology history, this volume is worth the investment

Below is a list of Nonfiction titles to be reviewed in the October 15, 2017, issue of Library Journal. These lists include pertinent publisher and bibliographic information for your convenience. Starred reviews are indicated with **. Publishers: Please remember to send us one finished copy of each book that is scheduled for review (i.e., all of the forthcoming titles listed below) if you initially submitted a galley or bound manuscript. Our reviewers are not paid, and we like to send a finished copy of the reviewed book as a thank you. Materials should be mailed to: Library Journal, 123 William Street, Suite 802, New York, NY 10038.

Arts & humanities

Crafts/DIY

Art Instruction

Ames, Lee J. with Erin Harvey. Draw 50 Outer Space: The Step-By-Step Way To Draw Astronauts, Rockets, Space Stations, Planets, Meteors, Comets, Asteroids, and More. Watson-Guptill: Crown. (Draw 50). Jul. 2017. 64p. illus. ISBN 9780399580192. pap. $9.99; ebk. ISBN 9780399580208. ART INSTRUCTION Fordham, Demetrius. If You’re Bored with Your Camera Read This Book. Ilex: Octopus. Sept. 2017. 128p. illus. index. ISBN 9781781574317. pap. $14.99. ART INSTRUCTION

Fiber Crafts

Karlsson, Maja. Traditional Swedish Knitting Patterns: 40 Motifs and 20 Projects. Trafalgar Square. Aug. 2017. 160p. tr. from Swedish by Carol Huebscher Rhoades. illus. photos by Maria Rosenlöf. index. ISBN 9781570768217. $24.95. FIBER CRAFTS Marth, Susan R. Dresden Quilt Workshop: Tips, Tools & Techniques for Perfect Mini Dresden Plates. C&T. Aug. 2017. 88p. illus. ISBN 9781617455001. pap. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781617455018. FIBER CRAFTS Mornu, Nathalie. Embroider Your Life: Simple Techniques & 150 Stylish Motifs To Embellish Your World. Alpha: DK. Sept. 2017. 128p. illus. ISBN 9781465464859. pap. $16.95; ebk. ISBN 9781465471130. FIBER CRAFTS Susa, Sachiko. Sweet & Simple Needle Felted Animals: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide. Tuttle. Sept. 2017. 96p. tr. from Japanese by Leeyong Soo. illus. ISBN 9784805314548. pap. $14.95; ebk. ISBN 9781462919550. FIBER CRAFTS **Wolfe, Victoria Findlay. Modern Quilt Magic: 5 Parlor Tricks To Expand Your Piecing Skills. Stash: C&T. Aug. 2017. 128p. illus. ISBN 9781617455087. pap. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9781617455094. FIBER CRAFTS

Interior Design

Leggett, Kim. City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life. Abrams. Sept. 2017. 224p. photos. ISBN 9781419726507. $35; ebk. ISBN 9781683351054. INTERIOR DESIGN

Holiday Crafts

Ishii, Sachiyo. Mini Felt Christmas: 20 Decorations To Sew for the Festive Season. Search. Sept. 2017. 128p. illus. ISBN 9781782214977. pap. $17.95. FIBER CRAFTS Pester, Sophie & Catharina Bruns. Homemade Holiday: Craft Your Way Through More Than 40 Festive Projects. DK. Sept. 2017. 144p. tr. from German. illus. ISBN 9781465463265. pap. $14.95. CRAFTS Shore, Debbie. Sew Advent Calendars: Count Down to Christmas with 20 Stylish Designs To Fill with Festive Treats. Search. Aug. 2017. 96p. illus. index. ISBN 9781782214885. pap. $19.95. FIBER CRAFTS

Fine Arts

Anderson, Marcia G. A Bag Worth a Pony: The Art of the Ojibwe Bandolier Bag. Minnesota Historical Society. May 2017. 272p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781681340296. pap. $34.95. DEC ARTS Sudjic, Deyan. The Language of Cities. Allen Lane. Oct. 2017. 240p. photos. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780241188040. $39.95; ebk. ISBN 9780241188057. ARCH Yudina, Anna. Garden City: Supergreen Buildings, Urban Skyscapes and the New Planted Space. Thames & Hudson. Nov. 2017. 256p. illus. ISBN 9780500343265. $60. ARCH

Literature

**The Best American Essays 2017. Mariner: Houghton Harcourt. (Best American). Oct. 2017. 336p. ed. by Leslie Jamison. ISBN 9780544817333. pap. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9780544817425. essays Boggess, Carol. James Still: A Life. Univ. of Kentucky. Oct. 2017. 602p. photos. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780813174181. $40; ebk. ISBN 9780813174204. biog Eco, Umberto. Chronicles of a Liquid Society. Houghton Harcourt. Nov. 2017. 320p. tr. from Italian by Richard Dixon. ISBN 9780544974487. $24; ebk. ISBN 9780544974579. LIT **Hardwick, Elizabeth. The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick. New York Review. Oct. 2017. 640p. ed. by Darryl Pinckney. ISBN 9781681371542. pap. $19.95; ebk. ISBN 9781681371559. essays Midorikawa, Emily & Emma Claire Sweeney. A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Houghton Harcourt. Oct. 2017. 336p. photos. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780544883734. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780544883789. LIT Homer. The Odyssey. Norton. Nov. 2017. 656p. tr. from Greek by Emily Wilson. maps. notes. ISBN 9780393089059. $39.95; ebk. ISBN 9781101221846. LIT

Performing Arts

**Bullock, Darryl W. David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music. Overlook. Nov. 2017. 368p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781468315592. $35. MUSIC **Prince, Harold. Sense of Occasion. Applause. Sept. 2017. 336p. ISBN 9781495013027. $29.99. AUTOBIOG Weisman, Eliot. The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra. Hachette. Oct. 2017. 320p. index. ISBN 9780316470087. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780316470070. BIOG Yaffe, David. Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell. Sarah Crichton: Farrar. Oct. 2017. 448p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9780374248130. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780374715601. MUSIC

Makers & Moguls

Krefft, Vanda. The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox. Harper. Nov. 2017. 944p. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780061136061. $40; ebk. ISBN 9780062680679. BIOG **Rode, Alan K. Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film. Univ. Pr. of Kentucky. Nov. 2017. 630p. photos. filmog. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780813173917. $50; ebk. ISBN 9780813173962. FILM

Poetry

Sigo, Cedar. Royals. Wave. Sept. 2017. 96p. ISBN 9781940696522. $30; pap. ISBN 9781940696539. $18. POETRY

Spirituality & Religion

Ule, Michelle. Mrs. Oswald Chambers: The Woman Behind the World’s Bestselling Devotional. Baker. Oct. 2017. 256p. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9780801075148. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9781493406968. REL

Sports & Recreation

McCallum, Jack. Golden Days: West’s Lakers, Steph’s Warriors, and the California Dreamers Who Reinvented Basketball. Ballantine. Oct. 2017. 336p. index. ISBN 9780399179075. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780399179082. SPORTS Montillo, Roseanne. Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women. Crown. Oct. 2017. 304p. notes. index. ISBN 9781101906156. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781101906170. SPORTS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Agriculture

Foley, Caroline. Topiary, Knots and Parterres. Pimpernel. Dec. 2017. 288p. illus. index. ISBN 9781910258187. $70. GARDENING

COOKING

Beskow, Katy. 15 Minute Vegan: Fast, Modern Vegan Cooking. Quadrille. Jul. 2017. 159p. photos. index. ISBN 9781849499637. $22.99. COOKING **Bittman, Mark. How To Cook Everything Vegetarian: Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition. Houghton Harcourt. Nov. 2017. 832p. photos. index. ISBN 9781118455647. $35; ebk. ISBN 9780544186941. COOKING Centeno, Josef & Betty Hallock. Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles. Chronicle. Sept. 2017. 320p. photos. index. ISBN 9781452154688. $35; ebk. ISBN 9781452155784. COOKING Contaldo, Genarro. Passione: Simple, Seductive Recipes for Lovers of Italian Food. Interlink. Jul. 2017. 224p. photos. index. ISBN 9781566560276. $30. COOKING Der Nederlanden, Elisabet. Holiday Cookies: Showstopping Recipes To Sweeten the Season. Ten Speed: Crown. Sept. 2017. 168p. photos. index. ISBN 9780399580253. $20. COOKING Good, Phyllis. Stock the Crock: 100 Must-Have Slow-Cooker Recipes, 200 Variations for Every Appetite. Oxmoor House. Sept. 2017. 272p. photos. index. ISBN 9780848753146. $21.99; ebk. ISBN 9780848755478. COOKING Hay, Donna. Basics to Brilliance. HarperCollins. Sept. 2017. 400p. photos. index. ISBN 9781460751428. $40. COOKING **Kahan, Paul & others. Cheers to the Publican, Repast and Present: Recipes and Ramblings from an American Beer Hall. Lorena Jones. Sept. 2017. 336p. photos. index. ISBN 9780399578564. $40; ebk. ISBN 9780399578571. COOKING Olsson, Nina. Bowls of Goodness: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes Full of Nourishment. Kyle Cathie. Sept. 2017. 192p. notes. index. ISBN 9781909487697. $27.95. COOKING Robinson, Naomi. Baker’s Royale: 75 Twists on All Your Favorite Sweets. Running Pr. Sept. 2017. 264p. photos. index. ISBN 9780762459285. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780762461141. COOKING

Home Economics

Brantmark, Niki. Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much; The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life. Harper Design. Oct. 2017. 288p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9780062748799. $19.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062748805. Home econ **Kramer, Jane. The Reporter’s Kitchen. St. Martin’s. Nov. 2017. 304p. ISBN 9781250074379. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466885981. COOKING Lebovitz, David. L’Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home. Crown. Nov. 2017. 368p. illus. index. ISBN 9780804188388. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780804188395. COOKING

Sciences

Bowen, Mark. The Telescope in the Ice: Inventing a New Astronomy at the South Pole. St. Martin’s. Nov. 2017. 432p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781137280084. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466878983. SCI Chaney, Anthony. Runaway: Gregory Bateson, the Double Bind, and the Rise of Ecological Consciousness. Univ. of North Carolina. Sept. 2017. 320p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781469631738. $32.95; ebk. ISBN 9781469631745. SCI Peake, Tim. Ask an Astronaut: My Guide to Life in Space. Little, Brown. Oct. 2017. 272p. illus. ISBN 9780316512787. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780316512800. SCI **Raygorodetsky, Gleb. The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change. Pegasus. Nov. 2017. 336p. bibliog. ISBN 9781681775326. $28.95; ebk. ISBN 9781681775968. SCI

Technology

Berlin, Leslie. Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age. S. & S. Nov. 2017. 528p. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781451651508. $30; ebk. ISBN 9781451651522. TECH Dear, Brian. The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture. Pantheon. Nov. 2017. 640p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781101871553. $40; ebk. ISBN 9781101871560. TECH Lanier, Jaron. Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality. Holt. Nov. 2017. 368p. illus. index. ISBN 9781627794091. $30; ebk. ISBN 9781627794107. BIOG Wachter-Boettcher, Sara. Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech. Norton. Oct. 2017. 240p. notes. ISBN 9780393634631. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393634648. TECH

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Biography

Bush Hager, Jenna & Barbara Pierce Bush. Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life. Grand Central. Oct. 2017. 256p. ISBN 9781538711415. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781538711439. BIOG De Lisle, Leanda. The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr. Nation. Oct. 2017. 464p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9781610395601. $30; ebk. ISBN 9781610395618. BIOG Ehrlander, Mary F. Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son. Univ. of Nebraska. Oct. 2017. 216p. illus. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780803295902. $29.95; ekb. ISBN 9781496204042. BIOG **Groberg, Flo & Tom Sileo. 8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier’s Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor. S. & S. Nov. 2017. 208p. ISBN 9781501165887. $25; ebk. ISBN 9781501165894. BIOG **Isaacson, Walter. Leonardo Da Vinci. S. & S. Oct. 2017. 624p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9781501139154. $35; ebk. ISBN 9781501139178. BIOG Khan, Khizr. An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice. Random. Oct. 2017. 288p. ISBN 9780399592492. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780399592508. BIOG

FINAL FOUR: AUTUMN MEMOIR PICKS

**Fadiman, Anne. The Wine Lover’s Daughter. Farrar. Nov. 2017. 272p. photos. notes. ISBN 9780374228088. $24; ebk. ISBN 9780374711764. MEMOIR **Fennelly, Beth Ann. Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs. Norton. Oct. 2017. 128p. ISBN 9780393609479. $22.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393609486. MEMOIR **Perry, Michael. Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. Harper. Nov. 2017. 240p. bibliog. ISBN 9780062230560. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062230584. MEMOIR Tan, Amy. Where the Past Begins. Harper. Oct. 2017. 368p. ISBN 9780062319296. $28.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062319302. MEMOIR

Economics

**Ariely, Dan & Jeff Kreisler. Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How To Spend Smarter. HarperCollins. Nov. 2017. 288p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9780062651204. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062651228. BUS Davenport, Anthony with Matthew Rudy. Your Score: An Insider’s Secrets To Understanding, Controlling, and Protecting Your Credit Score. Houghton Harcourt. Jan. 2018. 224p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9781328695277. $22; ebk. ISBN 9781328694652. BUS **Echols, Alice. Shortfall: Family Secrets, Financial Collapse, and a Hidden History of American Banking. New Pr. Oct. 2017. 352p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9781620973035. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9781620973042. ECON

Education

Davis, Todd. Get Better: 15 Proven Practices To Build Effective Relationships at Work. S. & S. Nov. 2017. 256p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9781501158308. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781501158322. CAREERS

Education Reform **Bok, Derek. The Struggle To Reform Our Colleges. Princeton Univ. Sept. 2017. 240p. notes. index. ISBN 9780691177472. $29.95; ebk. ISBN 9781400888344. **Davidson, Cathy N. The New Education: How To Revolutionize the University To Prepare Students for a World in Flux. Basic. Sept. 2017. 336p. notes. index. ISBN 9780465079728. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780465093182. ED

History

**Blincoe, Nicholas. Bethlehem: Biography of a Town. Nation: Perseus. Nov. 2017. 288p. illus. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781568585833. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781568585840. HIST Collingham, Lizzie. The Taste of Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World. Basic. Oct. 2017. 408p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780465056668. $32; ebk. ISBN 9780465093175. HIST Fraser, Rebecca. The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America. St. Martin’s. Nov. 2017. 384p. illus. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781250108562. $29.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250108586. HIST Gregory, Dick. Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies. Amistad: HarperCollins. Sept. 2017. 256p. ISBN 9780062448699. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062448729. HIST Inheriting the War: Poetry & Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees. Norton. Nov. 2017. 432p. ed. by Lauren McCulung. ISBN 9780393354287. pap. $19.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393354294. HIST O’Donnell, Lawrence. Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics. Penguin Pr. Nov. 2017. 496p. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780399563140. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780399563157. HIST Perry, Mark. The Pentagon’s Wars: The Military’s Undeclared War Against America’s Presidents. Basic. Oct. 2017. 368p. notes. index. ISBN 9780465079711. $30; ebk. ISBN 9780465093106. HIST Shorto, Russell. Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom. Norton. Nov. 2017. 512p. illus. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780393245547. $28.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393245554. HIST Stoll, Steven. Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia. Farrar. Nov. 2017. 432p. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780809095056. $30; ebk. ISBN 9781429946971. HIST Weber, Thomas. Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi. Basic. Nov. 2017. 464p. photos. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780465032686. $35; ebk. ISBN 9780465096626. HIST

Law & Crime

Eatwell, Piu. Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder. Liveright: Norton. Oct. 2017. 368p. photos. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781631492266. $26.95. CRIME Gregory, Ted. Mary Jane’s Ghost: The Legacy of a Murder in Small Town America. Univ. of Iowa. Oct. 2017. 194p. notes. ISBN 9781609385231. pap. $18; ebk. ISBN 9781609385248. CRIME **Scalia, Antonin. Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived. Crown Forum. Oct. 2017. 432p. ed. by Christopher J. Scalia & Edward Whelan. index. ISBN 9780525573326. $30; ebk. ISBN 9780525573333. LAW

Political Science

Bechev, Dimitar. Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe. Yale Univ. Nov. 2017. 288p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780300219135. $27.50; ebk. ISBN 9780300231847. POL SCI Okeowo, Alexis. A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa. Hachette. Oct. 2017. 240p. ISBN 9780316382939. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780316382915. POL SCI Van Dyk, Jere. The Trade: My Journey into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping. PublicAffairs. Sept. 2017. 448p. maps. notes. index. ISBN 9781610394314. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781610394321. POL SCI **Wills, Jocelyn. Tug of War: Surveillance Capitalism, Military Contracting, and the Rise of the Security State. McGill-Queen’s Univ. Sept. 2017. 496p. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780773550476. $39.95; ebk. ISBN 9780773550490. POL SCI

PROFESSIONAL MEDIA

The LITA Leadership Guide: The Librarian as Entrepreneur, Leader, and Technologist. Rowman & Littlefield. May 2017. 152p. ed. by Carl Antonucci & Sharon Clapp. illus. index. ISBN 9781442279018. $75; pap. ISBN 9781442279025. $37. PRO MEDIA McNeil, Beth. Fundamentals of Library Supervision. 3d ed. ALA. May 2017. 256p. illus. index. ISBN 9780838915547. pap. $59. PRO MEDIA Mobile Technology and Academic Libraries: Innovative Services for Research and Learning. ACRL. May 2017. 284p. ed. by Robin Canuel & Chad Crichton. illus. index. ISBN 9780838988794. pap. $68. PRO MEDIA

Psychology

Jay, Meg. Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience. Twelve: Grand Central. Nov. 2017. 400p. notes. ISBN 9781455559152. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781455559145. PSYCH

Social Science

**Ask: Building Consent Culture. Thorntree. Oct. 2017. 224p. ed. by Kitty Stryker. notes. index. ISBN 9781944934255. pap. $14.95; ebk. ISBN 9781944934262. SOC SCI Duina, Francesco. Broke and Patriotic: Why Poor Americans Love Their Country. Stanford Univ. Oct. 2017. 240p. illus. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9780804799690. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9781503603943. SOC SCI Friedman, Jaclyn. Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power, and How To Stop Letting the System Screw Us All. Seal: Perseus. Nov. 2017. 288p. notes. index. ISBN 9781580056410. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781580056427. SOC SCI Jacobs, A.J. It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree. S. & S. Nov. 2017. 352p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9781476734491. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781476734514. SOC SCI **Kranson, Rachel. Ambivalent Embrace: Jewish Upward Mobility in Postwar America. Univ. of North Carolina. Nov. 2017. 264p. illus. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9781469635422. $90; pap. ISBN 9781469635439. $27.50; ebk. ISBN 9781469635446. SOC SCI

SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION

History & philosophy

Austin, Nicholas. Aquinas on Virtue: A Causal Reading. Georgetown Univ. Sept. 2017. 260p. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781626164734. pap. $34.95. PHIL Ehrman, Bart D. The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World. S & S. Feb. 2018. 352p. notes. index. ISBN 9781501136702. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781501136726. hist Laborde, Cécile. Liberalism’s Religion. Harvard Univ. Sept. 2017. 344p. notes. ISBN 9780674976269. $35; ebk. ISBN 9780674981577. PHIL The Monastery and the Microscope: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mind, Mindfulness, and the Nature of Reality. Yale Univ. Sept. 2017. 400p. ed. by Wendy Hasenkamp & Janna R. White. illus. notes. ISBN 9780300218084. $38; ebk. ISBN 9780300231380. PHIL Stackhouse, John G., Jr. Why You’re Here: Ethics for the Real World. Oxford Univ. Dec. 2017. 328p. notes. ISBN 9780190636746. pap. $19.95. REL Stewart, Kenneth J. In Search of Ancient Roots: The Christian Past and the Evangelical Identity Crisis. IVP. Oct. 2017. 304p. notes. index. ISBN 9780830851720. $30. HIST

Advice & Self-Help

Moore, Osheta. Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World. Herald. Oct. 2017. 240p. notes. ISBN 9781513801513. $28.99. REL

Memoirs & Biographies

Corporon, Yvette Manessis. Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil. Howard. Sept. 2017. 320p. ISBN 9781501161117. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781501161124. MEMOIR **Graville, Iris. Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman’s Search for Balance. Homebound. Sept. 2017. 260p. maps. ISBN 9781938846847. pap. $17.95. MEMOIR Gruen, Judy. The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love with Faith. She Writes. Sept. 2017. 256p. ISBN 9781631523021. pap. $16.95; ebk. ISBN 9781631523038. MEMOIR Marsh, Karen Wright. Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith. IVP. Sept. 2017. 224p. notes. ISBN 9780830845132. $20. MEMOIR Motley, Eric L. Madison Park: A Place of Hope. Zondervan. Nov. 2017. 304p. photos. ISBN 9780310349631. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9780310349648. MEMOIR

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