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With global church attendance dwindling, and inter-Christian squabbles giving more people an excuse to not believe, many are working urgently to find ways to bring people into faith and keep them committed to God. Manic Repressive, a family-run Christian entertainment company, has come up with a wholly-unique solution – a Christian graphic novel that puts spiritual warfare under the spotlight in a way never seen before.

Philadelphia public schoolteacher Susan Love’s animated e-book adventure shows and tells the story of four pre-teens who must save a magical, earth-protecting orchid from both a massive hurricane and greedy rulers who want to steal the island’s power source.

Nobody can deny that 21st-Century America, and particularly its family dynamics, are evolving at an alarming pace. Whether good or bad, most books examining these shifts opt for a stuffy and overly academic approach that alienates the layperson. This is where Eric Paul Lee is introduced. Call him visionary or call him eccentric – but Lee has devised a unique and powerful format for exploring these changes with gusto.

Canada’s L.M. Blanchard has been interested in spirituality since his childhood, and has spent the past two decades travelling the world to explore a myriad of different meditation techniques. While it provided a deep insight into life and its many facets, nothing could prepare Blanchard for the trauma of watching his house and everything he owned burn to the ground during a blizzard on February 1st, 2008.

U.S. unemployment is at a six-year low, durable goods sales and export numbers are at record levels, yet the average American’s personal pocket book remains stagnant. In his compelling and illuminating new novel, author Dan Frank attempts to explain why.

According to Pastor Lawrence J. Beharry SR, everyone has a personal ‘wallet’. It could contain fear, love, hope, credit cards, friends, anger mercy or sin. Whatever it holds, it has likely fallen victim to a dangerous global culture of materialism that not only threatens humanity’s relationship with God, but its future ability to even exist. In his powerful new book, Pastor Beharry helps readers figure out what their wallet should contain and what should be thrown out for good.

While the first two books in the ‘Teeny Tiny Tina’ series may only have hit the shelves last year, Tina the fairy has been the star of bedtime stories in Lake Oswego, Oregon for years. Author Rosemary R. Evans created her as a character through which her grandchildren could learn bold life lessons; a project that has since evolved to become an award-winning series of books.

Millions of women live their lives in a state sociologists call “Automatic Mode”; repeating the same monotonous routine day after day, with little variation or spontaneity. Many dream of packing up their life, moving out West and living a simple new life with gusto. A new fiction series by author C.K. Thomas depicts the life of a woman who did just that. Her name is Star Lance, and she is about to become every American woman’s new best friend.

“If Sammy were a cat, he would be on his ninth life upon the start of his educational journey with me,” admits Lori A. Abosch, a uniquely-skilled paraprofessional at the time whose work with a seven-year-old violent child became a sobering and life-changing experience. There’s really no way to sugarcoat it; Lori found working with Sammy to be maddening, tragic yet ultimately triumphant.

“If Sammy were a cat, he would be on his ninth life upon the start of his educational journey with me,” admits Lori A. Abosch, a uniquely-skilled paraprofessional at the time whose work with a seven-year-old violent child became a sobering and life-changing experience. There’s really no way to sugarcoat it; Lori found working with Sammy to be maddening, tragic yet ultimately triumphant.