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When Larry Li was brought from Taiwan to Canada at the age of six, he had no idea just how bad life was going to get. His home life was abusive, dysfunctional and North American values were detrimentally different from the Asian culture he was used to embracing.

Nobody can deny Karl Jaspers' bold contributions to theology, psychiatry and philosophy. Notable was his concept of the 'Axial Age', in the centuries surrounding 500 BC during which, according to him, similar new ways of thinking (related to love and wisdom) appeared in Persia, India, China, and the Western world.

As the 2016 Presidential Election roars into battle, scandal after scandal will surely hit the news media. From misuse of campaign funds and resources to shocking stories of personal romps, one thing is obvious – today's elected officials are only in it for themselves. A powerful and thought-provoking new novel from Robert Starosciak depicts what went wrong; how the world of politics lost its ideals and replaced them with a thirst for power.

While he has found himself versed in the Bible from early childhood, David N Malary has had to personally deal with the fierce conflict of what man has made of Bible scripture. In fact, Malary is confident enough to assert that most experienced Biblical teachers fail to truly grasp the higher message contained within the word they proclaim.

While nobody will deny young adult fiction's recent boom in popularity, both readers and critics are crying out for wholly unique new narratives that don't succumb to recycling of the 'same-old' concepts. Thankfully, author T.S. Littlefield has stepped up to the plate with gusto, through a powerful new series that fuses spellbinding entertainment with an exploration of humanity's true potential.

There's no way to sugarcoat it – the hardships faced by colonial women are shocking by today's standards. As the often-abused property of their husbands under the law of coverture, their lives can't be compared to the lives of modern-day women. In Acquiescence, Susannah Mathews has waited over two hundred years to tell her story to Pamina Campbell, who has unknowingly moved into Susannah's former farmhouse in Connecticut. Pamina and her family are trying to piece their lives back together after a shattering family betrayal. In this searing and heartfelt new novel by Velya Jancz-Urban, an unlikely bond develops as Pamina and Susannah discover parallel circumstances in their lives as they help each other heal.

Like millions of others, A.M. Harris knows what it is like to suddenly transition from a financially-privileged to life to one of being broke. After fleeing an abusive marriage in 2004 and taking her four children with her, leaving the breadwinner behind meant their life plundered to near-poverty. Harris didn't have time for finance books about building a million dollar net-worth in ten years or trading the stock market to top-up retirement funds; she needed succinct, actionable advice that would allow her to keep the lights on and feed her kids.

When Norton J. Kiritz launched his 47-page publication, 'Program Planning & Proposal Writing' in 1972, it rapidly established the field of grantsmanship and created a model that over a million people have used in forty countries. It's no wonder The New York Times dubbed it the "Grantseekers' Bible"; managing to turn a strategy-heavy topic into something fun, easy-to-understand and, most of all, able to raise hundreds of millions of dollars.

When looking back at her former self, Melody Wolfe can barely believe it is her. With a young adulthood blackened by crime, prison and resulting mental illness, Wolfe was once a perfect candidate for getting lost in the statistics. But Wolfe eventually found God, and he had other plans for her…

Gangster Rap music means different things to everyone; for some it's an uplifting reminder of any underdog's ability to prosper, to others it is a dangerous lyrical manifesto that inspires thousands to dabble in crime. To the protagonist in Agnew Smith's gripping novel, it's a stark reminder that success often comes at a price.