March 2010

Spring Arbor HITS
HITS (High Interest Title Selections) is a hand-selected list of titles that we predict will be of great interest to your customers.

Nonfiction

Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History by Andrew P. Napolitano attacks the culture in government that facilitates lying, and challenges readers to recognize that culture, to confront it, and to be rid of it.

Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling: A 365 Day Journaling Devotional is a devotional and journal in one, filled with uniquely inspired prayers for every day of the year.

Bestselling author Stormie Omartian provides readers with 10 simple but effective steps to ignite their prayer lives in 10 Minutes to Powerful Prayer.

Popular Bible teacher Priscilla Shirer goes beyond talk to show how readers can apply what they hear in church every week to how they live every day in One in a Million: Journey to Your Promised Land.

The Green Bible encourages people to see God’s vision for creation and help them engage in the work of healing and sustaining the planet.

Bestselling author Emilie Barnes offers women practical advice and biblical wisdom in the pocket-sized gem 365 Things Every Woman Should Know. Drawn from her popular, nationally syndicated radio spots, these quick readings make it easy to fit uplifting and encouraging moments into busy schedules.

In Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently John C. Maxwell, one of the world’s most respected leadership experts, offers five principles and five practices for breaking the invisible barrier to leadership and personal success.

Using a journalist’s precision in gathering and presenting evidence, The Case for Christ Study Bible by Lee Strobel is an engaging, informative resource that motivates seekers and skeptics--as well as long-time Christians--to investigate for themselves the Bible’s most compelling claims.

Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears team up again to teach 13 key elements of the Christian faith that should be held by anyone claiming to be a follower of Jesus in Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe.
The first accessible, upbeat, engaging, and even amusing history of credit and debt, Popes and Bankers by Jack Cashill details how these factors have shaped civilization in ways even bankers cannot begin to imagine.

The biblical Daniel is a model to God’s people of someone who chooses spiritual nourishment over bodily satisfaction, and in Elmer L. Towns’ The Daniel Fast for Spiritual Breakthrough, God’s people can learn to follow his example.

A new interductive study by Kay Arthur and Pete De Lacy, Walking with God in Every Season looks at three short, not-to-be-missed gems of the Old Testament: Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and Lamentations.

Experiencing the Miracles of Jesus is a fast-paced tour through the Gospel of Mark from bestselling authors Kay Arthur and Pete De Lacy that matches Mark’s own action-packed, no-nonsense style. Readers will discover for themselves this New Testament book’s unique emphasis.

With more than 500,000 Bible prophecy books sold, Mark Hitchcock is fast becoming one of the most widely trusted voices on the topic. In The Amazing Claims of Bible Prophecy: What You Need to Know in These Uncertain Times he takes a fascinating look at one of the most important aspects of Bible prophecy: the divine origin and complete reliability of God’s Word.

Fiction

In Hand of Fate by Lis Wiehl with April Henry, the Triple Threat Club must narrow down the lengthy list of people who wished the host of a popular conservative radio talk show dead.

Plain Paradise, a Daughters of the Promise novel by Beth Wiseman, tells the story of Josephine Dronberger, a scared teenager who left her baby in the care of an Old Order Amish couple. But 17 years have passed, and Josie longs to reconnect with her daughter.

Copper Wilson hates being a burden to others, and hates even more that she has to face wagon master Josh Redlin on a daily basis. As she learns to trust that God is directing her path, Copper finds herself letting down her guard around the one man she’s despised for so long in One True Love, the third book in the Belles of Timber Creek series by Lori Copeland.

Tami Taylor has been offered a coveted position as associate partner in one of Savannah’s oldest and most prestigious law firms. Nevertheless, Tami struggles to discern if God’s will for her career is elsewhere in Robert Whitlow’s Greater Love, a Tides of Truth novel.

In an Amish love story about finding peace through faith, An Honest Love, a Hearts of Middlefield novel by Kathleen Fuller, Anna has a secret she can't reveal for fear she'll lose the man she loves.

Sign-language tutor Jolene Yoder finds herself attracted to her newest student--a brokenhearted Lonnie Hershberger, but over-shy Lonnie sees no future in becoming emotionally tied to Jolene. Discover the drastic measures God uses to bring this couple together in A Cousin’s Challenge by Wanda E. Brunstetter.

With information that could solve a series of murders but endangers the girl he loves, a college boy grapples with what to do--and whom to trust in The Right Call, by Kathy Herman.


Children & Teens

Do Hard Things inspired thousands of young people around the world to make the most of their teen years. Now authors and brothers Alex and Brett Harris tackle the questions their previous work inspired: How do I get started? and How do I inspire others? in Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are.

Whether celebrating a high school or college commencement, the graduate is preparing to enter another chapter in life. God's Promises for Graduates: Class of 2010 from Thomas Nelson offers wisdom and direction as these young people tackle new challenges and embrace new opportunities.

God's Little Instruction Book for the Class of 2010 published by David C. Cook is a new collection of timeless wisdom that features not only biblical passages but also inspirational quotes from prominent leaders, all presented in an attractive, portable paperback.