Rescue and Redeem: Chronicles of the Modern Church will take you deeper into the lives of late 19th century - mid 20th century figures you’ve heard of (like Dietrich Bonhoeffer), and introduce you to others you probably haven’t (like Niijima Jo). The cover will feature another beautiful illustration by Jonathan Williams, this time of the brilliant and fearless Pandita Ramabai of India, education pioneer and rescuer of child widows. Following the pattern of previous volumes, this one is scheduled to release this November in the UK and January in the US.

Stay tuned for more details—and thanks for reading!

Who wants a free autographed bookplate? In celebration of the release of Hearts and Hands, we’d love to mail you a History Lives bookplate signed to your favorite history fan (you, your kids, your church or school library, etc.). Just post your original review of any book in the History Lives series to one of the retail sites that invite customer reviews (such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Christianbook.com, etc.) or our publisher’s store; then email us at contact@historylivesseries.com to let us know where to find your review. Be sure to include your mailing address and the name of the person(s) for whom we are autographing the bookplate. Offer ends February 15, 2008. Thanks for reading!

On December 29, Westminster Theological Seminary—where I did my Ph.D.— highlighted the History Lives series on their home page (complete story here; but note this biographical correction—Mindy’s title on staff there was “Associate Director” not “Assistant”).  Wtsbooks.com, the campus bookstore of Westminster, has been a fantastic supporter of our series and continues to offer the best prices for each volume.

Just in time for Christmas, Westminster Bookstore is the first US bookseller to have our new volume in stock!  Order while supplies last; remember that shipping for any size order is just $5.   You can also pre-order at Amazon, to ship around Jan. 1.

Well, it’s November, and you know what that means…it’s Release Month for our latest installment!  Hearts and Hands is on its way to European booksellers now and will be available in North America in January.  Amazon is apparently the first online seller to list it and is offering a 5% discount on pre-orders.  UK readers will be able to order direct from the publisher in a few days.

Be sure to leave your comments about the book, and do let us know where you purchased it (or saw it available).  Thanks for reading!

Yes, that’s right—Monks and Mystics and Courage and Conviction are both being reprinted due to high demand, just as Peril and Peace was last month. Thanks, everyone, for reading and recommending! If you don’t yet have a first edition of all three books, get them before they are gone (if they are already out of stock at your usual book source, visit Westminster Bookstore’s new-and-improved children’s section, which still has all three).

U.K. readers now have exactly two weeks to catch up on the series before volume 4 releases on Nov. 1 (or as you would say, 1 Nov.)!

Get ready, readers—our fourth installment is going to press! We’re pleased to announce that Hearts and Hands: Chronicles of the Awakening Church is scheduled to release November 1 (for our U.K. readers) and January 1 (for our U.S. readers). View the new cover and get a sneak peak at the contents in the “Explore the books” section here.

Our editor has just informed us that Peril and Peace is going into a second printing.  A hearty thank you to all of our enthusiastic readers who have recommended the series to others!  A reprint is the time to correct typos or other errors, so if you are the kind of reader that notes these things in the margins, please leave a comment here listing corrections.  We’ll submit them to the publisher in the next couple weeks so they can be incorporated into the new edition.