Remember middle school? A lot of adults have chosen to block it out – I know I have buried some of those memories pretty deep, but this book would have been a great help to me all those years ago. The Cathermans’ appealing approach includes advice about all manner of topics, alphabetically arranged, written in an easy-to-read style and a light-hearted but forthright tone. Each topic is addressed on the left page, with a joke or interesting, related story at the end, and illustrated with a “Do This – Not That” drawing on the right.

The world seems to be growing more and more chaotic, and some say religion is only making the situation worse. Jack Alexander argues in this book that actually Christianity has the key to bringing reconciliation and harmony to people, but it requires something unusual: mercy.

Curtis Heffelfinger unpacks Paul’s teachings to various churches about dealing with conflict, adding examples from his own experience as a pastor, to show key tactics for peacemaking.