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June 29, 2013 | Vol. 28, No. 13

Making tracks

Superb reporting and storytelling about a modern-day underground railroad make Melanie Kirkpatrick's Escape from North Korea WORLD’s Book of the Year
Darius and the IRS
FEATURES
Reading with boys
Reading with boys
Children’s authors work to draw boys into books in the age of distraction
Self-published standouts
Self-published standouts
The top 10 self-published books to cross WORLD's desk this year
Digital dynamite
Digital dynamite
Once a curious novelty, e-books have exploded in popularity
Rib ticklers
Rib ticklers
Jokes, bloopers, stories, and quotes to keep you laughing
Sports report
Sports report
Books tell of sins and swings in the sports world
Winsome whodunits
Winsome whodunits
Three light-hearted cozy mysteries offer gentler fare for lazy summer days
Paranormal push
Paranormal push
Deluge of supernatural young adult novels produce plots with mangled biblical truths
Road signs
Road signs
Three books geared for millennials wrestling with cultural questions
Pushing against paradigms
Pushing against paradigms
Science books proposing new perspectives on drugs, death, and design
Commodity control
Commodity control
Two books highlight two different approaches to Africa’s resources
Aging badly
Aging badly
Two books celebrating 50th anniversaries in the past year offered cures worse than the disease
War wounds
War wounds
A closer look at three costly—but pivotal—battles spanning U.S. history
Grand stories
Grand stories
A look at Nixon as VP, a tour of New York’s Grand Central Terminal, and a history of Thomas Becket’s battle with a king
Portraits of grace
Portraits of grace
Three biographies testifying to God’s work in mankind
DISPATCHES
Quotables
Quotables
Turkish spring?
Turkish spring?
Looking Ahead
Looking Ahead
Human Race
Human Race
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Dispatches
Dispatches
CULTURE
MOVIES & TV

Box Office Top 10

For the weekend of June 7-9 according to Box Office Mojo

Copperhead

Man of Steel

Mothers know best

<em>The Fosters</em> presents an idealized, fantasy view of homosexual parenting
Music

Yeast in the dough

A secular environment, says pianist Alex McDonald, is the right place for his Christian calling
 
Q&A
Aliens and strangers

Aliens and strangers

As the West declines, says author Os Guinness, Christians will need to be a faithful counter-culture engaged with a world very different than what we’ve known
Books

Tyrants real and imagined

From ludicrous to lively, five books about leaders
Notable CDs

Notable CDs

New or recent pop-rock releases
NOTEBOOK
Lifestyle
Replanting time
Replanting time
Pastor finds he can reap harvest in an unlikely place for church growth
Sports
Patriot games
Patriot games
The Tim Tebow circus is headed for New England
Houses of God
Church of Our Lady
Church of Our Lady
Iqrit, Israel
Science
Goals in mind
Goals in mind
Neuroscientists debate objectives behind a splashy $3 billion brain mapping effort
Religion
Numbered victims
Numbered victims
Experts try to get an accurate yearly count of Christian martyrs
Money
'The Fed is the market'
'The Fed is the market'
What happens when the price of things no longer reflect their true value?
Technology
Power hacking
Power hacking
Electric utilities are a growing target for international cyberattacks
VOICES
Joel Belz

Joel Belz

Darius and the IRS

Andrée Seu Peterson

Andrée Seu Peterson

Beware of 'comfort care'

Mindy Belz

Mindy Belz

Against the mental grain

Janie B. Cheaney

Janie B. Cheaney

Literary wanderings

The Editors

The Editors

Mailbag

Marvin Olasky

Marvin Olasky

Excommunicating the why

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