| WORLD cuts against the grain among magazines by not hyping, and not even reviewing, books by our writers and editors. We've discussed internally whether to change that rule: On the one hand, we're opposed to self-promotion and cults of personality (that's why we don't publish photos of our columnists), but on the other hand, we don't want to deprive our readers of information about books they probably would like. Our compromise plan is merely to note at the end of the year books our staff members have produced: Thus, this past year brought Christians in a .Com World: Getting Connected without Being Consumed (Crossway) by Chris Stamper and Gene Edward Veith. Ed Veith also wrote a children's book, The Sword of Rob Roy, as part of a beginning-reader series from Veritas Press. The Free Press/Simon and Schuster published Compassionate Conservatism by Marvin Olasky. We do want to say a bit more about a young adult novel by contributor J.B. Cheaney: The Playmaker (Knopf) draws the reader into Elizabethan London, with its teeming alleys, open sewers, pickpockets, and players. The Playmaker will interest many WORLD readers for its plot and description, and also because Mrs. Cheaney writes of the religious currents swirling through Elizabethan London as well as the cultural ones. |
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