Howard Books introduces another Duck Commander title this month. The Women of Duck Commander by the stars of Duck Dynasty releases in hardcover ($25.99), e-book ($13.99) and unabridged audio ($29.99) April 1. The division of Simon & Schuster has sold more than 5 million units by the Robertson family with four titles landing on the New York Times best-seller list.

Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family, does not assume men who are good Christians are automatically good fathers. Rather, Daly seeks to equip fathers in developing thriving families through love, grace, patience and fun in The Good Dad: Becoming the Father You Were Meant To Be ($15.99, softcover), written with Paul Asay. This Zondervan resource for fathers-to-be and fathers with children of all ages is available in stores April 22.

To help believers understand how to protect themselves from ongoing sins and spiritual attacks, Perry Stone analyzes and explains all the pieces of the Ephesians 6 spiritual gear in his Charisma House book releasing this month. In There’s a Crack in Your Armor: Key Strategies to Stay Protected and Win Your Spiritual Battles ($16.99, softcover), Stone teaches the seven most common factors that wear down one’s spiritual strength, four strategies to overcome spiritual battles and more.

Having researched all of the writings of C.S. Lewis writings for a 2013 biography, Alister McGrath, professor at King’s College London and head of its Center for Theology, Religion and Culture, has now written a series of imagined lunches with Lewis. In If I Had Lunch With C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Ideas of C.S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life (Tyndale House Publishers, April), McGrath propounds Lewis’ thoughts on big questions, including “Does God exist?” and “Why does God allow suffering?” This hardcover book retails for $17.99.

Best-selling author and entrepreneur Bob Buford provides an up-close perspective on the life and legacy of Peter Drucker, notable management expert and prolific author whose writings helped shape modern business, in Drucker and Me: How Peter Drucker and a Texas Entrepreneur Conspired to Save the World ($19.99, hardcover). Buford tells the story of meeting and learning from Drucker, then working with him to revolutionize modern nonprofits and churches. Worthy Publishing releases this title April 15.

In Hope Runs: An American Tourist, a Kenyan Boy, a Journey of Redemption (April 18), the leader of social innovation at Twitter, Claire Díaz-Ortiz, and Samuel Ikua Gachagua, once an orphan in a Kenyan children’s home, share how God dramatically changed their lives for the better after they met in Kenya. Gachagua is now a fellow with Global Citizen Year, a post-high school bridge program that equips emerging leaders. Hope Runs will be available from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, for $21.99 in softcover. 

Danette Joy Crawford, host of the television program Joy in the Morning, offers a blueprint for change for those experiencing trials in her April 15 Destiny Image release, Total Turnaround: 12 Keys to Breakthrough in Every Area of Your Life ($11.99, softcover). With humor and candor, Crawford leads readers through Scripture-based help for victories such as overcoming doubt, finding freedom from depression and experiencing a renewed prayer life. 

Broke: What Financial Desperation Revealed About God’s Abundance ($16) is an honest portrayal of how author Caryn Rivadeneira discovered God’s presence in the midst of financial struggle and dealt with questions about His goodness. Rivadeneira is an author, blogger and former editor at Christianity Today’s magazines. Broke, an IVP Crescendo book from InterVarsity Press, includes questions for group discussion and an appendix of spiritual disciplines.

With the 2014 election cycle underway, Ralph Reed argues the importance of reinforcing America’s spiritual foundation and reforming the nation’s legal, cultural and moral base with the fundamental principles of America’s founding fathers in Awakening: How America Can Turn From Moral and Economic Destruction Back to God’s Blessing (hardcover, $22.99). Reed advised presidential candidates for the last six elections; he is chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and a regular commentator on CNN, NBC, CBS and FOX News. Worthy Publishing releases Awakening on March 18.

Pat Schatzline urges believers to fulfill the particular assignments God has ordained for them for the sake of His kingdom in I Am Remnant: Called by Grace to Rise Up and Change the World. Schatzline emphasizes that God can use anyone who is willing, no matter how insignificant they may feel. He is president of Mercy Seat Ministries and one of the founders of The Summit Church in Birmingham, Ala. Passio, an imprint of Charisma House, releases the book, retailing for $14.99, March 4.

Incognito: Lost and Found at Harvard Divinity School (Howard Books, March 4) is Andrea Raynor’s memoir of overcoming the challenges and stereotypes at Harvard Divinity School and becoming an ordained minister. With humor and candor, Raynor shows how God made clear the call for her life, often working in unexpected ways. She went on to serve as a chaplain at Ground Zero after 9/11 and continues ministering through hospice work. Available in hardcover, the book retails for $24.

Zondervan releases a memoir by Amy Clipston of the love that led her to donate a kidney as part of a organ-matching program to save her husband’s life. The Gift of Love: One Woman’s Journey to Save a Life ($14.99, March 4) is Clipston’s true story of almost losing her husband to kidney disease and the sacrifice she made—against all odds—to keep their family together. Readers of Clipston’s Amish-themed novels likely will be drawn to learning more about her real life.

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, award-winning author of humorous nonfiction and host of the radio program “All Things Southern LIVE,” shares her journey to intimate friendship with God in a WaterBrook Press title available March 18. In Heart Wide Open: Trading Mundane Faith for an Exuberant Life With Jesus ($14.99), Tomlinson’s honesty and transparency provide practical inspiration for those willing to draw closer to God.

Encouragement for expectant mothers is available March 4 in A Blessing on the Way: Counting Each Day While You’re Expecting, which presents short inspirational readings for each of the 280 days of pregnancy. Also included are notes about a baby’s development. This Abingdon Press title ($14.99) is co-authored by Sue Christian, a pastor’s wife and author of her own books, and her daughter, Meg Christian, a novelist. 

Wife of megachurch pastor and TV host Rod Parsley, Joni Parsley draws from her popular blog, “Joni’s Journal,” to walk readers through the ups and downs of her daily life in Tapestry of Faith: Discovering God’s Beautiful Design in the Laughter, Tears, and Struggles of Life. Parsley writes with transparency about many of the same issues everyone faces day to day and the God who can be trusted in every circumstance. Parsley’s book (Charisma House, $13.99) is on sale in stores March 4.

Margot Starbuck explores God’s unbounded love in Not Who I Imagined: Surprised by a Loving God, which releases this month from Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, for $14.99. A regular contributor to several magazines, including Today’s Christian Woman, Starbuck shows believers who are forgetting the gospel of grace and feeling as though they don’t measure up that God loves and accepts His children just as they are in the here and now.

As an extension of the Loveology event he hosted in 2011, John Mark Comer, pastor of Bridgetown: A Jesus Church in Portland, Ore., has written Loveology: God. Love. Marriage. Sex. and the Never-Ending Story of Male and Female, on sale in stores Feb. 4. Two-thousand college-aged adults attended Comer’s teaching series on the theology of love. His book discusses the roles of men and women in relationships based on God’s plan for love, not American culture’s view of love and romance. Loveology is a Zondervan hardcover book retailing for $19.99. 

Tyndale House Publishers is releasing an unusually titled memoir Feb. 4 by Melanie Shankle, The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life ($14.99, softcover). New York Times best-selling author Shankle blogs at TheBigMama.com and is known for her uplifting humor. The new book is the story of her own marriage—the joys and challenges, including the day her husband hung an antelope head on their wall.

Best-selling author and blogger Holley Gerth offers hope to women in You’re Going to Be Okay: Encouraging Truth Your Heart Needs to Hear, Especially on the Hard Days. Using encouragement and questions for reflection, Gerth shows women how to live with joy regardless of circumstances. Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, releases the book for $15.99 (softcover) Feb. 4. Retailers also
may know Gerth’s name from her DaySpring line of cards and gifts.

Ray Bentley gives students of eschatology something to think about with his Feb. 18 WaterBrook Press release on prophecy and the Middle East. The Holy Land Key: Unlocking End-Times Prophecy Through the Lives of God’s People in Israel ($14.99, softcover) by Bentley with Genevieve Gillespie draws attention to prophetic signs of the end times as revealed in Scripture, in nature and in the lives of Israelis today. Bentley is pastor of Maranatha Chapel near San Diego and host of the daily national program “Maranatha Radio.”

In Saved But Still Enslaved: Breaking Free From Strongholds, Bobby Davis, pastor of Life Church in Cookeville, Tenn., offers keys to overcoming
seven strongholds, including fear, shame and unforgiveness. Davis speaks from his own experiences, having found freedom from drug and alcohol addiction through the ministry of Teen Challenge. On sale in stores this month, this Chosen/Baker Publishing Group title retails for $11.99.

Saloma Miller Furlong, with husband David Furlong, tells her story of leaving Amish life in Bonnet Strings: An Amish Woman’s Ties to Two Worlds (softcover, $15.99). Furlong left the Amish community at age 20, only to return to it for two more years before departing for good. Her
story of leaving the first time was featured on the PBS American Experience program “The Amish.” Herald Press releases Bonnet Strings on Feb. 3 

Drawing from scripture, neuroscience and his own research, Charles Stone shows how ministry leaders can avoid falling into negative leadership patterns in his InterVarsity Press book releasing this month. People-Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval-Motivated Leadership is an IVP Praxis title retailing for $16 (softcover). Stone has more than 30 years of experience in pastoral ministry and is CEO of StoneWell Ministries, where he coaches church leaders.

“The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World” is the subtitle for Tsh Oxenreider’s Notes From a Blue Bike. Oxenreider uses stories from herown life and travels to coach women on how to live in greater alignment with their values and passions. The author is founder of the Simple Mom online community dedicated to the art and science of living life simpler. Thomas Nelson releases Notes in hardcover ($22.99) Feb. 4.

The Study Bible for Women from Holman Bibles aims to promote specialized study and inspire mentorship. This Holman Christian Standard Bible edition will be released this month in hardcover, priced at $39.99. LeatherTouch and genuine leather options are also available. Features by academically trained women include commentaries, word studies and articles on biblical womanhood. 

Thomas Nelson’s Compass: The Study Bible for Navigating Your Life aims to help readers apply the Scriptures as a guide to their daily lives. Compass uses The Voice translation and releases Feb. 4. The hardcover edition retails for $19.99, leather-look in charcoal and peacock blue for $39.99.

New from Thomas Nelson, The Modern Life Study Bible (NKJV) is designed to connect the people and stories of the Bible to the challenges and opportunities of today. More than 2,400 articles throughout provide information on the people, places, occupations and themes of the Bible. Sixty-six biographies tell the stories of believers throughout history who applied their faith in daily life. Hundreds of full-color maps, diagrams, tables and illustrations are included to aid navigation and study. The Modern Life Study Bible is available this month in several bindings. The hardcover retails for $49.99.

Crossway is releasing the ESV Pocket New Testament With Psalms and Proverbs in a variety of bindings this month. The portable trim size of this English Standard Version Bible is slightly smaller than Crossway’s compact-sized Bibles. Four Tru-Tone editions retail for $17.99 each, including versions in white, pink and blue for special occasions such as weddings, births and baptisms. The genuine leather edition retails for $34.99.

A personal friend of the Billy Graham family, Hanspeter Nuesch, director of Campus Crusade for Christ in Switzerland for 30 years, has penned Ruth and Billy Graham: The Legacy of a Couple. Focusing on Billy and Ruth, this Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group title is designed to help couples who are in ministry together. Billy Graham endorsed the book, while daughter Gigi Graham wrote the foreword and assisted the author with factual details and the more than 100 photographs in the book. Available in hardcover, the biography is on sale in stores this month for $19.99.

Skye Jethani shows how a biblical vision of the future can infuse a person’s work today with new purpose and dignity in Futureville: Discovering Your Purpose for Today by Reimagining Tomorrow. Thomas Nelson releases this book, which includes discussion questions, Jan. 14 for $15.99. Jethani, who is executive editor of the Leadership Media Group at Christianity Today, emphasizes that the future is brighter than readers might think.

NavPress releases the newest book from Greg Laurie on Jan. 14. As It Is in Heaven: How Eternity Brings Focus to What Really Matters (hardcover, $19.99) is not simply another description of heaven. Rather, it details how a scriptural understanding of what goes on there provides direction and inspiration for how we live now. Laurie is the author of more than 70 books and pastor of the multi-campus Harvest Christian Fellowship in California., one of the largest churches in America. 

In Raised From the Dead: The Miracle That Brings Promise to America, evangelist and founder of Christ for all Nations Reinhard Bonnke details the miracle that occurred in the basement of a small African church while he delivered a sermon upstairs. Bonnke says the miracle confirmed that God was truly calling him to move his ministry to America. Whitaker House releases Raised From the Dead ($14.99) on Jan. 8.

New York Times best-selling author Jentezen Franklin says in The Fearless Life: Live Worry-Free No Matter What Happens ($12.99) that believers do not have to live in fear and worry about anything—neither finances, family, health nor danger. On Jan. 7, Charisma House releases Franklin’s book, in which he shows believers how to live confidently and keep the enemy from stealing their peace and joy.

For longtime students of Scripture and those new to its study, John Piper offers 50 meditations for a deeper understanding of God in A Godward Heart: Treasuring the God Who Loves You (Multnomah Books). Author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God, Piper is founder of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He served as senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, for more than 30 years. Available Jan. 21, A Godward Heart retails for $14.99.

In August 2013, Antoinette Tuff, a staff member at an Atlanta elementary school, single-handedly prevented a gunman who had entered the school from pulling the trigger on his gun. With Alex Tresniowski, Tuff tells her story in Prepared for a Purpose: An Inspiring True Story of Faith, Courage, and Compassion in Crisis, which Bethany House (Baker Publishing Group) releases Jan. 21. Tuff explains how God used all her life experiences, even the painful ones, to prepare her for that moment. Her book retails for $24.99 in hardcover.

Zondervan releases Rachel Macy Stafford’s Hands-Free Mama ($15.99). The book’s lengthy subtitle sums up the book: “A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters!” Stafford is a married mother of two, a blogger and a self-described victim of the “disease of distraction.” Using personal anecdotes, reflections and questions, she presents practical ways to live a less distracted life. The book is available Jan. 7.