Can-do Diet: Dr. Don Colbert shares an easy diet plan with readers in his I Can Do This Diet, releasing Jan. 5 from Siloam/Strang Book Group. The book, retailing for $24.99, will be supported with an interactive Web site, including testimonials and motivational videos.

Walter Wangerin Jr. chronicles his health battle in Letters From the Land of Cancer, releasing from Zondervan next month. A prolific author, Wangerin was diagnosed in 2005 with lung cancer, forcing him to examine his life and legacy. The hardcover title will retail for $16.99.

More letters: Larry Crabb, author of Finding God and Inside Out, examines the Bible as the story of God in 66 Love Letters ($22.99, Thomas Nelson), releasing Jan. 12. Written in first person as if God were speaking, Crabb boils down each book of the Bible into a sentence or two, then unpacks each sentence in a chapter, putting all of the pieces together in the epilogue.

Warrior Princess by Princess Kasune Zulu with Brenda Collins ($22, IVP Books) centers on Princess Zulu's advocacy for those suffering with HIV and AIDS, taking her from her homeland in Zambia to the White House and the United Nations.

Boys to men: Michael Ross and Susie Shellenberger, former editors for Focus on the Family's teen magazines Breakaway and Brio, team up for What Your Son Isn't Telling You, releasing next month from Bethany House Publishers/Baker Publishing Group for $13.99. The book is for parents of teen boys struggling with miscommunication and misunderstanding.

Living on the Edge by Chip Ingram ($19.99, Howard Books) released Dec. 29. The author of Good to Great in God's Eyes (Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group) looks at Rom. 12 and asks what it really means to be a disciple of Christ.

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