Each month, WaterBrook Multnomah gives readers a sneak peek into an upcoming title. See below for our most recent peek.
Sneak Peek
SNEAK PEEK: Hear No Evil
Every Life Has a Soundtrack.
Download the first chapter of Hear No Evil here.
If you’ve ever had the opening bars of a song transport you back in time or remind you of a pivotal spiritual moment, Matthew Paul Turner’s honest—and frequently hilarious—musings will strike a chord. Straight-forward and amusing, Hear No Evil is Turner’s “life soundtrack,” a compilation of engaging personal stories about how music—and music’s ability to transform—has played a key role in his spiritual life.
Download the first chapter of Hear No Evil here.
Available in bookstores and from online retailers on February 16, 2010!
SNEAK PEEK: Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs

Emotionally charged. Historically detailed. Vividly told.
Download and read the first chapter of Here Burns My Candle.
Experience the timeless story of Naomi and Ruth, stretched across the rich tapestry of eighteenth-century Scotland. In this moving saga, two women with little in common beyond their shared family name are forced to depend on each other when tragedy strikes. Yet even as darkness falls, a flicker of hope still burns in their hearts.
Download and read the first chapter of Here Burns My Candle.
Available everywhere March 16, 2010.
SNEAK PEEK: Start Here by Alex and Brett Harris

Are you ready to take the next step and blast past mediocrity for the glory of God?
Download and read the first chapter of Start Here.
This highly anticipated companion to Do Hard Things is filled with stories and insights from Alex and Brett Harris and other rebelutionaries who are making a difference right where they are. Start Here is a powerful and practical guide for young people who are ready to blast past apathy and “do hard things” for the glory of God.
Download and read the first chapter of Start Here.
Available everywhere March 16, 2010.
SNEAK PEEK: The Male Factor by Shaunti Feldhahn
Shaunti Feldhahn, best-selling author of For Women Only, applies her innovative research approach to the interactions of men and women in the workplace in order to inform women on how to make better choices.
If you’re a woman and you’d like to begin to understand the unwritten rules, misperceptions, and secret beliefs of men that impact your work life, download the first chapter of The Male Factor.
SNEAK PEEK: Primal by Mark Batterson
AMO DEI. LOVE GOD. Nothing is more important.
Download and read the first chapter of Primal.
What would your Christianity look like if it was stripped down to the simplest, rawest, purest faith possible? You would have more, not less.
This book is an invitation to become part of a reformation movement. It is an invitation to rediscover the compassion, wonder, curiosity, and energy that turned the world upside down two thousand years ago. It is an invitation to be astonished again by the Greatest Commandment.
SNEAK PEEK: Dug Down Deep
What will you build your life on?
After asking himself this probing question, Joshua Harris delved deep into his own beliefs. With great transparency, wisdom and grace, Joshua shares his own findings to inspire you to revel in the truth that has captured his mind and heart. He asks you to dig deep into a faith so solid you can build your life on it. He points you to something to believe in again.
Download and read the powerful first chapter of Harris’s latest book.
Available everywhere January 19, 2010.
SNEAK PEEK: You Were Born for This
SNEAK PEEK: White Picket Fences
SNEAK PEEK: About My Father’s Business
SNEAK PEEK: Churched
He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre, strict rules. And lived to tell about it.
In this first-hand account, author Matthew Paul Turner shares amusing–sometimes cringe-worthy–and poignant stories about growing up in a fundamentalist household, where even well-intentioned contemporary Christian music was proclaimed to be “of the devil.”




