Archive for January, 2009

The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1, 1832-1839

Review ====== Title: The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1, 1832-1839 Author: Esplin, et al Publisher: The Church Historian’s Press Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 506 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-57008-849-0 Price: $49.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle “Just who is this Joseph Smith fellow, and why are we so interested in [...]

AbeBooks’ Most Expensive Sales in 2008

Etudes à l’Eau-Forte by Francis Seymour Haden – $17,216 A collection of 25 etchings by Seymour Hayden – 24 of the plates depict the landscape around London, the Thames, Ireland and Wales and the final one is a portrait of Thomas Haden.  The text reproduces an article printed in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts by Philippe [...]

High Country by Jennie Hansen

Title: High Country Author: Jennie Hansen Publisher: Covenant Communications Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 231 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: 1-59811-589-8 ISBN13: 978-1-59811-589-5 Price: $15.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle As some here are aware, I’ve had some extra time on my hands lately, and thought this would be a good time to jump back [...]

LDS blog names Romney Mormon of the Year

Associated Press – January 9, 2009 1:55 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The staff of a conservative Mormon blog has chosen Mitt Romney as its 2008 Mormon of the Year. The staff of Times and Seasons picked Romney because they say he conducted the most credible presidential campaign of any Mormon and dominated [...]