Archive for February, 2009
The Wheat Doll by Alison L. Randall
Title: The Wheat Doll Author: Alison L. Randall Illustrator: Bill Farnsworth Publisher: Peachtree Genre: Fiction, based on actual events Year Published: n/a Number of Pages: 31 Binding: Hardback ISBN-13: 978-1-56145-456-3 ISBN-10: 1-56145-456-7 Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Jaymie Reynolds In the late 1800′s, Mary Ann Winters is living in the Utah territory with her family and [...]
Every toy, ever! All in one database.
Every toy, ever! All in one database.
Toy Collector has started its most ambitious project to date, ToyPedia. ToyPedia will attempt to catalogue every toy ever produced in every variant.
Modern Day Sweat Shop – Amazon.com
Claire Newell and Daniel Foggo Timesonline.com Amazon, Britain’s most popular website for Christmas shopping, is making its staff work seven days a week and threatening them with the sack if they take time off sick. The company charges among the lowest prices for products ranging from books and CDs to sofas and lawnmowers, but those [...]
Teacher launches Web site to publish kids’ books
February 3rd, 2009 @ 6:29am By Randall Jeppesen KSL A Provo elementary school teacher is hoping to encourage more writing by helping kids publish books. Chris Wilcox says for a long time he’s wanted to publish his students’ stories as a way to motivate them to focus on writing, but it was too expensive. So [...]
Iran Puts First Homemade Satellite in Orbit
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has successfully sent its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the country’s president announced Tuesday, claiming a significant step in an ambitious space program that has worried many international observers.
Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Lyman Bushman
Title: Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction Author: Richard Lyman Bushman Publisher: Oxford University Press Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 130 Binding: Softcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-0-19-531030-6 Price: $11.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle You knew it had to happen. It was only a matter of time. After years of “Dummies” and “Complete Idiots” [...]
Abinadi by H. B. Moore
Title: Abinadi Author: H. B. Moore Publisher: Covenant Communications Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 260 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 1-59811-654-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59811-654-0 Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury I don’t tend to sneak a peek at how a book ends because I like to get to the ending the way the writer intended. [...]
Beautiful Zion, Impressions of Church History By Art by Al Rounds, Text by S. Michael Wilcox
Title: Beautiful Zion, Impressions of Church History Author: Art by Al Rounds, Text by S. Michael Wilcox Publisher: Covenant Communications Genre: Nonfiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 124 Binding: Hardcover ISBN-10: 1-59811-594-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59811-594-9 Price: $29.95 Reviewed by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury Most of the illustrated books I’ve seen seem to list the name of the [...]
Clear Illusion By Lynn Lehmann
Title: Clear Illusion Author: Lynn Lehmann Publisher: QuikRead Press (www.QuikReadPress.com) Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 404 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-0-9659758-2-7 Price: $24.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle One of the “advantages” of being a reviewer is that, every so often, you receive a title from a publisher you’ve never heard of, [...]
Mormon Myth-ellaneous, Amazing True Mormon Stories — and Some That Should Be! By J. Michael Hunter
Title: Mormon Myth-ellaneous, Amazing True Mormon Stories — and Some That Should Be! Author: J. Michael Hunter Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 243 including an index Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 1-59811-717-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59811-717-2 Price: $15.95 Reviewed by Richard C. Russell The back of the paperback cover invites the reader [...]