Archive for June, 2009
Execution of the Penalty: a Letter to James Dean by Brent C. Flynn and Linda D. Flynn
Title: Execution of the Penalty: a Letter to James Dean Author: Brent C. Flynn and Linda D. Flynn Publisher: Blade Management, LLC Genre: Nonfiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 275 Binding: Soft cover ISBN10: 0-615-27443-0 ISBN13: 978-0-615-27443-0 Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Timothy H. Heaton The story told by Brent and Linda Flynn is one [...]
Hard Times and Holy Places by Kristin Warner Belcher
Title: Hard Times and Holy Places Author: Kristin Warner Belcher Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 133 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-60641-051-6 Price: $17.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle As is my wont, from time to time, I make the long, tedious walk to Costco (about two blocks from my [...]
Zion’s Promise, Volume Two by Chris Jefferies
Title: Zion’s Promise, Volume Two Author: Chris Jefferies Publisher: Jefferies Books Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2002, 2005 Number of Pages: 354 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 0-97785-216-4 ISBN-13: n/a Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Jaymie Reynolds In Zion’s Promise, Volume One, the reader is introduced to William Jefferies and his wife, Mary Frances. While not the main focus [...]
A Pillar of Light: The History and Message of the First Vision by Matthew B. Brown
Title: A Pillar of Light: The History and Message of the First Vision Author: Matthew B. Brown Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 268 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: 1-59811-795-5 ISBN13: 978-1-59811-795-0 Price: $23.95 Reviewed by Trevor Holyoak In the October 1998 General Conference, Gordon B. Hinckley said that “our entire [...]
Sports: Life Lessons from Court, Field, and Gridiron by John Bytheway
Title: Sports: Life Lessons from Court, Field, and Gridiron Author: John Bytheway Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Non-fiction, motivational Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 182 Binding: Hardback ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-60641-092-9 Price: $18.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle It really doesn’t matter much what an author says about sports. I’m so abysmally ignorant of everything that [...]
Zion’s Promise, Volume One, The Quest Begins by Chris Jefferies
Title: Zion’s Promise, Volume One, The Quest Begins Author: Chris Jefferies Publisher: Jefferies Books Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2002, 2005 Number Pages: 317 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 1-4033-9129-7 ISBN-13: n/a Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Jaymie Reynolds William Jefferies is just eleven years old when his mother dies. Left with a father who is distant and uninvolved [...]
Torn by God, A Family’s Struggle with Polygamy : a Novel by Zoe Murdock
Title: Torn by God, A Family’s Struggle with Polygamy : a Novel Author: Zoe Murdock Publisher: H.O.T. Press Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 299 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: 0-923178-06-6 ISBN13: 978-0-923178-06-2 Price: $16.99 Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Chapter one of the novel Torn by God starts with this introduction: “…I saw a pillar [...]