Archive for September, 2009

Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck’s life

By Donnie - Last updated: Monday, September 21, 2009
W. Cleon Skousen, left foreground, and Glenn Beck, center. Background: People gather in Washington Saturday for a taxpayer rally.

Cleon Skousen was a right-wing crank whom even conservatives despised. Then Beck discovered him

LAST CHANCE to pre-order The Joseph Smith Papers, Revelations and Translations, Volume 1

By Donnie - Last updated: Friday, September 18, 2009
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The second book in the The Joseph Smith Papers series is now in stock.  We cannot sell or rather make them available to the public until Tuesday but here is your chance to order at a 10% discount. The Joseph Smith Papers, Revelations and Translations, Volume 1.  These are First Printings To order click here [...]

New Titles – September 16, 2009

By Donnie - Last updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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3 New titles of interest have recent been published. The first title is one of interest to many LDS people, a complete compilation of Eliza R. Snow’s poetry. Title: Eliza R. Snow – The Complete Poetry Author Name: Derr, Jill Mulvay & Karen Lynn Davidson Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: New in New dust jacket Publisher: [...]

Abish by Brenda Anderson

By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Title:  Abish Author:  Brenda Anderson Publisher:  Cedar Fort Genre:  Fiction Published: 2009 Number of Pages:  219 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-0-88290-957-8 Price: $14.99 Click here to Check availability Reviewed by Karen Hamilton The story of Abish in the Book of Mormon has always intrigued me. Abish is first mentioned in Alma chapter 19. The [...]

As a Man Thinketh…In His Heart by James Michael Pratt

By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Title: As a Man Thinketh…In His Heart Author: James Michael Pratt Publisher: Heartland Books, PowerThink Publishing, 2020 Fieldstone Pkwy, Ste. 900, Franklin, TN 37069, www.powerthink.com Genre: Fiction Year Published:  2008 Number of Pages: 154 Binding: Soft back ISBN: 0-9815596-1-1 Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Lorri Wotherspoon Since converting to “The Secret” way of thinking a couple [...]

God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in the American West by Todd M. Kerstetter

By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Title: God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in the American West Author: Todd M. Kerstetter Publisher: University of Illinois Year Published: 2006 Number of Pages: 213 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 0252030389 ISBN-13: 978-0252030383 Price: $25.00 Reviewed by Melvin C. Johnson Todd M. Kerstetter writes in God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in [...]

Public Library of Philadelphia Branch, Regional and Central Libraries Closing

By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

All Free Library of Philadelphia Branch, Regional and Central Libraries Closed Effective Close of Business October 2, 2009 All Free Library of Philadelphia Customers, We deeply regret to inform you that without the necessary budgetary legislation by the State Legislature in Harrisburg, the City of Philadelphia will not have the funds to operate our neighborhood [...]

Fragment from world’s oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery

By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
A page from the earliest surviving Bible, of which another fragment has been discovered in Egypt

Academic stumbles upon previously unseen section of Codex Sinaiticus dating back to 4th century By Jerome Taylor, Religious Affairs Correspondent Wednesday, 2 September 2009 From http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/fragment-from-worlds-oldest-bible-found-hidden-in-egyptian-monastery-1780274.html A British-based academic has uncovered a fragment of the world’s oldest Bible hiding underneath the binding of an 18th-century book. Nikolas Sarris spotted a previously unseen section of the [...]

Elvis is Mormon!

By Donnie - Last updated: Monday, September 14, 2009

Elvis is Mormon.

History of Utah – Vol 4 (IV) by Orson F Whitney

By Donnie - Last updated: Friday, September 11, 2009
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History of Utah – comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the state of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory. Published [...]