From the New York Times, 128 years of looming polar doom: • 1881: “This past Winter, both inside and outside the Arctic circle, appears to have been unusually mild. The ice is very light and rapidly melting …” • 1932: “NEXT GREAT DELUGE FORECAST BY SCIENCE; Melting Polar Ice Caps to Raise the Level of [...]

Title: Hope in Our Hearts Author: Russell M. Nelson Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Religious/Inspirational Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 192 Binding: Hardback (6″ x 9″) ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-60641-201-5 Price: $21.99 Reviewed by Larry Jackson This book is a compilation of 18 talks given by Elder Russell M. Nelson since the time of his [...]

Title: Prophets of the Old Testament Author: E. Keith Howick Publisher: WindRiver Publishing, Inc. Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 240 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN10: 1-886249-35-0 ISBN13: 978-1-886249-35-6 Price: $9.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle The Mormon Church, while not observing a liturgical year as such, does follow a certain cycle of study in [...]

Title: Lost Legacy, The Mormon Office of Presiding Patriarch Author: Irene Bates and E. Gary Smith Publisher: U of Illinois Press Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2003 Number of Pages: 272 Binding: Paper ISBN10: 0-252-02163-0 ISBN13: 0-252-07115-8 Price: $21.95 Reviewed by Richard Russell The book is the history of the inherited office of Presiding Patriarch in [...]

Title: Am I Not a Man? The Dred Scott Story Author: Mark L. Shurtleff Publisher: Valor Publishing Group, LLC Genre: Historical Novel Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 480 pgs Binding: Hardback – 6×9 ISBN: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-935546-00-9 Price: $24.95 Reviewed by:  Allison McKenzie “Alas, with all the great and noble men who have acknowledged [...]

Title: The Mormon Passage of George D. Watt Author: Ronald G. Watt Publisher: Utah State University Press Genre: Biography Year: 2009 Pages: 294 ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 9781439102091 Binding: Cloth Price: $39.95 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges For over three decades historian Ronald G. Watt has researched and written about the life of his intriguing ancestor, [...]

Title: Original Sinners: A New Interpretation of Genesis Author: John R. Coats Publisher: Free Press Genre: Religion Year: 2009 Pages: 237 ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 9781439102091 Price: $25.00 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges John R. Coats doesn’t necessarily believe in a historical Garden of Eden but he still believes the Book of Genesis is as relevant [...]

Title: They Walked with God: Intimate Biographies of Patriarchs from the Book of Genesis Author: Duane S. Crowther Publisher: Horizon Publishers Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 238 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN10: 0882909681 ISBN13: 978-0882909684 Price: $17.99 Reviewed by Russell Y Anderson When I look at a title, I assume that I can [...]

Title: Achieving Your Life Mission Author: Randal A. Wright Publisher: Cedar Fort Genre: nonfiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 224 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 1599553481 ISBN-13: 978-1599553481 Price: $14.99 Reviewed by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury If you receive _Mormon Times_ with your newspaper subscription on Thursday mornings, you may have seen ads for the handbook that accompanies [...]

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