Archive for February, 2012

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Increase in Learning; Spiritual patterns for obtaining your own answers

Title: Increase in Learning; Spiritual patterns for obtaining your own answers Author: David A. Bednar Publisher: Deseret Book Company Genre: Non-Fiction Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 226 Binding: hardcover ISBN10: 160908943X ISBN13: 978-1609089436 Price: $26.99 Reviewed by Russell Y Anderson for the Association for Mormon Letters I have mixed feelings about books by general [...]

The Man Behind the Discourse: A Biography of King Follett Author: Joann Follett Mortensen

Title: The Man Behind the Discourse: A Biography of King Follett Author: Joann Follett Mortensen Publisher: Greg Kofford Books Genre: Biography Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 601 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 978-1-58958-036-7 Price: $29.95 Reviewed by Vickie Cleverley Speek for the Association for Mormon Letters In 1830, King Follett, his wife, Louisa, and their family [...]

Feb 2012 Catalog

No Weapon Shall Prosper – New Light on Sensitive Issues by Robert Millet and others. From the time Joseph Smith walked out of the grove of trees having experienced a vision and having spoken with God and Jesus Christ, his words have opened the door to persecution. As disciples of Christ, we ought to be [...]

Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon: Volume Two: Alma 30 Through Moroni 10

Title: Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon: Volume Two: Alma 30 Through Moroni 10 Author: Ogden, D. Kelly and Andrew Skinner Publisher: Deseret Book Company: Salt Lake City Genre: Book of Mormon – Commentaries Year Published: 2011 Number of pages: 371 Binding: hardback ISBN-10: n.a. ISBN-13: 978-1-60641-477-4 Price: $31.99 Reviewed by Roy Schmidt for [...]

Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold (DVD)

Title: Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold Writer, Director, and Producer: Christian Vuissa Genre: Drama (Movie) Year Published: 2011 Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. Format: DVD & Blu-ray ASIN: B0064OK902 (DVD) and 1608618897 (Blu-ray) Price: $19.99 and $24.99 Reviewed by Trevor Holyoak for the Association for Mormon Letters (This review is of the DVD. The Blu-ray verson [...]

The Jewish Annotated New Testament

Title: The Jewish Annotated New Testament Editors: Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler Publisher: Oxford University Press Genre: New Testament, Religious Studies, Bible Studies Year: 2011 Pages: 665 ISBN-10: 0195297709 ISBN-13: 978-0195297706 Price: $35.00 Reviewed by Marcello Jun de Oliveira for the Association for Mormon Letters Every once in a while, a popular periodical will [...]

The Breakup Artist by Shannen Crane Camp

Title: The Breakup Artist Author: Shannen Crane Camp Publisher: Sweetwater Books, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc. Genre: Young Adult Romance Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 207 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-59955-915-5 Price: $13.99 Reviewed by Tristi Pinkston for the Association for Mormon Letters Amelia Marie Bedford is really good at her [...]

Scott Johnson – Nutrition – A Word of Wisdom – TURNING THE PAGE

John Dinger – Turning the Page – The Nauvoo City and High Council Minutes

  Two incidents are particularly dramatic in this volume, thanks to the careful work of clerks who took the minutes, bringing to life some key moments in LDS history. One of the most memorable meetings of the city council occurred on June 10, 1844; the minutes capture the emotions as members debate whether to detroy [...]