Title: Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball, Working Draft Author: Edward L. Kimball Publisher: Benchmark Books Genre: Biography Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 665 including index Binding: Hardback ISBN: Price: $99.95 Reviewed by Brent Brizzi for the Association for Mormon Letters In 1995, Edward Kimball, son of President Spencer W. Kimball, [...]

Title:  Making Sense of Isaiah, Insights and Modern Applications Authors:  Terry B.Ball and Nathan Winn Publisher:  Deseret Book Company Year Published:  2009 Number of Pages:   192 Binding:  Hardback – 6×9 ISBN13:  978-1-60641-000-4 Price:  $24.95 Reviewed by Jay R. McKenzie, Association for Mormon Letters Why another book on Isaiah?  Why this book on Isaiah?  Well, Isaiah [...]

Title:  Joy In Your Garden: A Seasonal Guide To Gardening: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Author(s): Joy Bossi & Karen Bastow Publisher:  CFI/Cedar Fort, Inc., Springville, UT Genre:  Gardening Year:  2010 Pages:  145 (includes maps, charts, color photographs) ISBN (13): 978-1-59955-290-3 Binding: Cloth Price:  $16.99 Reviewed by: Gabi Kupitz for the Association for Mormon Letters It’s [...]

Title: “Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Guide” Author: Grant Hardy Publisher: Oxford University Press Genre: Religion/Literature Year: 2010 Pages: 346 ISBN13: 9780199731701 Binding: Hardcover Price: $29.95 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges – Association for Mormon Letters In one corner “Skeptical-Critic” shuffles his feet, knocking his gloves together. In the other corner “Believer- Apologist” [...]

Title: American Voices: State of Rebellion, Book One Author: Gordon Ryan Publisher: Valor Publishing Group Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 417 Binding: Quality Paperback ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-935546-19-1 Price: $20.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle for the Association for Mormon Letters It’s hard to read this book without thinking about the current state [...]

Title: Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament Author: Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Eric D. Huntsman and Thomas A. Wayment Publisher:  Deseret Blook Genre:  Biblical Studies Year Published: 2006 Number of Pages:  327 Binding:  Large Hardcover ISBN10:  1-59038-442-3 ISBN13:  978-1-59038-422-8 Price:  $39.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle for the Association for Mormon Letters The world [...]

Title: No Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the Unevangelized Author: John Sanders Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers Genre: Theology Year: 2001 (reprint) Pages: 334 ISBN10: 1579108342 ISBN13: 9781579108342 Binding: Paperback Price: $34.00 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges – Association for Mormon Letters I was on my mission when the issue really hit [...]

Title: Encompassing Charity Author: Joe Evans Publisher: Cedar Fort Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 165 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN10: 1599553112 ISBN13:  978-1599553115 Price: $12.99 Reviewed by Russell Y Anderson “Ecompasing Charity” provides an insightful examination of the many aspects of charity and how it applies to our lives. By discussing the various [...]

Title: “Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies” Author: David Bentley Hart Publisher: Yale University Press Genre: Religious History Published: Paperback ed., 2009. Pages: 253 ISBN13: 9780300164299 Price: $17.00 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges, Association for Mormon Letters David Bentley Hart describes his latest book as an engaging “mediation” or “historical essay” on [...]

Title:  Forgotten Women of God Author:  Diana Webb Publisher:  Bonneville Books (Cedar Fort) Genre:  Scriptural criticism, interpretation Year Published:  2010 Number of Pages:  xviii, 170, glossary, footnotes Binding: Paper ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-59955-384-9 Price: $13.99 Reviewed by Laura Compton Anyone who’s read the Old Testament is well aware that stories of women are few and [...]