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Title: To the Rescue: The Biography of Thomas S. Monson Author: Heidi S. Swinton Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Biography Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 598 Binding: Hardbound ISBN: 978-1-60641-898-7 Price: $34.99 Reviewed by Matthew R. Lee for the Association for Mormon Letters Latter-day Saints give special attention to details in the lives of the [...]
Title: Prophecies and Promises: The Book of Mormon and the United States Author: Bruce Porter and Rod Meldrum Publisher: Digital Legend Genre: Nonfiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 239 Binding: N/A ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-934537-34-3 Reviewed by Tim Ballard for the Association for Mormon Letters Last month I found myself traversing the impressive landscape [...]
Title: School of the Prophet Author: Richard E. Bennett Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 163 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-59038-996-6 Price: $21.99 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle for the Association for Mormon Letters The other day I was reading my favorite part of my daily newspaper, the comics. There’s [...]
Title: Blink of an Eye Author: Gregg Luke Publisher: Covenant Communications Genre: Fiction/Mystery Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 293 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-60861-026-6 Price: $16.99 Reviewed by Karen Hamilton for the Association for Mormon Letters Life is wonderful and precious. There are so many possibilities and each person is filled with potential. [...]
Title: Key Lime Pie Author: Josi S. Kilpack Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Mystery Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 345 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-60641-813-0 Price: $17.99 Reviewed by Karen Hamilton for the Association for Mormon Letters “When Sadie Hoffmiller’s new friend, Eric Burton, receives word that his missing daughter’s body may have been [...]
Title: The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race Author: Willie James Jennings Publisher: Yale University Genre: Theology, Religious Studies, Anthropology Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 356 + index Binding: Hardcover ISBN 10: n/a ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15211-1 Price: $35.00 Reviewed by Kristine Haglund for the Association for Mormon Letters The thesis of Willie [...]
Title: Of Pigs, Pearls & Prodigals: A Fresh Look At the Parables of Jesus Author: John Bytheway Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: nonfiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 222 plus bibliography and index Binding: Hardcover ISBN-10: n/a ISBN-13: 978-1-59038-808-2 Price: $19.99 Reviewed by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury for the Association for Mormon Letters I’ve been to Israel, [...]
Title: Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision Author: Douglas J. Davies Publisher: Ashgate (www.ashgate.com) Genre: Theology Year: 2010 Pages: 282, includes bibliography, index, and scriptural reference guide Binding: Paperback ISBN13: 9781409406709 Price: $29.95 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges for the Association for Mormon Letters Douglas J. Davies received the [...]
Title: Faith, Philosophy, Scripture Author: James E. Faulconer Publisher: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship Genre: Philosophy/Theology Year: 2010 Pages: 254 ISBN13: 9780842527781 Binding: Paperback Price: $19.95 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges for the Association for Mormon Letters In the 1983 film “A Christmas Story,” little Ralphie wants nothing more than a Red Ryder [...]
Title: The Biblical Roots of Mormonism Author: Eric Shuster and Charles Sale Publisher: Cedar Fort Genre: Non-Fiction/Reference Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 260 Binding: Trade Paper ISBN10: n.a. ISBN13: 978-1-59955-406-8 Price: $17.99 Reviewed by Ronn Blankenship for the Association for Mormon Letters Do Mormons believe in the Bible? Are Mormons biblical Christians? Does Mormonism [...]