By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Title: Light of the New Day and Other Stories Author: Darin Cozzens Publisher: Zarahemla Books Genre: Short Stories Year: 2011 Pages: 209 ISBN13: 9780984360321 Binding: Trade paper Price: $15.95 Reviewed by Dallas Robbins for the Association for Mormon Letters Darin Cozzens’ new collection, “Light of the New Day and Other Stories,” brings together a career [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Title: Heretics: The Creation of Christianity from the Gnostics to the Modern Church Author: Jonathan Wright Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Genre: Christian History Year: 2011 Pages: 352 ISBN13: 9780151013876 Binding: Hardcover Price: $28.00 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges for the Association for Mormon Letters Jonathan Wright believes the majority of modern folks in the western [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Title: Western Heritage: A Selection of Wrangler Award-winning Articles Editor: Paul Anderson Hutton Publisher: University of Oklahoma Genre: Western History Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 305 Binding: Softcover ISBN10: 0806142065 ISBN13: 978-0806142067 Price: $19.95 Reviewed by Ivan Wolfe for the Association for Mormon Letters “Western Heritage” is, as the subtitle states, a collection of [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Friday, April 29, 2011
Title: Modern Mormonism: Myths and Realities Author: Robert L. Millet Publisher: Greg Kofford Books Genre: Christian Apologetics Year: 2011 Pages: 124 + appendix, bibliography, subject index, scripture index ISBN13: 978–1–58958–127–2 Binding: Softcover Price: $14.95 Click Here to check availability Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges for the Association for Mormon Letters “Life is much, much [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Friday, April 29, 2011
Title: Beyonders – A World Without Heroes Author: Brandon Mull Publisher: Aladdin (an imprint of Simon and Shuster) Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 454 Binding: Hardback ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-4169-9792-4 Price: $19.99 Reviewed by Karen Hamilton for the Association for Mormon Letters Brandon Mull has a wide writing range. With his latest [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Friday, April 29, 2011
Title: Teachings of The Doctrine of Eternal Lives Author: Anonymous Publisher: Digital Legend Genre: Nonfiction Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 390 Binding: Soft cover ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-934537-96-1 Price: $22.50 Click Here to check availability Reviewed by Tim Ballard for the Association for Mormon Letters Recently, I had two very strange—and frankly disappointing—conversations with [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Turning the page – April 1st 2011 – Confetti antiques and Books Devery anderson author of Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000- A Documentary History, came to Confetti Antiques to give a lecture on his latest book. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed the evening. [flashvideo file=http://www.confettiantiques.com/videos/040111TurningTempleDevery.flv image="http://www.confettiantiques.com/ebay/51505.jpg " /] More on Devery’s [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Orem, Utah, 30 March 2011—The Association for Mormon Letters (AML) announced its 2010 awards last Saturday at AML’s annual meeting held at Utah Valley University. A list of the awards follows: Biography: Bittersweet: A Daughter’s Memoir, by Marilyn Arnold. — Mahomet, Ill.: Mayhaven, 2010. Criticism: Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Guide, [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Title: Blackberry Crumble : A Culinary Mystery Author: Josi S. Kilpack Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 363 (plus 9 page preview of: Pumpkin Roll) ISBN: 978-1-60641-941-0 Price: $17.99 Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz for the Association for Mormon Letters Sadie Hoffmiller has a desire to leave town. A mysterious young [...]
By Donnie - Last updated: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Title: Swell Suffering Author: Veda Tebbs Hale Publisher: Kofford Books Genre: Biography Year Published: 2011 Number of Pages: 456 ISBN: 978-1-58958-122-7 Price: n/a Reviewed by Marilyn Brown for the Association for Mormon Letters If we didn’t get the sequel to Maurine Whipple’s “Giant Joshua,” we are now privileged to have her own story, [...]
