by Allie Condie
Author hopes novel inspires youth to resist apathy this election season.
The Constitution says presidents must have reached the age of 35, but it says nothing about who can campaign for write-in votes. That’s what persuaded 15-year-old Milo Wright to run for president in a new youth fiction book the author hopes will inspire teens to resist apathy this election season.
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by Dean Hughes
Whether it’s our careers, sporting events or the kind of car we drive, life can at times seem like it’s a contest. The Cost of Winning (Deseret Book, $17.95, Softcover) by Dean Hughes, asks whether we are all trying to come in first across the wrong finish line by defining success in the world’s terms instead of Christ’s.
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By Brian C. Hales
During the past few weeks, media coverage of the raid in Texas of the compound owned by The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) has created identity confusion between them and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). LDS Church members may especially wonder about the differences between the two groups. They may puzzle over the allegations that their religion has lost fundamental principles that are reportedly being perpetuated by dissenters. If something is currently missing from the doctrines and practices of the LDS Church, members want to know what it is and why it was jettisoned. And if the accusations are false, there is desire to comprehend the distinctions. Below are ten important contrasts between the FLDS and the LDS Church, some are historical while others doctrinal.
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Book Review: Powerful Aid in Book of Mormon Study
Latter-day Saints from all over the country have served in Iraq and Afghanistan either as soldiers or civilians in the “war against terror.” Patriotic and religious artist, Chad S. Hawkins, travelled the world to gather and publish their stories in their own words in Faith in the Service (Deseret Book, $21.95, Hardcover; Book on CD, abridged, $16.95)
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Book Review: Supersonic Saints
Book Review: True-to-Life Fiction Series Continues Epic Series on Last Days
The Ten Virgins - Ten Women, Ten Stories, Ten Lessons for Our Day
The breathtaking story of the Brighton family continues in, From the End of Heaven (Deseret Book, Hardcover, $22.95), the highly anticipated book five of the best selling The Great and Terrible series.
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Leven Thumps and The Whispered Secret
Book Review: The Cost of Winning - Coming in First Across the Wrong Finish Line
Little Max is on a grand adventure to find the world’s greatest treasure. His search is made from a pirate ship, an airplane, swinging on a jungle vine, and even in outer space. He eventually ends up in his mother’s arms and discovers the treasure “was right here all the time.” Mom Says I Can (Shadow Mountain, $17.95, Hardcover), illustrated and written by bestselling author and veteran artist Judy Cooley, celebrates and honors moms in this high-spirited, heart-warming book.
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Book Review: Powerful Aid in Book of Mormon Study
Book Review: Hearing the Voice of the Lord
Book Review: True-to-Life Fiction Series Continues Epic Series on Last Days
Learning to hear and heed the promptings of the Holy Ghost is a process, not an event. In her new inspirational book, Whisperings of the Spirit (Deseret Book, Hardcover, $16.95), author Nancy Murphy offers timely and thoughtful guidance to assist us in seeking, recognizing, and acting on the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
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Using an engaging, story telling style that inspired thousands of readers with the bestseller The Peacegiver, author James Ferrell has produced another modern-day parable that brings to life the importance of loving holy and sacred things in The Holy Secret (Deseret Book, $23.95, hardcover).
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Book Review: The Wednesday Letters
Book Review: The Secret Journal of Brett Colton
BYU Management Society Announces - An Evening of Excellence: Honoring Service
Pamela Hansen, author of the new book Finding the Angel Within (Deseret Book, softcover, $14.95) is a woman who is discovering to be happy with herself—no matter what the number on the scale says. And she is helping other women to do the same.
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Book Review: If God Loves Me, Why This? Finding Peace in Life’s Discouraging Times
Historic Photos of Salt Lake City show the growth of the city from the 1880s to the 1960s, from a pioneer enclave to a regional center for commerce and tourism. Nearly 200 stunning black-and-white photographs, selected from local and regional archives, depict the magnificent Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, beautifully landscaped boulevards, America’s first department store, turn-of-the-century theaters, and much more. This handsome coffee table book is essential for any long-time resident, newcomer, or history lover of Salt Lake City.
Historic Photos of Salt Lake City is available at www.turnerpublishing.com.
The Book of Mormon Reference Companion (Deseret Book, Hardcover, $49.95) is the culmination of an astonishing project that includes the work of 111 respected scholars and has hundreds and hundreds of thorough entries on topics any student of the Book of Mormon needs. It brings together more than 900 entries addressing 1500 Book of Mormon topics, including people, places, words phrases, and doctrines.
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Book Review: Men of Valor - The Powerful Impact of a Righteous Man
In his new book Hearing the Voice of the Lord (Deseret Book, $22.95, hardcover) Elder Gerald N. Lund describes how revelation comes to those seeking inspiration from above and the principles that will help readers know how to “hear” and recognize the voice of the Lord.
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Book Review: Men of Valor - The Powerful Impact of a Righteous Man
Book Review: Whisperings of the Spirit
Book Review: The Cost of Winning - Coming in First Across the Wrong Finish Line
By Arnold K. Garr, Ph.D.
Many people are surprised when they find out that Mitt Romney is not the first Mormon to run for president of the United States. That distinction belonged to Joseph Smith, the founder of the faith. He decided to run for president after the Church pleaded in vain for the government to compensate the Latter-day Saints for the property lost and afflictions suffered when they were expelled from the state of Missouri as a result of the extermination order in 1838.
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