books: book of mormon

books: book of mormon

books:

Book of mormon

Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer

Broadway, 2007

Hell on earth or hell in the hearafter, or both.
This book provides a graphic documentation of how tyranny, masquerading as religion, can create some of the most pathological societies imaginable, defeating laws and mores that prohibit simultaneous polygyny, slavery, extreme physical and mental child and wife abuse, ...

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2004

Meticulously researched and well presented
There are far better and longer reviews than mine posted here, so I hesitated to even attempt one. However, I've traveled to many of the places described in Jon's book, including Separation Canyon (within the Grand Canyon) and Colorado City, long before the ...

The 19th Wife: A Novel

David Ebershoff

Random House, 2008

This book is amazingly addictive!
The 19th Wife is a wonderful and fascinating book about the affects of plural marriages on the family structure. I loved this book and would highly recommend to other readers.

His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy

Susan Ray Schmidt

Kassidy Lane Publishing LLC, 2006

Great Book!!!!
Susan told a remarkable story of her life as a child bride. It is truly amazing what these women and children have to go through and Susan takes you right into their world. Awesome book.

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of ...

Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer

William Morrow, 2008

Kindle Version/Awsome Story worth reading
Stolen Innocence was a unique story written about how one woman was able to escape the clutches of the FLDS after a 4 year forced marriage at age 14 to her first cousin who had been known to be abusive towards her as children. When she would not obey him, he repeatedly ...

Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

A clear and dispassionate timeline strips away the myths and reveals evil
In a recent radio interview one of the authors of Massacre at Mountain Meadows remarked that the book was written more like a textbook than many of the recent histories marketed for mass appeal. Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard have taken a ...

God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist ...

Andrea Moore-Emmett

Pince-Nez Press, 2004

Great Overview
Having read many books on the problem of polygomy this was a great overview of all the different groups practicing this lifestyle and stories of women who had escaped from this way of life.

Kingdom of the Cults, The

Walter Martin

Bethany House, 2003

kingdom of the cults review
the book ordered was in flawless condition, and was delivered in a timely manner. I was very pleased with the service i recieved.

No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith

Fawn M. Brodie

Vintage, 1995

Well, I'm number 160
159 Amazon reviewers have come before me to say what they think about this book by Fawn Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith. Before I read this book, I knew nothing about Joseph Smith and only a little more about Fawn Brodie, as I was once a ...

Burned

Ellen Hopkins

Simon Pulse, 2007

disturbing yet beautiful
If you are a religious person, and you can't believe how Pattyn's father treats her, or how their pastor thinks, you may cringe a bit. I know I did. Even though it is fiction. I couldn't believe some of the things. I loved it despite it was disturbing. I loved the ...

Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

Martha Beck

Three Rivers Press, 2006

If you want to know about the mysterious Mormon church . . .
I grew up in a town that was 98% Mormon. Being in the minority, I spent my youth being either left out because I wasn't Mormon or barraged by members of the church to become one of them. If they are anything, Mormons are as relentlessas they are exclusionary. So I ...

The Book of Mormon Made Easier: Part 1 ( New Cover) (Gospel Studies Series, 4)

David J. Ridges

Cedar Fort, 2007

My Difficulty with Book of Mormon Is Behind Me
I've had problems following not only the Book of Mormon, but other scriptures (Bible, etc.) This series (Book of Mormon Made Easier) has been a major blessing. I am now able to understand what is going on and am able to gain a much greater knowledge. David ...

Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

Irene Spencer

Center Street, 2007

Well written,
Shattered Dreams was a story so well written that I couldn't put it down. Irene was a child who was reared in Pologamy. Her mother left the order when she was a young teen, and begged Irene not to become involved in the order. As a teen, Irene was torn between ...

Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling

Richard Lyman Bushman

Vintage, 2007

A Historical and Biographical Tour De Force
Dr. Richard Bushman is to be commended for writing one of the best, most balanced biographies of perhaps the most controversial man in American history. The fact that Mormon Mullahs and rabidly hateful Mormon detractors both dislike this book sez something good. Dr. ...

Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy

David Roberts

Simon & Schuster, 2008

A fascinating account of a little-known part of history
I found Devil's Gate absolutely fascinating! I had never heard of the Handcart Migration, and to discover that the tragedy that befell the handcarters exceeded the suffering of the far-more-famous Donner Party was a revelation. The author does a great job of fleshing ...