People of Paradox
Written by Michael Kammen
Format: eBook, 316 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2012
Price: $19.99
In this major interpretive work Mr. Kammen argues that most attempt to understand America’s history and culture have minimized its complexity, and he demonstrates that, from our beginnings, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. He shows...
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The Mormon People
The Making of an American Faith
Written by Matthew Bowman
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $17.00
“From one of the brightest of the new generation of Mormon-studies scholars comes a crisp, engaging account of the religion’s history.”—The Wall Street Journal With Mormonism on the nation’s radar as never before, religious historian Matthew Bowman has written an essential book that
pulls back the curtain on more than...
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Brigham Young
American Moses
Written by Leonard J. Arrington
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $17.95
Brigham Young comes to life in this superlative biography that presents him as a Mormon leader, a business genius, a family man, a political organizer, and a pioneer of the West. Drawing on a vast range of sources, including documents, personal diaries, and private correspondence, Leonard J. Arrington brings Young to...
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Brigham Young
Written by Leonard J. Arrington
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $13.99
Brigham Young comes to life in this superlative biography that presents him as a Mormon leader, a business genius, a family man, a political organizer, and a pioneer of the West. Drawing on a vast range of sources, including documents, personal diaries, and private correspondence, Leonard J. Arrington brings Young to...
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The Mormon People
The Making of an American Faith
Written by Matthew Bowman
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $14.99
“From one of the brightest of the new generation of Mormon-studies scholars comes a crisp, engaging account of the religion’s history.”—The Wall Street Journal With Mormonism on the nation’s radar as never before, religious historian Matthew Bowman has written an essential book that
pulls back the curtain on more than...
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The Mormon People
The Making of an American Faith
Written by Matthew Bowman
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $40.00
With Mormonism on the verge of an unprecedented cultural and political breakthrough, an eminent scholar of American evangelicalism explores the history and reflects on the future of this native-born American faith and its connection to the life of the nation.
In 1830, a young seer and sometime treasure hunter named Joseph Smith...
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The Mormon People
The Making of an American Faith
Written by Matthew Bowman
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $20.00
With Mormonism on the verge of an unprecedented cultural and political breakthrough, an eminent scholar of American evangelicalism explores the history and reflects on the future of this native-born American faith and its connection to the life of the nation.
In 1830, a young seer and sometime treasure hunter named Joseph Smith...
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Lost Boy
Written by Brent W. Jeffs and Maia Szalavitz
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $11.99
In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property as plural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffs reveals both the terror and the love he experienced growing up on his prophet’s...
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Lost Boy
Written by Brent W. Jeffs and Maia Szalavitz
Read by Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $20.00
In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property as plural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffs reveals both the terror and the love he experienced growing up on his prophet’s...
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American Massacre
The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857
Written by Sally Denton
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate: Is it possible that...
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Joseph Smith
Rough Stone Rolling
Written by Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: eBook, 784 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a...
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Joseph Smith
Rough Stone Rolling
Written by Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $18.95
Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a...
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Leaving the Saints
How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
Written by Martha Beck
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2006
Price: $14.95
As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders in an existence framed by the strictest code of conduct. As an adult, she moved to the east coast, outside of her Mormon enclave for the...
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Joseph Smith
Rough Stone Rolling
Written by Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $35.00
Joseph Smith, America’s preeminent visionary and prophet, rose from a modest background to found the largest indigenous Christian church in American history. Without the benefit of wealth, education, or social position, he published the 584-page
Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three; organized a church when he was twenty-four; and founded...
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Leaving the Saints
How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
Written by Martha Beck
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $9.99
Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict...
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American Massacre
The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857
Written by Sally Denton
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $16.00
In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate: Is it possible that...
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Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil...
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Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $11.99
Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil...
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