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By Kent Larsen
New Products: Mormon News Introduces New Product List
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- One of the biggest obstacles that producers of
Mormon products face is getting word of their products out to those
that might be interested. Reaching an audience outside of Utah is
limited to trying to get the attention of swamped managers of LDS
stores. While Church members that would be interested in a title
complain that they have never heard of a book when asked why they
haven't bought it.
To help resolve this problem, Mormon News is starting a new feature,
hopefully weekly, that looks at new LDS products introduced that
should now be available in bookstores and online. The following list
is compiled from a variety of sources. While Mormon News will include
every new product that it learns about, this list is not necessarily
complete -- we're bound to miss something.
We are also attempting to define codes for the products so that our
readers can easily tell what the item is, who produced it and what
viewpoint it comes from. However, this week the list is limited to
books -- simply because we have to start somewhere!
New and recent products:
Echoes by Nancy Campbell Allen
Covenant Communications
Book; LDS Publisher; Fiction; Mormon Subject and Author $14.95
An adventure-romance novel in which the main character, Jon Kiersey,
awakes in the hospital with amnesia, and is reminded little by little
who he was, what he escaped from, and what dangers lie ahead in the
very near future.
See:
More about "Echoes" by Nancy Campbell Allen at Amazon.com
Mothers of the Prophets (Revised Edition) by Leonard J. Arrington &Susan Arrington Madsen
Deseret Book
Book; LDS Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Subject and Author $12.95
Re-issue of the long out-of-print book of biographies and stories
involving the mothers of the prophets. Updated to include all the
modern LDS prophets through Gordon B. Hinckley.
Forgotten Notes: A Novel by Sian Ann Bessey
Covenant Communications
Book; LDS Publisher; Fiction; Mormon Subject and Author $11.95
Gifted harpist and Welsh nurse Sarah Lewis returns home to her tiny
village to find an American man and his mother claiming to be
descendants of two village residents who disappeared in 1881. Sarah
is intrigued by the American until she discovers he is Mormon.
See:
More about "Forgotten Notes: A Novel" by Sian Ann Bessey at Amazon.com
Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives Edited by Marie Cornwall, Tim B. Heaton, and Lawrence A. Young
University of Illinois Press
Book; University Press; Non-fiction; Mormon Subject and Editors $18.95
Re-issue of 1994 hardcover. An academic look at Mormonism from a
sociological perspective. Includes essays on secularization and
assimilation, identity formation, recruitment, church growth,
patriarchy and gender roles, institutional changes, and more.
Cornwall and Heaton are BYU professors and Young was a BYU professor
and is now executive director of the Southern Utah Wilderness
Alliance.
See:
More about "Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives" edited by Marie Cornwall, Tim B. Heaton, and Lawrence A. Young at Amazon.com
Hidden Treasures of Ancient American Cultures by John Heinerman
Cedar Fort
Book; LDS Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Subject and Author $12.95
Heinerman tells the story of ancient American cultures, illustrated
with photographs of his on-site discoveries and enhanced by his
research and personal anecdotes.
See:
More about "Hidden Treasures of Ancient American Cultures" by John Heinerman at Amazon.com
A Teenager's Tears: When Parents Convert to Polygamy by John R. Llewellyn
Agreka Books
Book; Utah Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Subject $14.95
Recent media attention on Mormon polygamists have raised a lot of
questions about the practice, ranging from whether it should be
legalized to what risks women and children in polygamous families
face. Author Llewellyn, a former law enforcement investigator of sex
crimes and a former polygamist, tells all sides of the story about
this growing practice.
See:
More about "A Teenager's Tears: When Parents Convert to Polygamy" by John R. Llewellyn at Amazon.com
The Work and the Glory by Gerald N. Lund
Deseret Book
Book; LDS Publisher; Fiction; Mormon Subject and Author $14.95 ea.
Deseret Book is issuing the popular "Work and the Glory" series in
paperback, last month releasing three volumes, "Pillar of Light,"
"Truth Will Prevail," and "Like a Fire is Burning."
Write Back Soon: Letters of Love and Encouragement for Young Women by Margaret D. Nadauld
Deseret Book
Book; LDS Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Subject and Author $16.95
Sister Nadauld, general president of the LDS Church's Young Women's
program, writes back to young women of the Church, sending them
letters full of friendly advice, spiritual counsel, uplifting
encouragement, and inspiring stories.
See:
More about "Write Back Soon: Letters of Love and Encouragement for Young Women" by Margaret D. Nadauld at Amazon.com
Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression by Marie Osmond, Marcia Wilkie (Contributor), and Judith Moore (Contributor)
Warner Books
Book; US National Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Subject and Author $24.95
Marie Osmond's book, scheduled to be released in May, talks not only
about her struggle with post-partum depression after childbirth, but
also discloses that she was abused as a child without specifying by
whom. The post-partum depression led Osmond to leave her husband and
family, only returning after she felt she had resolved the
depression. Since going public with her experiences with depression,
the response to her experiences has been overwhelming. The book
offers her methods for treating PPD.
See:
More about "Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression" by Marie Osmond at Amazon.com
One Wife Too Many: Whispers of Margaret McConnell 1841-1898 by Guenavere Sandberg
Agreka Books
Book; Utah Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Subject $17.95
The story of Margaret McConnell Allen Hornback, who grew up in Cedar
City, Utah and became a plural wife at age 15. But Hornback came to
hate plural marriage and walked away from her marriage, leaving a son
behind.
See:
More about "One Wife Too Many: Whispers of Margaret McConnell 1841-1898" by Guenavere Sandberg at Amazon.com
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