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By Kent Larsen
New Products: Helmuth Hubener Story Told for Kids
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The story of three LDS youths who defied the Nazi's
during World War II is the subject of a new book from the national publisher
Holiday House, which came to Mormon News' attention this week. While the
story has been told before, it hasn't been written for a teen-age audience
before. In addition to that book, "Brothers in Valor," New titles include
books by Elder Stephen D. Nadauld, a re-issue of B.H. Roberts' "Missouri
Persecutions" and a local history covering the Church in Palmyra, New York,
written for last year's Temple dedication.
Elder Nadauld's book, "Justified by Faith" looks not only at faith, but
Justification and Grace. His approach is very practical, putting his subject
in down-to-earth, everyday terms. Also new is a book by Ted Gibbons, "Life
is a Test," which looks at the purpose of life as if it was a school test.
New and recent products:
Justified by Faith, by Stephen D. Nadauld
Deseret Book
Book; LDS Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Author and Subject $18.95
Elder Nadauld takes a fresh, practical approach to faith, looking at what it
means in down-to-earth, everyday terms. He ties this discussion to two other
gospel principles -- justification and grace. He explains how to achieve
justification and describes the role of the Holy Ghost in the process.
See:
More about "Justified by Faith" by Stephen D. Nadauld at Amazon.com
Missouri Persecutions by B. H. Roberts
Maasai Publishing
Book; LDS Publisher; Non-Fiction; Mormon Author and Subject $13.95
New edition of B. H. Robert's classic account of the settling of western
Missouri, identified as Zion by Joseph Smith. He identifies the reasons that
neighbors were suspicious, the persecutions that followed and the Saint's
exodus to Illinois. Out of print since a Bookcraft edition was published in
1965.
This Life is a Test by Ted Gibbons
Maasai Publishing
Book; LDS Publisher; Non-Fiction; Mormon Author and Subject $11.95
Using the metaphor of a school test, Gibbons explores the purpose of life in
a unique and refreshing approach to the challenges of mortality. He looks at
the rules by which the test is conducted, where it is given and what the
final grade is.
L.D.S. Church History in the Palmyra Area 1900-2000 by Roger J. &Diane K. Adams
[Self-published]
Book; LDS Publisher; Non-fiction; Mormon Author and Subject $12.95
Locally-written history of the LDS Church in Palmyra since 1900, including
the development of the LDS Church's Hill Cumorah pageant. Includes a
chronology, a 34-page history, more than 20 pages of information about the
Palmyra Temple dedication, including the Dedicatory prayer and stories about
the Temple's altar cloths, moonstones, Presidency and the contents of its
cornerstone. Also includes histories of the pageant, its costumes and of the
Buffalo, Jamestown, Owego, Syracuse and Utica stakes.
Available from Sweet Enterprises
47 Backus Road
Webster,NY 14580
(716) 671-2157
or from the Cumorah Country Bookstore in Palmyra.
Brothers in Valor : A Story of Resistance by Michael O. Tunnell
Holiday House
Book; National Publisher; Fiction; Mormon Characters $16.95
Fictionalized version for teen-agers of true story of German resistance to
Hitler by three LDS youths, Rudi Ollenik, Helmuth Hubener and Karl
Schneider. Troubled that the branch leader, President Zander, runs the
Hamburg group "as if God, church, and Hitler were all in league," the boys
join Hitler youth groups so as not to make trouble for their parents, but
they loathe the Nazis. After World War II begins, Helmuth decides to fight
back. He listens to the BBC broadcasts; writes up the British news to expose
lies in the German media and, with Rudi and Karl's help, distributes his
handbills through mail slots and in telephone booths. Caught in 1942, tried
and tortured, Helmuth is executed while the other boys are sentenced to
prison terms.
See:
More about "Brothers in Valor : A Story of Resistance" by Michael O. Tunnell at Amazon.com
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