Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839
By: Dan Vogel
4.78
Format: 1024 pages, Hardcover
When Joseph Smith entered Kirtland, Ohio, for the first time, he had only the year before establish…
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1. Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
By: D. Michael Quinn
4.12
Format: 646 pages, Paperback
In this ground-breaking book, D. Michael Quinn masterfully reconstructs an earlier age, finding amp… read more
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2. The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power
By: D. Michael Quinn
4.17
Format: 686 pages, Hardcover
A Mormon historian traces the evolution of the Latter-day Saints' organizational structure from the… read more
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3. Henry VIII
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.50
Format: None pages,
Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more
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4. The Mystery Knight: A Graphic Novel
By: George R.R. Martin , Ben Avery , Mike S. Miller
3.84
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A full-color graphic novel edition of The Mystery Knight, one of the thrilling Dunk and Egg novella… read more
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5. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
6. Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
By: Steven Hassan , Margaret Thaler Singer
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
A former cult member, now a counselor helping those affected by destructive cults, Hassan exposes t… read more
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7. Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None
3.92
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more
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8. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.58
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more
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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
9. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
By: Benjamin E. Park
4.21
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more
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10. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more
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- history
11. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more
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12. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
By: Liz Cheney
4.60
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more
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13. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
By: Rebecca Renner
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more
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- history
14. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
By: Amanda Montell
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more
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"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
15. The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism
By: Sara M. Patterson
4.39
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In the single month of September 1993, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicat… read more
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- mormonism
16. Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier
By: Benjamin E. Park
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or… read more
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17. Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath
By: Richard E. Turley
4.39
Format: 520 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking Massacre at Mountain Meadows Published in 2008, M… read more
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18. Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon
By: William L. Davis
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book … read more
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19. Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839
By: Dan Vogel
4.78
Format: 1024 pages, Hardcover
When Joseph Smith entered Kirtland, Ohio, for the first time, he had only the year before establish… read more
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20. Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism
By: Terryl L. Givens
4.50
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Eugene England (1933-2001)—one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mo… read more
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21. Joseph White Musser: A Mormon Fundamentalist (Introductions to Mormon Thought)
By: Cristina M. Rosetti
4.40
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In 1921, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicated Joseph White Musser for his… read more
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