Why I Stay 2: The Challenges of Discipleship for Contemporary Latter-day Saints (Volume 2)
By: Robert A. Rees
4.21
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
One’s religious affiliation may be determined, at least, initially, by family and culture, but the …
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1. These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
By: Nancy E. Turner
4.12
Format: 29 pages, Paperback
A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these … read more
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2. The Distance Between Us
By: Reyna Grande
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning novelist and sought-after public speaker, an eye-opening memoir about life be… read more
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3. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
4. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
By: Anonymous , Joseph Smith Jr.
3.62
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
The Book of Mormon is a volume of scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealin… read more
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5. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
6. Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
By: Jessie Inchauspé
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Improve a… read more
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"Fructose molecules glycate things 10 times as fast as glucose, generating much more damage. Again, this is another reason why spikes from sugary foods such as cookies (which contain fructose) make us…"-Jessie Inchauspé, Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
7. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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8. 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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9. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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10. Prophets See around Corners
By: Sheri Dew
4.74
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Author Sheri Dew has had the unique opportunity to be in the presence of prophets, seers, and revel… read more
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11. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
By: Steven Levitsky
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more
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"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
12. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1
By: Beth Brower
4.31
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more
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13. Original Grace
By: Adam S. Miller
4.57
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
In Original Grace, Adam S. Miller proposes an experiment in Restoration thinking: What if instead o… read more
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14. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
By: Melody Beattie
4.13
Format: 305 pages, Paperback
The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to un… read more
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"We work it out, or live it out."-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
"Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity."-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
"We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay."-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
"A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior."-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
15. My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints
By: Alice Faulkner Burch
4.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Though Black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have only had full access t… read more
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"Members often ask me why I joined this church and why I’ve stayed a member. It’s difficult to explain with mere words, but I tell them as best I can. It’s my birthright to receive all the ordinances,…"-Alice Faulkner Burch, My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints
"It is the dream of parents and grandparents that their children and grandchildren have a better lot in life: better experiences and more opportunities. That was my dream for my children, and now it’s…"-Alice Faulkner Burch, My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints
"Jesus has always stayed with me. Even during times when people I loved turned their backs on me, I was physically and verbally abused, members told lies about me, local leaders eschewed me, a gift of…"-Alice Faulkner Burch, My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints
16. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
By: Richard Rohr
4.45
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more
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17. River Sing Me Home
By: Eleanor Shearer
4.01
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers… read more
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"Every freedom had its price."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
"Freedom mean something different to me. The search, that is freedom."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
"This is why me don't like to do it... Think about the past. The memories too painful. The hope hurt. All I want to do is live the life in front of me, because it's a miracle me make it here."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
18. The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
By: Elaine F. Weiss
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political victories in American history: the down and… read more
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"I forged the thunderbolts and she fired them," is how [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton described their [hers and Susan B. Anthony's] work together."-Elaine F. Weiss, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
"[Upon the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Carrie Chapman] Catt wrote ... to the women voters of the nation: The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guaranty of your liberty…"-Elaine F. Weiss, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
19. The Law Of Love
By: Steve Young
4.41
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Paperback starts shipping April 26, 2022 "Even if we understand the idea that we should love p… read more
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20. Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet
By: Meggan Watterson
4.25
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
--WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER-- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story… read more
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21. How to Stand Up to a Dictator
By: Maria Ressa
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. Bu… read more
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22. Expanding the Borders of Zion: A Latter-day Saint Perspective on LGBTQ Inclusion
By: Charlie Bird
4.77
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
Many people want to offer love and support to their LGBTQ friends and neighbors but aren't sure how… read more
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23. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
By: Rebecca Traister
4.37
Format: 320 pages, ebook
From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital… read more
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"Women's anger has been buried, over and over again. But it has seeded the ground; we are the green shoots of furies covered up long ago."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"Women's ire in any political context remains coded as chaotic, while men's is comprehensible, understood as rational and often admirable."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"As Amanda Litman... has written, 'Instead of resisting (anger) or avoiding it, let your fury push you to action. Embrace your anger and put it to work."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"When somebody manages to project a lot of strength and a lot of warmth, we say they're charismatic and magnetic, we want to be with that person, we want to be that person,' said Neffinger."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
24. Living on the Inside of the Edge: A Survival Guide
By: Christian Kimball
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
"Chris has managed to write a great primer for Latter-day Saints who desperately need a new way to … read more
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25. Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
By: Elizabeth Lesser
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? … read more
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"When it no longer would destroy a boy to be likened to a girl, when a girl feels vital doing the things she values, when it's considered as brave to be womanly as it is to be manly, than boys and gir…"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
"The basic belief of feminism is not that women are right and men are wrong; It is merely that women are people and therefor their voices matter, their values matter and their stories matter. It's tim…"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
"That's why we tell the stories. To ease the anxiety of being soft-skinned mortals. To inspire the soul to fathom eternity. To give order to what feels out of control. To guide, to blame, to warn, to …"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
"What if our myths and teaching tales had purposely led humanity to believe that it was the ultimate sign of strength to nurture and love? What if the urge to care for children and nature and each oth…"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
26. All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between
By: Fiona Givens
4.59
Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert MacFarlane has written that "language does not just register experience, it produces it." Ou… read more
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27. Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood
By: W. Paul Reeve
4.77
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Few topics related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are as complex and painful to… read more
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"[Samuel Chambers] explained 'Some think it is small to be a deacon,' but then he countered that, 'I think there is nothing small in the kingdom of God."-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood
"Brigham Young spoke... with extreme hyperbole. He even admitted as much in 1848 when he acknowledged, 'I frequently sa[y] 'cut his infernal throat'; I don't mean any such thing."-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood
"...[Y]ou are free to hate anyone you choose. That is until you take upon yourself the name of Christ. At which point the right to hate is no longer available to you. - Catherine Stokes"-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood
"One late nineteenth-century memoir recounted... 'that one acquainted with [Mormons] could tell a Mormon when he met him by the look upon his face almost as well as if he had been of a different color."-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood
28. The Power of Godliness: Mormon Liturgy and Cosmology
By: Jonathan Stapley
4.51
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
The Power of Godliness is a key work to understand Mormon conceptions of priesthood, authority, and… read more
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29. How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide to Rebuilding After Religion
By: Alyssa Grenfell
4.57
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
Where will you go? After more than 20 years of devotion to the Mormon church, Alyssa Grenfell decid… read more
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30. Why I Stay 2: The Challenges of Discipleship for Contemporary Latter-day Saints (Volume 2)
By: Robert A. Rees
4.21
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
One’s religious affiliation may be determined, at least, initially, by family and culture, but the … read more
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31. Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism
By: Taylor G. Petrey
4.59
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Awards and Distinctions 2021 Best Book Award, Mormon History Association Finalist, 2020 Associati… read more
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