Orem Library

Published by Oxford University Press in 2008, Massacre at Mountain Meadows relied on new and exhaustive research to tell the story of one of the grimmest episodes in Latter-day Saint history. On September 11, 1857, southern Utah settlers slaughtered more than 100 emigrants of a California-bound wagon train. In this much-anticipated sequel, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown follow up that volume with an examination of the aftermath of the...

Since he was twelve, Brandon Sulser has survived four brushes with death. One of those life-threatening injuries left him paralyzed from the chest down. Although his life story appears to be unfair, Brandon knows that life is only negative and hard if you allow it to be. And in his experience, we are all paralyzed in our own way, by bad choices, by circumstance, by illness, etc. His paralysis happens to be more obvious than most, but make no mistake;

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Account of the Mormons who fought in the Vietnam War, and their impact on the lives of many of the Vietnamese people and their fellow soldiers. Those profiled include former prisoner of war Larry Chesley; Army ranger Lance Wickman, who later became a General Authority ; and convert Ryan Beuhring.

The story of one man's life contained in this book is a front-seat witness that miracles are everywhere and God is aware of the smallest detail in their lives. This is the true story of Amram, an impoverished, barefoot boy living in the largest slum in Africa who finds hope in the belief that with God's help, he can do anything. After arriving in the United States with only fifty dollars in his pocket, Amram's steadfast determination to achieve higher...