Hundreds, if not thousands, of medical advances in the last half-century have been made possible by one woman, and most people ...
With Mothers’ Day coming up I thought it a good time to share this book, written by a famous Mormon mother who has seen her s...
Today we’re going to focus on a single book: Women of Faith in the Latter Days, Volume Two, 1821-1845, edited by Richard E. T...
Alice Herz-Sommer was born in the city of Prague, in what is now the Czech Republic, on November 26, 1903. That means that she...
There’s a huge range of opinions on parenting, so you’ll probably disagree with points in every parenting book you read. B...
Parenting books run the gamut of philosophies and suggestions. Here are two I found informative and eye-opening...
Today’s topic will make some of you squeamish, because we’re going to talk about poop. ...
We have one book that promises to teach you the skills you need to change any habit and one that promises to improve your abili...
Prayer is at once extremely personal and widely public, an intimate event shared with others. Both of today's books are written...
Some self-help books are more helpful than others, and opinions of self-improvement books are extremely subjective. Here are t...
Two LDS scholars have produced user-friendly resources that will open up the D&C to you....
It’s less than a week before Christmas – do you still need to find a few presents for the people on your list? There are fe...
It’s that time of year again where “Top Ten of 2012” lists start springing out of the woodwork! Well, put your mind at e...
Today’s books by Terryl Givens and Samuel Brown go a bit deeper into some basic topics about Mormonism: the Book of Mormon an...
We Mormons are often a bit of an enigma to those not of our faith. Here are two books that will help non-LDS audiences understa...
Today we’ll look at some specific facets of science including kissing (biology), the periodic table of the elements (chemistr...
In that spirit of curiosity and desire to know, I think you’ll find the today's books fascinating. A deluge of scientific inf...
Continuing on with the idea that historical fiction can help us better understand history, here are three books that examine di...
Yes, I know this is the “Non-fiction Nook,” but I’ve been rediscovering my love of historical fiction lately, as well as ...
We take a look at books that feature two women with widely divergent experiences that each have powerful lessons to teach us. ...
The circumstances of women’s lives are varied around the world, but there are often uncanny similarities that tie them togeth...
Question often spur pondering on difficult topics that help articulate, refine, and elucidate one's beliefs. The two books in t...
Mistakes. We all make them. And most of us really don't like making mistakes...much less admitting it. But making mistakes can ...
This week we'll take a look at mistakes in two separate, but related, fields: the entertainment industry's biggest film flop...
We all make mistakes. A lot of mistakes. And not just us “little” people – everyone makes mistakes, including experts in ...
Here are two books that tell of strong, engaging, brave, and generous women from the earliest years of this dispensation up to ...
In honor of Women's History Month, International Women's Day, and the anniversary of the creation of Relief Society, I present ...
Death is ubiquitous and there are an endless number of ways to deal with the physical remains left behind. These books offer in...
It happens to everyone eventually, at long last for some and far too soon for others, but the effort to avoid or ignore the rea...
Behold half-a-dozen books, both fiction and non-, that made me giggle, shake my head in disbelief, sob, read out loud to my hu...
Meridian’s non-fiction book reviewer picks her top twelve books from last year....
Those of other faiths and heritages also celebrate in mid-winter. Here are books that describe the events....
Books on making Christmas “the most wonderful time of the year”—not the most stressful....
Under each broad religious umbrella is a wide spectrum of beliefs and rituals. Today we'll take a look at two disparate flavor...
This week we'll take a closer look at two eastern religions: Buddhism and Taoism. What are the beliefs and why?...
Brigham Young said, “We believe in all good. If you can find a truth in heaven, earth or hell, it belongs to our doctrine. We...
Here are three cookbooks for people who like to eat a lot more than they like to cook....
Books have the power to let us know we're not alone. ...
I adore finding typos. A dark little corner of my heart absolutely fills with glee whenever I discover a misplaced apostrophe....
Not all readers are writers, but I've never known a writer who wasn't an avid reader as well. The two book selections for toda...
For baseball and hockey fans--and those who love them--here are the books for you....
Two books focus on the paradoxical power of competitive sports to actually unify disparate groups of people. ...
Sports truly bring out both the best and worst of humanity. The self-discipline, the quest for perfection can be inspiring and...
Readers share some of their favorite reads....
Recently published books may increase your appreciation of the King James Bible on this 400th anniversary....
Two books examine the personal and emotional sides of being a physician....
Modern society sometimes endows physicians with something close to omnipotence, or at least omniscience. ...
One engaging book traces the history of cancer, and another examines the types of health care systems and how they work in vari...
Just in time for Easter, beautiful books that concentrate on the Savior....
History is anything but static. While we obviously can't go back and change what's happened, our understanding of past events ...
“China is the kind of country where you constantly discover something new.”...
Add to your knowledge of a fascinating culture that can’t be ignored....
Our nonfiction book reviewer describes some of the top books she read last year....
Welcome to the first annual “Emily's Ten – Er, Twelve – Favorite Books She Read Last Year.”...
Each of the books in this column cover aspects of Christmas – its history, traditions, and stories – that I thought I knew ...
Can you go greener this Christmas? Is your spending bad for the economy? How did the prophets spend their Christmases? Three ...
New books on mental illness showcase the wide variety of ways that minds can misfire...
Three candid books examine the treatment of mental illness from very different perspectives....
Here are three personal, intimate portraits of individuals that help shed light on the serious disease of mental illness....
Three books on events from American history—the Spanish-American War, the Great Burn, and a killing typhoon—are powerful be...
Our books today start back at the beginning of the European settlements in North America, check in at the Revolutionary War, an...
Three intriguing, new history books: one focuses on how differently historical events have been portrayed over time, one studi...
With all the contradictory information out there on food, what in the world can we eat?...
Are we a nation with an eating disorder? And, if we are what we eat, where does polysorbate 60 come from, Daddy?...
We humans have a complex relationship with our food. Nowadays it seems that every food-related decision we make is a loaded st...
Two mild-mannered opera-loving sisters who saved dozens of Jews from the Holocaust, a fun autobiography written and drawn by an...
Biographies and memoirs are quite the potpourri. They open up to the reader the wondrous and infinite variety of God’s child...
Today’s triumvirate includes a “liquid” look at history, some of the latest scientific findings on childhood development,...
A new bi-weekly column explores a wide range of nonfiction books, showing you that nonfiction books can be interesting, enlight...
Biographies and memoirs are quite the potpourri. They open up to the reader the wondrous and infinite variety of God’s childr...
Two mild-mannered opera-loving sisters who saved dozens of Jews from the Holocaust, a fun autobiography written and drawn by an...
