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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Christmas Letter 2014

Christmas Letter 2014


December 6, 2014

Dear You Guys,

Today I walked into the kitchen to see Whitney working on some meaningless, Common Core, language arts homework. So like any good parent, I taunted her.  “You know what’s great about being a grown up?” I said.  “You only have ONE writing assignment a year, and the subject is always the same - ‘What we did this year….Merry Christmas’ And you actually get a better grade if it’s short.” Despite my paucity of homework, I still procrastinated writing this. 

And speaking of Whitney, she’s 11 now and getting all tweeny on us.  She is mortified by the very existence of her parents.  I think she tells her friends that she was created in a government cloning experiment, and that we’re just some people the NIH hired to look after her and to monitor her super powers.  It’s fun to drop her off at school while playing “old music” (from the 80s) loudly on the radio and yelling, “I love you!” when she gets out of the car.

And speaking of the 80s, when I was growing up I loved the “Calvin and Hobbs” comic strips.  I used to think how great it would be to someday have a son just like Calvin.  Dane is the perfect fulfillment of that wish. They even have the same haircut.  But as with all genie wishes, he comes with a blessing and a curse.  Here are some of the weird things Dane said and did this last year:

December 2013 – After not getting a roll at dinner because he wouldn’t eat his soup, Dane wrote me the following letter:  “DEAR DAD,  I HAYTE YOU.  LOVE DANE.”

December 2013 – We arrived to church on time for once and got some soft bench seats up front. (We’re usually late and sit in the back with the non-tithe payers.) This must have been the first time Dane could actually see the guys preparing the sacrament, because when they uncovered the bread to bless it he said, “Look! They’re gonna do a magic trick!”

February 2014 – Michelle was down in Dane’s face, scolding him for something, and he yelled, “SILENCE!”  He immediately walked himself to the naughty chair without being asked. 

April 2014 – Post on my Facebook wall:  “Dane was in trouble tonight, but I think I bailed him out.  I just told Michelle, ‘If you’re gonna take a 6 year old boy to a ballet recital, you can’t expect him NOT to make farting noises every time the dancers prance across the stage.  And you can’t expect his grandpa not to laugh.’” 

July 2014 – Every prayer Dane said this month included:  “Please bless Dad, that he won’t get sued or fired, and that his butt will feel better.” 

August 2014 – Dane’s Sunday school teachers brought rice crispy treats for the class today. Dane told them they tasted like “shoe leather and slugs mixed with snail guts.”  He got another trip to the naughty chair for bad manners when he got home.

November 2014 – Our kids have year round school and have a month long break in November, but most of their friends are still in school.  Today we drove past their school and Dane saw some kids on the playground, stuck his head out the window and yelled, “So long, suckers!” 

November 2014 – I tried to introduce my kids to James Bond.  We were watching the opening credits for “From Russia With Love”, with the silhouetted dancing ladies, and Dane said, “Hey! This is portography!”  We’re not allowed to watch James Bond at our house anymore.

November 2014 – While getting ready to go to Grandma’s house for his uncle’s birthday party:
“Dane, are you excited to go the Uncle Mikey’s birthday party?”
“Yeah, but I hope there aren’t any drugs.”

And speaking of writing down funny things people say, I tried to do that with Michelle this year, too.  But she just kept saying, “Stop following me around!”  “Leave me alone!” and “Stop sneaking up on me in the shower like Norman Bates.”  I didn’t get much material out of her.  I guess we’re both getting less entertaining as we enter middle age, kind of like Jim Carey. But that’s OK; we still plan on living a long, boring life together. 

So there’s my homework for the year.  Merry Christmas.  I hope you all give me a good grade.  Come to think of it, you guys can’t really help me get into graduate school, so it doesn’t really matter what you think.  So long, suckers!

Love,


K.C., Michelle, Whitney and Dane

Sunday, November 23, 2014

I Read a Book Once - The Quran

I have lots of thoughts and feelings after finishing reading the Quran this morning, non of which I post for fear of fatwas.  I'm not even going to rate this one.  You can ask me in person what I think.

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Books I Can Remember that I’ve Read (In no particular order)
I'm only counting text books if I read the entire thing.
I'm counting books that I read more than half of, but stopped because I couldn't stomach it (Lolita) or just because I hated it(Moby Dick). I'm not counting books that are mostly pictures (The Cat in the Hat), although they are still some of my favorite books. I'm counting books twice if I read them both in English and in Spanish. Also, I'm not counting the Bathroom Readers; mostly because I'm ashamed of how much time I spend on the pot. I've read almost all of them though.
***** - I really liked
**** - I liked
*** - OK
** - I didn’t like
* - It sucked.
(W) - Read with Whitney
(D) - Read to Dane

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald****
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce**
3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen****
4. Walden - Henry David Thoreau**
5. Claudius the God - Robert Graves*****
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez***
7. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess****
8. As I Lay Dying -William Faulkner***
9. Animal Farm - George Orwell****
10. The Book of Mormon - Written by the Hand of Mormon. Translated by Joseph Smith Jr.*****
11. The Holy Bible - King James Version*****
12. The Doctrine and Covenants - Joseph Smith, others****
13. The Pearl of Great Price - Moses, Abraham, Joseph Smith****
14. Travels with Charley (In Search of America) - John Steinbeck****
15. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket***
16. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket***
17. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket***
18. Les Liaisons Dagereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos****
19. Tom Sawyer Abroad - Samuel Clemens***
20. The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey****
21. The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell***
22. The Faith of a Scientist - Henry Eyring****
23. The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell****
24. What are People For - Wendell Berry***
25. The Miracle of Forgiveness - Spencer W. Kimball****
26. The Greatest Salesman in the World - Og Mandino***
27. 1984 - George Orwell****
28. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Samuel Clemens*****
29. On the Road - Jack Keroac****
30. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens****
31. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller****
32. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra****
33. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe***
34. Deliverance - James Dickey****
35. The Best of Edward Abbey***
36. Rosaura a las Diez - Marco Denevi****
37. Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow****
38. Tom Sawyer Detective - Samuel Clemens***
39. The Iliad -Homer****
40. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein*****
41. Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***
42. The Double - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***
43. The Trial -Franz Kafka***
44. Moby Dick - Herman Melville**
45. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison***
46. Principles of Surgery Companion Handbook - Schartz, Shires, Spencer*
47. Standing for Something - Gordon B. Hinckley***
48. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis*****
49. The Sound and the Fury -William Faulkner**
50. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck****
51. Slaughter House-Five - Kurt Vonnegut****
52. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald****
53. Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry**
54. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -Samuel Clemens*****
55. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler*****
56. The Call of the Wild - Jack London****
57. Kim - Rudyard Kipling***
58. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens****
59. Howards End - E.M. Forster****
60. Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence***
61. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad***
62. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -Robert M. Pirsig****
63. The Stranger - Albus Camus****
64. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf***
65. The Lonely Men - Louis L’Amour***
66. Sacred Clowns - Tony Hillerman***
67. The Covenant - James A. Michener****
68. Prentice Alvin - Orson Scott Card****
69. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams****
70. The Quick and the Dead - Louis L’Amour***
71. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee*****
72. The Gift of the Jews - Thomas Cahill****
73. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis****
74. The Christ Commission - Og Mandin****
75. Ender’s Game -Orson Scott Card*****
76. People of Darkness - Tony Hillerman****
77. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis****
78. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis****
79. Memory of Earth - Orson Scott Card***
80. The Odyssey - Homer****
81. The Source - James A. Michener*****
82. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger****
83. How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time - Naura Hayden**
84. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway****
85. The Changed Man - Orson Scott Card****
86. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl****
87. El Milagro del Perdon -Spencer W. Kimball****
88. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley****
89. A Marvelous Work and a Wonder - LeGrand Richards****
90. A Treasury of Classical Mythology - A.R. Hope Moncrieff****
91. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien****
92. Pure Drivel - Steve Martin***
93. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens****
94. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens****
95. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling*****
96. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling*****
97. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -J.K. Rowling*****
98. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -J.K. Rowling*****
99. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling*****
100. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling*****
101. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling*****
102. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis*****
103. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis*****
104. Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis****
105. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis*****
106. The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis*****
107. Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis****
108. That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis****
109. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway***
110. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov**
111. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley****
112. I Claudius - Robert Graves*****
113. Anthem - Ann Rand***
114. Lord of the Flies - William Golding****
115. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad***
116. Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein****
117. A Room With a View - E.M. Forster****
118. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad***
119. Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert Heinlein****
120. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesley****
121. Tunnel in the Sky - Robert Heinlein****
122. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum****
123. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card****
124. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card****
125. Songmaster - Orson Scott Card**
126. Saints - Orson Scott Card****
127. Red Prophet - Orson Scott Card****
128. Cruel Shoes - Steve Martin***
129. The Great Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****
130. Me and My Little Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****
131. Jesus the Christ - James Talmage*****
132. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas****
133. Dracula - Bram Stoker****
134. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown***
135. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown****
136. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire****
137. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl**
138. How the Irish Saved Civilization - Thomas Cahill***
139. Fundamentals of Family Medicine - Robert B. Taylor***
140. Medical Physiology - Rodney A Rhoades and George A Tanner**
141. D'aulaires Book of Greek Myths - Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aurlaire****
142. El Libro De Mormon - Un Relato Escrito por la Mano de Mormon. Traducido de las Planchas porJose Smith, Hijo*****
143. Generation X - Douglas Coupland***
144. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe****
145. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice****
146. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde****
147. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen****
148. History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Winston Churchhill****
149. Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking - Barbara Bates**
150 Complete History of the World - Richard Overy****
151.he American Religion - Harold Bloom***
152 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck****
153 In Cold Blood - Truman Capote****
154 A Rumor of War - Philip Caputo****
155. Religion in the New World - Richard E. Wentz***
156. The Moon Is Down - John Steinbeck****
157. The Pearl - John Steinbeck****
158. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck****
159. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré****
160. The Education of Little Tree - Forrest Carter*****
161. The Chosen - Chaim Potok****
163. The Work and the Glory, Pilar of Fire - Gerald N. Lund*****
164. The Work and the Glory, Like a Fire if Burning - Gerald N. Lund*****
165. The Work and the Glory, Truth will Prevail - Gerald N. Lund*****
166. The Work and the Glory, Thy Gold Refine - Gerald N. Lund*****
167. The Work and the Glory, A Season of Joy - Gerald N. Lund*****
168. Stepen King On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King***
169. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris****
170. Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, The Evidence for Ancient Origins - Edited by Noel B. Reynolds. **** (March '08)
171. The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko****
172. Naked Ape : A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal - Desmond Morris****
173. Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes****
174. Mormons and Masons, Setting the Record Straight - Gilbert W. Scharffs* (March '08)
175. San Manuel Bueno, mártir - Miguel de Unamuno****
176. Critiquing the Critics of Joseph Smith - Hartt Wixom**** (March '08)
177. Mormon Country - Wallace Stegner****
178. The House of God - Samuel Shem**
179. The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler****(March '08)
180. The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel**** (April '08)
181. Religions of the World - A Latter-day Saint View - Spencer J. Palmer, Rober R. Keller, Dong Sull Choi, James A. Toronto****
182. Julius Caesar - William Shakespear****
183. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare****
184. Hamlet - William Shakespeare****
185. Macbeth - William Shakespeare****
186. One Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions - Stephen W. Gibson*** (May '08)
187. Jay's Journal - Beatrice Sparks**
188. Blueprints in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Tamara L. Callahan, Aaron B Caughey and Linda J Heffner***
189. Clinical Microbiology Made Rediculously Simple - Mark Galdwin and Bill Trattler****
190. Prescription for the Boards USMLE Step 2 - Radhika Breaden, Charyl Denenberg, Kate Feibusch, Stephen Gomperts***
191. The Instant Exam Review for the USMLE Step 3 - Joel s. Goldberg**
192. Appleton & Lang's Review of Pediatrics - Martin I. Lorin**
193. Pathology - Arthur S. Schneider and Philip A Szanto**
194. Internal Medicine - Edward D. Frohlich**
195. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien****
196. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien****
198. The Mountain Meadows Massacre - Juanita Brooks****
198. A Thief of Time - Tony Hillerman****
199. Naked Pictures of Famous People - Jon Stewart**
200. La Casa de Bernarda Alba - Federico García Lorca***
201. Why Things Are and Why Things Aren't - Joel Achenbach****
202. Why Things Are - Joel Achenbach****
203. Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? And Other Imponderables - David Feldman****
204. First Aid for the Family Medicine Boards - Tao Le, Christine Dehlendorf, Michael Mendoza, and Cynthria Ohata**** (May '08)
205. Why Don't Cat's Like to Swim - David Feldman****
206. The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer**** (June '08)
207. Encounters with the Archdruid - John McPhee***
208. Desert Solitaire - Edward Abby***
209. Family Medicine Board Review - Robert L. Bratton, MD**** (July '08)
210. View of the Hebrews - Ethan Smith** (August '08)
211. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle****
212. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens****
213. The Book of Mormon and DNA Resarch - Edited by Daniel C. Petersen**** (Sept '08)
214. The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis**** (Sept '08)
215. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson**** (Sept '08)
216. The Great Angel - A Study of Israel's Second God - Margaret Barker**** (Sept '08)
217. The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Sept,08)
218. The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Oct, '08)
219. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer** (Oct, '08)
220. Sophie's Choice - William Styron*** (Nov, '08)
221. Revolt of 2100 - Robert Heinlein****
222. Farnham's Freehold - Robert Heinlein****
223. Between Planets - Robert Heinlein****
224. The Giver - Lois Lowry****(Nov, '08)
225. History of Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Mack Smith****
226. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein** (Nov, '08)
227. Joseph Smith - Rough Stone Rolling - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (Dec, '08)
228. The Work and the Glory - Praise to the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Dec, '08)
229. Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass - The Art of Telling Tales about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young - Hugh Nibley****(Dec, '08)
230. The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Oscar Wilde***(Dec, '08)
231. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling****(Dec, '08)
232. A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes*** (Dec, '08)
233. Celsus on the True Doctrine - A Discourse Against the Christians - translated by R. Joseph Hoffmann**** (Jan, '09)
234. Brigham Young: American Moses - Leonard J. Arrington**** (Jan, '09)
235. Atlas Shrugged - Ann Rand***** (Jan, '09)
236. Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder*** (Feb, '09)
237. Silas Marner - George Eliot**** (Feb, '09)
238. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte*** (Feb, '09)
239. Mormonism and Early Christianity - Hugh Nibley**** (March, '09)
240. Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens*** (March, '09)
241. The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis*** (April, '09)
242. The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx** (April '09)
243. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky**** (April '09)
244. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)
245. Return from Tomorrow - George Ritchie and Elizebeth Sherrill***
246. President Kimball Speaks Out - Spencer W. Kimball***
247. The World's Last Night and Other Essays - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)
248. Everything's Eventual - Stephen King****
249. Dubliners - James Joyce**** (April '09)
250. Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman**** (May '09)
251. Texas - James Michener***
252. Massacre at Mountain Meadows - Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Geln M Leonard**** (May '09)
253. Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein****
254. Hawaii - A Novel - James Michener*** (June '09)
255. Billy Budd - Herman Melville***
256. Tales of the South Pacific - James Michener***
257. Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens*** (June '09)
258. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell**** (July '09)
259. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway *** (August '09)
260. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury **** (August '09)
261. The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan*** (Sept '09)
262. Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell*** (Sept '09)
263. Leap of Faith: Confronting the Origins of the Book of Mormon - Bob Bennett**** (Sept '09)
264. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer** (Sept '09)
265. Shaken Faith Syndrome - Michael R. Ash**** (October '09)
266. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers**** (October '09)
267. Lehi in the Desert - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)
268. The World of the Jaredites - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)
269. There Were Jaredites - Hugh Nibley *** (November '09)
270. How to be the Jerk Women Love - F.J. Shark**
271. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte*** (November '09)
272. The Story of England - Christopher Hibbert****
273. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith**** (November '09)
274. The Work and the Glory - So Great a Cause - Gerald N. Lund**** (December '09)
275. Caribbean - James A. Michener**** (December '09)
276. 1776 - David McCullough**** (December '09)
277. Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons - Matthew B. Brown** (December '09)
278. The Temple - Where Heaven Meets Earth - Truman G. Madsen*** (December '09)
279. The Divine Comedy: Inferno/Purgatorio/Paradiso - Dante Alighieri. Tranlated by Carlyle Okey Wicksteed** (January '10)
280. When You are Englulfed in Flames - David Sedaris*** (January '10)
281. The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr.**** (January '10)
282. The Year of Living Biblically - A.J. Jacobs**** (February '10)
283. The Autobiograph of Parley P. Pratt**** (February '10)
284. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy - Terryl L. Givens***** (February '10)
285. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters - Jane Austin and Ben Winters*** (February '10)
286. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)
287. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)
288. Arguing with Idiots - Glen Beck*** (March '10)
289. The Godfather - Mario Puzo*** (March '10)
290. Remembering Kirtland - Grant L. Stevens and Richard Stevens*** (March '10)
291. By the Hand of Mormon - The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion - Terryl L Givens***** (April '10)
292. The LDS Family Travel Guide: Sharon, Palmyra and Kirtland - Becky Cardon Smith*** (April '10)
293. The Work and the Glory, All is Well - Gerald N. Lund**** (April '10)
294. The Four Agreements - A Toltec Wisdom Book - Don Miguel Ruiz*** (April '10)
295. The Pirate Hunter - The True Story of Captain Kidd - Richared Zacks**** (April '10)
296. Persuasion - Jane Austen**** (May, '10)
297. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown*** (May, '10)
298. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett**** (May '10)
299. Abraham in Egypt - Hugh Nibley**** (June '10)
300. Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse - James Wesley, Rawles**(June '10)
301. Native Son - Richard Wright*** (June '10)
302. Odds Are You're Going To Be Exalted - Alonzo L Gaskill*** (June '10)
303. The Sword in the Stone - T.H. White*** (July '10)
304. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 1: Fisher's of Men - Gerald N. Lund **** (July '10)
305. The Once and Future King - T.H. White**** (August '10)
306. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 2: Come Unto Me - Gerald N. Lund**** (August '10)
307. 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories - Daniel Partner*** (August '10)(D).
308. People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture - Terryl L. Givens**** (Sept. '10)
309. Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Suporting the Prophet Joseph Smith - Michael R. Ash**** (Sept. '10)
310. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 3: Behold the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Oct. '10)
311. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins*** (Oct. '10)
312. Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Oct. '10)(D)
313. Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith - compled by Joseph Fielding Smith - (Oct. '10)****
314. The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities of Ancient Israel - Mark S. Smith*** (Oct. '10)
315. They Lie In Wait to Deceive Volume I - Robert L and Rosemary Brown**** (Oct. '10)
316. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo***** (December '10)
317. Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Dec. '10)(D)
318. Emma - Jane Austen*** (December '10)
319. People Who Deserve It: Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face - Casey Rand and Tim Gordon*** (January '11)
320. Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner**** (January '11)
321. Yucatan Before and After the Conquest - Friar Diego de Landa**** (January '11)
322. Greek Myths Western Style: Toga Tales with an Attitude - Barbara McBride-Smith**** (February '11)
323. Peter and the Secret of Rundun - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson **** (February '11)(D)
324. How Greek Philosophy Corrupted the Christian Concept of God - Richard R. Hopkins**** (March '11)
325. Ulysses - James Joyce*** (March '11)
326. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Laurence Bergreen**** (March '11)
327. Fablehaven - Brandon Mull**** (April '11)(D)
328. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion - Sterling M. McMurrin***** (April '11)
329. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard**** (April '11)
330. The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - edited by Anthony Gross*** (April '11)
331. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton*** (April '11)
332. The Heart of the Matter - Graham Greene**** (April '11)
333. On Fiji Islands - Ronald Wright**** (May '11)
334. The Snark Handbook, Insult Edition - Comebacks, Taunts and Effronteries - Lawrence Dorfman*** - (May '11)
335. Henderson the Rain King - Saul Bellow**** (May '11)
336. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle*** (June '11)(D)
337. The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene**** (June '11)
338. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume 2 - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (July '11)
339. Who Cut the Cheese? A Cultural History of the Fart - Jim Dawson***(July '11)
340. Peter and the Sword of Mercy - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson*** (July '11)(D)
341. Science and the Book of Mormon - Wade E. Miller*** (August '11)
342. Little-Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon- Renton G. Yorgason*** (August '11)
343. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan**** (August '11)(D)
344. Plates of Gold: The Book of Mormon Comes Forth - Matthew B. Brown****(August '11)
345. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan**** (September'11)(D).
346. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume IV - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (September '11).
347. The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries, Ancient and Modern - James E. Talmage*** (September '11)
348. 400 Questions & Answers About the Life and Times of Jesus Christ - Susan Easton Black**** (October '11)
349. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan**** (October '11)(D)
350. Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses - Richard Lloyd Anderson***** (October '11)
351. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser***(October '11)
352. From Man to God: An LDS Scientis Views Creation, Progression and Exlatation - William E. Harris** (October '11)
353. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie**** (October '11)(D)
354. Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen**** (November '11)
355. A Passage to India - E.M. Forster****(Novemver '11)
356. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner**** (November '11)
357. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan*** (December '11)(D)
358. The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points That Saved the World - Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart**** (December '11)
359. Apocrypha - King James Version **** (December '11)
360. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - Michael Lewis**** (December '11)
361. The Brincess Bride - William Goldman**** (January '12)(D)
362. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan*** (February '12)(D)
363. The L.D.S. Family Travel Guide: Independence, Nauvoo and Winter Quarters - Becky Cardon Smith**** (March '12)
364. Matilda - Roald Dahl*** (March '12) (W)
365. Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, & Naturalism - Alvin Plantinga**** (March '12)
366. Celebrating Passover: A Guide to Understanding the Jewish Feast for Later-day Saints - Marianne Monson-Burton**** (March '12)
367. The Book of Mormon: The Original Text - Edited by Royal Skousen***** (March '12)
368. Fire of the Covenant: A Novel of the Whillie and Martin Handcart Companies - Gerald N. Lund**** (March '12)
369. The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith - Matthew Bowman**** (April '12)
370. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan*** (April '12) (D)
371. 7 Miracles That Saved America - Chris and Ted Stewart**** (April '12)
372. When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought - Terryl L. Givens**** (April '12)
373. Fablehaven - Rise of the Evening Star - Brandon Mull*** (June '12) (D)
374. Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague - Brandon Mull*** (Sept '12) (D)
375. Earth Unaware - Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston**** (Sept '12)
376. The Family Corleone - Ed Falco**** (Oct '12)
377. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Henry Fielding*** (Oct '12)
378. Bleak House - Charles Dickens*** (Oct '12)
379. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift*** (Nov '12)
380. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray**** (Nov '12)
381. The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pene du Bois** (Nov '12)(D)
382. Why I'm a Mormon - Joseph A. Cannon*** (Dec '12)
383. Alaska - James A. Michener** (Dec '12)
384. Lady Susan - Jane Austen*** (Dec '12)
385. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian*** (Jan '13)
386. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson*** (Jan, '13)
387. Joseph Smith Jr: Reappraisals after Two Centuries - - Edited by Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Givens**** (Jan '13)
388. Fablehaven: Secret of the Dragon Sanctuary - Brandon Mull*** (Jan, '13)
389. The Apocalypse of Abraham (Jan, '13)***
391. Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson**** (Feb, '13)
392. The Arabian Nights - Selected and Edited by Anderew Lang*** (Feb, '13)
393. Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi *** (Feb, '13)(D)
392. Lonely Planet - Hawaii or the Caribbean? A Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Island*** (March, '13)
393. Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook - 6th Edition - Andrew Doughty****(March, '13)
394. The Wind in the Willows - Kennet Grahame*** (April, '12)(D)
395. Modern Mormonism: Myths and Realities - Robert L. Millet**** (April, '12)
396. When the Lights Went Out: Three studies on the Ancient Apostacy - Hugh W. Nibley*** (April, '13)
397. A Voice of Warning - Parley P. Pratt**** (May, '13)
398. Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird - Tim Birkhead**** (May, '13)
399. The Wings of the Dove - Henry James*** (May, '13)
400.  The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide: Recovering the Lost Art of Manhood - Frank Miniter**** (May, '13)
401.  The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan*** (June, '13)
402.  Parliament of Whores - P.J. O'Rourke**** (July, '13)
403.  Summer of the Monkeys - Wilson Rawls**** (August, '13)
404.  The Lost Gate - Orson Scott Card**** (September, '13)
405.  Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome*** (October, '13)
406.  Are Mormons Christians - Stephen E. Robinson**** (December, '13)
407.  Earth Afire - Orson Scott Card**** (December, '13)
408.  The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction - Terryl Givens**** (December, '13)
409.  Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan**** (December, '13)
410.  Mormonism:  A Very Short Introduction - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (January, '14)
411.  Islam:  A Very Short Introduction - Malise Ruthven*** (January, '14)
412.  Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown*** (March, '14)
413.  A Land Remembered - Patrick D. Smith*** (March, '14)
414.  Appointment in Samarra - John O'Hara (March, '14)****
415.  Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims - Rush Limbaugh (March, '14)***
416.  Shane - Jack Schaefer (May, '14)****
417.  Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch (May, 14)****
418.  Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff - Matt Kibbe (May, '14)****
419.  The Annals of the Cakchiquels:  The Original Text, with a Translation, notes and Introduction - Francisco Hernandez Arana, Xajila' and Francisco Rojas.  Translated by Daniel G. Brinton (June, '14)***
420.  American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Rise to Power - Christopher Andersen (July, 2014)****
421.  Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser (July, 2014)****
422.  The House of Hades - Rick Riordan (July, 2014)***(D)
423.  The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope (August, 2014)***
424.  The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder (Aug, 2014)****
425.  The Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett (August, 2014)****
426.  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (August, 2014)*** (D)
427.  The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare (October, 2014)**** (D)
428.  Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity - Barry Robert Bickmore (October, 2014)****
429.  Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane (November, 2014)*****
430.  The Quran - Muhammad (November, 2014)
430.  Earth Awakens - Orson Scott Card (December, 2014)****
431.  Common Sense - Thomas Paine (December, 2014)****
432.  Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving (December, 2014)****
433.  Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs (January, 2015)***
434.  Offenders for a Word: How Anti-Mormons Play Word Games to Attack the Later-day Saints - Daniel C. Peterson & Stephen D. Ricks (January, 2015)****
435.  A Separate Peace - John Knowles (January, 2015)****
436.  Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling (January, 2015)****
437.  The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections on the Quest For Faith (January, 2015)****
438.  Canoeing with the Cree - Eric Sevareid (February, 2015)****
439.  Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife - Eben Alexander, M.D. (March, 2015)***
440.  Return to Paradise - James Michener (March 2015)****
441.  The Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan (April 2015)*** (D)
442.  Percy Jackson's Greek Gods - Rick Riordan (May, 2015)***(D)
443.  French for Mastery: Salut, les Amis! - Jean-Paul Valette et Rebecca M. Vallette (May, 2015)****
444.  The Cay - Theodore Taylor (June, 2015)****
445.  Charlotte's Web - E.B. White (July, 2015)****(D)
446.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney***(D)
447.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Rodrick Rules - Jeff Kinney (July, 2015)***(D)

Thursday, July 3, 2014

American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Rise to Power - Christopher Andersen

It was a hard choice, but I decided to read American Evita instead of Hillary Clinton's most, recent ghost written, self promoting tripe. 

There may have been a time when I felt kind of shallow because I was so repulsed by Ms. Rodham's physical appearance. Now I feel less guilty because I can confirmed that, like the picture of Dorian Gray, her soul is far more hideous than her face.  


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Books I Can Remember that I’ve Read (In no particular order)
I'm only counting text books if I read the entire thing.
I'm counting books that I read more than half of, but stopped because I couldn't stomach it (Lolita) or just because I hated it(Moby Dick). I'm not counting books that are mostly pictures (The Cat in the Hat), although they are still some of my favorite books. I'm counting books twice if I read them both in English and in Spanish. Also, I'm not counting the Bathroom Readers; mostly because I'm ashamed of how much time I spend on the pot. I've read almost all of them though.
***** - I really liked
**** - I liked
*** - OK
** - I didn’t like
* - It sucked.
(W) - Read with Whitney
(D) - Read to Dane

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald****
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce**
3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen****
4. Walden - Henry David Thoreau**
5. Claudius the God - Robert Graves*****
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez***
7. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess****
8. As I Lay Dying -William Faulkner***
9. Animal Farm - George Orwell****
10. The Book of Mormon - Written by the Hand of Mormon. Translated by Joseph Smith Jr.*****
11. The Holy Bible - King James Version*****
12. The Doctrine and Covenants - Joseph Smith, others****
13. The Pearl of Great Price - Moses, Abraham, Joseph Smith****
14. Travels with Charley (In Search of America) - John Steinbeck****
15. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket***
16. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket***
17. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket***
18. Les Liaisons Dagereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos****
19. Tom Sawyer Abroad - Samuel Clemens***
20. The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey****
21. The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell***
22. The Faith of a Scientist - Henry Eyring****
23. The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell****
24. What are People For - Wendell Berry***
25. The Miracle of Forgiveness - Spencer W. Kimball****
26. The Greatest Salesman in the World - Og Mandino***
27. 1984 - George Orwell****
28. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Samuel Clemens*****
29. On the Road - Jack Keroac****
30. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens****
31. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller****
32. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra****
33. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe***
34. Deliverance - James Dickey****
35. The Best of Edward Abbey***
36. Rosaura a las Diez - Marco Denevi****
37. Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow****
38. Tom Sawyer Detective - Samuel Clemens***
39. The Iliad -Homer****
40. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein*****
41. Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***
42. The Double - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***
43. The Trial -Franz Kafka***
44. Moby Dick - Herman Melville**
45. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison***
46. Principles of Surgery Companion Handbook - Schartz, Shires, Spencer*
47. Standing for Something - Gordon B. Hinckley***
48. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis*****
49. The Sound and the Fury -William Faulkner**
50. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck****
51. Slaughter House-Five - Kurt Vonnegut****
52. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald****
53. Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry**
54. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -Samuel Clemens*****
55. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler*****
56. The Call of the Wild - Jack London****
57. Kim - Rudyard Kipling***
58. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens****
59. Howards End - E.M. Forster****
60. Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence***
61. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad***
62. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -Robert M. Pirsig****
63. The Stranger - Albus Camus****
64. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf***
65. The Lonely Men - Louis L’Amour***
66. Sacred Clowns - Tony Hillerman***
67. The Covenant - James A. Michener****
68. Prentice Alvin - Orson Scott Card****
69. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams****
70. The Quick and the Dead - Louis L’Amour***
71. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee*****
72. The Gift of the Jews - Thomas Cahill****
73. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis****
74. The Christ Commission - Og Mandin****
75. Ender’s Game -Orson Scott Card*****
76. People of Darkness - Tony Hillerman****
77. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis****
78. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis****
79. Memory of Earth - Orson Scott Card***
80. The Odyssey - Homer****
81. The Source - James A. Michener*****
82. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger****
83. How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time - Naura Hayden**
84. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway****
85. The Changed Man - Orson Scott Card****
86. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl****
87. El Milagro del Perdon -Spencer W. Kimball****
88. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley****
89. A Marvelous Work and a Wonder - LeGrand Richards****
90. A Treasury of Classical Mythology - A.R. Hope Moncrieff****
91. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien****
92. Pure Drivel - Steve Martin***
93. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens****
94. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens****
95. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling*****
96. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling*****
97. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -J.K. Rowling*****
98. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -J.K. Rowling*****
99. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling*****
100. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling*****
101. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling*****
102. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis*****
103. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis*****
104. Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis****
105. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis*****
106. The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis*****
107. Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis****
108. That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis****
109. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway***
110. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov**
111. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley****
112. I Claudius - Robert Graves*****
113. Anthem - Ann Rand***
114. Lord of the Flies - William Golding****
115. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad***
116. Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein****
117. A Room With a View - E.M. Forster****
118. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad***
119. Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert Heinlein****
120. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesley****
121. Tunnel in the Sky - Robert Heinlein****
122. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum****
123. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card****
124. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card****
125. Songmaster - Orson Scott Card**
126. Saints - Orson Scott Card****
127. Red Prophet - Orson Scott Card****
128. Cruel Shoes - Steve Martin***
129. The Great Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****
130. Me and My Little Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****
131. Jesus the Christ - James Talmage*****
132. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas****
133. Dracula - Bram Stoker****
134. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown***
135. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown****
136. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire****
137. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl**
138. How the Irish Saved Civilization - Thomas Cahill***
139. Fundamentals of Family Medicine - Robert B. Taylor***
140. Medical Physiology - Rodney A Rhoades and George A Tanner**
141. D'aulaires Book of Greek Myths - Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aurlaire****
142. El Libro De Mormon - Un Relato Escrito por la Mano de Mormon. Traducido de las Planchas porJose Smith, Hijo*****
143. Generation X - Douglas Coupland***
144. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe****
145. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice****
146. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde****
147. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen****
148. History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Winston Churchhill****
149. Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking - Barbara Bates**
150 Complete History of the World - Richard Overy****
151.he American Religion - Harold Bloom***
152 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck****
153 In Cold Blood - Truman Capote****
154 A Rumor of War - Philip Caputo****
155. Religion in the New World - Richard E. Wentz***
156. The Moon Is Down - John Steinbeck****
157. The Pearl - John Steinbeck****
158. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck****
159. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré****
160. The Education of Little Tree - Forrest Carter*****
161. The Chosen - Chaim Potok****
163. The Work and the Glory, Pilar of Fire - Gerald N. Lund*****
164. The Work and the Glory, Like a Fire if Burning - Gerald N. Lund*****
165. The Work and the Glory, Truth will Prevail - Gerald N. Lund*****
166. The Work and the Glory, Thy Gold Refine - Gerald N. Lund*****
167. The Work and the Glory, A Season of Joy - Gerald N. Lund*****
168. Stepen King On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King***
169. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris****
170. Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, The Evidence for Ancient Origins - Edited by Noel B. Reynolds. **** (March '08)
171. The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko****
172. Naked Ape : A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal - Desmond Morris****
173. Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes****
174. Mormons and Masons, Setting the Record Straight - Gilbert W. Scharffs* (March '08)
175. San Manuel Bueno, mártir - Miguel de Unamuno****
176. Critiquing the Critics of Joseph Smith - Hartt Wixom**** (March '08)
177. Mormon Country - Wallace Stegner****
178. The House of God - Samuel Shem**
179. The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler****(March '08)
180. The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel**** (April '08)
181. Religions of the World - A Latter-day Saint View - Spencer J. Palmer, Rober R. Keller, Dong Sull Choi, James A. Toronto****
182. Julius Caesar - William Shakespear****
183. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare****
184. Hamlet - William Shakespeare****
185. Macbeth - William Shakespeare****
186. One Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions - Stephen W. Gibson*** (May '08)
187. Jay's Journal - Beatrice Sparks**
188. Blueprints in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Tamara L. Callahan, Aaron B Caughey and Linda J Heffner***
189. Clinical Microbiology Made Rediculously Simple - Mark Galdwin and Bill Trattler****
190. Prescription for the Boards USMLE Step 2 - Radhika Breaden, Charyl Denenberg, Kate Feibusch, Stephen Gomperts***
191. The Instant Exam Review for the USMLE Step 3 - Joel s. Goldberg**
192. Appleton & Lang's Review of Pediatrics - Martin I. Lorin**
193. Pathology - Arthur S. Schneider and Philip A Szanto**
194. Internal Medicine - Edward D. Frohlich**
195. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien****
196. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien****
198. The Mountain Meadows Massacre - Juanita Brooks****
198. A Thief of Time - Tony Hillerman****
199. Naked Pictures of Famous People - Jon Stewart**
200. La Casa de Bernarda Alba - Federico García Lorca***
201. Why Things Are and Why Things Aren't - Joel Achenbach****
202. Why Things Are - Joel Achenbach****
203. Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? And Other Imponderables - David Feldman****
204. First Aid for the Family Medicine Boards - Tao Le, Christine Dehlendorf, Michael Mendoza, and Cynthria Ohata**** (May '08)
205. Why Don't Cat's Like to Swim - David Feldman****
206. The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer**** (June '08)
207. Encounters with the Archdruid - John McPhee***
208. Desert Solitaire - Edward Abby***
209. Family Medicine Board Review - Robert L. Bratton, MD**** (July '08)
210. View of the Hebrews - Ethan Smith** (August '08)
211. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle****
212. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens****
213. The Book of Mormon and DNA Resarch - Edited by Daniel C. Petersen**** (Sept '08)
214. The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis**** (Sept '08)
215. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson**** (Sept '08)
216. The Great Angel - A Study of Israel's Second God - Margaret Barker**** (Sept '08)
217. The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Sept,08)
218. The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Oct, '08)
219. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer** (Oct, '08)
220. Sophie's Choice - William Styron*** (Nov, '08)
221. Revolt of 2100 - Robert Heinlein****
222. Farnham's Freehold - Robert Heinlein****
223. Between Planets - Robert Heinlein****
224. The Giver - Lois Lowry****(Nov, '08)
225. History of Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Mack Smith****
226. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein** (Nov, '08)
227. Joseph Smith - Rough Stone Rolling - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (Dec, '08)
228. The Work and the Glory - Praise to the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Dec, '08)
229. Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass - The Art of Telling Tales about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young - Hugh Nibley****(Dec, '08)
230. The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Oscar Wilde***(Dec, '08)
231. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling****(Dec, '08)
232. A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes*** (Dec, '08)
233. Celsus on the True Doctrine - A Discourse Against the Christians - translated by R. Joseph Hoffmann**** (Jan, '09)
234. Brigham Young: American Moses - Leonard J. Arrington**** (Jan, '09)
235. Atlas Shrugged - Ann Rand***** (Jan, '09)
236. Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder*** (Feb, '09)
237. Silas Marner - George Eliot**** (Feb, '09)
238. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte*** (Feb, '09)
239. Mormonism and Early Christianity - Hugh Nibley**** (March, '09)
240. Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens*** (March, '09)
241. The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis*** (April, '09)
242. The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx** (April '09)
243. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky**** (April '09)
244. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)
245. Return from Tomorrow - George Ritchie and Elizebeth Sherrill***
246. President Kimball Speaks Out - Spencer W. Kimball***
247. The World's Last Night and Other Essays - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)
248. Everything's Eventual - Stephen King****
249. Dubliners - James Joyce**** (April '09)
250. Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman**** (May '09)
251. Texas - James Michener***
252. Massacre at Mountain Meadows - Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Geln M Leonard**** (May '09)
253. Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein****
254. Hawaii - A Novel - James Michener*** (June '09)
255. Billy Budd - Herman Melville***
256. Tales of the South Pacific - James Michener***
257. Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens*** (June '09)
258. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell**** (July '09)
259. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway *** (August '09)
260. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury **** (August '09)
261. The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan*** (Sept '09)
262. Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell*** (Sept '09)
263. Leap of Faith: Confronting the Origins of the Book of Mormon - Bob Bennett**** (Sept '09)
264. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer** (Sept '09)
265. Shaken Faith Syndrome - Michael R. Ash**** (October '09)
266. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers**** (October '09)
267. Lehi in the Desert - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)
268. The World of the Jaredites - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)
269. There Were Jaredites - Hugh Nibley *** (November '09)
270. How to be the Jerk Women Love - F.J. Shark**
271. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte*** (November '09)
272. The Story of England - Christopher Hibbert****
273. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith**** (November '09)
274. The Work and the Glory - So Great a Cause - Gerald N. Lund**** (December '09)
275. Caribbean - James A. Michener**** (December '09)
276. 1776 - David McCullough**** (December '09)
277. Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons - Matthew B. Brown** (December '09)
278. The Temple - Where Heaven Meets Earth - Truman G. Madsen*** (December '09)
279. The Divine Comedy: Inferno/Purgatorio/Paradiso - Dante Alighieri. Tranlated by Carlyle Okey Wicksteed** (January '10)
280. When You are Englulfed in Flames - David Sedaris*** (January '10)
281. The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr.**** (January '10)
282. The Year of Living Biblically - A.J. Jacobs**** (February '10)
283. The Autobiograph of Parley P. Pratt**** (February '10)
284. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy - Terryl L. Givens***** (February '10)
285. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters - Jane Austin and Ben Winters*** (February '10)
286. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)
287. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)
288. Arguing with Idiots - Glen Beck*** (March '10)
289. The Godfather - Mario Puzo*** (March '10)
290. Remembering Kirtland - Grant L. Stevens and Richard Stevens*** (March '10)
291. By the Hand of Mormon - The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion - Terryl L Givens***** (April '10)
292. The LDS Family Travel Guide: Sharon, Palmyra and Kirtland - Becky Cardon Smith*** (April '10)
293. The Work and the Glory, All is Well - Gerald N. Lund**** (April '10)
294. The Four Agreements - A Toltec Wisdom Book - Don Miguel Ruiz*** (April '10)
295. The Pirate Hunter - The True Story of Captain Kidd - Richared Zacks**** (April '10)
296. Persuasion - Jane Austen**** (May, '10)
297. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown*** (May, '10)
298. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett**** (May '10)
299. Abraham in Egypt - Hugh Nibley**** (June '10)
300. Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse - James Wesley, Rawles**(June '10)
301. Native Son - Richard Wright*** (June '10)
302. Odds Are You're Going To Be Exalted - Alonzo L Gaskill*** (June '10)
303. The Sword in the Stone - T.H. White*** (July '10)
304. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 1: Fisher's of Men - Gerald N. Lund **** (July '10)
305. The Once and Future King - T.H. White**** (August '10)
306. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 2: Come Unto Me - Gerald N. Lund**** (August '10)
307. 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories - Daniel Partner*** (August '10)(D).
308. People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture - Terryl L. Givens**** (Sept. '10)
309. Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Suporting the Prophet Joseph Smith - Michael R. Ash**** (Sept. '10)
310. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 3: Behold the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Oct. '10)
311. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins*** (Oct. '10)
312. Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Oct. '10)(D)
313. Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith - compled by Joseph Fielding Smith - (Oct. '10)****
314. The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities of Ancient Israel - Mark S. Smith*** (Oct. '10)
315. They Lie In Wait to Deceive Volume I - Robert L and Rosemary Brown**** (Oct. '10)
316. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo***** (December '10)
317. Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Dec. '10)(D)
318. Emma - Jane Austen*** (December '10)
319. People Who Deserve It: Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face - Casey Rand and Tim Gordon*** (January '11)
320. Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner**** (January '11)
321. Yucatan Before and After the Conquest - Friar Diego de Landa**** (January '11)
322. Greek Myths Western Style: Toga Tales with an Attitude - Barbara McBride-Smith**** (February '11)
323. Peter and the Secret of Rundun - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson **** (February '11)(D)
324. How Greek Philosophy Corrupted the Christian Concept of God - Richard R. Hopkins**** (March '11)
325. Ulysses - James Joyce*** (March '11)
326. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Laurence Bergreen**** (March '11)
327. Fablehaven - Brandon Mull**** (April '11)(D)
328. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion - Sterling M. McMurrin***** (April '11)
329. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard**** (April '11)
330. The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - edited by Anthony Gross*** (April '11)
331. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton*** (April '11)
332. The Heart of the Matter - Graham Greene**** (April '11)
333. On Fiji Islands - Ronald Wright**** (May '11)
334. The Snark Handbook, Insult Edition - Comebacks, Taunts and Effronteries - Lawrence Dorfman*** - (May '11)
335. Henderson the Rain King - Saul Bellow**** (May '11)
336. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle*** (June '11)(D)
337. The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene**** (June '11)
338. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume 2 - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (July '11)
339. Who Cut the Cheese? A Cultural History of the Fart - Jim Dawson***(July '11)
340. Peter and the Sword of Mercy - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson*** (July '11)(D)
341. Science and the Book of Mormon - Wade E. Miller*** (August '11)
342. Little-Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon- Renton G. Yorgason*** (August '11)
343. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan**** (August '11)(D)
344. Plates of Gold: The Book of Mormon Comes Forth - Matthew B. Brown****(August '11)
345. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan**** (September'11)(D).
346. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume IV - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (September '11).
347. The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries, Ancient and Modern - James E. Talmage*** (September '11)
348. 400 Questions & Answers About the Life and Times of Jesus Christ - Susan Easton Black**** (October '11)
349. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan**** (October '11)(D)
350. Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses - Richard Lloyd Anderson***** (October '11)
351. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser***(October '11)
352. From Man to God: An LDS Scientis Views Creation, Progression and Exlatation - William E. Harris** (October '11)
353. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie**** (October '11)(D)
354. Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen**** (November '11)
355. A Passage to India - E.M. Forster****(Novemver '11)
356. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner**** (November '11)
357. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan*** (December '11)(D)
358. The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points That Saved the World - Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart**** (December '11)
359. Apocrypha - King James Version **** (December '11)
360. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - Michael Lewis**** (December '11)
361. The Brincess Bride - William Goldman**** (January '12)(D)
362. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan*** (February '12)(D)
363. The L.D.S. Family Travel Guide: Independence, Nauvoo and Winter Quarters - Becky Cardon Smith**** (March '12)
364. Matilda - Roald Dahl*** (March '12) (W)
365. Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, & Naturalism - Alvin Plantinga**** (March '12)
366. Celebrating Passover: A Guide to Understanding the Jewish Feast for Later-day Saints - Marianne Monson-Burton**** (March '12)
367. The Book of Mormon: The Original Text - Edited by Royal Skousen***** (March '12)
368. Fire of the Covenant: A Novel of the Whillie and Martin Handcart Companies - Gerald N. Lund**** (March '12)
369. The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith - Matthew Bowman**** (April '12)
370. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan*** (April '12) (D)
371. 7 Miracles That Saved America - Chris and Ted Stewart**** (April '12)
372. When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought - Terryl L. Givens**** (April '12)
373. Fablehaven - Rise of the Evening Star - Brandon Mull*** (June '12) (D)
374. Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague - Brandon Mull*** (Sept '12) (D)
375. Earth Unaware - Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston**** (Sept '12)
376. The Family Corleone - Ed Falco**** (Oct '12)
377. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Henry Fielding*** (Oct '12)
378. Bleak House - Charles Dickens*** (Oct '12)
379. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift*** (Nov '12)
380. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray**** (Nov '12)
381. The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pene du Bois** (Nov '12)(D)
382. Why I'm a Mormon - Joseph A. Cannon*** (Dec '12)
383. Alaska - James A. Michener** (Dec '12)
384. Lady Susan - Jane Austen*** (Dec '12)
385. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian*** (Jan '13)
386. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson*** (Jan, '13)
387. Joseph Smith Jr: Reappraisals after Two Centuries - - Edited by Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Givens**** (Jan '13)
388. Fablehaven: Secret of the Dragon Sanctuary - Brandon Mull*** (Jan, '13)
389. The Apocalypse of Abraham (Jan, '13)***
391. Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson**** (Feb, '13)
392. The Arabian Nights - Selected and Edited by Anderew Lang*** (Feb, '13)
393. Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi *** (Feb, '13)(D)
392. Lonely Planet - Hawaii or the Caribbean? A Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Island*** (March, '13)
393. Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook - 6th Edition - Andrew Doughty****(March, '13)
394. The Wind in the Willows - Kennet Grahame*** (April, '12)(D)
395. Modern Mormonism: Myths and Realities - Robert L. Millet**** (April, '12)
396. When the Lights Went Out: Three studies on the Ancient Apostacy - Hugh W. Nibley*** (April, '13)
397. A Voice of Warning - Parley P. Pratt**** (May, '13)
398. Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird - Tim Birkhead**** (May, '13)
399. The Wings of the Dove - Henry James*** (May, '13)
400.  The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide: Recovering the Lost Art of Manhood - Frank Miniter**** (May, '13)
401.  The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan*** (June, '13)
402.  Parliament of Whores - P.J. O'Rourke**** (July, '13)
403.  Summer of the Monkeys - Wilson Rawls**** (August, '13)
404.  The Lost Gate - Orson Scott Card**** (September, '13)
405.  Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome*** (October, '13)
406.  Are Mormons Christians - Stephen E. Robinson**** (December, '13)
407.  Earth Afire - Orson Scott Card**** (December, '13)
408.  The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction - Terryl Givens**** (December, '13)
409.  Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan**** (December, '13)
410.  Mormonism:  A Very Short Introduction - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (January, '14)
411.  Islam:  A Very Short Introduction - Malise Ruthven*** (January, '14)
412.  Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown*** (March, '14)
413.  A Land Remembered - Patrick D. Smith*** (March, '14)
414.  Appointment in Samarra - John O'Hara (March, '14)****
415.  Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims - Rush Limbaugh (March, '14)***
416.  Shane - Jack Schaefer (May, '14)****
417.  Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch (May, 14)****
418.  Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff - Matt Kibbe (May, '14)****
419.  The Annals of the Cakchiquels:  The Original Text, with a Translation, notes and Introduction - Francisco Hernandez Arana, Xajila' and Francisco Rojas.  Translated by Daniel G. Brinton (June, '14)***
420.  American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Rise to Power - Christopher Andersen (July, 2014)****
421.  Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser (July, 2014)****
422.  The House of Hades - Rick Riordan (July, 2014)***(D)
423.  The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope (August, 2014)***
424.  The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder (Aug, 2014)****
425.  The Little Princes - Frances Hodgson Burnett (August, 2014)****
426.  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (August, 2014)*** (D)
427.  The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare (October, 2014)**** (D)
428.  Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity - Barry Robert Bickmore (October, 2014)****
429.  Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane (November, 2014)*****
430.  Earth Awakes - Orson Scott Card (December, 2014)****

Saturday, June 7, 2014

I Read a Book Once - The Annals of the Cakchiquels



The Annals of the Cakchiquels is an historical and mythological history of the Kaqchiquel Indians of Guatemala, from the time their ancestors were believed to have come from across the Western Sea to the time of the conquest by Alvarado and the Castilians.  It was written in 1571 by Francisco Hernandez Arana Xajila’, a Kaqchiquel of noble birth, and completed by his grandson, Francisco Rojas, in 1604. 

Of interest to Mormons, in the edition edited translated by Daniel G Brinton, is some of the Kaqchiquel’s background, given in his introduction and in some of his footnotes.   I provide a few passages here:

“…none of these aforementioned tribes claimed to be autochthonous.  All pointed to some distant land as the home of their ancestors, and religiously preserved the legends, more or less mythical, of their early wanderings until they had reached their present seats.  How strong the mythical element in them is, becomes evident when we find them in the story of the first four brothers as their four primitive rulers and leaders, - a myth which I have elsewhere shown prevailed extensively over the American continent…These four brothers were noble youths, born of one mother, who sallied forth from Tulan, the golden city of the sun, and divided between them all the land from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the confines of Nicaragua, in other words, all the known world.”

“Sanchez y Leon, quoting apparently some ancient Cakchiquel refrain, gives as the former name of their royal race, ru tzuiuh Tulan, the flower of Tulan, which wondrous city he would place in Western Asia.” 


(Try to say “ru tzuiuh Tulan” a few times and then say “Jerusalem”.  I have no idea how this would sound in a Kaqchiquel accent, and it might be a coincidence, but these guys thought it was the home of their primitive ancestors.)

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Books I Can Remember that I’ve Read (In no particular order)
I'm only counting text books if I read the entire thing.
I'm counting books that I read more than half of, but stopped because I couldn't stomach it (Lolita) or just because I hated it(Moby Dick). I'm not counting books that are mostly pictures (The Cat in the Hat), although they are still some of my favorite books. I'm counting books twice if I read them both in English and in Spanish. Also, I'm not counting the Bathroom Readers; mostly because I'm ashamed of how much time I spend on the pot. I've read almost all of them though.
***** - I really liked
**** - I liked
*** - OK
** - I didn’t like
* - It sucked.
(W) - Read with Whitney
(D) - Read to Dane

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald****
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce**
3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen****
4. Walden - Henry David Thoreau**
5. Claudius the God - Robert Graves*****
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez***
7. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess****
8. As I Lay Dying -William Faulkner***
9. Animal Farm - George Orwell****
10. The Book of Mormon - Written by the Hand of Mormon. Translated by Joseph Smith Jr.*****
11. The Holy Bible - King James Version*****
12. The Doctrine and Covenants - Joseph Smith, others****
13. The Pearl of Great Price - Moses, Abraham, Joseph Smith****
14. Travels with Charley (In Search of America) - John Steinbeck****
15. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket***
16. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket***
17. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket***
18. Les Liaisons Dagereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos****
19. Tom Sawyer Abroad - Samuel Clemens***
20. The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey****
21. The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell***
22. The Faith of a Scientist - Henry Eyring****
23. The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell****
24. What are People For - Wendell Berry***
25. The Miracle of Forgiveness - Spencer W. Kimball****
26. The Greatest Salesman in the World - Og Mandino***
27. 1984 - George Orwell****
28. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Samuel Clemens*****
29. On the Road - Jack Keroac****
30. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens****
31. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller****
32. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra****
33. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe***
34. Deliverance - James Dickey****
35. The Best of Edward Abbey***
36. Rosaura a las Diez - Marco Denevi****
37. Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow****
38. Tom Sawyer Detective - Samuel Clemens***
39. The Iliad -Homer****
40. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein*****
41. Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***
42. The Double - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***
43. The Trial -Franz Kafka***
44. Moby Dick - Herman Melville**
45. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison***
46. Principles of Surgery Companion Handbook - Schartz, Shires, Spencer*
47. Standing for Something - Gordon B. Hinckley***
48. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis*****
49. The Sound and the Fury -William Faulkner**
50. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck****
51. Slaughter House-Five - Kurt Vonnegut****
52. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald****
53. Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry**
54. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -Samuel Clemens*****
55. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler*****
56. The Call of the Wild - Jack London****
57. Kim - Rudyard Kipling***
58. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens****
59. Howards End - E.M. Forster****
60. Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence***
61. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad***
62. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -Robert M. Pirsig****
63. The Stranger - Albus Camus****
64. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf***
65. The Lonely Men - Louis L’Amour***
66. Sacred Clowns - Tony Hillerman***
67. The Covenant - James A. Michener****
68. Prentice Alvin - Orson Scott Card****
69. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams****
70. The Quick and the Dead - Louis L’Amour***
71. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee*****
72. The Gift of the Jews - Thomas Cahill****
73. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis****
74. The Christ Commission - Og Mandin****
75. Ender’s Game -Orson Scott Card*****
76. People of Darkness - Tony Hillerman****
77. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis****
78. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis****
79. Memory of Earth - Orson Scott Card***
80. The Odyssey - Homer****
81. The Source - James A. Michener*****
82. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger****
83. How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time - Naura Hayden**
84. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway****
85. The Changed Man - Orson Scott Card****
86. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl****
87. El Milagro del Perdon -Spencer W. Kimball****
88. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley****
89. A Marvelous Work and a Wonder - LeGrand Richards****
90. A Treasury of Classical Mythology - A.R. Hope Moncrieff****
91. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien****
92. Pure Drivel - Steve Martin***
93. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens****
94. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens****
95. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling*****
96. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling*****
97. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -J.K. Rowling*****
98. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -J.K. Rowling*****
99. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling*****
100. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling*****
101. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling*****
102. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis*****
103. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis*****
104. Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis****
105. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis*****
106. The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis*****
107. Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis****
108. That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis****
109. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway***
110. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov**
111. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley****
112. I Claudius - Robert Graves*****
113. Anthem - Ann Rand***
114. Lord of the Flies - William Golding****
115. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad***
116. Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein****
117. A Room With a View - E.M. Forster****
118. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad***
119. Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert Heinlein****
120. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesley****
121. Tunnel in the Sky - Robert Heinlein****
122. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum****
123. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card****
124. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card****
125. Songmaster - Orson Scott Card**
126. Saints - Orson Scott Card****
127. Red Prophet - Orson Scott Card****
128. Cruel Shoes - Steve Martin***
129. The Great Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****
130. Me and My Little Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****
131. Jesus the Christ - James Talmage*****
132. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas****
133. Dracula - Bram Stoker****
134. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown***
135. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown****
136. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire****
137. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl**
138. How the Irish Saved Civilization - Thomas Cahill***
139. Fundamentals of Family Medicine - Robert B. Taylor***
140. Medical Physiology - Rodney A Rhoades and George A Tanner**
141. D'aulaires Book of Greek Myths - Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aurlaire****
142. El Libro De Mormon - Un Relato Escrito por la Mano de Mormon. Traducido de las Planchas porJose Smith, Hijo*****
143. Generation X - Douglas Coupland***
144. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe****
145. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice****
146. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde****
147. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen****
148. History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Winston Churchhill****
149. Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking - Barbara Bates**
150 Complete History of the World - Richard Overy****
151.he American Religion - Harold Bloom***
152 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck****
153 In Cold Blood - Truman Capote****
154 A Rumor of War - Philip Caputo****
155. Religion in the New World - Richard E. Wentz***
156. The Moon Is Down - John Steinbeck****
157. The Pearl - John Steinbeck****
158. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck****
159. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré****
160. The Education of Little Tree - Forrest Carter*****
161. The Chosen - Chaim Potok****
163. The Work and the Glory, Pilar of Fire - Gerald N. Lund*****
164. The Work and the Glory, Like a Fire if Burning - Gerald N. Lund*****
165. The Work and the Glory, Truth will Prevail - Gerald N. Lund*****
166. The Work and the Glory, Thy Gold Refine - Gerald N. Lund*****
167. The Work and the Glory, A Season of Joy - Gerald N. Lund*****
168. Stepen King On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King***
169. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris****
170. Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, The Evidence for Ancient Origins - Edited by Noel B. Reynolds. **** (March '08)
171. The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko****
172. Naked Ape : A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal - Desmond Morris****
173. Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes****
174. Mormons and Masons, Setting the Record Straight - Gilbert W. Scharffs* (March '08)
175. San Manuel Bueno, mártir - Miguel de Unamuno****
176. Critiquing the Critics of Joseph Smith - Hartt Wixom**** (March '08)
177. Mormon Country - Wallace Stegner****
178. The House of God - Samuel Shem**
179. The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler****(March '08)
180. The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel**** (April '08)
181. Religions of the World - A Latter-day Saint View - Spencer J. Palmer, Rober R. Keller, Dong Sull Choi, James A. Toronto****
182. Julius Caesar - William Shakespear****
183. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare****
184. Hamlet - William Shakespeare****
185. Macbeth - William Shakespeare****
186. One Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions - Stephen W. Gibson*** (May '08)
187. Jay's Journal - Beatrice Sparks**
188. Blueprints in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Tamara L. Callahan, Aaron B Caughey and Linda J Heffner***
189. Clinical Microbiology Made Rediculously Simple - Mark Galdwin and Bill Trattler****
190. Prescription for the Boards USMLE Step 2 - Radhika Breaden, Charyl Denenberg, Kate Feibusch, Stephen Gomperts***
191. The Instant Exam Review for the USMLE Step 3 - Joel s. Goldberg**
192. Appleton & Lang's Review of Pediatrics - Martin I. Lorin**
193. Pathology - Arthur S. Schneider and Philip A Szanto**
194. Internal Medicine - Edward D. Frohlich**
195. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien****
196. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien****
198. The Mountain Meadows Massacre - Juanita Brooks****
198. A Thief of Time - Tony Hillerman****
199. Naked Pictures of Famous People - Jon Stewart**
200. La Casa de Bernarda Alba - Federico García Lorca***
201. Why Things Are and Why Things Aren't - Joel Achenbach****
202. Why Things Are - Joel Achenbach****
203. Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? And Other Imponderables - David Feldman****
204. First Aid for the Family Medicine Boards - Tao Le, Christine Dehlendorf, Michael Mendoza, and Cynthria Ohata**** (May '08)
205. Why Don't Cat's Like to Swim - David Feldman****
206. The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer**** (June '08)
207. Encounters with the Archdruid - John McPhee***
208. Desert Solitaire - Edward Abby***
209. Family Medicine Board Review - Robert L. Bratton, MD**** (July '08)
210. View of the Hebrews - Ethan Smith** (August '08)
211. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle****
212. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens****
213. The Book of Mormon and DNA Resarch - Edited by Daniel C. Petersen**** (Sept '08)
214. The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis**** (Sept '08)
215. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson**** (Sept '08)
216. The Great Angel - A Study of Israel's Second God - Margaret Barker**** (Sept '08)
217. The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Sept,08)
218. The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Oct, '08)
219. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer** (Oct, '08)
220. Sophie's Choice - William Styron*** (Nov, '08)
221. Revolt of 2100 - Robert Heinlein****
222. Farnham's Freehold - Robert Heinlein****
223. Between Planets - Robert Heinlein****
224. The Giver - Lois Lowry****(Nov, '08)
225. History of Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Mack Smith****
226. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein** (Nov, '08)
227. Joseph Smith - Rough Stone Rolling - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (Dec, '08)
228. The Work and the Glory - Praise to the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Dec, '08)
229. Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass - The Art of Telling Tales about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young - Hugh Nibley****(Dec, '08)
230. The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Oscar Wilde***(Dec, '08)
231. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling****(Dec, '08)
232. A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes*** (Dec, '08)
233. Celsus on the True Doctrine - A Discourse Against the Christians - translated by R. Joseph Hoffmann**** (Jan, '09)
234. Brigham Young: American Moses - Leonard J. Arrington**** (Jan, '09)
235. Atlas Shrugged - Ann Rand***** (Jan, '09)
236. Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder*** (Feb, '09)
237. Silas Marner - George Eliot**** (Feb, '09)
238. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte*** (Feb, '09)
239. Mormonism and Early Christianity - Hugh Nibley**** (March, '09)
240. Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens*** (March, '09)
241. The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis*** (April, '09)
242. The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx** (April '09)
243. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky**** (April '09)
244. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)
245. Return from Tomorrow - George Ritchie and Elizebeth Sherrill***
246. President Kimball Speaks Out - Spencer W. Kimball***
247. The World's Last Night and Other Essays - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)
248. Everything's Eventual - Stephen King****
249. Dubliners - James Joyce**** (April '09)
250. Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman**** (May '09)
251. Texas - James Michener***
252. Massacre at Mountain Meadows - Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Geln M Leonard**** (May '09)
253. Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein****
254. Hawaii - A Novel - James Michener*** (June '09)
255. Billy Budd - Herman Melville***
256. Tales of the South Pacific - James Michener***
257. Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens*** (June '09)
258. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell**** (July '09)
259. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway *** (August '09)
260. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury **** (August '09)
261. The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan*** (Sept '09)
262. Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell*** (Sept '09)
263. Leap of Faith: Confronting the Origins of the Book of Mormon - Bob Bennett**** (Sept '09)
264. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer** (Sept '09)
265. Shaken Faith Syndrome - Michael R. Ash**** (October '09)
266. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers**** (October '09)
267. Lehi in the Desert - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)
268. The World of the Jaredites - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)
269. There Were Jaredites - Hugh Nibley *** (November '09)
270. How to be the Jerk Women Love - F.J. Shark**
271. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte*** (November '09)
272. The Story of England - Christopher Hibbert****
273. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith**** (November '09)
274. The Work and the Glory - So Great a Cause - Gerald N. Lund**** (December '09)
275. Caribbean - James A. Michener**** (December '09)
276. 1776 - David McCullough**** (December '09)
277. Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons - Matthew B. Brown** (December '09)
278. The Temple - Where Heaven Meets Earth - Truman G. Madsen*** (December '09)
279. The Divine Comedy: Inferno/Purgatorio/Paradiso - Dante Alighieri. Tranlated by Carlyle Okey Wicksteed** (January '10)
280. When You are Englulfed in Flames - David Sedaris*** (January '10)
281. The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr.**** (January '10)
282. The Year of Living Biblically - A.J. Jacobs**** (February '10)
283. The Autobiograph of Parley P. Pratt**** (February '10)
284. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy - Terryl L. Givens***** (February '10)
285. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters - Jane Austin and Ben Winters*** (February '10)
286. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)
287. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)
288. Arguing with Idiots - Glen Beck*** (March '10)
289. The Godfather - Mario Puzo*** (March '10)
290. Remembering Kirtland - Grant L. Stevens and Richard Stevens*** (March '10)
291. By the Hand of Mormon - The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion - Terryl L Givens***** (April '10)
292. The LDS Family Travel Guide: Sharon, Palmyra and Kirtland - Becky Cardon Smith*** (April '10)
293. The Work and the Glory, All is Well - Gerald N. Lund**** (April '10)
294. The Four Agreements - A Toltec Wisdom Book - Don Miguel Ruiz*** (April '10)
295. The Pirate Hunter - The True Story of Captain Kidd - Richared Zacks**** (April '10)
296. Persuasion - Jane Austen**** (May, '10)
297. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown*** (May, '10)
298. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett**** (May '10)
299. Abraham in Egypt - Hugh Nibley**** (June '10)
300. Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse - James Wesley, Rawles**(June '10)
301. Native Son - Richard Wright*** (June '10)
302. Odds Are You're Going To Be Exalted - Alonzo L Gaskill*** (June '10)
303. The Sword in the Stone - T.H. White*** (July '10)
304. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 1: Fisher's of Men - Gerald N. Lund **** (July '10)
305. The Once and Future King - T.H. White**** (August '10)
306. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 2: Come Unto Me - Gerald N. Lund**** (August '10)
307. 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories - Daniel Partner*** (August '10)(D).
308. People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture - Terryl L. Givens**** (Sept. '10)
309. Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Suporting the Prophet Joseph Smith - Michael R. Ash**** (Sept. '10)
310. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 3: Behold the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Oct. '10)
311. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins*** (Oct. '10)
312. Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Oct. '10)(D)
313. Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith - compled by Joseph Fielding Smith - (Oct. '10)****
314. The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities of Ancient Israel - Mark S. Smith*** (Oct. '10)
315. They Lie In Wait to Deceive Volume I - Robert L and Rosemary Brown**** (Oct. '10)
316. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo***** (December '10)
317. Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Dec. '10)(D)
318. Emma - Jane Austen*** (December '10)
319. People Who Deserve It: Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face - Casey Rand and Tim Gordon*** (January '11)
320. Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner**** (January '11)
321. Yucatan Before and After the Conquest - Friar Diego de Landa**** (January '11)
322. Greek Myths Western Style: Toga Tales with an Attitude - Barbara McBride-Smith**** (February '11)
323. Peter and the Secret of Rundun - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson **** (February '11)(D)
324. How Greek Philosophy Corrupted the Christian Concept of God - Richard R. Hopkins**** (March '11)
325. Ulysses - James Joyce*** (March '11)
326. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Laurence Bergreen**** (March '11)
327. Fablehaven - Brandon Mull**** (April '11)(D)
328. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion - Sterling M. McMurrin***** (April '11)
329. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard**** (April '11)
330. The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - edited by Anthony Gross*** (April '11)
331. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton*** (April '11)
332. The Heart of the Matter - Graham Greene**** (April '11)
333. On Fiji Islands - Ronald Wright**** (May '11)
334. The Snark Handbook, Insult Edition - Comebacks, Taunts and Effronteries - Lawrence Dorfman*** - (May '11)
335. Henderson the Rain King - Saul Bellow**** (May '11)
336. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle*** (June '11)(D)
337. The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene**** (June '11)
338. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume 2 - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (July '11)
339. Who Cut the Cheese? A Cultural History of the Fart - Jim Dawson***(July '11)
340. Peter and the Sword of Mercy - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson*** (July '11)(D)
341. Science and the Book of Mormon - Wade E. Miller*** (August '11)
342. Little-Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon- Renton G. Yorgason*** (August '11)
343. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan**** (August '11)(D)
344. Plates of Gold: The Book of Mormon Comes Forth - Matthew B. Brown****(August '11)
345. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan**** (September'11)(D).
346. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume IV - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (September '11).
347. The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries, Ancient and Modern - James E. Talmage*** (September '11)
348. 400 Questions & Answers About the Life and Times of Jesus Christ - Susan Easton Black**** (October '11)
349. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan**** (October '11)(D)
350. Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses - Richard Lloyd Anderson***** (October '11)
351. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser***(October '11)
352. From Man to God: An LDS Scientis Views Creation, Progression and Exlatation - William E. Harris** (October '11)
353. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie**** (October '11)(D)
354. Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen**** (November '11)
355. A Passage to India - E.M. Forster****(Novemver '11)
356. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner**** (November '11)
357. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan*** (December '11)(D)
358. The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points That Saved the World - Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart**** (December '11)
359. Apocrypha - King James Version **** (December '11)
360. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - Michael Lewis**** (December '11)
361. The Brincess Bride - William Goldman**** (January '12)(D)
362. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan*** (February '12)(D)
363. The L.D.S. Family Travel Guide: Independence, Nauvoo and Winter Quarters - Becky Cardon Smith**** (March '12)
364. Matilda - Roald Dahl*** (March '12) (W)
365. Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, & Naturalism - Alvin Plantinga**** (March '12)
366. Celebrating Passover: A Guide to Understanding the Jewish Feast for Later-day Saints - Marianne Monson-Burton**** (March '12)
367. The Book of Mormon: The Original Text - Edited by Royal Skousen***** (March '12)
368. Fire of the Covenant: A Novel of the Whillie and Martin Handcart Companies - Gerald N. Lund**** (March '12)
369. The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith - Matthew Bowman**** (April '12)
370. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan*** (April '12) (D)
371. 7 Miracles That Saved America - Chris and Ted Stewart**** (April '12)
372. When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought - Terryl L. Givens**** (April '12)
373. Fablehaven - Rise of the Evening Star - Brandon Mull*** (June '12) (D)
374. Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague - Brandon Mull*** (Sept '12) (D)
375. Earth Unaware - Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston**** (Sept '12)
376. The Family Corleone - Ed Falco**** (Oct '12)
377. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Henry Fielding*** (Oct '12)
378. Bleak House - Charles Dickens*** (Oct '12)
379. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift*** (Nov '12)
380. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray**** (Nov '12)
381. The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pene du Bois** (Nov '12)(D)
382. Why I'm a Mormon - Joseph A. Cannon*** (Dec '12)
383. Alaska - James A. Michener** (Dec '12)
384. Lady Susan - Jane Austen*** (Dec '12)
385. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian*** (Jan '13)
386. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson*** (Jan, '13)
387. Joseph Smith Jr: Reappraisals after Two Centuries - - Edited by Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Givens**** (Jan '13)
388. Fablehaven: Secret of the Dragon Sanctuary - Brandon Mull*** (Jan, '13)
389. The Apocalypse of Abraham (Jan, '13)***
391. Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson**** (Feb, '13)
392. The Arabian Nights - Selected and Edited by Anderew Lang*** (Feb, '13)
393. Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi *** (Feb, '13)(D)
392. Lonely Planet - Hawaii or the Caribbean? A Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Island*** (March, '13)
393. Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook - 6th Edition - Andrew Doughty****(March, '13)
394. The Wind in the Willows - Kennet Grahame*** (April, '12)(D)
395. Modern Mormonism: Myths and Realities - Robert L. Millet**** (April, '12)
396. When the Lights Went Out: Three studies on the Ancient Apostacy - Hugh W. Nibley*** (April, '13)
397. A Voice of Warning - Parley P. Pratt**** (May, '13)
398. Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird - Tim Birkhead**** (May, '13)
399. The Wings of the Dove - Henry James*** (May, '13)
400.  The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide: Recovering the Lost Art of Manhood - Frank Miniter**** (May, '13)
401.  The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan*** (June, '13)
402.  Parliament of Whores - P.J. O'Rourke**** (July, '13)
403.  Summer of the Monkeys - Wilson Rawls**** (August, '13)
404.  The Lost Gate - Orson Scott Card**** (September, '13)
405.  Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome*** (October, '13)
406.  Are Mormons Christians - Stephen E. Robinson**** (December, '13)
407.  Earth Afire - Orson Scott Card**** (December, '13)
408.  The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction - Terryl Givens**** (December, '13)
409.  Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan**** (December, '13)
410.  Mormonism:  A Very Short Introduction - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (January, '14)
411.  Islam:  A Very Short Introduction - Malise Ruthven*** (January, '14)
412.  Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown*** (March, '14)
413.  A Land Remembered - Patrick D. Smith*** (March, '14)
414.  Appointment in Samarra - John O'Hara (March, '14)****
415.  Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims - Rush Limbaugh (March, '14)***
416.  Shane - Jack Schaefer (May, '14)****
417.  Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch (May, 14)****
418.  Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff - Matt Kibbe (May, '14)****
419.  The Annals of the Cakchiquels:  The Original Text, with a Translation, notes and Introduction - Francisco Hernandez Arana, Xajila' and Francisco Rojas.  Translated by Daniel G. Brinton (June, '14)***