In this concluding volume to the Come to Zion series Will and Liz, 19th century Mormon pioneers, leave Nauvoo, Illinois and cross the plains to reach the Salt Lake Valley. Meanwhile Jeff and Abby, living in the 21st century Midwest, face decisions about moving from Nauvoo to go to graduate school.

Born in Nigeria, Tito Momen was raised to observe the strict and radical teachings of Islam. As early as age five, he was waking before dawn every morning to attend the mosque and pray with the men in his village. By age six, he was training to memorize the Qur'an by copying the entire book word for word. And as he grew he was being raised to emerge as a leader among clerics, capable of leading a jihad to convert nonbelievers to Islam. As a young

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I learned early that if you don't want to go to school for a career . . . then this was the life. And there were rules. You better not drink, you better not be a big shot and you better always stay low and keep your mouth shut. If you're going to play the game, you've got to play smart.Thus began Mario Facione's slow descent into the Mafia world. With a desire to please his father, Facione kept the rules taught him - don't get caught, know your

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Life has never looked so promising for Shelby Hamlin. After weathering a lonely childhood, her father's death, and her mother's rejection for joining the Church, she is now engaged to someone who appears to be the ideal man: Brad Thompson, an ambitious BYU student who's stalwart in the gospel. And when Shelby travels alone to Brad's hometown in Montana while he's in California, she's warmly embraced by her future in-laws--with the exception of Cameron,...

"Isaac Shaw is dead. For sixteen years, his family has struggled on in shame, believing he died a criminal-responsible, in 1837, for burning down the village mill and causing the death of several villagers, including the mill owner's wife. Since then, the family has survived due to the remarkable charity of Edward Reeve, the bereaved mill owner, who now employs Isaac Shaw's sons. When Isaac's youngest son Manny decides to run away, the decision takes...

Once a pop star as the lead singer for the boy band Awesome, Alex Boye gave up is rock-star lifestyle to pursue a life of uplifting and inspiring others through his signature musical style. This compelling documentary tells Alex's story of poverty and homelessness, his conversion to the LDS church, the power of music in his life, and the path that led him to being one of the most dynamic and influential members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and an...

When their mother dies in a car accident, seventeen-year-old Megan and her two younger sisters are left in the care of their eccentric grandmother. The girls later learn that because their father had converted to Mormonism their mother had kidnapped them when they were children and told them that he had died.

When Emmeline confides to Lydia that she has been reading the Book of Mormon, Lydia is shocked and dismayed. How could her best friend, a solid, honest person, believe in something so blasphemous as new scripture and modern prophets? Lydia knows she can never accept Emmeline's new faith, but out of respect for her friend, she agrees to read the book. And the more she reads, the more she comes to realize that there is a power about the book she cannot...