M Russell: 129 books

Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926),also known as Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures....

Big ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. In this wide ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes and Wittgenstein to Philip K Dick and the Moomins as well as contemporary thinkers such as Peter Singer...

The periodic table, created in the early 1860s by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, marked one of the most extraordinary advances in modern chemistry. This basic visual aid helped scientists to gain a deeper understanding of what chemical elements really were: and, astonishingly, it also correctly...

"Suicide is a sin-a very grievous one, yet the Lord will not judge the person who commits that sin strictly by the act itself. The Lord will look at that person's circumstances and the degree of his accountability at the time of the act." Elder M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve...

The Gurl Who Swam Around The World: When 16-year-old Sara Wilson rescues a mysterious swimmer from the ocean, she doesn't realize that not only is Gurl a mermaid, but also her new friend just witnessed a murder and now the killer wants Gurl dead. The Siege of 810 Davenport Road: Besieged night...

When the bustle of a city slows, towns dissolve into abandoned buildings or return to woods and crumble into the North Georgia clay. The remains of numerous towns dot the landscape--pockets of life that were lost to fire or drowned by the water of civic works projects. In 1832, Auraria was one of...

In this, the most recent addition to the approved missionary personal library, Elder M. Russell Ballard explains the Church and LDS beliefs in a clear and inoffensive way. Elder Ballard discusses the Apostasy, the need for the Restoration, the Book of Mormon, the priesthood, the plan of salvation,...

Elder M. Russell Ballard bears a unique heritage. A descendant of Hyrum Smith and Joseph F. Smith, Elder Ballard was also blessed with two grandfathers who were Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hyrum Mack Smith and Melvin J. Ballard left volumes of their sermons, writings, letters, and family records....

Do you sometimes wonder if your little efforts could possibly make any difference at all? Consider a simple example from nature.Honey is “one of the foods that includes all the substances— enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water—necessary to sustain life,” writes Elder M. Russell Ballard....

Marche James is a drunk. A drunk that killed his dear wife in a horrific car accident. The doctors released him from the hospital when they decided he had recovered but they overlooked his mental injuries. Three years later, Marche remains a cruel and lonely man. Estranged from his daughter and living...

Lucius Henry, 22 years old and a bookkeeper by trade, longed to see the world but had never been out of New York City. Never even been on a train. So you can imagine how excited Lucius was when the Maple Leaf Transcontinental pulled out of the New York City train station on its way to...

As Jared Arden searches for his personal truth, others are trying to stop him from finding a way to help defeat their enemy the mysterious Mr Rimmington. Jared tells his side to a story that cannot end well. He meets strangers in the guise of friends, and those who appear to be friends but are just...

With the busyness of everyday life, how can you find balance between family, the gospel, work, and more? In this short booklet, President M. Russell Ballard helps women to see the unique contribution each can render as she drew upon her “distinctive strengths and talents, insights and experiences,...

As Davey Milnes prepares to returns to the place called "Cloud Field", the truth about their involvement in the original experiment becomes more and more complicated. With missing team members and other groups unaccounted for; this parallel world holds onto its secrets. Davey goes back to find his...