Starting in 1957, Deseret Book Company began publishing many of these questions and answers in a five-volume series entitled Answers to Gospel Questions.Now Deseret Book is reprinting this classic collection in one volume. The new edition has a timeless design and includes the complete, unabridged text. It also offers an updated, combined index and a new appendix, making it easier to find the information and answers you need. It should be noted that because ours is a church of continuing revelation, a few responses to questions are now dated. This work should be read in the context of the time in which it was written.Answers to Gospel Questions provides definitive answers to some of the most important and interesting questions asked by students of the gospel. In this volume, you will find information on topics ranging from sin to sacrament, from forgiveness to Fall, from marriage to miracles. You will also find answers to many intriguing gospel questions, including: Why did God create a world where suffering exists? What is the nature of miracles? How do we know we have a Mother in Heaven? Why do little children partake of the sacrament? Does the devil have power to tempt departed spirits? What is the doctrine of plural gods?It is hoped that in providing this new edition of the well-loved classic, Deseret Book Company can help members of the Church as well as nonmembers find the answers they need to better understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.

    The latest, third, edition, appeared in 1957 and is now in its tenth reprinting. After each new element of grammar the learner is given a set of exercises, and the book also contains useful resources such as a list of hieroglyphic signs and information about the development of the language.

    But Scheherazade, the beautiful and wise daughter of the King's vizier, foils the King's plans by telling stories so captivating and imaginative that the King delays her death every day to hear how each enchanted tale ends. From "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" to "Sinbad the Sailor," the most famous stories from the great classic A Thousand and One Nights comprise this collection of beautifully told tales--brought powerfully to life by the vivid illustrations of Gustaf Tenggren.

    Here is the third, marked by a lively but well schooled narrative style and the observations of character which lift it from the ordinary and make it an excellent model for children who are beginning to get their own opinions about life. The scene is Henry's Bend, a small town in Michigan, and ... More the theme, social prejudice that threatens to blame the wrong person for a crime, is ordinary enough. But its handling, through the friendship between Jo Shannon and Onata, a Chippewa Indian girl, is stimulating because it is natural and full of the frank and exciting observations youngsters have about each other and their families at that age. (Kirkus)

    Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society -- in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated."

    In his view, many societies, mainly in Asia, relied heavily on the building of large-scale irrigation works. To do this, the state had to organize forced labor from the population at large. This required a large and complex bureaucracy staffed by competent and literate officials. This structure was uniquely placed to also crush civil society and any other force capable of mobilizing against the state. Such a state would inevitably be despotic, powerful, stable and wealthy.