An Apostle's Witness is a rare and precious gift in today's world. And the testimony of President Boyd K. Packer, developed over the course of more than fifty years as a General Authority, is filled with wisdom and understanding."All knowledge is not necessarily of equal value," President Packer reminds us. In this timely book, he speaks of truths that "can be crucial to happiness as well as to exaltation." These are truths "most worth knowing," and they are essential to our progre...

“A parable is ‘a brief, simple story told to illustrate or teach a moral or spiritual truth,’” writes President Boyd K. Packer. “This is a Christmas parable.” With that introduction, President Packer relates the tender story of a man whose strange dream during a difficult Christmas season awakens him to the reality of the Savior's atonement. This meaningful story is highlighted by President Packer's own paintings. A Christmas gift sure to be remembered.

This book pulls together 61 stories that will have you laughing, smiling, and crying as Pres Packer recites a century's worth of wisdom from gospel living. With 51+ years as a General Authority, Pres Packer's soothing, one-of-a-kind voice echoes through his stories such as "To Call Instead of Invite", "The Spirit of Revelation", "Love Beyond Self", "Putting Together a Boy", "Reinforcing Prayer", and "Leaders Keep Confidences". The titles may not be familiar at first, but as you read them y...

This thorough and clear presentation of the Scouting program will help leaders and parents better instill the ideals of Scouting into youth. The spiritual implications of Scouting principles and teachings are discussed, and several suggestions are presented on how to help young men learn and grow. Thane Packer reinforces the need for youth to have peer togetherness, understand the patriotic nature of Scouts, and experience the fun adventure. He brings new light to spiritual development con...

If you don't know the rules and the procedures, hunting for big game can often be futile or even fatal. Likewise, if you're hunting for a mate, the proper techniques and skills are even more important.Using this analogy, Elder Boyd K. Packer presents herein the best ways to search for, fall in love with, and live happily ever after with an eternal mate.This is a timeless message to youth everywhere.

In our tempestuous day, where can we turn for refuge? It is no surprise that the latter days are stormy ones. "We live in a very dangerous world that threatens those things that are most spiritual," writes President Boyd K. Packer. "The adversary is about. His objective is to cause injury." But there is a place of strength and peace, a true refuge from the storm. In this powerful book, President Packer discusses the priesthood, the family, and the Church, three importance forces that, work...

One of The New York Times's 100 notable books of 2021"[George Packer's] account of America’s decline into destructive tribalism is always illuminating and often dazzling." —William Galston, The Washington PostAcclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and dividesIn the ...

If you think Satan is bound in Hades, awaiting judgment, you couldn't be more wrong. He is active in this world and wants to devour you.The details of experiences in this book--experiences the author (a Gospel preacher for 30 years) has personally seen and worked with--will make you aware of the spiritual forces seeking the souls of people around you, and which seek to undermine you.But more importantly, this book shows you how to fight these spiritual forces of wickedness ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER · An "engrossing, forgiving" (People) journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point by one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women.“Packer's voice [has] extraordinary authority. . . . Compassionate, rich in solace.” —The New York Times Book Review**Liz and Sarabeth were girlhood neighbors in the suburbs of Northern California, brought as close as sisters by the suicide of Sarabeth's mother. In t...

A gripping fable of imperial collapse that illuminates the crises of our times.George Packer’s bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With The Emergency, he returns to fiction, bringing us a visionary novel that goes to the nerve center of what it means to live in a time of fracture and upheaval.An empire has collapsed from boredom and loss of faith in itself. In the Emergency tha...

From one of America’s greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.**WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2019****FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2020**Richard Holbrooke was one of the most legendary and complicated figures in recent American history. Brilliant, utterly self-absorbed, an...

JessThe quiet lull between Christmas and New Year is barely more than a memory already, and it’s only New Years Eve.And, whilst I wasn’t looking for love, when he bumbled through that doorway, I knew there was something special about him.A spark.A connection.Something that not even I could deny.AndrewA last-minute change of plans. Family that can’t be bothered. Doesn’t that say everything you need to know about the start of my New Yea...