Whether Mormon or Gentile, Republican or Democrat, gay or straight, no one in the Beehive State escapes the biting humor of C.L. Crosby as he makes his way through the state, identifying the types of people who inhabit each region. With his careful examination and astute insights, Crosby sees what you fail to see in the mirror each morning, which in your case could very well be your mascara from last night.

Green Jello & Red Punch: The Heinous Truth! About Utah!

Crosby, C. L.

Reference

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Gus, a young surfer from California, finishes his training with the CIA just before the U.S. enters war with Iraq under the first President Bush. He is sent to Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world and a center for radical Islam. Fair enough, thinks Gus, the surfing is supposed to be the best on the planet. While Gus sinks comfortably into surfing and the bar scene in Jakarta (with a Bukowskian appetite for womanizing) he is a fish out of water at work - a surfer among golfers, a rocker in a crowd of Lawrence Welk country clubbers. But he is determined to complete a successful first tour - even if he has to wear a stupid disguise or pass himself off as "Biu from Braziu," a Brazilian playboy. Gus's first significant assignment is to recruit an Iraqi diplomat to become a spy for the U.S. What he learns as he follows (and mostly doesn't follow) orders are lessons for all of us: the common grounds we share regardless of religion or nationality, the potential shortsightedness of political conflict, and the deep value of friendship.

Surfing the CIA

Literature & Fiction

Ware, Nicholas

Action & Adventure

Are you a Mormon observer who's curious about what really goes on deep inside the LDS culture? Or are you a Mormon insider who suspects you're not getting the full story from KSL, the Deseret Morning News and the Ensign? Now, there's a news source for you. Staffed by a team of crack reporters, The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer reports the stories that are too offbeat, dangerous, and - worst of all - inappropriate for the mainstream news outlets.

The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer

Humor & Entertainment

Allen,Paul

Humor

Becoming Pablo O'Higgins tells the intriguing story of how a blond-haired, blue-eyed Presbyterian from an upper middle-class family in Salt Lake City, Utah, became a celebrated Mexican muralist. Born Paul Higgins in 1904 into a Republican family of Mayflower English and Protestant Scots-Irish ancestry, O'Higgins boldly traveled to Mexico at age 20. He became an assistant to Diego Rivera, working with him on three of his most important murals. Rivera said if he had a son he'd want him to be like O'Higgins.O'Higgins lived in Mexico for the rest of his life gaining a reputation as an artist "of the people" who dedicated his life to the struggle of Mexico's workers. He is well-known as a muralist and co-founder of Mexico's famous Taller de Gráfica Popular. In the U.S. he is an inspiration to Chicano artists: he appears in a mural in San Diego's Chicano Park alongside Mexico's revolutionary heroes.
The transformation of Paul Higgins to Pablo O'Higgins began under Rivera's political tutelage. O'Higgins joined the Communist Party just before its Sixth Congress when it began eliminating its "middle class element." To be accepted as a populist, he distanced himself from his upbringing, suggested native Irish heritage, and kept secret his father's role as a state attorney in the execution of miner and labor martyr Joe Hill.
As an artist promoting revolutionary ideals, O'Higgins was drawn into Mexico's volatile politics. He went into hiding when the Communist Party was illegal and the Cristero Rebellion was raging, as well as after an assassination attempt on Leon Trotsky. He followed radical photographer and fugitive Tina Modotti to Russia. He left the Communist Party in the late 1940s, yet landed on the U.S. attorney general's blacklist during the 1950s. In his later years, however, he isolated himself in his studio, creating stunning landscape paintings for wealthy collectors.
Becoming Pablo O'Higgins reveals O'Higgins as a complex person who sought to reconcile his U.S. citizenship (which he held onto for most of his life) and his blue-blood ancestry with his love of Mexico and his deep desire to be accepted as a Mexican. There was no dual citizenship during O'Higgins's lifetime; he essentially created it for himself. Today, O'Higgins is admired not only for his art but for his determination to bridge these two countries and their cultures.

Becoming Pablo O'higgins

Biographies & Memoirs

Vogel, Susan

Arts & Literature

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