The Head of the Saint

The Head of the Saint
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9780553537925
ISBN-13 : 055353792X
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Head of the Saint by : Socorro Acioli

This translation originally published: London: Hot Key Books, 2014.

The Head of the Saint

The Head of the Saint
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Publisher : Delacorte Press
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9780553537932
ISBN-13 : 0553537938
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Head of the Saint by : Socorro Acioli

A 2017 LA Times Book Prize Finalist A quirky story of love, mischief, and forgiveness from Brazil’s foremost award-winning author for young readers, in her U.S. debut. Fourteen-year-old Samuel is newly orphaned and homeless in a small town in Brazil. He lives in a giant, hollow, concrete head of St. Anthony, the lingering evidence of the village’s inept and failed attempt to build a monolith over a decade ago. He didn’t know what it was when he crawled into it, seeking shelter during a storm, but since coming there, he hears beautiful singing, echoing like magic in the head twice a day. So he stays. Miraculously, he can also hear the private prayers and longings of the villagers. Feeling mischievous, Samuel begins to help answer these prayers, hoping that if he does, their noise will quiet down and he can listen to the beautiful singing in peace. Ironically, his miracles gain him so many fans that he starts to worry he will never fulfill his own true longing and find the source of the singing. Filled with beautiful turns of phrase and wonderfully quirky characters, The Head of the Saint is a riotous story of faith and magic that won’t soon leave your thoughts.

Soldiers of Christ

Soldiers of Christ
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Publisher : Penn State Press
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 9780271043357
ISBN-13 : 0271043350
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Soldiers of Christ by : Thomas F. X. Noble

The Camp of the Saints - 2017

The Camp of the Saints - 2017
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 1547020393
ISBN-13 : 9781547020393
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Camp of the Saints - 2017 by : Jean Raspail

The Camp of the Saints (Le Camp des Saints) is a 1973 French novel by author and explorer Jean Raspail. The novel depicts a setting wherein Third World mass immigration to France and the West leads to the destruction of Western civilization. A new (2017) introduction by Leonard Payne provides a cultural analysis.

The Patron Saint Of Liars

The Patron Saint Of Liars
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9780547548401
ISBN-13 : 0547548400
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Patron Saint Of Liars by : Ann Patchett

A New York Times Notable Book Acclaimed author Ann Patchett's debut novel, hailed as "beautifully written . . . a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion” (Boston Herald) St. Elizabeth’s, a home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky, usually harbors its residents for only a little while. Not so Rose Clinton, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed, and stays. She plans to give up her child, thinking she cannot be the mother it needs. But when Cecilia is born, Rose makes a place for herself and her daughter amid St. Elizabeth’s extended family of nuns and an ever-changing collection of pregnant teenage girls. Rose’s past won’t be kept away, though, even by St. Elizabeth’s; she cannot remain untouched by what she has left behind, even as she cannot change who she has become in the leaving.

Consecration to St. Joseph

Consecration to St. Joseph
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Publisher : Marian Press - Association of Marian Helpers
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9781596145221
ISBN-13 : 1596145226
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Consecration to St. Joseph by : Donald H. Calloway, MIC

Drawing on the wealth of the Church's living tradition, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, calls on all of us to turn to St. Joseph, entrust ourselves, our Church, and our world to our spiritual father's loving care, and then watch for wonders when the Universal Patron of the Church opens the floodgates of Heaven to pour out graces into our lives today. Definitely a book for our time, Consecration to St. Joseph is dedicated to meeting the challenges of the present moment and restoring order to our Church and our world, all through the potent paternal intercession and care of St. Joseph. This book has everything you need to take your love and devotion to St. Joseph to a whole different level: a thorough program of consecration to St. Joseph; information on the 10 wonders of St. Joseph; and prayers and devotions to St. Joseph. Accessible, motivating, this book will kick off a great movement of consecration to our spiritual father and change the world.

Tom Swan and the Head of St George

Tom Swan and the Head of St George
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Publisher : Orion
Total Pages : 575
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ISBN-10 : 9781398718913
ISBN-13 : 1398718912
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Tom Swan and the Head of St George by : Christian Cameron

1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Six: Chios

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Six: Chios
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Publisher : Orion
Total Pages : 70
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ISBN-10 : 9781409145622
ISBN-13 : 140914562X
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Six: Chios by : Christian Cameron

Chios: part six of a fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, finds himself in the midst of the Turkish siege of one of the richest islands in the Genoese Empire. Swan's biggest problem is that he hates the Genoese a good deal more than he hates the Turks. Despite which, he has to catch the spy, steal the ring, kill the traitor and, if possible, rescue the princess. Or maybe just bed her. All in the line of duty, of course. So he can get home to the Cardinal, his boss, and his wife, the most beautiful woman in Italy. Suddenly he's a knight, a man of action, a leader of men. And none of those are roles he asked for. From the Knights of Rhodes to the court of Mehmet II and Pope Pius II, Swan has to use his sword - and his wits - just to stay alive. And married.

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Four: Rome

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Four: Rome
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Publisher : Orion
Total Pages : 83
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ISBN-10 : 9781409145608
ISBN-13 : 1409145603
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Four: Rome by : Christian Cameron

Rome: part four of a fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is badly wounded in a desperate sea fight. When he wakes in a hospital, he's in one of the last towns in Greece holding out against the Turks. And there aren't any women to be found. Rich men vie to hire him, and they all seem to want the same thing - a fabulous jewel made for Alexander the Great. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a thief and a little bit of a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution in part one, he begins a series of adventures that take him to the high seas, bedrooms in Constantinople and street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - Cyriaco of Ancona and Sultan Mehmet II and the whole Sforza family - and from the intrigues of Rome to the Jewish Ghetto in Venice.

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople
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Publisher : Orion
Total Pages : 69
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ISBN-10 : 9781409127376
ISBN-13 : 1409127370
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople by : Christian Cameron

A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is taken prisoner by the Turks in Constantinople and threatened with a life of slavery. But it's not really 'the Turks' but a single beautiful woman who seems to hold the strings, and Swan must plot his way to freedom. And riches. Or perhaps he'll just settle for getting out alive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a thief and a little bit of a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution in part one, he begins a series of adventures that take him to the high seas, bedrooms in Constantinople and street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - Cyriaco of Ancona and Sultan Mehmet II and the whole Sforza family - and from the intrigues of Rome to the Jewish Ghetto in Venice.