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Author
Series
Rome escape line trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. Gestapo boss Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. Hunger is widespread. Rumors fester. The war's outcome is far from certain. Diplomats, refugees, and escaped Allied prisoners flee for protection into Vatican City, at one fifth of a square mile the world's smallest state, a neutral, independent country within Rome. A small band of unlikely friends led by a courageous Irish priest is drawn...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his papers were sealed in the Vatican Secret Archives, leaving unanswered questions about what he knew and did during World War II. Those questions have only grown and festered, making Pius XII one of the most controversial popes in Church history, especially now as the Vatican prepares to canonize him. In 2020, Pius XII's archives were finally opened, and David I. Kertzer--widely recognized as one of the world's leading...
64) Doubt
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that...
67) Playing saint
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Parker Saint is living the dream. A cushy job at a thriving megachurch has him on the verge of becoming a bestselling author and broadcast celebrity--until life takes an abrupt turn that lands him on the wrong side of the law. To avoid a public scandal, he agrees to consult with the police on a series of brutal murders linked by strange religious symbols scrawled on each victim.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
72) It happened in Italy: untold stories of how the people of Italy defied the horrors of the Holocaust
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
IMAGINE ELIZABETH BETTINA'S SURPRISE when she discovered that her grandmother's village had a secret: over a half century ago, many of Campagna's residents defied the Nazis and risked their lives to shelter and save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. What followed her discovery became an adventure as she uncovered fascinating untold stories of Jews in Italy during World War II and the many Italians who risked everything to save them.
"Finally,...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A shocking expose of the dark, secret history of Catholic orphanages--the violence, abuse, and even murder that took place within their walls--and a call to hold the powerful to account. More than 5 million Americans passed through orphanages in the 20th century alone. At its peak in the 1930s, the American orphanage system included more than 1,600 institutions, partly supported with public funding but usually run by religious orders, including the...
76) Superstar
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
All schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher wants in life is a kiss. Not just any kiss, mind you, but a big-time hold-your-breath-til-you-think-you're-gonna-faint, Hollywood-style kiss. But no matter how hard she tries, no one will kiss her. So she decides that becoming a superstar in a talent contest might make her dreams come true.
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