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[2016]
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This biography examines the remarkable life of Saint Pope John Paul II. Readers will learn about Saint Pope John Paul II's family background, childhood, education, inspirational work as a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope, and his canonization.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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There is no other organization whose inner workings are more secretive than the Vatican - the spiritual and physical center - of the Catholic Church. Now, with a dynamic new leader in Pope Francis, all eyes are upon the church, as this immensely popular Pope seeks to bring the church back from the right to center, in what can almost be described as a populist stance, blurring the lines between politics, religion and culture. With topics including...
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Robert Langdon novels volume 1
Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to Switzerland when the dead body of a physicist turns up bearing the distinguishing mark of the ancient brotherhood of the "Illuminati." Soon, Langdon suspects this mysterious cult is determined to destroy Catholicism with an unimaginably powerful new weapon.
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Jack Ryan Universe volume 3
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 36
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Jack Ryan, having jumped at the offer to join the CIA as a freelance analyst in the early 1980s, quickly finds himself in over his head when he uncovers a KGB plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II.
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Pub. Date
[1996]
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"His Holiness is at once compelling journalism, drama, history, and biography. John Paul II, elected as the first non-Italian pope in five hundred years, readily used his global pulpit to speak out on behalf of human rights and those who were ignored by other world leaders - whether politically or economically oppressed, whether in the Communist or non-Communist world." "Born in a small Polish town where 20 percent of the population was Jewish, and...
67) The young pope
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The fictional story of a newly elected pope, the youngest in history and first-ever American, whose audacity, independence, and arch-conservatism wreak havoc within the Vatican.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
At the Vatican, following the demise of the Pope, the conclave to elect his successor settles on Cardinal Melville. But the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square wait in vain for the new Pope to step out on the balcony. What is going on? Behind the thick walls of the Vatican panic has set in. After uttering a terrible howl of fear, the Cardinal refuses the office. The officials do everything to try to reason with Melville, including a psychoanalyst,...
Pub. Date
c2006
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1930s' Poland. 10-year-old Karol Wojtyla has dreams, many dreams. One by one they are shattered. First, by the loss of his beloved mother and brother. Then, by the outbreak of the war and the death-fleeing human exodus which ensued. And finally, by the first signs of the Jewish persecution. These events will mark the start of Karol's long journey from worker, to poet and teacher. A journey full of encounters that eventually leads him to become a priest...
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Robert Langdon novels volume 1
Pub. Date
p2009
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A Swiss research facility summons world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon to interpret a mysterious symbol on a murdered physicist's chest. In his investigation, Langdon uncovers a dangerous vendetta against the Catholic Church. Determined to protect the Vatican, Langdon teams up with the elusive Vittoria Vetra, and together they commence a quest for answers.
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[2016]
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Angels & demons: Expert symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to Rome when four Cardinals are abducted by the church's nemesis, The Illuminati. Joining forces with beautiful professor of physics and biology Vittoria Vetra, Langdon pursues obscure and ancient clues through secret passages, cathedrals, crypts and the most secret vault in history to succesfully prevent The Illuminati blowing up Vatican City.
The DaVinci code: When respected American...