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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xiv, 161 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Description
"The Book of Genesis depicts them as doing strange things--mating with the daughters of men to spawn giants, for example, and wrestling with Jacob for no apparent reason. In It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra spun a tale of one as a bumbling helper of humans; in Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders told of one who wished to be human. They are angels, of course, and they have fascinated us since recorded history began. In Angels, David Albert Jones provides...
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Heaven has sent it's best, and the devil has enlisted his worst to do battle for ultimate supremacy. The winner is to be decided by whoever can secure the soul of a short-tempered, punch-drunk boxer on Earth. These sexy angels pull no punches. They use their brains, wiles and of course, sex appeal. Damnation has never been this suductive, and seduction never more heavenly. This boxer is not going to know what hit him, after all, he is only human!
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
296 p. ; 19 cm.
Description
Archangel Gabriel and his three mischievous Prayer Ambassadors--Shirley, Goodness and Mercy--lend their celestial aid to three needy Christmas cases. Harry Alderwood, 86, prays that his increasingly forgetful wife, Rosalie, will agree to move into assisted living before he dies. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Carter Jackson begs God for a dog, even though his mother and father tell him that they can't afford to keep a pet, while Beth Fischer's mother prays...
Author
Publisher
Howard Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xi, 191 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Proof of Angels weaves real-life stories into a rich narrative, exploring the history, nature, and significance of angels in our lives. With an introduction by Colleen Hughes, the editor-in-chief of Angels on Earth magazine, Proof of Angels proves that the barrier between the spiritual and the scientific is less certain than we often think. Not only does Tompkins offer a highly entertaining look into a universally fascinating topic, but he also delivers...
Author
Series
Songs of the seraphim volume 1
Formats
Description
A seraph offers contract killer Toby O'Dare a chance to save rather than destroy lives. Carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear, O'Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation.
12) Good omens
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse. Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of the real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?
13) Michael
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with an "angel expert", are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her motel with a real, live archangel named Michael.
14) Wings of desire
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke.
A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiel's path from heavenly flight to earthly delight in a manner that's comical, touching and entertaining.
15) Faithful
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Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and The Dovekeepers comes a soul-searching story about a young woman struggling to redefine herself and the power of love, family, and fate. Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tragedy changes her fate. Her best friend's future is destroyed in an accident, while Shelby walks away with the burden of guilt. What happens...
16) Last Wishes
Author
Series
Everyday angel volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
195 pages
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Formats
Description
Charts the lives of three London women, each in love with the wrong man--Madeleine Heller, attracted to her sister's fiance?; Frieda Lewis, the muse to an ill-fated rock star; and Bryn Evans, engaged to be married but secretly obsessed with her ex-husband. Meanwhile, a fourth woman spends decades searching for the Third Angel-- the angel on earth who will renew her faith.
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