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Publisher
CDS Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xii, 351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
Secrets of Mary Magdalene: The Untold Story of History's Most Misunderstood Woman addresses one of the defining mysteries of the last two millennia. With essays, interviews, stories, and art by some of the greatest thinkers and writers of our time, including Elaine Pagels, Anna Quindlen, and James Carroll, this book covers a fascinating range of thought-provoking ideas and questions. Who was the historical Mary Magdalene? What has she meant throughout...
7) Joan of Arc
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
128 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Presents the life of the saint who heard voices that she believed were from God instructing her to save France from the English.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
ix, 287 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"The girl who led an army, the peasant who crowned a king, the maid who became a legend. It is the fifteenth century, and the tumultuous Hundred Years' War rages on. France is under siege, English soldiers tear through the countryside destroying all who cross their path, and Charles VII, the uncrowned king, has neither the strength nor the will to rally his army. And in the quiet of her parents' garden in Domrémy, a peasant girl sees a spangle of...
10) Mother Teresa
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.
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Description
"Biography of Mother Teresa, presented for children who are learning to read"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiv, 328 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm
Description
"In Joan of Arc : a history, Helen Castor tells this gripping story afresh: forwards, not backwards. Instead of an icon, she gives us a living, breathing woman confronting the challenges of faith and doubt, a roaring girl who, in fighting the English, was also taking sides in a bloody civil war. We meet this extraordinary girl amid the tumultuous events of her extraordinary world where no one--not Joan herself, nor the people around her, princes,...
Author
Description
A New York Times Notable Book
"Stunning. . . a moving meditation. . . infused with mystery and wonder." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In a masterwork that both deepens and enlarges the world of her previous novels, acclaimed author Louise Erdrich captures the essence of a time and the spirit of a woman who felt compelled by her beliefs to serve her people as a priest. The Last Report on
...14) Hild
Author
Series
Hild sequence volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014, 2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 546 pages : map, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Description
"A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild Hild is born into a world in transition. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, usually violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods' priests are worrying. Edwin of Northumbria plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Hild is the king's youngest...
16) Menewood
Author
Series
Hild sequence volume 2
Publisher
MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
694 pages.
Description
Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking’s court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and tested, the formidable lady of Elmet, now building her personal stronghold in the valley of Menewood. But old alliances are fraying. Younger rivals are snapping at Edwin’s heels. War is brewing—bitter war, winter war. Not knowing whom to trust, Edwin becomes volatile and recalls his young advisor to...
17) Joan the maid
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatizes the life of Joan of Arc.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xviii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Documents the story of Yolande of Aragon's role in securing the French throne for Charles VII, describing her relationship with Joan of Arc and how the queen's support influenced the outcome of a seemingly impossible battle.
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