Product Description: “John XXIII was, in the best possible sense, a revolutionary—a Pope of modernization who kept in continuity with the church’s past, yet made even the most enlightened of his 20th century predecessors seem like voices of another age...read more

Product Description: How did Sunday become the "Sabbath Day?" Why did St. Valentine become the patron saint of lovebirds? Most people happily participate in Mardi Gras, Halloween, and St. Patrick's Day with very little knowledge of the origins and meanings of those celebrations...read more

When the newly elected Pope Celestine VI calls for an ecumenical council of the world's bishops, a host of characters, including a former FBI chief charged with protecting the pontiff's life, are drawn into a maelstrom of power.

Product Description: An updated version of the compelling guide by award-winning author Greg Tobin. Tobin reveals all the rules and rituals involved in the secretive process of electing the pope, along with the rich history of the conclave and the key concerns that will shape the future of the Catholic Church...read more

Product Description: Illustrated, comprehensive, and illuminating, this thoroughly up-to-date work takes the country's religious pulse, covering all of America's most significant organizations and denominations. Readers will find an introduction to the basic tenets and structure of 30 faiths, reviewed by a respected authority on each religion, as well as maps, surveys, and other demographic breakdowns by religious figures and scholars with respect to contemporary American society, culture, and politics...read more

Timothy John Mulrennan journeys from post-World War II suburban New Jersey to a career as a Catholic priest to the turbulent election of the first pope of the Roman Catholic Church in the third millennium.

Looks at the life and childhood of the new bishop of Rome, discussing the history of the papacy and the conclave that elected the newest pope.

A modern English retelling of Homer's epic The Iliad describes the abduction of Helen, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, by Paris, the prince of Troy, and the ten-year battle between a coalition of Greek leaders and the city of Troy. Original. (A Warner Bros. film, written by David Benioff, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, releasing May 2004, starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger, Peter O'Toole, Brendan Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Brian Cox, Julie Christie, Saffron Burrows, & Garrett Hedlund) (Historical Fiction)

Jimmy Breslin, William F. Buckley, James Carroll, Dorothy Day, John Gregory Dunne, Mary Gordon, Mary Gordon, Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor, Mario Puzo, and Gary Wills all share their experiences of being Catholic in American. (view table of contents)

In passages from surviving writings arranged by topic and accompanied by the editor's commentary, the legendary saint and Christian mystic offers insight and inspiration on such subjects as miracles, charity, and friendship. (view table of contents)

Spanning the 1400s to the 1800s, an epic story follows the lives of a Native American tribe called the Crane, whose long battles with ancestral enemies and French traders culminate in the adventures of a young, would-be shaman. Original.

Crippled by the accident that killed his only son, Jack Clayton struggles to protect his failing ranch from three strangers who are closing in on him, along with a ferocious blizzard.

Two brothers are faced to fight on opposites sides when an innocent man is killed in the town of St. Mary, Wyoming, and one of the brothers is the prime suspect

When a young man avenges the brutal murder of his father, he suddenly finds himself saddled with the unwarranted but widespread reputation of being a legendary gunfighter

Son of a Union soldier and a Chiricahua Indian woman, Jericho--loner, bounty hunter, scout, ranch hand--on his way to Tucson through the wilderness of the Arizona Territory, stumbles on the lone survivor of a wagon train massacre

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