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Saint Joan of Arc Saint Joan of Arc Vita Sackville-West Historical research about the life of Saint Joan Of Arc OL1347416W
The trial of Joan of Arc The trial of Joan of Arc Don Nardo Describes the 1431 trial of Joan of Arc, along with biographical information and facts about the political and social forces that led to her being burned at the stake as a witch. OL15072448W
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Angela Bull A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft. OL15162148W
Impossible saints Impossible saints Michele Roberts A novel on our civilization's earliest liberated women, female saints. The heroine is St. Josephine, a not-so-saintly noblewoman who becomes a nun to avoid marriage, which would entail being told wha… OL15843404W
Magdalen rising Magdalen rising Elizabeth Cunningham In this Celtic wonder tale, young Maeve and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Born to eight warrior-witc… OL16070403W
Select Narratives of Holy Women from the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest Select Narratives of Holy Women from the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest Agnes Smith Lewis,F. Crawford Burkitt,John the Stylite The Syriac text of the Sinaitic Palimpsest, and English translation. OL16533386W
Hild Hild Nicola Griffith You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age. Your blood is that of the man who should have been king. That's what the king and his lords see. And they will kill you, one day. Britain… OL16817571W
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Dwayne E. Pickels A biography of the young French woman who, inspired by visions supposedly from God, led the French army against English invaders, was burned at the stake as a heretic, and eventually was declared a s… OL1922484W
Super Girls and Halos Super Girls and Halos Maria Morera Johnson Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Gender Issues. (Second Place). Award-winning author Maria Morera Johnson follows up her bestselling book, My Badass Book of Saints, with a unique a… OL19719722W
My badass book of saints My badass book of saints Maria Morera Johnson In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of 24 holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circum… OL20018501W
The Life of Saint Helia The Life of Saint Helia Virginia Burrus,Marco Conti The late medieval Latin "Vita Heliae" is a hagiography of the young woman Helia, set in what is now Albania. It largely concerns the Christian value of virginity, and depicts the saint debating with … OL20492551W
Saints for girls Saints for girls Solveig Muus Every girl needs to know she is cherished. She needs to share her heart with someone who will honor, esteem, and care for her. She needs to believe there is a God who loves her personally and has a v… OL24990704W
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Philip Wilkinson A biography of the young French woman who, inspired by visions from God, led the French army against English invaders, was burned at the stake as a heretic, and eventually was declared a saint. Sugge… OL25070037W
María de Nazaret María de Nazaret Marek Halter A fictional account of the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, captures the turbulent world of an idealistic young woman who risks everything to bring a much-needed miracle to her people. OL26441579W
Harlots of the Desert Harlots of the Desert Benedicta Ward Stories of conversion have always attracted mankind's attention, and this was especially so among the monks of the ancient and medieval world. In the literature of fourth-century Egypt, alongside the… OL4122437W
Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain Tom's plan to become famous involves Huck Finn and his friend Jim in a crusade to the Holy Land by balloon ascension. OL413674W
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Michael Morpurgo While sitting on the riverbank in the ancient French city of Orléans, seventeen-year-old Eloise hears a voice which relates the adventures and struggles of the medieval heroine, Joan of Arc, as she … OL42725W
Novels (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Prince and the Pauper) Novels (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Prince and the Pauper) Mark Twain Contains: - Adventures of Tom Sawyer - [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn] (https://openlibrary.org/works/OL53908W/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn) - The Prince and the Pauper OL53922W
Life on the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark… OL53959W
Marie Marie Marek Halter The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of NazarethMiriam--also known as Mary--was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is ac… OL706976W
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