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Baking as biography Baking as biography Diane Tye "Hidden among the simple lists of ingredients and directions for everyday foods are surprising stories. In Baking as Biography, Diane Tye considers her mother's recipe collection, reading between the… OL16413790W
The feminization of American culture The feminization of American culture Douglas, Ann This is one of those rare books that let us see with a fresh and startling clarity the underlying causes, meaning, and influence through time of profound a cultural phenomenon. In it, a brilliant you… OL1869175W
Betrayal Betrayal Kevin Cullen,Michael Paulson,The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe,Matt Carroll,Thomas Farragher,Stephen Kurkjian,Sacha Pfeiffer,Michael Rezendes,Walter V. Robinson,Globe Newspaper Co This is the true story of how a small group of journalists uncovered child abuse on a vast scale - and held the Catholic Church to account. On 31 January 2002, the Boston Globe published a report tha… OL19123498W
Les ordres trahis Les ordres trahis Harris, Michael Rčit de cette affaire d'agressions sexuelles et de mauvais traitements dont furent victimes des jeunes de Terre-Neuve. [SDM]. OL24670146W
Le signe de contradiction Le signe de contradiction Jean-Paul II pape En 1976, le cardinal Wojtyla, alors évêque de Cracovie, est invité à prêcher la retraite au Vatican pour le pape et ses collaborateurs les plus proches. Cette retraite est axée sur la prophétie du vi… OL26440460W
No sanctuary No sanctuary F. M. Meredith "While on patrol in the central California foothills near Rocky Bluff, Officer Stacey Wilbur spots a car crashed into a giant oak tree. A woman is slumped against the steering wheel, blood pooling on… OL28586816W
Finding light in the darkness Finding light in the darkness Dan Farley "Fr. Dan experienced the first symptoms of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in a war zone in Afghanistan. As a Catholic priest and a chaplain in the Army, Fr. Dan went wherever he needed to go to bring the… OL28589817W
Footprints on the ceiling Footprints on the ceiling Dorcas Smucker "Life can be a bit upside-down in the Smucker family's Oregon farmhouse. In this book Dorcas Smucker, mother of six, writes thoughtful essays about muffins on the floor, orange dot on the kitchen cei… OL28606082W
Rome Rome Archbishop Philip Hannan,Michael Fontecchio Young Philip Hannan set off for Rome in the fall of 1936 and soon found himself a witness to one of the most turbulent times in history. A series of letters to his family detail his thoughts, observa… OL28767949W
Bridging the gap Bridging the gap Mary L. Gautier "International priests bring their unique enthusiasm, talents, and pastoral care to parishioners all over the United States. Essential to the pastoral ministry of the Church, they find great joy in t… OL28941410W
Bishop 2 Bishop 2 Johnson, R. M. At the close of Bishop, Larry Lakes was informed that Van, Robby and Urail, the young men Larry mentored as boys in the churchs youth ministry, were charging him with sexual molestation. OL28953033W
The Snow's meltdown The Snow's meltdown Marita L. Kinney "Calvin Snow is the only child of Pastor and First Lady Snow and their family is very influential within their community. Calvin has everything that he could possible want, but soon realizes that giv… OL28953976W
Crossroads of the nations Crossroads of the nations Jared Looney The twin forces of globalization and urbanization are transforming the context of global missions. While the Western church grapples with the challenges of evangelism in an age of globalization, new … OL28958390W
The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of t… OL455305W
Amazing Grace Amazing Grace Linda Granfield Describes the events of the life of John Newton as a captain aboard a slave trade vessel and later as a clergyman that led to his writing the well-loved hymn, "Amazing Grace." OL527178W
Ruby River Ruby River Lynn Pruett "Lynn Pruett's novel drops us into a small town during a blistering Alabama summer where Hattie Bohannon has just opened a truck stop. A magnet for transients of questionable background and inclinati… OL5956772W
Prester John Prester John John Buchan I mind as if it were yesterday my first sight of the man. Little I knew at the time how big the moment was with destiny, or how often that face seen in the fitful moonlight would haunt my sleep and d… OL76595W
Minister to the Cherokees Minister to the Cherokees James Anderson Slover "In 1857 James Anderson Slover rode into Indian Territory as the first Southern Baptist missionary to the Cherokee Nation. As the Civil War began to divide the Cherokees along with the rest of the na… OL8418518W
Holy Boldness Holy Boldness Susie C. Stanley "In Holy Boldness, Susie C. Stanley provides a comprehensive analysis of spiritual autobiographies by thirty-four American Wesleyan/Holiness women preachers, published between the mid-nineteenth and … OL8920818W
Aimee Semple McPherson and the making of modern Pentecostalism, 1890-1926 Aimee Semple McPherson and the making of modern Pentecostalism, 1890-1926 Chas H. Barfoot Pentecostalism was born at the turn of the twentieth century in a "tumble-down shack" in a rundown semi-industrial area of Los Angeles composed of a tombstone shop, saloons, livery stables and railro… OL9222848W
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