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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Deadly Sins Deadly Sins A. S. Byatt,William Trevor,Mary Gordon,Gore Vidal,John Updike,Howard, Richard,Joyce Carol Oates,Thomas Pynchon This is a collection of short literary essays, one to each of the seven sins, plus an extra item in "despair", by as many prominent literary figures, of whom Byatt is one. Others include Gore Vidal a… OL14911100W
Wicked appetite Wicked appetite Janet Evanovich,Lorelei King Lizzy Tucker has inherited a historic house in Marblehead, Massachusetts, taken a new job as pastry chef for Dazzle's Bakery in Salem, and set her sights on a comfortable future. The comfortable futu… OL15369459W
Crave (Fallen Angels #2) Crave (Fallen Angels #2) J. R. Ward Isaac Rothe is a black ops solider with a dark past and a grim future. The target of an assassin, he finds himself behind bars, his fate in the hands of his gorgeous public defender, Grier Childe. Hi… OL15395450W
Deseo Deseo J. R. Ward Seven deadly sins. Seven souls that must be saved. One more no-holds- barred battle between a fallen angel with a hardened heart and a demon with everything to lose. Isaac Rothe is a black ops soldie… OL17858163W
Acedia & me Acedia & me Kathleen Norris Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture. OL1838504W
Skipping Towards Gomorrah Skipping Towards Gomorrah Dan Savage In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particu… OL1887226W
Los doce dones Los doce dones Martha Isabel Uses the traditional seven deadly sins to present twelve "gifts," or emotional tools for combating personal limitations and achieving a better life, including such virtues as love, forgiveness, seren… OL19935861W
The deadly 7 The deadly 7 Garth Jennings "Nelson stumbles across an ancient machine that accidentally extracts the seven deadly sins from his own little soul--by turning them into ugly, cantankerous, and embarrassing creatures who follow hi… OL20021752W
Bear and the Nightingale Bear and the Nightingale Brandilyn Collins 401 pages (large print) ; 23 cm OL21142978W
Codicia Codicia J. R. Ward "En el mundo hay siete pecados capitales y solo un angel caido podra salvar a la humanidad de cometerlos. La codicia es el primero. Jim Heron, antiheroe por excelencia, tiene un pasado tortuoso, no s… OL21182816W
Cabin Cabin Natasha Preston There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent. When Mackenzie treks to a secluded cabin in the woods with six friends, she expects a fun weekend of partying, drinking, and hookups. But when… OL21823178W
Sins of the spirit, blessings of the flesh Sins of the spirit, blessings of the flesh Meister Eckhart Visionary theologian and best selling author Matthew Fox offers a new theology that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatmen… OL27773999W
The seven deadly sins The seven deadly sins Rosalind McKenzie Porter In this lively collection of new writing, seven of our most acclaimed authors and thinkers go head to head with Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, Sloth and Vanity to explore what we really mean whe… OL27960194W
Hurdles to Heaven Hurdles to Heaven Brian Whitlow At last a competent person has written a book about sin for the average layman to read. So many of the preceding tomes have been manuals for confessors of else guides for confirmands, with little rec… OL7372395W
What Your Counselor Never Told You What Your Counselor Never Told You William Backus 250 p. ; 22 cm OL8507333W
Pride Pride Michael Eric Dyson "Michael Eric Dyson here looks at the many dimensions of pride. Ranging from Augustine and Aquinas, MacIntyre and Hauerwas, to Niebuhr and King, Dyson offers a multifaceted look at this "virtuous vic… OL92704W