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In the southern Italian region of Calabria, a cult of sainthood has grown around Giacomo Nerone, a mysterious figure who appeared in the last years of World War II. A dying English priest is dispatched from Rome as a canonical inquisitor, a Devil's Advocate, to investigate Nerone's sainthood.
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Middle-aged divorcee Jenna has received an incredible offer. A friend who directs an international mission wants to send her to Venice for one week to cook for a mission leaders' retreat. Jenna isn't a great cook, so she brings along Sue, her culinary sister-in-law. When the two women see their lodgings--a 15th-century palazzo--and taste their first spoonful of chocolate gelato, they know that the following days will change their lives.
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Heirs of Acadia volume 3
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Historical drama and romance set in Venice and the English countryside of the 1800s. The two lives of Serafina and John Falconer's lives become intertwined despite the burdens of their past; they find a refuge in a place that once seemed only a dreaded detour, but becomes a sacred venue for the unveiling of God's Providence.
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"Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing...
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"Praised by critics and readers alike for his international bestseller The Stonehenge Legacy, Sam Christer continues to weave an irresistible plot of conspiracies and murder in one of the world's most captivating cities. A woman has been arrested in the streets of Rome. She's young. She's beautiful. She's covered in blood. And she claims to be an ancient prophet in search of a mystical amulet hidden somewhere within the city. Ex-priest Tom Shaman...
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This enthralling study of the church of St. Agnes Outside the Walls brings to vivid life the stories, rituals, and architectural meaning contained within this seventeen-hundred-year-old building In The Geometry of Love, acclaimed author Margaret Visser, the preeminent "anthropologist of everyday life," takes on the living history of the ancient church of St. Agnes. Examining every facet of the building, from windows to catacombs, Visser takes readers...
7) Forever past
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"Italy, 1873. Claire Clairmont, one of the last surviving members of the Byron/Shelley circle, is determined to uncover the true fate of Allegra, her daughter conceived with Lord Byron. But her quest so far has been fraught with danger, and Claire knows she has enemies who will stop at nothing to keep past secrets hidden. When she learns of a stunning revelation involving the abbess and Allegra, Claire returns to the convent of Bagnacavallo with her...
8) Eminence
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Father Luca Rossini was tortured during the Dirty War in Argentina and only escaped thanks to Isabel with whom he had an affair. Now a cardinal in Rome and front runner in a papal election, Rossini learns that Isabel is coming as the wife of an ambassador and bringing with her their daughter from the affair.
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Theologian and papal biographer George Weigel, art historian Elizabeth Lev, and photographer Stephen Weigel explore the annual Lenten pilgrimage to dozens of Rome's most striking churches, which for many faithful is a sacred tradition dating back almost two millennia, to the earliest days of Christianity. Along this historic spiritual pathway, today's pilgrims confront the mysteries of the Christian faith through a program of biblical and early Christian...
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The second son of Alfonso d'Este and Lucretia Borgia, the Duke and Duchess of Ferrara, Ippolito d'Este was made the archbishop of Milan at the age of nine. But from the time of his father's death in 1534, he set his ambitions on acquiring the powerful and coveted cardinal's hat. But one did not become a sixteenth century prince of the church through piety and good works. Ippolito had a taste for gambling and women. He enjoyed hunting in the Loir valley...
13) The Pope's cat
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Pope's cat volume 01
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"The story of a stray cat that was born on the Via della Conciliazione in Rome. She is adopted by the Pope, and she then runs the Vatican from museum to floorboard." --
No one has a closer view of what's happening in the world's tiniest nation, Vatican City, than Margaret. She reveals the Pope's daily doings, Swiss Guards, a state visit with the Queen of England, even a few Italian phrases and foods. Yum! She wasn't always the Pope's cat, however....
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One of the most famous victims of the Holy Office of the Inquisition was the brilliant Dominican monk Giordano Bruno, burnt at the stake for heresy in 1600. Morris West recreates a diary of Bruno's intimate thoughts as he languishes in Rome's worst prison for seven years. Bruno's reflections and frank memories of his life reveal him to be both a fine thinker and a flawed priest-and a man willing to pay the highest price to be true to himself. The...
16) Hidden passion
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An intense, race-against-time thriller of death and conspiracies set in the mysterious world of tradition and ceremony of the Roman Catholic Church. When a controversial secret is uncovered that has been hidden for millennia, unknown forces will destroy anyone to prevent the news from being revealed, including the young reporter who went to Italy for fun and maybe romance!
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Enrico Massetti escribió este libro con 43 magos.
En efecto: Italia posee el patrimonio artístico y cultural más notable del mundo. Y su cultura no se encuentra sólo en las grandes ciudades creativas, sino que está difusa, "repartida" por todo el territorio nacional como en ningún otro país. ¿La prueba?
Le Marche. Su costa llana y arenosa se ve interrumpida por precipicios escarpados y rocosos, una región con un paisaje rico y variado junto...
19) Romero a Roma
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Los que peregrinan a Roma, decía Alfonso X el Sabio, se llaman romeros. Este libro es el diario de una peregrinación a Roma desde Nápoles hasta la Ciudad Eterna, realizada a pie por tres romeros, mendigando la comida y durmiendo en cualquier sitio, como los peregrinos de antaño. El camino hasta la tumba de Pedro es el hilo conductor que enlaza cansancios, risas, oraciones, versos, encuentros con todo tipo de personas y lugares repletos de historia.
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"Amid a volatile mix of disease, war, and religious fundamentalism, what difference could one woman make? Annalena Tonelli left behind career, family, and homeland anyway, moving to a remote Muslim village in northern Kenya to live among its outcasts--desert nomads dying of tuberculosis, history's deadliest disease."--Back cover.
"Somalia's Mother Teresa chose love over fear. Amid a volatile mix of disease, war, and religious fundamentalism in the...
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