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The Black Monastery

Author : Stav Sherez
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571252176
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Black Monastery written by Stav Sherez and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People used to come to the small Greek island of Palassos for the historic ruins. Now they come to take drugs and party all night. But the horrific ritual murder of a boy in the grounds of an old monastery brings back memories of two similar deaths in the mid-1970s, and of a mysterious cult who once dwelt in the island's interior, memories the island has tried hard to forget. As Nikos, the police chief who has been persuaded back to his home island for the final years of his career, begins his investigation, two Brits arrive on the island: the bestselling crime writer Kitty Carson, on a break from the pressures of work and her strained marriage, and Jason, an aspiring writer with a secret of his own. When a second body is discovered - further endangering the island's lucrative tourist trade - these three characters are thrown together, as the gruesome secrets of the past begin to emerge. Brilliantly paced, and featuring a memorable cast of characters, The Black Monastery is a blistering portrait of paradise gone wrong.

The Quest

Author : Nelson DeMille
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 1455549606
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Quest written by Nelson DeMille and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AUTHOR'S NOTE: An earlier, shorter version of The Quest was published in paperback in 1975. In 2013, I rewrote The Quest and doubled its length, making it, I hope, a far better story than the original, without deviating from the elements that made the story so powerful and compelling when I first wrote it. In other words, what made The Quest worth rewriting remains, and whatever is changed is for the better. I was happy and excited to have this opportunity to rewrite and republish what I consider my first "big" novel, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I first wrote it. BOOK DESCRIPTION: A sweeping adventure that's equal parts thriller and love story, Nelson DeMille's newest novel takes the reader from the war torn jungles of Ethiopia to the magical city of Rome. While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest languishes in prison. Forty years have passed since he last saw daylight. His crime? Claiming to know the true location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Then the miraculous happens - a mortar strikes the prison and he is free! Old, frail, and injured, he escapes to the jungle, where he encounters two Western journalists and a beautiful freelance photographer taking refuge from the carnage. As they tend to his wounds, he relates his incredible story. Motivated by the sensational tale and their desire to find the location of the holiest of relics, the trio agrees to search for the Grail. Thus begins an impossible quest that will pit them against murderous tribes, deadly assassins, fanatical monks, and the passions of their own hearts. THE QUEST is suspenseful, romantic, and filled with heart-pounding action. Nelson DeMille is at the top of his game as he masterfully interprets one of history's greatest mysteries.

Monastery Mornings

Author : Michael Patrick O'Brien
Publisher : Paraclete Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9781640606494
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Monastery Mornings written by Michael Patrick O'Brien and published by Paraclete Press (MA). This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monastery Mornings is a memoir of a young boy from a broken home growing up with a colorful community of Trappist monks in the mountains of rural Latter-day Saint Utah. Michael O'Brien was raised in the 1970s by a single mother...and by monks. He wrote down his memories of the monastery when it closed in 2017, intending to memorialize his Trappist friends. What he really did, however, was document his own formation, specifically how a childhood spent with Trappists revealed a path on which the author learned to live a life as a man of faith, hope, and love.

The Black Madonna

Author : Davis Bunn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439164894
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Black Madonna written by Davis Bunn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the internationally acclaimed Gold of Kings, Storm Syrrell returns in the compelling story of The Black Madonna. Antiques expert Storm Syrrell heads to Europe to investigate the clandestine trade in religious artifacts. She dismisses superstitious tales of miraculous healings and divine omens. Yet when an obsessive Russian oligarch calls—just as her friend Harry Bennett vanishes—all assumptions must be cast aside. Storm seeks answers in a medieval monastery. There, the scarred visage of an icon provokes ever more startling questions. Is she prepared to confront both earthly and spiritual powers? Storm remains haunted by lessons in love and betrayal that lie just outside her grasp. But hesitation now holds mortal consequences.

Monastery Guest Houses of North America: A Visitor's Guide (Fifth Edition)

Author : Robert J. Regalbuto
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 0881509000
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Monastery Guest Houses of North America: A Visitor's Guide (Fifth Edition) written by Robert J. Regalbuto and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to monasteries and convents in the United States and Canada covers contact information, accommodations offered, points of interest in the area, and travel directions.

The History Of The Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches. Being Two Additional Volumes To Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum

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Author : John Stevens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The History Of The Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches. Being Two Additional Volumes To Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum written by John Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1723 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries

Author : Abū Ṡāliḣ (al-Armanī.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries written by Abū Ṡāliḣ (al-Armanī.) and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer

Author : Thomas Whitfield Baldwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2202 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer written by Thomas Whitfield Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 2202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer

Author : Joseph Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1190 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer written by Joseph Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Scent of Holiness

Author : Constantina R. Palmer
Publisher : Ancient Faith Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781936270422
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Scent of Holiness written by Constantina R. Palmer and published by Ancient Faith Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every monastery exudes the scent of holiness, but women's monasteries have their own special flavor. Join Constantina Palmer as she makes frequent pilgrimages to a women's monastery in Greece and absorbs the nuns' particular approach to their spiritual life. If you're a woman who's read of Mount Athos and longed to partake of its grace-filled atmosphere, this book is for you. Men who wish to understand how women's spirituality differs from their own will find it a fascinating read as well.

Agarttha, the Invisible Center

Author : Mircea Alexandru Tamas
Publisher : Rose-Cross Books
ISBN 13 : 097311911X
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book Agarttha, the Invisible Center written by Mircea Alexandru Tamas and published by Rose-Cross Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Monastery Rules

Author : Berthe Jansen
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520297008
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Monastery Rules written by Berthe Jansen and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Monastery Rules discusses the position of the monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies and how that position was informed by the far-reaching relationship of monastic Buddhism with Tibetan society, economy, law, and culture. Jansen focuses her study on monastic guidelines, or bca’ yig. The first study of its kind to examine the genre in detail, the book contains an exploration of its parallels in other Buddhist cultures, its connection to the Vinaya, and its value as socio-historical source-material. The guidelines are witness to certain socio-economic changes, while also containing rules that aim to change the monastery in order to preserve it. Jansen argues that the monastic institutions’ influence on society was maintained not merely due to prevailing power-relations, but also because of certain deep-rooted Buddhist beliefs.

Benedictine Monachism

Author : Cuthbert Butler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benedictine Monachism written by Cuthbert Butler and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary of the World

Author : Joseph Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary of the World written by Joseph Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 2200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Etymological Geography ... With an Introduction by John Stuart Blackie

Author : Christina BLACKIE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Etymological Geography ... With an Introduction by John Stuart Blackie written by Christina BLACKIE and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Catholic Encyclopedia

Author : Charles George Herbermann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Catholic Encyclopedia written by Charles George Herbermann and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Martin Luther

Author : Lyndal Roper
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473545242
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Martin Luther written by Lyndal Roper and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE 2017 'A magnificent study of one of history's most compelling and divisive figures' Richard J. Evans When Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door of a small university town in 1517, he set off a process that changed the Western world for ever. Within a few years Luther’s ideas had spread like wildfire. His attempts to reform Christianity by returning it to its biblical roots split the Western Church, divided Europe and polarised people’s beliefs, leading to religious persecution, social unrest and war; and in the long run his ideas would help break the grip of religion on every sphere of life. Yet Luther was a deeply flawed human being: a fervent believer tormented by spiritual doubts; a prolific writer whose translation of the Bible would shape the German language yet whose attacks on his opponents were vicious and foul-mouthed; a married ex-monk who liberated human sexuality from the stigma of sin but who insisted that women should know their place; a religious fundamentalist, Jew-hater and political reactionary who called ‘for the private and public murder of the peasants’ who had risen against their lords in response to his teaching. And perhaps surprisingly, the man who helped create in the modern world was not modern himself: for him the devil was not a figure of speech but a real, physical presence. As an acclaimed historian, Lyndal Roper explains how Luther’s impact can only be understood against the background of the times. As a brilliant biographer, she gives us the flesh-and-blood figure. She reveals the often contradictory psychological forces that drove Luther forward and the dynamics they unleashed, which turned a small act of protest into a battle against the power of the Church. A New Statesman, Spectator, History Today, Guardian and Sunday Times Book of the Year