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1) Finding Jesus: faith, fact, forgery : six holy objects that tell the remarkable story of the Gospels
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242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Finding Jesus explores six major artifacts, including the Shroud of Turin, pieces of the True Cross, and the bones of John the Baptist, that give us the most direct evidence about the life and world of Jesus.
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xii, 418 pages : map ; 24 cm
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A golden relic, containing an ancient manuscript that could change the course of history, has been hidden in a monastery. But nobody knows where. One determined man sets out to find this sensational artefact and to trace its origins.
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In this new Arcane Society novel set in Victorian England, Leona Hewitt, a gifted crystal worker, isn't the only one sneaking into Lord Delbridge's private museum to recover a relic. Thaddeus Ware, a mesmerist with psychic gifts, is on a similar mission. Neither one of them has any idea that this relic--a rare ancient crystal--will lead them in a deadly chase where danger and desire await.
5) The firebird
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Nicola Marter was born with a gift so rare and dangerous, she kept it buried deep. When she encounters a desperate woman trying to sell a small wooden carving called "The Firebird," claiming it belonged to Russia's Empress Catherine, it's a problem. There's no proof. But Nicola's held the object. She knows the woman is telling the truth.
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349 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
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"In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but their parents did not. As Lhamo -- haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, a village oracle -- tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the...
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Burren mysteries volume 10
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215 pages ; 23 cm.
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September, 1517: when fire destroys the famous relic of the Holy Cross in Kilnaboy Church and then a pilgrim is found murdered, it is up to Mara, as Brehon of the Burren, and her law students, to find out who did such a thing -- and why.
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viii, 287 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
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"Lady Emily retreats to her villa on the island of Santorini for a brief respite from London. But when she arrives, the housekeeper informs her that the master of the house has returned -- Emily's first husband who died a decade earlier."--
14) Lost empire
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Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt for a relic--but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.
Discovering a Confederate relic during a diving expedition in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo learn of the existence...
15) Signs of you
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Sixteen-year-old Riley copes with the loss of her mother two years earlier with the help of a support group, which gets involved in a mystery surrounding a relic of St. Ignatius.
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160 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"It's 1957, and aging novelist Hector Lassiter thought that his adventures were long behind him. But then he receives a treasure worth killing for: the skull of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. With his partners in crime, brooding poet Bud Fiske and hard-as-nails beauty Alicia Vicente, Hector must make a mad dash across the American southwest. If the trio can survive long enough to sell the skull to the highest bidder, they'll score big. But in...
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Winona forever volume part 3
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48 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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On Halloween 1987, The Outcasts (Darby, Boots, Sci-Fi and Pretty Boy) join up with three popular kids to hunt down a supernatural relic in a haunted monastery. As they unlock clues to its location, they find unexpected first loves, surprising heroes, and a cutthroat secret society out to claim the relic for its own dark purposes. This is part three of a four-part series.
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Winona forever volume 4
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52 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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On Halloween 1987, the Outcasts (Darby, Boots, Sci-Fi, and Pretty Boy) join up with three popular kids to hunt down a supernatural relic in a haunted monastery. As they unlock clues to its location, they find unexpected first loves, surprising heroes and a cutthroat secret society out to claim the relic for its own dark purposes. Winona Forever is a suspenseful mystery-thriller for anyone who loves the 80s but doesn't have a time machine to get there....
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288 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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Ordered to Canterbury to investigate a threat against the bones of Saint Thomas à Becket, disgraced knight Crispin Guest is accosted by court acquaintance Geoffrey Chaucer and a motley group of pilgrims who are looking for a murderer.
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