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17 audio discs (approximately 21 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When twenty-three-year-old Sister Evangeline accidentally stumbles upon some mysterious letters exchanged between the late mother superior of her convent and the famous philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller, she is thrust into an ancient conflict between the Society of Angelologists and the monstrously beautiful descendants of angels and humans, the Nephilim.
22) City of Ladies
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Cross and the crown volume 2
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English
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It's midwinter in 1539, and former nun, Catherine Havens Overton, has just given birth to her second child, a daughter. The convent in which she was raised is now part of her husband's lands, lands that once belonged to Catherine's family. With a son, Robert, and her new daughter, Veronica, her life as the mistress of a great household should be complete. But Henry VIII's England has not been kind to many of the evicted members of religious houses....
23) The nun
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
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1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
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Français
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In eighteenth-century France a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses by the Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot.
25) An unquenchable thirst: following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life
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xv, 526 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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Traces the story of a former nun who devotedly worked alongside Mother Teresa in service to the world's poor, describing her teenage decision to enter a convent, the struggles she faced as an independent thinker, and her decision to leave the church after twenty years.
26) Benedetta
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1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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Based on a true story, a 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
27) The bad nun
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Based on true events. Aesha goes to an isolated former convent turned bed and breakfast for some much-needed relaxation. Aesha is visited by a nun at the door who progressively begins to show her true colors as the night unfolds.
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"Ireland 1923. Reverend Mother Aquinas is buying buttered eggs in the Cork city market at the very moment when the city engineer, James Doyle, is assassinated. Although no one saw the actual killing, a young reporter named Sam O'Mahony is found standing close to the body, a pistol in his hand, and is arrested and charged. Following a desperate appeal from Sam's mother, convinced of her son's innocence, the Reverend Mother investigates -- and, in this...
29) Last call
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294 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Terminally ill Hayden MacBride, a middle-aged Scotsman, goes to the local hospital to obtain some euthanasia pills, but his visit takes a different turn when he encounters Rosamund, a feisty, forty-year-old nun who is also dying but who is determined to fight back.
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3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It's the '60s and Sister Boniface, with her aptitude for detective work, is an invaluable asset to the Great Slaughter Police Department. Her faith in forensics is only rivaled by her passion for investigation. If there's evidence to be found, Boniface will find it. In this series, the sister forces a murderer into checkmate at a chess tournament, takes a spin at a pirate radio station, confronts a coven of witches, and defends her reputation as the...
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When Maria Testa, better known to Brunetti as the nun who once had cared for his mother, turns up at the Commissario's door, after leaving her convent following the suspicious deaths of five patients, Brunetti launches a personal investigation into the situation.
32) Lying awake
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Mark Salzman received critical acclaim for Iron & Silk, his personal account of two years spent in China. In Lying Awake, he creates a fascinating spiritual landscape that lies behind the walls of a monastery. Readers around the world praise the beauty and originality of this novel. Sister John has devoted her life to serving God. For almost 30 years she has lived in a Carmelite monastery near Los Angeles. There, she experiences religious visions...
33) Matrix
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260 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily...
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The second audiobook a dramatic new mystery series set in a Cornish convent. Perfect for fans of Black Narcissus, Daphne Du Maurier and Margaret FrazerEvil has crept into the peaceful lives of the Daughters of Compassion. At first there are only small signs of its presence. The children at Sister Joan's school are eerily well behaved. Holy water and candles mysteriously disappear from the chapel. The beautiful au pair of one of Sister Joan's pupils...
35) False witness
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Our Lady of Hope Monastery can't catch a break. Situated in rural New Mexico, the cloistered monastery squeaks by on donations and various craft and skilled jobs suited to their cloistered, contemplative life. But, when a stolen SUV crashes through their outside walls, they are faced with financial demands that far exceed their means. So, when a major donor offers a great deal of money for what seems a simple task, they are quick to accept. The very...
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392 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Rose, married for three years, decides she has made a mistake and leaves her husband, traveling from California to Kentucky to take up residence in a home for unwed mothers where she plans to have her baby and give it up for adoption, but she soon discovers life still holds some surprises.
37) Waking Brigid
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Waking Brigid is a darkly evocative novel set in haunting Savannah, Georgia. Though the city was physically spared during the Civil War, its citizens did not come through unscathed.
Into this dark and battered culture comes young Brigid Rourke, a beautiful Irish nun. Driven by the ravages of the famine, Brigid's family chose to give the girl up to the service of the Church to ensure her survival. But in order to do that she had to reject her people's...
38) The convent
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212 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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The Sisters at Our Lady of Mercy convent on the Spanish sierra find their solitude and silence altered when Mother Superior Maria Ines discovers a baby abandoned in a suitcase at the entrance to their retreat.
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Sister Boniface mysteries volume season 1
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3 videodiscs (approximately 450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Follows a Catholic nun with a PhD in forensic science who solves crimes in the 1960s England.
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