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1) Essene
Publisher
Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah)
Language
English
Description
ESSENE is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of the community. In the Order, where the focus of life is the relationship of individual work and worship to the community as a whole, the brethren must cope with the same issues that arise in any community: rules, work, worship, values, love, and play.
Author
Series
Crusades trilogy (Jan Guillou) volume 2
Language
English
Description
The second volume in the internationally bestselling Crusades trilogy begun with "The Road to Jerusalem". When an accident of fate brings together Arn and Saladin, a friendship is forged that will alter the course of the Templar Knight's life, and the history of Jerusalem. After the bloody Battle of Hattin, Arn finally becomes a free man. But the road home is long and bloody. Print run 25,000.
Author
Series
Left hand of God trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the adventures of sixteen-year-old Thomas, one of thousands of imprisoned youths being trained in combat by warrior monks who becomes aware of his secret destiny after a daring escape.
Author
Series
Crusades trilogy (Jan Guillou) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Destined to become a classic, The Road to Jerusalem is a brilliant, dramatic recreation of the medieval world."
-Sharon Kay Penman, New York Times bestselling author of Devil's Brood
Already an international sensation, The Road to Jerusalem by Jan Guillou is the epic story of the Knights Templar. A major bestseller in Europe-with more than two million copies sold in Sweden alone-and the basis for the most lavish and expensive Swedish film...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health, but when he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy.
6) Anathem
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having lived in a monastery since childhood, away from the violent upheavals of the outside world, Raz becomes one of a group of formerly cloistered scholars who are appointed by a fear-driven higher power to avert an impending catastrophe.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Québec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery's massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.
Author
Series
Crowfield series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1347, when fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest to gather wood and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, he discovers he has the ability to see fays and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets.
Author
Series
Crowfield series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In March of 1348, the awakening of an ancient evil drives fay creatures from the woods, causes Crowfield Abbey to crumble, and haunts the dreams of the monks, but the demon seems especially drawn to Will, who is beginning to realize the significance of his Sight.
12) Cold, cold bones
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 21
Language
English
Description
Winter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe's place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball. GPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits....
Author
Series
Left hand of God trilogy volume 3
Publisher
New American Library
Language
English
Description
"Following the bestselling novels The Left Hand of God and The Last Four Things comes the final installment of Paul Hoffman's stark, epic trilogy. Since discovering that his brutal military training has been for one purpose--to destroy God's greatest mistake, mankind itself--Cale has been hunted by the very man who made him into the Angel of Death: Pope Redeemer Bosco. Cale is a paradox: arrogant and innocent, generous and pitiless. Feared and revered...
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