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Joseph Smith: the first Mormon
By Donna Hill. 1977
A comprehensive biography of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a vivid picture of…
American frontier life. It covers Smith's discovery in 1827 of the golden plates inscribed with ancient hieroglyphs that were eventually translated into "The Book of Mormon." 1977.Jonathan Edwards: a life
By George M Marsden. 2018
In this biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. Drawing on newly available sources,…
George M. Marsden demonstrates how cultural and religious battles shaped Edwards' life and thought. Marsden reveals Edwards as a complex thinker and human being who struggled to reconcile his Puritan heritage with the secular, modern world emerging out of the Enlightenment. 2018.John Paul the great: remembering a spiritual father
By Peggy Noonan. 2005
During his nearly three decades of service, Pope John Paul II became the most recognized person in the world. He…
upheld many of the traditional values of the Catholic Church while also showing his progressive nature through his lifelong concern for the poor and suffering people of the world. The entire world mourned when he passed away in April of 2005, but he left an extraordinary legacy that will be felt forever. 2005.John Calvin
By T H L Parker. 1977
Calvin's planned life of quiet study ended in 1536 when chance took him to Geneva. Here, apart from a short…
exile, he remained for the rest of his life. His time there was marked by bitter struggles over the independence of church from state and the rules he tried to impose on Geneva as a whole. This biography shows him against the background of the turbulent time in which he lived, putting him and his ideas in their context. 1977.John Henry Newman: a biography (Oxford Lives Ser.)
By Ian Kerr. 1990
This is the first biography to pay equal attention to Newman's achievements as a thinker and writer and his personal…
life-story. Newman is revealed in his complexity, the legendary sadness and sensitivity placed in their proper perspective by being set against his equally striking exuberance, humour and uncompromising toughness in the face of adversity. 1990.Charles and Camilla: portrait of a love affair
By Gyles Daubeney Brandreth. 2005
The biographer of the Queen and Prince Philip presents a portrait of their son, Charles, and of Camilla, the great-granddaughter…
of Edward VII's mistress, Alice Keppel. It is the first book that goes behind the headlines and gives a context to the affair that has been making news for thirty years. 2005.Diana: closely guarded secret
By Ken Wharfe, Robert Jobson. 2002
Reveals the truth about the Princess's relationships, including her infatuation with James Hewitt and Oliver Hoare; accounts of exotic trips…
around the world; an insider's view of the 'War of the Waleses', and Diana's desire to escape the 'gilded cage' of royalty; how Charles and Diana managed their separate love lives with the help of loyal retainers; a searing, expert indictment of the errors in security and protection that led to the Princess's death. 2002.Jesus and his times (Reader's digest general books)
By Reader's Digest Editors. 1987
Presents the everyday life of persons living at the time of Jesus, many of the incidents and testimonials of faith…
from the New Testament, and a deeper understanding of Jesus the man. 1987. Uniform title: Reader's digest.Jesus: What Manner Of Man Is This?
By Richard Hanser. 1972
The author explores what is known of Christ's life and attempts to show how and why His teachings appeal so…
strongly to youth today. He also includes an objective treatment of issues which have caused differences among Christian sects. Junior and Senior High. 1972.James G. Endicott: rebel out of China
By Stephen Lyon Endicott. 1980
Jim Endicott was born in China and returned in 1925 as a missionary of the United Church of Canada. This…
book is both a biography and a history of China during its reconstruction. c1980.In the courts of the Lord: a gay minister's story
By James Ferry. 1993
In 1991, Anglican priest Jim Ferry was asked to resign for being "actively homosexual." When he refused, he was tried…
in the Bishop's Court for disobedience and banished from the ministry. Ferry maintains that his real crime was to break the conspiracy of silence surrounding gay clergy in a church that is wrestling with issues of sexuality and human dignity. His book is an account of what it means to be gay, to be honest with oneself and with others, and to suffer as a result. 1993.Initiation: a woman's spiritual adventure in the heart of the Andes
By Elizabeth B Jenkins. 1997
Memoir of an American woman's mystical odyssey in the Peruvian Andes. Describes her encounters with mountain spirits, her spiritual awakening…
under the guidance of Q'eros priests, and her initiation into the religious tradition of the Incas. 1997.Infidel
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 2007
Ali recalls her life, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and…
activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West. She recounts the evolution of her beliefs, and her resolve to fight injustice done in the name of religion. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.In a gilded cage: American Heiresses Who Married British Aristocrats
By Marian Fowler. 1993
Between 1870 and 1914, hundreds of America's wealthiest heiresses married into Europe's titled families. Of the 100 who married into…
British nobility, Marian Fowler portrays the lives of five who captured the highest prize -- a duke. 1993.Imperial legend: the disappearance of Tsar Alexander I
By Alexis S Troubetzkoy. 2002
In 1825, at the age of 48, Tsar Alexander, a sturdy man in excellent health, died under mysterious circumstances. Rumour…
had it that the Tsar had faked his death in order to shed the burdens of the throne, a position he had reluctantly assumed after his father was assassinated, and escaped into self-imposed exile. This book attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Tsar Alexander I and offers up an explanation of what really happened to the leader of one of the world's most powerful nations. 2002.Another man's war: the true story of one man's battle to save children in the Sudan
By Sam Childers. 2009
This book recounts the rise of Sam Childers from violent, drug-addicted biker to a man willing to risk everything to…
rescue the orphans and child soldiers of Sudan. Today Sam spends his time in the most dangerous parts of Sudan and Uganda rescuing the youngest victims of war, orphans and child-soldiers. Includes violence. c2009.Francis of Assisi: A Revolutionary Life
By Adrian House. 2001
House portrays the life of the medieval Italian saint Francis of Assisi, chronicling his youth, his conversion, and his establishment…
of the Franciscan Order. Discusses Francis's ability to communicate with birds, the appearance of the stigmata on his body, and his relationship with St. Clare. 2001.Carthusians are contemplative monastics who live in community but spend most of their days alone, wearing hair shirts, practicing self-flagellation…
and eating just one meal a day from mid-September to Easter. Maguire followed the lives of five young men who entered St. Hugh's Charterhouse in England between July 1960 and March 1961. As they work, pray and live in solitude, they discover not only God but also themselves. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2006.And then there were nuns: adventures in a cloistered life
By Jane Christmas. 2013
Bestselling author Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent to discern whether she is, as she puts it, "nun material".…
But just as she convinces herself to take the plunge, her long-term partner surprises her with a marriage proposal. Determined not to let her monastic dreams get sidelined, Christmas puts her engagement aside and embarks on an extraordinary year-plus adventure to four convents—one in Canada and three in the U.K. c2013.Elizabeth: a biography of Her Majesty the Queen
By Sarah Bradford. 1996
Published in the year of the Queen's 70th birthday, this biography draws on private archives and interviews with political figures,…
former palace employees, and friends of Elizabeth II, some of whom have not shared their stories before. 1996.