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"When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his papers were sealed in the Vatican Secret Archives, leaving unanswered questions about what he knew and did during World War II. Those questions have only grown and festered, making Pius XII one of the most controversial popes in Church history, especially now as the Vatican prepares to canonize him. In 2020, Pius XII's archives were finally opened, and David I. Kertzer--widely recognized as one of the world's...
Series
Firefly volume 1
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Following the battle with the Reavers that left Wash and Book dead, Serenity soars again! This time with Kaylee captaining a crew including River, Jayne, and the bandit Leonard Chang-Benitez. But they'll soon find themselves drawn into a shocking conflict that means Zoe--along with her toddler Emma and old friends--must rejoin the crew...except for former Captain Mal Reynolds."--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Magicians : Alice's Story is an all new chapter set in the world of The Magicians trilogy of novels by New York Times bestselling author Lev Grossman that retells the events of the first novel through fan-favorite character Alice Quinn. Alice Quinn is manifestly brilliant, and she's always known that magic is real. During her years at Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, she rises to the top of her class, falls in love with Quentin Coldwater,...
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Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Long after Quentin and his friends have graduated from Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, Dean Fogg invites a historic new group of students to enroll- the first ever class of hedge magicians, rogue practitioners of unsanctioned magic. But the traditional magicians aren't too thrilled to have the rule-breaking outcasts in their hallowed halls, and tempers flare as the student bodies clash to prove their superiority - not realizing a new danger...
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Russian
Description
A group of students go hiking into the mountains of Siberia, close to the border with Mongolia. One day on a very difficult climb, the group leader Olle gets lost in a lethal landslide. His team presume he’s dead so they forge on to the nearest village for help. The locals mistrust them and they end up in jail, and then things go from bad to worse when Olle’s body mysteriously shows up. Has the local legend come true?
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Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. This volume covers the Holocaust. Provides students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, helps stimulate critical thinking and provides ideas for papers and assignments.
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Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including architecture, art, business, dance, education, fashion, film, industry, journalism, law, literature, medicine, music, politics and government, publishing, religion, science and technology, social issues, sports, television, theater, and others.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path. For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have been if not for schedule changes, changes of heart, or momentous turns of events. In Undelivered, political speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum presents the most notable...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait of the infamous Renaissance family and their storied milieu.
They burst out of obscurity in Spain not...
They burst out of obscurity in Spain not...
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
The papacy is the oldest continuously functioning institution in the world. To put that fact into perspective, consider that when George Washington was elected our nation's first president, the 250th pope was already reigning. More than one billion Roman Catholics throughout the world look to the pope each day for guidance and leadership. And at the death of John Paul II last year, more than four million people streamed into Rome to pay their respects...
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Professor William R. Cook explores the vast and fascinating history of one of the most influential spiritual institutions in the world. Follow the development of this powerful religious force throughout the centuries and witness its ability to move armies, inspire saints, and shape the lives and spirits of its more than 1 billion members.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The 1979 murder of 13-year-old John Pius is a stain on the history of Suffolk County, Long Island. It was national news at the time: a young white kid with his whole life ahead of him, killed and trampled and left in the woods. A young detective named Thomas Spota was under intense pressure to solve the mystery. Then a 14-year-old informant named Jimmy Burke came to him with evidence--questionable evidence--that broke the case open. The relationship...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The particular conditions of 15th- and 16th-century Italy allowed the popes to augment their power and fashion themselves as rulers. Here, explore papal programs designed to cement Rome as Christendom's true capital (after a century of geographic dislocations) and their architects, including Nicholas V, Pius II, and Sixtus IV.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
War may be viewed as a failure of diplomacy, yet diplomats played a critical role that affected the lives of millions. Travel to the Vatican and find out how two popes named Pius negotiated the tricky diplomacy of a war that had Catholics on both sides of it. View life in the Vatican through the eyes of President Roosevelt's "personal envoy."
15) Amen
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Amen. examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designing programs for the purification of water and the destruction of vermin. He is shocked to learn that the process he has developed to eradicate typhus, by using a hydrogen cyanide mixture called Zyklon B, is now being used for killing Jews in extermination camps. Gerstein...
16) The new pope
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The unconventional follow-up to 2017's The Young Pope begins with Lenny Belardo, aka Pope Pius XIII, in a coma after a heart attack as the Holy See searches for his replacement. British intellectual Sir John Brannox is elected to the papal throne, assuming the name John Paul III. He soon finds that his predecessor2s shadow looms large: The fiercely devoted cult of Pius XIII believes their pope will return, and their conviction proves hard to shake....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From 121BC onwards, powerful leaders dominated the political fortunes of Rome. Marius - the military reformer, Sulla - the dictator, Cicero - the lawyer, orator and consul, and Julius Caesar who appointed himself dictator in 45BC. When the Roman fleet destroyed the Egyptians at the Battle of Actium, Augustus became the first Roman Emperor. The rule of the Julio-Claudia emperors, notably Caligula and Nero, were a disgrace. During the period of the...
18) Chief!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Chief! is a documentary chronicle of the trials and tribulations of daily life under dictatorship. In December, 1997, I was witness to several troubling events in Cameroon: a child thief's near lynching by the angry mob in my village; my discovery during a wedding ceremony that, by law, the husband is ruler of the family; and a highly respected journalist's arrest and imprisonment without a trial for writing an article questioning the health of the...
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