Annotation. Bunson (an author of reference works) has revised her 1991 reference (which is appropriate for high school and public libraries) to span Egypt's history from the predynastic period to the Roman conquest.
Saint Damien of Molokai is the riveting account of how a humble Congregation of the Sacred Hearts priest found a vocation in caring for lepers that led him to his canonization in October 2009.
Presents more than 10,000 alphabetical entries on the lives of Christian saints and includes information on such topics as the canonization process, emblems of the saints, patron saints, and mystics.
Contains over 2300 entries which cover the gods, rulers, cities and themes important in ancient Egypt.
With more than 10,000 entries, Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints is the most comprehensive one-volume reference ever published on the Catholic Church's saints and beati.
Experience the extraordinary stories of the French Jesuit missionaries, the famed Blackrobes," in the wilderness of North America and the heroic conversions of the Native Americans to the Catholic faith.
She is war, strife, and fertility...a shape-changer, jinn and meddler that transcends our Earth's mythologies.
Provides detailed entries on the antiquities of pre-Columbian Central America and the civilizations of region's peoples
The Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha was one of America's earliest mystics. Hated for her faith, the young Mohawk woman eventually suffered martyrdom. Today, her uniquely Native American point of view gives her mysticism a refreshing new color.
A wealth of information from th predynastic period around 3000 BC to the fall of the New Kingdom in 1070 BC.
Men and women who have done the hardest thing of all--lived lives of virtue so heroically that their deeds will be honored as long as there's Church. Let these superheoes and superheroines show you how exciting a life of Faith can be.
2000 years of sanctity add up to one thing -- unsurpassed models of holiness for this (and every) century.
The story of Demetrius Gallitzin, a Russian prince who gave up his noble title, wealth, and position to become a priest in the rugged wilderness of Pennsylvania. -- Back cover.
Story of St. Francis of Assisi who gave up a life of wealth to form the Franciscan Brotherhood.
The life of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was burned at the stake for witchcraft.
An Hour With Kateri Tekakwitha offers insight into the life and spirituality of the young girl who became the first North American Indian to be beatified.