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Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 0099269473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in New Orleans before the American Civil War, this is the story of the Free People of Color, descended from slaves, and their French and Spanish owners. Among their number is Marcel, an artist in the making, also his gentle sister Marie and Anna Bella, a beautiful young courtesan.
Author: Robert Boak Slocum
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 591
ISBN-13: 0898697018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive, quick reference for all Episcopalians, both lay and ordained. This thoroughly researched, highly readable resource contains more than 3,000 clearly entries about the history, structure, liturgy, and theology of the Episcopal Church—and the larger Christian church worldwide. The editors have also provided a helpful bibliography of key reference works and additional background materials. “This tool belongs on the shelf of just about anyone who cares for, works in or with, or even wonders about the Episcopal Church.”—The Episcopal New Yorker
Author: Barbara Hambly
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2011-01-05
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 0307785270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lush and haunting novel of a city steeped in decadent pleasures . . . and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal. It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted—by murder. Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, has been strangled to death. With the authorities reluctant to become involved, Ben begins his own inquiry, which will take him through the seamy haunts of riverboatmen and into the huts of voodoo-worshipping slaves. But soon the eyes of suspicion turn toward Ben—for, black as the slave who fathered him, this free man of color is still the perfect scapegoat. . . . Praise for A Free Man of Color “A smashing debut. Rich and exciting with both substance and spice.”—Star Tribune, Minneapolis “A sparkling gem.”—King Features Syndicate “An astonishing tour de force.”—Margaret Maron “Superb.”—Drood Review of Mystery “A darned good murder mystery.”—USA Today
Author: Mary Reed Newland
Publisher:
Published: 2012-04-07
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781621385646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow does one develop a space for one's children free from the worst aspects of the surrounding culture? How to foster a spiritual life where children can develop a vision of God, themselves, and the world, and an approach to Him through prayer and the hab
Author: Ed Lin
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2014-07-29
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1616953276
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWelcome to Unknown Pleasures, a food stand in Taipei's night market named after a Joy Division album, and also the location for a big-hearted new mystery set in the often undocumented Taiwan. August is Ghost Month in Taiwan—a time to pay respects to the dead and avoid unlucky omens. Jing-nan, who runs a food stand in a bustling Taipei night market, isn’t superstitious, but this August will haunt him nonetheless. He learns that his high school sweetheart has been murdered—found scantily clad near a highway where she was selling betel nuts. Beyond his harrowing grief, Jing-nan is confused. “Betel nut beauties” are typically women in desperate circumstances, but Julia Huang was high school valedictorian, and the last time Jing-nan spoke to her, she was far away, happily enrolled in NYU’s honor program. The facts don’t add up. Julia’s parents don’t think so, either, but the police seem to have closed the case without asking any questions. The Huangs beg Jing-nan to do some investigating—reconnect with old classmates, see if he can learn anything more about Julia’s last years. Reluctantly, he agrees, for Julia’s sake. But nothing can prepare him for what he is about to learn, or how it will change his life.
Author: Jack Whyte
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 0143197649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorn of the chaos of the Dark Ages, the Dream of Eagles produced a king, a country and an everlasting legend—Camelot Publius Varrus is a veteran Roman officer and a maker of swords. In the early fifth century, amid the violent struggles between the people of Britain and the invading Saxons, Picts and Scots, he and his former general, Caius Britannicus, forge the government and military system that will become known as the Round Table, and initiate a chain of events that will lead to the coronation of the High King we know today as Arthur. Rich in historical detail, brimming with drama, intrigue and passion, The Skystone gives new resonance to an enduring and powerful legend.
Author: Jan Richardson
Publisher:
Published: 2020-08
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781735161204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Jan Richardson unexpectedly lost her husband and creative partner, the singer/songwriter Garrison Doles, she did what she had long known how to do: she wrote blessings. These were no sugar-coated blessings. They minimized none of the pain and bewilderment that came in the wake of a wrenching death. With these blessings, Jan entered, instead, into the depths of the shock, anger, and sorrow. From those depths, she has brought forth words that, with heartbreaking honesty, offer surprising comfort and stunning grace. Those who know loss will find kinship among these pages. In these blessings that move through the anguish of rending into the unexpected shelters of solace and hope, there shimmers a light that helps us see we do not walk alone. From her own path of grief, Jan offers a luminous, unforgettable gift that invites us to know the tenacity of hope and to recognize the presence of love that, as she writes, is "sorrow's most lasting cure."
Author: Brenda Marie Osbey
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780807121979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this collection of poetry, Brenda Marie Osbey invokes, impersonates, and converses with her Afro-New Orleans forebears - both blood ancestors and spiritual predecessors - covering the religious and magical mysteries of her native culture.
Author: Jerry Windley-Daoust
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Published: 2019-07-08
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781681925189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaggie and Max can't wait for the All Saints' Day party. There's just one problem: they can't decide which saint to dress up as]¬‚¬]and the party is just a week away! Join Maggie and Max as their friends and family tell them about six holy men and women who offer living examples of what it means to be a saint]¬‚¬]even if you're a kid!
Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2010-11-17
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 030757590X
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