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1) Dune
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
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Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.
Frank Herberts epic masterpiecea triumph of the imagination and the bestselling science fiction novel of all time.Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib....
Author
Publisher
Loyola Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Leadership makes great companies, but few of us truly understand how to turn ourselves and others into great leaders. One companythe Jesuitspioneered a unique formula for molding leaders and in the process built one of historys most successful companies.In this groundbreaking book, Chris Lowney reveals the leadership principles that have guided the Jesuits for more than 450 years: self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism. Lowney shows how these...
Author
Series
Sparrow novels (Mary Doria Russell) volume 2
Publisher
Villard
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The author provides essential historical background from the founder Ignatius of Loyola through Pope Francis and the present. Concise and compelling, this brief book is an accessible introduction for anyone interested in world or church history.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Following one family through nearly two centuries of indentured servitude and enslavement, this powerful account illustrates how the Catholic Church relied on slave labor and slave sales to help finance its expansion, bringing to light the people whose forced labor helped to build the largest denomination in the nation"--
6) The sparrow
Author
Series
Sparrow novels (Mary Doria Russell) volume 1
Publisher
Villard Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
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Description
A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end. Praise for The Sparrow "A startling,...
Author
Series
Li Du novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"On the mountainous border of China and Tibet in 1708, a detective must learn what a killer already knows: that empires rise and fall on the strength of the stories they tell. Li Du was an imperial librarian. Now he is an exile. Arriving in Dayan, the last Chinese town before the Tibetan border, he is surprised to find it teeming with travelers, soldiers, and merchants. All have come for a spectacle unprecedented in this remote province: an eclipse...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"This book, first published in 2010, is the fruit of a series of journalistic interviews with Bergoglio when he was cardinal, consecrated by Pope John Paul II. They give insight into his core beliefs, his personal history, his wisdom, intellect, compassion, humility, and ultimately his humanity. Here--in his own words--is an intimate look at the man who is now the leader of the Roman Catholic Church"--Page ix.
10) With bound hands: a Jesuit in Nazi Germany : the life and selected prison letters of Alfred Delp
Author
Publisher
Jesuit Way
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
12) The orenda
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"History reveals itself when, in the seventeenth century, a Jesuit missionary ventures into the Canadian wilderness in search of converts-the defining moment of first contact between radically different worlds. What unfolds over the next several years is truly epic, constantly illuminating and surprising, sometimes comic, always entrancing and ultimately all too human in its tragic grandeur. Christophe has been in the New World only a year when his...
14) Black robe
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A young Jesuit priest travels through the Canadian wilderness with his Algonquin companions during the 17th century on a mission to reach the Huron tribe.
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