Left at the Mostly Silent Monastery as a toddler and home-schooled by a retired nun, twelve-year-old Bicycle rides cross-country to meet a famous cyclist who she hopes will be her first friend.
" A Los Angeles transplant, Sister Louise 'Lou' LaSalle feels right at home in Briar Coast, New York. After all, her beloved nephew, Chris, works at the college founded by her congregation. But while Sister Lou has always played by the rules, she's about to have her faith in herself tested - by murder"--Provided by publisher.
The beloved chaplain of Loyola University's men's basketball team offers a memoir of her life of service along with common sense wisdom and spiritual guidance from one hundred years of living.
Rendered outcast from Eleanor of Aquitaine's court, Marie de France finds herself sent to England to take over the job of a prioress in an impoverished abbey. All her dreams and youthful passions needing to be suppressed, she throws herself into her new devotion to her sister nuns, and increasingly into her supernatural visions. However, the world is changing in frightening ways, and if she does not fight for herself, she will be bowled under.
"Bernice Buttman is tired of being labeled a 'bully,' so when her mom leaves her with her aunt, who is a nun, Bernice decides to mend her ways and become a model citizen"--Provided by publisher.
That little boy was young, he could hardly say my name but he loved with great love. He taught me that it is not how much you give but how much love we put in that giving that is important.
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Mother Teresa, who founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity to take care of the poor in India.
"Mikoto Misaka is a Level Five esper--one of the most powerful in Academy City. She's so powerful, in fact, that her DNA has been harvested to create a series of clones--the "Sisters." But who is behind these clones, and why would they go to such lengths? The sinister truth is nothing she or Touma could have imagined, and it involves the terrifying Accelerator, the most powerful esper of all time!"--Back cover.
Abel, Tres, and Esther set out to meet with the rest of AX after Gyula's death, and as they set out on a new mission, they face many challenges, including a formidable vampire, a bloodsucking tree, and a dangerous mermaid.
