nuns

The controversial biography of Sister Pascalina, the most powerful woman in Vatican history.

She was called Mother - a woman whose boundless love has touched the lives of millions.

Sister Agatha, an extern nun in the cloistered order at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery, serves as the sisters' link to the outside world, running errands and helping those who need it, and when an eight-year-old girl who has the power to perform miracles disappears, Sister Agatha is asked to find the girl and protect her from those who want to exploit her gift.

An entertainer impersonates a nun for the second time in order to help run a troubled inner-city school.

A lounge singer witnesses a mob crime and is forced to hide out in a convent.

A young Black man driving through the Southwest helps a group of German refugee nuns build a church.

Rich illustrations fill this biography of Mother Teresa, which describes such parts of her life as her work in Calcutta, her love of children, and her Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

A brief, illustrated biography of seventeenth-century Mexican poet, Juana Ines, that chronicles her family life, education, and her works.

Detailed illustrations and verse tell the story of a little girl who loved to read in a time when girls did not go to school, and who went on to become the leading writer and intellectual of her day.