Saint Biography

Palm Sunday brings spring to Crofter’s Green—and a deadly secret. When a postal van crashes outside the Cozy Cup, Dorothy agrees to hold a registered parcel for the shaken driver. Minutes later, the parcel vanishes—and the postman is found murdered. The only clues are an address in London and a faint cipher that points back to St Mary’s Church. As Alice, Blake, Harry, and Evie follow the trail, the Homefront Sleuths uncover a chilling wartime plot that could leave the village in ruins.

Rebellious, green-eyed Eleanor never met a rule she didn't want to break. Sick of her mother's zealotry and the confines of Catholic school, she declares that she'll never go to church again. But her first glimpse of beautiful, magnetic Father Marcus Stearns - Søren to her and only her - and his lust-worthy Italian motorcycle is an epiphany. Eleanor is consumed, yet even she knows that being in love with a priest can't be right. But when one desperate mistake nearly costs Eleanor everything, it is Søren who steps in to save her.

Of all the autobiographies ever written by mere mortals, Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo is the greatest. In this masterpiece, you will find a doctor of the church longing for the true doctor of the soul, Christ. Taking us from Augustine’s roots in Africa to his encounters with his spiritual father Saint Ambrose in Milan, from his battle against his concupiscence to his famed conversion, Confessions is itself a veritable pilgrimage to the threshold of the new Jerusalem.

He's a killer. A monster. A thief. He stole me; ripped me from a life I thought was mine, and forced me into his. There was no negotiating. No choice to be made. No way out. He says once I give him what he wants, he'll let me go. But I don't believe him. Taunting me, humiliating me, hunting me...it thrills him. He's addicted to my tears, and amused by my suffering. I know he won't stop until he breaks me. But I won't go down without a fight.

Evie Delano had walked away from a life of luxury and privilege many people would kill for. Forging her own place in the unforgiving West, she had finally found some measure of peace. All she ever wanted was to be left to live her life as she chose, but her father, a wealthy politician, would never let a valuable asset go to waste, especially not his daughter. Jack Hannity had fought his way up from a darkness most people could never imagine. For years, he was a rogue, a thief, and worse, a killer. And then the Saints rescued him, and he rode to save lives.

From the moment I spotted him on the side of the road, I knew he was trouble. Now I'm kneeling at the mercy of a masked devil with my boyfriend's blood on my hands. He tells me to call him Saint because he saved me... that I should be thankful he spared me a worse fate. I'm tempted to fight him or bargain. But when Saint tells me to run, a twisted part of me wonders if he'll chase.

A dazzling and uplifting biography of the great Saint Francis of Assisi who gained the world by giving up worldly goods to be be independent of all. Less is more at the highest level. Told in a remarkably astute, nuanced, optimistic, uplifting biography by G. K. Chesterton, known as the Prince of Paradox.

« Le docteur a dit qu’il n’y avait plus rien à faire. » Nous sommes en 1943 à La Malbaie. À 6 ans, le petit André Larouche est condamné par la maladie. Sa mère, Rose-Yvonne Lapointe, qui a une grande dévotion envers le frère André, demande son aide. Elle est exaucée. Durant les années qui suivent, le frère André deviendra le protecteur d’André Larouche. Il lui procurera de grandes joies et l’aidera à donner un sens à une vie qui lui avait réservé plus tard le pire des drames.

Detective Michael Palermo built his career on his unique ability to inhabit two worlds at once: the world of law enforcement and the underworld of New York’s crime family organizations. Palermo participated in over 2,000 arrests while maintaining close relationships with the kingpins of organized crime - ties that allowed him to stay one step ahead of the rest of the New York City Police Department. This true crime drama takes you inside the police force at its most corrupt.

As a boy, Elias learned the hard way what happens when you don’t heed the old tales. Nine years after his lack of superstition got his father killed, he’s grown into a young man of piety, with a deep reverence for the hallowed sea and her fickle favor. As stories of the fisherman’s son who has managed to escape the most deadly of storms spreads from port to port, his devotion to the myths and creeds has given him the reputation of the luckiest bastard to sail the Narrows.

Carl Strople was covertly recruited to Black Ops and given the most brutal kind of training any man or woman could endure. Now he belongs to The X Group. But why do they call him “Saint”? An assassin. The most effective killer in the world. And yet . . . Carl Strople struggles to retain...

Recueil d'histoires légendaires, pittoresques et savoureuses réunies par les franciscains sur saint François d'Assise et ses premiers compagnons et composé plus de cent ans après la mort du Saint, au début du XIVe siècle, les Fioretti sont à juste titre célèbres pour leur fraîcheur, leur saveur, leur humour. L'intérêt des Fioretti reste inentamé aujourd'hui encore et c'est souvent en les lisant que bien des lecteurs découvrent saint François et s'attachent à lui.

When going to war, there are three very simple rules one must abide by: know thy enemy, be prepared to sacrifice, and always wear good shoes. After all, revenge is a dish best served in stilettos. I've got an eye for it, and nothing's going to stand in my way. Not even Rory "The Saint" Brodrick.

Elizabeth Buckley has been in love with Edward Monk for most of her life. Unfortunately, he’s only ever had eyes for her older, prettier sister. Five years after he left the village to make himself worthy of a Buckley, their lives intersect. This time, she’s determined to make him see her and bed her. All Edward has to do is convince the girl he loves to set aside her betrothed and wed him instead. When her betrothed becomes tangled in a web of lies and murder, it’s up to Edward to untangle him.

Magnus MacKay is the ultimate Highlander: tough, proud, able to master any terrain and to best his enemies. Called "the Saint" for his refusal to discuss women, as well as for his cool and steady leadership, Magnus hides a painful truth. It isn't virtue or piety that keeps him silent, but a wound of love and loss that cuts so deep he cannot bear to speak of it. But when the woman who refused him is betrothed to his friend and fellow Guardsman, Magnus is tested by love's battle cry.

I hate sports, and he is football royalty. I like quiet and predictable, but he's sex and swagger personified. I didn't particularly care for Saint Stevenson the first moment I laid eyes on him, but his warped brain seemed to process our initial meeting as foreplay. I have a meticulous five-year plan in place for myself and my career, but now this huge, cocky, self-absorbed quarterback who I've been assigned to at work is seriously f--king it up.

San Agustín de Hipona (354-430) es uno de los representantes más reconocidos en la historia de la teología. Estudió filosofía y se adhirió a la fe cristiana después de pasar por varias escuelas de pensamiento. Su autobiografía espiritual y reflexiones filosóficas se reúnen en el libro Las Confesiones de San Agustín, el cual relata desde sus primeras peregrinaciones hasta su conversión al cristianismo. Para el autor de estas bellas páginas, el origen del bien y el mal en el hombre se encuentra en su conciencia, y solo al ingresar en ella podrá alcanzar la realidad suprema de la verdad.

Je n’ai besoin de la protection de personne. Je vais bien. Mais pour rassurer ma sœur après un cambriolage, j’accepte de suivre des cours d’autodéfense. Il se trouve que ces leçons sont données par un ancien Navy SEAL, grand et musclé, qui pourrait bien représenter tout ce dont j’ai toujours rêvé, mais que je n’ai jamais pensé pouvoir avoir. Et il est déterminé à prendre soin de moi, même lorsque les choses se compliquent dans ma vie. Entre les menaces qui se multiplient envers moi et la pression exercée par ma famille pour que je sois quelqu’un que je ne suis pas, j’ai du mal à tenir le coup.

This is a top-quality audiobook of G. K. Chesterton's biography of St. Thomas Aquinas.

At Angelview Academy, Saint Angelle is considered god. But don't be fooled by his ridiculous name or that pretty face because Saint? He’s as wicked as they come. I should know. I'm the new girl who pissed him off. The nobody who called out his crew of vicious tyrants. The mortal who wouldn't bow then and sure as hell won’t now. Saint swears I'll regret it. He vows to own every inch of me. He even promises to make my senior year a living hell.