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The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

by Iris Murdoch

A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an order of sequestered nuns. A new bell is being installed when suddenly the old bell, a legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. And then things begin to change. Meanwhile the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved, whatever that... (more)

A Crown of Lights (A Merrily Watkins Mystery)

A Crown of Lights (A Merrily Watkins Mystery)

by Phil Rickman

A modern witch-hunt splits a remote community - in a further challenge for exorcist Rev. Merrily Watkins. A disused church near a Welsh border hamlet has already been sold off by the Church when it's discovered that the new owners are 'pagans' who intend to use the building for their own rituals. The local rector, an extreme evangelical, is appalled and blames these inoffensive middle-class witches for... (more)

In the Bleak Midwinter (A Rev. Clare Ferguson Mystery)

In the Bleak Midwinter (A Rev. Clare Ferguson Mystery)

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Heavy Snow...Icy Desires...Cold-Blooded Murder Clare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a "lady," she's a tough ex Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good... (more)

A Fountain Filled With Blood (Reverend Clare Ferguson Mystery)

A Fountain Filled With Blood (Reverend Clare Ferguson Mystery)

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Nestled in the heart of the Adirondacks, Miller's Kill, New York is about as safe as it gets. That's why Episcopal minister Clare Fergusson is shocked when the July Fourth weekend brings a rash of vicious assaults to the scenic town. Even Clare's good friend, police chief Russ Van Alstyne, is shaken by the brutality of the crimes-especially when it appears that the victims were chosen because they are gay. But... (more)

1662 Book of Common Prayer

by The Church of England

The Book of Common Prayer, written by Thomas Cranmer in 1662, is not just the old and well-loved prayer book of the Church of England. It is one of the classic texts of the English language, and many of its phrases and ideas have become common usage. This larger size Prayer Book provides the complete 1662 services, and is bound in an attractive Dark Blue Calfskin leather with gilt edges and blocking. The larger... (more)

A Covenant With God A Personal Journey of Faith and Obedience Encountering HIV/AIDSReverend John Mungai Ng'ang'a

A Covenant With God A Personal Journey of Faith and Obedience Encountering HIV/AIDS

by Reverend John Mungai Ng'ang'a

Hymnal: 1940 Standard Harmony Edition Red

Hymnal: 1940 Standard Harmony Edition Red

Out Of The Deep I Cry (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)

Out Of The Deep I Cry (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

On April 1, 1930, Jonathan Ketchem's wife Jane walked from her house to the police department to ask for help in finding her husband. The men, worn out from a night of chasing bootleggers, did what they could. But no one ever saw Jonathan Ketchem again... Now decades later, someone else is missing in Miller's Kill, NY. This time it's the physician of the clinic that bears the Ketchem name. Suspicion falls on a... (more)

I Heard the Owl Call My Name

by Margaret Craven

A young minister who has two years to live learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to an Indian parish in British Columbia.

Oscar and Lucinda

by Ralph Fiennes, Peter Carey

Winner of the Booker Prize, a critically acclaimed, large-scale, brilliantly styled, continuously engrossing love story set in mid-19th-century England and Australia.

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The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

by Iris Murdoch

A Crown of Lights (A Merrily Watkins Mystery)

by Phil Rickman

In the Bleak Midwinter (A Rev. Clare Ferguson Mystery)

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

A Fountain Filled With Blood (Reverend Clare Ferguson Mystery)

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

1662 Book of Common Prayer

by The Church of England

A Covenant With God A Personal Journey of Faith and Obedience Encountering HIV/AIDS

by Reverend John Mungai Ng'ang'a

Hymnal: 1940 Standard Harmony Edition Red

Out Of The Deep I Cry (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

I Heard the Owl Call My Name

by Margaret Craven

Oscar and Lucinda

by Ralph Fiennes, Peter Carey