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An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati.... (more)

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress

by Susan Jane Gilman

From the author of Kiss My Tiara comes a funny and poignant collection of true stories about women coming of age that for once isn't about finding a date.

Adultery and Divorce in Calvin's Geneva (Harvard Historical Studies)Robert Kingdon

Adultery and Divorce in Calvin's Geneva (Harvard Historical Studies)

by Robert M. Kingdon

In Calvin's Geneva, the changes associated with the Reformation were particularly abrupt and far-reaching, in large part owing to John Calvin himself. Adultery and Divorce in Calvin's Geneva makes two major contributions to our understanding of this time. The first is to the history of divorce. The second is in illustrating the operations of the Consistory of Geneva--an institution designed to control in all its... (more)

The Swiss reformer ;: Or, the life of William FarelMelchior Kirchhofer

The Swiss reformer ;: Or, the life of William Farel

by Melchior Kirchhofer

Bamboo and Blood: An Inspector O Novel (Inspector O Novels)

Bamboo and Blood: An Inspector O Novel (Inspector O Novels)

by James Church

The critically acclaimed A Corpse in the Koryo brought readers into the enigmatic workings of North Korean intelligence with the introduction of a new kind of detective---the mysterious Inspector O. In the follow-up, Hidden Moon, O threaded his way through the minefield of North Korean ministries into a larger conspiracy he was never supposed to touch. Now the inspector returns . . . In the winter of 1997,... (more)

John Calvin: A Pilgrim's Life

by H. J. Selderhuis

There are many biographies of John Calvin, the theologian--some villifying him and others extolling his virtues--but few that reveal John Calvin, the man. Professor and renowned Reformation historian Herman Selderhuis has written this book to bring Calvin near to the reader, showing him as a man who had an impressive impact on the development of the Western world, but who was first of all a believer struggling... (more)

John Calvin: Revolutionary, Theologian, Pastor (History Makers (Christian Focus))

John Calvin: Revolutionary, Theologian, Pastor (History Makers (Christian Focus))

by Williston Walker

Greater than any other Reformation era figure, John Calvin stimulated the debate, thoughts and ideas that have come to dominate Western culture and society. Dedicated to the reform of the church, and insistent on a literalistic reading of scripture, his influence radically changed the face of Protestantism and Society. Society's abhorrence of corruption in government, and the correspondent lack of it in Western... (more)

John Calvin (The Organiser of Reformed Protestantism 1509-1564)Williston Walker