Augustine
Author
Series
Select library of the Nicene and post-Nicene fathers of the Christian church volume 1st ser., 1
Pub. Date
1886.
Language
English
3) Confessions
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Written shortly after he became Biship of Hippo, "Confessions" highlights Augustine's childhood in Numidia and his riotous youth and early manhood in Carthage, Rome, and Milan. It also chronicles his continuing struggle with sin and his efforts to find satisfaction in Manichaenism and Neoplatonism. Particularly poignant are his mother's tireless efforts to rescue him from self-destruction and his dramatic conversion to the Christian faith at age 32....
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Told from the point of view of Onion, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery and finds himself part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry, the Limited Event Series is an adventure equal parts absurd and tragic, spotlighting the ever-changing racial, religious and gender roles that make up the American identity.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Cuando una violenta batalla religiosa ocurra en la ciudad de Alejandría, la suerte del mundo antiguo quedará en manos de Hypatia (Rachel Weisz). Viviendo en una sociedad que amenaza constantemente su vida y obra, ella se encontrará pronto en el centro de una batalla épica que reescribirá la historia."--Envase del DVD.
8) Shiver
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Santi is a bullied teen who suffers from photophobia, a rare and violent allergy to sunlight. When his condition worsens, he and his mother are forced to move to a remote village in the mountains. His arrival marks the beginning of a series of brutal slayings. Something is alive deep in the shadowy forest. Santi seeks safety in the darkness. The ultimate terror awaits in the most unexpected place of all.
9) Marrowbone
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Four siblings move to America with their mother to escape a troubled past. When she dies, they vow to stay together, no matter what. But when a ghostly presence torments what's left of their family, and a lawyer threatens their pact, the four must stand together or be torn apart forever in this chilling thriller.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
Description
During the Spanish Civil War, young Carlos is abandoned at a completely isolated orphanage. The tensions therein have been building for years, exacerbated by the unexploded bomb resting menacingly in the courtyard. Bullies scheme, tempers flare, and a ghost that visits Carlos's bed seems to be the key to it all.
11) Capture the flag
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Space travel runs in Mike Goldwing's family: both his father and grandfather were astronauts. But the twelve-year-old's estranged grandfather, Frank, has lived a life isolated after missing out on the chance to make history as a member of the Apollo XI crew. When Mike discovers that an eccentric billionaire plans to fly to the moon, claim its vast, valuable mineral resources, and destroy the American flag planted by the Apollo XI astronauts, the countdown...