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Cloth. Condizione: G/G. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press. G/G. (1989). . Cloth. Review copy . 4to., 160 pp, dj: sl. frayed & torn; bk: soiled cover with sl. blunting on spine, good hinges . Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustratore).

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. A very nice copy without any flaws. 6 X 9" 310 pages. As seductive as the landscape it celebrates, here for the first time is the full story of the seashore - its history (natural and human), customs, spectacles, and scandals. The beach's turquoise surf and sugary sand now provide a favorite retreat, but this wasn't always so. In their elegant and illuminating account, the authors chart the evolution of the seaside. Illustrated throughout. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage**. Black & White Photographs (illustratore).…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. SAINT CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE: From Pagan Wealth to Christian LegendHe had Rome in his hands. He threw it away for a grave.Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus was born to win. A master rhetorician, a wealthy aristocrat, a name that opened doors in Carthage - laurels, land, and a future soaked in gold. Then he met Christ. And burned it all.This is not the story of a stained-glass saint. This is the story of a man who ran. Who was branded a coward. Who returned to a city choking on plague to bury the dead with his own hands while priests fled and temples fell silent. A bishop who turned his house into a hospital, his gold into bread, and his pen into a sword for the Church.Caught between empire and exile, between the rigorists who wanted the *lapsi* damned and the lapsed who begged to come home, Cyprian declared war on schism with one line that still shakes the Church: "He cannot have God for his Father who has not the Church for his Mother."He stood alone as Decius demanded incense to Caesar. He bled ink through letters that held a fractured Church together from the hills of exile. He faced Valerian's sword and answered the question that costs everything: "Are you Thascius Cyprianus?"* With one word: *"I am."With his last breath: "Deo gratias." Thanks be to God.From pagan wealth to a crown that doesn't fade. From the courtroom to the catacombs. From Sacrificavit to martyrdom. This is the legend written in blood that shaped Augustine, silenced schisms, and still thunders into our age of pandemic, division, and compromise.When the edict comes. When the door shuts. When the world says burn the incense or die - Cyprian speaks. The mother is waiting. The coat is without seam. The gain is Christ.Open this book. The sword has already fallen. The Church is still standing. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. THE 21 COPTIC MARTYRS OF LIBYA: 21 Men. One Beach. A Faith Stronger Than Fear.What do you say when the knife is at your throat? What do you see when the sea is behind you and death is in front of you? What kind of faith looks the empire in the eye and whispers, Lord Jesus Christ? On February 15, 2015, the world got its answer. Twenty-one men. Laborers, farmers, fathers, sons. Ordinary Christians from the villages of Egypt, working in Libya to feed their families. Captured by ISIS. Draped in orange. Marched onto a beach at dawn. Given one choice: Deny your God, or die.They did not deny. With their hands bound and the waves at their backs, they spoke the Name that has shaken empires for two thousand years. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Then the blade fell. The sea ran red. And the Church received twenty-one new saints. THE 21 COPTIC MARTYRS OF LIBYA is not a story of defeat. It is the story of victory. From the deserts of Antony and Paul, to the hidden prison of Mark, to the blood-stained sands of Sirte, this book traces the unbroken line of a faith that death cannot kill. You will walk with the mothers who ululated instead of wailed. With the Pope who wrote we forgive while the world called for war. With the brother who laid down his gun because his brother died praying. With the millions who saw the video and chose, in that moment, to believe again. You will see why martyrdom still matters. You will see why the Cross is not history. You will see why terror will always lose to a Church that remembers the Resurrection. This is a book for the afraid. For the doubting. For the ones who wonder if faith can survive the 21st century. For the ones who need to know that the gates of hell have not prevailed, and will not prevail. 21 Men. One Beach. A Faith Stronger Than Fear.Their blood was the seed. Their witness is the fire. Their story is yours. Open these pages. The martyrs are waiting. And Christ is risen. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. THE SAINT WITH A CRIMINAL PAST: The Astonishing Rise of Saint Moses the BlackHe murdered men. The Church calls him Father.He was a slave with a bounty on his head. A gang leader feared across Egypt. A man whose anger left villages in ashes. He had blood on his hands, chains on his soul, and every reason to believe he was too far gone.Then he walked into the desert and found the one thing stronger than his past: Mercy.This is the true story of Saint Moses the Black, the 4th-century outlaw who became one of the most beloved fathers of the Church. He could not read, but he lived the Gospel. He was denied the priesthood, but he died a martyr. He was called a murderer to his face, and answered, "I too was once in darkness."From the cistern he filled in silence, to the chapel where he laid down his sword, to the sand his blood consecrated, Moses proves one shattering truth: No one is too late for grace. No scar is too deep for God to write over. No name is too stained for heaven to call "Beloved."For the addict who relapsed again. For the ex-con who thinks the world will never forget. For the ashamed who believe their story ended chapters ago. For anyone who has whispered, "God can't use me now." Your past is not your prison. It is your pulpit.Your scars are not your shame. They are your signature.Come into the desert. Meet the wolf who became a lamb. Meet the saint with a criminal past. And find out why your astonishing rise begins face down. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What if the most powerful life ever lived was one the world almost never noticed?"THE LIFE OF CATHERINE LABOURE From Obscurity to Sainthood" is not just a biography-it is a journey into the hidden workings of grace, where silence speaks louder than fame and humility carries the weight of heaven's purpose.In the quiet corners of 19th-century France, a simple farm girl-Catherine Laboure-lived a life that seemed destined to remain unseen. No influence. No recognition. No voice in the world's eyes.And yet, she would become the chosen instrument of a message that would circle the globe.Through vivid storytelling and deeply moving reflection, this book draws you into the intimate moments of her life-the sorrow that shaped her childhood, the quiet strength that carried her through obscurity, and the extraordinary encounters that forever changed her destiny. At the heart of it all is her encounter with Virgin Mary, and the birth of a devotion that would ignite faith, inspire miracles, and touch millions of lives across generations.But beyond the visions lies something even more compelling-A life lived in total surrender.A soul that chose obedience over recognition.A woman who carried a world-changing mission. and told no one.This book will stir your heart, challenge your understanding of holiness, and awaken a deeper longing for God. It will show you that greatness is not found in being seen, but in being faithful. That miracles are not only events, but invitations. And that even the most hidden life can echo through eternity.Prepare to be moved.Prepare to reflect.Prepare to discover that the path to sainthood is not reserved for the extraordinary-But is quietly waiting in the ordinary moments of your own life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This is the unforgettable story of a woman who crossed the boundaries of fear, reputation, and comfort to enter one of the most abandoned places in human history.Saint Marianne Cope walked into a world many believed was beyond hope-a remote colony marked by disease, isolation, and the quiet erasure of human dignity. What she found there was not only physical suffering, but the deeper wound of being forgotten.Yet she did not come as a distant reformer or an observer of pain. She came as a presence that refused to leave.In the midst of rejection and despair, she built places of care where none existed, restored dignity where it had been stripped away, and brought stability into lives that had long known only uncertainty. Her work was not driven by ambition or recognition, but by a radical conviction that no human life is beyond the reach of love.This book unveils the hidden courage behind her journey-the quiet strength it takes to remain where others withdraw, the spiritual fire that sustains compassion in the face of suffering, and the transforming power of mercy lived without conditions.It is a story of sacrifice without applause, love without limits, and a legacy written not in monuments, but in lives restored.Above all, it is the story of what happens when one woman chooses to walk straight into the heart of the forgotten-and refuses to turn back. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. ST. DISMAS: Condemned by Rome, Redeemed by ChristRome called him a criminal. Christ called him a son. In the brutal shadow of empire, he was just another thief nailed to a cross-forgotten by history, erased by law, condemned to die between two worlds. He had no followers. No miracles. No time. Just blood, guilt, and a final breath. And then he spoke: Jesus, remember me.What happened next shattered every rule about who God saves, how far mercy reaches, and when it is too late. ST. DISMAS: Condemned by Rome, Redeemed by Christ is the unforgettable story of the only man in Scripture who was promised paradise by the lips of Jesus Himself. This is not the tale of a saint who lived a holy life. This is the raw, visceral journey of a man who wasted his life and found eternal life in his last moment.Walk the dust of Jerusalem as a boy becomes a bandit. Stand at the crossroads where desperation turns to violence. Feel the iron in his wrists and the weight of the world as the sky goes dark at noon. And hear the word that broke hell open: Today you will be with me in paradise.From the legends of the True Cross to the prisons, hospitals, and deathbeds of today, Dismas's story still thunders: No life is too far gone. No moment is too late. No sin is greater than the mercy that met him on a cross.If you've ever believed your past disqualifies you. If you've ever whispered *I've gone too far*. If you've ever wondered whether God remembers the ones the world forgets. Meet the thief who stole heaven.The patron of the desperate. The saint of the eleventh hour. The man who died condemned by Rome-and woke redeemed by Christ.His story will wreck your view of grace. And it just might save your life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In a world that measures greatness by power, fame, and influence, one forgotten boy rewrites the meaning of legacy.SAINT PANCRAS: From Orphan to Icon is not just a story-it is an encounter. A deeply moving journey into the life of a child who began with nothing. yet became a timeless witness of unshakable faith.Orphaned, displaced, and unknown, Pancras steps into the vast, intimidating world of Rome with no promise of significance. But in the hidden corners of a city ruled by fear and power, he discovers something greater than survival-he discovers truth. And once found, he refuses to let it go.What follows is a gripping, soul-stirring narrative of courage beyond years, faith under fire, and a love so complete it defies death itself.From secret gatherings of early believers. to the tension of standing before authority. to the ultimate sacrifice that transforms a life into a legacy-this book draws you into every moment with vivid storytelling, emotional depth, and spiritual power.But this is more than history.It is a mirror.A call.A challenge to every reader who has ever wondered: What is my purpose?What is truth worth?And what would I stand for if everything was at stake?Through rich reflections, powerful imagery, and a narrative that reads like a living experience, this book doesn't just tell you about a saint-it invites you to walk beside him, to feel what he felt, and to discover what his life reveals about your own.Because Pancras's story did not end with his final breath.It echoes.In faith that refuses to fade.In courage that rises in unlikely hearts.In a flame that continues to burn across generations.And now.It reaches you.SAINT PANCRAS: From Orphan to Icon is a powerful reminder that no life is too small, no beginning too broken, and no soul too ordinary to become something eternal.All it takes. is a yes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. SAINT OLGA OF KIEV: How One Woman Turned Vengeance into SainthoodShe was the most terrifying woman in Europe. A queen who buried her enemies alive. Who locked a bathhouse and lit the fire. Who sent birds home with flames tied to their feet and turned a city to ash. They whispered her name in Kiev like a curse: Olga. The Wolf. The Vengeance.Then she stepped into a river in Constantinople. And came up a saint.This is the true story of the grandmother of Russia, the widow who traded a throne of skulls for a cross of wood. Who walked away from the spear and picked up the water. Who knelt to the very people she had slaughtered and called it mercy. Who lost her son to the sword, but won a nation for Christ.From the trench to the well. From the fire to the font. From the wolf to the lamb. SAINT OLGA OF KIEV is not a story about perfect people. It is a story about what God does with the ruins. About how the grave is empty, so no life is too far gone. About how the most violent hands can become the most holy, one drop of mercy at a time.You have a past. She had a trench. You have a rage. She had a bathhouse. You have a wound. She had a nation. She gave it all to the water. And the water gave her back to the world as a saint. If you've ever wondered whether God can redeem the worst of you, this is your story. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. THE STORY OF SAINT FRUMENTIUS: Betrayed, Enslaved and Chosen by GodOne shipwreck. One slave boy. One continent forever changed.He watched raiders murder his father on the sands of the Red Sea. He felt the iron bite into his wrists as chains replaced his childhood. He was sold like grain into a foreign palace, a nobody in a land of blood and idols. By every human measure, his story should have ended there.But Heaven had other plans.From the ashes of betrayal, Frumentius rose - not with a sword, but with a scar. Not with vengeance, but with forgiveness. He tutored the crown prince of Axum, buried the old gods with a hammer in his hand, and knelt with a pagan king in the waters of baptism. He became Abba Salama - Father of Peace - and stamped the Cross onto Ethiopia's coins, its churches, its soul.He was a slave who made a nation holy.This is the mind-blowing, untold story of the first great missionary you've never heard of. A tale of brutality and beauty, of desert nights and mountain miracles, of brothers who broke and kings who bowed. It's the story of how God takes the shipwrecked, the enslaved, the betrayed - and builds empires through them.If you've ever asked why God allowed the storm. If you've ever felt chained by your past. If you've ever wondered if your scars could become someone else's salvation.This book is your answer.Epic. Raw. Unforgettable. The Story of Saint Frumentius will wreck you, heal you, and show you the God who still calls slaves to thrones. The sea took a boy. The Cross gave back a continent. Read it - and discover what He can do with your shipwreck. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What if your financial breakthrough begins the moment you stop chasing money-and start chasing God?When the paycheck ends, the debt piles up, and the prayers seem to hit the ceiling, most books offer formulas. SAINT CAJETAN: Prayers and Reflections for Financial Breakthrough, Employment, and Trust in God's Provision offers a fire.Step into the life of a 16th-century nobleman who renounced his wealth, slept on wood, and founded an order with no income-only the radical cry, Dio provvedera God will provide. And He did. Through overturned carts, sleepless bakers, and miracles that looked like ordinary Tuesdays.This is not a prosperity manual. It is a pilgrimage.Inside, you'll walk with Saint Cajetan through famine and feast, through the panic of unemployment and the quiet terror of delay. You'll pray the prayers that opened heaven when Naples was starving. You'll learn why the real breakthrough isn't the job, the check, or the open door-it's the unshakable trust that holds you when none of them come.For the laid off. For the burned out. For the faithful who have done everything right and still wake up afraid. For anyone who needs more than advice-who needs a companion in the dark.Cajetan doesn't promise you'll never go without. He promises you'll never go unaccompanied.Your bank account does not define you. Your Father does. Your provision is not late. It's being made holy. And the miracle you're begging for? It may be waiting to see if you can carry it.Open this book with empty hands.Close it with a different heart.Dio provvedera. God will provide. Not maybe. Not someday. Will.Your season of lack is not the end of your story. It's the place God writes His name on you. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. SAINT PERPETUA: A Mother, a Martyr, a RebelShe had everything to lose. A newborn son. A father who loved her. A future. Rome offered her life for two words: Caesar is Lord. She chose death. And a pen. From a Carthage prison cell in 203 AD, a 22-year-old noblewoman named Perpetua wrote the only surviving diary by a woman from the ancient world. She recorded her dreams, her defiance, her motherhood, and her march to the arena-where she faced a mad heifer in a torn white tunic and guided the executioner's sword to her own throat. Rome wanted a spectacle. They got a resurrection. This is not hagiography. This is war. A mother against an empire. A pen against the sword. A voice that Rome burned, buried, and banned-yet still echoes in every woman who has ever been told to kneel, be quiet, and recant. She was a mother. She was a martyr. She was a rebel. And she is not dead. For readers of Circe, The Book of Longings, and Catherine Called Birdy-but this one is real. And she wrote it herself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. ST. DYMPHNA: Patron Saint of Mental Healing and HopeShe was fifteen when she chose death over despair. He was a king, her father, and his mind had become a monster. She said no. That no became a sword, a tomb, and a miracle that has never stopped. From the blood of Saint Dymphna rose a spring in Gheel, Belgium. From that spring rose a city with no walls, where the mad were not chained but welcomed, where every home kept a bed for the broken, and every table made room for the wounded. For fifteen hundred years, the afflicted have come, and the silent have found voice, and the lost have found family. This is not just the story of a martyr. This is the story of a battlefield you cannot see. Of anxiety that sits like a king on your chest. Of depression that builds walls with no doors. Of trauma that replays the worst day on loop. Of shame that whispers you are your wound. And it is the story of the girl with the lamp who walks into that war. ST. DYMPHNA: Patron Saint of Mental Healing and Hope takes you from a royal palace in Ireland to a city of compassion in Belgium, from the moment a daughter refused to be her father's sin to the moment modern souls find refuge at her tomb. Through vivid narrative, raw humanity, and the unbroken thread of grace, you will meet the pilgrims who came to die and learned instead how to live. You will meet Lucia, who tended her grave when the world turned away. You will meet Eli, whose mind was a battlefield until he found a stone to hold. You will meet Clara, who came to Gheel to vanish and found a reason to stay. You will meet the ones who were never cured, but were called beloved. This book is for the ones who pray in the dark. For the ones who take the medicine and still hurt. For the mothers who sit outside closed doors. For the fathers who do not know what to say. For the priest who cannot pray. For the teenager who thinks no one hears. For you. Science heals the brain. Therapy steadies the mind. But only heaven can say, You are Mine. For them.Saint Dymphna is not a promise that the war will end. She is the promise that you will not fight it alone. Open these pages and find the lamp. It has been burning for centuries. It is burning for you. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. SAINT BLANDINA: Rome Wanted Her Broken. Her Faith Made HistoryRome had perfected the art of breaking people.The empire crushed kings, razed cities, and fed Christians to beasts by the thousands. When they dragged a fifteen-year-old slave girl into the arena at Lugdunum in 177 A.D., her fate was already written: torture, deny, die.They were wrong.She was Blandina. No rank. No rights. No armor but a single, unshakable confession: I am a Christian.The carnifex broke her body and she blessed him. The fire consumed her flesh and she thanked God. The bull tossed her before ten thousand screaming Romans and she prayed for her killers. They threw her ashes into the Rhone to erase her forever.Instead, they ignited the Church.From the ashes of one slave girl rose the faith that would outlive Caesar, topple temples, and conquer the empire that murdered her. Her death became the seed of resurrection in Gaul. Her weakness became the weapon that Rome could not withstand. Her name, meant for oblivion, is still spoken two thousand years later-while the empire that killed her is dust.This is not just the story of a martyr. It's the story of how Heaven fights: with broken bodies that will not bow, with forgiving hearts that shame executioners, with a faith so fierce it turns arenas into altars and slaves into queens.Rome wanted her broken.Her faith made history.For anyone who has ever felt powerless, nameless, or afraid-this is your witness. This is your victory. This is your call.Step into the arena. Meet the girl who broke an empire without raising a fist. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What if the greatest performance of a lifetime was never meant to entertain-but to awaken?SAINT GENESIUS: One Performance. One Revelation. One Sacrifice That Echoed Through History is not just a story from the past-it is a powerful encounter with truth that refuses to remain confined to history.In the dazzling yet dangerous world of imperial Rome, where theater was spectacle and power demanded absolute loyalty, an actor stepped onto the stage to mock a forbidden faith. Skilled in illusion, devoted to applause, and blind to the truth he imitated, Genesius had no idea that the role he was about to play would become the moment that changed everything.Because in the middle of the performance. heaven interrupted.What followed was not part of any script. Not rehearsed. Not imagined. A sudden revelation pierced through pretense, turning mockery into conviction, and an actor into a witness. Before an empire that could crush him, Genesius made a choice that would cost him everything-and give him eternity.This book draws you into that moment with vivid storytelling, emotional depth, and spiritual insight, unfolding a journey from illusion to truth, from performance to authenticity, from fear to unshakable faith. But it doesn't stop there.It brings the story to you.Through reflection, prayer, and powerful application, this book challenges you to examine the roles you play, the masks you wear, and the quiet moments where truth may already be calling your name.Because the story of Saint Genesius is more than a martyrdom.It is a mirror.A wake-up call.An invitation.And when the curtain falls on everything you've been performing.What will remain? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. One word sparked a fire. One fire birthed a nation. One boy's "no" still shakes the world.In the kingdom of Buganda, the kabaka was god. His word was law. His hunger was command. And his prey were the boys in his own palace.Charles Lwanga was their shield. Head of the royal pages. Secret Christian. Guardian of innocence in a court drunk on power. When King Mwanga demanded the pages for his bed, Charles looked a king in the eye and said the word that would doom him: "No."For that defiance, he was betrayed by the men he trusted. Hunted through swamps with spears at his back. Martyred in a furnace on Namugongo Hill with twenty-five boys burning beside him. The kabaka believed fire would erase them. He was wrong. The youngest - fourteen-year-old Kizito - walked out of the flames, a living torch, and spoke the words that broke a kingdom: "Tell the kabaka I forgive him."That forgiveness became a blaze. The executioners became catechists. The ashes became altars. The hunted pages became the fathers of a Catholic nation. SAINT CHARLES LWANGA is more than martyrdom. It's a mirror. For every teenager told "just send it."For every man told "sign it or starve."For every soul facing a digital kabaka that says "bow, and you will belong."Mwanga had a throne. Charles had a Cross. One is dust. One is still burning. Your Namugongo is waiting.Where will you stand when the fire comes for you? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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