Saints, Shrines and Pilgrims (Rosewell Roger)(Paperback)

Saints, Shrines and Pilgrims (Rosewell Roger)(Paperback)

In the Middle Ages, it was thought that praying at the right shrine could save you from just about anything, from madness and famine to false imprisonment and even shipwreck. Kingdoms, cities, and even individual trades had patron saints who would protect them from misfortune and bring them wealth

Medieval Wall Paintings (Rosewell Roger)(Paperback)

What medieval wall paintings remain in English churches tend to be shadows of their former selves - rare fragments of art that have survived not only the Reformation, but successive waves of iconoclastic zeal and unsympathetic restoration. The whitewashed walls of most parish churches belie the

Medieval Wall Paintings in English & Welsh Churches (Rosewell Roger)(Paperback)

The first major illustrated study of this unique medieval art form for almost half a century, surveying the images and iconography that made the medieval church a riot of colour. Highly Commended in the Best Archaeological Book category of the 2008 British Archaeological Awards. Wall paintings are

Saints and Sailors (Rhodes Pam)(Paperback)

Saints and Misfits (Ali S. K.)(Paperback)

Saints and Misfits--a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of the Year--is a 'timely and authentic' (School Library Journal, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...starring a Muslim teen. There are three kinds of people in

Cuthbert and the Northumbrian Saints (Frodsham Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Saints in Art (Giorgi Rosa)(Paperback)

Christian saints have been the objects of reverence and fascination throughout the past two millennia. Their likenesses, heroic acts, prayerful lives, and stories of martyrdom have been portrayed frequently in art of diverse media. Unfamiliar with the saints and their images and symbols, viewers of

Little Pilgrim's Progress: From John Bunyan's Classic (Taylor Helen L.)(Paperback)

Fifty-five years ago, Helen L. Taylor took John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and simplified the vocabulary and concepts for young readers while keeping the storyline intact. The result was a classic in itself, which has now sold over 600,000 copies. It's both a simple adventure story and a profound

Book of Chocolate Saints (Thayil Jeet)(Paperback / softback)

The Book of Chocolate Saints follows the unforgettable character Francis Newton Xavier and his journey towards salvation - or damnation - or perhaps

Quarantine: The Saints (Thomas Lex)(Paperback)

A cross between the Gone series and Lord of the Flies, Quarantine #2: The Saints continues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be. Nothing was worse than being locked inuntil they opened the door... McKinley High has been a

Saints: A Very Short Introduction (Yarrow Simon)(Paperback)

The idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Yarrow looks at the origins, ideas, and definitions of sainthood, sanctity, and saints in the early Church, tracing their development in history and explaining the social

The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Bibliographical Dictionary (Watkins Basil)(Paperback)

Now fully revised and updated The Book of Saints is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of saints canonised by the Roman Catholic Church. It contains the names of over 10,000 saints, including all modern ones, with significant information about their lives and achievements. Each section begins

Celtic Saints - 40 days of devotional readings (Cole David)(Paperback / softback)

The life stories of the Celtic saints are inspirational. They demonstrate great and unassuming faith, often in the face of insurmountable difficulties. In Celtic Saints David Cole draws us to relate our own life journey and developing relationship with God into the life story of the Celtic saint of

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life - Volume 1 (O'Malley Bryan Lee)(Paperback / softback)

Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rock band, he's `between jobs' and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong...Unless a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising

Shrines of Upper Austria (Power Phoebe)(Paperback)

First full debut from a promising young poet reflects a risky exploration of the unfamiliar and a search for strangeness, spirituality and

Strange Pilgrims (Marquez Gabriel Garcia)(Paperback / softback)

Combining terror and nostalgia, surreal comedy and the poetry of the commonplace, this book is a triumph of storytelling by our

Argyll Folk Tales (Pegg Bob)(Paperback)

Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers Argyll is teeming with folk tales. The region has played a key part in the history of Scotland since prehistoric times. From the Irish settlers who established the kingdom of Dal Riata, bringing with them the

Pilgrims (Kneale Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pilgrim badges to sew into her hat and show off at church. A poor, ragged villager is convinced his beloved cat is suffering in the fires of purgatory and must be rescued. A mother believes her son's dangerous

The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela (Melczer William)(Paperback)

'The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela' presents the first complete English translation of Book Five of the Liber Sancti Jacobi or Codex Calixtinus. This twelfth-century guidebook traces the route from southern France to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. The medieval Christian

When Christ and His Saints Slept (Penman Sharon)(Paperback / softback)

Stephen was handsome, unreliable and beguiling. Maude was courageous, beautiful and insanely arrogant. They fought for twenty years and devastated England. Their flair for dramatic events and immense catastrophes made sure that they were never

Saints and Lodgers (Davies Wh)(Paperback)

William Henry Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. He was also a traveller and adventurer, often living on his wits as a tramp and itinerant labourer. After a serious accident while attempting to board a train in eastern Canada while on the way to the Klondike Gold Fields he returned

Saints and Sinners (O'Brien Edna)(Paperback / softback)

A collection in which, a woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; and a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but

Saints & Martyrs (Penny Martin)(Paperback)

The Pilgrim's Progress (Bunyan John)(Paperback)

The Pilgrim's Progress has inspired readers for over three centuries. It is one of the best-loved and most widely read books in English literature and is a classic of the heroic Puritan tradition and a founding text in the development of the English novel. The story of Christian, whose pilgrimage