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41) Cadfael: Set 2
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Twelfth century Shrewsbury comes dramatically to life in Ellis Peters' story of Brother Cadfael--a good man in an evil world.
42) Zen for nothing
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A masterly immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery over three seasons.
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"The remarkable story of Dolores Hart, a rising Hollywood starlet who appeared in ten films starting in 1957, acting with the likes of Elvis Presley, Montgomery Clift, Warren Beatty and Anthony Quinn, but abandoned her blossoming career to become a Benedictine nun in 1963."-- Container.
45) Cadfael: Set 3
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A morbid taste for bones: When a young monk claims to see visions of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with much hostility.
The raven in the forgate: Father Ailnoth, the new parish priest earns the scorn of all his parishioners. After refusing to baptise the illegitimate baby of a local woman, the priest is found dead in the river.
The rose rent: A beautiful and wealthy...
47) Moonlight kite
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The last three monks at a monastery have their lives enriched by the presence of children flying kites outside their walls.
48) Dark waters
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A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestery on the island.
49) Escape to Athena
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A small band of Greek freedom fighters are pitted against a German battalion. In a prison camp. It begins in a prison camp where Allied POWs are forced to spend their days unearthing priceless Greek art treasures for the Nazis. Meanwhile, in a nearby brothel, resistance fighters led by Zeno conspire to rid their island of the German occupiers. Zeno and his men stage a daring daylight rescue of prisoners about to be executed in the village square....
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A captivating overview of the Lithuanian baroque pearl of the 17th century known as Pažaislis Monastery located outside of Kaunas, Lithuania. Accompanied by splendid classical and national music, the beauty and architecture of this remarkable complex reveals itself along with the fascinating history of a hidden jewel in Northeast Europe.
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A journey to seven monasteries which offer the modern person a place for a refreshing time of prayer or solitude: St. Meinrad Archabbey, a Romanian Orthodox Monastery, an Arizona desert adobe monastery, the community of musician John Michael Talbot, a St. Francis monastery, a Trappist monastery in the Ozark Mountains, a hermitage in northern Ontario, and a unique Lutheran monastery.
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"An Imperial legate is called in to see his aunt, who just happens to be the empress running the civilized world while her husband's in his sick bed. After some chastisement, she dispatches her nephew to take care of the dreaded Land and Sea Raiders, pirates who've been attacking the realm's monasteries. So begins a possibly doomed tour of banished relatives and pompous royals put in charge of monasteries like Cort Doce and Cort Malestan, to name...
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Mnich to pierwsza książka Tadeusza Bartosia, to historia młodego mężczyzny, który postanawia rzucić wszystko, by nieść dobro i pomoc ludziom jako duchowny. Sięgnij koniecznie po tę opowieść! Jan jest młodym, dwudziestoletnim mężczyzną. Pewnego razu nachodzi go myśl, by spakować do plecaka najbardziej potrzebne rzeczy i zmienić swoje dotychczasowe życie. Porzuca studia, rodzinę oraz znajomych. Jest dumny ze swojej decyzji. Postanawia...