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1	Doubt: A Parable more books like this by John Patrick Shanley add to wishlist "A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty with the compellingly certain structure of an old-fashioned detective drama. Even as "Doubt" holds your conscious attention as an intelligently measured debate play, it sends off stealth charges that go deeper emotionally. One of the year's ten best." ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us about Leading Longer, Healthier and More Meaningful Lives more books like this by David Snowdon, Ph.D. add to wishlist Dr. Snowdon's research on Alzheimer's brings to light not only advancements in the prevention of this disease, but also some of the inspiring stories of his subjects--the 678 Catholic Sisters he studied over a ten year period. His work is as much about the philosophy of aging as it is about the process. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness more books like this by Karen Armstrong add to wishlist Karen Armstrong spent seven years in a convent (which she described in a previous memoir) and, when she left, was at a loss as to what to do with her life. In THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, she writes about her difficulties, as she first picked up a couple of advanced degrees, then taught in a private school, a job she eventually lost--after which she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul more books like this by Marian Press (Creator) add to wishlist This bestselling book that birthed the Divine Mercy movement, one of the fastest growing movements in world today. This amazing narrrative will stir your heart and soul while it chronicles the experience of a simple Polish nun. see all copies from $3.73! new only from $4.49! \| SVS
5	The Leper's Bell more books like this by Peter Tremayne add to wishlist Fidelma of Cashel has returned home to her brother's castle to discover her son's nurse has been brutally murdered and her son is missing. Fidelma, sister to the king of Muman and her brother Eadulf must face their most personal and baffling case ever. see all copies from $2.22! new only from $4.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Mariette in Ecstasy more books like this by Ron Hansen add to wishlist In 1906, a beautiful 17-year-old postulant enters a New York convent. When she begins to bleed from hands, feet and side, the entire community is thrown into turmoil. Is Mariette a cunning sham, a sexual hysteric, or God's chosen one? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	What Matters Most more books like this by Luanne Rice add to wishlist In her "New York Times" bestsellers--"Sandcastles, The Edge of Winter," and "Summer of Roses"--Rice illuminates the secret wonders of the heart. Now she brings back two of her most beloved characters to unravel the mysteries of a shared past, and two undying love affairs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Then came heaven more books like this by LaVyrle Spencer add to wishlist Eddie Olczak and his wife Krystyna are the loving parents of Anne and Lucy, who are pupils of Sister Regina at St. Joseph's Church and school, where Eddie also works as the janitor. Tragedy strikes when Krystyna is killed in an car crash, and the family struggles to cope. Sister Regina is forbidden to offer comfort to the Olczaks and begins to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Smoke in the wind more books like this by Peter Tremayne add to wishlist Irish nun and legal advocate Sister Fidelma's ship is blown off course to Wales, where she is tasked with unriddling the disappearance of an entire community of monks and the death of a girl. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul more books like this by Maria Faustina Kowalska, Saint add to wishlist This is the book that sparked the Divine Mercy movement, one of the fastest growing movements in the Catholic Church. Chronicling Sr. Fausina's great experience of Divine Mercy in her soul and her mission to share that mercy with the world, this amazing narrative will stir readers' hearts and souls as it shares the experience of a simple Polish ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.37! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Quaker Summer more books like this by Lisa Samson add to wishlist Every year I think there must be more to life, and every year, despite a new car or a trip to a new land, new milestones and triumphs in my son's life, or a redone deck, a pool, a spa, or entertainment system, I take stock and think once again, I was made for more than this. But I love my stuff. Heather Curridge is coming unhinged. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
12 view cover	Lying Awake more books like this by Mark Salzman add to wishlist In a Carmelite monastery on the outskirts of Los Angeles, life continues virtually unchanged for centuries. Sister John of the Cross has spent years there in the service of God. The only one to experience intense visions and the author of a best-selling book on religion, she is regarded by the other nuns as a spiritual master. But Sister John's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The nun more books like this by Denis Diderot add to wishlist 'You can leave a forest, but you can never leave a cloister; you are free in the forest, but you are a slave in the cloister.' Diderot's "The Nun" (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Through the Narrow Gate, Revised: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery more books like this by Karen Armstrong add to wishlist A first-person account of the seven years a woman spent as a postulant and young nun in a Roman Catholic convent. see all copies from $6.65! new only from $10.50! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Reeves Tale more books like this by Margaret Frazer add to wishlist The ninth Sister Frevisse Medieval Mystery from a two-time Edgar Award nominee. As illness and murder cast a cloud over Prior Byfield, fear and suspicion reign--and Frevisse's keen deductions lead her closer to the disturbing truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	In this house of Brede more books like this by Rumer Godden add to wishlist The story of nuns and postulants in the closed Benedictine Order in the Abbey of Brede. Through the events of the novel Philippa Talbot, an ex-civil servant, learns how to come to terms with the tragedy from her past and even gain serenity. "The River" is another book by the same author. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.47! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Sands of Time more books like this by Sidney Sheldon add to wishlist Four nuns and a Basque guerrilla on a romantic, action packed adventure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Advent of Dying more books like this by Carol Anne O'Marie, Sister add to wishlist Sister Mary Helen and Sisters Eileen and Anne are invited by Sister Helen's secretary, Suzanne, to come and hear her belt out the blues at Ghiradelli Square's Sea Wench Bar. But this is Suzanne's first, and last, performance, as she is silenced forever by a silver letter opener in her heart. Sister Mary Helen and her faithful band must unearth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Hangman Blind more books like this by Cassandra Clark add to wishlist The stellar debut novel in a new mystery series features a brilliant and brave medieval abbess, in this work set in 1382 Yorkshire, England. see all copies from $5.94! new only from $5.94! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Only in My Arms more books like this by Jo Goodman add to wishlist Mary Dennehy leaves her convent and embarks on an adventure that takes her to the heights of passion in the wild West. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.85! \| first editions
21 view cover	Sacred Hearts more books like this by Sarah Dunant add to wishlist The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara, noblewomen find space to pursue their lives under God's protection. But any community, however smoothly run, suffers tremors when it takes in someone by force. And the arrival of Santa Caterina's new novice sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the ... see all copies from $10.84! new only from $13.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Answer/La Respuesta: Including a Selection of Poems more books like this by Sor Juana Cruz, Sor J De La Cruz, Amanda Powell (Translator) add to wishlist Drawing on rich new scholarship, this translation restores Sor Juana's own emphasis and diction. Known as the First Feminist of America, the Mexican nun Sor Juana InA(c)s de la Cruz (1648/51 - 1695) was a brilliant and popular poet, playwright, and essayist whose feminist theory stands as a link between that of Christine de Pizan and Mary ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $14.26! \| first editions
23 view cover	Murder in Ordinary Time more books like this by Carol Anne O'Marie, Sister add to wishlist Amateur sleuth Sister Mary Helen faces her most suspenseful case yet, in her fourth lively murder mystery. Beginning in January, Ordinary Time is the quiet season on the Catholic calendar with no holy days. But when the new year brings murder to the local TV news studio, the intrepid Sister Mary Helen charges in where angels fear to tread to trap ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	La Popessa more books like this by Paul I Murphy add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	Hemlock at Vespers more books like this by Peter Tremayne add to wishlist A collection of Celtic crime stories featuring Sister Fidelma. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $10.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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