Luzzatto, Sergio
Summary: A historical appraisal of the life of the controversial twentieth-century saint examines the miracles he is believed to have performed, as well as detracting reports, offering insight into the relationship between modern Catholicism and politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PIO, SAINT LUZServid, Carolyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2000
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Summary: "Three years after the political novice Volodymyr Zelensky was elected to Ukraine's highest office, he found himself catapulted into the role of wartime leader. The former comedian has become the public face of his country's courageous and bloody struggle against a brutal invasion by Russia. Born to Jewish parents in central Ukraine, Zelensky campaigned for the presidency in the 2019 election...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Polity Press 2022
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Summary: "When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Serhiy Zhadan took to social media to coordinate a network of resistance workers and send messages of courage to his fellow Ukrainians. What began as a local organizing effort exploded onto the international stage as readers around the globe looked to Zhadan as a key eyewitness documenting Russian atrocities."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2023
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Summary: At the beginning of his physical transition from female to male, then-seventeen-year-old Skylar Kergil posted his first video on YouTube. In the months and years that followed, he recorded weekly update videos about the physical and emotional changes he experienced. Skylar's openness and positivity attracted thousands of viewers, who followed along as his voice deepened and his body changed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2017
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Summary: "This gripping story begins in February 2022, when the author and his family shared the fate of millions of Ukrainian refugees driven out of their cities and villages by the Russian invasion"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
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Summary: Examines the life and art of Rembrandt against the historical, political, and religious background of the period.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Bedrick Books 1995
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Summary: "The memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, political activists best known for hunting Nazis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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Summary: A collection of interviews with the newly-elected pope highlights his life, his vocation, and his views on such issues as prayer, celibacy, sex scandals in the church, and Argentina's Dirty War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANCIS, POPE RUBGordeeva, Ekaterina.
Summary: Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were the most celebrated pairs skaters of all time. Partners in life as well as on the ice, they were rarely apart. Then, tragically, Sergei died at the age of twenty-eight. Now in her own words, his wife, Katia, tells their remarkable story, in this loving tribute to the exceptional man she idolized, whom she called...My Sergei. They were two mismatched...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1996