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- A private cathedral / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.;
- "On his way to visit an inmate at a Texas prison who has promised him information, Detective Dave Robicheaux stops off at an amusement park to watch a teenaged Elvis-like rock-and-roller from his hometown of New Iberia named Johnny Shondell playing to a crowd of swooming young girls. One of them is another New Iberia teenager named Isolde Balangie. The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime rivals in the New Iberia criminal underworld. Yet Johnny and Isolde are in love. And like Romeo and Juliet, Johnny and Isolde are being kept apart by their families. In fact, Isolde tells Robicheaux, her parents have given her to the Shondell patriarch to be used as a sex slave. Seeking to uncover why, Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde's mother and her father's mistress. As retribution, the elder Balangie orders a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcell. Yet this is unlike any hitman Robicheaux has ever faced: he has the ability induce hallucinations and might be a time-traveling reptilian. A Private Cathedral is both vintage James Lee Burke and one of his most inventive works to date--mixing romance, violence, mythology and science-fiction to produce a thrilling story about the all-consuming, all-conquering power of love"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character); Assassins; Families; Organized crime; Police;
- A private cathedral [sound recording] / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.; Patton, Will,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Will Patton."On his way to visit an inmate at a Texas prison who has promised him information, Detective Dave Robicheaux stops off at an amusement park to watch a teenaged Elvis-like rock-and-roller from his hometown of New Iberia named Johnny Shondell playing to a crowd of swooming young girls. One of them is another New Iberia teenager named Isolde Balangie. The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime rivals in the New Iberia criminal underworld. Yet Johnny and Isolde are in love. And like Romeo and Juliet, Johnny and Isolde are being kept apart by their families. In fact, Isolde tells Robicheaux, her parents have given her to the Shondell patriarch to be used as a sex slave. Seeking to uncover why, Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde's mother and her father's mistress. As retribution, the elder Balangie orders a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcell. Yet this is unlike any hitman Robicheaux has ever faced: he has the ability induce hallucinations and might be a time-traveling reptilian. A Private Cathedral is both vintage James Lee Burke and one of his most inventive works to date--mixing romance, violence, mythology and science-fiction to produce a thrilling story about the all-consuming, all-conquering power of love"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Assassins; Families; Organized crime; Police; Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character);
- Cathedral of the wild : an African journey home / by Varty, Boyd.;
- Not for Ants -- Hunting and Hacking -- The Rock -- Friendis in the Storm -- Never Panic in the Bush -- Uncle John -- The Flying Life -- Madiba -- Elephants All Around -- The Crash -- The Great Migration -- A Londolozi of Leopards -- Travels with Kate -- Shake, Rattle and Roll -- Royal Welcome -- In Battalions -- Gunpoint -- Seeking -- Dead Silence -- The Vav -- The Flaming Shaman -- Tracking -- The Medicine -- The Leopards by the Watering Hole -- In the Front Garden of Eden -- The Om in Motion.
- Subjects: Varty, Boyd; Varty, Boyd.; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife conservationists;
- Cathedral, forge, and waterwheel : technology and invention in the Middle Ages / by Gies, Frances.; Gies, Joseph.;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293]-343) and index.
- Subjects: Technology; Inventions;
- © c1994., HarperCollins Publishers,
- Castles and cathedrals : the great buildings of Medieval times / by Hilliam, David;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Examines the evolution of stone architecture in the Middle Ages and the techniques of building castles and cathedrals.
- Subjects: Architecture, Medieval; Cathedrals; Castles;
- © 2004., Rosen,
- The 50 greatest churches and cathedrals of the world / by Dobson, Sue.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Church buildings; Cathedrals;
- Secrets of Britain's great cathedrals [videorecording] / by Beveridge, Peter(Peter J.),television producer,television director.; Callow, Simon,1949-narrator.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.;
- Dominating the landscape for centuries, ancient cathedrals and abbeys reflect Britain's turbulent history through their architectural grandeur. The film explores cathedrals and abbeys found throughout England and Wales, featuring interviews with historians and experts and breathtaking footage filming their legendary facades and soaring interior spaces.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.
- Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Historical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Abbeys; Cathedrals;
- For private home use only.
- Notre-Dame : a short history of the meaning of cathedrals / by Follett, Ken,author.;
- "A nonfiction book exploring the history, cultural significance, and meaning of the Notre Dame cathedral, based on a 9,000 word essay that the author wrote"--
- Subjects: Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral); Cathedrals;
- The lost book of the Grail, or, A visitor's guide to Barchester Cathedral / by Lovett, Charles C.,author.;
- "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman's Tale comes a new novel about an obsessive bibliophile's quest through time to discover a missing manuscript, the unknown history of an English Cathedral, and the secret of the Holy Grail. Arthur Prescott is happiest when surrounded by the ancient books and manuscripts of the Barchester Cathedral library. Increasingly, he feels like a fish out of water among the concrete buildings of the University of Barchester, where he works as an English professor. His one respite is his time spent nestled in the library, nurturing his secret obsession with the Holy Grail and researching his perennially unfinished guidebook to the medieval cathedral. But when a beautiful young American named Bethany Davis arrives in Barchester charged with the task of digitizing the library's manuscripts, Arthur's tranquility is broken. Appalled by the threat modern technology poses to the library he loves, he sets out to thwart Bethany, only to find in her a kindred spirit with a similar love for knowledge and books--and a fellow Grail fanatic. Bethany soon joins Arthur in a quest to find the lost Book of Ewolda, the ancient manuscript telling the story of the cathedral's founder. And when the future of the cathedral itself is threatened, Arthur and Bethany's search takes on grave importance, leading the pair to discover secrets about the cathedral, about the Grail, and about themselves"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.;
- The pillars of the earth / by Follett, Ken,1949-;
- Subjects: Cathedrals; Epic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Cathedrals; Cathedrals; Epic fiction; Historical fiction;
- © 2007., New American Library,
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