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4) The nun
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Français
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In 1760s France, Suzanne is a beautiful young girl with a natural talent for music, enjoying a quietly privileged life. Inexplicably sent off to a convent, she resists structure at every turn until she discovers that she is an illegitimite child. Left with no other option, she pronounces her vows and suffers the consequences of her mother's sin. Still uncertain of her path and oppressed by aggressive and inappropriate Mother Superiors, Suzanne continues...
5) Conflict
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English
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A priest is sent to an Irish monastery by the Pope to demand that they stop celebrating the Mass in Latin.
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English
Description
Three characters and their guardians will be the focus of this inspiring story which illustrates hope and faith. The story revolves around Monica, a widow and the mother of a nine year old child, doing everything to keep her house; DonChema, a public transport driver who receives the news of a disease which can eventually lead to the death of his son; and DonaCata, an adult woman who feels her mission in life has already concluded.
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English
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From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it. Includes: The Actor and the Alibi, The Worst Crime in the World, The Insoluble Problem, and The Eye of Apollo.
8) Camino
Language
Español
Description
Camino Fernandez is a sunny young Spanish fifth-grader from Madrid. She is a typical pre-teen: constantly daydreaming, chatting with her best friend Begoña during choir practice, wanting to join the local theatre group so she can star as Cinderella in their final production, and beginning to be intrigued by Begoña's cute cousin Cuco. But her mother Gloria--a fervent member of Opus Dei--controls the family's daily lives, which are strictly regulated...
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Français
Description
Claude and Marie Verneuil, a Catholic upper middle class couple from a French province, are quite conservative parents who have always been forced to have an open mind. However, his tolerance has reached the limit when his first daughter marries a Muslim, the second, a Jew and the third, a banker of Chinese origin. His hopes of finally seeing one of his daughters married in a Catholic church focus on his youngest daughter, who - Hallelujah - has just...
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English
Description
Three critically-acclaimed British romances featuring talented casts. In Becoming Jane, a dashing young man offends an emerging writer's sense and sensibility. In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder is invited to a charming aristocrat's estate where he is seduced by the opulent lifestyle. In Jane Eyre, Jane finds herself in a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman.
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