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When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Fache's lawmen in a chase...
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On the night of Monday, May 4, 1998, in Vatican territory, the bodies of the commander of the Swiss Guard, his wife, and a young lance corporal were found in the barracks of the picturesque force entrusted with protecting the pope. It was the worst bloodbath to take place in more than a century in the heart of the supreme authority of the world's one billion Catholics. Four hours later, the Vatican announced that the lance corporal, twenty-three-year-old...
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The first serious journalistic investigation of the highly secretive, controversial organization Opus Dei provides unique insight about the wild rumors surrounding it and discloses its significant influence in the Vatican and on the politics of the Catholic Church. Opus Dei (literally "the work of God") is an international association of Catholics often labeled as conservative who seek personal Christian perfection and strive to implement Christian...
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is informed that the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, the Surete have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci. These clues are hidden in plain sight for all to see, and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces...
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Quietly in their sleep : Mysterious deaths in a Venice retirement community are brought to Inspector Brunetti's attention by a young nun who is then nearly killed herself. Brunetti's investigation turns up some unsettling connections to a secret church organization and to one of its charismatic members, a priest who is the community's resident confessor.--Container.
Acqua alta : First a museum director and an antiquities dealer are murdered. Then...
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"Secretive and spiritual, they are exclusive societies which embody sacred legacies and are believed to possess ancient relics. These secret societies have been described as cultish and have been the subject of countless disputes, conspiracies and controversy ... gain access into worlds of mystery that for thousands of years have been known only to a very select few."--Container.
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Diría que me acosaban los malos pensamientos. Que la tentación de la carne estaba a punto de ganarme la partida. Que la oración no había sido un antídoto suficiente y me había visto obligado a levantarme mientras el demonio se alejaba de mi cama. Eso diría si alguno de mis hermanos me descubriera fuera de mi cuarto en las horas de la madrugada, caminando por los pasillos. Vicente Robledo ha hecho parte del Opus Dei desde sus quince años....
14) Camino
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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...
15) A darker night
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Sub-inspector Max Romero, investigating a gypsy guitarist's death, confronts the machinations of the secretive Opus Dei.
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The Da Vinci Code (2006) : Symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu join to solve a bizarre murder leading them to a mysterious society which has protected a secret since the time of Christ.
Angels and Demons (2009) : In the follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati....
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