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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Biography of Pope John Paul II, from his childhood to his current position as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, looking at some of the little known aspects of his papacy, such as his role in Poland's transition from communism to democracy.
Author
Language
English
Description
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, "in harm's way." John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American...
3) Red rabbit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 36
Language
English
Description
It is very early in Jack Ryan’s career—so early that he has not yet even become an analyst for the CIA. But a series of nasty encounters with an IRA splinter group has brought Ryan to the attention of the CIA’s Deputy Director and his British counterpart. They offer him his first job as a freelance analyst, and he readily accepts. Debriefing a high-level Russian defector, however, he comes across an unbelievable plot: top Soviet...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Pope John Paul II by his longtime secretary and confidant describes their nearly forty-year relationship as he recounts the life of Karol Wojtyla, from the pope's memories of World War II and his elevation to the papacy to his final illness.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Cold War came to an abrupt end at the close of the 20th century thanks to the shared vision and efforts of two men: Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan. While seemingly very different, they shared much, including a philosophy of freedom and the belief that they had been called to bring an end to the Soviet regime. This calling they believed had a divine source, and hence referred to their efforts as the Divine Plan."--
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