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An Inside Look at the Secretive Catholic Organization Made Famous by The Da Vinci Code

Is Opus Dei a spiritual institute dedicated to preserving Catholic orthodoxy in the face of modernist assault? Or is it an independent society, a "church within the Church," promoting its own allegiances and preserving an antiquated set of spiritual and penitential practices?

This small organization wields enormous power within the Catholic Church. Due to its status as a "personal prelature" of the pope, it operates independently of local Church authority. The influence of Opus Dei has only grown since this book first appeared.

• Opus Dei's founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá, was beatified and canonized over the vehement objections of many in the Catholic Church.
• Powerful members of the Vatican hierarchy, including the pope's own spokesman, are members.
• The bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code has made millions aware of Opus Dei.

This classic investigation is needed now more than ever. It tells the real story of this mysterious organization -- a probing but balanced examination of the organization, its charismatic founder, its practices, and its effect upon the Catholic Church at large.

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This Warhammer 40,000 background book is the essential guide to Inquisitors It includes the famous personalities amongst the Inquisition, their allies and enemies, equipment, methods, political factions and more. Every entry is rendered in encyclopaedic style, with illustrations throughout..
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In the new Who in the World series, masterful storytellers re-imagine the lives of important, but often neglected, persons in history

Discover the intriguing story of Johannes Gutenberg in this first engaging junior-level biography. Robert Beckham goes beyond the few facts usually told about the inventor of the printing press and tells us Gutenberg's story. Why did Gutenberg make thousands of small mirrors? When did he learn how to mint coins? Why did his girlfriend take him to court? 16 illustrations..
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Investigates the secret world of the Opus Dei and details its humble beginnings in Spain nearly 80 years ago to its unique status as a powerful autonomous entity at the very heart of the Catholic church today..
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With a supporting cast of well-known literary names around him, Newhouse is the king of New York's cultural world today—as owner of Random House, the nation's largest book publishing empire; publisher of such influential magazines as "The New Yorker," "Vanity Fair," "Vogue," and "Wired;" and by controlling dozens of other newspapers, magazines, and cable television franchises in the United States and around the world.

Author Thomas Maier examines the rags-to-riches saga of the Newhouse family and how they built a privately-held empire estimated at $13 billion. He tells the personal story of how "Si" Newhouse emerged from the shadow of his demanding father to expand the family fortune further than anyone ever imagined, with his mercurial "off-with-their-heads" management style.

This unauthorized investigative biography explores Newhouse's reliance on his long-time friend Roy Cohn, a lawyer for the Mafia and a confidant to top politicians, and how the family managed to beat the IRS in a $1 billion tax battle. Like a message in a time bottle, "Newhouse" describes our celebrity-driven media age, a real-life allegory for the 1990s when communications giants like Newhouse's Advance Publications, Inc., gobbled up everything in sight. This book raises strong warnings about a media monopoly in America, controlled by a handful of powerful men like Si Newhouse, and underlines the serious ways in which journalism has been transformed..
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Title: Hedge funds: they have been accused of being short-termist, secretive and even savage, but are hedge funds simply misunderstood? Danka Starovic digs down to the roots.
Author: Danka Starovic
Publication:Financial Management (UK) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: 27(4)

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Wars are fought on the battlefield, but the technologies that enable 21st century warfare are developed in research laboratories. Within the walls of corporate, government, and academic labs, researchers are probing the edges of science to uncover technologies that will make warfare more efficient -- and more deadly.

This book looks at the people behind the curtain, and at the next generation of tactical, information, communication, vehicular, biological, and cryptographic systems. Featuring in-depth interviews with the project directors and scientists performing this groundbreaking research, The Geeks of War also examines their scientific, political, patriotic, and financial motives, as well as the implications these technologies may have for the future. Presenting the views of numerous respected military, business, and technology analysts, The Geeks of War takes readers inside America's leading military technology research facilities -- exploring a clandestine world that few people ever see..
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The princesses are having a ball visiting Lysandra's sister, Gabriella, and brother-in-law, Jerome. And they can't wait for Jerome's handsome brother, Prince Jonathon, to join them. But when he never arrives, everyone panics. Lysandra and her friends must find the missing prince—without the help of his stubborn servant, Thomas, who's not saying a word!

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