Andrew M.(Andrew Moran) Greeley Knihy

Dynamický a napínavý příběh matky a jejich tří dcer.Kathleen Donahueová-krásná rudovláska, vědecká pracovnice, starostlivá a příkladná matka-se po osmnácti letech navenek poklidného a spořádaného manželství ocitine ve velké duševní krizi.Hlavním důvodem není jen manželův sklon k alkoholismu, ale jeho homosexualita, o níž se dozví v době, kdy se její muž chystá kandidovat ve volbách na senátorské křeslo. Děj se odehrává v Chicagu na pozadí společenských, politických a církevních třenic, které vážně ohrožují postavení irské katolické církve.Manželské drama Kathleen a Briana Donahueových přeroste v tragédii, která drží čtenáře v napětí až do poslední stránky.Obsah románu je kombinácí různých skutečných případů.Kniha se záhy po vydání stala bestsellerem a v USA dosáhla neuvěřitelného patnáctimilionového nákladu.... celý text

Americký lékař a filozof Raymond A. Moody popsal ve svých předchozích knihách zkušenosti prožitků blízkosti smrti. Od té doby se zabýval tisíci podobných případů, které byly zaznamenány jak u dospělých tak u dětí. Výsledkem jeho výzkumů je tato úchvatná kniha Světlo po životě – život duše po smrti. Tisíce lidí, kteří přežili tzv. klinickou smrt nebo se jiným způsobem ocitli na prahu smrti, popsaly překvapující množství paralel a shodných prožitků: pocity být mrtvý, stav bez bolesti, pocity nekonečného míru, zážitek mimotělního bytí, průchod tunelem, setkání se světelnými bytostmi, ohlédnutí za minulým životem a nechuť k návratu do fyzického těla. Mimořádně zajímavé jsou kapitoly této knihy věnované transformující moci prožitku blízkosti smrti a setkání s andělem strážným, která popsaly desítky dětí. Na základě řady klinických studií navíc autor vyvrací časté argument odpůrců, že zážitky blízkosti smrti jsou duševní poruchou nebo nemocí. Tato fascinující výpověď je tak dalším krokem k pochopení smyslu života a zároveň objasněním, jaký význam mají zážitky blízkosti smrti pro život každého z nás.

Continuing the enchanting chronicles of the fabulous Nuala Anne McGrail and her spear-carrying husband Dermot, bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley takes them once again to Ireland for another thrill-packed adventure. Back on the Emerald Isle, Nuala and Dermot soon get the feeling that someone is out to get them. They find themselves dodging multiple explosions, and someone starts shooting at Nuala while she is water-skiing in the cold Atlantic. Meanwhile, the handsome parish priest, Father Jack, has given Dermot the diary of a young Chicago newspaperman. Written in the year 1882, the diary tells in horrendous detail an intriguing story of a mass murder and a trumped-up trial in which one of Ireland's greatest heroes was accused of the murders without a shred of evidence. These two stories, ancient and modern, soon get mixed up, and they make for an utterly fascinating tale of murder, betrayal, and redemption with Nuala and her magical powers at the center of it all. Andrew Greeley not only tells us a riveting tale of adventure and derring-do, he gives us a picture of modern-day prosperous Ireland and the engaging and, of course, sometimes villainous people who live there.

For the past three decades, Andrew Greeley, priest, sociologist, and bestselling author, has researched the behavior and beliefs of American Catholics. Here he translates his works into hard data as he describes "the fascinating, wonderful, and slightly daffy story of American Catholicism since the end of the Second Vatican Council". A powerful argument, this survey dispels many myths, ans gives new meaning to the word "Catholic".

Bestselling novelist Andrew M. Greeley outdoes his previous triumphs with Irish Gold , a contemporary, fresh and exciting novel of suspense and love. Nuala Anne McGrail, a student at Dublin's Trinity College, is beautiful the way a Celtic goddess is beautiful - not that Dermot Michael Coyne of Chicago has ever seen one of those in his twenty-five years - unless you count his grandmother Nell, who left Ireland during the Troubles with her husband Liam O'Riada, and who would never tell why they left. Somebody else remembers, though - or why is Dermot set upon by thugs?

Four men probe the life and death of Cathy Collins, a young Catholic nun tortured and killed by the soldiers of a Latin American dictator

The bestselling priest & novelist Andrew M. Greeley continues the tales of the intrepid Bishop Blackie Ryan with this absorbing & suspenseful mystery, set in France, of a missing beloved television priest. Not just an ordinary priest but a priest/television superstar, idolized by the people of France, loved by everyone except, of course the French hierarchy, the church, state and the Paris television community. The Archbishop of Paris, familiar with Bishop Blackie Ryan's impressive sleuthing skills, asks Blackie's boss, the Archbishop of Chicago Sean Cardinal Cronin, for help in finding this missing priest. As usual, Cardinal Cronin resolves the matter with a brusque "See to it, Blackie." In Paris, Blackie meets a young and beautiful woman begging for money at the door of the church of St-Germain-des-Prés. When he hires her as a translator, she turns out to be an excellent Dr. Watson and a brilliant musician as well. She is at his side as Blackie learns that neither the Church nor the police are eager to have the saintly priest returned, and once the public discovers the disappearance of their beloved priest, the miracles start-and nothing scares the Church more than miracles. Undaunted, Blackie and his beautiful sidekick defy uncooperative Paris police, an unbending church, and reluctant witnesses to find the bizarre solution to one of the most fascinating puzzles he has ever encountered.

The direction of Paul and Sean Cronin's lives was shaped the day their father, a self-made multimillionaire, decided that one of his boys would grow up to be a cardinal while the other would become president of the United States. For his elder son, Paul, the father had even chosen a wife -- the beautiful Nora, who had come to the Cronin home as an orphan child years before. Obediently, and with a genuine vocation, the younger son, Sean, went into the priesthood. With a more cynical view, Paul went to Notre Dame to prepare for a life in politics until the Korean War intervened. Then came the news -- Paul Cronin was missing in action. "If he dies," Sean's father told him, "you must leave the seminary and marry Nora." The words sang in Sean's head. Could he renounce his sacred calling -- and marry the girl he had always loved?

When three people are murdered in a church that has long represented a bulwark against change in its venerable Chicago neighborhood, Bishop "Blackie" Ryan enlists a psychic cop and a Sicilian attorney in what he believes is a campaign of terror.

A brush with death convinces Red Kane, a Chicago newspaper columnist, to investigate the connection between Harv Gunther, a powerful politician, and the recent murder of a teenage girl