Reference Reprints is back with with another authoritative title for your collection. This celebrated series offers the librarian classic works at reasonable prices. Our latest offering is the long out-of-print Harpy's Horrid Hagiology. Written especially for parochial schoolchildren, H3 combines easy-to-understand biographical entries with color illustrations that can only be described as otherworldly. Over 5,000 saints and are covered with an emphasis on the current trend in children's nonfiction-the disgusting and gross.
Kids everywhere will love researching inspirational figures like these:
St. Agatha who is often depicted carrying her severed breasts on a plate
St. Catherine of Alexandria had milk flow from her wounds when she was beheaded
St. Gwen received a handy third breast after giving birth to three children
St. Lucy plucked out her own eyes and gave them to her ex-fiance
St. Erasmus had hot iron hooks stuck into his intestines.
St. Wilgefortis prayed to be delivered from unwanted marriage and she grew a mustache and beard
St. Lawrence was grilled alive
St. Wilgefortis prayed to be delivered from unwanted marriage and she grew a mustache and beard
St. Lawrence was grilled alive
All this and much more! Pious young scholars won't be led astray by the violence of rap and heavy metal music when they can read this comprehensive passionary. Bound in sturdy pleather, H3 will be sure to become a staple at reference desks everywhere.
Item #199-Harpy's Horrid Hagiology-$150 (3 vol. set)
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