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List All Books Malvern Meeting Library Catalogue SORTED BY CLASSIFICATION CodAutho Boo Title Author Publisher Year Synopsis Format rCode kID 10BON988 Letters & Papers from Prison Bonhoeffer, Dietrich SCM PRESS 1953 10BRO783 Bermondsey Story, The life Brockway, FennerGeo Allen & 1951 The story of an inspirational leader in inter-war Book of Alfred Slater Unwin London, Doctor, MP, Socialist, Pacifist, Christian and Republican. 10CHA270 Charles Freer Andrews Chaturvedi, Geo Allen & 1949 Biography Book Benarsidas Unwin 10DRO1202 The Boy Who Followed His Dronfield, JeremyPenguin Books 2019 The true story of a father and son who were BOOK Father into Auschwitz transported to Auschwitz and survived the Holocaust. 10FRA44 Recollections. Frankl, Viktor EPerseus 2000 Autobiography of author of "Man's Search for Book Publishing Meaning". 10GAN952 An Autobiography Gandhi, M KPenguin 1982 Book 10KIN252 Strength to Love King, Martin LutherCollins 1969 Writings of Martin Luther King Book 10KUM615 No Destination Kumar, SatishGreen Books 2003 Autobiography. A Resurgence Book. Book 10MEN287 Collected Papers of Evelyn Menzies, Lucy (Ed)Longmans 1946 Book Underhill 10MER735 Seven Storey Mountain Merton, ThomasSheldon Press 1981 Autobiography Book 10OBR255 John Bright O'Brien, R BarryThomas Nelson 1910 Biography Book 10SAU1179 "Dear George …" Saunders, Joolz, Quacks Books 2013 An anthology of recollections of George H BOOK Editor Gorman (1916 - 1982) 10SPI741 For the Brotherhood of Man Spink, KathrynColour Library 1981 Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her Missionaries of Book under the Fatherhood of God Int Charity and her co-workers. 10STE253 Richard Mayr, Adventurer for Stevenson, Lillian Lutterworth 1947 Diary and letters Book God (Ed) 17 February 2020 Page 1 of 77 CodAutho Boo Title Author Publisher Year Synopsis Format rCode kID 10SWA984 I Can't Go On Pne Woman's Swan, EileenBound 2008 Book Journey towards Peace Biographies 10TAY1087 Commonside Taylor, BettySelf 2008 An autobiography BOOK 10WAS301 Up From Slavery Washington, Booker T Fisher Unwin 1901 An autobiography of an American slave later Book T involved in education 10WIL286 The Letters of Evelyn Williams, Charles Longmans 1944 Book Underhill (Ed) 10YAT55 Brother Klaus, Man of Two Yates, ChristinaSessions of 1989 Book Worlds York 150BRE95 Mid-life Spirituality and Brewi, JaniceNicholas Hayes 1999 Book Jungian Archetypes 150DAN957 The Essential Enneagram Daniels, D & Price, VHarper Collins 2009 Book 150DOL779 Still Moving Doley, Katherine EWilliam 2006 A personal journey interpreted through the Book Sessions writings of others 150FRO604 To have or to be? Fromm, ErichJonathan Cape 1978 The struggle between two modes of existance Book for the spirit of humankind. 150GOL47 Working With Emotional Goleman, DanielBloomsbury Pub 1998 Book Intelligence 150GRA268 I'm Sorry Grant, Frances Lion Words of love and reconciliation from the heart Book (Comp) 150JEF264 Feel The Fear And Do It Jeffers, SusanArrow Books 1987 Self help for the fearful Book Anyway 150KAG941 Silence in the Age of Noise Kagge, Erling Viking 2017 The importance of silence and how and where Book [transl. Becky L to find it in a modern world Crook] 150KAV905 Simplicity Made Easy Kavanagh, JenniferO-Books 2011 Book 150KIT97 Concern for Others Kitwood, TomRoutledge 1990 A new Psychology of conscience and morality Book 17 February 2020 Page 2 of 77 CodAutho Boo Title Author Publisher Year Synopsis Format rCode kID 150KUM616 You Are Therefore I Am. A Kumar, SatishGreen Books 2002 The spiritual journey and world view of Satish Book declaration of dependence. Kumar. 150MEL388 Awareness Mello, Anthony deFount 1990 An exploration of the issues of change, Book happiness, suffering and loss, and coping with love, anger and fear. 150MEL589 The Heart of the Enlightened Mello, Anthony deFount 1997 "stepping stones towards a fuller spiritual life Book based on self-knowledge and a deeper understanding" 150PEC160 The Road Less Travelled Peck, M ScottRider 1978 "A new psychology of love, traditional values Book and spiritual growth". 150PLO648 Clear the Clutter, Make Ploeg, Inge van derFloris Books 2004 A practical guide to making the space for Book space for your life. greater emotional and personal stability. 150PRA161 Notes to Myself Prather, HughReal People 1970 "My struggle to become a person". Dedicated to Book Press Carl Rogers. 150RIL417 The Way Ahead Riley, VeraV Riley 1978 "A 31 day guide to happy and successful living" Booklet 150RIL418 Positive Living Riley, VeraV Riley 1976 "A 31 day Help-Yourself guide" Booklet 150RIV777 Living Better on Less Rivers, PatrickTurnstone 1977 Book Books 150STE49 Achieving Emotional literacy Steiner, ClaudeBloomsbury Pub 1997 Understanding one's own feelings and Book empathising with the feelings of others. 150STE1052 Creativity and Self Advocacy Steer, AlanAlan Steer 1993 Book 150THO964 Personality Type [Myers Thomson, LShambala 1998 Book Briggs] 150WAI1095 Solitude Waite, TerrySociety for 2017 Book Promoting Christian Knowledge 150WAK962 The Story of Your Life - Wakefield, DBeacon Books 1990 Book Writing a Spiritual Biography 17 February 2020 Page 3 of 77 CodAutho Boo Title Author Publisher Year Synopsis Format rCode kID 150WAL1189 Friendship with God Walsch, Neale Hodder & 1999 A dialogue with God BOOK Donald Stoughton 150WAT267 The Spirit of Peace in a Busy Watson, JeanLion 1994 Soothing thoughts and quotations Book World 150WAY269 The Garden of the Beloved Way, RobertDarley 1975 Parables of how to love. Book Anderson 150WEA265 Prescription For Anxiety Weatherhead, Hodder & 1956 Dealing with depression Book Leslie D Stoughton 150WIL266 Prometheus Rising Wilson, Robert New Falcon 1997 An alternative and original view of human Book Anton behaviour. 150ZOH890 The Quantum Self Zohar, DanahBloomsbury 1990 "A revolutionary view of human nature and Book consciousness rooted in the new physics" 151SCO1203 Between Living and Dying Scott, RuthBirlinn Ltd 2019 Reflections from the edge of experience BOOK 160ANG829 The Distant Healing Angelo, JackPiatkus Books 2007 Book Handbook 160DAN821 The Carer's Guide Daniel, Dr RoyHealth Creation 2003 Book 160DAV1212 HOMESICK: Why I Live in a Davies, Catrinariverrun 2019 A story of a personal housing crisis and a BOOK Shed countrywide one, grappling with class, economics, mental health and nature. 160MEE1213 Dreams of Leaving and Meek, JamesVerso 2019 The author asks what we can recover from the BOOK Remaining debris of an old nation as we head towards new horizons, and what we must leave behind. 20ALL1172 A Light To Walk By Alley, Elisabeth, Moorley's 1990 An anthology from and for Quakers of all ages BOOKL Editor 20BAD609 First Edition Badman, JimJim Badman 1994 Book 20BAD667 First among sequels Badman, JimWilliam 2003 Book Sessions 20CHO56 The Love Poems of Rumi Chopra, Deepak EdHarmony Books 1998 Book 17 February 2020 Page 4 of 77 CodAutho Boo Title Author Publisher Year Synopsis Format rCode kID 20CUR1084 Recognition of Reality : Curle, AdamHawthorn Press 1987 A book of reflections; glimpses of inner and BOOK Reflections & Prose Poems outer worlds caught in poetic form and always based on true experience. 20ELL1127 Choose Life Elliott, JamesThe Friendly 1991 A Quaker's Poetry BOOKL Press 20FAN851 From me to you, Love poems Fanthorpe & BaileyEnitharmon 2007 Book 20HOR1126 A Singing Murmur Horne, LouieFriends 1990 Poems BOOKL Fellowship of Healing 20HOR1117 A Shining-Place Horne, LouieFriends 1987 Poems by Louie Horne Booklet Fellowship of Healing 20KEM850 What, on earth, are we Kemp, LloydAspect Design 2008 An anthology of poetry Book doing? 20NOR1089 Oughtta be ain't Is Norton, RegReg Norton 1989 A personal anthology of poetry BOOK 20ROB828 Walt Whitman's Spiritual Epic Robertson, MichaelPendle Hill 2008 A Quaker's analysis of Whitman's poem "Song Booklet of Myself" Pendle Hill Pamphlet 395 20STE1088 The Long Way Down Stedeford, AverilAspect Design 2017 Poems of grief and hope BOOK 20THO637 Counterpoint Thomas, R SBloodaxe Books 1990 " asks disturbing questions in a lucid and Book eloquent language" 20WAI1048 Out of the Silence Waite, TerrySPCK 2016 Book 20WHI244 Religious Poems of John Whittier, John Philadelphia 1934 Book Greenleaf Whittier Greenleaf 20WHI243 Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier, John Blackie Book Whittier Greenleaf 20WIL583 Little Treasury of Modern Williams, Oscar (Ed)Routledge 1948 Book Poetry 17 February 2020 Page 5 of 77 CodAutho Boo Title Author Publisher Year Synopsis Format rCode kID 200AND1190 Introduction to the Anderson, James F.Henry Regnery 1969 Selections from various writings of St. Thomas BOOK Metaphysics of St. Thomas Company Aquinas in a new translation, with the goal of Aquinas providing a direct and intimate appreciation of his metaphysical thought. 200ARM613 Battle for God Armstrong, KarenKnopf 2000 A study of fundamentalism (Christian, Jewish Book and Muslim) and the forces of modernism that have, paradoxically, promoted it. 200BAR1192 Finding God in All Things Barry, William A., SJAve Maria Press 1991 A Companion to The Spiritual Exercises of St. BOOK Ignatius 200BEA868 The World's Religions Beaver, R P (Ed) et Lion 1991 A wide ranging series of articles introducing the Book al world's religions 200BEA9 A Sense of Presence Beardsworth, RERU 1977 Pub The Religious Experience Research Unit, Book Timothy Manchester Coll, Oxford. 200BLO737 God and Man Bloom, Anthony et alDLT 1979 "The Atheist and the Archbishop", Anthony Book Bloom and Marghanita Laski. 200BUB10 I and Thou Buber, MartinT & T Clark 1958 Translated by Ronald C Smith. Original 1937
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