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Our Story; Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
Editions Du Signe 2003 France First Edition 2746812479 / 9782746812475 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
104 pages, fully colour illustrated. Illustrated cover, very minor pushing to edges. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "One book, however economical with words and selective in pictorial presentation, can but give a taste of the rich diversity that is our story. May it however provide an insight into, and grateful remembrance of the past, an understanding and a joyful celebration of the present and a hope-filled confidence for the future in the expectation of the abiding presence of Jesus and the guidance of his Spirit in his Church of Canberra and Goulburn." 001153
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The Holy Qur'an
Ali, Abdullah Yusuf (translated by) Sh. Muhammad Ashraf 1990 Lahore Reprint 9694320909 / 9789694320908 Hard Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
1854 pages, Volume One Edition (Parts I to XXX). Red, leather look cover, minor pushing to edges. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "It is the duty of every Muslim, man, woman, or child, to read the Qur'an and understand it according to his own capacity. If any one of us attains to some knowledge or understanding of it by study, contemplation, and the test of life, both outward and inward, it is his duty, according to his capacity, to instruct others, and share with them the joy and peace which result from contact with the spiritual world." This book is large and very heavy, extra postage will be required for most destinations. Please contact us if you would like to check postage to your location. 001564
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God's Terrorists; The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
Allen, Charles Da Capo Press 2006 Ma, USA First Thus 0306815222 / 9780306815225 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
349 pages, b/w illustrations. Cream-cloth cover, blue to spine, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor edge-wear, very minor shelf rubbing. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "In the post-9/11 world, each day's news presents us with images of fanatical fighters and suicide bombers willing to die in holy war - martyrs for jihad. But what are the roots of this militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? This history offers no solutions but it does illustrate patterns of behavior, successes and failures from which lessons might be drawn." 000592
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The Sacred Cord Meditations; An Evolutionary Spiritual Journey Using the Atlantean Rosary
Ashcroft-Nowicki, Dolores The Aquarian Press 1990 England First Edition 085039077 Soft Cover Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
160 pages, b/w line drawings. Illustrated, card cover, some edge-wear and light chipping, some creasing, cover is whole and intact. Pages are lightly age discoloured, otherwise are clean, straight & unmarked.. Strong, intact binding. "The Sacred Cord or rosary has been used in almost every spiritual tradition as a basis for prayer or contemplation . tells how she first came to hear of the ancient Atlantean Sacred Cord and gives full instructions on how to make one. explaining the magical significance of each bead . goes on to outline a mediational journey using the Cord, guiding the reader through the course of a year from the first bead, the birth of the untutored Primal Spark, to the last bead, the realization of divinity. Each set of beads brings greater insights into the self and awareness of the interrelationship between all living things on the Earth." 001535
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Making the Gods Work for You; The Astrological Language of the Psyche
Casey, Caroline W. Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd 1998 London First Edition 0749919248 / 9780749919245 Soft Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
276 pages. Illustrated, card cover, very minor edge-wear, some light rubbing marks to cover. Some light marks to closed page edges, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. "In an engaging narrative . introduces the innovative practice of Visionary Activist Astrology. This system of personal and collective liberation provides principles and rituals to live by and ways to create prophecies that will help readers discover their underlying natures and become 'active, dynamic particpants in the dance of life'." 001449
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The Journey of the Catholic Church in Malaysia - 1511-1996
Chew, Marueen K. C. Catholic Research Centre 2000 Kuala Lumpur First Edition 9838081124 / 9789838081122 Soft Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
500 pages. Illustrated card cover, very minor edge-wear, some very light yellowing to outer edges of front cover. Note to ex-owner on front end page, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. ". the story of a long journey. The growth of the church since 1511 is carefully and meticulously narrated in six chronological chapters, ending with the contemporary scene. The journey cuts through the artifical and unnecessary barriers of time with a comprehensive opening - that outlines the social, economic, political and cultural phenomenon that is Malaysia." 002570
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Salvo! The Salvation Army in the 1990s
Clayre, Alasdair Focus Books Pty Ltd 1993 NSW Australia First Edition 1875359133 / 9781875359134 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
160 pages, b/w photos thr/out. Black-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor edge-wear, very slight stretching to top edge. Certificate of Appreciation from The Salvation Army to front fly-leaf, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". a unique look inside The Salvation Army inAustralia today . an open look through the lives of ordinary Salvationists to the hheart of this extraordinary brand of practical Christianity." 000860
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Hitler's Pope; The Secret history of Pius XII
Cornwell, John Viking 1999 London, England 0670876208 / 9780670876204 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
430 pages, b/w photos. Blue-cloth cover, small chip to top edge. Illustrated, unclipped jacket. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". tells for the first time the story of the career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who as Pius XII was Pope during the Second World War and arguably the most powerful churchman in modern history. Adding to the continuing debate about collective guilt and the Holocaust . this is an extraordinary and explosive history." 001062
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The Inferno
Dante Alighieri (Translated by Hollander) Doubleday 2000 New York First Edition 0385496974 / 9780385496971 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
434 pages. Maroon boards to black spine. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very light stretching to edges. Two rear pages have dog ear crease to bottom, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarke. Very slight lean in binding, otherwise binding is strong and intact. "This new verse translation (with facing-page Italian text) . is a unique collaboration that combines the virtues of maximum readability with compete fidelity to the original Italian - and to Dante's intentions and subtle meaning . reflects . Hollander's faultless Dante scholarship . 'The Inferno' opens the glories of Dante's epic wider for English speakers than any previous translation, and provides the interpretative apparatus for ever-deeper excursions into its endless layers of meaning and implication. It is truly a Dante for the new millenium." 001708
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The Brotherhood; Inside the Secret World of the Freemasons
Dedopulos, Tim Viking 2006 Victoria, Australia 0670029270 / 9780670029273 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
128 page, b/w & colour illustrations. Illustrated, black-board cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor edge-wear. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "Behind the private facade, the scandals and intrigues, and the thick cloud of rumour and hearsay, Freemasonry resonates with a rich and beautiful tradition of philosphical symbolism. The journey through the degrees of Masonry, as you will discover here in the 'The Brotherhood', is the journey through life itself, and the eternal quest for self-perfection." 000305
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Spiritual Unfoldment: 1, 2, 3 & 4
Eagle, White The White Eagle Publishing Trust 1989 Great Britain Tenth Impression 0854870121 / 9780854870127 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
4 books - 1 - 'How to Discover the Invisible Worlds and Find the Source of Healing' - 2- 'The Ministry of Angels and the Invisible World of Nature' - 3 - 'The Way to the Inner Mysteries' - 4 - 'The Path to the Light'. Cream boards, all have very light edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jackets, all have very light edge-wear, no. 4 has light chipping to top of spine and rubbing to front flap fold. Ex-owner stamp to front fly-leaf of each book. Some very light marks to closed page edges, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. All have tight binding. "1 - Many of you have returned to earth because you want to help humanity. You can serve best by being a son of God, and by giving warmth and light to help each flower bloom its best in the particular patch of garden in which it is planted. 2- Endeavour as you look on any physical form to look into that form and to the spirit. see it in the very roots of the trees, in the trunk, branches and the leaves. Look always for the spirit behind or within all form. 3 - Follow the One, avoid the many, be true to your inner light, and the mysteries of the invisible worlds will be revealed to you in the degree that you are ready and will use the knowedge thus attained in selfless service. 4 - From out of the ashes of the lower nature arises the golden heart of pure love. Not a love which seeks it own; but a love which gives universally to all life." 001596
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Churchman Militant; George Augustus Selwyn Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield
Evans, John H. A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd 1964 Wellington, New Zealand First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
298 pages, b/w photos. Brown-cloth cover, some pushing to edges, small tear to top of spine. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, some small chips, edge-wear, age discolouring to inside. Pages are evenly age browned around edges, few very small marks thr/out text body, otherwise pages clean & straight. Strong, intact binding. ". describes and evaluates the work of a great Bishop in New Zealand and Melanesia, and afterwards at Lichfield, his contribution to the life of the Church of his own time and his impact on a later age. In addition Mrs Selwyn, a lady of great character and charm, who has been too little noticed in the past, is here allowed to play her full part in the story of her husband's life and achievements." 000901
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Reformations; A Radical Interpretation of Christianity and the World (1500-2000)
Fernandez-Armesto & Wilson Scribner 1996 New York First Edition 068483104X / 9780684831046 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
324 pages, b/w photos & line-drawings thr/out. Blue-cloth cover to black spine, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. ". explains how and why the reformation was not a unique watershed at all, but rather a typical episode in a long history, shared by all the main Christian traditions, of evangelical commitment and confrontation with the world . maps the evolving relationships between the Bible, the Church and individual experience, revealing an ongoing cycle of stagnation and renewal that began not long after Christ's death and flows onward to this day." 000883
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Tools, Cures and Myths; Cleaning the Confusion from Feng Shui
Fischmann, Sally Self Published 2008 Victoria, Australia Revised Edition 0980409403 / 9780980409406 Soft Cover New Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
132 pages, b/w illustration thr/out. "The aim of this book is to remove the misconceptions of what Feng Shui is & what it isn't. The most important thing you need for Feng Shui is a positive attitude, a willingness to want to improve your life and that of your loved ones, a desire to experiment and, finally, patience. It seems adding Feng Shui onto anything will bring harmony. It is the need to correct the . mistakes of others that has driven my workshop and writing development. There is only one "Feng Shui" theory; most western ideas about Feng Shui are . wrong and generally based on a variety of . concepts pulled from European, Asian Folklore, fables and New Age Intuition. 001916
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The Quest for El Cid
Fletcher, Richard Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty Ltd 1989 Great Britain First Edition 009173889X / 9780091738891 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
220 page, b/w photographs & line drawings. Black-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, very small spot of chipping on top corner, small bend and slight stretching on back bottom edge. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "El Cid . 'the boss' Rodrigo Diaz, a Castilian nobleman of the eleventh century who became one of history's great heroes . a soldier of genius who followed his own fortunes and sold his skills to Christian and Muslim alike . was to end his career as the independent ruler of Valencia . died in 1099 . unravels history from legend." 000212
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The Illustrated Golden Bough
Frazer, Sir James George (Mary Douglas - ed) Macmillan London Limited 1978 London, England First Edition 0333255923 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Sabine MacCormack
256 pages, b/w & colour illustrated. Brown-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear. Few tiny white spots on both end papers, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "A priest once walked at night through the sacred grove of Diana at Nemi. He carried a drawn sword in his hand and looked warily about him. For he was a murderer, and would one day himself be slain, by a man who would succeed him as priest. A man who would first have plucked the mysterious golden bough from a certain tree in the grove.. Since the publication of the first two books of 'The Golden Bough' in 1890, Frazer has been praised, emulated, scorned and defended, but he has not been ignored. Though the names of his contemporary critics have often been forgotten, Frazer's 'Golden Bough' lives on." 001024
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This I Believe
Fuentes, Carlos Bloomsbury 2004 Great Britain 0747573158 / 9780747573159 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
339 page. Black-cloth cover, minimal edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, slight chipping and denting to top edge otherwise minor edge-wear, several small marks. Seconds mark to bottom edge of closed pages, small mark on front closed pages, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". an A-Z of the things that Carlos Fuentes loves and believes in . a series of inspired meditations and polemics . subjects as disparate as 'Balzac', 'Beauty', 'Reading', 'Revolution' 'Sex' and 'Shakespeare' . woven together with . politics, time and language . runs the vein of his personal journey." 000200
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The Prophet
Gibran, Kahlil William Heinemann Ltd 1972 London, England 434290688 Hard Cover Fine Slip Case - Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
114 pages, large print, sepia illustrations. Blue-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Slip case, edge-wear, some rubbing and age spots. Two small dog-ears to last pages, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. "Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth. And in the twelfth year, on the seventh day of Ielool, the month of reaping, he climbed the hill without the city walls and looked seaward; and he beheld his ship coming with the mist. Then the gates of his heart were flung open, and his joy flew far over the sea. And he closed his eyes and prayed in the silences of his soul.' - '. from every page I could find some beautiful and liberating thought." 000663
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God vs. The Gavel; Religion and the Rule of Law
Hamilton, Marci A. Cambridge University Press 2005 New York 0521853044 / 9780521853040 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
414 page, Black cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, protected by plastic sleeve. Very slight mark to bottom of closed page edges, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". challenges the pervasive assumption that all religious conduct deserves constitutional protection . thesis of the book is that anyone who harms another person should be governed by the laws that govern everyone else - and truth be told, religion is capable of great harm . hard hitting . passionate . scholarly inquiry . controversial questions . powerful answers." 000228
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Dragon Rises - Red Bird Flies; Psychology & Chinese Medicine
Hammer M. D., Leon Station Hill Press 1990 New York 0882680625 / 9780882680620 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
425 pages. Black-cloth edge-wear, minor edge-wear. Illustrated, clipped jacket, edge-wear, 1 small closed tear, 1 small hole to spine area. Bookshop sticker to front end paper, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. "In this original approach an American doctor, psychiatrist and long-time practitioner of Chinese medicine sees the Chinese healing arts through Western psychological eyes . he finds 'a congenial system of healing that embodies unification of body and mind, spirit and material, nature and man, philosophy and reality.' . comprehensive and lucid presentation . explaining, and going beyond, the Five Element System, the author shows that this Eastern practice is as much psychotherapy as physical medicine, as much a spiritual science as a physical one." 000717
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