Search Results: Religion/Spirituality/Inspiration from Diversity Books, IOBA

Australia: Hay House Inc, 2000. xxii, + 207pp., b/white chapter header art illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Colour art-illustrated (Corey Wolfe) card wrapper nominally edgeworn, several blind indentations. "Many people have seen angels, apparitions of deceased loved ones, and ascended masters, as you'll read about in this groundbreaking collection of true stories by Doreen Virtue, a psychotherapist who works with the angelic realm . . . Doreen also gives you step-by-step instructions that will help you see and visually connect with your angels!" Book weight approx. 320g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Australian Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Hay House Inc, 2002. xv, + 189pp., b/white chapter header art illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Colour art-illustrated (Corey Wolfe) card wrapper nominally edgeworn, light crease to rear. "In this follow-up to 'Angel Visions', you'll read about children and adults who have seen, heard, talked to-and even detected the scent of-their guardian angels, deceased loved ones, and ascended masters. Learn from their stories, and from Dr Virtue's research, how you can contact these heavenly beings . . . " Book weight approx. 270g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Australian Printing. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ringwood, VIC, Australia: Viking (Penguin Group), 1987. 280pp., b/white halftone photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Plain boards negligibly bumped. Leaves clean, albeit slightly tanned. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edge-creased and abraded. From the jacket flap: " . . . explores the changing world of Australian Catholics and their contribution to national life. Based on religious magazines and pamphlets, it focuses on the everyday lives of lay men and women rather than the concerns of bishops and other religious professionals. As such, it is a significant rewriting of Australian Catholic history." Includes Index. Book weight approx. 570g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good+.

London: Kegan Paul International, 1927. xi, 248pp., cloth boards, b/w text. Book tight, a little random foxing, and a bit grubby around edges; else OK. No dustjacket. Contents include: What Is Religion?, A Study of the Religion of the Winnebago Indians, the Peyote Cult among the Winnebago, Psychopathology and Religion, and more. Weight approx. 640g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair+.

Hong Kong: Periplus Editions, 1999. 32pp., colour-art illustrations (Bruce Granquist, Mubinas Hanafi, Nengah Enu) throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Gloss illustrated boards nominally bumped only. "This book is intended as a general introduction to the architectural symbolism of the typical Balinese temple and the cosmological significance of its layout. The informative text is complemented by dozens of watercolour illustrations and will provide a useful guide to many of the temples that the reader is likely to visit during a stay on the island . . . " Book weight approx. 260g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Unknown 30pp. (recto page text only). Plastic comb binding with clear acetate front cover. A facsimile re-issue (n.d.), by unknown publisher, of an original Protestant Truth Society publication. Author Peter Trumper. Item clean. Comb binding undamaged. Leaves clean. From the Introduction: " . . . this article in no way claims to be an exhaustive study of the subject, but it will give the Christian seeker and others some idea of what happened before this country was plunged into the long dark Winter between the 7th and 14th centuries . . . " Item weight approx. 100g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Facsimile Re-issue. Plastic Comb Binding. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Elliot Stock, 1890. 384pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title, plus bumped head and heel there-on. Blind-stamp pattern on minimally flecked dark red cloth boards. Random flecks on endpapers, and textblock edges. Contents of Vol VI (Psalms) include: Prelims., Intro., Didactic Psalms, Psalms of Praise and Adoration, ditto Thanksgiving, Devotional Psalms, Psalms Eminently Prophetical, Psalms Historical. Book weight approx. 435g. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover (Original Red Cloth). Very Good.

Australia: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. xxiii, + 344pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "Around the world, women are working for justice and healing . . . The lives of these women reveal an unusual source of strength: The fierceness of compassion symbolised in ancient icons, images, and archetypes of the wrathful divine feminine. China Galland weaves myths and travel narrative into a powerful chronicle of the spiritual journey, tracing the re-emergence of fierce compassion both in the struggles of women around the world and at sacred sites of pilgrimage." Contents include: 23 chapters, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Appendix, Acks., Permissions, Index. Book weight approx. 443g.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chandigarh, India: Institute of Sikh Studies, 1998. Unpaginated (24 pages). Staple-bound booklet. Clean and tight staples. Leaves clean. Textblock bumped on upper foredge corner. Printed limp wrapper dented, bumped and lightly edgeworn. Reprinted from 'Abstracts of Sikh Studies, 1997', this booklet, with a print run of 1,100 copies, was published to help explain the Sikh religion during religious education in Primary and Secondary schools in Botswana. Presented as a series of (31) questions and answers. Booklet weight approx. 60g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. 1st Thus. Softcover Booklet, Staplebound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United States: Zondervan, 2006. 284pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "With wisdom and empathy, Dr Townsend, a father of two teens himself, applies biblically based principles for the challenging task of guiding your children through the teen years . . . " Contents include Intro., 45 chapters over four 'parts', Epilogue, Appendix A & B, Notes, Index. Book weight approx. 340g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. 8th Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Alyson Pubns, 2001. xxli, + 350pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, the slightest of browning to page edges. Montage-illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed. ". . . a warm and accessible guide to creating and maintaining long-term relationships for gay and lesbian couples. Craving connections and meaningful, loving relationships, gay men and lesbians often lack the tools to attain them. There are few role models, and most therapists are not versed in the specific and unique issues of gay and lesbian couples. These insights, combined with the belief that successful relationships follow a deeply spiritual path, lie at the core of 'Break Up or Break Through' . . . " Contents include: Intro., 12 chapters over three 'parts', Seven steps to creating conscious relationships, Conscious connecting exercises. Book weight approx. 440g. . First Edition (Stated).. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Maryborough, Victoria, Australia: Joyce Downing, 1991. (vi) + 185pp., green, half-tone plate endpapers. Several colour plates, plus numerous b/white, candidly-illustrated, half-tone plates and a few facsimiles. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on spine. Green faux-leather boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Edition limited to 150 copies: this copy hand-signed and numbered '67', by Joyce Downing, on the colophon. Art-illustrated (lino print on rice paper, Trish Walsh) dustjacket mildly edgeworn and abraded, clear tape on verso folds. Constructed from 'letters home', with connecting narrative by her younger sister/editor Joyce, this is the story of Doris Downing, a missionary teacher, who gave so much of her life to the people of Papua New Guinea . . . born in Victoria in 1900, she died in 1976. Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Mitchell River, Sunshine-Melbourne, Egualua-Greetings, Clouds of War, Post-War Reconstruction, Papua New Guinea Revisited, Doris's Death, In Loving… Read More

Bedfordshire, Great Britain: The Faith Press, 1973. 275pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on, soft creasing to head. Plain brown boards lightly bumped on upper foredge corner, rear panel. Leaves clean, foxing specks to textblock edges. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, with minimal closed tears, and a small area of loss to upper rear panel, two short, closed tears to spine, some discolouration. "The title of this book gives a general idea of its subject matter, i.e. a side-line of the 19th century Gothic Revival in art and literature. This took the form among High Church Anglicans, not only of restoring parish churches and cathedrals, but of founding brotherhoods on supposedly 'Olde Worlde' lines . . . " Contents include: Introduction, Prologue, 15 chapters, Epilogue, Index. Book weight approx. 740g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" -… Read More

New York: The Seabury Press, 1974. x, + 244pp. Book clean and square. Cloth spine firm, lightly bumped head and heel. Boards nominally bumped on lower foredge corners. Former owner's name/date on ffep., textblock edges lightly flecked, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. The author, drawing on the experiences of many priests, ministers and lay people who have shared their insights with him, shows his readers that exorcism, properly understood, takes its place with prayer, confession, Holy Communion, laying-of-hands, and annointing with oil, as a means by which the church can render aid to people afflicted with physical, as well as mental, illness . . . Includes: Prelims., 8 chapters, Postscvript, Appendix, Biblio., Indexes. Book weight approx. 460g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1994. 138pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight tanning to edges. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn and scuffed. "When the Celtic tribes of ancient Britain and Ireland embaced the gospel, they created a unique form of Christianity. They rejoiced in the beauty of God's creation, even welcoming animals in their monasteries . . . Composed in languages long extinct, Celtic literature has been inaccessible for many years. This book is the first comprehensive collection in English of Celtic Christian writing. It contains some of the finest poetry that the Church has ever produced, and includes extracts from the original biographies of the great Celtic saints . . . " Book weight approx. 180g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Reprint.. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA, United States: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1932. 629pp. All textblock edges tinted dark blue. Book clean. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Head and foot of backstrip mildly rubbed. Gilt title and blind-embossed decoration to front panel of plain blue boards, which are minimally edge-rubbed and bumped only. Light tanning to endpapers, and random pages, previous owner's pencilled notations to rear free endpaper and pastedown, else leaves clean. "With seven hymns written by Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer and founder of Christian Science . . . " Contents include: Preface, 429 hymns (words and music), Indexes: Tunes, Alphabetical; Tunes, Metrical; Composers and Sources; Tempo Indicators; Authors and Sources; First Lines. Book weight approx. 400g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 5th Edition, Revised & Enlarged.. Hardcover. Good +.

England: Hamlyn, 1987. 144pp., colour plate frontispiece (the first leaf of the Book of Kells), plus colour and b/white plates and illustrations (paintings, stained glass, manuscripts, and sculpture from many ages), throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Front cover-'The Miraculous Verification of the True Cross of Christ', detail of a painting by Piero della Francesca. Back panel-Pentecost from a thirteenth-century French manuscript) card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. A stand-alone volume in the 'Library of the World's Myths and Legends' series. Contents include: Intro., 9 chapters, plus Further Reading and Index. Book weight approx. 620g.. Revised. Softcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Dublin, Ireland: The Columba Press, 1999. 93pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, with just a hint of tanning. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "An initiative of the Western Theological Institute, 'The Church and Child Sexual Abuse' brings together the insights of a psychologist/psychotherapist, a victim of Child Sexual Abuse, a professional care worker, a bishop, a priest in parish ministry, and two professional theologians." Book weight approx. 130g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Marina Del Ray, California, U.S.A.: DeVorss & Co. Publishers, 1996. 178pp. (last vii blank). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Printed card wrapper skilfully covered in clear adhesive film, else minimally bumped on upper rear foredge corner. Textblock unmarked. A stand-alone volume in the DeVorss "Mentors of New Thought" series, these Christian-themed essays by Irish-born American new thought theologian, Joseph Denis Murphy (1898-1981), were previously published as separate booklets . . . Contents include: Prelims., 13 Essays. Book weight approx. 270g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . First Thus. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 21.25cm x 13.75cm).

U.S.A.: W Publishing Group, 2004. xiv, + 215pp., Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "You're acquainted with physical thirst. Stop drinking and see what happens . . . Deprive your soul of spiritual water, and it will tell you. Dehydrated hearts send desperate messages. Snarling tempers. Waves of worry. growing guilt and fear. Hopelessness. Resentment. Loneliness. Insecurity. But you don't have to live with a dehydrated heart. God invites you to treat your thirsty soul as you would treat your physical thirst. Just visit the WELL and drink deeply . . . " Contents include: Prelims., 17 chapters over four 'parts', Reader's Guide, Notes. Book weight approx. 260g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.