Topic: E-Books
 
 
 This section of the Resource Pack contains book length and other larger contributions dealing with a range of topics. The contributions may be copyright or contain copyright material and should be downloaded for personal or GreenSpirit group use only.

The texts of thousands of books are available on the internet. A good source is
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu

Each of the books and texts available on this site is in the form of either a .pdf file or a .zip format file containing sub-files called:
        Cover.jpg - the front cover of the contribution.
        Text.rtf - the text of the contribution.
        there may be more files containing illustrations or other material, usually in .rtf or .jpg  format.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Available Titles are:
 
 
 

EARTHSONG

By Erna & Michael Colebrook

A green anthology of poetry, readings and prayers.

This book was originally published by Churchman Publishing in 1990. Copies are still available from GreenSpirit Books.

View the Contents and Preface

The book has 59 pages and the zip file is 154KB.

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The Green Mantle of Romanticism
By
Christine Avery
&
Michael Colebrook

By means of a series of pen portraits of key figures the authors highlight the significance of the legacy of Romanticism for the modern environmental movement.

View the Contents and extracts from the Introduction

The book has 52 pages and the zip file is 393KB.

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Walking The Sacred Story
A New Ritual for Celebrating the Universe
By
Erna & Michael Colebrook.

This book is about a walk and a story. The story is the evolutionary history of the universe from its beginning fourteen billion years ago to the present. The idea of the walk is to use distance to represent the passage of time as the story is being told. The book contains two versions, a long walk of 1.37 Km and a short walk of just 200m.
The book has 58 pages and the pdf file is 1.2MB.

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This is GreenSpirit Pamphlet No 5 and is also available in printed form from
 GreenSpirit Books

 

What is
Creation Centred
Spirituality
by Grace Blindell

This little book presents an eloquent and authoritative introduction to Creation Spirituality. It conveys not only the ideas but also what it feels like, through a blending of poetry and prose.

The book has 42 pages and the zip file is 225KB.

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This is GreenSpirit Pamphlet No 4 and is also available in printed and illustrated form from
GreenSpirit Books

The Triple Mirror
by Erna Chrispeels & Michael Colebrook

The Triple Mirror is a children's book which adults will enjoy as well. It tells the story of Bran and Brydie who, on holiday in Scotland, find themselves mysteriously drawn into the Big Bang. They travel through time back to the present with the Great Mother as their guide. They have many adventures on the way meeting Akka the wolf, looking for the Triple Mirror and meeting Mother Gaia and the Green Man. They experience at first hand the awesome cosmic story of the evolution of the universe.

As the book is illustrated, it is a .pdf file of 678KB. It is formatted to be printed on A5 paper.

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The book is also available in printed form from GreenSpirit Books