LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – APRIL 20254

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY
1234 Nepean Highway, Cheltemham, Vic 3192, Australia.
Telephone: Hemal + 61 0427 725 740 or Victor 61 3909 4040
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Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com >

THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT HEMAL OR VICTOR AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.

                                       ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  APRIL  2025

BOOKS.

1. Realization of Nibbana (An Effective Approach) by Dr Perera Arahath Upasaka, edited by Douglas Ranasinghe.

   (Donated by Douglas Ranasinghe, Malabe, Sri Lanka, facilitated by Udara Kankaneige, Epping, NSW)

2. Our Divided World: My View from the United Nations by Somar Wijayadasa, Vol 1.
3. Our Divided World: My View from the United Nations by Somar Wijayadasa, Vol 2.

   (Donated by the Author, USA)

4. Changing Face of Colombo by R. L. Brohier.
5. Seeing Ceylon by R.L.Brohier.
6. Galle, as Quiet s Asleep by Norah Roberts.
7. Tales of Courage and Chivalry – Retold from the Mahawamsa & Chulawamsa by Maureen Seneviratne.

                    (No’s 4 – 7, Donated by Mrs Elaine Tissera, Castle Hill, NSW)     

8. Golden Island by Denis Clark
9. Sarala Bhasa, A Manual for Beginners in Sinhalese   – Official Languages Dept

                    (No’s 8 – 9) Anonymously donated, Melbourne. Left on doorstep.

10. NowArchitecture, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka Institute of Architects.

                    (Donated by LMD International, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka)  

MAGAZINES.

1. LMD International, April – June 2025. (3 Copies)

    (Donated by LMD International, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka)

NEWSLETTERS

1. Newsletter, The Burgher Welfare League of WA Inc, Vol 35.3, March 2025.
2. Darley News, Bulletin of the Old Josephians’ Association of NSW, March 31, 2025
3. Newsletter, Sri Lanka Society of Queensland Inc, Vol 45, No 1, March 2025
4. “Outreach”, Newsletter of the Voluntary Outreach Club Inc, (VOC), Volume 14, March 2025.
5. Newsletter, Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 43, Issue 2, April 2025.
6. Newsletter, Eighty Club Melbourne, Newsletter No 166, 1^st Edition, April – June 2025.
7. Newsletter – Western Australia – Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Association Inc, April 2025.

OTHERS.

1. Thesis – Bringing the Buddha Closer: The Role of Venerating the Buddha in Modernization of Buddhism in Sri Lanka by Soorakkulme

Premaratna, 2017, 275pp.

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