LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – JULY 2025

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY
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                                       ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  JULY  2025

BOOKS.

1. “Upon a Sleepless Isle” by Andrew Fidel Fernando, 2019
2.  Murder in the East Wing by Dodwell Keyt, 2025.

                    (No’s 1 -2, donated by Jeremy de Lima, Vermont South, Vic)

3. Beyond Check Points (Stories of Human Resilience in troubled Sri Lanka by Duleep de Chickera, 2023.
4. The Rout of Prabhakaran by M.R. Narayan Swamy,
5. The Will  to Freedom: An Inside View of Tamil Resistance by Adele Balasingham, 2001. 
6. Assignment Colombo by J. N. Dixit, 2002.
7. The Yaal Players, Memories of Old Ceylon by Vimala Ganeshananthan, 2013.
8. The Rise and Fall of the LTTE by Dr Mahinda Balasuriya, 2011
9. Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA): A Critical Analysis by Bertram Bastiampillai et al, 2009.
10. Sri Lanka: The War Fueled  by Peace by Palitha  Senanayake.
11. Of Tamils and Tigers – a Journey Through Sri Lanka’s War Years by ben Bavinck, 2011.
12. Island of Blood – Frontline Reports from  Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Other South Asian Flashpoints by Anita Pratap, 2001.
13. Inside an Elusive Mind – Prabhakaran, the first Profile of the World’s most Ruthless Guerilla Leader by M. R. Narayana Swamy, 2008.

                      (No’s 3 – 13, donated by Noel Nadesan, Bentleigh, Vic)        

14. Kata Katha, Gossips, Rumours & Idle Talk by Savin Edirisinghe,2025. (Donated by the Author, Colombo, organized by Savithri

       Rodrigo, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka, brought to Melbourne by Dianne Melder, Pascoe Vale, Vic)   

15. Butterfly Poems by Asoka Weerasinghe, 2001. (Donated by the Author, Ottawa, Canada)

MAGAZINES.

1. LMD International, July – September  2025, Vol 3, Issue 2, . (3 Copies)

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

NEWSLETTERS

1. Bulletin of St Anthony’s College, Kandy (SACK) OBU (Colombo Branch), July 2025.
2. Newsletter, Western Australia – Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Association Inc, July 2025.
3. Newsletter – Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 43, Issue 3, July 2o25
4. “Outreach”, Newsletter of the Voluntary Outreach Club Inc (VOC), Vol 15, July 2025.
5. Newsletter, Eighty Club, Melbourne, No 167, 2nd Edition, July – November 2025.
6. Newsletter, The Burgher Welfare :League of WA Inc, Vol 36.1, July 2025.

OTHERS.

1. Thesis, “Dangerous Women: Literary representations of Women Involved in Violent Political Conflicts by Shemara Ransirini Pitiyage,

   2018, The University of Queensland. 211pp.  

2. ‘Good Weekend, Saturday Age, July 13, 2025, Article on Danielle de Niese, Cover Story, pp 12 – 15, with colour pictures.
3. ‘Good Weekend’, Saturday, July 19, 2025, Article on Hugh de Kretser, President, Australian Human Rights Commission, Cover story, pp

    10 – 13.

4. Discovering Wild Life, Calendar 2025, Tokyo Cement Group. Photos by Lalith Senevirate. (Two Copies)

     (Donated by Lalith Senevirante, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka, brought to Melbourne by Dianne Melder, Pascoe Vale, Vic)   

5.  Two self-paintings of SLGR trains by Ifthar Rizvi. (Donated by the Painter, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka, brought to Melbourne by Dianne  

      Melder, Pascoe Vale, Vic))

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