Card Catalog Subject Headings: Conduct of life, Faith, Happiness, Meditations, Miracles, Optimism, Self-actualization (psychology), Spiritual healing, Spiritual life.

Some authors who write in this area are: Les Brown, Mother Teresa, Stephen Covey, Norman Vincent Peale, Wayne Dyer, M. Scott Peck, Billy Graham, Robert Schuller, Catherine Marshall, Charles Swindoll, Thomas Moore

A sampling of inspirational reading currently held at Downers Grove Public Library:

158.1/BRO
Brown, LesLive Your Dreams1992
Les Brown, an acclaimed inspirational and motivational speaker, shares usable advice illustrated by moving stories from his own life.

158.1/CHI
Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit1993

242/CHU
Church, F. ForresterEveryday Miracles: Stories from Life1988
A selection of stories from clergyman F. Forrester Church’s column “Fundamentals.”

158.1/COV
Covey, Stephen R.First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy1994
“Where you’re headed is more important than how fast you’re going.”

170.44/DEL
Delany, Sarah LouiseThe Delany Sisters’ Book of Everyday Wisdom1994
This book answers many of the questions generated by the Delany sisters bestseller Having Our Say: the Delany sisters’ First 100 Years.

PB/NF/EGA
Egan, EileenSuffering into Joy: What Mother Teresa Teaches about True Joy1994

158.1/ESP
Espeland, Pamela & Rosemary WallnerMaking the Most of Today1991
Daily readings to encourage thoughts on self-esteem and positive emotional changes. With quotes from such varied sources as: Calvin and Hobbes, David Henry Thoreau, Martin Luther King Jr., Arnold Schwarzenegger and many more.

155.633/FRI
Friedman, SonyaOn a Clear Day You Can See Yourself: Turning the Life You Have into the Life You Want1991

291.4/GRO
Grof, ChristinaThe Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction and the Spiritual Path1993
Through personal anecdotes and the wisdom of sacred traditions throughout history, Grof explores the spiritual quest for wholeness.

796.323/JOR
Jordan, MichaelI Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence1994
A brief but powerful book in which Michael Jordan shares the rules by which he has lived and achieved.

158.1/KAS
Kasl, Charlotte DavisFinding Joy: 101 Ways to Free Your Spirit and Dance with Life1994
Spiritual yet lighthearted passages to bring balance and perspective into your life.

234.13/MAC
McKenna, BriegeMiracles Do Happen1989
This book reflects the author’s deep faith in the power of God to do the impossible.

248.4/PEA
Peale, Norman VincentThe Power of Positive Living1990
A book by one the most widely read inspirational writers of all time.

158.1/PEC
Peck, M. ScottFurther along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey toward Spiritual Growth1993
Readers of Peck’s The Road Less Traveled can continue the journey toward personal and spiritual growth.

242/PRA
Prayers and Poems of Inspiration1992
Includes full-page photographs of some of the world’s most beautiful churches and cathedrals.

PB/NF/PRU
Pruitt, JamesAngels beside You1994
True accounts of angels in the battlefields.

158.1/ROB
Robinson, MaryYou Are a Success: 61 Proven Strategies for Developing Success1991
Self-help techniques for developing the mind, shifting perspectives and recognizing success.

291.43/TAY
Taylor, Susan L.In the Spirit1993
Inspirational and spiritual essays by the editor-in-chief of Essence magazine.

299.93/WIL
Williamson, MarianneReturn to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles1992
Examines “the love that is a potent force, a source of miracles, the key to inner peace.”

158.1/YOU
Young, Jeffrey E.Reinventing Your Life: How to Break Free from Negative Life Patterns1993
Two of America’s leading psychologists show you how to free yourself from destructive “lifetraps” with techniques that can transform your life.

Prepared by Marianne Bash, August 1995