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The following table lists the book titles available for reading in the Pavilion 'Douai Room'.. They are listed in alphabetical order of the author.
Most titles are authored by Old Boys of the School, communicating our corporate breath of interests and life experiences. They are 'non-fiction'  unless noted otherwise in the Title
Click on the links inside the 'Author' cells, or inside the 'Title' cells for Information about each publication, (e.g  Wikipedia Author's profile and bookseller site respectively).
Click on the 'Note' text ' cells for additional information from the Society Librarian.

Publications that are actually stored on the web  may be accessed from a second table at the bottom of this page, Click here to view the download links.


Author  School Yr.
Title and Bookseller website link
Synopsis
Librarian's Notes
Publ.
Tim Albert
56/60/65
Mostly We Had it Good
'A Baby Boomers Journey' - Tim's  Autobiography
Note
2017
Leopold Antelme
40/46
In Retrospect
The Story of a Family
2004
Sir Daniel Brabin 25/32
Rillington Place  Report of an Inquiry into the Case of Timothy John Evans Note
1949
Alfred M Burrage
10/14
War Is War; By Ex-Private X
Experiences as a Private Soldier during WW1
Note
2010
Wiliam Canton
1854-68
Various - see notes
Poetry & Childrens literature
Note

Joseph Conlon
91/93/98
Why String Theory
Popular science account of string theory
2016
J A Cuddon
39/47
The Owl’s Watchsong A study of Istanbul, Byzantine Emperors and Turkish Sultans. Note
1960
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Fiction

1984
Christopher Derrick
34/39
Escape from Skepticism A look at liberal education Note
1977
Cuthbert Doyle OSB
1856/61
Tercentenary St Edmund's Monastery
Note
1917
Bruce Duncan
53/58
The Loan Soldier
Adventures of a Military Man Abroad
Note
2015
Giles Foden
N/A
Turbulence
Weather Forecasting in June 1944 for D-Day
Note
2010
James S Hall
13/16
G F Handel The Story of his Life and Work Note
1961
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Sea Surgeon
The Memoirs of the Lifeboat Doctor
Note 1961
Adrian Hastings
43/46
A History of English Christianity 1920 -2000 One of the great classics of modern church history Note
2000
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The Construction of Nationhood Ethnicity, Religion and Nationalism (The Wiles Lectures)

1997
Alban Hood OSB
N/A
From Repatriation to Revival
The  English Benedictine Congregation, 1795-1850
Note 2015
Paul F Jennings
33/36
Various titles, see Note

Note

George Jerjian
68/73
Spirit of Gratitude
Personal account of dealing with mid-life crisis
Note
2018
P J Kavanagh
43/48
Various titles - See Note

Note

Frank Keating
52/55
Bowled Over
Frank's Sporting Diary 1979
Note 1980
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Another Bloody Day in Paradise The 1981 West Indies Cricket Tour
1981
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Up and Under
Frank's Rugby Diary

1983
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Half Time Whistle Frank's  Autobiography
1998
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The Highlights Selection - Frank's Guardian Articles

2014
Henry Mayr-Harting 49/54 Religion Politics and Society 1066-1272 Impact of a changing religious culture Note 2011
Hugh McManners
NA
Forgotten Voices of the Falklands War
The Real story of the Falklands War

2008
Edward Micklethwaite Curr
1837-38
The Australian Race
Its Origin, Languages, Customs, Place of Landing in Australia....
Note
1886
Simon Murray
94/97
Icky Doo Dah Fiction Tale of a fun loving creature, who loves to cause chaos.
Note 2010
Bali Rai
NA Now or Never Fiction A Dunkirk Story - the WW2 role that non-white soldiers played  Note
2019
Abbot Geoffrey Scott OSB
62/66
Gothic Rage Undone
English Monks in the Age of Enlightenment
Note
1992
Geofff Somers
63/68
Antarctica - The Impossible Crossing? The longest ever journey across Antarctica Note 2018
Sir Stephen Wall
60/65
Reluctant European
Britain and the EU from 1945 to Brexit
2020


Web Titles


Author  School Yr.
Title and Web Link
Synopsis
Webmaster Notes
Publ.
Abbot Geoffrey Scott OSB
Paul Arblaster
Alban Hood OSB
62/66
87/89
NA
Douai 1903-Woolhampton 2003:
A Centenary History Note
2003