Books published by Baha'i Publications Australia

Rooth is an open-minded young girl who is born into a narrow-minded world of conflict and opposition. Refusing to accept the partial views of those around her, she lets her curious eyes wander around all sides of a Trooth.The elders are dismayed but the other children are delighted when they see what she sees - and they will never be the same again."

Ollie and Uma are inseparable friends growing up in a world of inequalities that threaten to tear their friendship apart.In their effort to change the nature of the game that perpetuates these conditions, they discover that conflict and violence lead to new forms of inequality and injustice.Justice and equality, they learn, are best achieved through constructive and unifying strategies of social change.

We, as human beings, have two natures. One is our spiritual, higher nature, reflecting the nobility of man. The other is the ego or our lower nature, referred to in the Bahá’í Writings as “the insistent self”. Daily effort is needed to prevent the ego from taking over and depriving us of attaining our spiritual destiny.The Insistent Self explains the concept of this second nature while providing guidance from the Bahá’í Writings and other sources for those seeking a spiritual path. Topics include prayer, meditation, fasting, detachment, sacrifice, tests, love, and service.

To Climb a Mountain is a heart-warming true story of a young man╩╝s journey from the joyous abandonment of childhood, through the turbulence of adolescence, then his final emergence as a re- created human being. Michael Conway meets his challenges of growing up with a probing intent to exploit all of life for its lessons.Against the backdrop of his parents╩╝ acceptance of the Bahá╩╝í Faith and the accompanying change in purpose and driving goals for the young family, Mike╩╝s story portrays the maturing of a young man coming to terms with his own purpose in life and determined to pursue it at all costs. His life looms as one of extraordinary courage and heroism.

Almost two hundred years ago, in a country that was then known as Persia, a new religion was born. The religion was the Bahá'í Faith, and its Founder was Bahá'u'lláh.Bahá'u'lláh explained that He was like the Founders of other religions, like Moses and Krishna, Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, Who came to give guidance and help to mankind. These Messengers of God all promised that God would unfailingly send His guidance to the people of the earth. They said that in times of great trouble, a new Messenger of God would appear in the world. Bahá'u'lláh said His coming fulfilled that promise for our own time.Bahá'u'lláh looked upon each person as 'a mine rich in gems of inestimable value'. The stories retold in this book reveal how those who met Him responded to Him, and describe, through their eyes, that experience.