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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
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    \B

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import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "^\\s{7}([-A]?\\d+)\\s+((.|\\n)*?)\\n^\\s{24}([A-Z]{0,2}\\d{3}(\\.\\d+)?(\\s(\\w+))?)"; final String string = " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n" + " Collection: Lending Collection\n" + " Info. Type: BK Books\n" + " -2658 The theocratic kingdom of Our Lord Jesus, the Christ, as covenanted in the Old Testament and presented in the New \n" + " Testament. Pref. by Wilbur M. Smith. Biographical sketch by John H. Stoll.\n" + " 231.7\n" + " Peters, George Nathaniel Henry, 1825-1909\n" + " Missing\n" + " 21/11/1991 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " -3107 The four gospels and Acts of the apostles, in Greek : with English notes : together with the epistles and apocalypse : the \n" + " complete text of the New Testament\n" + " GR220.48 SPE c.1 1873\n" + " Spencer, Jesse Ames, 1816-1898.\n" + " Missing\n" + " 3/09/1992 / LC 0.00\n" + " -4822 The parables of our Saviour : expounded and illustrated / William M. Taylor.\n\n" + " 226.8 Ta21p c.1\n" + " Taylor, William Mackergo, 1829-1895\n" + " Missing\n" + " 4/08/1995 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000007302 Apologetic for filioque in medieval theology / Dennis Ngien.\n" + " 231.044 NGI\n" + " Ngien, Dennis, 1958-\n" + " Available\n" + " 2/06/2010 002 / LC 88.35\n\n" + " 22479000007310 Integral mission : the way forward: essays in honour of Dr. Saphir P. Athyal / editor, C.V. Matthew.\n" + " 266.54 MAT\n" + " Matthew, C V\n" + " Available\n" + " 2/06/2010 002 / LC 41.10\n\n\n" + " Page 1\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000007336 Hearing the New Testament : strategies for interpretation / edited by Joel B. Green.\n\n" + " 225.601 GRE\n" + " Availableel B, 1956-\n" + " 8/07/2010 002 23.10\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000007344 New Testament exegesis : a handbook for students and pastors / Gordon D. Fee.\n" + " 225.6 FEE c.1\n" + " Fee, Gordon D\n" + " Available\n" + " 8/07/2010 002 / LC 27.35\n\n" + " 22479000007633 Sha'arei Talmon : studies in the Bible, Qumran, and the Ancient Near East presented to Shemaryahu Talmon / edited by \n" + " Michael Fishbane and Emanuel Tov with the assistance of Weston W. Fields.\n" + " 221.6 TAL\n" + " Talmon, Shemaryahu, 1920-\n" + " Available\n" + " 15/07/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000007666 Globalization and its discontents / Joseph E. Stiglitz.\n" + " 337 STI\n" + " Stiglitz, Joseph E.\n" + " Available\n" + " 19/07/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000007674 Fresh wind, fresh fire : what happens when God's spirit invades the heart of his people / Jim Cymbala with Dean Merrill.\n" + " 269 CYM\n" + " Cymbala, Jim, 1943-\n" + " Available\n" + " 19/07/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " Page 2\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000007690 The leading edge : the Haggai Institute story / John Edmund Haggai.\n\n" + " 266.007 HAG\n" + " Availableohn Edmund.\n" + " 19/07/2010 008 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000007708 The concise Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament / Frederick William Danker ; with Kathryn Krug.\n" + " 487.4 DAN c.1\n" + " Danker, Frederick W.\n" + " Available\n" + " 22/07/2010 008 / LC 81.30\n\n" + " 22479000007773 Systematic theology : volume two; the word of life/ Thomas C. Oden.\n" + " 232.8 ODE\n" + " Oden, Thomas C\n" + " Available\n" + " 27/07/2010 002 / LC 42.15\n" + " 22479000007781 Hinterland theology : a stimulus to theological construction / Alan P. F. Sell.\n" + " 285.0942 SEL\n" + " Sell, Alan P F\n" + " Available\n" + " 27/07/2010 002 60.75\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000007799 Orthodox and modern : studies in the theology of Karl Barth / Bruce L. McCormack.\n" + " 230.044 MCC\n" + " McCormack, Bruce L.\n" + " Available\n" + " 27/07/2010 002 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000007807 Acts for everyone / Tom Wright.\n" + " 226.6077 WRI pt. 2\n" + " Wright, N T (Nicholas Thomas)\n" + " Available\n" + " 30/07/2010 002 / LC 13.80\n\n" + " Page 3\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000007815 Acts for everyone / Tom Wright.\n\n" + " 226.6077 WRI pt. 1\n" + " Available T (Nicholas Thomas)\n" + " 30/07/2010 002 13.80\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000007823 Middle Egyptian : an introduction to the language and culture of hieroglyphs / James P. Allen.\n" + " 493.15 ALL\n" + " Allen, James P, 1945-\n" + " Available\n" + " 2/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000007831 Mentoring for spiritual growth : sharing the journey of faith / Tony Horsfall.\n" + " 253.53 HOR\n" + " Horsfall, Tony.\n" + " Available\n" + " 5/08/2010 002 / LC 16.35\n" + " 22479000007849 A global ethic : the declaration of the Parliament of the world's Religions / edited by Hans Kung and Karl-Josef Kuschel.\n" + " 291.5 KUN\n" + " Kung, Hans, 1928-\n" + " Available\n" + " 5/08/2010 002 40.55\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000007864 The mystery of marriage : meditations on the miracle\n" + " 306.81 MAS\n" + " Mason, Mike 1953-\n" + " Available\n" + " 10/08/2010 002 / LC 13.05\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " Page 4\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000007872 No future without forgiveness / Desmond Mpilo Tutu.\n\n\n\n\n" + " 968.06 TUT\n" + " Tutu, Desmond Mpilo\n" + " Available\n" + " 16/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000007880 Scribal culture and the making of the Hebrew Bible / Karel van der Toorn.\n" + " 221.66 TOO\n" + " Toorn, K Van Der\n" + " Available\n" + " 16/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000007898 God's dream team a call to unity / Tommy Tenney.\n\n" + " 262.72 TEN\n" + " Tenney, Tommy, 1956-\n" + " Available\n" + " 16/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000007906 Passion and purity : learning to bring your love life under Christ's control / Elisabeth Elliot.\n" + " 241.66 ELL\n" + " Elliot, Elisabeth.\n" + " Available\n" + " 16/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000007914 Resurrecting Jesus : the earliest Christian tradition and its interpreters / Dale C. Allison, Jr.\n" + " 232.908 ALL\n" + " Allison, Dale C\n" + " Available\n" + " 16/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n\n\n" + " Page 5\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000007922 Introducing apologetics : cultivating Christian commitment / James E. Taylor.\n\n" + " 239 TAY\n" + " Availableames E, 1956-\n" + " 16/08/2010 008 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000007930 Can Asians think / Kishore Mahbubani.\n" + " 306.095 MAH\n" + " Mahbubani, Kishore.\n" + " Available\n" + " 17/08/2010 001 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000007955 Fracture : the cross as irreconcilable in the language and thought of the biblical writers / Roy A. Harrisville.\n" + " 232.4 HAR\n" + " Harrisville, Roy A\n" + " Available\n" + " 19/08/2010 001 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000007963 The Zondervan NIV Bible commentary / general editors, Kenneth L. Barker and John R. Kohlemberger III.\n" + " 220.7 BAR v.1\n" + " Barker, Kenneth L.\n" + " Available\n" + " 19/08/2010 001 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000007971 Conspiracy of kindness : [a refreshing new approach to sharing the love of Jesus with others] - no guilt, no stress, low risk & \n" + " high grace / Steve Sjogren.\n" + " 269.2 SJO\n" + " Sjogren, Steve\n" + " Available\n" + " 19/08/2010 001 / LC 0.00\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " Page 6\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000007997 Wisdom & creation : the theology of wisdom literature / Leo G. Perdue.\n\n" + " 223.06 PER\n" + " Availableeo G.\n" + " 13/09/2010 008 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008003 Public theology and political economy : Christian stewardship in modern society / Max L. Stackhouse.\n" + " 261.8 STA\n" + " Stackhouse, Max L.\n" + " Available\n" + " 20/08/2010 002 / LC 68.90\n\n" + " 22479000008029 Mao : the unknown story / Jung Chang, John Halliday.\n" + " 951.05092 CHA\n" + " Chang, Jung, 1952-\n" + " Available\n" + " 23/08/2010 001 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000008045 Knowing the will of God / Bruce Walte with Jerry MacGregor.\n" + " 248.4 WAL\n" + " Waltke, Bruce K.\n" + " Available\n" + " 23/08/2010 001 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008052 C. H. Spurgeon / J.C. Carlile.\n" + " 286.1092 SPU\n" + " Carlile, John C (John Charles), d. 1941\n" + " Available\n" + " 26/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000008060 Understanding the accuser / David Alsobrook.\n" + " 235.47 ALS\n" + " Alsobrook, David.\n" + " Available\n" + " 26/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " Page 7\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000008078 Putting the Gospel first : the best of the Spring Harvest World Alive Weeks / edited by David Porter.\n\n" + " 269.24 POR\n" + " Availableavid, 1945 Aug. 10-\n" + " 26/08/2010 008 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008094 Genuine salvation : regeneration, repentance, coming to Christ, saving faith / Arthur W. Pink; with a foreword by William C. \n" + " Nichols.\n" + " 234 PIN\n" + " Pink, Arthur Walkington, 1886-1952\n" + " Available\n" + " 26/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000008102 Heaven and earth in little space : the re-enchantment of liturgy / Andrew Burnham.\n" + " 264.02 BUR\n" + " Burnham, Andrew, 1948-\n" + " Available\n" + " 26/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000008110 The paradise of God : renewing religion in an ecological age / Norman Wirzba.\n" + " 231.765 WIR\n" + " Wirzbu, Norman.\n" + " Available\n" + " 26/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000008128 To all the brethren : a text-linguistic and rhetorical approach to I Thessalonians / Bruce C. Johanson.\n" + " 227.8106 JOH\n" + " Johanson, Bruce C\n" + " Available\n" + " 26/08/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " Page 8\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000008151 Searching for meaning : an introduction to interpreting the New Testament / [edited by] Paula Gooder.\n\n" + " 225.601 GOO\n" + " Availableaula.\n" + " 3/09/2010 008 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008169 The forge of Christendom : the end of days and the epic rise of the West / Tom Holland.\n" + " 270.2 HOL\n" + " Holland, Tom.\n" + " Available\n" + " 3/09/2010 002 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000008177 Studies in the personal names of Genesis 1-11 / Richard S. Hess.\n" + " 221.922 HES\n" + " Hess, Richard S.\n" + " Available\n" + " 3/09/2010 002 / LC 0.00\n" + " 22479000008185 Creation through wisdom : theology and the new biology / Celia E. Deane-Drummond.\n" + " 261.55 DEA\n" + " Deane-Drummond, Celia.\n" + " Available\n" + " 6/09/2010 008 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008193 Tolkien on fairy-stories / edited by Verlyn Flieger and Doulglas A. Anderson.\n" + " 398.2 TOL\n" + " Flieger, Verlyn, 1933-\n" + " Available\n" + " 6/09/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000008201 Becoming a person of influence : how to positively impact the lives of others / John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan.\n" + " 158.2 MAX\n" + " Maxwell, John C, 1947-\n" + " Available\n" + " 6/09/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " Page 9\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000008219 Digital biology : how nature is transforming our technology and our lives / Peter J. Bentley.\n\n" + " 570.1 BEN\n" + " AvailablePeter, 1972-\n" + " 7/09/2010 002 25.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008227 Our posthuman future : consequences of the biotechnoloy revolution / Francis Fukuyama.\n" + " 660.6 FUK\n" + " Fukuyama, Francis\n" + " Available\n" + " 7/09/2010 002 / LC 20.15\n\n" + " 22479000008243 Business @ the speed of thought : using a digital nervous system / Bill Gates with Collins Hemingway.\n" + " 658.4038 GAT\n" + " Gates, Bill, 1955-\n" + " Available\n" + " 16/09/2010 002 / LC 48.20\n" + " 22479000008250 The church / Edmund P. Clowney ; Gerald Bray, general editor.\n" + " 262 CLO\n" + " Clowney, Edmund P.\n" + " Available\n" + " 17/09/2010 002 11.85\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008300 Time is running short / Sid Roth ; [foreword by Derek Prince].\n" + " 236 ROT\n" + " Roth, Sid.\n" + " Available\n" + " 20/09/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000008318 Haggai, Zechariah / Mark J. Boda.\n" + " 224.97077 BOD\n" + " Boda, Mark J.\n" + " Available\n" + " 22/09/2010 002 / LC 30.30\n\n" + " Page 10\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000008326 Reading between texts: intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible / [edited by] Danna Nolan Fewell.\n\n" + " 221.66 FEW\n" + " Availableanna Nolan\n" + " 22/09/2010 002 45.10\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008334 A history of the church in the middle ages / F. Donald Logan.\n" + " 270.3 LOG\n" + " Logan, F Donald\n" + " Available\n" + " 22/09/2010 002 / LC 60.90\n\n" + " 22479000008342 Christianity and Roman society / Gillian Clark.\n" + " 270.1 CLA\n" + " Clark, Gillian (E Gillian)\n" + " Available\n" + " 22/09/2010 002 / LC 54.20\n" + " 22479000008359 Living the Christian year : time to inhabit the story of God: an introduction and devotional guide / Bobby Gross; foreword by \n" + " Lauren Winner.\n" + " 242.3 GRO\n" + " Gross, Bobby.\n" + " Available\n" + " 22/09/2010 002 / LC 20.40\n\n" + " 22479000008375 The wisdom of pixar : an animated look at virtue / Robert Velarde.\n" + " 791.43 VEL\n" + " Velarde, Robert, 1969-\n" + " Available\n" + " 27/09/2010 002 / LC 9.35\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " Page 11\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000008383 Keeping God's earth : the global environment in biblical perspective / edited by Noah J. Toly and Daniel I. Block.\n\n" + " 261.8 KEE\n" + " Availableh.\n" + " 27/09/2010 002 15.80\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008391 Sacred companions : the gift of spiritual friendship & direction / David G. Benner ; foreword by Larry Crabb.\n" + " 253.53 BEN\n" + " Benner, David G.\n" + " Available\n" + " 28/09/2010 002 / LC 9.35\n\n" + " 22479000008409 Friends in a broken world : thoughts on friendship from the Emaus Road / Soo-Inn Tan ; [foreword by R. Paul Stevens].\n" + " 158.2 TAN c.1\n" + " Tan, Soo-Inn\n" + " Available\n" + " 29/09/2010 002 / LC 5.70\n" + " 22479000008417 Protestant ethic and the spirit of Capitalism / Max Weber; translated by Talcott Parsons ; with a foreword by R. H. Tawney.\n" + " 306.6 WEB\n" + " Tawney, Richard Henry, 1880-1962.\n" + " Available\n" + " 29/09/2010 002 8.60\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008425 The medieval church : a brief history Joseph H. Lynch.\n" + " 270 LYN\n" + " Lynch, Joseph H, 1943-\n" + " Available\n" + " 29/09/2010 002 / LC 127.05\n\n" + " 22479000008433 What happened at vatican II / John W. O'Malley.\n" + " 262.52 OMA\n" + " O'Malley, John W\n" + " Available\n" + " 29/09/2010 002 / LC 16.30\n\n" + " Page 12\n\n\n\n\n\n" + " BGST\n" + " 10/07/2023 Items List By Collection 13:47:16\n" + " From Creation Date: 1/01/1900 From Location: From Collection: LC\n" + " To Creation Date: 10/07/2023 To Location: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ To Collection: LC\n\n" + " Item No. Title/Author/Issue Id/Issue Title\n" + " Call No./Suffix/Vol/Status\n" + " Creation Date Create ID Location/Collection Price\n" + " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + " 22479000008441 The westminster assembly : reading its theology in historical context / Robert Letham.\n\n" + " 230.52 LET\n" + " Availableobert\n" + " 29/09/2010 002 21.50\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008458 The works of Anne Bradstreet / edited by Jeannine Hensley ; foreword by Adrienne Rich.\n" + " 821.4 BRA\n" + " Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672.\n" + " Available\n" + " 29/09/2010 002 / LC 14.60\n\n" + " 22479000008466 The church in the shadow of the mosque : Christians and Muslims in the world of Islam / Sidney H. Griffith.\n" + " 270.0917 GRI\n" + " Griffith, Sydney Harrison.\n" + " Available\n" + " 29/09/2010 002 / LC 37.60\n" + " 22479000008490 Spiritual manpower / J. Oswald Sanders.\n" + " 220.92 SAN\n" + " Sanders, J Oswald (John Oswald), 1902-1992\n" + " Available\n" + " 1/10/2010 008 0.00\n" + " / LC\n" + " 22479000008508 On writing well : the classic guide to writing nonfiction / William Zinsser.\n" + " 808.042 ZIN\n" + " Zinsser, William Knowlton.\n" + " Available\n" + " 1/10/2010 008 / LC 0.00\n\n" + " 22479000008516 Obadiah through Malachi / William P. 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