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The Complete Artscroll Siddur
Rabbi Nosson Scherman / Paperback / 1984
Very traditional, not egalitarian -- but has wonderful footnotes about the how-tos and whys of the traditional service. Know what you're changing when you create new services.

To Pray As a Jew : A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service
Hayim Halevy Donin / Paperback / Published 1991
A basic how-to of the traditional synagoue service

Jewish Liturgy : A Comprehensive History
Ismar Elbogen, Raymond P. Scheindlin (Translator) / Hardcover / Published 1993

Book of Blessings: A New Prayer Book for the Weekdays, the Sabbath, and the New Moon Festival
Marcia Falk / Hardcover / 1996

Daughters of the King : Women and the Synagogue
Susan Grossman, Rivka Haut (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1994

My People's Prayer Book Vol. 1: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries : The Sh'ma and Its Blessings Vol 1
Lawrence A. Hoffman (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1997

Talking to God: Personal Prayers for Times of Joy, Sadness, Struggle, and Celebration
by Naomi Levy
"Written in a simple and direct style, the prayers in this book—and the wonderful stories that accompany them—are for people of all faiths, and for all occasions large and small. Naomi Levy’s personal prayers address the anxieties and roadblocks we all face in contemporary life. There are prayers for facing a new day, realizing one’s potential at work, celebrating an anniversary or birthday, and going to sleep at night. And there are prayers for the more profound occurrences in life—love and marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, illness, loss, and death."

The Path of Blessing: Experiencing the Energy and Abundance of the Divine
Marcia Prager / Hardcover / 1998

Women at Worship: Interpretations of North American Diversity
Marjorie Procter-Smith, et al / Paperback / Published 1993

Women As Ritual Experts : The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish Women in Jerusalem
Susan Starr Sered / Paperback / Published 1996

Women Speak to God: The Prayers and Poems of Jewish Women
Marcia C. Spiegel, Deborah L. Kremsdorf (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1987

On Our Spiritual Journey: Creative Shabbat Service
Jackie Tolley / Hardcover / 1984

Women at Prayer: A Halakhic Analysis of Women's Prayer Groups
Avraham Weiss / Hardcover / Published 1989

Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women
Chava Weissler / Hardcover / Published 1998
Chava Weissler provides the first look at non-Hebrew Jewish source materials: the vernacular women's devotional prayers called tkhines. These Yiddish prayers open a window into early modern Ashkenazic women's lives, beliefs, devotion and relationships with God.