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Friends,
Welcome to our supplemental catalog for 2012! This catalog contains some of our favorite items. To see much more, visit our online catalog at www.quakerbooks.org, search, and browse. In addition to many new titles, here are some other things that are new at Quakerbooks.
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QuakerPress
Black FireAfrican American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights
edited by Harold D. Weaver, Jr., Paul Kriese, Stephen W. Angell Black Fire gathers together the voices of 18 remarkable individuals who spoke and wrote as African Americans from within the Quaker community. They testify about their viewpoints on racial justice both in the Religious Society of Friends and society at largeand they speak of their life in the Spirit. As a collection, these selections exhibit the vitality and wisdom that three centuries of African American Quakers have contributed to and on behalf of Friends. QuakerPress of FGC, 2011, 300 pp., paperback/ebook$23.95/$11.50
Intergenerational Spiritual Community
Build It!A Toolkit for Nurturing
by Youth Ministries Program of FGC Responding to a concern about separation of youth and young adults from our Friends communities, the Youth Ministries Program has collected best practices for nurturing intergenerational spiritual community. The Toolkit contains 6 narrative chapters, lists of resources, templates, How-Tos, and 38 activities and games. It also includes the skit, A Short History of Quakerism in 10 Easy Points. The book is practical, accessible, fun, and useful for nurturing spiritual community. QuakerBridge Media, 2011, 84 pp., paperback/downloadable pdf$11.50/$5.00
Conversation with Christ
Quaker Meditations on the Gospel of John
by Douglas Gwyn The Gospel of John is sometimes known among Friends as the Quaker Gospel, because it speaks to the Quaker concern for a here-and-now experience of eternal reality in Christ. Conversation with Christ explores this theme through thirteen conversations from the Fourth Gospel, in which the history and mystery of Jesus are revealed. Each of these close readings is followed by examples of ways Quakers have grappled with its message and by a guided meditation inviting readers to experience the form Christ takes in our lives. QuakerPress of FGC, 2011, 139 pp., paperback/ebook$21.95/$11.95
A Lively FaithReflections on Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative)
by Callie Marsh The Conservative Friends of Iowa have a unique story. It is a chronicle of how one group of Quakers has held fast to its roots against the winds of change, while simultaneously grappling with and responding to the modern world. Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) stands its own ground, fitting neither into the liberal nor orthodox Quaker camps, yet with connections to both. Callie Marsh entered this community as an adult seeker and made it her home, taking part in identity-wrenching struggles, such as their understanding of Christianity and the question of same-gender marriage. QuakerPress of FGC, 2011, 81 pp., paperback/ebook$14.95/$11.95 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship
Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice
by Donna McDaniel And Vanessa Julye It is a common misconception that most Quakers assisted fugitive slaves and involved themselves in civil rights activism because of the Quaker belief in equality. While some Friends did work to end enslavement and post-enslavement injustices, Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship reveals that racism has been an insidious, complex, and pervasive problem among Friends, as it has been generally among Americans of European descent. This book documents the spiritual and practical impacts of race discrimination in the Religious Society of Friends with the expectation that understanding the truth of our past is vital to achieving a diverse, inclusive community in the future. QuakerPress of FGC, 2009, 548 pp., paperback/hardback$28.00/$45.00
Spirit RisingYoung Quaker Voices
edited by Angelina Conti, Cara Curtis, Wess Daniels, John Lomuria, Emma Condori, Harriet Hart, et al. Spirit Rising celebrates, critiques, questions, and reflects on the Quaker faith as experienced by young Friends. This collection of writings and visual art by teenage and young adult Quakers from around the world and from across the theological and cultural spectrum of the Religious Society of Friends offers readers a window on the spiritual riches and witness of this generation of Friends. The contributors in this volume challenge and inspire, as they witness to, celebrate, and question their Quaker experience. Their voices are a symphony, cacophonous but also deeply resonant. Quaker Press of FGC, 2010, 356 pp., paperback$17.50
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MP3s of Plenaries and Addresses

All sound files are $5.00.
Nonviolence and Racial Justice
by Martin Luther King, Jr. An inspiring address to Quakers at Friends General conference at Cape May in 1958.
To Go Where There Is No Light
John Calvis plenary address at the 2011 FGC Gathering John sees ending American torture as the next great spiritual work of Friends. John is a massage therapist and Quaker healer who began healing work with torture survivors in 1982. Inspired by photos from Abu Ghraib, he founded the Quaker Initiative to End Torture.
Meeting at the CenterLiving Love and

Bruce Birchards plenary address at the 2011 FGC Gathering Recent experiences of traveling among Friends in Kenya and meeting with leaders of different branches of North American Friends have provided Bruce with rich opportunities to live love and seek reconciliation.
Reconciling One to Another
On Food Justice
Ladonna Redmonds plenary address at the 2011 FGC Gathering LaDonna is a community activist who has successfully worked to get Chicago public schools to evaluate junk food, launched urban agricultural projects, started community grocery stores, and worked on federal farm policy to expand access to healthy food in lowincome communities.
Conflict as a Gift of the Spirit
George Lakeys Gathering Store presentation at the 2010 FGC Gathering There is power in conflict to transform and bring about positive change in our society. George draws from stories of the civil rights movement and the witness of early Friends in Puritan Massachusetts, among other examples, to illustrate the gifts that conflict has to offer.
UniversalismA Hope for Humanity
Philip Gulleys plenary address at the 2010 FGC Gathering Peppered with humorous anecdotes, Phils presentation brings a message of love and acceptance from the Christian universalist perspective expressed in his books If Grace Is True and If God Is Love. Question and answers following the talk are included.
Untitled talk (right relationship)
Hollister Knowltons plenary address at the 2009 FGC Gathering Hollister spoke from her perspective as one whose ministry is seeking right relationship of humans with other humans, with all species, and with Earth.
Untitled talk (hope and spirit)
Nikki Giovannis plenary address at the 2009 FGC Gathering Poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni reflects on her lifetime of joy and struggle, love and grieving, hope and spirit. She believes in the power we each have to make a difference in ourselves, and thus in others lives.
Re-education of George W. Bush

No President Left Behind
Peterson Toscanos plenary address at the 2008 FGC Gathering Speaking to the role of comedy in social justice work, Peterson exposes the Inner Bush in all of us, and aims to reeducate it with the aid of his crazy cast of characters.
Untitled talk (confident Quakerism)
Ben Pink Dandelions plenary address at the 2009 FGC Gathering Ben, a British Quaker historian, explores his own journey of the spirit, as well as the sources of joy, love, and fire in the Quaker tradition. (An edited version of this talk is available as the Pendle Hill pamphlet, Confident Quakerism.) 5 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
Beyond Tribalism and Toward a God of Love
John Shelby Spongs plenary talk at the 2005 FGC Gathering Spong rejects fundamentalism in favor of a religion compatible with intellectual inquiry. He rejects Christian tribalism in favor of a universalism that sees holiness throughout the worlds religions. He describes a Christianity premised upon justice and love rather than judgment and literal readings of the Bible. This talk was the first annual Elizabeth Watson Lecture, sponsored by Quaker Universalist Fellowship.
Untitled talk (faith in the streets)
Shane Claibornes plenary address at the 2009 FGC Gathering Shane Claiborne, a self-described hellfire and damnation preacher, writer, and circus performer, is a founding partner of The Simple Way in inner city Philadelphia, a model for radical faith communities around the world. Using ancient stories of early Christians and contemporary stories of ordinary radicals, as well as his own experiences in Iraq and India, he challenges us to deeper faithfulness.
What Its All AboutThe Great
Marcus Borgs plenary address at the 2007 FGC Gathering Renowned Jesus and Bible scholar Marcus Borg delves into the story of the Good, addressing the deep yearnings at the center of the Great Commandment and exploring the possibility for a life lived in Gods passion for liberation, peace, and economic justice.
Commandment and the Deepest Yearnings
Downloading
All electronic purchases (pdf publications, ebooks, and mp3 audio files) must be purchased from our website. After you make your purchase, you will receive an email containing a link, from which you can activate your download. The email should arrive by the morning of our next business day. You can browse these items at www.quakerbooks.org/media. Sound files from QuakerPress of FGC are priced $5.00. To hear an extended sample of many of these talks, go to www.soundcloud.com/fgcquaker. Ebooks can be downloaded to your computer then be transferred to your ereader (Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc.). Or you can read the book on your computer by installing free software, such as Calibre or Adobe Digital Editions. [Please note that for ereaders, choose the mobi file if you are using a Kindle; choose the ePub file for any other device.] PDF publications can be read on your computer in Adobe Reader. Some ereaders also support pdf files.
Downloadable Books
Ebooks
The following titles are available electronically to read on your portable reading device or home computer. Find them at www.quakerbooks.org, where further purchasing information is available. All come in Mobi format, for reading on a Kindle, and on ePub, for all other electronic readers. After you download a book to your computer, transfer it to your reader. Or use a freeware program (we suggest Calibre or Adobe Digital Editions) to read it on your computer. All of these books are also available in print and described elsewhere in this catalog.
Black FireAfrican American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights

edited by Harold D. Weaver, Jr., Paul Kriese, Stephen W. Angell See description on page 3.
Meeting of Friends (Conservative)

by Callie Marsh See description on page 3.
A Lively FaithReflections on Iowa Yearly
Conversation with Christ

by Douglas Gwyn See description on page 3.
Quaker Meditations on the Gospel of John
Where Should I Stand?

by Elizabeth Boardman See description on page 9.
A Field Guide For Monthly Meeting Clerks
PDF files
Intergenerational Spiritual Community
by Youth Ministries Program of FGC See description on page 3.
Build It!A Toolkit for Nurturing
Quaker ValuesA First Day School Curriculum for Children Ages 911
by Marsha Holliday Teaching Quaker faith and practice to children is perhaps the most important job a Friend can have. This book excels as an aid to First Day School teachers no matter what size the class. Each of the 14 units contains stories from Biblical, Quaker and secular sources that speak to the topic of the week. Exercises, questions, and activities supplement the lessons and provide variety and fun. QuakerPress of FGC, 2002, 88 pp., pdf$8.00
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Lighting Candles in the Dark Study Guide
Questions and Activities for Teachers and Parents of Children in Second Grade through High School
by Donna Bissett, Robin Wells, Marlou Carlson An easy to use study guide of a most beloved book (see p. 71). Useful to parents and teachers. Each storys teaching points are made explicit through sensitive questions, crafts, service projects, and Bible verses. QuakerPress of FGC, 2001, 80 pp., pdf/paperback$8.00/$17.00
Living Our Faith
The Bible and Friends Testimonies
by Gwen Halsted, Mary Kay Rehard In 199899 at Clear Creek Friends Meeting, when the children asked to explore the Bible, we chose to weave biblical studies together with learning about our Quaker heritage. We developed this curriculum to span an entire school year. There are many ways to bring to life the values expressed in the testimonies, but we chose to find examples in biblical passages, mostly stories, to illustrate faith in God, learning to discern divine leadings, and having courage and determination to put beliefs into action. the authors QuakerPress of FGC, 2006, 147 pp., pdf$10.00
Practicing Peace CurriculumTeaching

by Jean McCandless An active curriculum that integrates art, music, and drama to engage children in fuller learning; includes detailed instructions for teachers and home pages for parents. Written for three levels (including older preschoolers through fourth grade). QuakerPress of FGC, 2006, 144 pp., pdf/paperback$10.00/$25.00
Young Children the Quaker Peace Testimony
Earthcare For Children
A Curriculum For First Day School, Sunday School and After School Programs
by Sandra Moon Farley, Diana Gail Egly, Thomas Baxter Farly Activities, exercises, and discussion topics in 13 chapters. There are also duplicatable home pages. A practical and well laid out booklet with a list of resources at the back and suggestions for other books to continue exploring these environmental topics. QuakerPress of FGC, 3rd ed., 2010, 122 pp., pdf/paperback$8.95/$19.95
Faith and PlayQuaker Stories for Friends Trained in the Godly Play Method
See description on page 61. QuakerPress of FGC, 2008, 44 pp., pdf$8.00
Exploring QuakerismA Study Guide
by Marsha Holliday Leaders and Participants editions available. This easy-to-use manual promotes a better knowledge and understanding of Quakerism among unprogrammed Friends. Leaders will appreciate the instructions and supplemental material available in the full version, while the core of the curriculum is in shorter form for participants. Useful both for groups and for self-study, all the basics 8 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
of Quakerism are covered from George Fox to present day organizations serving the many branches of Friends. Lessons build on one another and each includes a reflection question. A wonderful tool for enriching the lives of Friends both new and old. Participants Version, QuakerPress of FGC, 2006, 48 pp., pdf$5.00 Leaders Edition, QuakerPress of FGC, 2006, 59 pp., pdf$5.00
Fit for Freedom Study Guide
by Wren Almitra and Committee for Ministry on Racism of FGC This short guide is designed to help readers explore more deeply the issues discussed in the book Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice by Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye (see p. 4). Filled with quotes, queries, and suggested activities, the Guide can be used in meetings, reading groups, or individually. QuakerPress of FGC, 2009, pdf$10.00
General Information about Friends

Being a QuakerA Guide for Newcomers
by Geoffrey Durham British friend Geoffrey Durham looks at modern Quakerism and explains what can be said (for instance how a Quaker meeting for business operates), and what cannot be said (for instance what Quakers think happens after death) and why. He talks of the testimonies, being led by the spirit, the gathered meeting, and what being an experiential religion means. A full and inspiring,but distinctively different introduction to the Society of Friends. The author is a member of the Quaker Quest program in Britain. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2011, 135 pp., paperback$16.00
A Field Guide for Monthly Meeting Clerks
by Elizabeth Boardman Elizabeth Boardman draws on her four years as a monthly meeting clerk and the wisdom of fifteen other experienced clerks to answer questions, simple and profound, including; when should I attend committee meetings? How should I relate to the children of the meeting? How do I get support for this job? How do I help sustain the faith community? Where Should I Stand? The book is designed to spark new questions and additional ideas among readers and to encourage continued discussions at regional gatherings. QuakerPress of FGC, 2008, 128 pp., paperback$12.50
Celebrating the Quaker Way
by Ben Pink Dandelion I am a Quaker. I am part of a worldwide Quaker community and I inhabit that knowledge daily. It helps me live the way I want to. This is how Ben Pink Dandelion starts this little booklet written for Friends to help them celebrate the Quaker way and its rich tradition. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2009, 28 pp., paperback$6.50
Plain LivingA Quaker Path to Simplicity
by Catherine Whitmire A collection of quotations from the writings of Friends (ranging from Margaret Fell and Isaac Penington to Jan Hoffman and Patricia Loring) which speak to every aspect of living a spiritually centered and simple life. Topics explored include work, plain speech, money and resources, committed relationships, grief, fear, leadings, community, practicing nonviolence, spirit-led service and inward simplicity. Each section is followed by queries. Sorin, 2001, 190 pp., paperback$16.95
Listening to the LightHow to Bring Quaker

by Jim Pym This book is a contemporary introduction to Quakerism written by a noted British Friend. Using many quotations from Britain Yearly Meetings Faith and Practice and other prominent sources, Pym summarizes Quaker thought and spiritual practice without oversimplifying it. This book is a useful guide both for inquirers and seasoned Friends who long for an accessible, clear, and contemplative presentation of the core elements of our faith today. Rider Books, 1999, 192 pp., paperback$19.95
Simplicity and Integrity into Our Lives
The Quaker Way
by the Religious Education Committee of FGC, illustrated by Signe Wilkinson Up-to-date faith and practice handbook for upper elementary and middle school youngsters thats also useful to new attenders and seekers. Sections on history, meeting for worship, prayer and more. Includes a Quaker glossary, bibliography, and fun illustrations from a Pulitzer Prize winning Quaker cartoonist. QuakerPress of FGC, 1998, 100 pp., paperback$8.95
The QuakersA Very Short Introduction
by Ben Pink Dandelion This text presents a detailed overview of Quaker identity, history, worship, theology, belief, and ecumenism. The author, a Quaker Studies teacher, also offers a concluding chapter on the future of Quakerism. Oxford University Press, 2008, 160 pp., paperback$11.95
Silence and WitnessThe Quaker Tradition
by Michael Birkel This authoritative and accessible guide is the ideal introduction for readers of every background to the Friends teachings, ideals, and models of spiritual growth. Exerpts from the writings of early Friends are interwoven with discussion of how Quakers today experience our faith. Chapters address spiritual ideals, worship, discernment, nurturing the inward life, and social testimonies. Orbis, 2004, 144 pp., paperback$18.00
Guide to Quaker Practice
by Howard Brinton Originally written more than sixty years ago, and periodically updated, this concise guide interprets the practices of Friends and demystifies the values undergirding Friends procedures and 10 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
structures for thriving as a faith based community, as well as offering practical advice. Pendle Hill Pamphlet, 2006 edition, 92 pp., paperback$8.00
Encounter with Silence
Reflections from the Quaker Tradition
by John Punshon A small and excellent collection of essays on Quaker religious experience and practice, with loving attention to meeting for worship. Punshon presents the uniqueness of Quaker faith while relating it to the wider traditions of Christian spirituality. Friends United Press, 1987, 131 pp., paperback$15.00
To Be Broken and Tender

A Quaker Theology for Today
by Margery Post Abbott Quaker historian Margery Abbott weaves together a brave and beautiful personal narrative with Quaker history and theological reflection in response to questions and struggles about belief, language, social issues, and other deeply felt concerns that unsettle and divide our meetings and the wider Religious Society of Friends. A study guide assists readers in their own discernment around challenging issues such as care for the environment, our personal relationships to God and Christianity, and what role Friends have in making the world right. Western Friend, 2010, 242 pp., paperback$20.00
Mind the Light
Learning To See with Spiritual Eyes
by Brent Bill To mind the light is a Quaker practice of learning to see Gods light both around and inside us. Depending on its strength, tone, and slant, light changes how we perceive the world and other people. Depending on how we respond to it, illumination can help us grow in appreciation of the spiritual things of life. Minding the Light invites readers of all backgrounds to explore the connectedness between inner vision and outer perception. Paraclete Press, 2006, 152 pp., paperback$8.97
New ArrivAl!
Reflections From Silence
by Richard Hathaway What happens when we enter a Quaker meeting? There is silence, certainly, and sometimes from that, spoken ministry; a moment of reflection, inspiration; a movement of the Spirit. Collected here is some of the ministry of Richard Hathaway, a member of New York Yearly Meeting. Each segment is uniquean anecdote, a memory, a line of poetry that suddenly comes to mind, a response to the surroundings. And yet each reveals something of the underlying current of a Quaker meeting, to be open to feeling, light and expression. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2011, paperback$14.00
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Twelve Quakers and . . .
by Quaker Quest Prepared by the British Quaker Quest group and edited by Jennifer Kavanagh, each booklet presents the brief views of twelve Friends in response to a topic. Each is about 35 pages and was published within the last decade: Twelve Quakers and Worship Twelve Quakers and Pacifism Twelve Quakers and God Twelve Quakers and Simplicity Twelve Quakers and Jesus Twelve Quakers and Equality Twelve Quakers and Evil Twelve Quakers and Faith Quaker Quest, softcover$7.00 each
New LightTwelve Quaker Voices
edited by Jennifer Kavanagh Contains the full text of the first seven booklets described above. O Books, 2008, 240 pp., paperback$24.95
Inward LightHow Quakerism Unites

by Samuel Caldwell Quakerism is presented as a powerful amalgamation of Christianity and Universalism. First published as That Blessed Principle: Reflections on the Uniqueness of Quaker Universalism. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 2010, 10 pp., paperback$7.50
Universalism and Christianity
The Quaking MeetingTransforming Ourselves,

by Helen Gould In this book, Helen Gould discusses individual and communal practices of waiting worship. Goulds theology and practice, like that of first generation Friends, is mystical. In centering down we can directly experience Gods presence: loving, divine energy sensed in our bodies, which can cause physical manifestations like quaking. Such practice transforms our lives, gradually leading us into lives of holy obedience to the Divine. Australia Yearly Meeting, 2009, 69 pp., paperback$13.95
Our Meetings and the More than Human World
Listening SpiritualityVolume 1: Personal Spiritual Practices among Friends
by Patricia Loring In this essential Quaker spiritual formation text, Loring explores practices that can help to deepen ones perception of God. She suggests setting aside a daily time of retirement from outward concerns and activities, to attend exclusively to the movement of the Spirit. She describes a variety of ingredients that can enrich a time set aside for the holy in ones daily life. Openings Press, 1997, 208 pp., paperback$18.00
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Listening SpiritualityVolume 2: Corporate Spiritual Practice among Friends
by Patricia Loring In this volume, Loring explores the ways Friends have found to be together in the presence of the Spirit, to nourish one anothers journeys, and to discern Gods guidance for the community and its members. Lulu, 2009 reprint, 320 pp., paperback$35.00
Quakerism
A Theology For Our Time (American Edition)
by Patricia A. Williams Like Barclays Apology of 1676, this is a substantial interpretation of Quaker theology, yet it is written for the general reader. It elucidates the principle of the Inward Light, as found in Barclay and in George Fox, a power within all individuals that can transform them into loving, compassionate, and peaceful people. Modern Biblical criticism and the discoveries of science enhance the original Quakerism and render it uniquely suited to our time. BBOTW, 2008, 198 pp., paperback$13.95
Handouts for Inquirers

Newcomer Cards
prepared by Quaker Quest You Are Welcome Here How Quaker Meetings Work Quaker Testimonies Quakers and Prayer These simple and attractive cards have been produced by the Quaker Quest program of FGC for monthly meetings to offer visitors and new attenders. The wording and style is simple, contemporary, positive, and welcoming. See http://fgcquaker.org/quakerquest/resources for exact text, which you can also download and print yourself, or order in bulk from www.quakerbooks.org. 9.25 x 4.5 inches approximate size, sample set, one of each$1.40 10 copies of any single card$2.50
Tract Series
published by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Pamphlets are 4 by 9 inches and trifold style. A Friends Memorial Meeting (from Wooster [Ohio] MM) Friends Spiritual Message by Howard H. Brinton An Interpretation of Quakerism by Rufus Jones The Meaning of Membership from Philadelphia YM Faith & Practice Quaker Ideals from Philadelphia YM Faith & Practice Quaker Meeting for Worship by Douglas Steere Quaker Peace Testimony by Mary Lou Leavitt When Friends Attend to Business by Thomas S. Brown Philadelphia Yearly Meeting singly $.50 10 or more of the same leaflet each $.35 100 or more of the same leaflet each $.20
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Friends and . . . Series
These small 4 by 6 inch pamphlets give basic explanations of major areas of Quaker principal and belief. Tracts are useful for display in the meetinghouse and for giving to attenders and inquirers. Friends and the Bible by Henry Cadbury Friends and Children by Southern Appalachian YM and Assn. Friends and God by Mary Blackmar Friends and the Seeker by Irwin Abrams Friends and Other Religions by Sallie B. King Friends and Service by Dorothy Hutchinson Friends and Social Change by Kenneth Boulding Friends and Weddings by Philadelphia YM Friends and Womankind by Mary Calderone Quaker Press of FGC singly $.75 10 or more of the same tract $.60 each 50 or more of the same tract $.40 each complete set of all 9 Friends and . . . Series $7.50 complete set (in multiples of 10) $6.00
Silence and Speech
For Anyone New to Quaker Worship
by Richard F. Allen This introductory pamphlet has the same format as the Friends and pamphlets. Written in letter form, it introduces newcomers to Friends worship and helps them to feel at home. QuakerPress of FGC, 2009 (adapted from 1992), 14 pp., tract, 19 $.75 each 1049 $.60 each 50 or more $.40 each
Other short pamphlets from QuakerPress of FGC
Clearness Committees and their Use in Personal Discernment by Jan Hoffman Spiritual Responsibility in the Meeting for Business by Patricia Loring We Welcome Families to Meeting by Elizabeth Ferry QuakerPress of FGC , 19 $.75 each 1049 $.60 each 50 or more $.40 each
Longer pamphlets from QuakerPress of FGC
The Quakers, or Our Neighbors the Friends by William J. Whalen, revised 1999, 30 pp., 4 x 6 The Practice of Quaker Worship by Larry Miller, 1992, 12 pp., 6 x 9 Silent Worship and Quaker Values: An Introduction by Marsha D. Holliday, 10 pp., 4 x 6 Deepening the Spiritual Life of the Meeting by Edward Hoare, 14 pp., 6 x 9 QuakerPress of FGC, 19 $1.50 each 1049 $1.25 each 50 or more $.85 each
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Finding flyers on the Internet

To find the full wording of many of these pamphlets, go to the following web sites: Publications of QuakerPress of FGC: www.fgcquaker.org/library/welcome/ Publications of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/pamphlets Publications of the Tract Association of Friends: www.tractassociation.org
Other flyers and pamphlets
The Gathered Meeting by Thomas Kelly, Tract Assoc.$.35 Introducing Quakers by Gordon Browne, Pendle Hill$.35 Prayer by Virginia Schurman, Tract Assoc.$.30 Five Tests for Discerning a True Leading by Hugh Barbour, Tract Assoc.$.25 On the Vocal Ministry by Ruth M. Pitman, Tract Assoc.$.10 Peace Be With You by Sandra Cronk, Tract Assoc.$1.00 A Quaker Path: A Spiritual Journey from Visitor to Attender to Member, Western Quarterly Meeting of PYM, 2002, 8 pp., tract singly $.75 10 or more of the same leaflet, each $.55 100 or more of the same leaflet, each $.35
Pendle Hill Pamphlets

We try and stock all the most popular Pendle Hill Pamphletsthis is just a small selection. Each pamphlet is about 36 pages and costs $6.50. If you are buying 6 or more for a study group, we offer a 20% discount.
Gospel OrderA Quaker Understanding of

by Sandra Cronk Early Friends used the term gospel order for a way of living faithfully in relationship with God and each other.
Faithful Church Community
Four Doors to Meeting for Worship
by William Taber A rich resource on how to approach silent worship in ways that help us to bring the best of what we have to offer, and to derive the greatest value from meeting for worship.
Beyond Consensus
Salvaging Sense of the Meeting
by Barry Morley This classic pamphlet sets a high standard for finding unity of the Spirit in meeting for worship for business, and describes the process of achieving that standard.
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The Testimony of Integrity in the Religious Society of Friends
by Wilmer Cooper The call for integrity in daily life lies at the heart of Quakerism. It reflects Friends devotion to truth, honesty, authenticity, and wholeness.
The Burning One-ness Binding Everything

A Spiritual Journey
by Bruce Birchard This essay recounts my spiritual journey: experiences of the Spirit through beauty, love, and worship, as well as reflections on how I understand the nature of the Spirit.
Expectant Listening
Finding Gods Thread of Guidance
by Michael Wajda Through his personal story, Wajda reveals what he has learned about the practice of expectant listening. He encourages individuals to notice the variety of ways in which God comes to them in their lives.
a Path to Joy and Liberation
Getting RootedLiving in the Cross,

by Brian Drayton What does it really mean to absorb the learning that comes from our roots in Quakerism? Are there ways of approaching our roots that have a greater likelihood of bearing spiritual fruits?
Spirit-Led Eldering
by Margery Mears Larrabee Eldering is a process of assisting one another, from a centered place, to stay true and faithful to the Spirit in all aspects of our lives. Larrabee urges us to revive the best aspects of this early Quaker practice.
Integrity, Ecology, and Community

The Motion of Love
by Jennie Ratcliffe A spiritual awareness of our oneness reminds us that we live in intimate relationship and kinship with each other, the earth, and the Divine. How can reciprocity, reconciliation, simplicity, and nonviolence help us redeem our world?
Envisioning a Moral Economy
by Tom Head What is the place of moral values in the way we structure our economy? Should the teachings of Jesus and other faith traditions be considered when we address such questions as: How is work fashioned? Where do we live? What do we own?
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The Mind of Christ
Bill Taber on Meeting for Business
edited by Michael Birkel The late Bill Taber addressed the rewards and challenges of Quaker business process in a number of presentation to Friends groups. Quaker scholar Michael Birkel has edited Bills notes into an inspiring and helpful essay.
Living from the Center
Mindfulness, Meditation and Centering for Friends

by Valerie Brown Practices from Christian and Buddhist traditions are applied in an exploration of what helps us to center down.
Who Do You Say I Am?
by Lloyd Lee Wilson Jesus asked his disciples: Who do you say that I am? Drawing on years of study and contemplation, Wilson offers his own answer, as a Quaker, to this deceptively simple question.
Confident Quakerism
by Ben Pink Dandelion After a personal crisis shook his confidence in himself, Ben Pink Dandelion consideredseriously the spiritual meaning of confidence (literally, to live and act with faith). Hisreflections led him to delve more deeply into early Friends understandings about spiritualgrowth and religious development, and to apply those principles to the community of Friendsas we practice our faith today.
Plow Up the Fallow Ground
A Meditation in the Company of Early Friends
by Lu Harper Reading the Bible in company with early Friends, Harper explores the metaphors of field and vineyard in our spiritual lives, and demonstrates a creative approach to reading scripture.
Answering the Violence
Encounters with Perpetrators
by John Lampen As a people committed to peace, Friends have nonetheless, from time to time, sought to build close relationships with perpetrators of violence, with groups and individuals who may be labeled oppressors or terrorists. Why? What part do such relationships play in efforts to end differences and build peace in troubled situations?
James Nayler Speaking
by Brian Drayton To read James Nayler is to connect with Quakerisms initial eruption of insight and obedience, writes Brian Drayton, who has found, in the writings of this influential and controversial Friend, messages that speak to the turmoil of our times, as they spoke to the turmoil of 1650s England.
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Michener and Walton Lectures

Southeastern Yearly Meeting organizes two lectures each yearthe Michener and Walton. Here are some of the most popular ones. Cost $4.00
SEYM Michener Lectures
1991 Charles K. Brown III: Pray and Pay Attention (reprinted 2001) 1994 William and Frances Taber: Building the Life of a Meeting (reprinted 2001) 2002 Michael Birkel: Mysticism and Activism: Learning from John WoolmanFirst well see how he finds the spiritual life to be a unity, an integrated life of both inward experience and outward action for social change. 2003 Heather Moir: Being Truthful 2004 George Lakey: New Theory, Old Practice: Nonviolence and QuakersNonviolent action has three major applications: social change, social defense, and third party nonviolent intervention. 2007 Niyonu D. Spann: Letting Go of Illusions: Engaging Truth, Healing!Spanns passion for equal rights permeates this lecture/booklet. Her poignant queries require soul searching. 2010 Stoph and Maia Hallward: The Present of Quakerism: Young AdultsThe Hallwards explore ways that Friends can build new and strengthen existing relationships across life stages and ages.
SEYM Walton Lectures
1992 John Calvi: The Dance between Hope and Fear: Healing from Trauma (reprinted 2001) 1993 Marty Walton: The Blessed Community 1999 Deborah Saunders: Equality (new edition 2006) Saunders describes a personal and dynamic path inviting us to move out of our comfort zone and truly make our meetings reflect diversity. 2001 Michael Wajda and Alison Levie: Shaped by the Light: The Quaker Experience of Worship, Community, and Transformation 2002 Lisa Lofland Gould: Be Ye Perfect: The Quaker Call to Wholeness, and her second lecture, Returning to Right Relationship: Where on Earth Are We? 2003 Ben Pink Dandelion: Convinced QuakerismI want to think about convincement . . . and how understanding its original sense could help us regain a language or a frame in which to better describe some of our experience. 2004 Mary Lord: A Vision of Peace 2005 Linda Chidsey: Intimations of Renewal in New York Yearly Meeting 2006 Ernie and Vince Buscemi: Here I Am, Lord 2007 Arthur Larrabee: Leadership and Authority in the Religious Society of FriendsAn insightful appraisal of contemporary Quakerisms fear of leadership. His reassuring and enlightening lecture offers solutions for attitude change. 2008 Steve Smith: In the Love of Nature 2009 Mary Ellen Mcnish: Struggle and HopeHow do Friends stay in a place of generosity? How does a Quaker organization working for peace, justice and human rights stay in a place of generosity?
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2010 Marcelle Martin: Deeply Rooted: Alive in the SpiritEarly Quakers presented a more radical alternative understanding of Christ and life in the Spirit than that espoused by other Christians and chose language that was fresh and evocative, as well as a way of living that provided visible testimony.
Beacon Hill Pamphlets

Beacon Hill pamphlets are mostly developed from lectures given in the popular Boston meeting house. Each pamphlet is about 30 pages long and costs $5. See more details about each lecture at www.quakerbooks.org.
Freedom Friends Church and the Remixing of Quakerism
by Peggy Senger Parsons, 2011 When is a schism not a schism? Does, in fact, anything go? Peggy Senger Parsons and Freedom Friends Church found themselves confronted with these questions almost from the inception of their passionately Christ-centered, passionately inclusive Quaker congregation in Salem, Oregon. Parsons shares openings that have arisen from the holy experiment that is Freedom Friends Church.
We Are Loved Let Us Love
Quakers and the Covenant of Cosmopolitanism

by Ben Pink Dandelion, 2010 In a world that tends to view people in terms of hierarchical varieties of them and us, Dandelion presents the concept of cosmopolitanism, outlining a clear, and clearly Quaker, way we should live.
On Stepping Out of the Boat
by Trayce Peterson, 2009 Walking on water. Thats not an image most of us think about often. Using art and experience to illustrate her ideas, Trayce Peterson opens up the challenges and possibilities of responding to the Lights invitation to walk away from our safe, comfortable boat.
Facing Unbearable Truths
by Dr. Harold Weaver, 2008 Dealing with race in the United States brings many Friends to a standstill. We brim with good intentions. But what to do?
The Intimate Relation between God and ManLa Relacion Intima Entre Dios Y El Hombre
by Raul Perez Chacon, translated by Mary Hopkins and Benigno Sanchez-Eppler, 200 In Spanish and English.
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You Must Live a Dying LifeReflections

by Thomas Gates, 2007 There is more than just solace for loss in Gatess message. He opens Quaker understandings of spiritual death, rebirth and regeneration, bringing the subject of death alive.
on Human Mortality and the Spiritual Life
Being Faithful as Friends

Individually and Corporately
by Deborah Fisch, 2006 Are we as Friends too bound up in developing our individual spirituality? What qualities should we cultivate in order to nurture our faithfulness as communities?
Revolutionary Quaker Witness
Learning from the Lambs War of the 1650s
by Doug Gwyn, 2009 Provides a short guide to the history of Quaker beginnings, focusing on the aspects that enabled the first Friends to truly tear down the pillars of the world, as one version of the George Fox song has it.
Early Friends & Ministry
by Martha Paxon Grundy, 2009 What did the first Friends actually have to say about ministry? Marty Grundy provides a short but thorough guide as well as an incisive analysis, examining todays thought and practice concerning ministry in the light of early Friends intentions.
On Being Grafted Into the Root
by Debbie Humphries, 2007 Humphries explores images of grafting in the Bible and in the Mormon texts she grew up with to illuminate her experience of the call to ministry.
Unity, Disunity, Diversity
Or Some Mysteries of the Holy Spirits Life at Work in its Bodys Members Hinted At: A Letter to New England Friends
by Brian Drayton, 2007 Unity is not a product but a process and living in unity is another way to describe the watchful life that is the heart of Friends response to the presence of the inward Teacher.
A Challenge to All Friends
Listen to the Light of Christ, And Then Act
by Cherice Bock, 2007 Part of the New Voices series of talks by young adult (1835) Friends, this essay by Cherice Bock tells us where Quaker spirituality is centered in her life and what action that calls for.
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Called Into Being
by Kody Hersh, 2007 One of the New Voices series of talks by Young Adult (1835) Friends. A member of FGCs Youth Ministries Committee gives an intense, personal, joyous report on being called into a life lived authentically in response to The Call to Ministry.
Fellowships, Conferences, and AssociationsThe Limits of the Liberal Quaker

by Betty Cazden, 2004 How have liberal Friends arrived at our current concept of Quakerism? This thoughtful analysis provides a basis for a discussion Friends need to pursue to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Reinvention of Meeting Polity
Quaker Decision Making

New ArrivAl!
Decision Making and Spiritual Discernment

The Sacred Art of Finding Your Way
by Nancy Bieber Drawing on twenty-five years of experience as a Quaker and a psychologist and fifteen years of experience as a spiritual director, Bieber presents three essential aspects of Spirit-led decision making: Willingnessbeing open to Gods wisdom and love; Attentivenessnoticing what is true; and Responsivenesstaking steps forward as the way becomes clear. Skylight Paths, 2010, 195 pp., paperback$16.99
Now iN PAPerbAck!
The Wisdom of Group Decisions
100 Principles and Practical Tips for Collaboration

by Craig Freshley A collection of 100 one-page tips for making thoughtful, equitable, lasting group decisions for meetings, communities, organizations, governments, families, and our planet. Each tip is a provocative meditation, and the book as a whole is a complete toolkit. The book is based on Caroline Estess simple premise that We each have a piece of the truth and we make our best decisions when we put all our pieces together. Freshley is a Quaker, and while the book addresses secular decision making, much of it is inspired by Quaker practice. Good Group Decisions, 2010, 134 pp., paperback$12.00
Practicing Discernment Together
Finding Gods Way Forward in Decision Making
by Lon Fendall, Jan Wood, and Bruce Bishop Quaker decision making is described both succinctly and thoughtfully, with much insight. The book is written primarily for Protestant denominations interested in applying Quaker methods, but the book has much to offer Friends. About half of it is addressed to clerks. Barclay Press, 2006, 145 pp., paperback$16.00 21 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
Where Christ Presides
A Quaker Perspective on Moral Discernment
by Jack Ciancio This is a guide for readers to examine their own method of moral discernment from a Christ-centered continuum of moral development. It encourages readers to assume personal responsibility for resolving ethical dilemmas without prescribing what is right or what is wrong. Jack Ciancio combines his education in psychology and theology with years of experience in medical ethics to present a Quaker-based, Christ-centered model of ethical decision making. He is member of Ararat Friends Meeting of North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM). Pleasant Word, 2009, 155 pp., paperback$15.99
Sacred Compass
The Way of Spiritual Discernment
by Brent Bill A compass makes a good metaphor for discerning Gods will for our spiritual lives. The sacred compass leads us on a life of pilgrimage. Keeping our inner eyes on the sacred compass leads us to the discovery that we can move through life with purpose and promise, even in those times when we may not sense with certainty what that purpose and promise are. Brent Bill has written one of the finest books on discernment and divine guidance that I have seen in a very long time. Richard J. Foster Paraclete, 2008, 190 pp., cloth$19.95
Beyond Majority RuleVoteless Decision

by Michael Sheeran Michael Sheeran, a Jesuit scholar, spent two years visiting monthly meetings and observing annual sessions within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, studying the actual decision making process used among Friends. This book is the result of his observations and includes detailed descriptions of the process at work, drawing conclusions about what works well and what does not. Also included is a history of Quaker process. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1983, 153 pp., paperback$17.00
Making in the Religious Society of Friends
Handbook for the Presiding Clerk
by David Stanfield Useful how-to manual written by an experienced clerk. North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1998, 20 pp., paperback$4.00
Unforeseen Joy
Serving a Friends Meeting as Recording Clerk
by Damon Hickey Excellent and delightful guide for recording clerks. Practical advice with a spiritual basis. North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1987, 35 pp., paperback$2.00

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A Field Guide For Monthly Meeting Clerks
Pastoral Care
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Conflict in Meetings
2nd, Revised Edition
by the Committee on Eldership and Oversight of Britain Yearly Meeting Conflict is inseparable from adventurous living. Whether it constrains or liberates depends to a large extent on how we respond to it. This book is for clerks, those responsible for eldership or oversight, and anyone called to deal with potential or actual conflict. It will enable Friends to identify the resources in their own meetings and use them to forge a living peace testimony which is not just about opposition. It book can be read for interest, for general information, or in study groups: discussion questions and practical exercises help readers grasp the thorniest issues. Britain YM, 2000, 72 pp., paperback$11.00
Grounded in God
Care and Nurture in Friends Meetings
edited by Pat Mcbee A fundamental element of the life of a Friends meeting is a longing to care for one another in ways that are deeply grounded in love and in the presence of the Spirit. This collection of essays is a thematic arrangement of articles from the Pastoral Care Newsletter, each addressing a challenge or question that pastoral caregivers may face in their work. Includes questions for discussion, bibliography, index. QuakerPress of FGC, 2002, 288 pp., paperback$15.95 (reduced from $19.95)
Dancing With God through the Storm

Mysticism and Mental Illness
by Jennifer Elam Mystical experiences may be mistaken for symptoms of mental illness, and vice versa. As a result, many Friends who do have mystical experiences remain silent about them, out of a fear of being judged crazy. Elam, a psychologist, has interviewed a broad spectrum of people about their mystical experiences and describes how they and others have responded to them. She offers wise counsel about how a community can contain such experiences and respond meaningfully, even when there is no simple way to apply labels that make sense out of what is happening. Way Opens Press, 2002, 189 pp., paperback$7.00
Dark Night JourneyInward Re-Patterning

by Sandra Cronk The dark night aptly describes the situation of those who have had a growing sense of Gods presence, direction, and consolation, then are suddenly bereft of that experience. Aridity, meaninglessness, loss, and pain are hardly the milestones expected on a journey toward God. The author brings a unique perspective to her interpretation of this powerful pathway, and offers sensitive guidance to dark night travelers and those who seek to understand and nurture them. Pendle Hill Publications, 2001, 179 pp., paperback$12.50
Toward a Life Centered in God
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Held in Love
Life Stories To Inspire Us through Times of Change

edited by Molly Young Brown and Carolyn Wilbur Treadway Treadway, a pastoral counselor, family therapist, and social worker, is a founding member of Bloomington-Normal Friends Meeting. With Molly Young Brown she has compiled the personal stories, amplified by poetry and photography, from 72 contributors (including many Quakers) that illustrate the inspiration found in life, in the midst of change and uncertainty. Pschosynthesis Press, 2010, 304 pp., paperback$20.00
Faith and Practice

A book of Faith and Practice (sometimes called a Discipline) is a yearly meetings written record of its collective sense of the Spirit. Most books of faith and practice are periodically revised and updated. They advise members on the purposes and practices of the faith community, describe procedures for conducting the business of the yearly meeting and its monthly meetings, offer queries for worshipful reflection, and contain numerous inspirational quotations from prominent Friends on a variety of faith-related topics. This is an essential handbook for any Friend within a yearly meeting.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 2002, 263 pp., paperback$12.50
Faith and Practice of Philadelphia Yearly MeetingA Book of Christian Discipline for
Christian Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain, 4th Edition
Another update of the comprehensive and well indexed resource. Most of the changes in this revision are in organization and names of committees and meetings. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2009, 676 pp., paperback$25.00
Quaker Faith and PracticeThe Book of
Open
Faith and Practice of Freedom Friends Church
Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Oregon was founded in 2004. Members came from the full spectrum of the branches of American Quakerism, though a majority of its members are new to Friends. The meeting says about this volume, Teaching the ways of Friends is an important part of our mission. We set out to be Christcentered, Quaker, and inclusive. We are semi-programmed, lightly pastoral and socially progressive. We believe in continuing revelation. Freedom Friends Church, 2009, 67 pp., paperback$10.00
Faith and Practice of New York Yearly Meeting
Revised 1998. New York Yearly Meeting, 1998, paperback$8.00
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Faith and Practice of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends

Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 2010, 156 pp., paperback$10.00
Faith and Practice of New England Yearly Meeting of Friends

NEYM, 1986, cloth$8.50
Experience of Pacific Yearly Meeting
Faith and Practice of Pacific Yearly MeetingA Guide to Quaker Discipline in the
Pacific Yearly Meeting, 2001, 270 pp., paperback$16.00
Faith and Practice of Intermountain Yearly Meeting

IMYM, 2009, 252 pp., paperback$10.00
Advices and Queries
Britain Yearly Meeting, 2009, 32 pp., paperback$2.00
Los consejos y las preguntas

(advices and queries in Spanish)
Pacific Yearly Meeting, 2008, 32 pp., paperback$2.50
The Old Discipline
Nineteenth Century Friends Disciplines in America

What were the rules in 1806? How were they affected by the separations? This book reprints the disciplines of the eight oldest yearly meetings in America and traces their revisions through the years. Quaker Heritage Press, 1999, 480 pp., cloth$20.00
This We Can Say
Australian Quaker Life, Faith and Thought
Project started by Australian friends in 1993. This is an unusual Faith and Practice, consisting almost entirely of quotations from modern Friends and minutes of Australia Yearly Meeting. Includes Advices and Queries and a short history of Australian Quakers. Australia Yearly Meeting, 2003, 352 pp., paperback$25.00
History
See a much wider selection of books at www.quakerbooks.org. New ArrivAl!
between the Worlds Greatest Chocolate Makers
Chocolate WarsThe 150-Year Rivalry
by Deborah Cadbury Quakers started many of the chocolate companies in the world; this is the story of the great chocolatier dynasties, through the prism of the Cadburys. Chocolate was consumed as a rather bitter, fatty drink QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
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for the wealthy elite until the late 19th century, when the Swiss discovered a way to blend it with milk and unleashed a product that would conquer every market in the world. The Cadburys were austere Quakers who found themselves making millions from an indulgent product; The Rowntree family was at the forefront of social reform in England, Kitty Hershey could hardly have been more flamboyant, yet her husband was moved by the Cadburys tradition of philanthropy. Public Affairs, 2011, 283 pp., paperback$15.99
Quaker WritingsAn Anthology, 16501920
edited by Thomas Hamm Covering nearly three centuries of religious development, this comprehensive anthology brings together writings from prominent Friends that illustrate the development of Quakerism, show the nature of Quaker spiritual life, discuss Quaker contributions to European and American civilization, and introduce the diverse community of Friends, some of whom are little remembered, even among Quakers today. Hamm gives a balanced overview of Quaker history, spanning centuries and geography, and exploring daily life, beliefs, perspectives, movements within the community, and activism throughout the world. Penguin Classics, 2010, 400 pp., paperback$16.00
Friends for 350 Years
by Howard Brinton, historical update by Margaret Hope Bacon This is the updated edition of Brintons classic overview of basic Quaker understandings, practices, and history. Topics covered include the Light within, meeting for worship, vocal ministry, reaching decisions, the meeting community, the meeting and the world, and the four periods of Quaker history (now updated to include the last 50 years). Pendle Hill, 2002, 348 pp., paperback$16.00
The Quiet Rebels
The Story of The Quakers In America
by Margaret Hope Bacon An easy-to-read history of U.S. Quakers. Chapter titles include: British beginnings, The Quakers Come to the New World, The Holy Experiment, The Abolition of Slavery, Pioneers in Social Work. Includes an introductory essay, The Quaker Contribution to Nonviolent Action. Pendle Hill Publications, 1999, 240 pp., paperback$12.00
Portrait in GreyA Short History of the Quakers

by John Punshon Revised edition of this comprehensive and thoroughly readable introduction to the history of Quakerism, from its origins in 17th century England to the development of the differing varieties found around the world today. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2006, 300 pp., paperback$25.00
The Quakers in America
by Thomas Hamm This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends, an introduction to Quaker beliefs and practices, and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of Friends today. The 26 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
book opens with a lively portrayal of Friends diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. There has long been a need for a study of American Quakers in the twentieth century. With meticulous scholarship and a graceful style, Thomas Hamm has filled this need admirably. Margaret Hope Bacon Columbia University Press, 2006, 304 pp., paperback$28.00
The Transformation of American Quakerism
by Thomas Hamm In 1800 American Quakers lived in a unique religious environment, characterized by quietism and the plain life. By 1900 the religious sect had become virtually indistinguishable from the Protestant mainstream, absorbed by the same questions of modernism that troubled other denominations. Thomas Hamms detailed historical study sheds new light on this transformation, filling a major gap in the literature of American Quakerism and American religion as a whole. Indiana University Press, 1988, 286 pp., paperback$29.95
The Light in their Consciences
The Early Quakers in Britain, 16461666
by Rosemary Anne Moore This book is a scholarly history of the early Quaker movement. Rooted firmly and deeply in the pamphlet and manuscript sources of the period, this study embodies a masterful exploration of early Quaker life and thought. In its lucidity and depth, Rosemary Moores book clearly deserves an honored place among the first rank of studies of Quaker origins. H. Larry Ingle Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, 296 pp., paperback$24.95
Peaceable Kingdom Lost
The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penns Holy Experiment
by Kevin Kenny William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a holy experiment in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. Historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdombenevolent, Quaker, pacifistgradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans. Kenny concludes that the Boys attitude toward the Indians and their attacks on the ruling powers presaged the military and political activities of the American Revolution and the new nations mistreatment of the Indians. Publishers Weekly Oxford University Press, 2009, 304 pp., cloth$29.95
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Early Friends
George Fox
The Journal of George Fox
edited by John Nickalls George Foxs Journal was written later in his life with the benefit of hindsight, at a time when the Religious Society of Friends was struggling for acceptance. It was edited after his death and published in 1694. The Nickalls edition includes passages that were edited out when it was first published. Includes an introduction by Geoffrey Nuttall and an epilogue by Henry J. Cadbury. The most complete edition currently available. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1997, 789 pp., paperback$25.00
Truth of the HeartAn Anthology of George Fox
edited by Rex Ambler Rex Amblers collection of passages from the writings of George Fox is intended to make available the clearest and most profound writings from the whole range of his works, and to display them in such a way as to show the connections between them. The anthology is presented in parallel with a translation into modern English, a glossary, and a concluding essay entitled Making Sense of Fox. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2001, 202 pp., paperback$24.00
FriendThe Story of George Fox and the Quakers

by Jane Yolen First published over 30 years ago, this book brings to light, for young and old Friends, the life and legacy of the founder of Quakerism. Fox was a larger than life personality in a turbulent period in English history. This book sets the context and chronicles Foxs spiritual development. Quaker Press of FGC, 2005, 192 pp., paperback$13.95
Light to Live By
An Exploration in Quaker Spirituality
by Rex Ambler This book is a companion volume to Truth of the Heart: An Anthology of George Fox. The author describes a personal practice of meditation which I discovered in early Friends and tells the story of my attempts to use the practice and develop it in my own personal life. This is an explication of Amblers famous experiment with Light process adopted by many modern Friends meetings. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2002, 60 pp., paperback$12.00
Margaret Fell
A Sincere and Constant Love
An Introduction to the Writings of Margaret Fell
edited by T.H.S. Wallace A collection of epistles and doctrinal writings of Margaret Fell. Includes Womens Speaking Justified, A Testimony of Margaret Fell Concerning Her Late Husband George Fox, and Some of the 28 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
Sayings of Margaret Fox a Little before Her Departure out of this World. Friends United Press, 1992, 142 pp., paperback$11.00
Undaunted ZealThe Letters of Margaret Fell
edited by Elsa Glines, foreword by Rosemary Moore Margaret Fell was the person to whom everyone in early Quakerdom wrote, at Swarthmore Hall, the home she had shared with George Fox. Here collected for the first time are the letters she wrote in reply. Her clear letters are a wonderful picture of early Quakerism and the glue that bound it together through the early years. Each letter is preceded with a summary giving biographical details and elucidating points that modern readers may find difficult to understand. Introductory essays set the scene for the period in which she wrote. Friends United Press, 2003, 509 pp., paperback$35.00
James Nayler
Selections from the Writings of James NaylerSecond edition, with additional excerpts
edited by Brian Drayton A selection of writings from Naylers letters, pastoral writings and epistles. Includes Naylers last testimony written two hours before his death (There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil) and a biographical sketch. Includes The Lambs War. New England Yearly Meeting, 2001, 79 pp., paperback$8.50
and revised introduction
The Works of James Nayler
Volume 1/Volume 2/Volume 3/Volume 4

by James Nayler, edited by Licia Kuenning Each volume available. See details at www.quakerbooks.org$25.00 each volume
James NaylerRevolutionary to Prophet
by David Neelon The definitive study of one of the earliest leaders of the Quaker movement. Along with George Fox and the Valiant Sixty, Naylers itinerant ministry helped gather seekers after the mid-17th Century civil wars in England. Presents for the first time, a full account of Naylers life. Leading, 2009, 216 pp., cloth$35.95 (reduced from suggested retail price of$39.95)
William Penn
No Cross, No Crown
by William Penn, edited by Ronald Selleck Outlining a life of discipleship in Christ, William Penn addresses such topics as bearing the cross daily, the nature of worship, and our inner character. Sellecks modern English translation makes this classic (written in 1668) easily readable in the 21st century. Friends United Press, 2007, 156 pp., paperback$16.00 29 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
Some Fruits of SolitudeWise Sayings on the

by William Penn, edited by Eric Taylor Written while Penn was in hiding, falsely accused of treason, these aphorisms have been well loved for 300 years. Taylor provides a 30-page historical introduction to them and has put them into an easy and accessible modern English. Herald Press, 2002, 167 pp., paperback$8.99
Conduct of Human Life, in Todays English
Twenty-First Century PennWritings on the

by William Penn, translated into modern English by Paul Buckley Six key texts by William Penn are made comprehensible to modern readers through Buckleys conversion of the text to modern English. Contents include The Sandy Foundation Shaken, Innocency with her Open Face, The Christian Quaker and His Divine Testimony Vindicated, Primitive Christianity Revived and more. Earlham School of Religion, 2003, 415 pp., paperback$19.95
Faith and Practice of the People Called Quakers
Isaac Penington
The Light Within and Selected Writings
by Isaac Penington This little book is a collection of works by one of Quakerisms early adherents, who speaks eloquently of his experiences of the Divine. Includes The Worship of the Living God, The Light Within, Divine Love, and Silent Meetings. Tract Association, 1998, 69 pp., paperback$3.50
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John Woolman
The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition
by Thomas Slaughter Slaughter explores how Woolman, the plainspoken Quaker mystic, transformed himself into a prophetic, unforgettable figure. Placing Woolman in the full context of his times, Slaughter paints the portrait of a heroand not just for the Quakerssocial reformers, labor organizers, socialists, and peace advocates have long admired him. He was an original, an American for the ages. This discerning, poetic biography discloses a Woolman far more powerful, both personally and morally, than even his famous Journal reveals. Few histories are more quietly riveting, more piercingly compelling. John Butler, Yale University Hill and Wang, 2009, 449 pp., paperback$22.00
John Woolman and the Affairs of Truth
by John Woolman, edited by James Proud Woolman is so well known for his Journal that his other writings are often overlooked. This collection gathers into one convenient volume and in chronological order all of the known essays, epistles, 30 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
and other works that Woolman intended for general readers. The editors introduction to each of the texts explains the context for each work in its historical moment. Inner Light, 2010, 310 pp., paperback$25.00
The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman
edited by Phillips Moulton Considered a classic not only of Quaker literature, but of American literature, this memoir documents the faithful, humble attempts of an extraordinary Friend to be attentive and true to the guidance of the Spirit. Friends United Press, 1989, 336 pp., paperback$25.00
Elias Hicks
Dear FriendLetters & Essays of Elias Hicks
by Elias Hicks, edited by Paul Buckley Elias Hicks penned hundreds of letters. They complement his Journal, fleshing out details of his life and beliefs, revealing a man devoted to his family, neighbors and friends, to the Society of Friends, but more than anything else, a man simply, humbly, and steadfastly devoted to God. Some of his letters recount the trials of a traveling minister in the early 19th century. Most controversially, some put forward his theological beliefs and the scriptural basis for them. Footnotes and appendices explain archaic and unfamiliar terms, and include biographical sketches. Inner Light, 2011, 296 pp., paperback$25.00
The Journal of Elias Hicks
edited by Paul Buckley In this new edition, The Journal of Elias Hicks is published as it was written. Paul Buckley has meticulously compiled a new edition from the original manuscripts restoring more than 100 pages of missing material. For 175 years, the prevailing image of Elias Hicks has been a false one. His opponents have successfully misrepresented him as denying Christ and the scriptures. Here we find a fuller and more nuanced depiction of the faith and practice of this historic Quaker minister who found himself at the center of controversy in the early nineteenth century. Inner Light, 2009, 509 pp., paperback$30.00
Other Early Friends

Valiant FriendThe Life of Lucretia Mott
by Margaret Hope Bacon The life of Lucretia MottQuaker minister, anti-slavery leader, champion of the feminist causeis chronicled in a dynamic biography by Margaret Hope Bacon. This edition of Valiant Friend makes the life story of Lucretia Mott, the most venerated woman in America, available to us as a shining example of what a life of courage and conviction can accomplish. QuakerPress of FGC, 1999, 304 pp., paperback$17.95
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Apology for the True Christian Divinity
by Robert Barclay Barclays English version of his classic Apology, as it was first published in 1678, provides his full explanation and vindication of Quaker principles and doctrines. Includes an introduction by Licia Kuenning. Quaker Heritage Press, 2002, 536 pp., hardcover$24.00
Let this Voice Be Heard
Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism
by Maurice Jackson Anthony Benezet (17131784), recognized by the leaders of the antislavery movement as its founder, transformed Quaker antislavery sentiment into a broad-based transatlantic movement. A French immigrant to Philadelphia, he translated ideas from diverse sourcesEnlightenment philosophy, African travel narratives, Quakerism, and the Bibleinto concrete action. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008, 376 pp., cloth$45.00
Resistance and Obedience to God

Memoirs of David Ferris (17071779)
by David Ferris, edited by Marty Paxson-Grundy A fascinating account of the moral and ethical development of a Quaker minister in the 18th century. A contemporary of John Woolman, Ferris also wrestles with issues of slavery, social responsibility, and the struggle to discern and live Gods will. QuakerPress of FGC, 2001, 176 pp., paperback$10.00 (discounted from$15.00)
edited and with a foreword by Joshua Brown To understand Quakerism in the 1600s, read George Foxs Journal; for the 1700s read John Woolmans Journal; and for the complex challenges and changes faced by Friends in 1800s, you have to read the Autobiography of Allen Jay. Born just after the Hicksite-Orthodox separation, Allen grew up in the unprogrammed (silent worship) tradition, but was soon active as a preacher in the emerging programmed (pastoral) tradition and worked to change Quakerisms relationship to the world as he believed early Friends would have wanted. Friends United Press, 2010, 420 pp., paperback$25.00
Autobiography of Allen Jay (18311910)
Memoir and Spiritual Autobiography

The Jack Bank
A Memoir of a South African Childhood
by Glen Retief Glen Retief grew up in the Kruger National Park in apartheid-era South Africa. Jack bank is the name of the practice of a bullying prefect at his boarding school, who would beat other pupils with a batin advance of any misdeedbuilding up a Jack bank. Retief eventually became a prefect himself, perpetuating a system he now 32 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
sees as a metaphor for apartheid. Eventually, perhaps with insight gained from being gay in a hostile land, he broke away from the system to become a radical activist working for change in South Africa, and eventually moving to the U.S., where he attends Pennsdale Meeting. St Martins, 2011, 288 pp., cloth$22.49
Enlivened by the MysteryQuakers and God

Giving Form to Faith Series, edited by Kathy Hyzy How have you experienced God or the Divine? With this query, Western Friend magazine invited Friends across the American West to share their stories through art, poetry, fiction, and essays. The contributions of nearly fifty Friends are gathered in this testament to the breadth and depth of spiritual experience in the Religious Society of Friends. Thematic sections are framed by simple queries designed to encourage readers to reflect on the ways in which the Spirit moves in their own lives. Friends Bulletin Corporation, 2009, 140 pp., paperback$15.00
So There I Was . . .
by Peggy Senger Parsons Sixty articles on, among other things, God, freedom, motorcycles, invincibility, love, lies, Quakers and a female preacher, Spiritual disciplines for the 21st century, Christ, and the lure of the open road. The kick in the teeth that Quaker spirituality is asking for. Mike Espana-McGeehon Peggy Senger Parsons, 2009, 267 pp., paperback$20.00
So There I Was . . . in Africa
by Peggy Senger Parsons The second volume in her So There I Was series chronicles two trips to Burundi, Rwanda, and the Congo by Peggy Senger Parsons, pastor of Freedom Friends Church. In twenty-eight stories, Parsons describes experiences working with Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services (THARS). There is comedy, tragedy and adventure related here, many from blog posts from the field, some written as UPI columns, and some written just for this book. Peggy Senger Parsons, 2009, 134 pp., paperback$15.00
George WatsonInnovative Quaker Educator
by George Watson A rich memoir of a life lived to the full. George Watson married Elizabeth Grill in 1937, and in 1938 they both joined Chicagos 57th Street Meeting. They raised four children of their own and three orphaned sisters from Germany, who had been pen pals. During World War II, the Watsons worked with AFSC. Subsequently George had a long career teaching at Roosevelt University in Chicago. His life was filled with service among Friends, work for racial justice, and extensive travel in the ministry. G Watson, 2010, 207 pp., paperback$16.95
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Christianity, Spirituality and Mysticism

Theology and Fiction from Quaker Pastor Philip Gulley

I Love You, Miss HuddlestonAnd Other Inappropriate Longings of my Indiana Childhood
by Philip Gulley We are transported to 1970s Danville, Indiana, the everyone-knowsyour-business town where Gulley still lives today, to witness the uproarious story of Gulleys young life, including his infatuation with his comely sixth grade teacher, his dalliance with sineating meat on Friday and inappropriate activities with a mannequin named Gingerand his checkered start with organized religion. HarperOne, 2010, 200 pp., paperback$12.95
Now oN tv!
Phil Gulleys Harmony series
series of novels by Phil Gulley Small town life in Harmony, Indiana. Quaker Pastor Sam Gardner copes with eccentricities, crises, and other situations with his unique blend of humor and sensitivity. Now on TV at http://www.strike.tv/show/harmony/home-to-harmony/ Home to Harmony Just Shy of Harmony Signs and Wonders Life Goes On A Change of Heart Almost Friends All$12.95
Porch TalkStories of Decency, Common Sense,

by Philip Gulley In this collection of stories told from his own life experiences, Gulleys musings on such topics as leisure, marriage, faith, enjoyment, and more hold an earthy wisdom that reminds us of what we hold dear, and whats truly important in life. These stories reflect the kind of conversations Gulley overheard in his youth, in a time when neighbors gathered on front porches across America, a glass of lemonade in hand, the sounds of crickets buzzing in the air, and lazy stories flowed from generation to generation. HarperOne, 2009, 170 pp., paperback$13.99
and Other Endangered Species
Hometown Tales
Recollections of Kindness, Peace and Joy
by Philip Gulley In this sequel to his immensely popular bestseller Front Porch Tales, Gulley envelops readers once again in a rare world of
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plainspoken and honest values, gathered around the enduring themes of the great spiritual virtues. HarperOne, 2007, 224 pp., paperback$11.95
The Evolution of Faith
How God Is Creating a Better Christianity
by Philip Gulley That troublesome Quaker pastor from Indiana has been busy writing again. He asks what if there was another way. What if God wanted us to grow and change, both in our theology and our beliefs? He invites us to put aside obedience to antiquated claims and worldviews, and discover what we really believe. Instead of looking for answers outside ourselves, Gulley encourages us to look within for a belief system open to change. Faith, he argues, should always be seen as a work in progress. HarperOne, 2011, 212 pp., cloth$22.49 (reduced from $24.99)
If the Church Were Christian

Rediscovering the Values of Jesus
by Philip Gulley What if Christians actually began to take their Christ seriously? Gulley provides a profound picture of what the church could look like if it refocused on the priorities of Jesus. HarperOne, 2011, 197 pp., paperback$14.99
If Grace Is True
Why God Will Save Every Person
by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland Using stories from their own lives the authors meditate on Christian universalism and how a true and loving relationship with God is indeed salvation. Includes an appendix of universalist Bible quotes and thought through the ages. This new edition has an afterward and discussion questions. HarperOne, 2010, 242 pp., paperback$14.99
If God Is Love
Rediscovering Grace in an Ungracious World
by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland If we took Gods love seriously, what would our world look like? Gulley and Mulholland argue that what we believe is crucial and dramatically affects the way we live and interact in the world. HaperSanFrancisco, 2005, 288 pp., paperback$14.95
Other Books on Christianity, Spirituality and Mysticism

Sanctuary of the Soul
Journey into Meditative Prayer
by Richard Foster Quaker pastor Richard Foster weaves together stories from the mothers and fathers of the faith, as well as powerful encounters with God from his own life to describe the riches of meditative prayer. IVP Books, 2011, 168 pp.,cloth$16.00 35 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
Falling Upward
A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
by Richard Rohr Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old, dealing with health issues, and letting go of life, but the whole thesis of this book is exactly the opposite. What looks like falling down can be experienced as falling upward. With rare insight, Rohr takes us on a journey to give us an understanding of how the heartbreaks, disappointments, and first loves of life are actually stepping stones to the spiritual joys that the second half of life has in store for us. Jossey Bass, 2011, 198 pp., cloth$19.95
The Naked Now
Learning To See as the Mystics See
by Richard Rohr Drawn from the Gospels, Jesus, Paul, and the great Christian contemplatives, this book seeks to reveal how many of the hidden truths of Christianity have been misunderstood or lost and how to perceive them with the eyes of the mystics rather than interpreting them through rational thought. Filled with sayings, stories, quotations, and appeals to the heart, specific methods for identifying dualistic thinking are presented with simple practices for stripping away ego and the fear of dwelling in the present. Crossroads, 2009, 187 pp., paperback$19.95
A Peoples History of Christianity

The Other Side of the Story
by Diana Butler Bass In the same spirit as Howard Zinns groundbreaking work A Peoples History of the United States, this book brings to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism. An alternate history that includes a deep social ethic and far-reaching inclusivity: the other side of the story is not a modern phenomenon, but has always been practiced within the church. Quakers arrive on page 220. HarperOne, 2011, 370 pp., paperback$14.99
The Unlikely DiscipleA Sinners Semester at

by Kevin Roose A sophomore at Brown, raised in a liberal Quaker home, Roose moved to Jerry Falwells Liberty University as a new transfer student. Libertys ten thousand undergraduates take courses like Evangelism 101, hear from guest speakers like Sean Hannity and Karl Rove, and follow a 46-page code of conduct that regulates every aspect of their social lives. Here he chronicles what he discovered about Liberty and what he found out about himself while he was there. Grand Central Publishing, 2011, 319 pp., paperback$13.99
Americas Holiest University
Bulletproof FaithA Spiritual Survival Guide

by Candace Chellew-Hodge UCC minister Candace Chellew-Hodge offers gay Christians a guide to becoming strong in faith and love in the midst of hatred by saying no to external and internal messages of worthlessness. Jossey-Bass, 2008, 172 pp., paperback$17.95 36 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
for Gay and Lesbian Christians
The Wisdom JesusTransforming Heart and Minda New Perspective on Christ and His Message
by Cynthia Bourgeault Looking anew at Jesus and approaching the gospels as though for the first time, Cynthia Bourgeault, a student of Thomas Keating, is a masterful guide to Jesuss vision and to the traditional contemplative practices you can use to experience the heart of his teachings for yourself. Shambala, 2008, 223 pp., paperback$16.95
Paul among the PeopleThe Apostle
Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time
by Sarah Ruden This book looks at the letters of Paul against the background of ancient Greek and Roman literature, especially the bawdy and comic works that biblical scholars tend not to know. Quaker scholar and Poet Sarah Ruden translates passages from these works and sets them beside famous and controversial passages of Paul. Using the early texts to explain important words, ideas, customs, and institutions, she shows what Paul was likely reacting against and trying to say on such subjects as pleasure, homosexuality, women, slavery, the state, and love. She makes Paul real in his own world. Pantheon, 2010, 214 pp., paperback$14.00
God of Surprises
by Gerald Hughes A classic of spiritual direction since it was first published in 1965. Hughes adapts Ignatian spiritual exercises to guide the reader through encounters with the human Jesus. Though easy to read, these exercises slowly and steadily take the reader through hard places, with some humor and much insight. The book is designed to find buried treasure in the spiritual lives of those disillusioned with the strictures of conventional Christianity. Each chapter has a series of exercises and thought tasks to help the reader understand what the ideas expressed may mean in his or her own life. Eerdmans, 2008, 163 pp., paperback$18.00
Saving ParadiseHow Christianity Traded Love of this World for Crucifixion and Empire
by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presenceas a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush scenes, depictions of this world as paradise. Yet once he began to appear as crucified, dying was virtually all Jesus seemed able to do, and paradise disappeared from the earth. Saving Paradise turns a fascinating new lens on Christianity, from its first centuries to the present day, asking how its early vision of beauty evolved into a vision of torture, and what changes in society and theology marked that evolution. It also retrieves a Christianity that the world sorely needs today. Beacon Press, 2009, 576 pp., paperback$27.50
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Genius of the Transcendent
Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme
translated by Michael Birkel and Jeff Bach Quaker scholar Michael Birkel turns his attention to Jakob Boehme (15751624), a mystic who pushed language to its limits to describe an experience that happens above and beyond rational thought. George Fox read Boehme and his influence is to be seen in many of the early Quaker writings, and indeed among modern Friends, the German Romantics, Pietism, various American utopian experiments, and in the later European mystics. The great scholar of mysticism Evelyn Underhill called Beohme one of the most astonishing cases in history of a natural genius for the transcendent. This is a translation to modern English with an excellent introduction from the translators. Shambala, 2010, 240 pp., paperback$17.95
Bibles
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Engaging Scripture
Reading the Bible with Early Friends
by Michael Birkel, foreword by Basil Pennington Through a close study of early Quaker writings, Michael Birkel demonstrates the meditative way early Friends read the Bible. He encourages contemporary readers to enter scripture through this contemplative Quaker approach, whichlike the ancient practice of lectio divinachallenges the reader to be not only informed, but transformed. Friends United Press, 2005, 152 pp., paperback$12.00
The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel

An Introduction to John
by Paul N. Anderson Paul Anderson, a leading Quaker bible scholar, looks at the literary, historical, and theological aspects of the Gospel of John, evaluating approaches others have used and addressing questions of the Gospels authorship and composition in relation to the synoptic gospels. Fortress, 2011, 288 pp., paperback$22.00
The Word Within
Essays on Prophetic Quaker Faith
by Patricia Dallmann In these nine essays, the author argues for the necessity of reclaiming prophetic Quaker faith within present-day liberal Friends meetings, hoping that Friends might once again offer an authentic challenge and vital response to the human condition. Foundation Publications, 2009, 84 pp., paperback$10.95
The Quaker Bible Reader
edited by Paul Buckley and Stephen Angell Thirteen very different Quakers look at portions of scripture, describe what they find, and how they have found it. Their goal is to 38 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
encourage every Friend to engage the Bible, not passively accepting someone elses interpretation; not looking for the good parts and skipping the rest; not contorting scripture to support pre-determined ideasbut entering into a dialog with this ancient book, exploring your own assumptions about God, and deepening your relationship with the divine. Marty Paxson Grundy. Contributors include John Punshon, Howard Macy, Beckey Phipps, Esther Mombo, Anthony Prete, and Deborah Shaw. Earlham School of Religion, 2006, 310 pp., paperback$19.95
Listening for the Voice of Truth
Bible Lessons from the 2009 Gathering
by Patty Levering In this Bible study, Patty Levering invites us into a deep reading of scripture that lets readers listen for the voice of the capital T Truth known by George Fox and early Friends. Five lessonsOpening to the Light, Listening under the Words, The Bible and Spiritual Discernment, Living in the Life and Power, and I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Lifeoffer insights on how to approach difficult passages in the text and to find the Life within the words. QuakerPress of FGC, 2009, 36 pp., paperback$8.00
Gathering
Living out the Kingdom while Living in the EmpireBible Lessons from the 2007 FGC
by Christopher Sammond Christopher Sammond draws on the book of Esther to contrast relationships and intrigue in the Empire with Jesuss New Testament teachings about life in the Kingdom. He shows how easy it is to name the other and also to become other within the hierarchy of the empires, large and small, which we create today; and, he calls us to live into the Kingdom, the blessed community where justice and love are intertwined. Christopher Sammonds honesty, biblical scholarship, spiritual witness, and sense of humor bring life to this study. Quaker Press of FGC, 2009, 40 pp., paperback$8.00
Inspirational
A Testament of Devotion
by Thomas Kelly Since its first publication in 1941, A Testament of Devotion has been universally embraced as a truly enduring spiritual classic. Deeply inspirational, it includes five passionate and beautifully written essays about what it means to center our lives on Gods presence, to find quiet and stillness within modern life, and to discover the deeply satisfying and lasting peace of the inner spiritual journey. HarperCollins, 1996, 130 pp., paperback$13.95
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The Eternal Promise
A Sequel to a Testament of Devotion
by Thomas Kelly, foreword by Howard Macy The Eternal Promise includes two of Thomas Kellys classic essays, The Gathered Meeting and Hasten unto God. Friends United Press, 1991, 165 pp., paperback$13.00
Faithful Voices
Oral Readings Exploring Beliefs in Action
by Ed Schwarz This collection features readings from the perspectives of individuals who left legacies in writing or in deeds. About half the subjects are well known Friends (Margaret Fell, John Woolman, Rufus Jones) and about half are people as diverse as Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Each script is accompanied by a brief biography and queries. Especially appropriate for discussion groups. Suitable for ages 12 through adult. QuakerPress of FGC, 2005, 14 pp., paperback$11.95
A Hidden Wholeness
The Journey toward an Undivided Life and Circles of Trust DVD
by Parker Palmer Parker Palmer seeks to help us rejoin soul and role, so that individuals and communities can be healed from the ravages of consumerism, injustice, and violence. In his classic style, the task is fleshed out with stories, poems, personal confessions and a planconcrete steps for creating circles of trust where honest, open sharing allows each persons inner teacher to show upplaces where we can sit and wait for our souls to tell the truth. For the paperback edition a DVD about these circles has been added. Jossey-Bass, 2009, 260 pp., paperback and DVD$19.95
The Courage to Teach
Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teachers Life, 10th Anniversary Edition
by Parker J. Palmer Quaker author Parker Palmer takes teachers on an inner journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students and recovering their passion for one of the most difficult and important of human endeavors. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in print and the movement it inspired, this updated volume includes a conversational CD about the books ideas. Jossey-Bass, 2007, 272 pp., cloth$27.95
Let Your Life Speak
Listening for the Voice of Vocation
by Parker J. Palmer Part memoir, part guidance for others, Palmer addresses what it means to live into the selfhood that is our birthright gift, where we find not only personal fulfillment . . . but communion with others and ways of serving the worlds deepest needs. Palmer shows that vocation is not a goal to be achieved, but a gift to be received. Jossey-Bass, 1999, 112 pp., cloth$18.95
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Other books by Parker Palmer can be at found at www.quakerbooks.org
Faith Explorations
Swarthmore Lecture Series

An annual lecture on some subject relating to the Message and Work of the Society of Friends, a British series since 1907. You can see more details at www.quakerbooks.org. New!
Costing Not Less Than Everything
Sustainability and Spirituality in Challenging Times

2011 Swarthmore Lecture by Pam Lunn With quiet urgency and deep honesty Pam Lunn addresses the unsustainability of the way we all live in the industrialized West, but this is not a counsel of despair or guilt. Realistic and well informed about the evolutionary basis of cooperation as well as the spiritual dimension, she puts forward an unsentimental argument for the possibility as well as the necessity of community. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2011, paperback$18.00
The Unequal World We Inhabit
Quaker Response to Terrorism and Fundamentalism
2010 Swarthmore Lecture by Paul Lacey Are all terrorists religious fundamentalists? How can pacifists respond to devastating violence? These and other challenging questions are at the heart of Paul Laceys text as he explores Quaker response to both terror and fundamentalism. He acknowledges the evil and devastation caused by terrorist acts, but argues for a more nuanced understanding of what might drive people to kill indiscriminately. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2010, 106 pp., paperback$16.00
The Presence in the Midst
2009 Swarthmore Lecture by Peter Eccles How do we discern well together? Britain Yearly Meeting, 2009, 156 pp., paperback$16.00
Minding the Future
2008 Swarthmore Lecture by Christine A. M. Davis Christine Davis draws inspiration and insights about stewardship from all parts of life and challenges us to mind the future adventurously. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2008, 98 pp., paperback$9.00
Ground and Spring
Foundations of Quaker Discipleship
2007 Swarthmore Lecture by Beth Allen Beth Allen offers her understanding of faithful discipleship, contending that we need a solid foundation to ground us in the actions which will make peace and justice real today. The cool stillness of the Spirit is the source of enormous, exuberant life. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2007, 128 pp., paperback$15.00 41 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
No Extraordinary Power
Prayer, Stillness and Activism
2005 Swarthmore Lecture by Helen Steven Helen Steven asks: Do we have access through prayer and action to some kind of extra-ordinary power beyond ourselves, or is our power for action well within the experience of everyone, with only our deeper spiritual nature to make it extra-ordinary? Britain Yearly Meeting, 2005, 111 pp., paperback$12.00
Spirited Living
Waging Conflict, Building Peace
2004 Swarthmore Lecture by Simon Fisher Drawing on his extensive experience in cross-cultural conflict transformation, Fisher brings new tools to address all levels of conflict, with challenging ways to live out the Quaker peace testimony in the here and now. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2004, 144 pp., paperback$9.00
Interfaith Pilgrims
2003 Swarthmore Lecture by Eleanor Nesbitt An exploration of interfaith issues. What is truth and how do different truths relate and talk to one another? Britain Yearly Meeting, 2003, 124 pp., paperback$16.00
Wrestling with the AngelQuaker Engagement in Commercial and Public Affairs
2001 Swarthmore Lecture by Tony Stoller A wake-up call to alert Friends that we are falling away from our previous tradition of concern in and support for those engaged in commerce and public affairs. Stoller asserts that engagement in these fields is a worthwhile witness for the individual and a proper obligation for our Society. Quaker Books, 2001, 104 pp., paperback$12.00
Forgiving Justice
A Quaker Vision for Criminal Justice
2000 Swarthmore Lecture by Tim Newell This essay presents a detailed assessment of the British penal system and Friends testimony on criminal justice for today. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2000, 120 pp., paperback$16.00
The Amazing Fact of Quaker Worship
1973 Swarthmore Lecture by George Gorman The meeting for worship is the fundamental shared experience in Quaker faith and practice, but it can be hard to explain. George Gorman looks at how Quaker worship will be seen by a newcomer, and approaches religion as human experience, seeking within it signals of transcendence that point beyond and bring a new dimension to life. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2008, 158 pp., paperback$15.00
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Authority, Leadership and Concern

A Study in Motive and Administration in Quaker Relief Work
1949 Swarthmore Lecture by Roger Wilson How a religious concern can be made manifest in practical work, and what needs to be considered so that this can be organized. How is the authority for a concern held by a human organization? What kind of people does it need to lead and carry out its work? Britain Yearly Meeting, 2007, 92 pp., paperback$15.00
Other Faiths and Nontheism

Quakers and the Interfaith Movement

A Handbook for Peacemakers
edited by Anthony Manousos Editor Anthony Manousos recognizes the growing importance of interfaith cooperation in order to foster peace, and collects here the writings of dozens of Quakers with thoughts about and experiences with interfaith efforts. These essays are bookended by an interfaith Advices and Queries section and a list of resources. Quaker Universalist Fellowship, 2011, 263 pp., paperback$14.95
Godless for Gods Sake
Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism
edited by David Boulton Twenty-seven Quakers from four countries and thirteen yearly meetings tell how they combine active and committed membership in the Religious Society of Friends with rejection of traditional belief in the existence of a transcendent, personal and supernatural God. The essays reveal a diverse range of nontheism, including agnosticism, atheism, humanism, naturalism and nonrealism. Contributors include Robin Alpern, Philip Gross, Joan D. Lucas, Os Cresson, James Riemermann, Sandy Parker, and David Rush. DHM, 2006, 152 pp., paperback$18.50
Approaching the Qurn
The Early Revelations, 2nd Edition
introduced and translated by Michael Sells Quaker scholar Michael Sells translates and extensively annotates a careful selection of the earliest suras (revelations), setting them in their cultural context. Further chapters discuss nature and gender in the meaning of the Qurn. The book links to online recordings of the suras. White Cloud Press, 2007, 236 pp., paperback$22.95
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Social Activism
coMiNG NoveMber 2011!
Sharps Dictionary of Power and Struggle

Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts
by Gene Sharp In nearly 1,000 entries, this Dictionary defines the ideologies, political systems, strategies, methods, and concepts that form the core of nonviolent action as it has occurred throughout history and across the globe, providing much-needed clarification of language that is often mired in confusion. Entries discuss everything from militarization to censorship, guerrilla theater, pacifism, secret agents, and protest songs Oxford University Press, 2011, 368 pp., paperback$19.95
New!
Collective VisioningHow Groups Can Work

by Linda Stout Stout lays out the extensive and innovative prework that must be done to build trust and openness before any kind of meeting is helda distinctive feature of collective visioning. She describes creative approaches for encouraging people to share their histories and deeply held personal values, and she explains how understanding why each person is drawn to the work is vital in designing action strategies that build on peoples particular strengths. She illustrates her points with inspiring stories of what collective visioning can accomplish, drawn from her decades of committed activism. Berrett Koehler, 2011, 198 pp., paperback$17.95
Together for a Just and Sustainable Future
New!
Holding Faith
Creating Peace in a Violent World
by David Gee What does committing to peace mean in a violent world? How might this commitment shape our relationships with one another, ourselves and the Earth? David Gee argues for a contemporary, practical faith that enlivens our humanity and stands with lifes dignity in the face of its violation. A powerful and sometimes challenging exploration, Holding Faith shows how this humane passion played out in the world can enrich the way we live and begin to turn our societies around. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2011, paperback$17.00
Healing the Heart of Democracy
The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit
by Parker Palmer Parker Palmer builds on his own extensive experience to examine the personal and social infrastructure of American politics. What he did for educators in The Courage to Teach he does here for citizens by looking at the dynamics of our inner lives for clues to reclaiming our civic wellbeing. He points the way to a politics rooted in the commonwealth of compassion and creativity still found among We 44 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
the People. He proposes practical and hopeful methods to hold the tensions of our differences in a manner that can help us restore a government of the people, by the people, for the people. Jossey Bass, 2011, 240 pp., cloth$24.95
Radical Simplicity
Small Footprints on a Finite Earth
by Jim Merkel Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind younot just the six billion people, but the wildlife and the as-yetunborn? In the face of looming ecological disaster, many people feel the need to change their own lifestyles as a tangible way of transforming our unsustainable culture. Radical Simplicity guides the reader to a personal sustainability goal. New Society Press, 2003, 288 pp., paperback$17.95
Ethical Business Relationships

Partnerships in Peace
by Lee Thomas, Jr. Author Lee Thomas explains, This book is about my mentors, the lessons they taught me, and the lessons they are still teaching me today. Its about ethical principles in business, something instilled in me by my parents and many others. Its about translating those principles into ethical behavior in the workplace. Its about trying to discern Gods will for us as we face the often difficult challenges of doing business today. Thomas, 2005, 151 pp., cloth$16.95
The Irresistible Revolution

Living as an Ordinary Radical
by Shane Claiborne Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us and extends into a broken world. For me, The Irresistible Revolution embodies the most exciting, radical potential of what it might mean to truly live the teachings of Jesus in todays world. Shane Claiborne, a young Christian activist, addresses issues of social and economic justice in a way that is richly spiritual, humorously down-to-earth, and incredibly passionate. This book never fails to energize and challenge me to live my faith in deeper, more authentic ways. Kody Hersh Zondervan, 2006, 368 pp., paperback$14.99
Many other Shane Claiborne resources can be found at www.quakerbooks.org
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The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding

The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding are a series of wonderful introductions to many innovative and effective peace and restorative justice tools. The series is published by Good Books (a Mennonite press). Each title is 64 to 90 pages in length, was published in the years 20022007, and costs $4.95.
The Little Book of Conflict Transformation

by John Paul Lederach Key ideas and thinking about how to transform a conflict peacefully.
The Little Book of Strategic Negotiation

Negotiating During Turbulent Times
by Jayne Seminare Docherty Negotiating principles, especially for use in difficult or conflict situations such as divorce or civil war.
The Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics

Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings when Things Are Hot
by Ron Kraybill How to help people hear each other when they feel like shouting; how to focus on the issues at stake rather than having a war of personalities.
The Little Book of Dialogue for Difficult SubjectsA Practical Hands-On Guide
by Lisa Schirch and David Campt Dialogue allows people in conflict to listen to each other, affirm their common ground, and explore their differences in a safe environment.
The Little Book of Strategic Peacebuilding

by Lisa Schirch Schirch singles out four critical actions that must be undertaken if peace is to take root at any level: 1) waging conflict nonviolently; 2) reducing direct violence; 3) transforming relationships; and 4) building capacity.
The Little Book of Trauma Healing
by Caroline Yoder Ideas for those who have been traumatized by terrorists or tsunamis. The primary premise is that traumatic events and times have the potential to awaken the human spirit and the global family.
Caring Climates
The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for SchoolsTeaching Responsibility; Creating

by Lorraine Amstutz and Judy H. Mullet Two educators show how restorative justice principles can be applied in schools, at all grade levels.
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The Little Book of Restorative Justice
by Howard Zehr A primer on the idea of restorative justice, a more effective and humane approach to criminal justice. Comes with helpful illustrations, tables, and lists.
The Little Book of Family Group Conferences
A Hopeful Approach when Youth Cause Harm
by Allan Macrae and Howard Zehr This little book describes the basics and rationale for this alternative approach to juvenile justice, as well as how to conduct a family group conference.
The Little Book of Circle Processes

A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking
by Kay Pranis Peacemaking circles are used in neighborhoods to provide support for those harmed by crime and to decide sentences for those who commit crime, and in schools to create positive classroom climate and resolve behavior problems.
The Little Book of Biblical Justice
by Chris Marshall This book identifies characteristic features of the Bibles teaching on justice and addresses the many complexities that surround it.
The Little Book of Victim Offender ConferencingBringing Victims and Offenders

by Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz Victim offender dialogues have been developed as a way to hold offenders accountable to the person they have harmed and to give victims a voice about how to put things right.
Together in Dialogue
American Friends Service Committee

QuakerBooks of FGC is now distributing the publications of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). In addition to these selections, see more at www.quakerbooks.org.
An Introduction to Quaker Testimonies
An adaption of the San Francisco Friends School booklet. For each testimony, there is a brief reflection on how it applies to the work of AFSC and relevant quotations from a broad range of traditions, as well as queries for further reflection. AFSC, 2011, 22 pp., paperback$5.00 each / 10 for $30.00
Letter from Birmingham City Jail
by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther Kings famous letter is a response to a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen in 1963. They argued that injustice should only be fought in a law court. King responded that without nonviolent direct action, true civil rights could never be achieved. AFSC, 1963, 35 pp., paperback$3.50 47 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
Undaunted Spirits
True Stories of Quaker Service
by Jack Sutters and Melissa Elliott True stories of the work of AFSC over the past 85 years, including service with the Doukabhors and many other refugees, response to the world wars, feeding programs, work camps, gay rights, civil rights, conscientious objection, truly demonstrating that their work is Love made visible. AFSC, 2002, 84 pp., paperback$7.50
Windows and Mirrors
Reflections on the War in Afghanistan
a catalog by AFSC and the Godwin-Ternbach Museum Windows and Mirrors is a traveling exhibit of artists and childrens depictions of the war in Afghanistan. These windows on a war torn country are also mirrors, reflecting our identity as a nation at war. The panels are shown in color with an explanation of the image and biography of the artist who created it. AFSC and the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, 2010, 100 pp., paperback$10.00
Spirited Engagement
by David Goodman and Nigel Noble This moving documentary film, co-directed by Academy award winning filmmakers David Goodman and Nigel Noble, captures the spirit of the AFSC by telling seven stories of challenge and courage from the organizations past and present. AFSC, 2008, 20 min., DVD$5.00
Stories of the American Friends Service Committee
Peace
A Peace of Africa
Reflections on Life in the Great Lakes Region
by David Zarembka By weaving personal stories with historical narratives, A Peace of Africa explores how the Great Lakes Region of Africa went from optimism at the time of independence to the conflict, corruption, wars, and genocide that have engulfed the region since then. Zarembka studied African history at Harvard, served with the Peace Corps in Tanzania, founded a school in Kenya, and then was instrumental in introducing the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) into Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, and Congo (South Kivu). He currently lives with his Kenyan wife Gladys in Lumakanda in W. Kenya. Madera Press, 2011, 322 pp., paperback$25.00
Men of Peace
World War II Conscientious Objectors
edited by Mary Hopkins Men of Peace contains contributions from thirty-two men who refused to become members of the United States armed forces during World War II. They tell what led them to refuse induction and choose to labor for no pay or go to federal prison during the conflict. We 48 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
discover what influenced them in early life and how they managed during the following decades. By the end of this book we can look back on social changes that they have made and what impact these intelligent humanitarians have had on our present day society. PDLH, 2010, 410 pp., paperback$19.95
The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics
by Ched Myers A short, key text that gives voice to Ched Myerss challenging ideas about nonviolence and liberation theology lived prophetically in the modern world. Culled from articles in Other Side and other journals. Potters House, 2001, 72 pp., paperback$10.00
Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. 1
New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking
by Ched Myers and Elaine Enns The Apostle Paul called on followers of Christ to be ambassadors of reconciliation. In this volume Myers and Enns offer biblical and theological resources for the vital and growing movement of restorative justice and peacemaking. In their reflections on texts of the New Testament, they provide a lens for re-reading the entire biblical tradition as a resource for the cause. Orbis Books, 2009, 192 pp., paperback$16.00
Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. 2

by Ched Myers and Elaine Enns Volume Two focuses on stories of restorative justice in action. Orbis Books, 2009, 184 pp., paperback$20.00
Diverse Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking
Creative Conflict ResolutionMore Than
by William J. Kreidler Offers more than 20 conflict resolution techniques with examples, 14 reproducible worksheets, and 200+ class-tested activities and cooperative games for teachers to use in creative and constructive responses to the conflicts that occur in any K6 class. Scott Foresman, 1984, 216 pp., paperback$18.95
200 Activities for Keeping Peace in the Classroom
Nonviolent CommunicationA Language of

by Marshall Rosenberg Nonviolent Communication encourages people to use language that increases goodwill. It teaches people how to avoid language that creates resentment or lowers self esteem. It emphasizes compassion as the motivation for actions, rather than fear, guilt, shame, or blame. Puddle Dancer, 1999, 176 pp., paperback$19.95
LifeCreate Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values
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Held in the LightNorman Morrisons Sacrifice for Peace and His Familys Journey of Healing
by Anne Morrison Welsh and Joyce Hollyday In 1965 Norman Morrison, a devout Quaker, immolated himself on the steps of the Pentagon as a protest against the Vietnam War. Anne Morrison Welsh, his widow, recounts his story as well as her own journey to find forgiveness and recovery from lifes wounds. Orbis Books, 2008, 160 pp., cloth$20.00
Practicing Peace
A Devotional Walk through the Quaker Tradition
by Catherine Whitmire Stories of successful nonviolent movements throughout history are partnered with quotations from over 350 years of Quaker teachings on peace. Queries lead readers on a journey to self-discovery, through the stages of practicing peace: first by focusing within themselves, then by looking outward to practice peace in the world. Includes a brief biography of each Quaker quoted in the book. Sorin Books, 2007, 272 pp., paperback$16.95
Occupied with Nonviolence

A Palestinian Woman Speaks
by Jean Zaru Jean Zaru, the longtime activist and Quaker leader from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, expresses the pain as well as the central convictions that animate Christian nonviolence and activity today. Yet even as Zaru eloquently names the common misunderstandings of the history, present situation, and current policies of the parties involved, she vividly articulates an alternative: a religiously motivated nonviolent path to peace and justice in the worlds most troubled region. Fortress Press, 2008, 176 pp., paperback$20.00
Heaven in the Midst of Hell
A Quaker Chaplains View of the War in Iraq
stories and photographs by Sheri Snively As the only Quaker chaplain serving with the marines, Snively recounts her time serving in a military hospital in Iraq. Her words and pictures are a poignant tribute to the staff and patients she met. She tells their often terrible but inspiring stories beautifully in this quite surprising book. As her commanding officer says to her, you have a unique perspective; I hope you are writing it down. Raven Oaks Press, 2010, 269 pp., hardcover$26.95
Prison Witness
Beyond PrisonsA New Interfaith Paradigm
for Our Failed Prison System
by Laura Magnani and Harmon Wray This strong indictment of the current prison system, undertaken by two respected experts on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee, traces the history and features of our penal system, offers strong ethical and moral assessments of it, and lays out a new paradigm of criminal justice based on restorative justice and 50 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
reconciliation. The book presents a 12-point plan for immediate changes. Magnani and Wray offer a truly radical analysis that penetrates to the roots of our prison crisis, challenges long-held assumptions, and imagines thoughtful alternatives. Fortress Press, 2006, 208 pp., paperback$13.00
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander Former-litigator-turned-legal-scholar, Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting black men and devastating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights communityand all of usto place confronting mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America. New Press, 2010, 290 pp., hardback$27.95
Racism and Diversity Concerns

Just Like UsThe True Story of Four Mexican
by Helen Thorpe The wife of the governor of Colorado, Quaker author Helen Thorpe writes a powerful and moving account of four young women from Mexican families who have lived most of their lives in the United States. We meet the girls on the eve of their senior prom, in Denver. Two of them have legal documentation and two do not. Thorpe takes us deep into the American subculture of Mexican immigrants. This brilliant narrative journalism is a vivid coming-of-age story about girlhood, friendship, and, most of all, identity, what it means to fake an identity, steal an identity, or inherit an identity from ones parents and country. Scribner, 2011, 394 pp., paperback$16.00
Girls Coming of Age in America
New!
Create Dangerously
The Immigrant Artist at Work
by Edwidge Dandicat This is the most powerful book Ive read in years. Though delicate in its prose and civil in its tone, it hits like a freight train. Its a call to arms for all immigrants, all artists, all those who choose to bear witness, and all those who choose to listen. And though it describes great upheaval, tragedy, and injustice, its full of humor, warmth, grace, and light. Dave Eggers, author of What Is the What Vintage, 2011, 208 pp., paperback$14.95
The History of White People
by Nell Irvin Painter Filling a huge gap in historical literature about race that has long focused on the nonwhite, historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of western civilization, tracing not only the invention of the idea of race, but also the 51 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
development of whiteness for economic, social, scientific, and political ends. A story filled with towering historical figures, The History of White People forcefully reminds us that the concept of one white race is a recent invention. The meaning, importance, and realty of this all-too-human thesis of race buckle under the weight of a long and rich unfolding of events. W. W. Norton & Company, 2011, 496 pp., paperback$17.95
Stuff White People Like
by Christian Lander A mix of new material and pieces previously published on the humor website Stuff White People Like, this book takes a playful but pointed look at race by examining the things white people likeor profess to likefrom The Daily Show and the idea of soccer to being an expert on your culture. Random House, 2008, 211 pp., paperback$14.00
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of Americas Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. The author interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. By concentrating on the stories of three individuals, the book provides the narrative interest of a novel. Random House, 2010, 640 pp., paperback$16.95
The Pigment of Your Imagination

Mixed Race in a Global Society
by Joy M. Zarembka Throughout the world arbitrary racial notions are used to define who is black and who is white, but the lines become blurred with people of mixed racial heritage. Kenyan Quaker Joy Zarembka and her brother Tommy share the same parents and have striking physical similarities, yet were labelled at birth with very different racial designations; Joy was described as black and her brother as white. After extensive research in Britain, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Jamaica Zarembka describes vastly divergent interpretations of racial identity leading to new perspectives in our understandings of race. Madera Press, 2007, 312 pp., paperback$19.95
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter. By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals the stories of those caught up in the 52 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the legacy of racism that reverberates today in the justice system and elsewhere. Anchor, 2008, 468 pp., paperback$16.95
Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border
No One is IllegalFighting Racism and State

by Justin Akers Chacon and Mike Davis No One Is Illegal debunks the leading ideas behind the often violent right-wing backlash against immigrants. Countering the chorus of anti-immigrant voices, Mike Davis and Justin Akers Chacon expose the racism of anti-immigration vigilantes and put a human face on the immigrants who risk their lives to cross the border to work in the United States. Haymarket, 2006, 333 pp., paperback$16.00
They Take Our Jobs!
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky In this groundbreaking work, Aviva Chomsky dismantles twentyone of the most widespread myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigration. They Take Our Jobs! challenges the underlying assumptions that fuel these misinformed claims about immigrants, radically challenging our notions of citizenship, discrimination, and U.S. history. Beacon Press, 2007, 264 pp., paperback$14.00
ColorblindThe Rise of Post-Racial Politics and

by Tim Wise In this critically lauded book, Wise argues against colorblindness and for a deeper color-consciousness in both public and private practice. He asserts that we can only begin to move toward authentic social and economic equity through what Wise calls illuminated individualismacknowledging the diverse identities that have shaped our perceptions and the role that race continues to play in the maintenance of disparities between whites and people of color in the United States today. Colorblind presents a timely and provocative look at contemporary racism and offers fresh ideas on what can be done to achieve true social justice and economic equality. City Lights, 2010, 194 pp., paperback$14.95
the Retreat from Racial Equity
Many other books by Tim Wise at www.quakerbooks.org
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Simple Living, Earthcare, and the Economy

The Quaker Institute for the Future
The Quaker Institute for the Future is a green think tank that seeks to apply Quaker insights and experience in ways that will enable us to live in right relationship with the planet.
Right Relationship
Building a Whole Earth Economy
by Peter Brown and Geoffrey Garver What is right relationship? A thing is right when it preserves the integrity, resilience, and beauty of the commonwealth of life and wrong when it does otherwise. This book presents a proposal for bringing our world into alignment. Berret-Koehler, 2009, 192 pp., paperback$16.95
Fueling Our Future
A Dialogue about Technology, Ethics, Public Policy, and Remedial Action
edited by Judy Lumb Quakers expert in both the technical and ethical issues provide key information, analysis, and dialogue on choices for our energy future. Quaker Institute for the Future, 2009, 68 pp., paperback$9.00
Genetically Modified Crops
Promises, Perils, and the Need for Public Policy
by Anne Mitchell, Pinayur Rajagopal, and Susan Holtz This booklet assesses the record of GM crops and the role of public policy in their regulation. It places biotechnology within an ethical context of concern for equity, the environment, and the common good and presents a framework for understanding the varieties of biotechnologies and for considering strategic action on public policy. Quaker Institute for the Future, 2011, 68 pp., paperback$9.00
How on Earth Do We Live Now?
Natural Capital, Deep Ecology, and the Commons
by David Ciscel, Barbara Day, Keith Helmuth, Sandra Lewis, and Judy Lumb A radical re-assessment is underway on what it will take to prevent our industrial-commercial civilization from sliding sideways into the ditch of ecological breakdown and economic collapse. As economist, David Ciscel, put it in a recent issue of Quaker Eco-Bulletin, Its the economy, Friends. Quaker Institute for the Future, 2011, 91 pp., paperback$9.00
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More Books on Simple Living, Earthcare, and the Economy

Eaarth
Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
by Bill McKibben Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that weve waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. Weve created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth. In a superbly written, occasionally humorous book, McKibben explores how we can best make our home on Eaarth. St. Martins, 2011, 272 pp., paperback $14.00
Earthcare for FriendsA Study Guide for Individuals and Faith Communities
by Louis Cox, Ingrid Fabianson, Sandra Moon Farley, and Ruah Swennerfelt Earthcare is a natural expression of the historic Quaker testimonies of peace, equality, justice, simplicity, and integrity, and provides adult education materials including articles, queries, and sources of inspiration. QEW, 2004, 254 pp., spiral bound$18.00
Earthlight
Spiritual Wisdom for an Ecological Age
edited by Anthony Manousos and Cindy Spring A collection of essays, interviews, and poems about spiritual ecology, all originally published in the Quaker magazine, Earthlight. Friends Bulletin, 2007, 360 pp., paperback$20.00
The Evolutionary Potential of Quakerism RevisitedKenneth Boulding and John Bellers

by Keith Helmuth Looks into the works of early Friend John Bellers and twentieth century Quaker economist Kenneth Boulding for insights and solutions to our current problems. Chapel Hill Editions, 2011, 55 pp., paperback$7.00
The Green Collar EconomyHow One
by Van Jones Now revised and updated, Van Joness provocative and cutting edge New York Times bestseller The Green Collar Economy delivers a viable plan for solving the two biggest issues facing the country todaythe economy and the environment. Brother Van Jones is a visionary who spells out real solutions in black and whiteand, of course, green. Vans vision of a thriving, green economy doesnt have throw-away things or throw-away people. Its the kind of environmentalism everyone can get behind. Mario Van Peebles HarperOne, 2009, 270 pp., paperback$14.99 55 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Family Life and Education

Paths to Quaker Parenting
Using Quaker Beliefs, Testimonies and Practices
edited by Harriet Heath Parents ask questions: How should I respond to my three-year-olds whining for a cookie at 5:30? Should my nine-year-old have both an iPod and a cell phone, or neither? How do I deal with my anger when my teenager rolls his eyes and doesnt move after Ive asked him to take out the trash? Quaker parents look to their faith for guidance. How does my belief, that there is a Way, impact my parenting? How will I parent according to the Peace Testimony especially when I am angry? This book emerges from the reflections of a group of parents who struggled with concerns such as these, looked to their Quaker faith, and found there strength and guidance. Conrow Publishing House, 2009, 122 pp., paperback$14.95
God Raising UsParenting as a Spiritual Practice
by Eileen Flanagan In telling her own storythe challenges faced, the lessons learned Flanagan calls on Friends to recognize parenthood as a phase of spiritual development with special gifts and needs, and suggests ways that we may begin to support the faith lives of parents and help our meetings be more fully multigenerational. Discussion questions included. Pendle Hill Pamphlet, 2008, 31 pp., paperback$6.50
Education
The Heart of Higher Education
A Call to Renewal
by Parker Palmer and Arthur Zajonc The Heart of Higher Education proposes an approach to teaching and learning that honors the whole human being (mind, heart, and spirit), an essential integration if we hope to address the complex issues of our time. The book offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory, and proposals for action from two educators and writers who have contributed to the developing field of integrative education over the past few decades. The book will appeal to those who are new to the field of holistic education, all who want to deepen their understanding of its challenges, and all who want to practice and promote this vital approach to teaching and learning. Jossey Bass, 2010, 237 pp., hardcover$24.95
Facilitating Group Learning
Strategies for Success with Diverse Adult Learners
by George Lakey This book is a must-read for people who teach adults of any age, no matter what the subject, and care about doing it in ways that yield deep and abiding learning. Wonderfully well-written and rich with psychological and spiritual insights as well as practical strategies, it represents the fruits of a lifetime of transformational teaching and learning by one of the foremost adult educators of our time. Parker J. Palmer Jossey-Bass, 2010, 304 pp., cloth$34.20 (reduced from suggested retail price of $38.00) 56 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
Tuning In
Mindfulness in Teaching and Learning
edited by Irene McHenry and Richard Brady This compilation of essays explores how contemplative methods can be used in the classroom (or First Day school) for all ages. By using items such as pebbles, mandalas, books, journals, and artwork in a meditative setting, the core skills underlying all learning: concentration, observation, and relaxation can be developed. Also described are Quaker meetings for worship, clearness committees, yoga, and other mindfulness practices. Contributors include Christie Duncan-Tessmer, Chip Poston, Kimberly Post Rowe, and the co-editors. Friends Council on Education, 2009, 144 pp., paperback$16.00
Fiction and Poetry
Putting Away Childish Things

A Tale of Modern Faith
by Marcus Borg Kate is a popular professor in a small midwestern town. She loves her job, is happy with her personal and spiritual life, then things start to go wrong. A job offerbut at the same college as an old flame. In the classroom, students ask for her views on the Bible and homosexualityanswering honestly she finds herself a target of outraged parents. This novel is an engaging way for readers to examine important issues dividing Christians today, such as what does the Bible really teach? Who is Jesus? What is the nature of faith today? HarperOne, 2011, 386 pp., paperback$14.99
Rebekahs JourneyAn Historical Novel
by Ann Bell Traumatic family circumstances require Rebekah Bradford to sign an indentured servant contract, leaving her home in London to work for a Pennsylvania Quaker family. Rebekahs journey through life takes her from servanthood to wife and mother and businesswoman during a period when Quakers were struggling to maintain their identity as the colony attempted to find its place in historical circumstances that were often starkly different than William Penns vision. Kays Crossing, 2010, 409 pp., paperback$18.00
The Back BenchA Novel
by Margaret Hope Bacon Its 1837, and fourteen-year-old Myra Harlans mother has died, forcing her to leave her rural Quaker home and family to live in Philadelphia. Shocked by the racism she sees all around her and caught in the aftermath of the Hicksite-Orthodox split in the Religious Society of Friends, Myra longs for her mother and struggles to make friends, until she finds the Female Anti-Slavery Society, Lucretia Mott, Sarah Douglass, andultimatelyherself. Quaker Press of FGC, 2007, 127 pp., paperback$13.00
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Year of GraceA Novel
by Margaret Hope Bacon A poignant and courageous tale of an elderly but active Quaker woman coming to terms with her own mortality in the final year of her life. Bacon has created an inspirational character whose spiritual life, based on a strong Quaker foundation, is reflected at the culmination of her earthly life in a last year of grace. QuakerPress of FGC, 2002, 200 pp., paperback$14.95
Falling To HeavenA Novel
by Jeanne Peterson In 1954 Emma and Gerald Kittredge leave their secure Quaker community for a Tibetan town. Their neighbors are Dorje, Rinchen, and their sons. The arrival of Maoist soldiers shatters their world. Gerald is captured by the soldiers, leaving a pregnant Emma to rely on her Tibetan neighbors. Told in three distinct voices rich in their respective spiritual traditions, Falling to Heaven is ultimately a novel about faith: losing it and rediscovering it in places youd never expect. Thomas Dunne, 2010, 326 pp., cloth$9.00
Leading From Within
Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead
edited by Sam Intrator, introduction by Parker Palmer Philadelphia Yearly Meetings One Book/One Yearly Meeting selection for 2011/12. A collection of 93 inspirational poems from well-known poets, each with a brief personal commentary from a leader describing its significance to him or her. Contributors include Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, MoveOn.org cofounder Joan Blades, and other leaders from business, medicine, education, nonprofits, law, government, and religion, reflecting on how they have been inspired by featured poets such as T.S. Eliot, Mary Oliver, William Stafford, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost, Rumi, May Sarton, Wallace Stevens, Wendell Berry, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Jossey Bass, 2007, 288 pp. cloth$17.95 (discounted from regular price of $19.95)
Evidence
by Mary Oliver Evidence is a collection of forty-seven poems on all of Mary Olivers classic themes. She writes perceptively about grief and mortality, love and nature, and the spiritual sustenance she draws from their gifts. Beacon, 2010, 88 pp., paperback$14.00
Also from Mary Oliver

SwanPoems and Prose Poems
Beacon Press, 2010, 96 pp., cloth$20.70
PAPerbAck coMiNG iN MArch 2012

Beacon Press, 2010, booklet and CD$19.95
Many MilesMary Oliver reads Mary Oliver Red Bird

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Thirst
Beacon Press, 2007, 88 pp., paperback$14.00
Why I Wake EarlyNew Poems

New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1.

New and Selected Poems, Vol. 2,

Music
Timeless Quaker Wisdom in Plainsong
selected, set to music, and recorded by Paulette Meier Twenty-one quotations from early Friends, including Fox, Fell, Woolman, and Penington, are sung as haunting chants. Words you may or may not already be familiar with take on a new significance when sung in by Meier in powerful, clear plainsong. CD includes words and sheet music. QuakerPress of FGC and LessonSongs Music, 2010, 37 minutes, CD$15.95 Single tracks can be downloaded as mp3 files at www.quakerbooks.org
People Once Were Welcome Here
by Steve Deasy Deasy is the Detroit-based performing songwriter who brought down the house at this years FGC Gathering; A socially conscious writer in the tradition of Dylan and Seeger, but with the contemporary musicality of new folk, classic rock, pop, and jazz influences. This album, his newest, includes songs of peace, protest, and a tribute to John Woolman. Red Cedar River Records, 2010, 11 Tracks, CD$15.00
One
by Tribe1 One is Tribe1s first CD, featuring songs of change, peace, and community involvement. Eleven songs by Diane Spann-Miller, Niyonu Spann, and Benson Sebastian. Tribe1 is Sonia Rosen, Ingrid Lakey, Jonathan Snipes, Deborra Sines Pancoe, Brother Rob Carter, Cedric Miller, Niyonu Spann, and Foluke Bennett. Tribe1, 1994, 11 songs, CD$15.00
Before and After
by Carrie Newcomer Quaker singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomers latest album. The The title track, Before and After, is about experiences by which we mark our lives. Some of these experiences are large eventsthe birth of a child, the loss of a parent, a wedding or divorce. Some of these experiences are small moments that we did not realize at the time would affect us so profoundly. There is always another before and after and because of that, our lives grow deeper. Rounder Records, 2010, 13 Tracks, CD$17.00 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
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Many other Quaker-related CDs by these and other artists are available at www.quakerbooks.org
Worship in SongA Friends Hymnal
by Friends General Conference With music and words for over 300 songs, this hymnal reflects both the diversity and the religious center of the Religious Society of Friends. It is easy to use with historical notes and biblical, topical, song title, and first line indices. QuakerPress of FGC, 1996, 404 pp., cloth$28.00
Rise Up SingingThe Group Singing Songbook

15th anniversary edition, edited by Annie and Peter Blood-Patterson Sing for days with this song book. Includes words and chords for over 1200 songs from almost every region, culture, and category imaginable. Encourages people to teach songs to one another. Sing Out, 2004, 281 pp., spiral bound$22.95
Gift Books and Gifts

for Interlocking Faith & Craft
Contemplative CrochetA Hands-On Guide

by Cindy Crandall-Frazier What can you learn about yourself through your crocheting? How can this simple activity help you make your way down a spiritual path? Delve into these questions and more in this imaginative book that will become your spiritual friend, your teacher, and your sanctuary. Follow the crochet journeys of the author and other crocheters to discover how they have used their crocheting to explore and strengthen their spiritual selves. The author is a Friend and uses many examples from Quakerism in the book. SLP, 2008, 187 pp., paperback$16.99
Got Silence? T-Shirt
Available in three styles: 1) Unisex Style, 2) Womens Style, and 3) V Neck Style. T-shirt features FGCs new logo (a dandelion seed head) on the front and the words Got Silence? www.quakerfinder.org on the back. T-Shirt is made in Los Angeles and printed locally for us in New Jersey. Available in sizes Small to XXL and in maroon (cotton) or blue (organic cotton). Camden Printworks Clothing$20.00
American Friends Service Committee Tote Bag
Nice looking red/black Tote bag with three side pockets and Velcro central closing on main bag. Long handles. Says American Friends Service Committee: Quaker values in action and has the AFSC star emblem. Made in China AFSC Bag$15.00
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American Friends Service Committee T-Shirt
Very ethical T-shirtOrganic cotton, fair traded and union made in Mexico. Unbleached attractive off-white color with unobtrusive lettering: American Friends Service Committee: Quaker values in action and showing the AFSC star emblem. Available in Youth M, L, and Adult M. L, XL, XXL. AFSC, T-shirt$15.00
Faith & Play Resources

Faith & PlayQuaker Stories for Friends
by the Faith & Play Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting The Godly Play method, created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using an approach that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling, and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker faith and practice. This resource will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play methods. QuakerPress of FGC, 2008, downloadable PDF at www.quakerbooks.org$8.00
Trained in the Godly Play Method
reviseD AND exPANDeD
Teaching Godly PlayHow to Mentor the

by Jerome Berryman Teaching Godly Play is a revised and expanded, 2nd edition of a book published in 1995. It begins by discussing why serious-serene play is important to nourish childrens spirituality and then moves the reader through the process of how to mentor children so they can enter adolescence with an inner working model of Christianity. This system includes stories, parables, and contemplative silence. MER, 2009, 160 pp., paperback$25.00
Spiritual Development of Children
The Complete Guide to Godly Play
by Jerome Berryman This 6-volume series invites children in preschool through 6th grade to enter into Bible stories. The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol. 1: How to Lead Godly Play Lessons The first volume is an overview and introduction to the method, including a theology of childhood, an examination of play, a discussion of the importance of stories, a history of the approach, a map of a Godly Play classroom, tips on using Godly Play at home, and the nuts and bolts of Godly Play. The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol. 2: Fourteen Presentations for Fall Includes an opening lesson followed by 13 Old Testament stories, from Creation through the Prophets
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The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol. 3: Twenty Presentations for Winter Includes 20 presentations based on stories of Christs birth and the parables. The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol. 4: Twenty Presentations for Spring Includes more stories from the life of Jesus, including his death and resurrection. The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol. 5: Practical Helps from Godly Play Trainers Experienced teachers and trainers share insights, stories, and ideas for using Godly Play to its fullest. The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol. 6: Fifteen Enrichment Presentations for Fall Enrichment presentations to be integrated with Vol. 2. All published by Living the Good News, each about 120 pages, paperback$24.95 each
Young Children and Worship
by Sonja Stewart and Jerome Berryman A precursor to the Godly Play books. Very useful for teaching about God and Jesus through storytelling, and with instructions on making the storytelling materials yourself, a big help for meetings and individuals on a budget. Designed for use with children aged 37. Westminster, 1989, 214 pp., paperback$25.00
Story Materials for Faith & Play Stories
Faith & Play Creations has handcrafted six sets of story materials to accompany the Faith & Play stories and teaching approach. Each set includes all of the pieces needed to present the story to a First Day school classroom. For more details about items included in each set, see www.quakerbooks.org. These sets are handmade and may become unavailable for a period if demand exceeds supply. George Foxs Big Discovery Story Materials Faith & Play Creations, 2009, story set in resealable plastic bag$56.00 Mary Fisher Story Materials Faith & Play Creations, 2009, story set in resealable plastic bag$59.00 Gifts Story Materials Faith & Play Creations, 2009, story set in resealable plastic bag$45.00 Listening for God Story Materials Faith & Play Creations, 2009, story set in resealable plastic bag$49.00 Prayer and Friends Meeting for Worship Story Materials Faith & Play Creations, 2009, story set in resealable plastic bag$45.00 Queries Story Materials Faith & Play Creations, 2009, story set in resealable plastic bag$60.00
To learn more about Faith & Play, visit http://www.fgcquaker.org/faithandplay/
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on Family, God, and Faith
Everywhere Babies
by Susan Meyers, illustrated by Marlee Frazee This book provides a wonderful way to welcome babies into the world and for parents to tell their babies all the ways they love them. The diversity of families depicted as visible parts of the community makes this book special. Lesbian and gay parents, interracial couples, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding mothers, single parents, and adoptive families are all joyfully celebrated in this wise, sometimes funny, and exuberant ode to babyhood. Harcourt Brace, 2004, 30 pp., board book$6.95
I Am Gods Paintbrush
by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso This simple book will help you and your child explore spirituality interactively through colors, songs, and dance. Your child will delight in turning the sturdy pages to see the beautiful colors of Gods world. For children of all faiths, all backgrounds. Skylight Paths, 2009, 24 pp., board book$7.99
Moody Cow Meditates
by Kerry Lee Maclean Peter the Cow is having a bad day. After missing the bus and wiping out on his bike, he loses his temper and gets in trouble. To make matters worse, all the other kids and cows are teasing him, calling him Moody Cow. Peters day just seems to get worse until his grandfather comes over. Can Grandpa teach him to settle his mind and let go of his frustration? This vibrant childrens book is a fun and funny way to introduce children to the power of meditation. Whitman, 2008, 32 pp., hardback$15.95
Peaceful Piggy Meditation
by Kerry Lee Maclean The author brings experiences as a meditation therapist to this storybook guide, and her bright, whimsical paintings show how this simple ritual can do so much for children and their families. Theres nary a lotus blossom or a Bodhisattva to be found in the bright paintings of disarming piggies who tease their siblings, get mad, play video games, but also know when to take a break, find a quiet spot and just breathe, breathe, breathe. Booklist Albert Whitman, 2006, 32 pp., paperback$6.95
Berenstain Bears and the Big Question
by Stan and Jan Berenstain A Berenstain Bears book might be the last place one would look to find a depiction of a Quaker meeting for worship, but evidently a relative of the Berenstains was a Friend and this book the result of visiting Quaker meeting more than once. Early in the book, Sister asks, What is God? To answer her question, Papa and Mama Bear take the family to the Chapel in the Woods, and on this particular morning, the minister doesnt deliver a sermon, but invites the congregants to wait in silence and, if they feel led, to deliver a message. A number of the members of the Bear family offer 63 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
messages and the book ends with Sister Bear asking, Did God make questions? Random House, 1999, 32 pp., paperback$3.99
Lifetimes
The Beautiful Way To Explain Death to Children
by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen A pet . . . a friend . . . or a relative dies, and it must be explained to a child. This sensitive book is a useful tool in explaining to children that death is a part of life and that, eventually, all living things reach the end of their own special lifetimes. Age: Baby5, or so. Bantam, 1983, 40 pp., paperback$14.00
Snook Alone
by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering Abba Jacob is a monk who lives on a far, far away island with his loyal rat terrier, Snook. Every day, Snook keeps Abba Jacob company as he prays or works, tending the gardens in the little hermitage he calls home. But when the two are separated by a ferocious storm, Snook must learn to fend for himself in the wild. Will he ever again hear the loving voice that he waits for? Grades K3. Candlewick, 2010, 48 pp., hardcover$16.99
Faith
by Maya Ajmera Families around the world celebrate faith in many different ways through praying, singing, learning, helping, caring, and more. With photographs from many cultures and religious traditions, Faith celebrates the ways in which people worship around the globe. Thematically organized back matter gives additional information on common expressions of faith, and a glossary describes particular religions and elements of faith depicted in the book. Grades K4. Charlesbridge, 2009, 48 pp., paperback$7.95
The BeatitudesFrom Slavery to Civil Rights
by Carole Boston Weatherford With the text of the biblical beatitudes as an undercurrent, the story of the civil rights movement is told in lyrical text and stirring illustrations. Eerdmans, 2009, 36 pp., hardback$16.99

on Quakerism
I Am Quaker
by Felice Blanc A young Friend explains the beliefs and practices of her faith. Ages 38. Rosen, 1999, 24 pp., cloth$12.95
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Quakers
a special issue of Cobblestone magazine
edited by Elizabeth Cazden and Jonah Roll, et al. Cobblestone, a history magazine for young people, put together a detailed overview of Friends history, biography, and social concerns. Middle elementary level, but useful for younger kids with adult explanation. Cobblestone, 1995, 48 pp., paperback$4.95
What Makes Me a Quaker?
by Adam Woog This book is a straightforward, carefully researched, and invitingly illustrated introduction to Quakerism for ages 813. Topics include the beginnings of Quakerism, what Quakers believe, how Friends practice their faith, and what the future of Quakerism might be. Information about the branches of Friends is included. Thomson Gale, 2005, 48 pp., cloth$27.00
Obadiah the Bold
by Brinton Turkle Obadiah Starbuck and his Quaker family live in Nantucket in the early 1800s. In this story, Obadiah learns an important lesson about the nature of courage. Ages 48. Beautiful Feet Books, republished 2004, 37 pp., paperback$7.95
Rachel and Obadiah
by Brinton Turkle Obadiah and his sister Rachel try to prove they can be trusted with a very important task. Tender lessons on humility, perseverance, and true sportsmanship are gently integrated into this innocent story. Ages 48. Beautiful Feet Books, republished 2004, 37 pp., paperback$7.95
Thy Friend, Obadiah
by Brinton Turkle The story of a New England Quaker boys encounter with a seagull. Ages 48. Penguin, 1969, 38 pp., paperback$6.99
Thee, Hannah!
by Marguerite Deangeli A Quaker childrens classic first published in 1940, this beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Hannah, a young girl before the Civil War who wants to wear pretty dresses instead of her plain Quaker one. She comes to appreciate her heritage when her family saves the life of a runaway slave. Ages 712. Herald Press, 2000, 99 pp., paperback$17.99
Were Going to Meeting for Worship
by Abby Hadley, illustrated by Diane Edwards-Lavoy An old favorite now with inclusive pictures in black and white. This booklet is for young children and new readers. Helps children understand meeting for worship. QuakerPress of FGC, 2006, 32 pp., paperback$10.00 65 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
William PennFounder of Pennsylvania
Graphic Library Series, by Ryan Jacobson, illustrated by Tim Stiles A faithful historical account of Penns life with an emphasis on his Quaker beliefs and writings. Ages 912. Capstone Press, 2007, 32 pp., paperback$7.95
on Peace, Environment, and Social Justice

Peace Week in Miss Foxs Class
by Eileen Spinelli and Anne Kennedy Miss Fox is tired of hearing her young students quarrel, so she announces Peace Weekno more squabbling for one whole week! Its hard at first, but soon the animals find it is easy to be nice to each other. Ages 48, exuberantly illustrated. Albert Whitman & Co., 2009, 32 pp., cloth$16.99
Miss Foxs Class Goes Green
by Eileen Spinelli and Anne Kennedy When Miss Fox shows up at school riding her bicycle, Mouse asks, Do you have a flat tire? No, Miss Fox tells her students. I am going green! Soon everyone in the class is working to keep the earth healthy. Mouse takes shorter showers; Bunny brings a cloth bag to the supermarket; and Possum turns the lights off when he goes out. Ages 48, exuberantly illustrated. Albert Whitman & Company, 2011, 32 pp., paperback$6.99
Eight DaysA Story of Haiti
by Edwidge Danticat and Alix Delinois While Junior is trapped for eight days beneath his collapsed house after an earthquake, he uses his imagination for comfort. Drawing on beautiful, everyday-life memories, Junior paints a sparkling picture of Haiti for each of those daysflying kites with his best friend or racing his sister around St. Marcs Squaregetting through the tragedy until he is finally rescued. Love and hope dance across each page granting us a way to talk about resilience as a family, a classroom, or a friend. Ages 49. Scholastic, 2010, 32 pp., paperback$17.99
Thunder Rose
by Jerdine Nolan and Kadir Nelson Born in the Wild West during a thunderstorm, Thunderstorm Rose is an unusually strong and resourceful child, but can she stop a tornado? Ages 48. Harcourt, 2007, 32 pp., paperback$7.00
Sivus Six Wishes
by Jude Daly The stonemason Sivu can create extraordinary things out of rock. But he is poor, and as time goes by he becomes bitter and envious. If only he could be rich and powerful surely then he would be happy? When Sivus wish is mysteriously granted six times, however, transforming him by turn into a rich businessman, the mayor, the 66 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
sun, a rain cloud, and a great rock, he learns that sometimes people have the most power just by being themselves. A Taoist story retold in an African setting. Ages 48. Eerdmans, 2010, 36 pp., hardback$16.99
All Gods Critters
by Bill Staines, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Big, small, quiet, loud, feathered, flippered, or furredall Gods critters have a place in the choir! And this jubilant and raucous bunch is waiting for you to join in because everybody has a part to sing. It doesnt matter if you sing like a bird, howl like a wolf, or croak like a frog! Ages 48. Simon and Schuster, 2007, 36 pp., paperback$16.99
Sit-In
How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney This picture book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworths lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement. It was February 1, 1960. They didnt need menus; their order was simple; A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side. Plain spoken, but not oversimplified, this book is a great addition to childrens literature of the civil rights era. Ages 48. Little Brown, 2010, 40 pp., hardcover$16.99
Lucky Beans
by Becky Birtha, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell Like so many people during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Marshall Lomans dad has lost his job. Theres little money, but there are plenty of beansin fact, Ma cooks them for supper every single night! Beans start looking better when Marshall sees the contest posted in the furniture store window. How many beans are in the jar? win this brand new sewing machine! Quaker Becky Birthas engaging story is based on her grandmothers memories of Depression years in the African American community. Ages 48. Albert Whitman, 2010, 32 pp., cloth$16.99
Weezer Changes the World
by David Mcphail Weezer is an ordinary puppy. He barks. He slobbers. He tinkles on the carpet. But then something happens that changes himand the world may never be the same. Simple yet profound, funny yet serious, this touching story will remind even the skeptics among us that the most remarkable changes often come from the least remarkable places. Grades pre-K3. Beach Lane, 2010, 32 pp., hardcover$15.99
Give a Goat
by Jan West Schrock, illustrated by Aileen Darragh Can reading a picture book in class end up making a difference to a family that lives on a different continent? And what does a goat have to do with it? Some people think philanthropy is only for big foundations with lots of money, but thats not the whole picture. In this true story, readers will discover what is possible when a class works together on a small, but successful project. Humorous illustrations 67 QUAKERBOOKSAUTUMN 2011
show the process of identifying a charity and fundraising. Give a Goat is a useful template both for those who work with children and want them to experience the satisfaction of giving to others, and for kids who are looking for ways to make a difference. Grades 15. Tillbury, 2008, 40 pp., hardcover$16.95
Say Something
by Peggy Moss, illustrated by Lea Lyon The girl at the center of this story sees children who push and tease and bully. Sometimes they hurt other kids by just ignoring them. She sees it happening, but she would never do these mean things herself. Then one day something happens that shows her that being a silent bystander isnt enough. Will she take some steps on her own to help another kid? Grades K4. Tilbury House Publishers, 2010, 32 pp., paperback$7.95
In Our Mothers House
by Patricia Polacco This is the story of a happy, loving family, a daughters delight in her two mothers who raise their adopted, mixed-race family and give them wonderful memories on which to build their own futures. One family in their neighborhood shuns them, but the affection between Marmee, Meema, and their kids as they cook dinner, laugh, and dance together, is the one important thing. Grades 14. Philomel, 2009, 48 pp., cloth$17.99
Daddy, Papa, and Me
by Leslie Newman and Carol Thompson Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with two Daddies. From hide-and-seek to dress-up, then bath time and a kiss goodnight, theres no limit to what a loving family can do together. Tricycle Press, 2009, 20 pp., board book$7.99 Also available, Mommy, Mama, and Me$7.99
My Name Is Sangoel
by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed, illustrated by Catherine Stock Eight-year-old Sangoel is a refugee. Leaving behind his homeland of Sudan, where his father died in the war, he has little to call his own other than his name. When he, his mother and sister arrive in the United States, everything seems very strange. Sangoel quietly endures the fact that no one can pronounce his name. Lonely and homesick, he finally comes up with an ingenious solution to this problem, and in the process he at last begins to feel at home. Grades 13. Eerdmans, 2009, 36 pp., hardcover$17.00
One
by Katryn Otoshi Blue is a quiet color. Reds a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple dont like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of handuntil One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding young readers learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each others differences and how it sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count. KO Kids Books, 2008, 32 pp., hardcover$16.95 68 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
Zero
by Katryn Otoshi Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her center. Every day she watches the other numbers line up to count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 . . . ! Those numbers have value. Thats why they count, she thinks. But how could a number worth nothing become something? Zero feels empty inside. She watches One having fun with the other numbers. One has bold strokes and squared corners. Zero is big and round with no corners at all. If I were like One, then I could count too, she thinks. So she pushes and pulls, stretches and straightens, forces and flattens herself, but in the end she realizes that she can only be Zero. As budding young readers learn about numbers and counting, they are also introduced to accepting different body types, developing social skills and character, and learning what it means to accept yourself and others. KO Kids Books, 2010, 32 pp., hardcover$17.95
Books for Children ages 912

Toby Alone
by Timothee De Fombelle, illustrated by Francois Place Toby Lolness may be just one and a half millimeters tall, but hes the most wanted person in his worldthe world of the great oak Tree. Tobys father has made a groundbreaking discovery; that the Tree itself is alive, flowing with vital energy, and there may even be a world beyond it. Greedy developers itch to exploit this knowledge, risking permanent damage to their natural world. Tobys family has been exiled to the lower branches, and only Toby has managed to escapebut for how long? The impressive debut novel from French playwright de Fombelle deftly weaves mature political commentary, broad humor, and some subtle satire into a thoroughly enjoyable adventure. Publishers Weekly Candlewick Press, 2010, 384 pp., paperback$8.99 Also available: the sequel, Toby and the Secrets of the Tree, hardcover$16.99
TruceThe Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
by Jim Murphy A book about the Christmas truce in World War I, when German and English soldiers came out of their trenches, talked, sang, and celebrated together. Conveys the horror and pointlessness of the war without being too gruesome. Murphy tells of the war, its course until then, the commanders reactions, and of the effect the truce had on the opposing soldiers. A thoughtful anti-war book. Scholastic, 2009, 116 pp., hardcover$19.99
47
by Walter Mosley Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John who claims he arrived by Sun Ship on Earth. He introduces 47 to a magical science and teaches him the meaning of freedom. The story is part mystery, part historical fiction, and part science fiction. Little Brown, 2005, 232 pp., paperback$7.99
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Trouble Dont Last
by Shelley Pearsall Eleven-year-old Samuel was born enslaved, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life hes ever known. Then with no warning Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed, and, together they run. Samuel is not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and starving. But as they move from one refuge to the next on the Underground Railroad, Samuel uncovers the secret of his own pastand future. And old Harrison begins to see past a whole lifetime of hurt to the promise of a new life. Includes a historical note and map. Yearling, 2002, 230 pp., paperback$6.99
New!
World without Fish
by Mark Kurlansky and Frank Stockton Kurlansky, author of Nonviolence: History of a Dangerous Idea, writes interestingly and movingly about the terrible things happening to fish, the oceans, and our environment. Interwoven in the book is a 12-page, full-color graphic novel. Workman, 2011, 183 pp., cloth$16.95
American Born Chinesea graphic novel
by Gene Luch Yang Three interwoven, and often humorous, plotlines involving Chinese folk hero Monkey King, Jin Wang, a lonely Asian American middle school student who would do anything to fit in with his white classmates, and Danny, an All-American teen who feels shamed by his Chinese cousin Chin-Kee. Yang engineers a clever convergence of these parallel tales into a powerful climax with masterful commentary about race, identity, and self-acceptance. A finalist for the National Book Award for Young People. Square Fish, 2007, 233 pp., paperback$8.99
Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. He is in fact the first child in town to be born free. Everything changes when a former slave steals money from Elijahs friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Now its up to Elijah to track down the thiefand his dangerous journey just might make a hero out of him. Scholastic, 2009, 368 pp., paperback$7.99
Standing in the Light
The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan
by Mary Pope-Osborne Caty Logan, a 13-year-old Quaker girl in rural Pennsylvania, is captured by Lenape Indians in 1763. Although she is initially terrified, over time, she learns to care deeply for her captors. An excellent portrait of Quaker life in the late 18th century and of life among the Lenape, this is a well-researched historical novel with excellent notes and reproductions of drawings at the end of the book. From the Dear America series. Scholastic, 1998, 184 pp., cloth$12.95 70 800-966-4556QUAKERBOOKS.ORG
Lighting Candles in the Dark
edited by Elinor Briggs, et al. These stories from many authors and lands are offered in the hope that they will light candles of understanding. They depict courageous people who use nonviolent and creative action in difficult and dangerous situations. Some of the stories are taken from Quaker history, others focus on helpfulness, fairness, the power of love, and care of the earth. QuakerPress of FGC, 2011, 215 pp., paperback$14.95
Books for Young Adults

Quaking
by Kathryn Erskine Everything changes for fourteen-year-old Matt when she moves in with peaceful Quakers Sam and Jessica Fox, who are active in the movement against the war in the Middle East. After years of being batted around, fourteen-year-old Matt (dont call her Matilda) has learned to rely on herself at school and everywhere. Biology is good. I am an expert. We are studying morphing, but I have already morphed. I have my own exoskeleton . . . I have spent years developing my armor and I will not let it be pierced. She must call on all of her resources to handle Mr. Warhead, the Rat, and the Wall at her new school, not to mention the Beast in her head. Speak, an imprint of Penguin, 2010, 236 pp., paperback$7.99
Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine In Caitlins world, everything is black or white. Anything in between is confusing. Thats how Caitlins older brother, Devon, always explained it. But now Devon is dead. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an 11-year-old girl with Aspergers syndrome, she doesnt know how. Puffin, 2011, 235 pp., paperback$6.99
Bamboo PeopleA Novel
by Mitali Perkins Chiko is a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh wants to fight for freedom after watching the destruction of his home and bamboo fields. Timidity becomes courage and anger becomes compassion as each boy is changed by unlikely friendships formed under extreme circumstances. The author does not sugarcoat the terrible reality, but this is a gentle story suitable for younger readers than the subject matter might suggest. It answers the question, What is it like to be a child soldier? clearly, but with hope. Charlesbridge, 2010, 274 pp., paperback$16.95
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The Omnivores Dilemma for Kids

The Secrets behind What You Eat
by Michael Pollan A young persons version of Pollans now classic work on how our food gets to us, what is in it, and how it is grown. Pollan tracks animals and plants through the system. Very good value, with a new introduction and a Q&A section, Most helpfully, the text is divided into bite sized segments with illustrations, fact boxes, and explanatory diagrams. We like it better than the adult version. Penguin, 2009, 298 pp., paperback$9.99
We Are the Weather Makers

The History of Climate Change
by Sally Walker and Tim Flannery First published for an adult readership, The Weather Makers got kudos for its solid science and powerful message. Now this accessible edition speaks directly to young adults, offering a clear look at the history of climate change, how matters will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Newly featured are twenty-five practical tips for living a greener lifestyle at home, in school, in the community, and ultimately, on Earth. Candlewick, 2010, 320 pp., paperback$9.99
After Gandhi
One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance
by Anne and Perry Sibley OBrien In 1908 Mohandas Gandhi spoke to a crowd of 3,000. Together they protested against an unjust law without guns or rioting. Peacefully they made a difference. Gandhis words and deeds influenced countless others to work toward the goals of freedom and justice through peaceful methods. Mother and son team, Anne and Perry Edmond OBrien, highlight some of the people and events that Gandhis actions inspired. From Rosa Parks to the students at Tiananmen Square to Wangari Maathai, these people have made the world sit up and take notice. The provocative graphics and beautiful portraits accompanying these stories stir the emotions and inspire a sense of civic responsibility. Charlesbridge, 2009, 192 pp., paperback$24.95
ChainsA Novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight for freedom from slavery. Promised liberty upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate, become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. From acclaimed Quaker author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual. Atheneum, 2010, 316 pp., paperback$6.99
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Claudette ColvinTwice toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose In 1955, a teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be nine months later, Claudette found herself shunned by classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South. Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, this is the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure. Square Fish, 2011, 160 pp., paperback$9.99
Sale and Remaindered Books

Notes from an ExhibitionA Novel
by Patrick Gale A British family wrestles with the unexpected death of the gifted, bipolar artist who is the mother of the family. Only the fathers staunch Quaker beliefs give them any chance of withstanding her destructive influence and the suspicion that they came second to her art. The story of the mothers life as an artist, lover, parent, wife, and patient is pieced together from the clues of family memories and reactions to her sudden death. What emerges is a story of enduring love, and of a family which weathers tragedy, mental illness, and the strain of living with genius. Harper, 2007, 375 pp., paperback$6.50
Human SmokeThe Beginnings of World War

by Nicholson Baker This is an extraordinary testament to pacifism from Quaker novelist and essayist Nicholson Baker. In a staccato, chronological chain of newspaper and diary reports, with brief comments of his own, Baker covers the period from 1842 to 1941. Was it inevitable that wars would occur? Could events have transpired peacefully, or at least differently? Baker provides contemporary reports of events and leaves it to the reader to decide. Many Quakers (and their work for peace) are included. In Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker turns his unrivaled literary talents to pacifism. . . . Bakers book is truly original. Chalmers Johnson Simon and Schuster, 2008, 566 pp., hardback$8.00
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Got Silence? T-Shirt

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Unisex Style Womens Style V-Neck Style T-shirt features FGCs new logo (a dandelion seed head) on the front and the words Got Silence? www.quakerfinder.org on the back. Shirt is made in the U.S. from cotton and printed locally to us in New Jersey. Available in sizes Small to XXL and in Maroon or Blue. Blue is organic cotton. Maroon is cotton. Camden Printworks Clothing, 2011$20.00
George Fox T-Shirt

(bamboo)
Made from bamboo by a fair trade shop in China, and hand printed in New Jersey with George Foxs words, Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone, and with a graphic image based on a Fritz Eichenberg woodcut. Bamboo requires little water to grow, and produces more oxygen than trees when growing. It also produces an exceptionally soft fabric. Available as Mens or Womans style, with long or short sleeves, in light blue, light green, brown, or black. Long sleeves$22.00 Short sleeves$20.00
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