Checkpoints And Chances

Eyewitness Accounts From An Observer In Israel-palestine

BY KATHERINE MAYCOCK
Katharine Maycock went to the West Bank in October 2002 as a volunteer international observer based in Bethlehem for Quaker Peace and Social Witness, and she continued working there for a humanitarian agency into 2004. These are her luminous reports of being with people who live under military occupation, as they struggle with curfews, checkpoints, and sudden losses of home and livelihood.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2005 128 PP. Paper

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Chicken Sunday

BY PATRICIA POLACCO
After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers determine to buy their gramma Eula a beautiful Easter hat. But their good intentions are misunderstood, until they discover just the right way to pay for the hat that Eula's had her eye on. A loving family story woven from the author's childhood.

Penguin 1998 32 PP. Paper

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The Children Are Free

Reexamining The Biblical Evidence On Same Sex Relationships

BY JEFF MINER AND JOHN TYLER CONNOLEY
Can two people of the same sex live in committed, loving relationship with the blessing of God? That's the question The Children Are Free brings to Scripture. This book is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read examination of the biblical evidence regarding loving same-sex relationships and God's attitude toward them. This book belongs in the library of any Christian questioning the role of Scripture in the lives of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, or the role of GLB people in the Church.

Jesus Metropolitan Community Church 2002 112 PP. Paper

$12.95 (in stock)

Children Just Like Me

BY BARNABAS AND ANABEL KINDERSLEY
"A delightful, attractive look at children from around the world. The authors spent two years meeting and photographing youngsters from every continent and more than 140 countries. The volume is divided by continent, which is introduced with photos of children, their names, and nationalities. Then a double-page spread features pictures of each child's food, eating utensils, housing, school, friends, and family. The text gives the young people a chance to comment on their favorite games, friends, and hopes for the future. The final section includes excerpts from the Kindersleys' travel diary. This book is factual, respectful, and insightful."-School Library Journal

1995 80 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)

The Children Of Herakles By Euripedes

TRANSLATED BY HENRY TAYLOR, ROBERT BROOKES
Translated by Quaker poet Henry Taylor this is a play about war and the effects of war within the state. Herakles, the legendary hero cursed from birth, was never permitted a triumphant homecoming. Here, his descendants continue the effort to return home, seeking asylum from the persecution of the king who had imposed on Herakles the famous twelve labors. While it pursues concepts of deep moral grandeur, it ends with a denouement of astonishing physical and ethical brutality, and affords Euripides a severe comment on what he believed was the decline of the Athenian character.

1981 83 PP. Cloth

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Children Of The River

BY LINDA CREW
Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was 13. Now, four years later, she struggles to fit in at her Oregon high school and to be "a good Cambodian girl" at home. A good Cambodian girl never dates; she waits for her family to arrange her marriage to a Cambodian boy. Yet Sundara and Jonathan, an extraordinary American boy, are powerfully drawn to each other. Haunted by grief for her lost family and for the life left behind, Sundara longs to be with him. At the same time she wonders, Are her hopes for happiness and new life in America disloyal to her past and her people? Grades 7 and up.

Laurel Leaf 1991 224 PP. Boxed

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The Children's Bible

EDITED BY SALLY TAGHOLM
Sally Tagholm is a British author who has written many books for children. Here she has adapted the NIV bible for children 7 to 14 with a straightforward easily readable style that does not skip the more difficult passages. Illustrations are not the usual DK style, though there are a few explanatory pages like that and some full page photos interleafed in the text were needed. Bright blue board cover and gold edged pages.

DK 2008 354 PP. Cloth

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Children's Books That Nurture The Spirit

BY LOUISE MARGARET GRANAHAN
This book introduces people to readily available children's literature for faith development. Each chapter contains one "text set"- a group of books related by genre, topic, author, illustrator, etc. (e.g. "God and the Environment") - appropriate for a range of ages. Suggestions are provided for ways to use the literature, as well as complete bibliographic information with a synopsis and review. This material makes clear the positive points as well as certain topics or language which may be offensive or warrant further discussion.

Northstone 2003 256 PP. Paper

$29.95 (low stock)

The Children's Illustrated Bible

RETOLD BY SELINA HASTINGS, ILLUSTRATED BY ERIC THOMAS
Written in conjunction with educators, scholars, and religious advisors, this retelling of favorite Old and New Testament stories retains the original feel and poetry of the Bible while appealing to contemporary young readers. DK's Children's Illustrated Bible features some of the best-known Bible tales, including, the Birth of Jesus, Jacob's Ladder, Noah's Ark, and the Resurrection, written especially for children in a clear, easy-to-understand tone. A "Who's Who in the Bible Stories" section and quotations from the King James Bible, listed by chapter and verse, add even more value to this unique resource. This edition also includes background information, maps and photos of artifacts.

DK 2004 320 PP. Cloth

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A Childs Garden

A Story Of Hope

BY MICHAEL FOREMAN
A little boy's home has been reduced to ruin and rubble, and now a wire fence and soldiers separate him from the streams and hills he once visited with his father. But the boy sees a tiny speck of green peeping up toward the sunlight, and he quietly begins to coax it with water and care. What sort of promise can a vine's spreading tendrils bring to a bleak landscape? A beautifully illustrated tale of healing and renewal from a world-acclaimed children's book creator, A Child's Garden pays gentle tribute to the human spirit.

Candlewick 2009 32 PP. Cloth

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Choosing Against War

A Christian View

BY JOHN ROTH
"Roth wrote this short, simple introduction to Christian pacifism 'out of a conviction that the gospel of Jesus Christ does indeed speak to the crises of our day with a perspective that is both distinctive and unique.' Very much in the tradition of Christian apology, the book isn't likely to convert readers with Nietzschean inclinations, whom it often seems to be arguing against. But those curious about Christian pacifism and the strains of the Christian tradition, particularly the historic peace churches (Mennonites, Brethren, and Quakers), which understand that nonviolence lies at the heart of the gospel, could do worse than to start their learning here." - Booklist

Good Books 2002 128 PP. Paper

$9.99 (in stock)

Choosing Peace

A Handbook On War, Peace, And Your Conscience

BY ROBERT SEELEY
A complete discussion of modern war: military recruiting, work against war, and ways to live by your beliefs. Good for youth.

Central Comm. for Conscientious Objectors 1994 245 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Choosing Simplicity

Real People Finding Peace And Fulfillment In A Complex World

BY LINDA BREEN PIERCE
Based on the author's three-year study of over 200 people from 40 states and eight countries - all living "Simply", Choosing Simplicity mixes real-life profiles and guidelines on simplicity. Interwoven throughout the stories are the author's insights and lessons to guide those who want to explore simplicity and to sustain those who have already embarked on this journey. The book also includes a 16-page Resource Guide with reviews of many books on simplicity, information on related web sites, organizations, simplicity study circles, workshops, newsletters and magazines.

Gallagher Press 2000 348 PP. Paper

$16.95 (low stock)

Christianity

A History

BY BAMBER GASCOIGNE
This book was written to accompany a BBC history of Christianity TV program back in the 1970's. But it stands well by itself as a comprehensive and readable introduction with no axes to grind. He mixes humor at the claimed number of foreskins of Jesus you could found in European cathedrals in the 14th century with more serious looks for instance at Celtic spirituality and Christians in the abolitionist movement. Well worth the full price and great value as a publishers remainder.

Carroll & Graf 1986 229 PP. Paper

$7.00 (low stock)

Christianity And The Inner Life

Twenty-first Century Reflections On The Words Of Early Friends-php 402

BY MARGERY POST ABBOTT
In her explorations of the writings of early Friends, Marge Abbott has discovered her own approach to Christian perspectives that speaks to her experiences of the Divine Light. She finds inspiration and fellowship with early and modern Friends for whom Christ is central, without excluding the wisdom and inspiration of other religious traditions. Engagement with evangelical Friends and social justice work have expanded her sense of compassion.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2009 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Christianity, Social Tolerance, And Homosexuality

Gay People In Western Europe From The Beginning Of The Christian Era To The Fourteenth Century

BY JOHN BOSWELL
Ten years of research in a dozen languages went into this remarkable book. It is fascinating, not just because of the often unacknowledged gay history in Christianity and the Christian West that it presents, but also for the wit and wisdom the author brings to what might be considered modern day gay issues.

University of Chicago Press 1987 284 PP. Paper

$23.00 (low stock)

Christmas In The Trenches

BY JOHN MCCUTCHEON, ILLUSTRATED BY HENRI SORENSEN
It is cold and clear on Christmas Eve night in 1914. Francis Tolliver and his fellow British soldiers are holed up in muddy trenches along the Western Front. The German soldiers lie in wait across a field known as "No Man's Land." Suddenly a strange sound pierces the darkness. Someone is singing a Christmas carol in German. When the song ends, Thomas and the other British soldiers sing a carol. Soon carols are sung back and forth across No Man's Land. Then a figure emerges in the dark, carrying a small Christmas tree. Slowly the British and German soldiers leave their trenches, and the war, behind to stand together in the open field. Includes a CD with 2 songs and a reading of the book.

Peachtree 2007 32 PP. + CD Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

Christmas Programs With A Twist

BY ELINOR BRIGGS
Nine simple-to-produce plays and pagents. Intergenerational.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1994 30 PP. Paper

$5.50 (in stock)

The Christmas Scrapbook

A Harmony Story

BY PHILIP GULLEY
The Quaker storyteller presents a heartwarming tale for the holidays on the real gifts people give one another.

HarperSanFrancisco 2005 96 PP. Cloth

$12.95 (in stock)

The Church Of The Second Chance

A Faith-based Approach To Prison Reform

BY JENS SOERING
Jens Soering, who has been in prison for more than 20 years for a murder he claims he didn't commit, shows that, despite committing theft, murder, even terrorism, figures like Moses, Samson, and Paul were raised to places of honor in what we might call the 'Church of the Second Chance.' The stories of these biblical outlaws can help solve a social crisis that has been building for over 30 years: the problem of America's prisons. Each chapter begins with a Bible study, goes on to examine a crucial problem besetting our jails and penitentiaries, and ends with an interview that demonstrates how people are working today, in and out of prison, to apply God's word to our own lives and times.

Lantern 2008 326 PP. Paper

$22.00 (in stock)

Circle Of Peace Cd

BY CAROL JOHNSON
During songwriting sessions with children in "high risk" neighborhoods in her hometown, Johnson and the children created songs of peace, featured on this CD. Songs include "Circle of Peace," "We Will Lift up this World," "I Have a Dream," "If not Me, then Who?". Printed lyrics are included with this CD.

Array 1999 1 HOUR Audio

$9.50 (in stock)

Circle Of Peace Songbook

BY CAROL JOHNSON
During songwriting sessions with children in "high risk" neighborhoods in her hometown, Johnson and the children created songs of peace, featured on this CD. Songs include "Circle of Peace," "We Will Lift up this World," "I Have a Dream," "If not Me, then Who?". Printed lyrics are included with this CD.

Array 1999 20 PP. Spiral Bound

$11.00 (in stock)

Citizenship A Christian Calling

LON FENDALL

Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Claudette Colvin

Twice 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 9 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. the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure.

FSG 2009 144 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (low stock)

Clear The Clutter

Make Space For Your Life

BY INGE VAN DER PLOEG
Whether you need to know how to organize your laundry, weekly shopping, office computer files or your ten-year backlog of family photographs, this book can help. Full of no-nonsense advice, practical exercises, handy tips and checklists, it can be used to address a specific problem or as an overview for clearing up your life. Sorting out your surroundings has other benefits, too: the practical experience of ordering a home or work space leads on naturally to rethinking other aspects of life. Clearing out the clutter really can make space for your life, and offer greater emotional and personal stability.

Floris Books 2004 125 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Clearness Committees And Their Use In Personal Discernment

BY JAN HOFFMAN
A clearness committee meets with a person who is unclear on how to proceed in a keenly felt concern or dilemma, hoping that it can help this person reach clarity. Pamphlet describes practical steps. $0.75 each (fewer than 10). $0.60 each (10-49). $0.40 each (50 or more).

Quaker Press of FGC 1996 LEAFLET Tract

0-10 $0.75, 10-50 $0.60, 50 or more $0.40 (in stock)

The Cloud Of Unknowing

EDITED BY EMILIE GRIFFIN, FOREWARD BY TIM FARRINGTON
Written by an anonymous English monk during the late fourteenth century, The Cloud of Unknowing is a sublime expression of what separates God from humanity and is widely regarded as a hallmark of Western literature and spirituality. A work of simplicity, courage, and lucidity, it is a contemplative classic on the deep mysteries of faith.

HarperSanFrancisco 2004 148 PP. Paper

$11.95 (in stock)

Cloud Of Witnesses (80)

BY JIM WALLIS, JOYCE HOLLYDAY
SECONDHAND COPY. Fair condition, paperback Potted biographies of notable peacemakers and activists \: ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISSI, DOROTHY DAY, JEAN VANIER, ELIAS CHACOUR, PENNY LERNOUX: A Journey of Trust by Tom Fox, JOAN CHITTISTER, HENRI NOUWEN, PEDRO ARRUPE, FANNIE LOU HAMER, HOWARD THURMAN, THOMAS MERTON: A Noisy Vocation in the Silent Life by Jim Forest amongst many others.

Orbis 1994 290 PP. Paper

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The Clouded Quaker Star

James Nayler, 1618-1660

BY VERA MASSEY
A compelling perspective on James Nayler's ministry before and after his trial and conviction for blasphemy by parliament. It's all here: Nayler's power and faith, his torment, his stormy relationship with George Fox. This new biography draws the reader into the drama-the friendships, the falling-outs, the sacrifices, and the courage-of the men and women who gave birth to the Religious Society of Friends.

Friends United Press 1999 113 PP. Paper

$22.00 (in stock)

Clouds Without Rain

Ohio Amish Mystery Series - #3

BY P. L. GAUS
Clouds without Rain begins with a fatal accident involving an Amish buggy and an eighteen-wheeler. Professor Branden grows suspicious about the true nature of the crash, especially when the trustee for the dead Amish man's estate disappears a few days later. Branden sets out to find a link between the crash and a spate of other disturbing events: Amish teenagers robbing buggies on dusty lanes, land swindles involving out-of-town developers, and a bank official gone missing.

Ohio University Press 2001 203 PP. Paper

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