Consider The Blackbird

Reflections On Spirituality And Language

BY HARVEY GILLMAN
How can we stand next to another human being and talk to them truthfully about God, religion and the truths that matter to us? Harvey has spent five years reflecting on this topic and is a gifted and inspirational speaker himself. The author contends that the way we speak, the way we search for meaning, the way we declare our truths - these are often at the root of such political and spiritual `dis-ease.' The driving force behind this book is how we can use difference compassionately and with integrity. This is a journey through language, using poetry, philosophy, and insights from different religions.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2007 131 PP. Paper

$25.00 (low stock)

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

The Prevention, Management And Transformations Of Deadly Conflict

BY HUGH MIALL, OLIVER RAMSBOTHAM, TOM WOODHOUSE
All three authors are Friends. The second edition of this hugely popular text charts the development of the field from its pioneers to its contemporary exponents and offers an assessment of its achievements and the challenges it faces in today's changed security environment. The book has been thoroughly updated and new chapters added on peacebuilding from below, reconciliation, responses to terror, gender issues, the ethics of intervention, dialogue, discourse and disagreement, culture and conflict resolution, and future directions for the field.

Polity Press 2005 399 PP. Paper

$26.00 (backorder)

Contemporary Quaker Classics

BY ROBERT SELLICK
A 14-lesson study guide to three Quaker classics: The Trustworthiness of Religious Experience by Elton Trueblood (4 lessons); Prayer and Worship by Douglas Steere (4 lessons), and The Eternal Promise by Thomas Kelly (6 lessons).

FUP 1988 45 PP. Paper

$2.50 (in stock)

Convinced Quakerism

2003 Walton Lecture

BY BEN PINK-DANDELION
"I want to think about convincement, how we may view this term in our Yearly Meetings today, and how understanding its original sense could help us regain a language or a frame in which to better describe some of our experience. I want to begin by looking at the profile of our Quakerism, then the nature of early Quaker language in relation to experience, followed by some reflections on the use of language in relation to experience. I'll end with how I think all this may help us revitalise our part of the Quaker movement." The author, from his Introduction.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2003 25 PP. Paper

$4.00 (low stock)

Copper Fold Formed Scarf Slide

CRAFTED BY SETH BARCH
Scarf Slide about 2.5 inches wide. My (Seth's) mother received a prototype as a gift months ago and is still finding new ways to wrap a scarf through the coils of this slide. Copper version. Price includes shipping within the USA.

Seth Barch SCARF SLIDE Boxed

$30.00 Availability checked Mar 12th 2:49pm CST

The Cost Of Privilege

Taking On The Systems Of White Supremacy And Racism

BY CHIP SMITH
White supremacy is more than mere prejudice. The Cost of Privilege tears through the matrix of "race relations" to expose a power structure that has shaped all economic, political and cultural life in the United States, since colonial settler days. On one side of the color line are systematic oppression, super-exploitation and demonization of people of color. On the other, a systematic awarding of privileges, large and small, to everyday working people who cling desperately to "whiteness" and often don't even recognize the role their lives play in a much bigger scheme. "This is the most comprehensive and clear analysis of racism and national oppression that I've seen." - Kozomi

Camino Press 2007 480 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Counsel To The Christian-traveler

Also Meditations & Experiences

BY WILLIAM SHEWEN
William Shewen was an early-convinced and prominent member of the Religious Society of Friends in London in the mid to late seventeenth century; he was also the author of a number of tracts and books. His Counsel to the Christian-Traveller was first published in 1683 and frequently reprinted up to 1838. In this new edition this early and important dissertation on Quaker Faith and Practice is made available to those who desire a deeper understanding of the traditional beliefs of the Religious Society of Friends.

Inner Light Books 2005 116 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Counting On Kindness

The Dilemmas Of Dependency

BY WENDY LUSTBADER
What does it feel like when you have to be "cared for" and what is it like to be the carer. Here stories and experiences of all sorts of people who have been faced with dependence are used to help those now or about to undergo a similar transition. She looks at all stages of caring from illness to death.

Free Press 1991 206 PP. Paper

$18.95 (low stock)

The Courage To Teach - 10th Anniversary Edition

Exploring The Inner Landscape Of A Teacher's Life

BY PARKER J. PALMER
In this book 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 book's ideas.

Jossey-Bass 2007 272 PP. Cloth

$27.95 (in stock)

Courage To Teach Guide For Relection And Renewal

With A 70 Minute Dvd

BY PARKER PALMER
This guide is a welcome resource for those who wish to extend their exploration beyond just reading "The Courage to Teach," individually or within a study group. Includes a DVD featuring an interview with Parker Palmer discussing the crisis in education, the heart of a teacher, ways of knowing, and more.

Jossey-Bass 2007 176 PP. Paper

$18.95 (low stock)

The Covenant Crucified

Quakerism And The Rise Of Capitalism

BY DOUGLAS GWYN
Doug Gwyn has researched and written extensively on early Quakers in 17th-century England. The Covenant Crucified combines the scholarly and prophetic to compare "covenant":- uniting people under the care of a transcendent God, and "contract":- uniting them primarily through secular visions of self-interest. "This book is critical to our understanding of early Friends and how the movement changed during the first decades. He outlines the distinctive nature of the Quaker "Covenant of Light", and how that was transformed within a generation into a more worldly contractual understanding. It is also a call to Quakers today to recover a sense of covenant for the journey ahead." - Ben Pink Dandelion

QHS 2006 404 PP Paper

$36.00 (low stock)

Cradle To Cradle

Remaking The Way We Make Things

BY WILLIAM MCDONOUGH, MICHAEL BRAUNGART
A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism. Instead of "Reduce, reuse, recycle" why not design Products might so that, after their first useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are).

North Point Press 2002 208 PP. Paper

$15.00 (low stock)

Crash

BY JERRY SPINELLI
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy (Penn Webb) and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family. Ages 10-13.

Knopf 1997 162 PP. Paper

$5.99 (in stock)

Creating A World Without Poverty

Social Business And The Future Of Capitalism

BY MUHAMMAD YUNUS
The founder of the microlending pioneer, the Grameen Bank, outlines his vision for a new business model, which he calls Social Business, that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world improving real wealth, healthcare, education and the environment for all. He tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today.

Public Affairs Books 2008 261 PP. Cloth

$26.00 (low stock)

Creating Spaces

Exploring Our Spiritual Journeys Through Drama

BY CAROLINE JONES
This pack contains material for six reflective drama sessions and guidelines on how to use them. The material can be used for one-off sessions or as a series of six over a weekend or number of weeks. Each session lasts two hours and has a similar structure and style of exercise, but a different theme. The themes are the six basic elements of drama: sound and silence, movement and stillness, light and darkness. By using simple, meditative drama techniques the sessions provide an opportunity for a small group to share some aspects of their spiritual journeys.

Britain Yearly Meeting 1994 42 PP. Paper

$10.00 (low stock)

Creating The Beloved Community

A Journey With The Fellowship Of Reconciliation

BY PAUL DEKAR
This history of the FOR in the USA shows that its members have been practical dreamers, both imagining a more peaceful world and working to realize the dream.. Creating the Beloved Community grows out of the author's 40-year involvement with the peace movement, including experience as a founder of the peace studies program at McMaster University. Dekar has combined personal acquaintance with FOR and careful research to produce a history both passionate and thorough history of the organisation and its work.

Cascadia 2005 326 PP. Paper

$23.95 (low stock)

Creating True Peace

Ending Violence In Yourself, Your Family, Your Community And The World

BY THICH NHAT HANH
"This newest [book by Naht Hanh] is filled with meditations and practices for individuals and families; since relatively few people choose monasticism as a lifestyle, the practice of household peace through deep listening and loving speech is eminently useable. Moreover, as Nhat Hanh shows in his stories and examples of working with people in conflict, such techniques underlie peace in the political arena as well. Written in Nhat Hanh's characteristically soothing way, this is a practical and basic book of his profound and comprehensive teachings, especially for families with children." - Publishers Weekly

Free Press 2004 224 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Creation

BY GERALD MCDERMOTT
The simple text of the Genesis Creation story (1:1 through 2:3) is illustrated in a style drawn from the Babylonian Enuma Elish, and sources as diverse as the illuminated Bibles Moralis‚es of thirteenth-century France and the Sarajevo Haggadah of fourteenth-century Spain, inspiring, brightly colored and textured. For ages 4-8.

Dutton Books 2003 32 PP Cloth

$16.99 (low stock)

Creation

Master Illustrat0r Series

BY GENNADY SPIRIN
Creation pairs the text of the biblical story ( the New International Version) with the masterful artistry of illustrator Gennady Spirin. His meticulous attention to detail and selection of dramatic color unveils the story of creation with clarity and expression. The format mirrors stained glass windows for the most part and seeks to convey the mystery and majesty in Creation.

Zonderkidz 2008 32 PP. Cloth

$14.99 (in stock)

Creative Listening

Quaker Dialogue

BY CLAREMONT MONTHLY MEETING
Suggestions for leaders aiming to deepen interpersonal relations and spiritual life among members of a religious body through the sharing of meaningful experiences in fellowship groups.

Claremont MM 1991 18 PP. Paper

$3.50 (in stock)

Creeds And Quakers

What's Belief Got To Do With It? - Php 377

BY ROBERT GRISWOLD
Quaker spiritual authority lies not in creeds - but in the direct communion between individual Friends and the Divine Spirit. The pamphlet asserts that Friends too often hold Quaker testimonies as ideals, as ends in themselves, rather than as fruits of the Spirit. Without spiritual grounding, testimonies become creeds. In the absence of the profound authority of a faith that defies verbal comprehension and words, the historic Quaker witness to the world is in danger.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2005 35 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Cress Delahanty

BY JESSAMYN WEST
Set in rural California in the 1940s, this novel first published as four short stories, wittily portrays an adolescent girl navigating pivotal moments of growing up between ages 12 and 16. West is equally insightful about the eternal problems of parent and grandparenthood, how raising children transforms a marriage, and how death touches a family. An afterword discuses her writing career.

Feminist Press 2006 340 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

A Crime So Monstrous

Face-to-face With Modern-day Slavery

BY E. BENJAMIN SKINNER, FOREWORD BY RICHARD HOLBROOKE
There are more slaves in the world today than at any time in history. With years of reporting in such places as Haiti, Sudan, India, Eastern Europe, The Netherlands, and even suburban America, he has produced a vivid testament and moving reportage on one of the worst evils of our time. "A great storyteller, Skinner brings the whole underworld of traffickers and their victims to life. At the same time, he shows how complex the phenomenon really is, and why the solutions of would-be abolitionists in this country have proven misguided or simply futile." -- Frances Fitzgerald

Free Press 2008 328 PP. Cloth

$7.50 (in stock)

Crossing Bok Chitto

A Choctaw Tale Of Friendship & Freedom

BY TIM TINGLE, ILLUSTRATED BY JEANNE ROREX-BRIDGES
Martha Tom, a young Choctaw girl, knows better than to cross Bok Chitto, but one day - in search of blackberries - she disobeys her mother and finds herself on the other side. A tall slave discovers Martha Tom. A friendship begins between Martha Tom and the slave's family, most particularly his young son, Little Mo. Soon afterwards, Little Mo's mother finds out that she is going to be sold. The situation seems hopeless, except that Martha Tom teaches Little Mo's family how to walk on water to their freedom.

Cinco Puntos Press 2006 30 PP. Cloth

$10.95 (low stock)

Cuckoo's Egg (107)

BY C J CHERRYH
Some nice Science Fiction hardbacks - not that quakerly - but these and murder mysteries do seem to be popular among Friends!. These books are all in pretty good condition hardback with tidy dustjackets. Science Fiction Book Club Editions.

Various Publishers 1985 184 PP. Cloth

$7.50 USED - availability checked Mar 12th 2:49pm CST

Cultures Of Peace

The Hidden Side Of History

BY ELISE BOULDING
Quaker sociologist Elise Boulding offers an eminent collection of essays that emphasizes her study of civil society over the past fifty years. While most media and academic attention focuses on the extreme violence in today's society, Elise Boulding notes an equally significant presence of cultures and societies of peace. Here, in a volume that represents a life's work, she revisits her theme of the connection of family, community, and government and offers enriching perspectives and advice on how to fuel the process of peace.

Syracuse University Press 2000 348 PP. Paper

$24.95 (low stock)

The Curious Garden

BY PETER BROWN
One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time. While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.

Little, Brown 2009 40 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time

BY MARK HADDON
An autistic boy tries to solve a mystery that involves the death of his neighbors dog. A good read as they say- and it opens a window to the autistic mind.

Vintage Books 2004 240 PP. Paper

$14.00 (low stock)

Daddy, Papa, And Me

BY LESLIE NEWMAN, CAROL THOMPSON
Board book. Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its two Daddies. From hide-and-seek to dress-up, then bath time and a kiss goodnight, there's no limit to what a loving family can do together.

Tricycle Press 2009 20 PP. Cloth

$7.99 (in stock)

Daily Readings From Quaker Spirituality

EDITED BY EDWARD CELL
A fine introduction to Quaker thought with nearly 70 one-page spiritual writings by prominent Friends. Contributors range from Fox, Woolman, Nayler and Penn to Kenneth Boulding, Thomas Kelly, Rufus Jones, and Jessamyn West. Ideal for inquirers or as a daily devotional for seasoned Friends.

Templegate 1987 96 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)