Knowing And Not Knowing

The 2007 Jonathan Plummer Lecture

BY MARGARET KATRANIDES
"I want to talk to you today about the ineffable. To describe the indescribable. I truly don't know what I'm supposed to be saying to you today, but I'll start with knowing and not knowing. We are born wanting to know. Watch a baby looking at the world, and you will see an intensity, a passion to know. Look inside yourself; when we are aware of not knowing, there's a tension, that is released when we come to know."

Illinois Yearly Meeting 2007 16 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Knowing The Mystery Of Life Within

Selected Writings Of Isaac Penington In Their Historical And Theological Context

SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY MELVIN KEISER AND ROSEMARY MOORE
Isaac Penington's writings provide a special insight into the turbulent mid-17th century. In his long struggle for "fullness of life" he produced some of the most profound spiritual counsel in Quaker literature. Part I is Isaac Penington's life in its historical context, through his letters to other Quakers transcribed from manuscript, and Part II presents his spirituality and thought with extracts from published works. With extensive commentary in each part, this is a more comprehensive representation of Penington's writings than ever before, designed to make the manner and substance of his thinking accessible in the 21st century to readers interested in early Quaker thought.

Britain Yearly Mtg 2005 322 PP Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

The Known World

A Novel

BY EDWARD JONES
In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.

Amistad 2004 432 PP Paper

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The Koran

TRANSLATED WITH NOTES BY N J DAWOOD
It is hard to know what is the best English translation of the Koran, Dawood first completed this translation in 1956, and it is a considered and flowing narrative, probably the easiest to read of any I have come across. He has revisited it many times as it was reprinted each time refining the translation. It is short of footnotes, and is best thought of as an introduction, but for the average reader this is probably the best place to start.

Penguin 2006 455 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

The Koran. A Very Short Introduction

BY MICHAEL COOK
In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in that of traditional Islam. He gives vivid accounts of its role in Muslim civilization, illustrates the diversity of interpretations championed by traditional and modern commentators, discusses the processes by which the book took shape, and compares it to other scriptures and classics of the historic cultures of Eurasia. Muslims are suspicious of the author because of his earlier writings on Hagarism from which he has now distanced himself.

Oxford University Press 2000 162 PP. Paper

$11.95 (in stock)

Language Process Notes

Using Words To Get Beyond Words

BY HARBERT RICE
Harbert Rice, former Clerk of Reno Meeting and a practitioner of Nonviolent Communication, has facilitated AVP workshops in Nevada prisons. He has also led "Experiment with Light" groups and is familiar with Gendlin's Focusing that Rex Ambler found so influential in forming Light Groups. Here he brings all these practices and insights together to show how each group uses an experiential language process, and that we can gain a further understanding of personal change and transformation by the cross fertilization of these practices that "use words (or their Absence) to get beyond words." Quaker experience, especially related to George Fox, is a major part of the book.

Focusing Institute 2008 118 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Large Circles And Bold Lines

A Quaker Scientist's Meditation On The Subject Of Meaning In His Life

BY STAN CHERIM
Large Circles and Bold Lines is about a quest for meaning in the life of a Quaker scientist. It is my reconciliation between science and decidedly non-traditional Christian theology and it shows how my identity as a Quaker is the offspring of that union. The Introduction is about Quakerism then comes an exploration of the connection between physical and spiritual reality. Other essays probe the mysteries and miracle of human consciousness and the evolution of a religious identity. Finally, a personally challenging topic that has to do with the eternal question: Why do bad things happen to good people?

I Universe 2011 86 PP. Paper

$9.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Lark In The Morn

BY ELFRIDA VIPONT
In 1940's England, 12-year-old Kit, growing up as the youngest and "untalented" child of a musical Quaker family, finally discovers where she fits in. This is the first of two novels full of wisdom and charm about Kit Haverard's emerging vocation as a singer, richly set in the fascinating English Quaker world of the mid-twentieth century-with its silent meetings, committees and mission work, diligent cultivation of knowledge and the arts, and seeking of the light within.

Bethlehem Books 1948 196 PP. Paper

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The Lark On The Wing

BY ELFRIDA VIPONT
17-year-old Kit has known for some time that both her heart and her future are in singing. Reluctantly she takes practical cousin Laura's advice and trains as a secretary to work with her father, but doggedly continues to study as much singing as she can on her own. Now, at a crossroads, she is determined to trust herself and follow her inner conviction. Set in the 1940s and filled with warmth and insight, this sequel to The Lark in the Morn continues the adventures of that 'dratted little Quaker' as she spreads her wings and lets her heart, mind and voice take flight.

Bethlehem Books 1950 232 PP. Paper

$12.95 (in stock)

The Last Generation

How Nature Will Take Her Revenge For Climate Change

BY FRED PEARCE
Since the last ice age, almost 13,000 years ago, humans have prospered in a stable, predictable climate. But our generation may be the last to be so blessed. Climate change from now on will not be gradual, maintains Pearce - nature doesn't do gradual. In the past, Earths climate switched from Arctic to tropical in three to five years. It can happen again. Nature is not fragile, the truth is the opposite. She is a wild and resourceful beast given to fits of rage.

Eden Project Books 2007 400 PP. Paper

$4.50 (in stock)

The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight

Revised And Updated: The Fate Of The World And What We Can Do Before It's Too Late

BY THOM HARTMANN
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is happening to our planet, the reasons for our culture's blind behavior, and how we can fix the problem. Thom Hartmann's comprehensive book, originally published in 1998, has become one of the fundamental handbooks of the environmental activist movement. Now, with fresh, updated material and a focus on political activism and its effect on corporate behavior, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight helps us understand--and heal--our relationship to the world, to each other, and to our natural resources.

Three Rivers Press 2044 376 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

The Last Of The Just

BY ANDRE SCHWARZ-BART
In 1885 in the old English city of York, the Jews were brutally massacred. As legend has it, God blessed the only survivor of this pogrom, Rabbi Yom Tov Levy, as one of the 36 Just Men of Jewish tradition, a blessing which extended to one Levy of each succeeding generation. This terrifying Legacy is traced over 8 centuries, from the Spanish Inquisition, to expulsions from England, France, Portugal Germany, and Russia, and to the small Polish village of Zemyock, where the Levys settle for two centuries in relative peace. It is in the then that Ernie Levy emerges, the Last of the Just, in 1920s Germany, as Hitter's sinister star is on the rise and the agonies of Auschwitz loom on the horizon.

Overlk 2000 374 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

The Last Week - Paperback

What The Gospels Really Teach About Jesus' Final Days In Jerusalem

BY MARCUS BORG AND JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN
As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's crucifixion. Using the gospel of Mark as their guide, Borg and Crossan present a day-by-day account of Jesus's final week of life. They begin their story on Palm Sunday with two triumphal entries into Jerusalem. The first entry, that of Roman governor Pontius Pilate leading Roman soldiers into the city, symbolized military strength. The second heralded a new kind of moral hero who was praised by the people as he rode in on a humble donkey.

HarperSanFrancisco 2006 240 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

A Lasting Gift

The Journal And Selected Writings Of Sandra L. Cronk

BY SANDRA CRONK, EDITED BY MARTHA PAXSON GRUNDY, FOREWORD BY PARKER PALMER
A Lasting Gift records the life and faith of Sandra (Sonnie) L. Cronk, Quaker author, teacher, and spiritual guide. A gifted storyteller, Sonnie's journals reveal a deep love of God and religion from childhood on. We find times of consolation, a clear sense of leading and knowledge of accompaniment, as well as times of questioning, resistance, darkness and doubt. She does not hesitate to critique where others (including Quakers) fall short in living and supporting one another in a God-centered life, in which she learned that "no circumstance could separate me from God."

Quaker Press of FGC 2009 252 PP. Paper

$19.00 (in stock)

Laughing Pilgrims

Humor And The Spiritual Journey

BY HOWARD MACY
Humor floods our lives. We use it to entertain, to reduce stress and promote health, to smooth social interactions (or to make people bristle), to sell products of all kinds, to persuade about ideas, and much more. Humor is an important and often overlooked part of the spiritual life. Humor skills can be learned so, in an accessible and funny way, Laughing Pilgrims: Humor and the Spiritual Journey aims to teach readers effective skills for interpreting and creating humor in their daily lives. Whether it is a 'spiritual gift' or 'spiritual discipline' humor (and its distortions) can powerfully reveal and shape our spiritual development.

Paternoster Press 2006 137 PP. Paper

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Leadership Among Friends

Php 320

BY RON MACDONALD
Looks at the ambivalence toward authority among Quaker youth, the need for common experiences of depth.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1995 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Leadership And Authority In The Religious Society Of Friends

BY ARTHUR LARRABEE
For the 2007 Walton Lecture, Arthur Larrabee provided an insightful appraisal of the state of contemporary Quakerism's fear of leadership. His reassuring and enlightening lecture offers solutions for attitude change. This booklet is a must-have for those interested in the future of Quakerism.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2007 24 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Leading A Friendly Session On Population

BECKER, STAN

1994 Paper

$0.75 (in stock)

Leading And Being Led

Php 264

BY PAUL LACEY
A discussion of the nature of religious leadings and where we should be looking for them in the modern world.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

Leading From Within

Poetry That Sustains The Courage To Lead

EDITED BY SAM INTRATOR, INTRODUCTION BY PARKER PALMER
A wonderful collection of poems from well-loved poets, with a brief personal commentary from a "leader" explaining its significance to them. The contributors include Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, MoveOn.org cofounder Joan Blades, Brian McLaren, and many other leaders. In their reflections, they explore how they have been inspired by 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. Introduction by Parker Palmer. THE 2011 ONE BOOK ONE YEARLY MEETING CHOICE. 10% of regular price of $19.95

Jossey Bass 2007 288 PP. Paper

$17.95 (in stock)

Leading Quakers

Discipleship Leadership As A Friends Model

BY JENNIFER ISBELL
"with this resource, ESR seeks specifically to help groups create sacred space for study, reflection and conversation that will nurture the discovery of gifts and development of leadership in the local meeting. Along the way, we expect a growing appreciation of the meeting as a spiritual community knit together by worship and ministry" Jay Marshall, D ean of Earlham School of Religion

Earlham School of Religion 2008 144 PP. Blank

$7.95 (in stock)

Leadings

BY JIM CORBETT
Author of Goatwalking and a founding member of the Sanctuary Movement, Jim Corbett offers insights into the joys of spiritual guidance and of following leadings.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 1995 30 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Leap Of Faith

BY KIMBERLY BRUBAKER BRADLEY
Sixth-grader Abby is sent to Catholic school after she is expelled from public middle school for fighting back against a bully with a knife. She begins to regret her reaction, but in deepening her religious faith through her understanding of catholicism she comes to forgive both herself and the bully.

Penguin 2007 184 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Learning To Be White

Money, Race And God In America

BY THANDEKA
"A powerful study of the world of `whiteness' out of the world of shame.. This is a strong book, a book which all readers - whether they understand themselves as `white' or not - should read." - Sander L. Gilman

Continuum 2002 169 PP Paper

$18.95 (in stock)

Leaving Church

A Memoir Of Faith

BY BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR
A former Episcopal priest writes of finding, losing, then keeping her faith. But to do so she has to leave the church she has served and be true to her own individual faith. An eloquent description of her spiritual journey to date. "When I think of my first cathedral, I am back in a field behind my parents' house in Kansas, with every stalk of prairie grass lit up from within." - Barbara Brown Taylor

HarperSanFrancisco 2007 256 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Led By Faith

Rising From The Ashes Of The Rwandan Genocide

BY IMMACULEE ILIBAGZIA WITH STEVE ERWIN
Immaculee struggles to survive and to find meaning and purpose in the aftermath of the holocaust. She is 22 orphaned and alone, navigating through a bleak and dangerously hostile world with only an abiding faith to guide and protect her. She seeks out and comforts scores of children orphaned by the genocide, and searches for love and companionship in a land where hatred still flourishes. Then, fearing again for her safety as Rwanda's war-crime trials begin, she flees to America to begin a new chapter of her life as a refugee and immigrant-a stranger in a strange land.

Hay House 2009 202 PP. Paper

$14.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Left To Tell

Discovering God Amidst The Rwandan Holocaust

BY IMMACULEE ILIBAGAZIA
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her family was brutally murdered along with nearly a million other Rwandans. Incredibly, she survived and for 91 days, she and 7 other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor. Here she discovered the power of prayer, shed her fear of death and forged a profound and lasting relationship with God. She emerged from hiding having discovered the meaning of truly unconditional love-a love so strong she was able seek out and forgive her family's killers.

Hay House 2009 202 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

The Legacy They Gave To Us

Early Quakers In Strang Parish, Norway

BY MATILDA HANSEN
American Friend Matilda Hansen traces the history of many of her Norwegian ancest ors. Woven into this story is the history of these Norwegian Quakers and others, who struggled for religious freedom in Norway for years, and eventually immigrated to America.

Commentary Press of Wyoming 2010 243 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Legend Of Bagger Vance (834)

STEVEN PRESSFIELD
SECONDHAND COPY, cloth with dust jacket in really nice condition. Our only book on Golf- and mysterious one at that. In 1931 Savannah, a mesmerizing 36-hole match is taking place, in which two legends face off against a troubled former war hero. The key to the outcome lies with Bagger Vance, a caddie who carries the secret of the Authentic Swing. His mysterious powers guide the play and leave a lasting imprint on everyone around him--and on someone 60 years in the future.

Morrow 1995 242 PP. Cloth

$12.00 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed

The Story Of The Village Of Le Chambon And How Goodness Happened There

BY PHILIP HALLIE
Quietly, peacefully and in full view of the Vichy government and a nearby division of the Nazi SS, Le Chambon's villagers and their clergy organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from death. This book's beauty is that it really happened.

HarperSF 1994 303 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)