Quakerbooks

The Magic Pillow

BY DEMI
Based on a famous Chinese folktale, "The Magic Pillow" tells the story of a poor boy named Ping who is given a magic pillow by a mysterious magician. Ping sees what a lifetime of wealth and power would be like, and discovers that the riches of family and freedom are much more valuable. Ping finds that peace in his heart is much more valuable to him than gold.

Simon & Schuster 2008 40 PP. Cloth

$19.99 (in stock)

Magnificent Healing

BY EARTH MAMA
We live in a time that cries out for healing - healing of ourselves, our communities and our earth. I offer this music as accompaniment for your spirit-led journey towards healing and peace. 8 songs about such healing 1. All I do Today 2. Bless Our Steps 3. How Would We Live? 4. Just To Be 5. Mending Song 6. Oh Earth 7. Mending Song II - Instrumental 8. Under the Rainbow - Instrumental.

Rouse House 2003 CD Disk

$10.00 (in stock)

Mahboba's Promise

How One Woman Made A World Of Difference

BY MAHBOBA RAWI
An Afghani refugee who found a new life in Australia only to lose her son in a tragic accident, today she is the driving force behind 'Mahboba's Promise', a groundbreaking internationally recognized aid organization that is one of the few that delivers desperately needed food, shelter, medical attention, education and hope to thousands of children and women whose lives have been destroyed by war in her native Afghanistan.

Bantam Books (Australia) 2005 272 PP. Paper

$5.50 (in stock)

Make Cakes Not War

BY JUDY HORACEK
Judy Horacek is an Australian-based cartoonist and writer. She has been drawing cartoons for about 20 years and has worked for a multitude of community groups, unions, small magazines, and good causes. Her work often focuses on the environment, feminism, and social justice issues. From pertinent and profound to silly and surreal, Make Cakes Not War is filled with witty, instantly recognizable reflections of our own anxieties, delusions, excesses, and experiences.

Andrews Mcneel 2007 133 PP. Paper

$3.50 (in stock)

The Making Of An Elder Culture

Reflections On The Future Of America's Most Audacious Generation

BY THEODORE ROSZAK
The author, a very early proponent of a green and sustainable future says that the counter culture hippies of the 60's can now in their retirement be more effective agents for change. Though elder culture is not a new idea to Quakers! Part demographic study, part history; part critique and part appeal, an interesting tome.

New Society Press 2009 320 PP. Paper

$18.95 (in stock)

Making Peace

One Woman's Journey Around The World

BY JAN PHILLIPS
This book is the journal of Quaker Jan Phillip's peace pilgrimage around the world in 1983. Many Friends have found her prose and photographs inspiring and very special as she recounts her spiritual transformation moving from Western to Eastern culture - and then back to the West. Here are encounters with relatively unknown peace activists and institutions in many countries.

Friendship Press 1989 120 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Making Peace - Healing A Violent World

EDITED BY CAROLYN MCCONNELL AND SARAH RUTH VANGELDER
Peace isn't just the absence of violence. A prison inmate, a divorced parent, a pastor, a diplomat, a farmer and others tell stories of creating peace. From the pages of YES! magazine, stories of peacemakers.... Joanna Macy, Wendell Berry, Thomas Berry, Troy Chapman, Walter Wink, Jamal Rahman, Michael Nagler, Quaker Peter Morse and others write on alternatives to violence, hate and domination. These stories suggest we needn't stand by as violence permeates our media, homes, schools, and international affairs. There is a better way.

Postive Futures Network 2003 92 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

Making Peace With Conflict

Practical Skills For Conflict Transformation

EDITED BY CAROLYN SCHROCK-SHENK AND LAWRENCE RESSLER
A thoughtful, clear and spiritually grounded overview of the various techniques needed to address conflict productively. "The authors [of these essays] are vigorous in their representation of conflict as an important part of our spiritual journey, calling on us to respond with a willing and faithful practice of our best abilities. . . . Making Peace with Conflict offer[s] the most comprehensive, [the] most relevant to Friends, and [the] overall best nonacademic conflict resolution overview within a single cover." - Chel Avery for Friends Journal

Herald Press 1999 199 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

Mama Panya's Pancakes

A Village Tale From Kenya

BY MARY CHAMBERLIN
On market day, Mama Panya's son Adika invites everyone he sees to a pancake dinner. How will Mama Panya ever feed them all? This clever and heartwarming story about Kenyan village life teaches the importance of sharing, even when you have little to give, and illustrates east African life.

Barefoot Books 2006 32 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

Mama's Milk

BY MICHAEL ELSOHN ROSS, ILLUSTRATED BY ASHLEY WOLFF
Celebrating the warm and loving bond between mammal mamas and their babies, this lushly illustrated, lyrical book shows little ones doing what comes naturally: nursing. A perfect choice for cuddling up with a breast-feeding child or the older sibling who wonders how the new baby gets fed.

Tricycle Press 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$12.95 (in stock)

The Man Who Named The Clouds

BY JULIE HANNAH
Quaker Luke Howard was a boy with his head in the clouds. When he was ten he began keeping a weather journal. Eventually, he joined a club whose members wanted to learn about science. They did experiments and wrote reports. Luke wanted to classify clouds, though many others had failed at this. At last, using the Linnaean classification as inspiration, Luke successfully created a system for naming the clouds which is still in use today. This story of Luke Howard is interspersed with the weather journal of a modern-day child working on a science project.

Albert Whitman 2006 40 PP. Cloth

$15.95 (in stock)

The Man With The Silver Oar (8667)

BY ROBIN MOORE
SECONDHAND COPY, as new and mercifully unread. The catain of the ship is the Quaker- and my goodness he is not a nice man!!

Harper 2002 183 PP. Cloth

$1.00 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

Manifesto For A New World Order

BY GEORGE MONBIOT
George Monbiot, a noted British journalist on environmental issues has been persona non grata in seven countries, was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in Indonesia, has been shot at, beaten up by military police, shipwrecked, and stung into a coma during 7 years of investigative journeys across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In this book he puts forward his ideas that could get us through our current crises, and improve the lifes of all the worlds people.

Free Press 2003 274 PP. Cloth

$5.50 (in stock)

Manneken Pis

A Simple Story Of A Boy Who Peed On A War

BY VLADIMIR RADUNSKY
Inspired by a statue in Brussels, this is the story of a little boy who has a loving family, but who gets separated from his parents when war happens to the town. As he looks for them, he is overwhelmed by the scenes of violence, but also needs to pee, so, he does, right on the war. The soldiers burst into laughing and forget why it was they were fighting in the first place.

Simon & Schuster 2002 32 PP. Cloth

$15.95 (in stock)

A Manual On Nonviolence And Children

Includes: For The Fun Of It, Selected Cooperative Games For Children And Adults

COMPILED AND EDITED BY STEPHANIE JUDSON
An invaluable resource for creating an atmosphere at home & at school where children and adults can resolve problems nonviolently. Has sections on affirmation, meeting facilitation, parent support groups and more. Contains over 100 exercises, games & agendas used or developed by Friends Committee on Nonviolence & Children based in Philadelphia

New Society Press 1984 152 PP. Paper

$9.95 (in stock)

Many Miles

Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver

BY MARY OLIVER
This second CD from best-selling poet Mary Oliver contains thirty-seven previously published poems and four as yet uncollected, read by the poet in her steady, magnetic voice. Oliver recites from the full range of her poetry-from her classic nature writing, to her verses for her mischievous bichon Percy, to her ever-deepening spiritual poems. The CD comes in a handsome full-cloth package that includes a booklet with an introductory essay by the poet on the magical dynamic between speaker and listener, a table of contents, text of the title poem, and a photo of the poet.

Beacon Press 2010 AUDIO CD Audio

$19.95 (in stock)

Map Showing North American Yearly Meeting Boundaries

BY SALLY RICKERMAN
A color map that shows the geographical areas of the Quaker Yearly Meetings in North America. Useful, as it is on thick card for the Meeting bulletin board or walls. Also available as a set of two with The Four Branches of Quakerism Map.

Troll Press 2010 MAP 11"X 17" Blank

$5.00 (in stock)

The Maquiladora Reader

Cross Border Organizing Since Nafta

EDITED BY RACHAEL KAMEL AND ANYA HOFFMAN
A maquiladora or maquila is a factory that imports materials and equipment on a duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly or manufacturing and then re-exports the assembled product, usually back to the originating country. Through more than two dozen readings from a variety of sources, this work reveals the determination and creativity of Maquiladora workers as they seek to improve their wages and working conditions, protect their communities from health and environmental hazards, and build cross-border relationships with unions, religious groups, community organizers, and others.

American Friends Service Committee 1999 131 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Margaret Fell

Mother Of Quakerism

BY ISABEL ROSS
A comprehensive, well-researched biography of the Mother of Quakerism, which includes historical documents, reproductions and photographs. First published in 1949, this is a reprint of the second edition from 1984.

Sessions of York 1996 421 PP. Paper

$25.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Margaret Fell And The End Of Time

The Theology Of The Mother Of Quakerism

BY SALLY BRUYNEEL
This book unusually looks at Margaret Fell as a religious author or theologian in her own right. Sally Bruyneel systematically analyzes Fell's writings on both Quaker and orthodox Christian subjects, ranging from the Inward Light to eschatology to the Trinity. In doing so she demonstrates that Fell was deeply influenced by Biblical apocalyptic literature and the strong eschatological expectations of her time, which became central to her work with the Jews, for her defense of the spirituality equality of women, and for her promotion of the Quaker testimony of peace.suggested price $39.95 our price $35.95

Baylor Univ Press 2010 227 PP. Cloth

$39.95 (in stock)

Maria Mitchell

Soul Of An Astronomer

BY BEATRICE GORMLEY
"This fine biography details the life of America's first female astronomer, who was born in 1818 on Nantucket. Gormley explores Mitchell's early years, her struggles with the Quaker doctrines with which she grew up, her discovery of the comet that was named after her, and her careers as a librarian and astronomy instructor. Known for her honesty as well as her nonconformity, Mitchell comes across here as a great seeker who truly loved God and sang his praises." - Booklist

Eerdmans 2003 166 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

Maria Mitchell And The Sexing Of Science

An Astronomer Among The American Romantics

BY RENEE BERGER
Born and raised on Nantucket, Quaker Maria Mitchell apprenticed with her father, an amateur astronomer. In 1847, thanks to her diligent "sweeps" of the sky, Mitchell discovered the eponymous comet that would catapult her to international fame. Soon she was hired as the "computer of Venus," a sort of human calculator, for the U.S. Nautical Almanac. Mitchell later joined the founding faculty at Vassar, where she sadly watched opportunities for her students vanish as science morphed from a private pursuit to a public profession, and the increasingly male scientific establishment closed ranks.

Beacon Press 2008 320 PP. Cloth

$29.95 (in stock)

Maria's Comet

BY DEBORAH HOPKINSON, ILLUSTRATED BY DEBORAH LANINO
"A fictionalized, first-person story of the childhood of Maria Mitchell, America's first female astronomer, is recounted in quietly poetic text. Maria longs to 'sweep the sky' with a telescope as her father does, instead of sweeping the floor with a broom. An afterword provides more information." - Horn Book

Simon & Schuster 2003 32 PP. Paper

$7.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Marriage

A Spiritual Leading For Lesbian, Gay And Straight Couples - Php 308

BY LESLIE HILL
This is a delightful account of how Putney Monthly Meeting evolved a minute on same-sex marriage and married John and Marshall.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1995 31 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Marriage And Commitment

Includes Sections On Separation And Divorce

BY SOUTHEASTERN YEARLY MEETING
A statement of the Quaker belief in inclusiveness, SEYM takes into consideration the total range of couplings, consideration for children, concern for step-children, first and consecutive marriages, same-sex and different-sex unions, separations and divorce. SEYM was the first yearly meeting affiliated with FUM (2006) to be so inclusive. FGC Friends have applauded this section, as have some American Conservative Friends. SEYM feels blessed to have a wealth of experience that includes the vibrancy of new Friends and the wisdom of old Friends from the FGC, Conservative and FUM traditions. Excerpted from SEYM Faith and Practice.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2006 28 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Marriage Certificate Partially Pre-printed

PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING
Partially pre-printed marriage certificates are 17" x 28".

Philadelphia YM Blank

$20.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Married Land (1272)

BELL, CHARLES
SECONDHAND COPY. Hardback in poor condition; the cover binding is quite loose. The first in a trilogy, The Married Land is a fictitious novel about heredity and origin. It follows a married couple who return to their native homes to care for ailing relatives. Lucy Woodruff, the wife, goes back to her childhood Quaker home in Pennsylvania. The author, Charles Bell, did extensive research in his construction of these families, including taking inspiration from the journals of his own fore-bearers.

Houghton Mifflin 1962 430 PP Cloth

$8.00 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

Marrying In Pittsburgh Friends Meeting

A Guide For Individuals, Couples, And The Meeting

BY PITTSBURGH MM
An update third revision of this text from 1973. A guide for coupleand any meeting oversight on marraige within the meeting.

Pittsburgh Monthly Meeting 2010 19 PP. Paper

$2.50 (in stock)

Martin Luther King Jr

FRADY, MARSHALL
Re-creating the life and turbulent times of the civil rights movement's inspirational leader, the author offers fascinating insights into his subject's magnetic character and explores the complexities of King's relationships with other civil rights leaders, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover.

Penquin Books 2005 216 PP. Paper