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Nonviolent Social Movements

A Geograph

ZUNES, STEPHEN/ KURT
Nonviolent Social Movements is the first book to offer a truly global overview of the dramatic growth of popular nonviolent struggles in recent years. From the civil rights movement in the United States, and the 'People Power' movement in the Philippines, to the pro-democracy movements of Asia, Latin America, and Europe, nonviolent action has emerged as a key element of political change in recent decades. NB -this covers only events up to 1999

Blackwell/Wiley 1999 325 PP. Paper

$57.95 (in stock)

Nonviolent Soldier Of Islam

Badshah Khan, A Man To Match His Mountains

BY EKNATH EASWARAN
"Eknath Easwaran's great achievement is telling an international audience about an Islamic practitioner of pacifism at a moment when few in the West understand its effectiveness and fewer still associate it with anything Islamic." -Washington Post

1999 240 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Nora's Ark

BY NATALIE KINSEY-WARNOCK, ILLUSTRATED BY EMILY ARNOLD-MCCULLY
A flood is coming! When the water climbs to the rooftops, where will everybody go? To Grandma's house, of course, high up on a hill. Before long, the house is full of people, chickens, ducks, pigs, horses, cats, and even a cow. There's only one person missing -- Grandpa! This heartwarming story by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock is based on a real-life event: the Vermont Flood of 1927. Watercolors by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Emily Arnold McCully capture both the sweeping drama of the flood and the comfort of a cozy kitchen filled with friends, neighbors, and good cheer. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, this book offers a welcome message of sanctuary and comfort.

HarperCollins 2005 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Norman Whitney (319)

Spectator Papers

BY NORMAN WHITNEY EDITED BY ADELE RICKETT
SECONDHAND COPY. Paperback, fair condition. Norman Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. he helped establish the Syracuse Peace Council. Worked at AFSC in peace education. counseling conscientious objectors to war particularly those In CPS camps, and continued this work in New York. This is a look at that world through his eyes.

NPLS 1971 270 PP. Paper

$9.00 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

North By Night

A Story Of The Underground Railroad

BY KATHERINE AYRES
Set in 1851 rural Ohio, sixteen-year-old Lucinda Spencer is about to see her life alter dramatically through her Presbyterian family's collaboration with the Underground Railroad. In letters and diary entries, she tells how a snatched conversation with young Quaker Jeremiah Strong draws her into taking care of an entire family of escaped slaves, one about to give birth. Away from home for the first time in her life, estranged from her suitor, confronting dangers and tragedies she'd barely imagined, she discovers her love for Jeremiah and a future that's broader than an early village wedding. Ages 10 and up.

Dell Yearling 2000 176 PP. Paper

$5.99 (in stock)

The North End Lives

A Journey Through Poverty Terrain

BY HUGO NEUFELD, FOREWARD BY SISTER MARY SCULLION
In one of the oldest neighborhoods of Hamilton, Ontario, Mennonites Hugo and Doreen Neufeld lived and worked among residents of the city's North End, at a community center called the Welcome Inn, in much the same way as Quaker Jonathon Dale did in Britain. Here are the stories of how they tried to bridge the class discrimination that stops the comfortable majority from truly understanding and responding effectively to those trapped in poverty.

Herald Press 2006 189 PP. Paper

$4.50 (in stock)

Not By The Sword

How A Cantor And His Family Transformed A Klansman

BY KATHRYN WATTERSON
Watterson tells how a Grand Dragon of the KKK, who was also a major Midwestern link in America's white supremacy movement, renounced his racist and Nazi activities after being befriended by a Jewish cantor and his family. Stories of the African-American, Vietnamese and Jewish communities and their history in Nebraska, as well as an examination of the inner life of one of the nation's terrorists in the white supremacy movement, provide a larger context for this story about hatred and love, courage and transformation, in America today. "Not by the Sword is," according to Cornel West, "one of the most powerful, painful, yet healing stories about our most explosive issue - race."

NorthE Univ. 2001 363 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Not Even Wrong

A Father's Journey Into The Lost History Of Autism

BY PAUL COLLINS
In Not Even Wrong, Paul Collins melds a memoir of his son's autism with a journey into this realm of permanent outsiders. Examining forgotten geniuses and obscure medical archives, and beginning to see why he himself has spent a lifetime researching talented eccentrics, Collins shows how these stories are relevant and even necessary to shed light on autism.

Bloomsbury 2005 256 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Not On Our Watch

CHEADLE
Both shocked and energized by the ongoing tragedy in Darfur, Cheadle (from Hotel Rawanda) teamed up with leading activist John Prendergast. Not on Our Watch, their empowering book, offers six strategies readers themselves can implement: Raise Awareness, Raise Funds, Write a Letter, Call for Divestment, Start an Organization, and Lobby the Government. Each of these small actions can make a huge difference in the fate of a nation, and a people -- not only in Darfur, but in other crisis zones such as Somalia, Congo, and northern Uganda.

Hyperion 2007 252 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Not One Damsel In Distress

World Folktales For Strong Girls

BY JANE YOLEN AND SUE GUEVARA
These 13 folktales have one thing in common: brainy, brawny, brave heroines - and not one damsel in distress! Jane Yolen wrote this as she had no female role models like this when she was growing up. From Bradamante, the fierce knight, to Li Chi, the Chinese girl who slays a dreaded serpent and saves her town, these heroines use their cunning, wisdom, and strength to succeed. Drawing from diverse cultures all across the world, author Jane Yolen celebrates the smart, strong, and sassy heroines of legend and lore. Ages 8-15 ish

Harcourt 2010 116 PP. Cloth

$21.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Not The End Of The World

BY GERALDINE MCCAUGHREAN
Not an easy book, but one that takes the "simple" bible story to look at many complex and nuanced issues. Everyone has heard of Noah and his ark, but what was it like to be his daughter, How to react to his extraordinary plan, his revelation from God. The family relations, leaving behind or smuggling on board your friends as the waters rose, and how to cope waiting for land to appear again. Grades 7+. Was $2.50 now $2.00!.

HarperTeen 2004 244 PP. Cloth

$2.00 (in stock)

Notes From An Exhibition

A Novel

BY PATRICK GALE
This British novel is about a family struggling with the death of the gifted, bi polar artist who is the mother of the family. Only the father's staunch Quaker beliefs give them any chance of withstanding her destructive influence and the suspicion that they came second to her art. The reader becomes a detective, piecing together the clues of her life, as artist, lover, mother, wife and patient. The story takes them from today's Penzance to 1960s Toronto to St Ives in the 1970s. What emerges is a story of enduring love, and of a family which weathers tragedy, mental illness and the intolerable strain of living with genius.

Harper 2007 375 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Notes From Ramallah, 1939

BY NANCY PARKER-MCDOWELL
From the first letter written on board the ship Rex, Notes from Ramallah, 1939 shows an adventurous young American Quaker woman headed for the Arab world and neighboring lands before World War II. Woven throughout the letters and journal entries from Nancy Parker McDowell's year as a teacher at Ramallah Friends Girls School are images of the Palestinian people under British occupation. From accounts of pulling students out of the line of gunfire to stories of teaching baseball to her students, her notes reveal the full breadth of the Palestinian culture.

Friends United Press 2002 133 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Nothing Ever Happens On 90th Street

BY RONI SCHOTTER, ILLUSTRATED BY KYRSTEN BROOKER
When Eva sits on her stoop with a blank page trying to complete a school assignment by writing about what happens in her neighborhood, she gets a great deal of advice and action from her neighbors. Try to find poetry in your pudding,'' suggests Mr. Morley. She finds our that her neighborhood is a vibrant, exciting place.

Scholastic 2006 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Nothing's Too Small To Make A Difference

Small Things You Can Do To Change Your Life & The World Around You

BY WANDA URBANSKA AND FRANK LEVERING
"This book is here to tell you that the problems are not too big and that one person is never too small. Nothing's Too Small to Make a Difference challenges the self-defeating assumption that one person - and one action - can't make a difference. .The suggestions this book offers are both proven and practical. In eight chapters - chapters dealing with time, money, work, the environment, children and the young, community life, health and food, and spiritual growth -Nothing's Too Small to Make a Difference gives you tools that have worked for us and others and can work for you." - the Authors

John F. Blair 2004 179 PP. Cloth

$21.95 (in stock)

Notso Hotso

BY ANNE FINE
By the British Quaker author (and former children's laureate) Anne Fine comes this comic story. It's a dog's life for Anthony. Not only is he lacking the respect he deserves from the neighborhood dogs and cats, but a skin condition has him frantic and frazzled. And just when Anthony thinks things can't get worse, he finds himself on a vet's table, about to have cut away any shred of street credibility he has left. Illustrations by Tony Ross

FSG 2001 92 PP. Cloth

$5.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Now We Are Quakers

The Experience And Views Of New Members

BY ALASTAIR HERON
The result of a large scale questionnaire conducted in Yorkshire in England on how people came to become members or attenders.

Quaker Outreach in Yorkshire 1994 64 PP. Paper

$7.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Nrsv Gift And Award Bible

BY AUGSBURG FORTRESS
A very attractive bible with a presentation plate but no baptismal or confirmation certificates. Perfect as gifts for First Day School. Includes a dictionary and study guides.

Augsburg Fortress 1991 1191 PP. Cloth

$21.00 (in stock)

Nrsv Go-anywhere Bible With The Apocrypha

BY HARPER BIBLES
This unique 4" x 8 1/4" setting combines the portability of a compact Bible with the readability of a larger Bible. It also includes a concordance index to help people find key passages.

HarperCollins 2007 1584 PP. Paper

$29.95 (in stock)

Nuclear Terrorism

The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

BY GRAHAM ALLISON
If policy makers in Washington keep doing what they are currently doing about the threat, a nuclear terrorist attack on America is likely to occur in the next decade. And if one lengthens the time frame, a nuclear strike is inevitable. But the surprising and largely unrecognized good news is that nuclear terrorism is, in fact, preventable. In these pages, Allison offers an ambitious but feasible blueprint for eliminating the possibility of nuclear terrorist attacks.

Times Books 2004 259 PP. Cloth

$2.50 (in stock)

Nudged By The Spirit

Stories Of People Responding To The Still, Small Voice Of God

BY CHARLOTTE FARDELMANN
Discernment is the spiritual practice among Quakers that empowers their service in the world. This anthology shares the stories of persons who have experienced a sense of call to ministry and how they moved forward into that work with support from their monthly meetings. Includes the stories of Will and Fran Taber, Lucy McIver, John Calvi, Elaine Bishop and Kathryn Damiano.

Pendle Hill 2001 288 PP. Paper

$17.00 (in stock)

The O Of Home

BY JENNIFER KAVANAGH
What does the word "home" mean to you? From a wide range of answers and her own experience, British Friend Jennifer Kavanagh explores our outer and inner identities. Home is not just four walls or the country we were born in. It is not a locked door, an investment, a legal address, or a nation with rigid borders. Home is where the heart is: a yearning for a precious past, a dream of something that has never been, or a present reality. In relationship - with our families, in community, and with the whole of creation. The qualities of home are reflected in the circle (O), an ancient symbol for safety, equality, inclusiveness, and eternity.

O Books 2010 198 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

O Wait For It - Limited Edition Print

BY EMILY BROWN
O WAIT FOR IT. "In an Edition of 13. In 2008 I made a suite of prints based on Friends testimonies, each with an extract of text from PYM's Faith and Practice. My hope was to convey visually some qualities commonly found in Friends' writings and practices. There are five prints in limited editions. They are 15 x 22 inches on sturdy archival paper, signed and dated on the reverse side. Each print has both an original line etching on gampi paper and a digital print on which it is set. They are for sale unframed. Very suitable for offices, hospitals, retirement communities, colleges, schools, social service agencies, and homes." - - Emily Brown's web site: www.emilybrown.net

Emily Brown 2008 PRINT Blank

$600.00 Availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

Obadiah

Four Lessons For First Day School

BY MERRIL DUTTON
Activities and lessons for young children based on Brinton Turkle's Obadiah stories that focus on Quaker history and testimonies.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1996 24 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

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 on the true nature of courage. A Quaker classic now reprinted and available again. Ages four and up.

Beautiful Feet Books 2004 37 PP. Paper

$7.95 (in stock)

Occasional Papers For Meeting For Worsh

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$1.00 (in stock)

Occupied With Nonviolence

A Palestinian Woman Speaks

BY JEAN ZARU
In this book Jean Zaru, the longtime activist and Quaker leader from Ramallah, brings home the pain and 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 there, she vividly articulates an alternative: a religiously motivated nonviolent path to peace and justice in the world's most troubled region.

Fortress Press 2008 176 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)

Of Lime, Stones, And Wood (716)

Historic Quaker Meeting Houses In The New York Ym Region

BY CLAIRE SIMON
SECONDHAND Video, rare video of some of the historic meeting houses in New York YM region.

Quaker Video 1996 50 MINS Video

$20.00 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

The Old Discipline

Nineteenth Century Friends' Disciplines In America

COMPILED BY QUAKER HERITAGE PRESS
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