Smoky Night

BY EVE BUNTING, ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID DIAZ
During a night of rioting in Los Angeles, fires and looting force neighbors--who have always avoided one another--to come together. David Diaz was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his bold acrylic paint and photo-collage illustrations.

Voyager Books 1997 36 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

The Sneetches And 3 Other Stories

BY DOCTOR SEUSS
Four tales by the good doctor, including the "Sneetches" which is a tale about the pointlessness of prejudice. Another tale offers sage advice on not naming all 23 of your children Alan.

Random House 1961 32 PP. Cloth

$14.95 (in stock)

Snook Alone

BY MARILYN NELSON, TIMOTHY BASIL ERRING
Abba Jacob is a monk who lives on a far, far away island with his loyal rat terrier, Snook. Every day, from the wee hours of dawn till the sun sets over the sea, Snook keeps Abba Jacob company as he prays or works, tending the gardens of the little hermitage he calls home. But when the two are separated by a storm, Snook must learn to fend for himself in the wild, all alone in a world of fierceness and wonder. Simply and lyrically told by award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson and beautifully illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering with wit, warmth, and affection for the natural world, this captivating tale of friendship lost and found conveys the power of faith against all odds.

Candlewick 2010 48 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

The Snow Leopard

BY JACKIE MORRIS
From the beginning of time, high above the hidden valley, Snow Leopard has sung the stars to life, the sun to rise, and the moon to wax and wane. He has woven words of protection to keep the enshrouded valley safe from the world. But time is passing, and Snow Leopard must find a singer who will follow him. Moreover, the arrival of soldiers looking for gold and slaves poses a new and dire threat. As he sings, a child lies dreaming the song down in the valley beneath . . . "With its focus on a severely endangered animal at a time of global warming and species eradication, 'The Snow Leopard' sends a valuable message about the beauty and power of the natural world." - The New York Times

2008 32 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (in stock)

So There I Was ...

BY PEGGY SENGER PARSONS
Sixty columns in five sections on God, freedom., motorcycles, invincibility, love, lies, Quakers and a female preacher. Spiritual disciplines for the 21st century; Christ and the lure of the open road; Quakers - not just for breakfast; Where I came from, POMO theology. "The kick in the teeth that Quaker spirituality is asking for" Mike Espana-McGeehon; "Peggy makes radically thought provoking points with personal stories that sing" Nate Swift.

Peggy Senger Parsons 2009 267 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)

So There I Was...in Africa

BY PEGGY SENGER PARSONS
This book chronicles Freedom Friends Church's pastor Peggy Senger Parson's first two trips to Burundi, Rwanda and the Congo in twenty eight stories. This volume is the second in her "So there I was" seriess. There is comedy, tragedy and adventure related here, many from blog posts from the field, some written as UPI columns and some have been written up just for this book. Peggy was working with THARS (Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services).

Peggy Senger Parsons 2009 134 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Soldier Of The Great War

HELPRIN
Alessandro Giullani, the young son of a prosperous Roman Lawyer lives in a world of adventure and dreams. Then the 1914 War intervenes. Half a century later, in August of 1964, Alessandro, a white-haired professor, still tall and proud, finds himself unexpectedly on the road with an illiterate young factory worker. As they walk toward Monte Prato, a village seventy kilometers distant, the old man tells the story of his life. How he became a soldier, a hero, a prisoner, a deserter, and finally a wanderer in the hell that claimed Europe.

Harcourt 2005 860 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Some Fruits Of Solitude

Wise Sayings On The Conduct Of Human Life, In Today's English

BY WILLIAM PENN, EDITED BY ERIC TAYLOR
Written whilst Penn was in hiding, falsely accused of treason, these aphorisms have been well loved for 300 years. Eric Taylor provides a 30 page historical introduction to them and has put them into an easy and accessible modern English.

Herald Press 2002 167 PP. Paper

$8.99 (in stock)

Something Beautiful

BY SHARON DENNIS WYETH
A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the blackboard, the girl decides to look for something beautiful in her neighborhood. Her neighbors tell her about their own beautiful things. Miss Delphine serves her a "beautiful" fried fish sandwich at her diner. At Mr. Lee's "beautiful" fruit store, he offers her an apple. Old Mr. Sims invites her to touch a smooth stone he always carries. Beautiful means "something that when you have it, your heart is happy," the girl thinks.

Dragonfly 2002 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Something Rising

KIMMELL. HAVEN
Cassie Claiborne contends with a distant mother, a fragile sister and a gambling, alcoholic father is this wry coming of age story set in rural Indiana and penned by Earlham School of Religion grad Haven Kimmel, author of The Used World and A Girl Named Zippy.Forms a loose trilogy with Kimmel's two previous novels, The Solace of Leaving Early and The Used World.

Harper Perennial 2005 270 PP. Paper

$2.50 (in stock)

Something Within

CLDWELL, GILBERT
Rev Caldwell is a founding member of United Methodists of Color for a fully inclusive Church. He was an early and active campaigner on issues of racial equality, and when he saw the inequality around issues of sexuality he also started working and writing on that as well. This is a collection of sermons and articles he has written in the 38 years to 2007.

Church within a Church movement. 2007 82 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

Somewhere Today

A Book Of Peace

BY SHELLY MOORE-THOMAS AND ERIC FUTRAN
This very simple, affirming prose poem asserts that peace begins with simple gestures - acts in which any child might take part. Thomas quietly makes readers aware of the kindness and pleasures around us that help promote peace. For ages 3-7.See comment section for a suggested lesson plan for this book from PYM Re Committee.

Albert Whitman 2002 32 PP. Blank

$6.95 (in stock)

Song Of Creation

BY PAUL GOBLE
"Birds pray, trees pray, flowers pray, mountains pray, the winds and rain pray, rivers and the little insects pray as well. The whole earth is in constant prayer, and we can join with its great prayer," says award-winning author and illustrator Paul Goble. Every element of creation - from the magpie to the minnow - glorifies God in its own way in this bold and brightly illustrated work, adapted from The Book of Common Prayer. Goble invites readers to join with the land and the animals in singing praise to God.

Eerdmans 2004 32 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

A Song Of Death, Our Spiritual Birth

A Quaker Way Of Dying - Php 342

BY LUCY SCREECHFIELD-MCIVER
The author traces her understanding of death as a "spiritual birth, the completion of God's work upon us."

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1998 38 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Soul At Work

Spiritual Leadership In Organizations

BY MARGARET BENEFIEL
Soul at Work describes the way organizations do business. Soul in the workplace is not a theological abstraction, but a way of being and doing. Each of the organizations that Benefiel profiles in this lively and informative book--from Southwest Airlines to the band U2--describes the profound role that awareness of soul, or spirituality, can play in leadership and organizational life. "This book is a must-read for anyone who wants the workplace to become more life-giving for all concerned." --Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak

Seabury Books 2005 160 PP. Paper

$21.00 (in stock)

Soul Graffiti

Making A Life In The Way Of Jesus

BY MARK SCANDRETTE, FOREWORD BY SHANE CLAIBORNE
Mark, a writer and leader in the Emergent church movement, uses stories from his life and the lives of the people he has encountered in his home in San Francisco's Mission District to explore what "good news of God" might mean for our particular time and place. He seeks to answer the question: "How can we be about making a life in the way of Jesus?" He integrates theological insight with awareness of human psychology, culture, and daily life. Written to appeal to the sensibilities of those who inhabit a post-Christendom milieu, Mark Scandrette's deepest hope is to give readers greater motivation for, and a fuller sense of what it means to make a life in, the way of Jesus.

Josey-Bass 2008 272 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

The Soul Of Christianity - Paperback

: Restoring The Great Tradition

BY HUSTON SMITH
In his most personal and passionate book on the spiritual life, scholar and teacher of world religions Huston Smith turns to his own life-long religion, Christianity. With stories and personal anecdotes, Smith not only presents the basic beliefs and essential teachings of Christianity, but argues why religious belief matters in today's secular world. Though there is a wide variety of contemporary interpretations of Christianity- some of them conflicting- Smith cuts through these to describe Christianity's "Great Tradition," the common faith of the first millennium of believers, which is the trunk of the tree from which Christianity's many branches, twigs, and leaves have grown.

Harper SanFrancisco Paper

$14.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Soul Of Politics

Beyond 'religious Right' And 'secular Left'

BY JIM WALLIS, DIANE STERLING, EDITED BY GARY WILLS
Wallis' work in Washington's poorer areas combining faith and politics is the basis for his contribution to this book, which seeks to unite left and right in a genuine attempt to help correct social wrongs.

Harcourt 1995 327 PP. Paper

$1.50 (in stock)

Soul Work

Anti-racist Theologies In Dialogue

EDITED BY MARJORIE BOWENS-WHEATLEY AND NANCY PALMER-JONES
In January 2001, the UUA convened a three-day consultation on theology and racism. Approximately 30 scholars, ministers, theologians, seminarians, teachers and activists participated. The resulting 9 papers -and dialogue that followed -address the complex and pressing issues of racism. The thoughts and feelings captured here encourage reconsideration of long-held beliefs. A resource presenting many points of view, Soul Work can be used for individual reflection and study, for book discussion groups or adult education classes.

Skinner House 2002 272 PP. Paper

$20.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Sources Of Light

BY MARGARET MCMULLAN
It's 1962, a year after the death of Sam's father--he was a war hero--and Sam and her mother must move, along with their very liberal views, to Jackson, Mississippi, her father's conservative hometown. Needless to say, they don't quite fit in. People like the McLemores fear that Sam, her mother, and her mother's artist friend, Perry, are in the South to "agitate" and to shake up the dividing lines between black and white and blur it all to grey. As racial injustices ensue--sit-ins and run-ins with secret white supremacists--Sam learns to focus with her camera lens to bring forth the social injustice out of the darkness and into the light.

Houghton Mifflin 2010 233 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

Southeastern Yearly Meeting Organizational Handbook

BY SEYM

2007 BINDER Looseleaf

$16.00 (in stock)

Southern Discomfort (56632)

Women's Activism In Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s

BY NANCY HEWITT
Secondhand Copy. Hardback in new condition. Illustrated. Notes and Index. A study of the Cigar City's interactions among Cuban and Italian immigrants, and the native white and African American communities in the formation of an array of voluntary and reform organizations. "Local history at its best" - Robert P. Ingalls.

U of Illinois 2001 376 PP. Cloth

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The Southern Friend Autumn 1996 Xv111 1 (734)

SECONDHAND, Good condition. Day, Deborah K. "The Magic Awakening Touch." The Interplay Between Spirituality and Public Activism: Quaker Women and Education in the South, 1865-1900, Treadway, Carole E. Mary Mendenhall Hobbs on Women Suffrage, Treadway, Carole E. Erickson, Gwendoly Gosney ; Friends Historical Collection Annual Report 1995-1996.

NCFHS 1996 Paper

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The Southern Friend Spring 1989 (734)

VOL X1 NO 1
SECONDHAND, Good condition. Bjorkman, Gwen Boyer Hanna (Baskel) Phelps Phelps Hill: A Quaker Woman and Her Offspring , Cox, Jr., George H. Peace and Social Concerns of Wrightsborough Friends: Part II, The Ravages of War , Hickey, Damon D. Pioneers of the New South: The Baltimore Association and North Carolina Friends in Reconstruction.

NCFHS 1989 Paper

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The Southern Friend Spring 1996 (734)

SECONDHAND, Good condition. Erickson, Gwendolyn Gosney : Religion, Region, and Community Among Women of North Carolina's Eastern Quarter 1812-1854. Erickson, Gwendolyn Gosney: Mary and Peninah White Letters, Hamm, Thomas D. Addison Coffin: Quaker Visionary.

NCFHS 1996 Paper

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The Southern Friend Autumn 1989 (734)

VOL X1 NO 2
SECONDHAND, Good condition. Beeth, Howard Historiographical Developments in Early North American Quaker Studies: Book Review Article , Dowless, Don Preserving the Quaker Way: Guidance of Quaker Social Life by the Monthly Meetings in Colonial North Carolina, Harvey, Judith W. Friends Center at Guilford College Annual Report.

NCFHS 1989 Paper

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The Southern Friend Fall 1997 Vol X1x 2 (734)

SECONDHAND, Good condition. Erickson, Gwendolyn Gosney Book Review - Earlham College: A History, 1847-1997, by Thomas D. Hamm, Hamm, Thomas D. Book Review - Sojourners No More, by Damon D. Hickey, Hamm, Thomas D. Southern Friends and the Hicksite Separation: Two Letters , Hill, Michael Dedication of the Model Farm Historical Marker, Kennedy, Thomas C. Rise and Decline of a Black Monthly Meeting: Southland, Arkansas, 1864-1925, Treadway, Carole Friends Historical Collection Annual Report 1996-1997, Some North Carolina Highway Historical Markers Related to Quaker History.

NCFHS 1997 Paper

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The Southern Friend Autumn 1981 (734)

VOL 3 NO 2
SECONDHAND, Good condition. Hickey, Damon D. Report of the Curator of the Friends Historical Collection 1980-1981, Hinshaw, James Howard History of Sylvan School 1866-1960, Russell, Elbert Inner Light in the History and Modern Problems of the Society of Friends.

NCFHS 1981 Paper

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The Southern Friend Double Issue (734)

FALL 90 / SPRING 91
SECONDHAND, Good condition. Reynolds, Mary Louise Attempt to Reconstruct the Lost Minutes of Centre MM in Guilford County, Beeth, Howard Historiographical Developments in Early N American Quaker Studies , Beeth, Howard & Chu, Jonathan Methodology, Perspective, and Utility in Early N American Quaker Studies: A Reply, Hickey, DamonTreadway, Carole M. Annual Report of the Friends Historical Collection of Guilford College, 1990-1991, Soderlund, Jean R. Response to Historiographical Developments in Early N American Quaker Studies, White, Steven Jay Quaker Historiography Revisted: Another Look at Early American Quaker Studies.

NCFHS 1991 Paper

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The Southern Friend Spring-autumn 1994 (734)

VOL XV1 1&2
SECONDHAND, Good condition. Kelly, Richard M. Maryland Ancestors of Rachel Wells, Newlin, Algie I. Battle of New Garden (Excerpts), Newton, Sabron Reynolds Autobiography of Nereus M. Hodgin (1847-1932), Roundtree, Carlton White Quaker Meeting Near the Narrows of Pasquotank , Treadway, Carole E. Friends Historical Collection Report, 1993-1994.

NCFHS 1994 Paper

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