Suburban Safari

A Year On The Lawn

BY HANNAH HOLMES
As a nature and science writer, Holmes has wallowed in any number of ecosystems. None of these explorations has been more surprising, nor more downright addictive, than the world she discovered outside her back door. This book recounts a year she spent immersed in the lives her out-back neighbors; the squirrels, birds, oaks, and more. An amusing and engrossing piece of writing that reminds us that the natural world is all around us.

Bloomsbury 2005 262 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

Sufferings Of Early Quakers - Westmorland

Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, Isle Of Man, Lancashire

BY JOSEPH BESSE
"Ever since it appeared in 1753, Joseph Besse's Collection of Sufferings of the People called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in 17th century Quakerism at a local level. . . . Besse drew together the most interesting or indicative examples of what individual Quakers had suffered for the Truth between approximately 1650 and 1689." - Michael Gandy. Four volumes available.

Sessions 2001 330 PP. Paper

$30.00 (in stock)

Sufferings Of Early Quakers - America

New England And Maryland, West Indies And Bermuda

BY JOSEPH BESSE
"Ever since it appeared in 1753, Joseph Besse's Collection of Sufferings of the People called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in 17th century Quakerism at a local level. . . . Besse drew together the most interesting or indicative examples of what individual Quakers had suffered for the Truth between approximately 1650 and 1689." - Michael Gandy. Four volumes available.

Sessions 2001 391 PP. Paper

$40.00 (in stock)

Sufferings Of Early Quakers - London

And Middlesex 1655 To 1690

BY JOSEPH BESSE
Ever since it first appeared in 1753 Besse's collection of sufferings of the people called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in seventeenth century Quakerism. Contains the most interesting or illustrative examples of what individual Quakers suffered in ways like fines or imprisonment for their Quaker faith. Sessions are reprinting the original text by area. Indexed by Place and name.

Sessions 1753 176 PP Paper

$30.00 (in stock)

Sufferings Of Early Quakers - Yorkshire

BY JOSEPH BESSE
"Ever since it appeared in 1753, Joseph Besse's Collection of Sufferings of the People called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in 17th century Quakerism at a local level. . . . Besse drew together the most interesting or indicative examples of what individual Quakers had suffered for the Truth between approximately 1650 and 1689." - Michael Gandy.

Sessions 2001 176 PP. Paper

$38.00 (in stock)

Sugar Changed The World

A Story Of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, And Science

BY MARC ARONSON, MARINNA BUDHOS
When this award-winning husband-and-wife team discovered that they each had sugar in their family history, they were inspired to trace the globe-spanning story of the sweet substance and to seek out the voices of those who led bitter sugar lives. The trail ran like a bright band from religious ceremonies in India to Europe's Middle Ages, then on to Columbus, who brought the first cane cuttings to the Americas. Sugar was the substance that drove the bloody slave trade and caused the loss of countless lives but it also planted the seeds of revolution that led to freedom in the American colonies, Haiti, and France. With songs, oral histories, maps, and over 80 archival illustrations.

Clarion 2010 166 PP. Cloth

$20.00 (in stock)

The Sugar Wife

A Play

BY ELIZABETH KUTI
"The Sugar Wife, a play by British playwright Elizabeth Kuti, features an Irish Quaker couple struggling with issues involving slavery, the morality of wealth and marriage in 1850s Dublin. The award winning play has been performed in London and Dublin. `The childless Hannah Tewkley devotes herself to work with the poor of the city while her husband Samuel tends to a thriving business dealing in tea, coffee, and sugar. The basic dichotomy of the play is how dependent these otherwise good people are for their material prosperity on the enslavement of others.'" - Chuck Fager

Theatre Communications 2005 96 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Sum

Forty Tales From The Afterlives

BY DAVID EAGLEMAN
At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives - each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people's dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.

Vintage Books 2008 110 PP. Paper

$13.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Support For Our True Selves

Nurturing The Space Where Leadings Flow - The 2007 Backhouse Lecture

BY JENNY SPINKS
Jenny Spinks speaks about nurturing leadings and growing into her individual potential. She argues that if we can be our true selves, open to being led minute by minute by the Spirit, we will live in a way that cares for the earth. Often there is clutter that gets in the way and blocks connection. This lecture looks at ways Quakerism offers to consciously/actively support our true selves and nurture the space where leadings flow and at how the freedom to express emotion in committed spiritual F/friendships helps clear the clutter and nurture leadings. The author contends that the Religious Society of Friends' role is to uphold and support us in nurturing this process.

Australia Yearly Meeting 2007 54 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Surfing On The Sea Of Faith

The Ethics And Religion Of Don Cupitt

BY NIGEL LEAVES
Surfing is divided into three parts. The first looks at Cupitt on 'Ethics after God', the second 'Cupitt's Idea of Religion' and the third 'The Sea of Faith Networks'. The first two parts will be useful reading for those who never got round to reading beyond The Sea of Faith. In the 3rd section he gives a potted history of the origins and development of SoF movement around the world especially in the writings of David Hart, Stephen Mitchell, Anthony Freeman, Lloyd Geering, Graham Shaw, Hugh Dawes and John Spong.

Polebridge 2005 194 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Sustaining Our Spirits

Women Leaders Thriving For Today And Tomorrow

BY DARLYNE BAILEY, KELLY MCNALLY KONEY, MARY ELLEN MCNISH, RUTHMARY POWERS, AND KATRINA UHLY
A handbook for the life journey of women who are leaders. Based on responses to a wide ranging survey, the authors share tales and techniques learned in real life by women striving to lead satisfying lives as women and successful leaders. Rooted in research and with perspectives rarely examined in such depth.

NASW Press 2008 132 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Sustaining Peace Witness In The 21st Century

EDITED BY CHUCK FAGER
Papers from the 1997 Quaker Peace Roundtable.

Pendle Hill 1997 369 PP. Paper

$11.95 (in stock)

Swan

Poems And Prose Poems

BY MARY OLIVER
"Joy is not made to be a crumb," writes Mary Oliver, and certainly joy abounds in her new book of poetry and prose poems. Swan, her twentieth volume, shows us that, though we may be "made out of the dust of stars," we are of the world she captures here so vividly: the acorn that hides within it an entire tree; the wings of the swan like the stretching light of the river; the frogs singing in the shallows; the mockingbird dancing in air. Swan is Oliver's tribute to "the mortal way" of desiring and living in the world, to which the poet is renowned for having always been "totally loyal."

Beacon Press 2010 96 PP. Cloth

$20.70 (in stock)

Sweet Clara And The Freedom Quilt

BY DEBORAH HOPKINSON, ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES RANSOME
Sweet Clara is a young seamstress and slave who transfroms her dreams of freedom into reality by piecing together a Freedom Quilt with a map of the Underground Railroad. Ages 6 and up.

Random House 1993 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Sweet Fruit From The Bitter Tree

61 Stories Of Creative And Compassionate Ways Out Of Conflict

BY MARK ANDREAS
These are fascinating stories of how real people dealt with conflict situations - from wartime to the broken down car - by responding in unusual and creative ways that most of us would never think of. Some stories are intensely moving, some funny, some startling or surprising. They take place in the community, the workplace, the schoolyard, and the backyard. These stories show how each person came face-to-face with a challenge and found their own unique way to meet it. There are no recipes here, no set of steps-just raw experience unfolding with a richness that will keep you on the edge of your seat through the last page.

Real People Press 2011 302 PP. Paper

$16.50 (in stock)

T-shirt, Bamboo Mens Short Sleeve

QUAKERBOOKS
MENS SHORT SLEEVE. Made from bamboo in China (that's got to be the best place make things from bamboo), and hand printed in New Jersey with George Fox's words:"Walk Cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone" George Fox, Quaker (1624-1691). Picture is by Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg. Bamboo requires little water to grow, and produces more oxygen than trees when growing. It also produces an exceptionally soft fabric. Available in Olive Green, dark blue and Black. S, M, L, XL, XXL. Please reply to your confirmation with size and first and second choice of color.

Onno SLV T SHIRT SHT Blank

$25.00 (in stock)

T-shirt, Bamboo Mens Long Sleeve

QUAKERBOOKS
MENS LONG SLEEVE. Made from bamboo in China (that's got to be the best place make things from bamboo), and hand printed in New Jersey with George Fox's words:"Walk Cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone" George Fox, Quaker (1624-1691). Picture is by Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg. Bamboo requires little water to grow, and produces more oxygen than trees when growing. It also produces an exceptionally soft fabric. Available in light Blue and a few Olive Green. S, M, L, XL, XXL. Please reply to your confirmation with size and first and second choice of color.

Onno SLV T SHIRT LONG Blank

$26.50 (in stock)

T-shirt, Womens Short Sleeve

QUAKERBOOKS
WOMENS SHORT SLEEVE. Made from bamboo in China (that's got to be the best place make things from bamboo), and hand printed in New Jersey with George Fox's words:"Walk Cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone" George Fox, Quaker (1624-1691). Picture is by Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg. Bamboo requires little water to grow, and produces more oxygen than trees when growing. It also produces an exceptionally soft fabric. Available in Light Blue, Olive Green, a few in Black. S, M, L, XL, XXL. Please reply to your confirmation with size and first and second choice of color.

Onno SLV T SHIRT SHT Blank

$22.00 (in stock)

T-shirt, Womens Long Sleeve

QUAKERBOOKS
WOMENS LONG SLEEVE. Made from bamboo in China (that's got to be the best place make things from bamboo), and hand printed in New Jersey with George Fox's words:"Walk Cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone" George Fox, Quaker (1624-1691). Picture is by Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg. Bamboo requires little water to grow, and produces more oxygen than trees when growing. It also produces an exceptionally soft fabric. Available in Light Blue, Olive Green, a few in Brown and Dark Blue. S, M, L, XL, XXL. Please reply to your confirmation with size and first and second choice of color.

Onno SLV T SHIRT LONG Blank

$24.00 (in stock)

The Table Where Rich People Sit

BY BYRD BAYLOR, ILLUSTRATED BY PETER PARNALL
Beautiful pictures and words gently teach about proper use of the world's resources and about what it truly means to be rich.

Simon & Schuster 1998 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Taking A Stand

A Guide To Peace Teams And Accompaniment Projects

BY ELIZABETH BOARDMAN
Putting your body in the way of violence is a dramatic way of taking a stand. Taking a Stand describes the work done by peace teams and accompaniment projects - who runs them, what is involved in joining, and the social and emotional challenges and rewards from such experience. Accessible and conversational, the book describes who runs the peace programs, how to get information, the variety of people currently participating, and what to expect in terms of fear and exhilaration, resistance and support. The author is clerk of San Francisco Friends Meeting.

New Society 2005 176 PP. Paper

$10.95 (in stock)

Taking Root / Echando Raices

Immigrant And Refugee Communities In California, Texas, And Iowa.

BY AFSC
A study book & video. The 1st section focuses on 3 groups in California: the Latinos, the Hmong community from Laos and Vietnam; and the Guatemalans. The second section concerns the immigrants in Houston. The third section, "Midwest Migration," concerns the new meat packing plant in Iowa that recruited Latino immigrants for $6 an hour without providing English classes, medical compensation, or safety features. In English and Spanish. Workbook in English only. Production is excellent. Stories and reflections from immigrants and refugees are woven together with scenes of community life and a vibrant musical score. Also included are perspectives from scholars and activists.

AFSC 2003 BK AND CD Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Tall Poppies

Supporting Gifts Of Ministr Y And Eldering In The Monthly Meeting - Php 347

BY MARTHA PAXSON-GRUNDY
This pamphlet describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God's gifts in relation to them. Focusing on gifts more traditionally understood as ministry and eldering, it suggests to monthly meetings how to support and nurture ministry and the individual Friends through whom it comes.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2000 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

A Taste Of Colored Water

BY MATT FAULKNER
You could blame Abbey Finch. If she hadn't come back from town with tales of a fountain bubbling forth with "colored" water, LuLu and Jelly would not have needed to go see for themselves. But it's not Abbey's fault. It's the early 1960s and colored water isn't the fruit-flavored, Technicolor wonder that LuLu and Jelly are expecting. And having a drink doesn't come without a price. Celebrated author/illustrator Matt Faulkner combines colloquial, down-home storytelling and timeless images of pastoral America to create a thought-provoking account of what happens when the naive and whimsical imagination of a child is confounded by the reality of intolerance.

Simon & Schuster 2009 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Tasting Freedom

Octavius Catto And The Battle For Equality In Civil War America

BY DANIEL BIDDLE, MURRAY DUBIN
Octavius Valentine Catto was an orator who shared stages with Frederick Douglass, a second baseman on Philadelphia's best black baseball team, a teacher at the city's finest black school and an activist who fought for equal rights. With his murder in 1871 during an election day race riot, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer--one who risked his life a century before Selma and Birmingham. This book painstakingly chronicles the life of this charismatic black leader and presents little-known stories of Catto and the men and women who struggled to change America. This book will change your understanding of civil rights history.

Temple University press 2010 614 PP. Cloth

$35.00 (in stock)

Teach Only Love

JAMPOLSKY, GERALD

2000 188 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

Teaching Children About Jesus - Part 2

EDITED BY BARBARA CALDWELL
Seven more lessons on parables, miracles, Easter week, Resurrection, the road to Emmaus and Pentecost. Activities, background materials. Ages 5-10.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1999 52 PP. Looseleaf

$9.00 (in stock)

Teaching Godly Play, Revised & Expanded

How To Mentor The Spiritual Development Of Children

BY JERROME BERRYMAN
Teaching Godly Play is a revised and expanded, 2nd edition of a book published in 1995. It begins by discussing why serious-serene play is important to nourish children's spirituality and then moves the reader through the process of how to mentor children so they can enter adolescence with an inner working model of Christianity. This system includes stories, parables, and contemplative silence. This method is used in combination with the Godly Play curriculum, which is found in the seven volumes of The Complete Guide to Godly Play, and Quakers have their own Faith and Play to develop a specificly Quaker understanding. Looks the same size as the others- but it is actually much smaller!

MER 2009 160 PP. Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

Teaching Meditation To Children

The Practical Guide To The Use And Benefits Of Meditation Techniques

BY DAVID FONTANA AND INGRID SLACK
Meditation can help even the youngest kids gain self-understanding, and continues to be valuable especially for adolescents. Parents & teachers, will welcome this guide to the techniques needed to work with children ages 5 - 18.

Watkins 2007 240 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Teaching Nonviolence

Audio Cd

BY DAVID FREUDBERG
Swimming in a sea of violent imagery from popular culture, where do today's children receive reinforcement for the skills of peacefully resolving conflict? This popular NPR documentary takes listeners to a toy store where Nancy Carlson-Paige, peace education professor at Leslie University, analyzes war toys. Then we attend an inner city Boston elementary school which has adopted Peacegames, a curriculum based on non-competitive play and community service. Also, we visit a public high school outside Washington where author Colman McCarthy teaches a daily Peace Studies class.

HumanMedia 2005 1 HOUR Audio

$15.00 (in stock)