This Is Who I Am

Listening With Older Friends

BY THE COMMITTEE ON ELDERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT OF BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING
This book on spirituality and aging explores the wider implications of the entry into old age -- theological, spiritual, emotional, sociological. It is also a practical handbook to give guidance and confidence to Friends and meetings wanting to tackle a perceived gap in care of one another. This book presents a vision of what old age does and can contain, in its desolation and its richness, and encourages Friends in practical ways to step into that landscape, with all its discomforts, surprises and true riches.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2003 64PP Paper

$10.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

This Little Light Of Mine

ILLUSTRATED BY E B LEWIS
This book illustrates the traditional song beautifully with the expressions and actions of a joyful young African-American boy, who greets all he meets with kindness and warmth. The book ends with the boy meeting a downcast young man and inviting him to play and meet his friends. "In keeping with the refrain of the spiritual, light fills the pictures, brightening and warming the day and shining from the face of the boy and the people he meets." - Booklist

Simon & Schuster 2005 32 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (in stock)

This We Can Say - Australian Quaker Life

Faith And Thought

BY AUSTRALIA YEARLY MEETING
Project started by Australian friends in 1993. This is an unusual Faith and Practice almost entirely consisting of quotations from modern Friends and minutes of Australia Yearly Meeting. Includes Advices and Queries and a short history of Australian Quakers.

Australia Yearly Meeting 2003 352 PP Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

Those Shoes

BY MARIBETH BOELTS, ILLUSTRATED BY NOAH JONES
to be wearing. But Jeremy's grandma tells him they don't have room for "want," just "need," and what Jeremy needs are new boots for winter. When Jeremy's shoes fall apart at school, and the guidance counselor gives him a hand-me-down pair, the boy is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren't much fun, and Jeremy comes to realize that the things he has - warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend - are worth more than the things he wants.

Candlewick 2007 40 PP. Cloth

$15.99 (in stock)

Three Cups Of Tea

One Man's Mission To Promote Peace . . . One School At A Time

BY GREG MORTENS0N
Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools-especially for girls-that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson's quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.

Penguin 2007 349 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

The Three Questions

Based On A Story By Leo Tolstoy

BY JON MUTH
When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? When young Nikolai seeks counsel from Leo, the wise old turtle who lives in the mountains, he is sure Leo will know the answers to his three questions. But is Nikolai's own response to a stranger's cry for help that leads him directly to the answers he is looking for. Jon Muth combined his studies of Zen with his love for Tolstoy to create this profound, yet simple book about compassion and living in the moment.

Scholastic 2002 32 PP. Cloth

$17.95 (in stock)

Three Ravens & Two Widows

A Perspective On Controversy Among Friends - Php 401

BY RICHARD MACY KELLY
This essay is an intimate portrait of two women whose very different lives and characters were faithful responses to the challenges of loss, responsibility, love, and difficulty at different times and places in Quaker history. The author's mother, Lael Macy, and his grandmother, Madora Kersey, "sang" the same ballad of love and pain in very different lyrics. Using the metaphor of the ancient ballad, The Three Ravens, Richard Kelly invites us to explore how history and family traditions may limit our understanding of Truth or give us the strength and vision to see new possibilities in times when disagreements trouble our communities.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2009 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Thresholds Of Initiation (982)

BY JOSEPH HENDERSON
SECONDHAND COPY paperback in good condition. Proposes that initiation is a major archetype as evidenced in the major life initiations from childhood to adulthood and adulthood to maturity.

Chiron 2004 260 PP. Paper

$8.50 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

Through Flaming Sword

The Life And Legacy Of George Fox

BY ARTHUR O ROBERTS
Reissued and updated after fifty years this is Arthur Roberts spiritual biography of Fox together with a closer look at Fox's legacy, particularly his thoughts on Christian holiness and what should be the nature of a church. Causing much excitement in the blogosphere this is an inspiring book. The title comes from George Fox's desire for a kingdom of truth and love on this side of "the flaming sword of Eden".

Barclay Press 2008 143 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Through My Eyes

BY RUBY BRIDGES, EDITED BY MARGO LUNDELL
"Bridges relates her story far more powerfully than has anyone else to date. After establishing a context for her place in the history of the Civil Rights movement, she lets her childhood memories, rather than her adult perceptions, drive the narrative, and emerges as an understandable and sympathetic young girl."-Horn Book

Scholastic 1999 63 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (in stock)

Thunder Rose

BY JERDINE NOLAN, KADIR NELSON
Born in the Wild West during a thunderstorm, Thunderstorm Rose is an unusually strong and resourceful child, can she stop a tornado though.

Harcourt 2007 32 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

Thundering Years (522)

JULIE TALLA JOHNSON
SECONDHAND COPY, readable but curling at the edges and recipient of coffee on some pages. Subtitle: Rituals and Sacred Wisdom for Teens. Shows teens how to harness the intense emotions and drives of the late-teen years using wisdom from cultures around the world. Includes exercises, personal and community rituals, and resources that show how to successfully navigate the Thundering Years without heading toward violence, drug abuse, and other self-destructive behaviors.\P,bINDU bOOKS

2000 252 PP. Paper

$5.00 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST

Thy Friend, Obadiah

BY BRINTON TURKLE
The story of a New England Quaker boy's encounter with a seagull. A Caldecott Honor Book, and a "classic" Quaker children's story.

Penguin 1969 38 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Time For Peace

BY JANET GANGULI
In the current world climate of violence, terrorism and war, it is critical for young people to study peace and the ways peace exists in the world. Geared toward readers in middle school Time for Peace takes a lively, fully illustrated and international approach to peacemaking. The author explores the roots of violence and true alternatives to force, as well as profiling many peacemakers. First Day Scool, classroom teachers, as well as parents, will find this an invaluable tool in working with young people.

Quaker Press of FGC 2003 64 PP. Paper

$4.50 (in stock)

Time On Two Crosses

The Collected Writings Of Bayard Rustin

EDITED BY DEVON CARBADO AND DONALD WEISE
Time on Two Crosses showcases the extraordinary career of this black gay civil rights pioneer. Spanning five decades, the book combines classic texts ranging in topic from Gandhi's impact on African Americans, white supremacists in Congress, the antiwar movement, and the assassination of Malcolm X, with never-before published selections on the call for gay rights, Louis Farrakhan, affirmative action, AIDS, and women's rights.

Cleis Press 2003 350 PP. Paper

$18.95 (in stock)

A Time To Heal

Protecting Children & Ministering To Sex Offenders

BY DEBRA HAFFNER, FOREWARD BY STEVE CLAPP
This important book provides the tools that faith communities need to : Determine under what circumstances, if any, a convicted sex offender may be involved in the congregation; Determine how to respond if someone in the congregation is accused of a sexual offense; Be sensitive to and supportive of persons in the congregation who have been victims of abuse; Develop and implement strategies that will keep children in the congregation save and which will prevent sexual abuse from happening. An important book for clergy, lay leadership in churches & synagogues, denominational executives, regional judicatory executives ,correctional officials, judges, parole officers and treatment providers.

Lifequest Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Time Will Make Things Clear

The Story Of Stephen Yang, Chinese Quaker

BY PATRICK WOOD
"In his long and inspiring life in China, [Yang] has lived through many changes and much upheaval which has had a profound effect on him and both challenged and strengthened his Quakerism and pacificism. In turn he, as a Christian doctor and teacher dedicated to the service of his fellow countrymen and women, has undoubtedly influenced many, even thought the majority would deny any religious belief." - From the Preface

Sowle 1999 144 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Timeless Quaker Wisdom In Plain Song

Selected Set To Music And Recorded By Paulette Meier

BY PAULETTE MEIER
Moved by Paulette Meier's inspiration, Quaker Press releases its first musical CD - a remarkable collection of 21 Gregorian chant-like songs of early Quaker texts. The words of George Fox, Margaret Fell, John Woolman, and others who may be new to you are sung in piercingly clear plainsong. You will receive the words in new ways. Sheet music to the songs, as well as background on the authors and Quaker themes of the quotations, are included as PDF on the disc. Hear sample tracks by following the link below, and see the reviews of Paulettes songs in the comment section below. DOWNLOAD THE CD from CD Baby at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/paulettemeier for $9.99.

Quaker Press of FGC 2010 37 MINUTES Audio

$15.95 (in stock)

The Tin Forest

BY HELEN WARD, ILLUSTRATED BY WAYNE ANDERSON
In the middle of a windswept wasteland full of discarded scrap metal and devastation lives a sad and lonely old man. In spite of his gloomy surroundings, he dreams every night of a lively forest full of trees, birds, and animals. When he finds a broken light fixture that looks like a flower, his imagination is sparked. He begins to build a tin forest, branch by branch, creature by creature. In time, real birds arrive, bearing seeds, and soon the artificial forest is taken over by living vines and animals until it looks just like the forest of the old man's dreams. This book conveys the important message that where there is imagination, there is hope.

Penguin 2003 32 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

To Be Broken And Tender

A Quaker Theology For Today

BY MARGERY POST ABBOTT
In To Be Broken and Tender, Friend and Quaker historian Margery Abbott weaves together a brave and beautiful personal narrative with Quaker history and theological reflection in response to questions and struggles about belief, language, social issues and other deeply-felt concerns that unsettle and divide our Meetings and the wider Religious Society of Friends. A study guide assists readers in their own discernment around challenging issues such as care for the environment, our personal relationships to God and Christianity, and what role Friends have in making the world right.

Western Friend 2010 242 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)

To Be Silent... Would Be Criminal

The Antislavery Influence And Writings Of Anthony Benezet

BY IRV BRENDLINGER
Born in 1713 Philadelphia Quaker Anthony Benezet was one of the most significant forces in advancing the cause against slavery and the African slave trade in the eighteenth century. To Be Silent... Would Be Criminal introduces the development of antislavery activity in America and then traces the life of Benezet, examining both his work and influence on individuals. Benezet's correspondence with several influential contemporaries is reproduced here, giving insight into his relationships and his desire to build a viable network to oppose slavery.Was $35 now $25.

Scarecrow Press 2006 246 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

To Bless The Space Between Us

A Book Of Blessings

BY JOHN O'DONOHUE
Drawing on Celtic spiritual traditions to create words of inspiration for today, this book is a compelling blend of poetic language and spiritual insight offering readers comfort and encouragement on their journeys through life. Looking at life's thresholds - getting married, having children, starting a new job - and offering guidelines for making the transition from a known world into new, unmapped territory. Most profoundly, however, O'Donohue describes "blessing" as a way of life, as a lens through which the whole world is transformed.

Doubleday 2007 220 PP. Cloth

$22.95 (in stock)

To End All Wars

A Story Of Loyalty And Rebellion, 1914-1918

BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD
World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. Adam Hochschild brings this war to life, focusing on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics - including the conscientious objectors one British tabloid called "human toadstools" - alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were Britain's leading investigative journalist and a future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Today, hundreds of military cemeteries spread across the fields of northern France and Belgium contain the bodies of millions of men who died in the "war to end all wars." Can we ever avoid repeating history?

HMH 2011 448 PP. Cloth

$28.00 (in stock)

To Go Where There Is No Light

John Calvi's 2011 Gathering Plenary

BY JOHN CALVI
This is an mp3 audio file of John Calvi's stirring plenary talk "To Go Where There is No Light", delivered at the 2011 FGC Gathering. John sees ending American torture as the next great spiritual work of Friends: to carry the Light where there is no Light is our greatest Quaker heritage. John is a massage therapist and Quaker healer with a gift for releasing pain. He began healing work with torture survivors in 1982. Later, the Abu Ghraib photos spoke to his heart and he founded the Quaker Initiative to End Torture. To hear an extended sample of his talk, go to www.soundcloud.com/fgcquaker.

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 108 MIN. Audio

$5.00 (in stock)

To Know As We Are Known

A Spirituality Of Education

BY PARKER PALMER
Palmer offers a vision of teaching and learning that engages the whole person. Provides teachers with concrete suggestions for the classroom and addresses their need for spiritual formation.

HarperSF 1983 125 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

To Live A Truer Life

A Story Of The Hopedale Community

BY LYNN GORDON-HUGHES, ILLUSTRATED BY LINDRO
The Hopedale Community was founded in 1841 by Adin and Lucy Ballou and others who wanted to try a new way of living, based on their understanding of the teachings of Jesus and the will of God. They called themselves Practical Christians' because they intended to put their religion into practice in their daily lives. The Practical Christians believed in a radical form of non-violence called Christian non-resistance, which rejected not only war and capital punishment, but all authority based on force. This book accompanies a young member of the community as she delivers mail to the diverse inhabitants and witnesses the way that they live their beliefs.

Blackstone Editions 2003 32 PP. Cloth

$10.00 (in stock)

To Make Our World Anew

A History Of African Americans

EDITED BY ROBIN D.G. KELLEY AND EARL LEWIS
In this impressive multidisciplinary book, professors Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis bring together nine scholars to outline the 500-year African American experience, from the Middle Passage to the Million Man March. Every aspect of the African American experience is explored: slavery, slave rebellions, emancipation, segregation, lynchings, civil rights, and the post civil rights era. The book is particularly strong on late-20th-century social issues, with insightful coverage of the attack on affirmative action and the impact of immigration, crack cocaine, and AIDS on the black community. To Make Our World Anew is essential reading for anyone interested in the black American experience.

Oxford 2000 613 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)

To The Mountaintop

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Mission To Save America: 1955-1968

BY STEWART BURNS
In a striking departure from earlier books, Burns focuses on King's biblical faith and spiritual vision as fundamental to his political leadership. King is not portrayed as a lone exalted hero, but as the heart of a fabric of principled leadership that stretched from his closest colleagues to the movement's foot soldiers on the streets. This book stresses his shaping by other leaders - heroic figures such as Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker, James Bevel, Bob Moses, and Marian Wright Edelman - and his conflicted relationships with John and Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

HarperSanFrancisco 2005 502 PP Paper

$5.50 (in stock)

To The Tune Of A Welcoming God

Lyrical Reflections On Sexuality, Spirituality, And The Wideness Of God's Welcome

BY DAVID WEISS
A timely collection of essays and hymns eloquently calling for a Christian faith that extends an affirming welcome to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons. To the Tune of a Welcoming God brings academic insight, prophetic vision, and poetic clarity to the question of the church's welcome to those GLBT Christians at its doorstep and already in its pews. Author David Weiss, while rooted deeply in his own Lutheran context, reaches out in these engaging and provocative writings to challenge, encourage, and empower persons regardless of their particular tradition.

Langdon Hill 2008 181 PP. Paper

$14.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

To Try The Bloody Law

The Story Of Mary Dyer

BY ROBERT S. BURGESS
A new biography of Mary Dyer, written by a member of New England Yearly Meeting.

Celo Valley Books 2000 131 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)