Valiant Friend

The Life Of Lucretia Mott

BY MARGARET HOPE BACON
Lucretia Mott - Quaker minister, anti-slavery leader, champion of the feminist cause-this gentle woman's life is chronicled in a dynamic biography by Margaret Hope Bacon. This new edition of Valiant Friend makes the life story of Lucretia Mott, "the most venerated woman in America," available to us as a shining example of what a life of courage and conviction can accomplish.

Quaker Press of FGC 1999 304 PP. Paper

$17.95 (in stock)

The Valiant Sixty

BY ERNEST TAYLOR
A quick look at the lives and work of the early Quakers-all 60 of them- responsible for the early spread of Quakerism.An updated version of the origonal work from 1947>

Sessions of York 1947 120 PP. Paper

$12.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Variations On The Quaker Message

Articles exploring the diverse theological thinking within Quakerism today.

QUF 1990 48 PP. Paper

$5.95 (in stock)

Velvet Elvis

Repainting The Christian Faith

BY ROB BELL
"God doesn't change, but times do, and Rob Bell, founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan, believes new times call for us to remain open and flexible, living with passion and conviction....An advocate of a postmodern approach to faith, Bell is vulnerable about his own struggles with doubt and understanding Scripture. Joy, awe, raw honesty, and an appreciation for the mystery of faith permeate the pages." - Christianity Today

Zondervan 2006 194 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

A Very Dangerous Woman

Martha Wright And Women's Rights

BY SHERRY PENNEY AND JAMES LIVINGSTON
"A very dangerous woman" is what Martha Coffin Wright's conservative neighbors considered her, because of her work in the women's rights and abolition movements. In 1848, Wright and her older sister Lucretia Mott were among the five brave women who organized the historic Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention. Wright remained a prominent figure in the women's movement until her death in 1875 at age sixty-eight, when she was president of the National Woman Suffrage Association. At age twenty-six, she attended the 1833 founding of the American Anti-Slavery. Active in the Underground Railroad, she sheltered fugitive slaves and was a close friend and supporter of Harriet Tubman.

Univ of Massachusetts 2004 316 PP. Paper

$25.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

A Very Good Marriage

BY TOM MULLEN, FOREWORD BY PHIL GULLEY
In A Very Good Marriage, Tom Mullen gives an intimate and inspiring look into their 41 year marriage and into the heart of his own grieving process after his wife Nancy's death. Stories, conversations, and personal notes reflect the faith, generosity, commitment, and (most certainly) the humor that filled Tom and Nancy's days together. In the midst of this compelling story are clues to creating a loving, long-term marriage. Those who have lost a spouse will find companionship on their own journey through grief. At the heart of it all is Tom Mullen's celebration of a wonderful marriage-"Oh, what a ride we had!"

Friends United Press 2001 172 PP. Cloth

$17.00 (in stock)

A Very Good Week Behind Bars

Php 380

BY JANEAL TURNBULL-RAVNDAL
What is it like to spend time in prison for demonstrating? Janeal Ravndal writes of her week in Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center after she chose to ignore orders not to block entry to a courthouse as the U.S. began to attack Iraq early in 2003. Janeal shares movingly of joyful moments and discouraging times, of shared prayers and music-making, and of the satisfaction of creating art from the sparse "found" materials in a cell. Conscious of the dramatic contrast between her "very good week" and the days of a typical inmate, she was acutely aware of what a different world prison would be for those who found little joy or companionship there.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2005 36 PP Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Victories Without Violence

EDITED BY RUTH FRY
True stories of ordinary people facing dangerous situations without using physical force.

Liberty Literary Works 1986 88 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

A View Of The Ocean

BY JAN DE HARTOG
Friend Hartog writes here of his mother. She devoted herself to her egocentric husband's religious calling. During their marriage this woman's only concern was to enable her husband to hearken to "the voice of God." After his death she continued his work and her courage became evident during her World War II internment in a Japanese camp in the Dutch East Indies, when she managed to arrange a cease-fire between the Dutch Army and Indonesian guerillas. Finally, she was faced with the ultimate test of her spirit: a diagnosis of a cancer too far advanced for treatment. De Hartog tells us how his mother's blazing courage through it all inspired his own spiritual awakening.

Pantheon 2007 112 PP. Cloth

$17.95 (in stock)

Violence And Theology

BY CHERYL KIRK-DUGGAN
Many people of faith tend to say that they espouse peace and believe the essence of Micah 6:8, which states that we ought to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. Violence and Theology introduces the pervasive, stark reality of violence that weaves through general and religious culture in the West: including Scripture, classic literature, and nursery stories; history and politics; music, sports, television and video games; and even theology itself. From this persistently honest analysis, Kirk-Duggan then leads us to explore themes of justice, conflict resolution, holistic and cultural health, and spiritual and theological wellness, as ways to overcome violence today.

Abingdon 2006 92 PP. Paper

$10.95 (in stock)

Virgie Goes To School With Us Boys

BY ELIZABETH HOWARD, ILLUSTRATED BY E B LEWIS
The story of Virgie who wants to go to the Quaker school her brothers attend. Her brothers say that she's too little and that girls shouldn't go to school, but Virgie proves them wrong.

Aladdin 2005 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Virginia Exiles

The American Revolution Tests Quaker Principles In This Romantic Novel

BY ELIZABETH GRAY VINING
This fictional account of a true incident reflects the timeless conflict between individual rights and revolutionary excess. In 1777 Caleb Middleton of Philadelphia is furious that his Quaker father has closed the family-owned iron foundry rather than permit its products to be used for military purposes in the Revolutionary War. A believer in Independence, Caleb is insulted when he is then arrested for disloyalty by the government he supports and is exiled, without trial or even formal charge, to rural Virginia along with 19 other Quakers also falsely accused of disloyalty. He falls in love with Loveday Parry and eventually returns to Philadelphia a wiser man.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 2002 328 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Virtuous Education

Penn's Vision For Philadelphia Schools

BY WILLIAM C. KASHATUS

1997 Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

A Vision Of Peace

BY MARY LORD
Mary Lord, a professional peacemaker, asks, "Is peace-making just an idealistic vision, or does it actually work?" and answers, "For me, the acceptance of pacifism on a spiritual foundation has led me to seek to learn how to be a practical worker for peace. Peacemaking, after all, is practical dynamic problem solving.. If we are to create a realistic image of the peaceable community, we have to confront the unreality of our own vision. Our visions of the Peaceable Kingdom, our visions of community, our visions of peace have to confront reality." Mary Lord formerly worked for FCNL and currently serves AFSC as Assistant General Secretary for Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Southeastern Yearly Mtg. 2005 30 PP Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Visions And Dreams

Audio Cd

BY CARRIE NEWCOMER
Visions and Dreams (1991) was the first solo release by Indiana native Newcomer and shows all the ingredients of her intimate yet powerful style already in place. Originally released independently on Windchime Records and later remastered and reissued on Rounder Records.

Rounder Records 1991 55 MINUTES Disk

$16.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Visions Of A Better World

Howard Thurman's Pilgrimage To India And The Origins Of African American Nonviolence

BY QUINTON DIXIE, PETER EISENSTADT
A portrait of the African-American intellectual, mystic, orator, minister, teacher, and philosopher Howard Thurman (1899-1981). Concentrating on a six-month trip Thurman undertook to India and his meeting with Gandhi. Thurman was a profound influence on Martin Luther King and many others in the Civil Rights moment, an inspirational man, who like Bayard Rustin has been overlooked by history.

Beacon 2011 243 PP. Cloth

$34.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Voces De Jovenes Excombatientes Colombia

BY YVONNE KEAIRNS
In spanish only.A joint report on child soldiers in Columbia. Also readable online at www.quno.org/geneva/pdf/SpanishVoicesComplete.pdf.

AFSC 2004 109 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Voices From The Silence

BY STANFORD SEARL
A personal meditation on silent worship based on the authors academic study "The meaning of Silence in Quaker Worship". The book is unusually written entirely in the third person.

Authorhouse 2005 216 PP. Paper

$21.49 (in stock)

Voices Of American Indian Assimilation And Resistance

Helen Hunt Jackson, Sarah Winnemucca, And Victoria Howard

BY SIBHAN SENIER
Between 1879 and 1934, the United States government made a concerted effort to dissolve tribes by dividing communally-held lands and forcing American Indians to adopt Euro-American practices. This book focuses on three remarkable women: white writer and activist and Quaker by marriage, Helen Hunt Jackson, , and political activist Sarah Winnemucca, whose Life Among the Piutes is believed to be the first Native American woman's autobiography; and Victoria Howard, the Clackamas Chinook storyteller who worked with Melville Jacobs in 1929 to transcribe hundreds of narratives, ethnographies, and songs.

Red River 2001 256 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Voices Of Hope In The Struggle To Save The Planet (77)

BY MARJORIE HOPE AND JAMES YOUNG
SECONDHAND, fair condition, a little edge worn The authors' journey begins with Thomas Berry, and moves onto the lives, ideas, and beliefs about the environment of key spiritual leaders, thinkers, and activists in Judaism, W & E Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and the faiths of indigenous peoples. It concludes with a series of vignettes in which faith leaders, secular environmentalists, and religiously oriented activists have joined to sustain the environment and prevent its further destruction.

Apex Press 2000 377 PP Paper

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A Volcano In My Tummy

Helping Children To Handle Anger

BY ELAINE WHITEHOUSE AND WARWICK PUDNEY
An invaluable resource for teachers, parents and caregivers to help children learn to deal productively with their anger.

New Society Press 1996 80 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Voluntary Simplicity

Toward A Way Of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich

BY DUANE ELGIN
Elgin offers a revised and updated version of his classic book about living with balance. By embracing the tenets of voluntary simplicity-frugal consumption, ecological awareness, and personal growth-people can change their lives-and in the process, may change the world.

William Morrow 1993 240 PP. Paper

$14.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Voyageurs

A Novel

BY MARGARET ELPHINSTONE
Voyageurs is the story of the quest of an early 19th century English Quaker to find his sister in the wilderness of North America. Elphinstone has written both a well-researched Quaker book and a riveting adventure story. Mark Greenhow, the main character, faces challenges to his beliefs as he journeys through a world of roughneck fur traders, British spies, and embattled Native Americans. The author presents each of Mark's inward struggles sympathetically and authentically. The book is peopled with complex characters that stay with you. This book is both a thoughtful exploration of one person's ability to maintain a Quaker identity in the midst of many challenges and a page turner.

Canongate 2005 466 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Walk Cheerfully Over The World

Poster

DESIGNED BY FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE
Text : "Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them. Then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone." - George Fox, 1624-1691

Quaker Press of FGC 23" BY 35" Blank

$10.00 (in stock)

Walk Gently - Poster

BY MITCHELL GOULD
Another beautiful poster by Mitch Gould. Wording is "Walk gently on the earth. You will come to walk cheerfully over the world answering that of God in everyone." a favorite quotation from George Fox. Image is of a light striking the earth. Poster measures approximatedly 17x26 inches, printed with pigmented UltraChromer ink (archival rated at 100 years) on heavy matte paper.

Mitchell Santine Gould 2006 POSTER Blank

$25.00 Availability checked May 17th 3:40am EDT

Walk In Peace

BY INGRID HESS
This charming book-length poem written and illustrated by Ingrid Hess is the perfect day or bedtime story of looking to the possibilities for the child. Children learn that, just like them, kids around the world are getting up each day with things to do and explore. For preschoolers.

Hearlad Press 2009 40 PP. Paper

$13.99 (in stock)

Walk In The Light Sterling Silver Necklace

FROM HAGUIT RUBENSTEIN-TOWLER, AARON RUBENSTEIN & HANNI
"Gems of Quaker Wisdom" is a line of Jewelry highlighting famous Quaker thoughts. Conceived by Eileen & Erin Bagus, The first, "Walk in the Light", is a pendant necklace, sterling silver, a three quarter inch disc on an 18 inch chain. A collaborative effort by Haguit Rubenstien-Towler, Aaron Rubenstien and Michigan artist Hanni. Each piece is individually cast by the lost wax method and signed by the artist.

Gems of Quaker Wisdom 2011 PENDANT Boxed

$65.00 (in stock)

Walk Out Walk On

A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring To Live The Future Now

BY MARGARET WHEATLEY, DEBORAH FRIEZE
Walk Out Walk On is a learning journey to seven communities around the world to meet people who have walked out of limiting beliefs and assumptions and walked on to create healthy and resilient communities. These Walk Outs who Walk On use their ingenuity and caring to figure out how to work with what they have to create what they need. From Mexico to India, from Columbus, Ohio to Johannesburg, South Africa, we discover that all communities have the intelligence and inventiveness to solve their seemingly insolvable problems.

BK 2010 264 PP. Paper

$24.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Walk With Us

Triplet Boys, Their Teen Parents And Two White Women Who Tagged Along

BY ELIZABETH GORDON
Tahija, an effectively homeless teenage girl, finds herself pregnant with triplets. Her boyfriend Lamarr turns to one of the few resources in his North Philadelphia neighborhood: Kaki and Kathryn, two white Quaker women who left the suburbs to live in multiracial community and work for peace. The young mother moves in and has three boys, but then the state threatens to take them into care because the parents are so young, and without apparent adult support. Unless ... With hope in your heart and an eye on the Beloved Community, walk with this amazing family of teenaged Black Muslims, middle-aged Quaker lesbians, and radiant baby boys growing fast into toddlers.

Crandall, Dostie and Douglass 2007 320 PP. Paper

$12.50 (in stock)

Walk Worthy Of Your Calling

Quakers And The Traveling Ministry

EDITED BY MARGERY POST ABBOTT AND PEGGY SENGER-PARSONS
This book is a collection of essays and stories by many Friends across the spectrum of Quakerism who have been called to travel in the ministry. Included are reflections on struggling with the call itself and the transformation that comes from listening carefully to God's direction. Many experiences of Friends called to traditional ministry among Friends are described, as are explorations of new forms of ministry. There is a chapter on support structures for the minister as s/he undertakes his or her journey. The editors offer up this book for all those considering ministry; as a guide to moving forward and as a sourcebook of encouragement and inspiration.

Friends United Press 2004 302 PP Paper

$19.00 (in stock)