Arts & Literature

“Art is a magnificent obsession. It requires tenacity, an almost monastic devotion that keeps you engaged on all levels of your existence, day in and day out. You follow a distant star – directed by some great mind infinitely wiser than you.”

— Fritz Eichenberg, 1984

Featured Books

New Books

The Aeneid

BY VERGIL, TRANSLATED BY SARAH RUDEN
This extraordinary new translation of the "Aeneid" stands alone among modern Vergil translations for its accuracy and poetic appeal. Quaker poet, Sarah Ruden is the first woman to translate Vergil's great epic, and she renders the poem in the same number of lines as the original work--a very rare feat that maintains technical fidelity to the original without diminishing its emotional power. Ruden adheres closely to the poet's message. Her rendering of Vergil's words gives immediacy to his struggling faith that history has beauty and purpose in spite of its pain.

Yale Univ Press 2009 308 PP. Paper

$16.95 (low stock)

The Yellow House

BY PATRICIA FALVEY
"The Yellow House" delves into the passion and politics of Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. Not in any way predictable. Eileen O'Neill's family is torn apart by religious intolerance and secrets from the past, but she is determined to reclaim her ancestral home and reunite her family. Eileen works for the family business of the Sheridan's, a Quaker family that do not discriminate between Catholic and protestant and she catches the attention of their son Owen.

Center Street 2010 339 PP. Cloth

$21.99 (low stock)

Beauty So Close

BY BETH KLASSEN - LANDIS
Bess Klassen-Landis is a member of Hanover Friends Meeting in Hanover, NH. In 2008 as a released friend, she made a CD of original music and also toured the country speaking about forgiveness and abolition of the death penalty with me a travel minute endorsed by my meeting, as well as Northwest Quarterly Meeting, and New England Yearly Meeting. Songs include the eponymous title, Travelling on, I believe, Daffodils, Come back to music.

BKL 2008 14 TRACKS Disk

$16.99 (low stock)