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A Journey Of Self-discovery In Letters
BY BENJAMIN LLOYD A fictional series of letters between Andy, an anguished young New York City actor, and Alice, his Quaker grade-school acting teacher. "The Actor's Way" explores the struggles of a young actor, the actor/director relationship, the challenges and pitfalls of teaching art in universities, ageism and issues of concern to the elderly, and techniques for teaching realistic acting. The author is a member of Haverford Meeting, and in this complex book one thread is the link of creativity and spirituality through the Quaker Meeting.
Allworth Press 2006 215 PP. Paper
$16.95 (low stock)
BY PHILIP GULLEY The 7th Harmony book. It's summer in Harmony, but not everything is as sunny as the weather. The good citizens are stirring up trouble as usual. Pastor Sam Gardner must take a leave of absence from the Meeting to take care of his ailing father. But when spunky pastor Krista Riley comes to fill his position, the quirky Quakers seem to fall in love with her, and it begins to look like Sam's sabbatical may be permanent. Krista's resilience is put to the test when Dale Hinshaw and Fern Hampton begin to question whether a woman can faithfully lead their flock, and it looks like the resulting tiff might just be the undoing of Harmony Friends Meeting. Will Sam come to the rescue.
HarperOne 2006 215 PP. Paper
$12.95 (in stock)
A Harmony Novel
BY PHILIP GULLEY It's Sam Gardner's sixth full year at Harmony Friends Meeting. He never thought he'd last this long. But when circumstances arise that cause him to take a leave of absence from his post, a young woman minister comes to take his place. The congregation falls in love with her and Sam is unsure they will take him back.
HarperSanFrancisco 2006 224 PP. Cloth
$18.95 (backorder)
A Novel Of The Napoleonic Wars
BY JAY WORRALL The second novel about Charles Edgemont, a ships captain during the Napoleonic war. He is married to a pacifist Quaker though this is not a theme in this book as it was in the first volume. Jay Worrall, the author, was born into a military family but raised as a Quaker. During the Vietnam War he worked with refugees in the Central Highlands of that country, and afterwards taught English in Japan. Worrall has also worked to develop innovative and humane prison programs, policies, and administration.
Random House 2007 288 PP. Paper
$13.95 (in stock)
BY DAISY NEWMAN Recently widowed, Diligence (Dilly) finds herself confronted with a friendship she is not sure she is ready to continue with even though he, Durand, is attentive, attractive and someone she cannot forget. Another Kendal novel that will capture the reader as 52-year-old Dilly's life unfolds.
Friends United Press 1991 250 PP. Paper
$12.00 (low stock)
A Novel
BY MARGARET HOPE BACON It's 1837, and fourteen-year-old Quaker Myra Harlan's mother has died, forcing her to leave her home and family in the country to live in Philadelphia. Shocked by the racism she sees all around her and caught in the aftermath of the Orthodox-Hicksite split in the Religious Society of Friends, Myra longs for her mother and struggles to make friends until she finds the Female Anti-Slavery Society, Lucretia Mott, Sarah Douglass, and - ultimately - herself.
Quaker Press of FGC 2007 127 PP. Paper
$13.00 (in stock)
BY SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS First published in 1986, here the Quaker novelist writes of Ohio in 1813, a thickly wooded, hilly, creek-carved highway of western settlement. Wolves still howl at midnight on village greens. Each log cabin is a fortress, and no one travels without a knife and gun. Through this armed and fearful countryside, three people - Ely Jackson, a 17-year-old backwoods boy; Owen Lightfoot, a lawyer from Philadelphia with a romantic view of the frontier; and Rain Hawk, a girl living on her own in the wilderness - search for an awesome quarry, a mysterious giant-like figure who is on the run for murder.
Indiana University Press 2004 252 PP. Paper
$14.95 (low stock)
A Search For The Sublime
BY PATRICIA HAMPL The author of "I could tell you stories" was mesmerized by a Matisse painting: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl. In Blue Arabesque, she explores the allure of this lounging woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the rush of the modern era. Her meditations give her insights into her own early life in Minnesota.
Harvest 2007 224 PP. Paper
SHAW, DASH Quaker graphic artist Dash Shaw's comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40 years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. In a six-day period rich with atmospheric sequences, the family stumbles blindly around one another, often ignoring their surroundings and consumed by their own daily conflicts. Visually, Shaw employs a leisurely storytelling pace that allows room for exploring the interconnecting relationships among the characters and plays to his strength as a cartoonist, small gestural details and nuanced expressions that bring the characters to vivid and intimate life.
Fantagraphics Bks 2008 720 PP. Paper
$29.99 (low stock)
Ohio Amish Mystery Series - #2
BY P. L. GAUS The peaceful town of Millersburg, Ohio, in the heart of Ohio's Amish country, is rocked by the vicious murder of one of its citizens at the hands of an ex-convict. When a local reporter covering the story ends up dead as well, with the convict already behind bars, suspicion falls on David Hawkins, father of the first victim. But Hawkins is nowhere to be found, not even among the protective Amish colony that had taken him in as one of its own regardless of his shadowy past. Professor Michael Branden, Sheriff Bruce Robertson, and Pastor Cal Troyer set out to uncover the truth that seems so elusive in their otherwise quiet corner of the world. .
Ohio University Press 2000 214 PP. Paper
$12.95 (low stock)
Ohio Amish Mystery Series - #4
BY P. L. GAUS In this Amish mystery, a blizzard hits northern Ohio, devastating Millersburg College and the lives of many students & locals. Wealthy executive Juliet Favor, patron of the college, is found dead. The next morning Mennonite student Martha Lehman curls up in a fetal position outside her psychiatrist's office. Since she was involved with Juliet's son, she becomes the prime suspect. Professor Michael Branden and Sheriff Bruce Robertson must find the killer. The true victim, however, is Martha, whose troubled past costs her dearly, is doubly isolated as a Mennonite student. How she reconciles her past and finds a place in society is part of the puzzle to be solved.
Ohio University Press 2003 232 PP. Paper
A Harmony Story
BY PHILIP GULLEY The Quaker storyteller presents a heartwarming tale for the holidays on the real gifts people give one another.
HarperSanFrancisco 2005 96 PP. Cloth
Ohio Amish Mystery Series - #3
BY P. L. GAUS Clouds without Rain begins with a fatal accident involving an Amish buggy and an eighteen-wheeler. Professor Branden grows suspicious about the true nature of the crash, especially when the trustee for the dead Amish man's estate disappears a few days later. Branden sets out to find a link between the crash and a spate of other disturbing events: Amish teenagers robbing buggies on dusty lanes, land swindles involving out-of-town developers, and a bank official gone missing.
Ohio University Press 2001 203 PP. Paper
BY JESSAMYN WEST Set in rural California in the 1940s, this novel first published as four short stories, wittily portrays an adolescent girl navigating pivotal moments of growing up between ages 12 and 16. West is equally insightful about the eternal problems of parent and grandparenthood, how raising children transforms a marriage, and how death touches a family. An afterword discuses her writing career.
Feminist Press 2006 340 PP. Paper
$15.95 (in stock)
BY C J CHERRYH Some nice Science Fiction hardbacks - not that quakerly - but these and murder mysteries do seem to be popular among Friends!. These books are all in pretty good condition hardback with tidy dustjackets. Science Fiction Book Club Editions.
Various Publishers 1985 184 PP. Cloth
$7.50 USED - availability checked Mar 18th 3:39am CDT
BY MARK HADDON An autistic boy tries to solve a mystery that involves the death of his neighbors dog. A good read as they say- and it opens a window to the autistic mind.
Vintage Books 2004 240 PP. Paper
$14.00 (low stock)
BY DAISY NEWMAN This is the fourth book in the series of Quaker related Novels. Kendal is again the setting of Daisy Newman's book and familiar as well as new readers will find her work refreshing and interesting. Friendly faces join us in meeting Vaughn Hill as she discovers Kendal and its intriguing residents. This is a simply told, beautifully characterized novel about a sophisticated advertising woman, who found much to learn and admire among the Quakers-and saved her marriage from disaster.
FUP 1992 252 PP. Paper
BY JOAN SLONCZEWSKI Reasonable condition paperback that somehow looks tatty even when brand new. Classic Sci fi tale about a pacifist, feminist world threatened by a invader. Quaker author and themes.
Orb 2000 403 PP. Paper
$6.00 USED - availability checked Mar 18th 3:39am CDT
BY MARGARET WEIS, TRACY HICKMAN Some nice Science Fiction hardbacks - not that quakerly - but these and murder mysteries do seem to be popular among Friends!. These books are all in pretty good condition hardback with tidy dustjackets. Science Fiction Book Club Editions.
Various Publishers 2000 548 PP. Cloth
BY KATE MALOY This new novel by Quaker writer Maloy explores the landscape and Quaker faith in the life of 75-year-old Sarah. Overcome by her husband's death, Sarah finds her house becoming a refuge for wayward souls. "The motley assortment of characters, many of whom have been touched by violence, deliver passionate apostrophes on peace and justice, and together Sarah and her boarders discover unseen beauty in the landscape, uncover hidden talents and develop a nurturing, healing community. Maloy's wordplay and startling nature imagery enchant." - Publishers Weekly
Algonquin Books 2009 304 PP. Paper
$13.95 (low stock)
BY LAURA KINSALE Something different! Voted by some as one of the top 10 romance novels of all time. The "rakehell" the Duke of Jervault comes upon hard times and a mental breakdown and is befriended by a plain Quaker girl, Maddy Timms…Could it be his redemption and her big romance…
Avon 1992 553 PP. Paper
$7.99 (in stock)
Simple Musings On Living Well
BY PHILIP GULLEY The third volume in Friends minister/storyteller Gulley's series of story collections. In this book he uses Ecclesiastes as the guide to tell stories of birth/death, planting/harvesting, healing/hurting, etc. He refers to his Quakerism quite regularly in these stories.
HarperSF 2001 220 PP. Paper
$16.95 (in stock)
BY JESSAMYN WEST The classic novel about life for a Quaker family in Indiana during the Civil War, and the basis for the William Wyler film starring Gary Cooper.
Harcourt Brace 1991 214 PP. Paper
BY MARILYNNE ROBINSON Twenty-four years after her first novel, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. Writing in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson's beautiful, spare, and spiritual prose allows "even the faithless reader to feel the possibility of transcendent order" (Slate). In the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister John Ames, Gilead reveals the human condition and the often unbearable beauty of an ordinary life.
Picador 2006 256 PP. Paper
$14.00 (in stock)
Stories
EDITED BY MICHAEL CURTIS In a fresh approach to an age-old discussion, an editor of the Atlantic Monthly collects twenty-five short stories by eminent writers about spiritual experiences of all sorts. With works by John Updike, Philip Roth, Louise Erdrich, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, and more, God: Stories offers insight, solace, and pleasure not only to the faithful but to seekers - and to those who simply love fine stories. "Challenging the mind and exhilarating the soul . . . [this] rare and precious collection" (Susannah Heschel) explores the human dimensions of spirituality from the comic to the passionate, the skeptical to the mystical and beyond.
Mariner Books 2003 416 PP. Paper
$15.00 (low stock)
BY SUZANNE COLLINS As the plague in The Underland spreads, Gregor begins to understand his role in the Prophecy of Blood, and must summon all of his power to stop the biological warfare that is spreading a plague through the Underland. "Non-sexist, non-racist, Collins provides mayhem and violence, but the abhorrence of the outcome promotes the wisdom of non-violence enough to satisfy thrill seeking children as well as their pacifist parents." -Lynn Cope.
Scholastic 2006 358 PP. Paper
$6.99 (low stock)
BY MARY BUSHKOVITCH Large heavy (3 lb !) novel based on the life of the Grimke sisters of S Carolina. The author spent 20 years researching the sisters lives before writing this-her first and only novel. Good condition with torn dust jacket.SECOND HAND BOOK
Southern Historical Press 1992 695 PP. Cloth
$16.00 USED - availability checked Mar 18th 3:39am CDT
BY WENDELL BERRY "Ignorant boys, killing each other," is just about all Nathan Coulter would tell his wife, friends, and family about the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Life carried on for the community of Port William, Kentucky, as some boys returned from the war and the lives of others were mourned. In her seventies, Nathan's wife, Hannah, has time now to tell of the years since the war. In Wendell Berry's unforgettable prose, we learn of the Coulter's children, of the Feltners and Branches, and how survivors "live right on." "Atmospheric and quietly moving." - Kirkus Reviews
Counterpoint 2005 208 PP. Paper
BY MARILYNNE ROBINSON Companion to Robinson's "Gilead", "Home" takes place concurrently in the same town, this time in the household of Rev. Robert Boughton. Glory Boughton has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Her brother, Jack - the family's prodigal son, gone for 20 years - comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with trouble. A ne'er do-well, Jack still remains Boughton's most beloved child. Brilliant, lovable, & wayward, Jack forges an intense bond with Glory and engages painfully with his godfather & namesake. "Home" is a moving & healing book about families, family secrets, and passing generations, about love & death & faith.
Picador 2009 325 PP. Paper
BY PHILIP GULLEY Welcome to Harmony ... In this acclaimed inaugural volume in the Harmony series, master storyteller and Friend Philip Gulley draws us into the charming world of Quaker pastor Sam Gardner in his first year back in his hometown ministering to his flock of outrageous eccentrics. Quakers and family members portrayed in this book convey the essence of small town life with humor and wisdom.
Avon 2006 237 PP. Paper
$7.99 (low stock)
Notes From An Exhibition
The Back Bench
Year Of Grace
A Mercy - A Novel
Impassioned Clay
The Yellow House
Porch Talk
In Hovering Flight
Every Last Cuckoo - Paperback
