A House Of Prayer For All Peoples

Congregations Building Multiracial Community

BY SHERYL KUJAWA-HOLBROOK
Contrary to the oft-repeated truism, there are churches in America where Sunday is not the "most segregated day of the week," as Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook convincingly demonstrates in her compelling exploration of congregations tackling racial justice issues. Yet the truism continues to haunt many congregations, and Kujawa-Holbrook reveals, through story and thoughtful analysis, what it means to create and live out multiracial community. Focusing on six congregations from different denominations, geographical regions, and settings, the author shows us the joys and struggles in their intentional pursuits of a more diverse and just community.

Alban Institute 2003 248 PP. Paper

$19.00 (in stock)

How Did The Animals Help God?

BY NANCY SOHN-SCHWARTZ, ILLUSTRATED BY MELANIE HALL
In this playful twist to the Genesis story, God asks all of nature to offer gifts to humankind-with a promise that the humans would care for creation in return. Your child will delight in turning the sturdy pages to see and hear what the many animals wish for us.

Skylight Paths 2004 24 PP, BOARD Cloth

$7.99 (in stock)

How Do I Know It's A Leading?

BY RUTH HYDE-PAINE
This pamphlet gets us to think about how to discern whether we are "on the right track" in our efforts to seek and act on advice and counsel. Includes discussion and reflection on what "waiting on the Lord" has meant to each of us.

SEYM 1992 19 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

How Does God Listen?

BY KAY LINDAHL, ILLUSTRATED BY CYNTHIA MALONEY
How Does God Listen? encourages children to use all five of their senses to explore and develop a personal relationship with God. How does God listen? How do we know God is listening to us? Children will find the answers to these questions as they engage their senses while the story unfolds, learning how God listens in the wind, waves, clouds, hot chocolate, perfume, our tears, and our laughter. The simple yet profound text, accompanied by vibrant, colorful photographs, captures the experiences common to children of all faiths and backgrounds as they begin to understand the many ways God listens to us.

SkylightPaths 2005 32 PP Paper

$8.99 (in stock)

How Does God Make Things Happen?

BY LAWRENCE AND KAREN KUSHNER, ILLUSTRATED BY DAWN MAJEWSKI
A charming invitation for young children to explore how God makes things happen in our world.

Jewish Lights 2001 24 PP. Blank

$7.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

How Does Societal Transformation Happen?

Values Development, Collective Wisdom, And Decision Making For The Common Good

BY LEONARD JOY
This study by Leonard Joy, a veteran of international economic and social development work, is aimed directly at the kind of societal transformation we need. His insights are both necessary and timely. With increasing recognition and implementation, they might also be sufficient.

Quaker Institute for the Future 2011 85 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

How God Fix Jonah

BY LORENZ GRAHAM, ILLUSTRATED BY ASHLEY BRYAN
"The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister in California, Graham taught in a missionary school in Liberia in the 1920s. He wrote this collection of biblical story-poems, which he published in 1946, in the voices of West African teachers and students. Now the collection has been reissued in a handsome volume with dramatic, new, full-page block prints by Ashley Bryan. The stories, great for reading aloud, have the simplicity and rhythm of the oral tradition. Both colloquial and poetic, they bring the holy into daily life." - Hazel Rochman

Boyds Mill Press 1996 157 PP. Cloth

$17.95 (in stock)

How On Earth Do We Live Now?

Natural Capital, Deep Ecology, And The Commons

BY DAVID CISCEL, BARBARA DAY, KEITH HELMUTH, SANDRA LEWIS, AND JUDY LUMB
A radical re-assessment is underway on what it will take to prevent our industrial-commercial civilization from sliding sideways into the ditch of ecological breakdown and economic collapse. Many folks are now trying to engage this crisis from a footing of ecological integrity and social solidarity. Yet, the web of life is disrespected, degraded, and disrupted on every hand by destructive economic activity. More and more the critical factors of ecological integrity and social equity are compromised and unhinged by an economy that is both dysfunctional and out of control. As economist, David Ciscel, put it in a recent issue of Quaker Eco-Bulletin, "It's the economy, Friends."

QIF 2011 91 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

How The Cows Turned Mad, Unlocking The Mysteries Of Mad Cow

BY MAXIME SCHWARTZ
2ND HAND. As new hardback. Originally published to much acclaim in France, this scientific thriller, tells of the hunt for the cause of an enigmatic class of fatal brain infections, of which mad cow disease is the latest incarnation. In gripping, nontechnical prose, Maxime Schwartz details the deadly manifestations of these diseases throughout history, describes the major players and events that led to discoveries about their true nature, and outlines our current state of knowledge. AS NEW WITH DUSTJACKET.

Univ California 2003 236 PP. Cloth

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How To Be A Perfect Stranger

The Essential Religious Ettiquette Handbook

EDITED BY STUART MATLINS AND ARTHUR MAGIDA
Lively, straightforward guide to the basic services and ceremonies of all major religions and denominations in the United States. Winner of the best reference book of the year ward. Now available as a single updated volume.

SkyLight Paths Publishing 2006 Paper

$19.99 (in stock)

How To Be Black

BY BARATUNDE THURSTON
Have you ever been called "too black" or "not black enough"? Have you ever befriended or worked with a black person? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this humorous book is for you. Raised by a pro-black, Pan-Afrikan single mother during the crack years of 1980s Washington, DC, and educated at Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University, Baratunde Thurston has over thirty years' experience being black. Now, through stories of his politically inspired Nigerian name, the heroics of his hippie mother, the murder of his drug-abusing father, and other revelatory black details, he shares with readers of all colors his wisdom and expertise in how to be black.

Harper 2012 254 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

How To Change The World

Social Entrepreneurs And The Power Of New Ideas

BY DAVID BORNSTEIN
David Bornstein's How to Change the World is the first book to study a remarkable and growing group of individuals around the world - what Bornstein calls social entrepreneurs. These men and women are bringing innovative, and successful, grass roots approaches to a wide variety of social and economic problems, from rural poverty in India to discrimination against gypsies in Central Europe; from industrial pollution in the United States to child prostitution in Thailand. Like business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs are creative, driven, and adventurous. They embrace change, exploit new opportunities, and think big. Bornstein provides vivid profiles of many such individuals.

Oxford Press 2007 368 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

How To Heal A Broken Wing

BY BOB GRAHAM
"No one saw the bird fall." In a city full of hurried people, only young Will notices the bird lying hurt on the ground. With the help of his sympathetic mother, he gently wraps the injured bird and takes it home. In classic Bob Graham style, the beauty is in the details: the careful ministrations with an eyedropper, the bedroom filled with animal memorabilia, the saving of the single feather as a good-luck charm for the bird's return to the sky. Wistful and uplifting, here is a tale of possibility - and of the souls who never doubt its power. "Poignantly told and visually rich, this narrative flies high." - Publishers Weekly

Candlewick 2007 40 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

How To Rent A Negro

BY DAMALI AYO
A satirical look at race relations, premised on the renting of a token negro for events or occasions to gain white folks credibility as racially aware. The book gives insights for both the rental and the rentee based on the authors 30 years of experience. The most awful standard racial gaffes and insensitive comments are illuminated in a novel and memorable way. There are photo dramatizations (The expression on the rentals face as the rentee says "I was black in a previous life" is priceless...)and there are special tip boxes.

Lawrence Hill 2005 196 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

How To Talk Sokids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk

20th Anniversary Edition

BY ADELE FABER AND ELAINE MAZLISH
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk provides all the know-how required for happier, more constructive parent-child relations. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes interaction with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. The Christopher Award-winning authors share their latest insights and suggestions based on feedback they've received over the years. Their real-world methods offer tips on handling children's negative feelings, expressing anger without being hurtful, setting firm limits, and how to resolve family conflicts peacefully.

Quill 1982 286 PP. Paper

$14.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

How To Teach Peace To Children

BY LORNE PEACHEY, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY ANNE MEYER-BYLER
How can parents instill a peacable lifestyle in their children? Do children learn more by words or by actions? How to Teach Peace to Children speaks to issue that are front and center for parents-building family relationships, teaching care for others in the neighborhood and around the world. Guiding children in the way of nonviolence. Anne Meyer Byler provides suggestions to help families pattern their lives after Jesus' words and actions while dealing with modern stresses.

Herald Press 2003 48 PP. Paper

$8.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Howard Kester

And The Struggle For Social Justice In The South 1904-1977

BY ROBERT FRANCIS MARTIN
Born in Virginia in 1904, Howard Kester was raised by his father, a merchant tailor and Klansman, and his religious mother. On a trip to Poland as a college student he saw a connection between the treatment of the Jews there and the treatment of minorities in America. His experience led him to become an activist and organizer, helping to start the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in 1934, and to working with many groups on racial equality. His work was inspired by a combination of radical Christianity, Niebuhr's social gospel, and elements of Marxism (although he remained opposed to communism).

University Press of Virginia 1991 200 PP. Cloth

$3.50 (in stock)

Howard Thurman

The Mystic As Prophet

BY LUTHER SMITH
When Howard Thurman spoke, he filled the entire room with compassion, truth, keen intellect, and joy. To be in his presence was to experience the drama of life itself-with all its attending conflicts-and to be carried beyond these realities to the rcality of a gracious God whose will is life and wholeness. Howard Thurman's close relationship to Quakers dates back to 1929 when he began independent study at Hav erford College with Rufus Jones. He first discovered Jones through his book, Finding the Trail of Life. "When I finished [the book] I knew that if this man were alive, I wanted to study with him," wrote Thurman in his autobiography. A biography of this great man.

Friends United Press 2007 252 PP. Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

Howard Thurmans Essential Writings

BY HOWARD THURMAN
Howard Thurman (1899 - 1981) was an influential American author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader. He was Dean of Theology at Howard and Boston universities for more than two decades, wrote 20 books, and in 1944 helped found the first racially integrated, multicultural church in the United States. A huge inspiration to martin Luther King Jnr.

Orbis 2006 174 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Howard Thurman's Great Hope

BY KAI JACKSON ISSA
Born into segregated Florida in 1899, young Howard Thurman worked hard to help support his family, but he also loved school, reading and learning, and dreamed of honoring his late father s wish that he could attend college. With the support of friends and family, young Howard transcended the limits on Negro education and earned a scholarship to an out-of-town high school, through his own hard work and the generosity of a stranger. A moving testament to the bonds of community and the power of faith, this book shows the early life of the man who became a seminal civil rights leader and an inspirational religious thinker. Grades 2-4, full color illustrations.

Lee & Low Books 2008 32 PP. Paper

$8.95 (in stock)

Howard Zinn On War

BY HOWARD ZINN
In times of war, the most patriotic act for a citizen to undertake may be to ask questions. Here are 26 shorter essays spanning the years 1969 to 2006 in which Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States" addresses specific wars and war in general. "The abolition of war has become not only desirable but absolutely necessary if the planet is to be saved."

Seven Stories Press 2011 272 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Howard Zinn On Race

BY HOWARD ZINN
Here are collected shorter writings, reflections, newspaper articles, speeches, and interviews (some never before published) by Howard Zinn, author of the widely read book "A People's History of the United States." Beginning in 1956 as chairman of the History Department at Spelman College, Zinn was a key participant in the Civil Rights Movement. These reflections show how his thinking evolved through the second half of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first, while his underlying principles remained unshaken. With an introduciton by Conrel West.

Seven Stories Press 2011 237 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Human Smoke (remainder)

The Beginnings Of World War Ii, The End Of Civilization

BY NICHOLSON BAKER
This is an extraordinary testament to pacifism from Quaker novelist and essayist Nicholson Baker. Here in a staccato, chronological chain of newspaper and diary reports, with brief comments or context of his own, Baker covers the period from 1842 to 1941. Was it inevitable that wars would occur? Could events have transpired peacefully or at least differently? Baker provides contemporary reports of events and leaves it to the reader to decide. Many Quakers (and their work for peace) are included. "In Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker turns his unrivaled literary talents to pacifism... Baker's book is truly original." - Chalmers Johnson. was $30.00in US edition-this is the British edition.

S&S 2008 576 PP. Cloth

$8.00 (in stock)

A Human View Of Justice And Public Secrets

BY LAURA MELVIN
Laura Melvin, a retired Judge from Florida, tells how after a career that included imposing two death sentences she found reflecting on what justice really means started both a spiritual and physical journey across America that led her to Quakerism and to ponder deeply on the broken American justice system. A very strong leading and a powerful story. We can take preorders to ship at the gathering.

Self Published 2013 Paper

$15.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Humor Of Christ

ELTON TRUEBLOOD
Very good condition, little wear, cover, no tears. Trueblood offers insights to Christ's teachings through lens of humor, rendering new meaning to some strained interpretations.

1964 127 PP. Cloth

$10.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Humphrey's First Palm Sunday

BY CAROL HEYER
Humphrey follows up his wonderful Christmas story with a Palm Sunday tale, meeting Jesus again, but now as an adult.

ICB 2012 32 PP. Cloth

$14.99 (in stock)

Humphry Davy Poet And Philosopher (99)

BY T E THORPE
This is a modern edition of a biography from the late 1890's of Humphry Davy, renowned chemist and accomplished poet,who is famous primarilly for his role in the isolation of iodine and discovery of the Davy Lamp. Throughout his life he used poetry to express his emotional landscape, demonstrating a romantic spirit that was evident in his vision of science as well. Davy acquired his taste for experimental science as a youth , mainly due to his mentor, a Quaker named Robert Dunkin, a saddler and a man of original mind and of the most varied accomplishments. SECONDHAND BOOK in good condition, I think bought from us and returned unread.

Nonesuch Books_ 1896 190 PP. Paper

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Hunting For Hope

A Father's Journeys

BY SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS
The book begins with a hiking trip in the Rockies meant to ease the strife between the author and his teenage son. On their first day, Jesse lashes out: " You look at any car, and all you think is pollution, traffic, roadside crap. You say fast food's poisoning our bodies and TV's poisoning our minds....You make me feel the planet's dying, and people are to blame, and nothing can be done about it. There's no room for hope. Maybe you can get along without hope, but I can't." Sanders sets out to accumulate, in a narrative threaded with the moving remainder of the father-son trip, his own reasons for facing the future with hope.

Beacon Press 1998 200 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Hy Brasil

BY MARGARET ELPHINSTONE
Sidony Redruth is a young English woman who, after fraudulently winning a writing competition, is sent by her editor to write the first-ever travel book on Hy Brasil, a near mythical island somewhere in the Atlantic whose very existence has been a matter of debate as late as the nineteenth century. Elphinstone's plot takes the island location as its starting point, throws in some old-fashioned priracy, a lost treasure, modern-day drug smuggling, political intrigue, an active volcano and a tragic love affair. Told through Sidony's notes for her book, Hy Brasil is a compelling and magical adventure story. The author is a British friend.

McArthur 2002 438 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

I Am God's Paintbrush

BY SANDY EISENBERG SASSO
This simple book will help you and your child explore spirituality interactively through colors, songs and dance. Your child will delight in turning the sturdy pages to see the beautiful colors of God's world. For children of all faiths, all backgrounds.

Skylight Paths 2009 24 PP. Paper

$7.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)