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)

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)

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

$3.50 USED - availability checked Feb 8th 1:48pm EST

Hundred Dollar Holiday

The Case For A More Joyful Christmas

BY BILL MCKIBBEN
Many dread the approach of the holidays, a season that should be the most relaxed, intimate, joyful time of year. McKibben shows how to rethink Christmastime, so that our obsession with present-buying becomes less important than the many other possible traditions & celebrations. Working with their churches, Bill and his colleagues found people were hungry for a more joyful Christmas. Trying to limit the money they spent at Christmas to about $100 per family was a spur to creativity - and an anchor against the onslaught of commercials & catalogs that try to say Christmas is only Christmas if it's store-bought. McKibben shows us how to return to a simpler, more enjoyable holiday.

Simon and Schuster 1998 96 PP. Paper

$12.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

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 (in stock)

I Am Quaker

BY FELICE BLANC
A young Friends explains the beliefs and practices of her faith. Ages 3-8.

Rosen 1999 24 PP. Cloth

$12.95 (in stock)

I Can Make A Difference

A Treasury To Inspire Our Children

EDITED BY MARIAN WRIGHT-EDELMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY BARRY MOSER
Edelman has compiled inspiring quotations, stories, poems and songs related to values of compassion, peace, and justice. She has organized the book according to principles, which she illuminates with introductions and quotations. Each selection illustrates how to make a difference "by loving myself and others as God loves us," "by being courageous," "by caring and serving," "by being honest and telling the truth," "by being grateful for the gift and wonders of life," "by being nonviolent and working for peace," or "by being faithful and struggling for what I believe." The stories and quotations are many-layered, metaphorical and rich.

Amistad 2005 112 PP. Cloth

$19.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

I Could Do Anything (5546)

If I Only Knew

BY BARBARA SHER
SECONDHAND COPY, hardback tatty cover, but good condition. Based on the principle that love is what we do best, the bestselling author of Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want offers expert, reassuring, concrete advice on getting to the heart of what we really want in life and dissolving the inner blocks that prevent us from achieving it.

Delacorte Press 1994 322 PP. Cloth

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I Could Tell You Stories

Sojourns In The Land Of Memory

BY PATRICIA HAMPL
Memoir has become the signature genre of our age. In this timely gathering, Patricia Hampl, one of our most elegant practitioners, "weaves personal stories and grand ideas into shimmering bolts of prose" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) as she explores the autobiographical writing that has enchanted or bedeviled her. Subjects engaging Hampl's attention include her family's response to her writing, the ethics of writing about family and friends, St. Augustine's Confessions, reflections on reading Walt Whitman during the Vietnam War, and an early experience reviewing Sylvia Plath. The word that unites the impulse within all the pieces is "Remember!" This book is required for Workshop #70.

W. W. Norton Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

I Have Always Wanted To Be Jewish

And Now, Thanks To The Religious Society Of Friends, I Am - Php 350

BY CLAIRE GORFINKEL
The author's story of her spiritual journey through Quakerism home to Judaism.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2000 32 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

I Heard God Laughing

Poems Of Hope And Joy

BY HAFIZ, TRANSLATED BY DANIEL LADINSKY
Hafiz captures the many forms and stages of love. His poetry outlines the stages of the mystic's path of love-a journey in which love dissolves personal boundaries and limitations to join larger processes of growth and transformation. With this collection, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in translating the essence of one of Islam's greatest poetic and spiritual voices. If you haven't yet had the delight of dining with Daniel Ladinsky's sweet, playful renderings of the musings of the great saints, I Heard God Laughing is a perfect appetizer.

Penguin 2006 112 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

I Love Dirt!

52 Activities To Help You And Your Kids Discover The Wonders Of Nature

BY JENNIFER WARD AND SUSIE GHAHREMANI
Packed with activities to help kids discover the wonders of nature, this collection offers alternatives to electronic games and gets kids and caregivers outside. Each activity presents a project meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a sense of wonder. "There may be no better way to ensure the well-being of the natural world tomorrow than to introduce children to its many small wonders today. Through a series of accessible activities designed to engage young minds and all five senses, this book reminds us of - even celebrates - the magic to be found right outside our own back doors." - Todd Christopher

Trumpeter Press 2008 153 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

I Love You Miss Huddleston

And Other Inappropriate Longings Of My Indiana Childhood

BY PHILIP GULLEY
We are transported to 1970's Danville, Indiana, the everyone-knows-your-business town where Gulley still lives today,to witness the uproarious story of Gulley's young life, including his infatuation with his comely sixth-grade teacher, his dalliance with sin-eating meat on Friday and inappropriate activities with a mannequin named Ginger - and his checkered start with organized religion.

HarperOne 2010 200 PP. Paper

$12.95 (in stock)

I Must Resist

RUSTIN, BAYARD

2012 552.PP. Paper

$18.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

I Take Thee, Serenity

BY DAISY NEWMAN
Serenity discovers love and her Friendly heritage.

FUP 1975 314 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)

I Wanna Play

BY BILL HARLEY
Get ready to shake, rattle, roll, strum, howl and sway with Bill as he serenades kids and families with his characteristic silliness, hilarity, and poignancy on his newest musical recording "I Wanna Play". The 12 new songs on "I Wanna Play", including the long-awaited and much-loved Barbie's Head is Missing, are hilarious, sweet, silly and touching, and have a world music feel.

Round River Records 2007 48 MIN Disk

$15.00 (in stock)

I Wanted To Know All About God

BY VIRGINIA KROLL, ILLUSTRATED BY DEBRA REID-JENKINS
LESSON IN A BOOK AVAILABLE! This book invites children to experience God more fully in their daily lives.

Eerdmans 1994 32 PP. Paper

$8.50 (in stock)

I Will Hold You 'til You Sleep

BY LINDA ZUCKERMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY JON J. MUTH
Here is the rare book that not only expresses a parent's love for their child, but offers a hope for what that love will become. It begins with a wish at bedtime, as parents hold their children tight and hope their love will cradle them, safe and sound. It continues through the day their children have grown up, proud and strong, and can pass that love on to someone else. This is a book that goes beyond a parent's "I love you" to the generous wish that our children will make the world a better place.

Scholastic 2006 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

I Wonder As I Wander

BY GWENYTH SWAIN, ILLUSTRATED BY RONALD HIMLER
"A moving story of hope and love, woven around a Christmas hymn. In an author's note, Swain explains how, in 1933, a girl named Annie Morgan sang the title song to John Jacob Niles, a collector of folksongs, at a revival in Murphy, NC. The fictionalized tale that follows describes how Annie mourns for her mother: `I still can't figure how she could have died in spring, when there's so much life just bursting from the ground and the tree branches.' She and her itinerant preacher father wander the country, speaking to any folks who will listen to them. Annie composes a song to express her religious questions, which she sings to a crowd. . This book is a treasure."-School Library Journal

Eerdmans 2003 32 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

Icky Sticky, Hairy Scary Bible Stories

BY JONATHON SCHKADE, TUESDAY MOURNING
his collection of poems shows how God works in the ugly, icky, gross world we live in. The poems are short funny takes of Bible stories interspersed with paraphrases of biblical wisdom.

Concordia 2011 125 PP. Cloth

$14.99 (in stock)

I'd Rather Teach Peace

BY COLMAN MCCARTHY
This is the story of one man's passion for peace education, as seen during one semester in six schools where risk-taking students found themselves challenged and inspired by an unconventional course and by a man who believes that if we don't teach our children peace someone else will teach them violence.

Orbis 2002 140 PP Cloth

$18.00 (in stock)

Ida B. Wells

Let The Truth Be Told

BY WALTER DEAN MYERS
Ida B. Wells was an extraordinary woman. Long before boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides, Ida B. Wells was hard at work to better the lives of African Americans. An activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching, she used fierce determination and the power of the pen to educate the world about the unequal treatment of blacks in the United States. Walter Dean Myers tells the story of this legendary figure, which blends harmoniously with the historically detailed watercolor paintings of illustrator Bonnie Christensen. For ages 9-12

HarperCollins 2008 37 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

If God Is Love

Rediscovering Grace In An Ungracious World

BY JAMES MULHOLLAND AND PHILIP GULLEY
In If Grace Is True, pastors Philip Gulley and James Mulholland revealed their belief that God will save every person. They now explore the implications of this belief and its power to change every area of our lives. They attempt to answer one question: If we took God's love seriously, what would our world look like? Gulley and Mulholland argue that what we believe is crucial and dramatically affects the way we live and interact in the world. Beliefs have power. The belief in a literal hell, where people suffer eternally, has often been used by the Church to justify hate and violence, which contradict what Jesus taught about love and grace. The authors present a new vision.

HaperSanFrancisco 2005 288 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

If Grace Is True

Why God Will Save Every Person

BY PHILIP GULLEY, JAMES MULHOLLAND
I don't think many liberal Quakers will find anything at all unusual in the idea that God will not damn people to eternal perdition for not believing in Him/Her in the correct manner. But this is a hugely controversial book to some Friends in the more evangelical traditions. Using stories from their own lives the authors meditate on Christian Universalism and how a true and loving relationship with God is indeed salvation. Includes an appendix of Universalist Bible quotes and thought through the ages. This new edition has an afterward and discussion questions.

HarperOne 2010 242 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

If The Church Were Christian Hardcover

Rediscovering The Values Of Jesus

BY PHILIP GULLEY
Noted and eloquent Quaker, Philip Gulley's latest theological volume in his "if" series, in which Gulley puts the Christ back in Christian. "What IF Christians actually began to take their Christ seriously?" The answer to that question could change the world. - Shane Claiborne. "Filled with memorable, insightful and revealing stories. I recommend it." - Marcus Borg. Suggested Price 23.95 Our price $21.55

HarperOne 2010 224 PP. Cloth

$21.55 (out of stock but can be backordered)

If The Church Were Christian

Rediscovering The Values Of Jesus

BY PHILIP GULLEY
In If the Church Were Christian Philip Gulley provides a profound picture of what the church could look like if it refocused on the priorities of Jesus. A noted and eloquent Quaker, his latest theological volume in his "If" series, in which puts the Christ, back in Christian. "What IF Christians actually began to take their Christ seriously?" The answer to that question could change the world. - Shane Claiborne. "Filled with memorable, insightful and revealing stories. I recommend it." - Marcus Borg.

HarperOne 2011 197 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)