It's So Amazing!

A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies And Families

BY ROBIE HARRIS, ILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL EMBERLEY
"As in It's Perfectly Normal, text and cartoon illustrations merge seamlessly to explore a wide range of topics - from the parts of the body to definitions of love - focusing on the biological aspects of reproduction. The nonjudgmental text also includes sections on adoption, masturbation, homosexuality and HIV/AIDS. Parents will appreciate this thoughtful, intelligent, and exuberant celebration of our bodies and our sexuality." - Horn Book

Candlewick 2002 88 PP. Blank

$10.99 (low stock)

It's The Little Things

Everday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, And Divide The Races

BY LENA WILLIAMS, FOREWORD BY CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT
"A clear, honest yet humorous picture of the little things that often interfere with communication and friendship between blacks and whites. . . . Reading It's the Little Things is a must for those of us who are working to improve relationships and under-standing across racial lines." - Alvin Poussaint

Harvest Books 2002 288 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

It's Your World - If You Don't Like It, Change It

Activism For Teenagers

BY MIKKI HALPIN
"Animal rights, racism, war protest, AIDS, school violence and bullying, women's rights, and promoting tolerance are among the topics covered here. Halpin provides basic information about each one and then makes myriad suggestions for action at home, in the community, the 'five-minute activist,' etc.The ideas are easy to implement....This is an important book that will empower any young adult who would like to make a difference." - School Library Journal

Simon & Schuster 2004 304 PP. Paper

$8.99 (in stock)

I've Seen The Promised Land

The Life Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

BY WALTER DEAN MYERS, ILLUSTRATED BY LEONARD JENKINS
Set against key moments in the civil rights movement, here is the story of the powerful, eloquent spiritual leader and his belief that nonviolence could be used to overcome racial discrimination. Walter Dean Myers' moving narrative and Leonard Jenkins' compelling paintings portray a vivid and striking image of the man who moved American society closer to the ideals of freedom and fairness.

HarperCollins 2004 40 PP. Cloth

$15.99 (in stock)

The Jacket

BY ANDREW CLEMENTS, ILLUSTRATED BY MCDAVID HENDERSON
A sixth grader realizes he is prejudiced when he falsely assumes that an African-American schoolmate has stolen his coat. "The story pointedly delivers a timely message and can serve as a springboard for dialogue about tolerance and self-honesty" - Publishers Weekly

Simon & Schuster 2003 96 PP. Paper

$5.99 (in stock)

James Nayler - Revolutionary To Prophet

BY DAVID NEELON
James Nayler: Revolutionary to Prophet is the definitive study of one of the earliest leaders of the Quaker movement. Along with George Fox and the "Valiant Sixty," Nayler's itinerant ministry helped gather seekers for spiritual satisfaction and religious order after the mid-17th Century civil wars in England. Early Quakers were bold and prophetic in the Biblical tradition. James Nayler: Revolutionary to Prophet presents for the first time, a full account of Nayler's life. "Compared with recent books on Nayler, this is more accessible to the general reader than Damrosch's, more scholarly than Massey, and more comprehensive than Bittle." - Rosemary Moore

Leadings Press 2009 216 PP. Cloth

$39.95 (in stock)

James Nayler, 1618-1660 (311)

The Quaker Indicted By Parliament

BY WILLIAM G BITTLE
SECONDHAND COPY. Used but in unread condition. With previous owners sticker: A scholarly biography with bibliography, notes and an appendix of 35 interesting tables of this controversial (and one of the tenderest) early Friend.

Sessions of York 1986 240 PP. Paper

$14.00 USED - availability checked Mar 19th 3:39am CDT

Jane Addams

Freedoms Innovator

BY DEBORAH PARKS
Jane Adams was the daughter of a Quaker and a tireless campaigner and worker for the poor. This is a very nice biography, it is well written and well illustrated and I am surprised I had not seen it before in any Meeting House libraries. Also ideal for school projects.

Time Life Education 2006 128 PP. Cloth

$7.50 (in stock)

January's Sparrow

BY PATRICIA POLACCO
In the middle of the night, The Crosswhites-including young Sadie-must flee the plantation they work on. January has been beaten and killed by the master, and they fear who may be next. But Sadie must leave behind her the wooden sparrow carved for her by January. Through the Underground Railroad, they make the slow and journey to Michigan, where they finally live in freedom. And there they stay, happily, until the day a mysterious package shows up on their doorsteps. It is January's sparrow, with a note that reads, "I found you." How the Crosswhites, and the whole town of Marshall, face this threat will leave readers enthralled & empowered.

Philomel 2009 96 PP. Paper

$22.99 (in stock)

Jayber Crow

The Life Story Of Jayber Crow, Barber Of The Port William Membership

BY WENDELL BERRY
Jayber Crow is another story of the community of Port William and the lives of its citizens. Jayber is an orphan, returned to the town. his status as barber and bachelor place him simultaneously at its center and on its margins. A born observer, he hears much, watches carefully, and spends 50 years learning its citizens by heart. As the 20th century moves inexorably forward, swallowing rural towns, Port William turns in upon itself. Integrity is key to the stories and lives of its inhabitants and to Jayber's love of Mattie Keith.

Counterpoint 2000 363 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

The Jesse Tree

BY GERALDINE MCCAUGHREN, ILLUSTRATED BY BEE WILLEY
As Mr. Butterfield carves a Jesse Tree in an old dusty church, a curious young boy distracts him, asking about the various symbols on the tree. Against his better judgment, the old man finds himself retelling the familiar Biblical tales that trace the lineage of Christ, from the Garden of Eden to Jesus' birth. Under the carpenter's skilled hands, the Jesse tree grows - and an unlikely friendship begins to take root as well. The Jesse Tree will captivate readers who know and love the Bible stories as well as those who are reading them for the first time.

Eerdmans 2005 96 PP. Cloth

$20.00 (in stock)

Jesus

Children's Illustrated Book

BY BRIAN WILDSMITH
From the angel's announcement to Mary to the events of Pentecost, Wildsmith presents the life of Jesus in a series of gold-framed scenes. He includes Jesus' birth, the visits of the shepherds and wise men, His youth in Nazareth, baptism and temptation, His teachings and miracles, the entry into Jerusalem, His death, resurrection and ascension.

Eerdmans 2000 32 PP. Cloth

$20.00 (backorder)

Jesus - A New Vision

BY MARCUS BORG
One of Borg's earliest books in a new edition. This thought-provoking text presents a full and historical portrait of Jesus as a charismatic, spiritual and deeply political prophet and healer. What emerges is a man living in the power of the spirit, a man who sought the transformation of his social world.

HarperOne 1991 224 PP. Paper

$15.00 (low stock)

Jesus - A Revolutionary Biography

BY JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN
"Crossan paints his Jesus with great warmth and power. He achieves a portrait that both takes in the contemporary background yet accounts for Jesus' distinctiveness. . . . This Jesus is a Jewish peasant, with a direct sense of God's immediacy, who shatters all social restraints." - New York Times Book Review

HarperSF 1995 224 PP. Paper

$14.95 (low stock)

Jesus - Paperback

Uncovering The Life, Teachings, And Relevance Of A Religious Revolutionary

BY MARCUS BORG
This is Borg's major work on the historical Jesus, completely revising and expanding his earlier "Vision of Jesus." The original version of this book was published well before the current popular fascination with the historical Jesus. Now this new version takes advantage of all the research and reflection that has gone on since the 80s. These revisions and expansions establish it as his large, but accessible and difinitive, work on Jesus.

HarperOne 2008 343 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Jesus And Buddha - The Parallel Sayings

Illustrated

EDITED BY MARCUS BORG
If Jesus and Buddha were to meet, they would recognize one another as fellow prophets because they were teaching the same truths. This is the spirit conveyed, both in words and images, by this illustrated gift book. Sayings from Jesus are presented on one page with a similar quote from Buddha on the facing page. This large edition features pastel shades and atmospheric pictures in the background as opposed to the blank white paper of the other edition we sell. Both are edited by marcus Borg.

Ulysses Press 2004 160 PP. Paper

$12.50 (low stock)

Jesus And Empire

The Kingdom Of God And The New World Disorder

BY RICHARD HORSLEY
Building on his earlier studies of Jesus, Galilee, and the social upheavals in Roman Palestine, Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to Roman and Herodian power politics. In addition he examines how modern ideologies relate to Jesus' proclamation. "Richard Horsley is one of the few writers who can draw the connections between ancient text and contemporary political meaning..." - Walter Wink

Augsburg Fortress 2002 192 PP. Paper

$17.00 (low stock)

Jesus And Nonviolence

A Third Way

BY WALTER WINK
In this small book Walter Wink offers a precis of his whole thinking about this issue, including the relation of Jesus and his message to politics and nonviolence, the history of nonviolent efforts, and how nonviolence can win the day when others don't hesitate to resort to violence or terror to achieve their aims.

Augsburg Fortress 2003 96 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

Jesus And The Disinherited

BY HOWARD THURMAN
"A masterful interpretation of how God works in our lives. Thurman was one of the foremost preachers and theologians of the twentieth century, and much of his work centered on the relevance of the Christian message to the contemporary struggles of black people. In this, Thurman's masterwork, he argues that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not just a map for getting to the next world, but a guidebook for the empowerment of the poor and disenfranchised in this world." - from Sacred Fire

Beacon Press 1996 112 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Jesus Before Christianity

BY ALBERT NOLAN
Nolan's portrait of Jesus introduces us to the man as he was before he became enshrined in doctrine, dogma, and ritual, a man deeply involved with the real problems of his time - which are the real problems of our time as well. As the author says, "Nothing about Jesus will be presupposed or assumed.. My interest is in the man as he was before he became the object of Christian faith." "A convincing, eloquent, moving message for a distressed world." -Library Journal

Orbis 2001 196 PP. Paper

$15.00 (low stock)

Jesus By Demi

BY DEMI
Presented in the language of the New Testament from the King James Version of the Bible, this inspirational picture book biography takes readers from Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary to Jesus's crucifixion. Full color.

Margaret K. McElderry 2005 48 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (low stock)

Jesus For President

Politics For Ordinary Radicals

BY SHANE CLAIBORNE AND CHRIS HAW
Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the church as a people "set apart" from this world. Jesus for President is a collaboration of Shane Claiborne's writing and stories, Chris Haw's reflections and research, and Chico Fajardo-Heflin's art and design. Drawing upon the work of biblical theologians, the lessons of church history, and the examples of modern-day saints and ordinary radicals, Jesus for President stirs the imagination of what the Church could look like if it placed its faith in Jesus instead of Caesar.

Zondervan 2008 355 PP. Paper

$16.99 (in stock)

Jesus For The Non-religious - Paperback

BY JOHN SHELBY SPONG
Spong invites his readers to look at Jesus through the lens of both the Jewish scriptures and the liturgical life of first-century synagogues. He proposes we understand Christ as the ultimate dimension of a fulfilled humanity. "Traditional Christians" may not be comfortable with this book; however after reading it skeptics may not be ale to dismiss Jesus so easily. This could be the book that finally brings the pious and the secular into a meaningful dialogue, opening the door to a living Christianity in the post-Christian world.

HarperOne 2008 336 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Jesus Teacher And Friend

C PINEO

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$0.50 (in stock)

Jesus Today

A Spirituality Of Radical Freedom

BY ALBERT NOLAN
In Jesus Before Christianity, Nolan outlined the political context of Jesus' mission. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, the focus is on Jesus' spirituality and its relevance for today. Beginning with the signs of the times (the hunger for spirituality, the crisis of individualism, ecological breakdown, the global divide between rich and poor, and a new understanding of our expanding universe), Nolan proceeds to describe the elements of Jesus' spirituality: a way of healing that combines prophecy and mysticism. Applying that spirituality to our daily lives, he shows how these lessons might promote a greater communion with God, ourselves, other people, and the universe.

Orbis 2006 220 PP. Paper

$16.00 (low stock)

Jesus Untouched By The Church

His Teachings In The Gospel Of Thomas

EDITED HUGH MCGREGOR-ROSS
Only one version of the story of Jesus has escaped being touched by the Christian church, the Gospel of Thomas. During the twenty years that Hugh McGregor Ross has worked with this ancient book, he has discovered that hidden within it is a coherent set of Teachings of Jesus. These are revealed merely by re-arranging the sequence of the sayings. McGregor Ross sets the text within its historical background, then the entire Gospel of Thomas is presented in fine calligraphy that helps bring out the inner meanings. Notes and essays are included.

Sesssions of York 1998 153 PP. Cloth

$36.00 (in stock)

Jesus, Who Was He?

BY MARY SNYDER
Curriculum for young Friends takes a Quaker approach to the life and times of Jesus with focused junior meeting for worship. Over 20 lessons, extensive work with New Testament, intergenerational activities, guided meditation, dramatization and other wonderful projects. Wide age range.

Quaker Press of FGC 1991 126 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Joanna Macy

The Work That Reconnects

BY JOANNA MACY
This 2-DVD set presents the teachings and methods of The Work That Reconnects, empowering people to respond with truth and creativity to the overwhelming social and ecological crises facing our planet. A powerful visual tool building on Macy's book Coming Back to Life, this valuable resource is a light in the political darkness of our time. The lively, personal presentation of Macy's work will appeal to workshop facilitators and participants alike, as well as to anyone with an interest in personal transformation.

New Society Press 2007 2 DVD'S Dvd

$25.00 (in stock)

Job, A Comedy Of Justice (109)

BY ROBERT HEINLEIN
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 1984 308 PP. Cloth

$7.50 USED - availability checked Mar 19th 3:39am CDT

John Macmurray

Selected Philosophical Writings

BY JOHN MACMURRAY
Philosopher John MacMurray became a Quaker late in his career. He was interested in understanding what it means to be a person and had a gift for writing with simplicity whilst offering sharp conceptual analysis. His writing offers a wholly new perspective on the human condition and his thinking is still very relevant to the problems we face as a world today. Mac Murray's highly original work - mostly written in the 30s, 40s and 50s - is little known. His thinking was out of tune with the mood of philosophy in that period, and the academic world has ignored his work since. Despite this he has had a 'quiet' influence in fields as varied as psychotherapy, theology and politics.

Imprint Academic 2004 205 PP. Paper

$32.00 (low stock)