If The World Were A Village

A Book About The World's People

BY DAVID SMITH, ILLUSTRATED BY SHELAGH ARMSTRONG
"To make the idea of a world of 6.2 billion people more understandable, Smith suggests that children imagine the population of the world as a village of just 100 people. That's one person representing 62 million people in the real world. Surprising, even shocking statistics follow.. Each double-page, picture-book spread relates a few consciousness-raising facts about such topics as nationalities, food, language, and religion. .Armstrong's large acrylic paintings, nice complements to the text, look like stained glass windows, with blocks of intense color outlined in thick black lines. This highly informative book will get kids thinking and asking questions." - Booklist

2002 32 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

The Iliad

Or, The Poem Of Force - Php 91

BY SIMONE WEIL
Originally written in 1940 after the fall of France, this essay may be read as an indirect commentary on that event, which symbolized extreme modern force.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Illuminated Life

Monastic Wisdom For Seekers Of Light

BY JOAN CHITTISTER
An ancient alphabet of spiritual values that will help readers experience peace and love in the midst of distractions and deadlines, during life's daily routine and in its defining moments.

Orbis 2000 142 PP. Cloth

$18.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Illustrated World's Religions

A Guide To Our Wisdom Traditions

BY HUSTON SMITH
"In lucid and captivating prose, Smith, the dean of world religionists, conducts readers on a whirlwind tour of the beliefs, practices and experiences of the world's religious traditions. Smith explores the major features of these religions by combining his own worlds with passages from the sacred texts of each. .The words and images of this book continually remind us that the world's faiths are not stagnant pools of decaying values but dynamic and vibrant waters from which their practitioners daily drink. .If one buys only one of the number of recent introductions to world religions, this should be it."- Publishers Weekly

HarperSanFrancisco 1995 256 PP. Paper

$24.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Im Chocolate Youre Vanilla

Raising

WRIGHT, MARGUERITE

Blank

$15.95 (in stock)

I'm Like You, You're Like Me

A Child's Book About Understanding And Celebrating Each Other

BY CINDY GAINER
As a gentle introduction to diversity for the young reader, this book discusses features of different races, body size, talking, listening, feelings and cooperation. Children discover that even though people are different, they can enjoy being together and learning about each other. Color illustrations. Ages 4-8.

Free Spirit 1998 48 PP. Cloth

$12.95 (in stock)

I'm Still Loving You

Audio Cd

BY LARRY THOMASSON
Blues, country blues, and folk--with influences from bluesman Jimmy Reed to Little Feat--can be found in Larry Thomasson's music. This singer-songwriter's husky voice and acoustic guitar take you into that timeless time of the moment. Larry is a greatly missed member of Central Philadelphia Meeting.

Gunther 2005 AUDIO CD Audio

$20.00 (in stock)

I'm Your Child, God

Prayers For Our Children

BY MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY BRIAN COLLIER
"A wide-ranging collection of prayers. Divided into five sections, including 'Prayers for Special Occasions' and 'Prayers for Struggle and Strength,' these meditations display a deep sense of spirituality as well as a challenge to empowerment for children through prayer. While many collections celebrate God and the wonders of life and creation, Edelman extends her devotions specifically to address the needs of youth at risk, unsure and in fear, and to provide hope for them." - School Library Journal.

Hyperion 2002 90 PP. Cloth

$19.99 (in stock)

Images And Silence

The Future Of Quaker Ministry, Swarthmore Lecture 1992

BY BRENDA CLIFFT HEALES AND CHRIS COOK
What is the Quaker understanding of "ministry"? The 1992 Swarthmore Lecturers believe that Meeting for Worship is the soul of Quakerism, that the soul's health determines quality of life, and that from the life flows ministry. Images and Silence reflects the two main approaches to God which appear in traditional theology. Brenda has written about the relationship between images, religious experience and worship, and Chris about the imageless aspect of God described by mystics. These are two sides of the same coin, or two views of the same mountain. A choice between them is impossible, as both operate in different ways at different times in our lives.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2008 130 PP. Paper

$9.00 (in stock)

Imaginary Friends

Representing Quakers In American Culture, 1650-1950

BY JAMES EMMETT RYAN
Since their arrival in the American colonies in the 1650s, Quakers' spiritual values, social habits and their example - whether real or imagined-has served as a religious conscience for an expanding nation. Spanning four centuries, Imaginary Friends takes readers through these representations of Quaker life in a range of literary and visual genres, from theological debates, missionary work records, political theory, and biography to fiction, poetry, theater, and film. It illustrates ways that these "imaginary" Friends have offered a radical model of morality, piety, and anti-modernity against which the evolving culture has measured itself.

University of Wisconsin 2009 285 PP. Paper

$26.95 (in stock)

Imagination And Spirit

A Contemporary Quaker Reader

EDITED BY BRENT BILL
From essays about the "mystery at the core of all being" to a murder mystery by Irene Allen, Imagination and Spirit offers some of the "best of the best" of contemporary Quaker nonfiction and fiction, with a brief biography of each author. Includes selections from writings of popular twentieth and twenty-first century Quaker writers: Thomas Kelly, Douglas Steere, D. Elton Trueblood, James Michener, Jessamyn West, Jan de Hartog, Daisy Newman, Tom Mullen, Richard Foster, Phil Gulley, Scott Russell Sanders, Elizabeth Gray Vining, Elfrida Vipont Foulds, and David Yount.

Friends United Press 2002 240 PP. Paper

$19.00 (in stock)

Immigration Action Pack

With Taking Root And Rights On The Line Dvd's

BY AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
A useful resource for campaigns and meetings interested in working on Immigration. Pack contains. Two "No human being is illegal" car stickers and badge, Rights on the line / Derechos Sobre la Linea DVD, Taking root / Echando RaicesDVD, Honoring our human dignity pamphlet, "New Path toward a humane immigration Policy" booklet, Seeing that of God in our neighbors pamphlet. Compiled by AFSC

AFSC 2011 MANY ITEMS Boxed

$7.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Immoral Wars And Illegal Laws

History, Religion, Militarism And Peacemaking In The Human Rights Struggle For Palestinian Independence.

BY WILLIAM DURLAND
This is an account of personal experiences and observations on the ground in Israel and Palestine, and an analysis of the stubborn positions contributing to this seemingly insoluble conflict. Readers will find complete lists of all relevant international laws and violations of those laws, a review of all partition and resolution plans and proposals, and up-to-date, heart-rending descriptions of grass-roots, peacemaking efforts.Tie-ins to post 9-11 erosions in U.S. human rights ideals provide chilling and strongly relevant food for thought. Unabashedly controversial, this book is a passionate advocacy for peace with justice in the Middle East backed up by solid scholarship.

CreateSpace 2011 360 PP. Paper

$18.95 (in stock)

An Imperfect Offering

Humanitarian Action For The Twenty First Century

BY JAMES ORBINSKI, M.D.
An Imperfect Offering is a deeply personal, deeply political book. With unstinting candor, Orbinski explores the nature of humanitarian action in the twenty-first century, and asserts the fundamental imperative of seeing as human those whose political systems have most brutally failed. He insists that in responding to the suffering of others, we must never lose sight of the dignity of those being helped or deny them the right to act as agents in their own lives. He takes readers on a journey to some of the darkest places of our history but finds there unimaginable acts of courage and empathy. Here he is doctor as witness; calling on others to meet their responsibility.

Walker Publishing 2009 448 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Imperial Life In The Emerald City

Inside Iraq's Green Zone

BY RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies.

Vintage 2007 295 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

The Impossible Will Take A Little While

A Citizen's Guide To Hope In A Time Of Fear

BY PAUL ROGAT-LOEB
What keeps us going when times get tough? How do we act to create a more humane world, no matter how hard it seems? How do we offer models of involvement for our students when many feel their actions cannot matter? The Impossible Will Take a Little While gathers stories and essays of engagement that range across nations, eras, and political movements. These visionary and eloquent voices include Maya Angelou, Marian Wright Edelman, Jim Hightower, Jonathan Kozol, Tony Kushne r, Nelson Mandela, Alice Walker, Cornel West, Parker Palmer , Howard Zinn, Wendell Berry, Scott Russell Sanders, Walter Wink, Jim Wallis, Joanna Macy, Amos Oz, and Desmond Tutu.

Basic Books 2004 422 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Improvisations And Spiritual Disciplines

Php 288

BY CAROL CONTI-ENTIN
The author uses musical improvisation to understand Sabbath observance, Bible reading, journal keeping, tithing, and praying.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1989 30 PP. Paper

$6.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

In A Nutshell

BY JOSEPH ANTHONY, ILLUSTRATED BY CRIS ABO
An acorn drops from a great oak and grows. Animals nibble at it, a fire threatens it, but overcoming many challenges it eventually towers high in the forest, observing the changing human scene below. Eventually its energy it falls and decays and passes into many other life forms- even the cherry pie enjoyed by the boy in the house below.

Dawn Publications 2009 32 PP. Paper

$8.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

In Beauty

A Quaker Approach To End-of-life Care - Php 355

BY KIRSTEN BACKSTROM
The author, a Friend and hospice worker, considers Quaker forms of faithfulness which are important to the process of caring for others at the end of life. She finds these forms to be important, too, in exploring and learning from death and facing one's own mortality. This is a moving essay written lovingly through stories.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2001 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

In Defense Of Food

An Eater's Manifesto

BY MICHAEL POLLAN
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Are the seven simple but liberating words that Michael Pollan uses to answer the question "What should I eat?" - With all the problems of ecology, climate change, profiteering, international food injustice and pollution preying on our minds. He shows how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.

Penguin 2009 256 PP. Paper

$15.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

In Fox's Footsteps

A Journey Through Three Centuries

BY DAVID AND ANTHEA BOULTON
Three adventurous journeys through Quakerism; first, a fresh retelling, with much new material, of George Fox's pivotal 1652 walk from Pendle Hill to Swarthmoor Hall; secondly, the Boultons tell how they followed Fox's route 350 years later; and thirdly, the long journey from the intellectual world of the 1650s to that of the 21st century . After 350 years of scientific, political, religious, philosophical and psychological revolutions, how relevant are the insights of Fox and his revolutionary followers today?

Dales Historical Monographs 1998 234 PP. Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

In God We Die

Php 385

BY WARREN OSTROM
The author looks at the prospect of our own death and dying, reminding us that we can trust the Spirit with our lives and deaths. Advances in technologies seem to take our lives out of God's hands. Opportunities or pressures to prolong our own survival and that of the people we care for sometimes lead us down paths contrary to our values and may deprive us of peaceful closure. Warren Ostrum has worked closely with the aging and dying for over two decades. He offers his deeply-considered insights on the end of life, as well as his reflections on the role of spirituality in how we face death, and guidance for finding clarity in our choices about our own final path.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2006 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

In God's Hands

BY LAWRENCE KUSHNER AND GARY SCHMIDT, ILLUSTRATED BY MATTHEW BAEK
David and Jacob live in the same little, ordinary town, but it's almost as if they're from different worlds. David is so poor he can barely feed his family. Jacob is so consumed with staying rich he thinks about nothing but money. But the two men have one thing in common: they both believe that miracles are big, magical things that can only happen somewhere else, to someone else. But when Jacob wakes up from a nap in synagogue one day, sure that God has demanded twelve loaves of bread from him, all this changes in amazing ways you'd never expect. A delightful, timeless legend based on Jewish tradition, In God's Hands tells of the ordinary miracles that occur when we are faithful.

Jewish Lights 2005 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

In God's Name

BY SANDY SASSO, ILLUSTRATED BY PHOEBE STONE
LESSON IN A BOOK AVAILABLE! Modern brightly illustrated fable about the search for God's name. Celebrates the diversity and unity of all the people of the world. For children of all ages.

Jewish Lights 1994 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

In Hovering Flight

A Novel

BY JOYCE HINNEFELD
This novel by a longtime attender (at LeHigh Valley MM) and Pendle Hill sojourner is about Scarlet (34) who has come home for the passing of her famous mother, the bird artist Addie Kavanaugh. Addie has in fact chosen to die at the home of her dearest friend, Cora. Many great reviews in the national press, a wonderful lyrical first novel.

Unbridled Books 2009 263 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

In Memory - Limited Edition Print

BY EMILY BROWN
IN MEMORY. In an Edition of 11. "In 2008 I made a suite of prints based on Friends testimonies, each with an extract of text from PYM's Faith and Practice. My hope was to convey visually some qualities commonly found in Friends' writings and practices. There are five prints in limited editions. They are 15 x 22 inches on sturdy archival paper, signed and dated on the reverse side. Each print has both an original line etching on gampi paper and a digital print on which it is set. They are for sale unframed. Very suitable for offices, hospitals, retirement communities, colleges, schools, social service agencies, and homes." - - Emily Brown's web site: www.emilybrown.net

Emily Brown 2008 PRINT Blank

$600.00 Availability checked Feb 8th 1:48pm EST

In Our Mothers House

BY PATRICIA POLACCO
Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their beautiful house, they cook dinner together, they laugh together, and they dance together. But some of the other families don't accept them. They say they are different. How can a family have two moms and no dad? But Marmee and Meema's house is full of love. And they teach their children that different doesn't mean wrong. And no matter how many moms or dads they have, they are everything a family is meant to be. Here is a true Polacco story of a family, living by their own rules, and the strength they gain by the love they feel.Ages 4 - 8 ish.

Philomel 2009 48 PP. Cloth

$17.99 (in stock)

In Praise Of Doubt

How To Have Convictions Without Becoming A Fanatic

BY PETER BERGER, ANTON ZIJDERVELD
As a culture and as individuals, we find it much easier to articulate what we are against than what we are for. In this book the authors show how we can have confidence in our convictions - in such ideals as democracy, human rights, equality under the law etc - without succumbing to the radical doubts of relativism and the certainties of fundamentalism. With new lenses for seeing the influence of modernism, relativism and fundamentalism they explore the roles of humor, doubt and social norms that let us have convictions without grasping them so tightly that we become fanatics.

HarperOne 2009 178 PP. Cloth

$7.00 (in stock)

In Prison - Yet Free

HERMANN, EVA
Begins: It may seem paradoxical for me to say that I would not have missed the experiences of these two years of my life in a Nazi prison for anything. But it is so. When one's existence which has seemed quite secure suddenly melts away, when one is cut off externally at least from the circle of one's family and friends and must rely entirely on one's self in an indifferent hostile world; when the ground is taken from under one's feet and the air one breathes is taken away, when every security fails and every support gives way-then one stands face to face with the Eternal and confronts Him without protection and with fearful directness...

Tract 1984 Tract

$0.25 (in stock)

In The Beginning

A New Interpretation Of Genesis

BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
As the foundation stone of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, The Book of Genesis unfolds some of the most arresting stories of world literature--the Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; the sacrifice of Isaac. Yet the meaning of Genesis remains enigmatic. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly acclaimed bestseller A History of God, brilliantly illuminates the mysteries and profundities of this mystifying work.

Ballantine 1996 195 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)