In The Electric Eden (7223)

Stories

BY NICK ARVIN
SECOND HAND BOOK. reasonably good condition. Writer and former engineer Nick Arvin layers his knowledge of technology, mechanical design, and human character into a collection of emotionally riveting stories. With a subtle hand he transports readers through history and across America to ten poignant and utterly unforgettable places: a traffic accident in the middle of the heartland; the electrocution of Topsy the elephant at Coney Island at the turn of the century; the backyard of an old recluse; a Marine Corps practice invasion of the Florida beaches...

Penguin 2003 207 PP. Paper

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In The Footsteps Of Gandhi

Conversations With Spiritual Social Activists, Revised Edition

EDITED BY CATHERINE INGRAM, FOREWORD BY ARUN GANDHI, AFTERWORD BY MICHAEL NAGLER
In the spring of 2003 there was a worldwide demonstration for nonviolence that was the largest in history. At a time when eloquent and inspiring voices for peace are relevant more than ever, In the Footsteps of Gandhi, profiles contemporary leaders in this struggle. Here are people whose positive work has been part of international news for decades-in topics ranging from AIDS, to apartheid, to the Israeli-Palestine conflict-all of whom embody the understanding that violence is not stopped by violence. The book contends that violence is only ended by love. This revised edition of Catherine Ingram's book features interviews with Mubarak Awad, Joanna Macy, Thich Nhat Hahn and others.

Parallax Press 2005 272 PP. Paper

$16.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

In The Heart Of The Sea (887)

The Tragedy Of The Whaleship Essex

BY NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
The true story which inspired Melville's Moby Dick. Some of the main characters are Nantucket Quaker whalers. Paperback in good condition.

Penquin, 2000 302 PP. Paper

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In The Love Of Nature

BY STEVE SMITH
In this pamphlet of Southeastern Yearly Meeting's 2008 Michener Lecture, Steve Smith explore environmentalism, a suffering earth, and the need for Quakers who think of themselves as activists to avoid insularity and reach out to the wider community. In poignant passages which read almost like poetry, Smith describes his own childhood memories of living with and in nature to remind readers of the compelling spiritual aspect of the natural world.

SEYM Publications 2008 31 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

In The Name Of God

The Evolutionary Origins Of Religious Ethics And Violence

BY JOHN TEEHAN
Looks in a new and accessible way at religion and its approach to violence and warfare,. He uses insights from evolutionary and cognitive psychology to help understand the origins of religious violence and suggests strategies for beginning to counter the divisive aspects of religion.

Wiley 2010 272 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

In The Shadow Of The Civil War

Passmore Williamson And The Rescue Of Jane Johnson

BY NAT BRANDT WITH YANNA KROYT BRANDT
Six years before the onset of the Civil War, two courageous figures - one a free white man and one an enslaved black woman--risked personal liberty to ensure each other's freedom in an explosive episode that captured the attention of a nation on the brink of cataclysmic change. In this deeply researched account of the rescue of the slave Jane Johnson by the former Philadelphia Quaker and fervent abolitionist Passmore Williamson, of the federal court case that followed, and of Johnson's selfless efforts to free the jailed Williamson, journalist Nat Brandt and filmmaker Yanna Kroyt Brandt capture the heroism and humanity at the heart of this important moment in American history.

Univ. of S. Carolina 2007 216 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)

In The Shadow Of William Penn

Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Of Friends

BY MARGARET HOPE BACON
Much of the story of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting is also the story of Philadelphia Quakers for the last two centuries. The meeting came into existence with the merger of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Race Street) and Twelfth Street Meeting at the time of the reconciliation of the Hicksite and Orthodox branches of Quakerism in 1956. Margaret Bacon, writing about her own meeting, tells us about these two meetings, their schools and meetinghouses, the development of Friends organizations, and their social action that responded to the events around them, that bring us up to the present time.

CPMM 2001 84 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

In This Hospitable Land

1940-1944

BY LYNMAR BROCK
An engrossing and gripping story of a family surviving the horrors of the Second World War escaping into the south of France. It keeps your attention with the challenges to both farm to live and then to have to go into the Resistance when the Gestapo comes looking for the family. The brave Protestants of the region put their own lives at risk to save the family. From the auther of Must thee fight.

BookSurge 2008 416 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

In-transit

The Story Of A Journey

VERNON, SADIE

2000 190 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

An Inconvenient Truth

BY AL GORE
Published to tie in to the documentary film of the same name, "An Inconvenient Truth" is Gore's battle cry about what needs to be done about global warming. 75 illustrations.

Rodale 2006 328PP. Paper

$12.50 (in stock)

India Seen Afar (661)

KATHLEEN RAINE
SECONDHAND, fair condition with Dust jacket. In this concluding volume of autobiography, Kathleen Raine reflects on the profound significance of Indian philosophy and wisdom, the 'India of the imagination'. When she visited India for the first time at the age of seventy-four, she brought with her the eye of a poet and the mind of a scholar-philosopher long steeped in the spiritual vision of both East and West. In this vivid and engaging narrative of her travels the poet speaks of those human depths that are beyond all superficial divisions, invoking the timeless order that is the culture of India, and which holds an urgent message for the spiritual renewal of humankind.

Brazillier 1990 294 PP. Cloth

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Individuation In Fairy Tales

MARIE LOUISE VON FRA
SECONDHAND COPY paerback in good condition.With a text revised and corrected by the author, this definitive edition of "Individuation in Fairy Tales " is rich with insights from religion, literature, and myth. Dr. von Franz focuses on the symbolism of the bird motif in six fairy tales of Europe and Asia: "The White Parrot" (Spain), "The Bath Bagerd" (Persia), "Princess Hassan Pasha" (Turkestan), "The Bid Flower Triller" (Iran), "The Nightingale Giser" (Balkans), and "The Bird Wehmus" (Austria).

Shambala 1990 225 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

Inheriting The Trade

A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy As The Largest Slave-trading Dynasty In U.s. History

BY THOMAS DEWOLF
A trailblazing memoir about one family's quest to face its slave-trading past, and an urgent call for reconciliation. In 2001, Thomas DeWolf discovered that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in U.S. history, responsible for transporting at least ten thousand Africans. This is his memoir of the journey in which ten family members retraced their ancestors' steps through the notorious triangle trade route-from New England to West Africa to Cuba-and uncovered the hidden history of New England and the other northern states. A companion book to the film Traces of the Trade.

Beacon Press 2009 626 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Inner Voice Of Love

A Journey Through

NOUWEN, HENRI J. M.

Blank

$11.95 (in stock)

Insiders Art

The Context Collection Of Artists In Prison

EDITED BY JILL BENOWITZ, TIMM DUNN AND BARBARA HIRSHKOWITZ
Inspired by the incredible work that pours forth from imprisoned artists with limited or no access to art supplies, Insiders Art is a collection of images and words by over 100 prisoners. Evolved from the prison book program, Books Through Bars, which sends quality reading material to pris-oners around the United States, Contexts solicited art on the theme of life in prison. The work included is vibrant and powerful, giving us a glimpse of confinement and the longing for freedom.

Books Through Bars 2000 80 PP. Blank

$14.95 (in stock)

Inspired Philanthropy

Your Step By Step Guide To Creating A Giving Plan, 2nd Edition

BY TRACY GARY, MELISSA KOHNER
Especially with less to give and more needing support Friends want to know how they can use their money to change the world for the better. This book shows how social change happens and how your monetary support - no matter how large or small - can make a difference. It shows how to create an individual family or Meeting "Giving plan" that will make your charitable giving catalytic. Through clear writing and substantive exercises, you can learn how to align your giving with your deepest values and thus help bring about the changes you want. Was $27.95

Jossey-Bass 2002 256 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Integrity, Ecology, And Community

The Motion Of Love - Php 403

BY JENNIE RATCLIFFE
How can we change the direction of our impact on the earth and begin to undo the damage we have wrought on so many species, including our own? Can we depend on technological, political, and economic solutions alone? Jennie Ratcliffe, drawing on her years of experience and reflection as a scientist and active participant in peace and ecological concerns, believes that a deeper transformation is needed. A spiritual awareness of our oneness reminds us that we live in intimate relationship and kinship with each other, the earth, and the Divine.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2009 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Interfaith Dialogue At The Grass Roots

EDITED BY REBECCA KRATZ MAYS
These essays seek to empower Quakers, rabbis, imams, pastors, and their congregants to take up the work of interreligious dialogue as a peacemaking activity. The book provides guidelines for conducting interfaith encounters, showing how storytelling and conversations can make these meetings productive and constructive. Additional chapters reveal how to establish and inspire peace. Lastly, Joseph Stoutzenberger writes questions for reflection and suggestions for action at the end of each chapter. The editor is Quaker Rebecca Kratz Mays.

Ecumenical Press 2008 131 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Interfaith Pilgrims

The Swarthmore Lecture 2003

BY ELEANOR NESBITT
What is truth and how do different truths relate and talk to one another? Eleanor Nesbit looks at interfaith issues.The Swartmore Lecture 2003.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2003 124 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

An Interpretation Of Quakerism

BY RUFUS JONES
each $.50 - each (multiples of 10) $.35 - each (multiples of 100) $.15

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1995 LEAFLET Tract

0-10 $0.60, 10-100 $0.40, 100 or more $0.20 (in stock)

Intimacy With God

KEATING
An accessible introduction to the method of Centering Prayer, this guide explains its origins, theological basis, and psychology by drawing on the writings of important Catholic figures, such as St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, and significant texts, such as "The Cloud of Unknowing." Describing the theological basis for the Centering Prayer while staying rooted in the heart of a practice that is very personal and intimate, the study explores how harmful attitudes and beliefs about God can distort a positive relationship with the divine. With a careful balance of both Christian and Buddhist philosophy.

Crossroads 2009 176 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

The Intimate Relation Between God And Man

La Relacion Intima Entre Dios Y El Hombre

BY RAUL PEREZ CHACON, TRANSLATED BY MARY HOPKINS & BENIGNO SANCHEZ-EPPLER
The text of an inspirational address given at Beacon Hill Meeting in 2007. Raul is treasurer of El Salvador Yearly Meeting and has travelled and talked of his spiritual journey to Friends of many cultures across the world. The pamphlet is in Spanish and English and also has questions and responses after the talk. Also an introduction from Ben Guaraldi.

P<Beacon Hill Friends House 2009 29 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Intimations Of Renewal In New York Yearly Meeting

42nd Annual Walton Lecture

BY LINDA CHIDSEY
As Friends we are familiar with the practice of sharing our individual spiritual journeys. Perhaps less common among Friends today is the understanding that as a people of God, we are also on a corporate journey. In this lecture Linda tells the story of God's presence and work among Friends in New York Yearly Meeting the past fifteen years. As she shares "intimations of renewal in NYYM," she asks Friends everywhere to listen for resonances within their own Yearly Meetings and invites them to begin telling their stories. She poses the questions: Where do you feel God's presence among you? What intimations of Life and renewal are present, this moment, in your midst?

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2005 30 PP Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

The Intrepid Quaker

One Man's Quest For Peace - Memoirs, Speeches, And Writings Of Stephen G. Cary

EDITED BY ALISON ANDERSON AND JACK COLEMAN
"This is a lively memoir by a man who 'lived his conscience' on the front lines during a tumultuous slice of American history - from Quaker relief work in Europe which led to the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 to marches with Martin Luther King [Jr.] - from being jailed in DC during the Poor People's Campaign to campaigns to change US policy during the Vietnam War. This is a tough-minded, fun-loving Quaker who lived life to its fullest - a book of inspiration, humor and courage." - Eugene McCarthy

Pendle Hill 2004 352 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)

Intro To Unitarian Universalism (9223)

BY JOHN BUEHRENS
SECONDHAND copy- readable but alittle grubby. Our closest neighbors some would say- and an interesting book! Actual title is "A Chosen faith".

Beacon Press 1989 220 PP. Paper

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Introducing Elias Hicks

BY NORMA JACOB
Condensation of the lively history by Bliss Forbush.

Quaker Press of FGC 1991 29 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

Introducing Quakers

BY GORDON BROWNE
A wonderfully concise explanation of the Religious Society of Friends, beginning with some history about our origins in the 17th century. Also, some explanation of Friends and their understanding of Truth and of the Quaker testimonies of equality, peace, simplicity and community. This is the text of ashort talk given at Pendle Hill explaining Quakerism.

Pendle Hill 1992 LEAFLET Tract

$0.35 (in stock)

Introduction From Quaker Spirituality

BY DOUGLAS STEERE
Thoroughly and thoughtfully describes the many aspects of Quakerism as they were and are lived. Especially good for serious inquirers, new Friends, and renewal study groups. Bibliography.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1988 56 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

An Introduction To Quakerism

BY BEN PINK-DANDELION
This is the first comprehensive introduction to Quakerism which balances a history of the theology of the Quakers or Friends with an overview of present day practice. It charts the growth of the Quaker movement through the 1650s and 1660s, its different theological emphasis in the eighteenth century, and the schisms of the nineteenth century which resulted in the range of Quaker traditions found around the world today. The book focuses in particular on notions of 'endtime,' 'spiritual intimacy', and what counts as 'the world' as key areas of theological change. The second half of the book uses extracts from Quaker texts to highlight differences in belief among the branches of Friends.

Cambridge 2007 296 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Introduction To Quaker Testimonies

AFSC
Many newcomers to AFSC are drawn to the commitment to peace and social justice but may not be knowledgeable about the foundations of Quaker faith and practice that guide and infuse the work. In this booklet, AFSC seeks to distill and share the Quaker testimonies that underlie both what we do and how we aspire to do it. This book was inspired by a similar booklet created by San Francisco Friends School (which was itself modeled on one from Sidwell Friends School). If you purchase 10 or more price is $3

AFSC 2011 22 PP. Paper

0-10 $5.00, 10-50 $3.00, 50-100 $3.00, 100 or more $3.00 (in stock)