Bag In The Wind

BY TED KOOSER, BARRY ROOT
This book follows a plastic bag on its journey from a landfill into a series of townspeople's lives- a can-collecting girl, a homeless man, a store owner - not that all of them notice. Renowned poet Ted Kooser fashions an understated yet compassionate world full of happenstance and connection, neglect and care, all perfectly expressed in Barry Root's tender illustrations. True to the book's earth-friendly spirit, it is printed on recycled paper.

Candlewick Press 2010 48 PP. Cloth

$17.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Bamboo People

Anovel

BY MITALI PERKINS
Chiko isn't a fighter by nature. He's a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants to fight for freedom after watching Burmese soldiers destroy his Karenni family's home and bamboo fields. Timidity becomes courage and anger becomes compassion as each boy is changed by unlikely friendships formed under extreme circumstances. The author does not sugarcoat her the terrible, fascist reality this is a gentle story suitable for younger readers than the subject matter might suggest. It answers the question, "What is it like to be a child soldier?" clearly, but with hope.Reviewed in the May 2011 Friends Journal,

Charlesbridge 2010 274 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (in stock)

Barclay's Apology In Modern English

EDITED BY DEAN FREIDAY
Classic systematic statement of Quaker faith by the first Quaker theologian, edited and re-written in modern English.

Barclay Press 1991 465 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Barclays Apology On Tape

BY ROBERT BARCLAY
17th-century theologian and quaker convert Robert Barclay wrote his Apology for the True Christian Divinity as a clearexposition of Quaker faith and practice. Cassette audio.

Audiologos 1990 80 MINUTES Audio

$5.00 (in stock)

Barclays Apology Mdcclxxix (1779) (73)

BY ROBERT BARCLAY
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity first published in 1678. Serviceable but not pristine early copy. Scratched and slightly torn spine. Elizabeth Wing and then Francis Maxfields copy.

printed on Chestnut St, Philadelphia by Joseph Jam 1779 574+PP. Cloth

$38.00 USED - availability checked May 25th 3:40am EDT

The Barefoot Book Of Earth Tales

BY DAWN CASEY, ILLUSTRATED BY ANNE WILSON
In this beautiful anthology of folktales, young readers will learn about the way different cultures around the world live in harmony with the rhythms and patterns of nature. They will discover how to tread lightly on our precious Earth by following the easy eco-tips and by trying out some of the fun and creative activities that accompany each story. Children will discover how the residents of the Kingdom of Benin deep within the Nigerian rainforest consume less and conserve more; how the Comanche Indians respect Mother Earth by giving more than they receive; among Bali's coral reefs and volcanic mountain peaks is the lesson that everything in nature is connected.

Barefoot Books 2009 96 PP. Cloth

$19.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Barn At The End Of The World

The Apprenticeship Of A Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd

BY MARY ROSE O'REILLEY
"Deciding that her spirituality needed to be grounded in the real world, Mary Rose O'Reilley, a Quaker with a Catholic past and a Buddhist future, embarked on a year of tending sheep, whom she called her 'two hundred spiritual teachers.' In this poetic, irreverent spiritual autobiography, O'Reilly takes the reader into a working barn, where she learns to 'flip' sheep, inoculate them, and help them lamb (among other, earthier things)." -Paul Lacey.

Milkweed Editions 2001 344 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

The Battle For God

BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
Now in Paperback! "Karen Armstrong has given us a wide-ranging review of the wrenching 'Battle for God' between the forces of modernism and fundamentalism. Too many prefer to curse and denigrate the rise of fundamentalism. Karen Armstrong chooses to light a candle of understanding and comparative analysis."-Rabbi Irving Greenberg

Ballantine 2001 464 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

Battle Of The Mad Scientists

HARLEY
Probably Bill's funniest and certainly most outrageous collection of stories, this recording features Bill at his most improbable and believable best.

Bill Harley 5 STORIES Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Battlefield Without Borders

Iraq Poems

BY DAVID SMITH-FERRI
In July, 1999, David visited Iraq for the first time, as part of an eight-member fact-finding delegation organized by the Chicago-based group, Voices in the Wilderness. David wrote two thirds of these poems while in Iraq after encounters with Iraqi people, in a wide range of settings - from hospitals to homes to bomb sites. The book sold out in four months, and in November, 2007, Haley's published a second edition of the book, with twelve new poems and a new foreword by Kathy Kelly.

Haleys 2007 122 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

Bayard Rustin

The Singer - Audio Cd

BY BAYARD RUSTIN
"[Quaker] Bayard Rustin became famous for working behind the scenes. The tactics of public protest that became familiar in the 1960s - marches on Washington, Freedom Rides, sit-ins, passive resistance, civil disobedience - were pioneered and refined by Rustin two decades earlier. Indeed, through his decisive influence on Martin Luther King Jr., Rustin created the model for the social movements of post-World War II America - civil rights, antiwar, gay liberation, feminist." - Michael Anderson, New York Times

Bayard Rustin Fund 2008 25 SONGS Audio

$16.95 (in stock)

Bayard Rustin, American Dreamer

BY JERALD PODAIR
In Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer, Jerald Podair examines the life and career of a man who shaped virtually every aspect of the modern civil rights movement as a theorist, strategist, and spokesman. Podair begins by covering the period from Rustin's 1912 birth in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to his 1946 release from federal prison, where he served over two years for draft evasion. After his release, Rustin threw himself into work on behalf of pacifism and racial integration, two goals that, at this stage of his career, fit together almost seamlessly. Podair goes on to examine Rustin's role as the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2008 173 PP. Cloth

$35.95 (in stock)

Bayard Rustin Sings Spirituals, Work & Freedom Songs

BY BAYARD RUSTIN
What a lot of great Songs sung by Bayard Himself: Scandalized my name, Balm in Gilead, Swing low sweet chariot, Mary, what you gonna name your pretty little baby? Death ain't nothin' but a robber, Go down death, Sit down, sit down, Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, I've been 'buked, House of the rising sun, Iffin' I'd a done, Steal away, No more auction block, Oh freedom, Water boy, Take this hammer, My Lord, what a morning! Little boy, how old are you? Poor me, By and by, Careless love, Go down Moses , Ezekiel saw the wheel.

BRF 2003 28 TRACKS Disk

$15.00 (in stock)

Be An Outrageous Older Woman

BY RUTH HARRIET JACOBS
Described as "a lively, wise, and sassy guidebook for successfully navigating the challenges and opportunities of the middle-age and older years"(Journal of Women and Aging), this book advises women on how to create a meaningful life as time changes relationships and roles in the world. Chapters address such subjects as solo living, economizing, self-advocacy with medical professionals, and sexuality.

HarperCollins 1997 Paper

$15.99 (in stock)

Be The Change - Poster

BY MITCHELL GOULD
Beautiful poster by Mitch Gould. Wording is "Be the change you want to see in the world" Mahatma Gandhi (1896-1948) Peace; Integrity; Simplicity; Equality. Image is of an open walnut. Posters measure approximately 17x26 inches, printed with pigmented UltraChromer ink (archival rated at 100 years) on heavy matte paper.inted with pigmented UltraChromer ink (archival rated at 100 years) on heavy matte paper.

Mitchell Satine Gould 2006 POSTER Blank

$25.00 Availability checked May 25th 3:40am EDT

Be The Change - Your Guide To Freeing Slaves

And Changing The World

BY ZACH HUNTER
Zach Hunter may only be fifteen, but he's taking on issues that affect the world-and he's making a change. Find out how Zach is working to end slavery, and how you can make a change in the things you see wrong with our world. Zach Hunter is a teenage abolitionist and activist, spending much of his time working to end modern-day slavery around the world and fighting other problems in the world today. When he was twelve, he started a campaign called Loose Change to Loosen Chains, helping to raise awareness and money to free people from slavery.

Zondervan 2007 160 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Be Ye Perfect

The Quaker Call To Wholeness Together With Returning To Right Relationship: Where On Earth Are We?

BY LISA LOFLAND-GOULD
The Walton lecture of 2002 given to Southeastern Yearly Meeting. Lisa Lofland Gould looks at our relationship with the earth and our Quaker faith. Also includes her second lecture to the yearly meeting: "Returning to right relationship: Where on earth are we?"

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2002 37 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Bearing Witness

Quaker Process And A Culture Of Peace - Php 262

BY GRAY COX
Peace is portrayed as something we do, an activity of resolving differences based on a five-stage Quaker ethic.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

The Beatitudes

From Slavery To Civil Rights

BY CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD
This poem draws on the spirit of the beatitudes to tell the story of African Americans who struggled for their rights, from the time of slavery to the election of President Barack Obama. Full-page illustrations.

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers-Eerdmans Publishi 2009 36 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Beatrice's Goat

BY PAGE MCBRIER, ILLUSTRATED BY LORI LOHSTOETER
"An impoverished family begins to flourish after receiving a special gift - of the four-legged variety - in this uplifting picture book set in western Uganda. Beatrice longs to attend school with other village children, but instead she must tend her five younger siblings and help her mother in the fields. Everything starts to change, however, when Beatrice and her family receive a goat... With the goat's bounty, the family soon has enough money to send Beatrice to school. McBrier's tale, inspired by actual events, succeeds in demonstrating the positive ripple effect of the efforts of [the Heifer Project]." - Publishers Weekly

Simon & Schuster 2004 32 PP. Paper

$7.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Beautiful Soul Of John Woolman

Apostle Of Abolition (sale)

BY THOMAS SLAUGHTER
Slaughter's penetrating work shows how Woolman, the plainspoken Quaker mystic, transformed himself into a prophetic, unforgettable figure. Placing Woolman in the full context of his times, Slaughter paints the portrait of a hero - and not just for the Quakers, social reformers, labor organizers, socialists, and peace advocates who have long admired him. He was an extraordinary original, an American for the ages. "This discerning, poetic biography discloses a Woolman far more powerful, both personally and morally, than even his famous Journal reveals. Few histories are more quietly riveting, more piercingly compelling." - John Butler, Yale University. Was $22 now $10

Hill and Wang 2008 449 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Beauty So Close

BY BESS KLASSEN - LANDIS
Bess Klassen-Landis is a member of Hanover Friends Meeting in Hanover, NH. In 2008 as a released friend, she made a CD of original music and also toured the country speaking about forgiveness and abolition of the death penalty with me a travel minute endorsed by my meeting, as well as Northwest Quarterly Meeting, and New England Yearly Meeting. Songs include the eponymous title, Travelling on, I believe, Daffodils, Come back to music.

BKL 2008 14 TRACKS Disk

$16.99 (in stock)

Because Nothing Looks Like God

BY LAWRENCE KUSHNER AND KAREN KUSHNER, ILLUSTRATED BY DAWN MAJEWSKI
Mixing sparks of curiosity and spiritual imagination, the authors address the questions "Where is God?" "What does God look Like?" and "How does God make things happen?" and show how God is with us everday, in every way.

Jewish Lights 2000 32 PP. Cloth

$18.99 (in stock)

Becoming The Answer To Our Prayers

Prayer For Ordinary Radicals

BY SHANE CLAIBORNE AND JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE
"Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do." Shane and Jonathan show how prayer and action must go together. Key Bible passages provides concrete examples of how a life of prayer fuels social engagement and the work of justice. Phrases like "give us this day our daily bread" and "forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors" take on new meaning when applied to feeding the hungry or advocating for international debt relief. If you hope to see God change society, you must be an ordinary radical who prays - and then is ready to become the answer to your own prayers.

Inter-Varsity Press 2008 124 PP. Paper

$13.00 (in stock)

Before And After

BY CARRIE NEWCOMER
There are experiences by which we mark our lives. Some of these experiences are large events - the birth of a child, the loss of a parent, a wedding or divorce. Some of these experiences are small moments that we did not realize at the time would effect us so profoundly. There is always another a before and after and because of that, our lives grow deeper. From Quaker singer Songwriter Carrie Newcomer.

Rounder Records 2010 13 TRACKS Disk

$15.00 (in stock)

Before Business Begins

Notes For Recording Clerks

BY WILL WATSON
A small book, bound to lay flat for handy reference during meetings, which is full of tips and sample minutes on topics faced repeatedly by Friends in meeting for worship with attention to business.

New England Yearly Meeting 1996 64 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Before Columbus

The Americas Of 1491

BY CHARLES MANN
Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago; existed mainly in small, nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas was, for all practical purposes, still a vast wilderness. Charles C. Mann now makes clear in this account, rewritten for young people in large format, that archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last 30 years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong.

Atheneum 2009 116 PP. Cloth

$24.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Before John Was A Jazz Giant

A Song Of John Coltrane

BY CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERHEAD
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane. Ages 4-8.

Henry Holt 2008 32 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (in stock)

Before You Enlist / After You Say No

FROM AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMITTEE, AFSC
AFSC asked The Ruckus Society and Training for Change to create a training manual to respond to the growing counter-recruitment movement. The Ruckus Society has played a lead role in the Not Your Soldier counter-recruitment camps and coupled with Training for Change's direct education approach the result is pedagogically sound, information packed series of workshops with a skill-building emphasis. Matt Smucker also wrote the Media and Messaging workshop. In this manual are eight workshops, on average about 3-hours long. They are designed so they can be put together to make a longer training, or used separately.

AFSC 2006 229 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Beginners Bible

Timeless Children's Stories (2005 Edition)

ILLUSTRATED BY KELLY PULLEY
A favorite story Bible in many Quaker homes and meetings. The 2005 edition has a new illustrator, Kelly Pulley, who favors wider eyes than previously appeared and brighter colors, but otherwise it looks much the same. Ages 4-8.

Zondervan 2005 512 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)