Leap Of Faith

BY KIMBERLY BRUBAKER BRADLEY
Sixth-grader Abby is sent to Catholic school after she is expelled from public middle school for fighting back against a bully with a knife. She begins to regret her reaction, but in deepening her religious faith through her understanding of catholicism she comes to forgive both herself and the bully.

Penguin 2007 184 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Learning To Be White

Money, Race And God In America

BY THANDEKA
"A powerful study of the world of `whiteness' out of the world of shame.. This is a strong book, a book which all readers - whether they understand themselves as `white' or not - should read." - Sander L. Gilman

Continuum 2002 169 PP Paper

$18.95 (in stock)

Leaving Church

A Memoir Of Faith

BY BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR
A former Episcopal priest writes of finding, losing, then keeping her faith. But to do so she has to leave the church she has served and be true to her own individual faith. An eloquent description of her spiritual journey to date. "When I think of my first cathedral, I am back in a field behind my parents' house in Kansas, with every stalk of prairie grass lit up from within." - Barbara Brown Taylor

HarperSanFrancisco 2007 256 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Led By Faith

Rising From The Ashes Of The Rwandan Genocide

BY IMMACULEE ILIBAGZIA WITH STEVE ERWIN
Immaculee struggles to survive and to find meaning and purpose in the aftermath of the holocaust. She is 22 orphaned and alone, navigating through a bleak and dangerously hostile world with only an abiding faith to guide and protect her. She seeks out and comforts scores of children orphaned by the genocide, and searches for love and companionship in a land where hatred still flourishes. Then, fearing again for her safety as Rwanda's war-crime trials begin, she flees to America to begin a new chapter of her life as a refugee and immigrant-a stranger in a strange land.

Hay House 2009 202 PP. Paper

$14.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Left To Tell

Discovering God Amidst The Rwandan Holocaust

BY IMMACULEE ILIBAGAZIA
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her family was brutally murdered along with nearly a million other Rwandans. Incredibly, she survived and for 91 days, she and 7 other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor. Here she discovered the power of prayer, shed her fear of death and forged a profound and lasting relationship with God. She emerged from hiding having discovered the meaning of truly unconditional love-a love so strong she was able seek out and forgive her family's killers.

Hay House 2009 202 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

The Legacy They Gave To Us

Early Quakers In Strang Parish, Norway

BY MATILDA HANSEN
American Friend Matilda Hansen traces the history of many of her Norwegian ancest ors. Woven into this story is the history of these Norwegian Quakers and others, who struggled for religious freedom in Norway for years, and eventually immigrated to America.

Commentary Press of Wyoming 2010 243 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Legend Of Bagger Vance (834)

STEVEN PRESSFIELD
SECONDHAND COPY, cloth with dust jacket in really nice condition. Our only book on Golf- and mysterious one at that. In 1931 Savannah, a mesmerizing 36-hole match is taking place, in which two legends face off against a troubled former war hero. The key to the outcome lies with Bagger Vance, a caddie who carries the secret of the Authentic Swing. His mysterious powers guide the play and leave a lasting imprint on everyone around him--and on someone 60 years in the future.

Morrow 1995 242 PP. Cloth

$12.00 USED - availability checked Feb 8th 1:48pm EST

Leon's Story

BY LEON WALTER TILLAGE, ILLUSTRATED BY SUSAN L. ROTH
The inspiring story of Leon, a custodian at a Junior High School, who speaks to the entire 8th grade class every year about his life experiences growing up as a sharecropper and moving north with the Great Migration. "The full strength of character of Leon...and those he represents is revealed in the plain dignity of his words." - Horn Book

Farrar, Straus 2000 112 PP. Paper

$3.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed

The Story Of The Village Of Le Chambon And How Goodness Happened There

BY PHILIP HALLIE
Quietly, peacefully and in full view of the Vichy government and a nearby division of the Nazi SS, Le Chambon's villagers and their clergy organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from death. This book's beauty is that it really happened.

HarperSF 1994 303 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Let It Shine

Three Favorite Spirituals

BY ASHLEY BRYAN
With a kaleidoscope of color and cut paper, Ashley Bryan celebrates three favorite spirituals: "This Little Light of Mine," "Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In," and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." The power of these beloved songs simply emanates through his joyous interpretations. Come, sing, and celebrate!

Atheneum 2007 48 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Let It Shine - Poster

A Blazing Mandala Inspired By George Fox's Ocean Of Light

BY MITCHELL GOULD
Illustrator Mitchell Santine Gould has returned to the source of inspiration for many Friends with four posters that reflect our common values. Georgia O'Keefe inspired the lavish colors and the marching slogans are a tribute to Edward Hicks's Peaceable Kingdom paintings. Posters measure approximately 17x26 inches, printed with pigmented UltraChromer ink (archival rated at 100 years) on heavy matte paper. Magnets are 3.5 square. Let It Shine - a blazing mandala inspired by George Fox's ocean of light. This item will ship from QuakerBooks. Price includes postage.

Micthell Gould 2006 POSTER Blank

$25.00 Availability checked Feb 8th 1:48pm EST

Let My People Go

African Americans 1804-1860 (the Young Oxford History Of African Americans, Vol 4)

BY DEBORAH GRAY WHITE
Explores what slavery was like for men, women, and children in white homes and plantations, but also shows how slaves created communities, how they fought back, and how they contributed to the system's decline. Even in rare "free" communities, the central goal of free African Americans, was to fight for the complete abolition of slavery. This sense of brotherhood, of community, speeded slavery's demise and still guides African American history today. Grade 5 & up

Oxford Univ Press 1996 144 PP. Cloth

$5.00 (in stock)

Let This Life Speak

The Legacy Of Henry Joel Cadbury

BY MARGARET HOPE BACON
AVAILABLE AGAIN! An eminent biblical scholar and beloved Quaker pacifist who helped found the American Friends Service Committee, Cadbury influenced 20th-century American religion by pleading for social action as a way of discovering truth.

Univ. of Pennsylvania 1987 253 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

Let This Voice Be Heard

Anthony Benezet, Father Of Atlantic Abolitionism

BY MAURICE JACKSON
Anthony Benezet (1713-84), recognized by the leaders of the antislavery movement as its founder, transformed Quaker antislavery sentiment into a broad-based transatlantic movement, he translated ideas from diverse sources - Enlightenment philosophy, African travel narratives, Quakerism and the Bible -into concrete action.. At the same time, Benezet's correspondents, included Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, Abbe Raynal, Granville Sharp, and John Wesley and gave his ideas an audience in the highest intellectual and political circles.

Univ of Pennsylvania Press 2008 376 PP. Cloth

$45.00 (in stock)

Let Us See What Love Can Do

A Bible Study Based On Romans 12

BY ANNE THOMAS
Anne's usual sensitive and creative approach is applied here to Paul's "Letter to the Romans," for private meditation or group study.

Argenta 1986 50 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Let Your Life Speak

Listening For The Voice Of Vocation

BY PARKER PALMER
A deep and compassionate guide to seeking your true calling in life by listening to the voice within. In this honest and compelling meditation, Friend Palmer reflects upon vocation, spirit and the life journey with a depth of insight that will touch anyone yearning for an authentic way of standing and serving in the world.

Jossey-Bass 1999 112 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

Let Your Life Speak Story Materials

For Faith And Play

FROM FAITH AND PLAY CREATIONS
The materials for telling Let your lives Speak. "When we listen, deep down, we know what is right. Sometimes what is right can be hidden and hard to discern. At other times, what is right may be clear, but following through may be, for some reason, difficult. When Friends both listen for what is right and live in ways that reflect that truth, they are showing INTEGRITY. The word integrity means whole, complete, undivided, and that's the way it feels when we live with integrity." F& P Creations

2011 SET Boxed

$72.00 (in stock)

Let Your Words Be Few

Symbolism Of Speaking And Silence Among Seventeenth-century Quakers

BYRICHARD BAUMAN
Reprinted from the Cambridge University Press original. Amid the spiritual and intellectual turmoil of seventeenth-century England, the Quakers emerged and grew into a distinct and enduring religious movement. This book offers a fresh and striking insight into early Quaker history through a study of their distinctive ways of speaking, which, together with their use of silence, served as a specific identifying feature of the movement..

Wheatmark 2008 180 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

Let's Celebrate!

Canada's Special Days

BY CAROLINE PARRY
This unique resource describes more than 250 holidays and special days celebrated in Canada. Kids can learn about the origins and significance of each special day, and discover how it is celebrated. The book provides related activities for kids to do on their own or with friends, including games, crafts, science experiments, recipes, riddles, and songs - all designed so that children can learn by doing.A special feature of Let's Celebrate is the inclusion of holidays that were once celebrated in Canada but have gone into decline. Caroline Parry has carefully researched these holidays so that they can continue to be a part of Canadian life. The author is a Canadian Friend.

Kids Can Press 1987 256 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Let's Talk About Race

BY JULIUS LESTER, ILLUSTRATED BY KAREN BARBOUR
"This stunning picture book introduces race as just one of many chapters in a person's story. Beginning with the line, `I am a story,' Lester tells his own story with details that kids will enjoy, like his favorite food, hobbies, and time of day. Then he states, `Oh. There's something else that is part of my story.I'm black.' Throughout the narrative, he asks questions that young readers can answer, creating a dialogue about who they are and encouraging them to tell their own tales. He also discusses `stories' that are not always true, pointing out that we create prejudice by perceiving ourselves as better than others. .Lester's engaging tone is just right."- School Library Journal

Amistad 2005 32 PP. Cloth

$15.99 (in stock)

Let's Talk About Race - Paperback

BY JULIUS LESTER, ILLUSTRATED BY KAREN BARBOUR
The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story." "This stunning picture book introduces race as just one of many chapters in a person's story. Beginning with the line, 'I am a story,' Lester tells his own story with details that kids will enjoy, like his favorite food, hobbies, and time of day. Then he states, 'Oh. There's something else that is part of my story - ...I'm black.'"

Amistad 2008 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Letter From A Birmingham Jail

BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
Martin Luther King's famous letter is a response to a statement made by 8 white Alabama clergymen in 1963. They argued that injustice should only be fought in a law court. King responded that without nonviolent direct action, true civil rights could never be achieved. He asserted that not only was civil disobedience justified in the face of unjust laws, but that "one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." The letter includes the famous statement "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," as well as the words attributed to William Gladstone quoted by King: "Justice too long delayed is justice denied."

AFSC 1963 35 PP. Paper

$3.50 (in stock)

Letter To A Godchild Concerning Faith

BY REYNOLDS PRICE
Price recounts how his life has been shaped by numerous and varied spiritual influences, from the Bible-story books his parents bought him before he could read, to the childhood days spent exploring dense woods near his home, to Sundays at church with his father and mother, his travels around the world to magisterial structures as various as St. Peter's and the old Penn Station, and years of study both in and out of the classroom. With no trace of self-pity, he explains how his faith grew and deepened when in 1984 after a life of robust health he suffered a cancer that eventually led to paralysis of his lower body.

Scribner 2006 112 PP. Cloth

$10.00 (in stock)

Letters To A Young Mystic

With Responses From Sam

BY JUDITH LUMB
When one feels led by the Spirit to a particular action, as I do in writing this, one cannot take credit for the product. I feel less invested in getting recognition than I did in the past, though I cannot say it is completely gone. Humility is a difficult thing to achieve. Striving for it is not a humble act. I have to keep reminding myself of the process by which it came. I had a different plan for today. I thought I was through with these letters. But as I was waking up this morning, this piece was forming in my head.

Producciones de la Hamaca 1996 70 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Letters To A Young Doubter

BY WILLIAM SLOANE-COFFIN
In Letters to a Young Poet, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke advised to "be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves," for gradually, "you will live into the answers." These words have long struck renowned preacher and activist William Sloane Coffin as a wise way to view a growing and evolving life. In an exchange of letters over the months of an academic year, Coffin writes an imagined friend, a bright, young college student, answering his questions and giving his typically sage advice about problems of faith, the difficulties of personal life, and the ever-more confusing and complex problems of today's world.

Westminster John Knox Press 2005 200 PP. Cloth

$14.95 (in stock)

Letters To A Young Poet

BY RAINER MARIA RILKE, TRANSLATED BY M. D. HERTER NORTON
Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1903 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poet on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. Those letters, still a fresh source of inspiration and insight, are accompanied here by a chonicle of Rilke's life that shows what he was experiencing in his own relationship to life and work when he wrote them.

W. W. Norton 2004 90 PP. Paper

$9.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Letting Go Of Illusion, Engaging Truth, Healing!

BY NIYONU SPANN
Niyonu Spann's passion for equal rights permeates this lecture-booklet. Her poignant queries require soul searching. Booklet includes words to three of her songs sung a cappella at the lecture. This is the record of the 2007 Michener lecture.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2007 20 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Letting That Go, Keeping This

The Spiritual Pilgrimage Of Fritz Eichenberg - Php 353

BY PHILIP HARNDEN
Fritz Eichenberg, internationally known woodcut artist, has inspired a generation of Quakers and Catholics in their social witness. This author eloquently elucidates five important inspirations for the artist: animals, Lao-Tzu, Russian novelists, Quakers, and the Catholic Worker.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2001 38 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Letting The Light Shine

A Quaker Guide To Using The Media

BY SIMON RISLEY
This resource focuses on reaching the media to publicize events in your meeting. Risley provides excellent advice on writing press releases, creating photo calls, making contacts, figuring out what's news worthy, handling interviews, evaluating what you've done, and advertising effectively. Though this is focused on a British audience, there is much fine advice for North American Friends here.

Britain Yealry Meeting 1996 57 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Levi Coffin

Quaker Breaking The Bonds Of Slavery In Ohio And Indiana

BY MARY ANN YANESSA
In this biography of the Levi Coffin, Mary Ann Yanessa tells yesterday's story and raises questions for today. With a brief look at Levi Coffin's early efforts against slavery in North Carolina and later in Newport (now Fountain City), Indiana, the book's major focus is on Coffin's abolitionist activities in Cincinnati from 1847 through the Civil War - and his work on behalf of freed slaves after the war.

Friends United Press 2001 74 PP. Paper

$13.00 (in stock)