New Collegeville Bible Commentary #5

The Acts Of The Apostles

BY DENNIS HAMM
Part of the series reviewed in the October 2006 Friends Journal. In which Tony Prete says "This is not the series for you if you are looking for reifications on a literal reading of the text. But if you want a deeper understanding of what the text is really saying, if you want as George Fox may have put it - to be led to the text in a way that will allow it to speak authentically to you, then this series will serve you well".

Liturgical Press 2005 135 PP. Paper

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The New Covenant

Commonly Called The New Testament: The Four Gospels And Apocalypse

TRANSLATED BY WILLIS BARNSTONE
In this new translation of the Four Gospels and Revelation (Apocalypse), poet, translator, and scholar Willis Barnstone returns the bedrock of Christianity to its origins as an outgrowth of Judaism. In place of the Greek names that we are accustomed to, he restores probable Hebrew or Aramaic names to New Testament figures. And in translating Apocalypse in blank verse, he reveals it as the great epic poem of the New Testament. Barnstone places the Christian Bible in new perspective, transporting us back to the pre-Hellenic world and the Jewish tradition from which the New Covenant emerged.

Riverhead 2002 577 PP. Paper

$3.50 (in stock)

The New Economics

A Bigger Picture

BY DAVID BOYLE, ANDREW SIMMS
The new economics turns our assumptions about wealth and poverty upside down. It shows us that real wealth can be measured by increased well-being and environmental sustainability rather than just having and consuming more things. This book is the first accessible and straightforward guide to the new economics. It describes the problems and bizarre contradictions in conventional economics as well as the principles of the emerging new economics, and it tells the real-world stories of how new economics is being successfully put into practice around the world.

Earthscan 2010 190 PP. Cloth

$24.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

New England Quaker Meetinghouses

Past And Present

BY SILAS WEEKS
Silas Weeks spent more than 15 years gathering photos and histories of more than 110 Quaker meetinghouses in New England. Delightful anecdotes weave through notes about architectural style, location, cost, and significant Quaker family names. The book also includes lists for each state of related Quaker burial grounds with directions. Appendix of meetinghouses by architectural style, historical and current maps, glossary and index.

Friends United Press 2001 180 PP. Paper

$18.50 (in stock)

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration In An Age Of Colorblindness

BY MICHELE ALEXANDER
"The New Jim Crow" was initially published with a modest first printing and reasonable expectations for a hard-hitting book on a tough topic. Now, ten-plus printings later, the long-awaited paperback version of the book is available. Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against convicted criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination--employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food stamps and other public benefits are suddenly legal. We have sold 100's to Quakers already.

New Press 2012 336 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

The New Jim Crow Hardcover

Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness

BY MICHELLE ALEXANDER
Former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting black men and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community - and all of us - to place confronting mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America. suggested price $27.95 Our price $25.15

New Press 2010 290 PP. Cloth

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New Light

12 Quaker Voices

EDITED BY JENNIFER KAVANAGH
Jennifer Kavanagh pulls together the writings from the Quaker Quest series "Twelve Quakers and..." on such as pacifism, evil, simplicity and the Quaker understanding of God. "In this book, we are given varied and thought-provoking Quaker views on a series of important topics related both to belief and to practice. ...A valuable resource for those who wish to reflect on their Faith and Practice, whether a newcomer to Quakerism or an experienced member of a Quaker Meeting. Particularly helpful is that they are each short and to the point, with the different viewpoints..." - George Ellis, Quaker Cosmologist, Winner of the Templeton Prize

O Books 2008 240 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

The New Q

A Fresh Translation With Commentary

TRANSLATED BY RICHARD VALANTASIS
Valantasis has taken the supposed text of Q, (produced by painstaking academic detective work) - The "missing" gospel on which Mathew Mark and Luke is presumed to be based and put it into a fresh translation, aiming to give the immediacy and challenge of someone writing about Jesus life shortly after his death. He also provides a commentary on what it says, its meaning at that time, and then how it was used by the early Christians.

T & T Clark 2005 238 PP. Paper

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New Seeds Of Contemplation

Audio

BY THOMAS MERTON
Thomas Merton examines the contemplative life and experience. Full of insightful reflections on how one can seek, and find, nearness to God in the modern world. Abridged audio version.

Audiologos 1995 90 MIN. Audio

$2.00 (in stock)

New Theory, Old Practice

Nonviolence And Quakers

BY GEORGE LAKEY
"Nonviolent action has three major applications: social change, social defense, and third party nonviolent intervention. Trailblazers, both Quaker and not, have shown that nonviolent action can be a tremendously powerful way of expressing our testimonies. Learning the differences and dynamics of the three applications, and therefore the possibilities of strategy, enables us to become even more the kind of practical idealists that made Quaker leaders in countless movements." - from the Author's Notes.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2004 30 PP Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Newcomer Cards, Sample Set

FROM QUAKER QUEST
A sample set of the Newcomer cards- You are Welcome Here, How Quaker Meetings Work, Quaker Testimonies, Quakers and Prayer. Produced by Quaker Quest for Meetings to pass out to new attenders and enquirers. The text is brief, contemporary and modern, and the cards printed on attractive cardstock. See http://fgcquaker.org/quakerquest/resources for exact text, which you can also download and print yourself, or order in bulk from us.

Quaker Quest 2011 4 CARDS Tract

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The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection - Audio Cd

Written And Read By Nikki Giovanni

BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
A collection of 50 new poems, sketches, and meditations, this is quintessential Giovanni, plenary speaker at the 2009 FGC Gathering. She is one of the most celebrated and prolific artists of modern times. Edgy, unapologetic, and intimate, she charts new territory, turning her pen to popular culture and life in America. Unabridged. 2 CDs.

Caedmon 2002 2 CDS Disk

$15.00 (in stock)

Nikki Giovanni 2009 Address - Video Dvd

BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
This is a video DVD version of Nikki Giovanni's 2009 FGC Gathering plenary address. This DVD includes bonus material from Giovanni's afternoon Gathering Store presentation. Poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni reflected on her lifetime of joy and struggle, love and grieving, hope and spirit. Giovanni believes in the power we each have to make a difference in ourselves, and thus in others' lives.

Quaker Press of FGC 2009 VIDEO DVD Audio

$15.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Nikki Giovanni's 2009 Address - Mp3

BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
This is a downloadable mp3 version of Nikki Giovanni's 2009 Gathering plenary address. When you purchase it, after we confirm your credit card details, we will send you a limited time link through which you can download the audio file. Poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni reflected on her lifetime of joy and struggle, love and grieving, hope and spirit. Giovanni believes in the power we each have to make a difference in ourselves, and thus in others' lives.

Quaker Press of FGC 2009 AUDIO MP3 Audio

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Nikki Giovanni's 2009 Plenary Address - Audio Cd

BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
This is an audio CD version of Nikki Giovanni's 2009 FGC Gathering plenary address. Poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni reflected on her lifetime of joy and struggle, love and grieving, hope and spirit. Giovanni believes in the power we each have to make a difference in ourselves, and thus in others' lives.

Quaker Press of FGC 2009 AUDIO CD Audio

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Ninth Ward

BY JEWELL PARKER RHODES
Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving 82 year old caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict the future. With Katrina fast approaching, it's up to Lanesha to use her considerable hope and strengthto try and bring them and others through the storm.

LB 2010 217 PP. Cloth

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Niwechihaw I Help

BY CAITLIN DALE NICHOLSON WITH LEONA MORIN-NEILSON
Niwechihaw, I Help is a bilingual picture book that celebrates the role of a Cree grandmother (Kohkum) as she takes her grandson on a short trip to the bush to pick rosehips. Author Caitlin Dale Nicholson wrote and illustrated this gentle story with spare repetitive language about the child watching and following the lead of his teacher, Kohkum. As he follows his grandmother, the boy watches and learns the cultural practices necessary to properly gather the ingredients to make rosehip tea. Based on Cree and Tahltan teachings the book offers information about the environment and how to gather the plants needed to make this healing beverage.

Groundwood Books 2008 24 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

No!

BY DAVID MCPHAIL
The word "No" repeated three times is the only thing said in this otherwise wordless book that speaks volumes. A young boy sets out to deliver a letter and witnesses acts of war along his way, both on the personal level, and on a world-wide scale. At a time when our country is at war, NO! is a touching example of resistance and alternatives to conflict told through heart-wrenching illustrations from David McPhail at his very best. "The idea of taking effective action without fighting is a powerful one, and children and adults alike will find that McPhail's images linger." - Publishers Weekly

Roaring Brook Press 2009 48 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (in stock)

No Cross, No Crown

Modern English Translation

BY WILLIAM PENN, EDITED BY RONALD SELLECK
Outlining a life of discipleship in Christ, William Penn addresses topics such as "bearing the cross daily", the nature of worship and our inner character. Selleck's modern English translation makes this classic (written in 1668) easily readable in the 21st century.

Friends United Press 2007 156 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

No Cross No Crown - Audio

BY WILLIAM PENN
An abridged version of the book on one audiocassette read by Bruce Bush. William Penn's confession of faith, his blueprint for a just society, his explanation of Quaker practices and testimonies, and his epistle to those of the Community of Faith, whatever the denomination.

Audiologos 1994 80 MIN. ABR. Audio

$5.00 (in stock)

No Death, No Fear

Comforting Wisdom For Life

BY THICH NHAT HANH
Buddhist teacher and poet Thich Nhat Hanh offered the world much-needed words of calming wisdom in his previous book, Anger. Now, in a book both timely and timeless, he tackles a subject that has been contemplated by Buddhist monks and nuns for twenty-five hundred years-and an eternal mystery that touches us all: What is death? Through Zen parables, guided meditations, and personal stories, he explodes the traditional myths of how we live and die. Even more, Thich Nhat Hanh shows us a way to live a life unfettered by fear.

Riverhead 2003 208 PP. Paper

$15.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

No English

BY JACQUELINE JULES
"No English" is all that Blanca, the new girl from Argentina, says. She spends her time drawing pictures instead of doing class work, and that hardly seems fair to second-grader Diane. One misunderstanding follows another until Diane begins to see how afraid Blanca must feel in their classroom. Their teacher, Mrs. Bertram, helps her class understand that "different" is just different, not strange or weird. She encourages the students to learn about Blanca's home country. Diane must make things right, but how will she do that when they don't speak the same language?

Mittenpress 2008 32 PP. Paper

$9.95 (in stock)

No Extraordinary Power

Prayer, Stillness And Activism - The 2005 Swarthmore Lecture

BY HELEN STEVEN
The answer to prayer may be quite simply, "What are you going to do about it?" Faced with something they believe must be changed, people can find themselves able to accomplish the unexpected. In dangerous times when so much is at risk or destroyed, the power of ordinary people can "reconstitute the world", as the poet Adrienne Rich has put it. And yet this is apparently beyond our own resources. Helen Steven asks: Do we have access through prayer and action to some kind of "extra-ordinary" power beyond ourselves, or is our power for action well within the experience of everyone, with only our deeper spiritual nature to make it "extra-ordinary"?

Britain Yearly Meeting 2005 111 PP. Paper

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No Hitting

A Lift-the-flap Book

BY KAREN KATZ
Toddlers will love learning to say no to hitting - and screaming, squeezing, and yelling - and yes to fun with this lift-the-flap book that makes it easy to find a painless way to steer little ones toward more acceptable behavior.

Grosset and Dunlap 2004 14 PP. Paper

$5.99 (in stock)

No Hole In The Flame

A Story Of Love And Loss In Prose And Poetry

BY MARYHELEN SNYDER
A memoir of the author's forty-year marriage and how she coped with the sudden death of her husband. This edition contains added material, including a chapter by the author's daughter, Jennifer Zito.

2008 195 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

No More Misbehavin

38 Difficult Behaviors And How To Stop Them

BY MICHELLE BORBA
Anger, Anxiety, Biting, Bossy, Bullied, Bullying, Chore Wars, Cynical, Defiant, Doesn't Listen, Fighting, Gives Up Easily, Hitting, Homework Battles, Hooked on Rewards, Impulsivity, Intolerant, Lying and Cheating, Materialistic, Mean, Negative Peer Pressure, No Friends, Over-Perfectionism, Poor Sportsmanship, Put-Downs, Rude, Selfish, Sibling Battles, Short Attention Span, Shy, Stealing, Swearing, Talking Back, Tattling, Teased, Temper Tantrums, Whining, Yelling. Parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba tackles the most common bad behaviors that kids ages 3 to 12 repeat over and over behaviors that drive parents crazy.

Jossey-bass 2003 329 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

No One But You

BY DOUGLAS WOOD
Christopher Medal-winning author Wood and celebrated illustrator Lynch offer a moving look at how each person's experiences in the world are gloriously unique.

Candlewick Press 2011 32 PP. Cloth

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No One Is Illegal

Fighting Racism And State Violence On The U.s.-mexico Border

BY JUSTIN AKERS CHACON, MIKE DAVIS
No One Is Illegal debunks the leading ideas behind the often violent right-wing backlash against immigrants. Countering the chorus of anti-immigrant voices, Mike Davis and Justin Akers Chacon expose the racism of anti-immigration vigilantes and put a human face on the immigrants who risk their lives to cross the border to work in the United States. Davis and Akers Chacon challenge the racist politics of vigilante groups like the Minutemen, and argue for a pro-immigrant and pro-worker agenda that recognizes the urgent need for international solidarity and cross-border alliances in building a renewed labor movement.

Haymarket 2006 333 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

No Royal Road To Reconciliation

Php 321

BY GENE KNUDSEN-HOFFMAN
This essay proposes that we can heal the victim and the perpetrator of violence with the gift of compassionate listening.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1995 33 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

No Shame, No Fear - Paperback

BY ANN TURNBULL
British children's author Ann Turnbull has written a new young adult novel of young love in the 17th century. The romance is between a Quaker servant, Susanna, and a merchant's son, Will, and the book is written in chapters alternating from Will to Susanna's perspective, so the reader gets a sense of how each sees the other and of how the families view each of them as well. During Will and Susanna's romance and Will's convincement to Quakerism, the Conventicle Act is passed banning all religious meetings except Anglican church services. The novel authentically portrays the ensuing persecution and Will and Susanna's struggle with their communities and their faith.

Candlewick 2006 293 PP. Paper

$8.99 (in stock)