Beyond Terror

The Truth About The Real Threats To Our World

BY PAUL ROGERS, CHRIS ABBOTT, JOHN SLOBODA
a book by Chris Abbott, Paul Rogers and John Sloboda of Oxford Research Group, a UK-based think tank. The book's authors set out to argue that terrorism is not the greatest threat to world security and that the ongoing 'war on terror' is failing and, in fact, actually increasing the likelihood of more terrorist attacks. Instead, the authors identify four key trends as being the greatest threats to global security in the 21st century - climate change; competition over resources; marginalisation of the majority world and global militarisation. Each of these is given a separate chapter.

Rider 2007 116 PP. Paper

$4.50 (in stock)

Beyond The Bars

A Quaker Primer For Prison Visitors - Php 342

BY KEITH MADDOCK
"I simply hope these reflections on my experience as a prison visitor will encourage others to consider serving in this difficult but very enriching ministry." Guidelines, both spiritual and practical, for the Quaker prison visitor.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1999 33 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Beyond The Spirit Of The Age

BY JONATHAN DALE
1996 Swarthmore Lecture on meeting the challenge of an increasingly polarized society through the renewal of social testimonies. Inspiring and spiritually rich call to action.

Britain Yearly Meeting 1996 135 PP. Paper

$7.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Beyond The White House

BY JIMMY CARTER
This is the story of President Jimmy Carter's post-presidency, the most admired and productive in the nation's history. Through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, he has fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, and built hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the world.

s & S 2007 6 CD'S Disk

$5.00 (in stock)

Beyond Tolerance

Searching For Interfaith Understanding In America

BY GUSTAV NIEBUHR
In this book Niebuhr explores the cultural and historical forces that have led to the state of religion today. Niebuhr is most interested in the "quiet countertrend ... directly challeng[ing] violence in God's name, even if it does not replace it. At its heart ... a grassroots educational process in which the goal is to gain knowledge about individual and their belief in a way that lessens fear." Niebuhr discusses Quakers and their difficult early history in colonial America briefly at the beginning of his chapter on the religious imperative of hospitality.

Viking-Penguin Books Ltd. 2008 218 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Beyond Tribalism And Toward A God Of Love - Mp3 Download

The First Elizabeth Watson Lecture Given At The 2005 Fgc Gathering Of Friends

BY BISHOP JOHN SHELBY SPONG
This is a downloadable mp3 recording of Spong's plenary speech at the 2005 Gathering. In his talk Spong rejects fundamentalism in favor of a religion compatible with intellectual inquiry. He rejects Christian `tribalism' in favor of a universalism that sees holiness throughout the world's religions. He describes a Christianity premised upon justice and love rather than judgment and literal readings of the Bible. This is a downloadable mp3 version of his talk. When you purchase this, after confirming your order, we will send you a limited time web link to download the file.

Quaker Press of FGC 2005 50 MIN MP3 Audio

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Beyond Uneasy Tolerance

The Saga Of Quakers And The Arts In 100 Quotations

EDITED BY ESTHER GREENLEAF-MURER
"This pamphlet tells the dramatic and little-known story of the evolution of Quaker attitudes toward the arts from antipathy to acceptance. The story is presented in the form of brief quotations from Quaker writings on the arts, arranged chronologically from the 1650s to 1995." - Esther Murer, from the introduction

Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts 2000 63 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

Beyond War (5526)

The Human Potential For Peace

BY DOUGLAS FRY
Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War, the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we. Drawing on archaeology and fascinating fieldwork on hunter-gatherer bands from around the world, Fry debunks the idea that war is ancient and inevitable. Fry shows that, far from being natural, warfare actually appeared quite recently along with changes in social organization and especially the rise of states. But Fry also points out that even today, when war seems ever present (at least on television), the vast majority of us live peaceful, nonviolent lives.SECONDHASND COPY -as new condition.

Oxford University Press 2007 248 PP. Cloth

$16.50 USED - availability checked Feb 8th 9:01am EST

Beyond War (part 2)

Alternatives To War - Audio Cd

COMPILED BY DAVID FREUDBERG
Alternatives to War. Antiwar voices describe why they oppose using military force -- how nonviolence can be successful in promoting justice and even overthrowing dictators. An eye-opening proposal for truly "global education" is advanced by former UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Muller who emphasizes the many branches of our international human family. Lastly a look at decision-making among Quakers who do not follow "majority rules" but who try to reach consensus after reflecting deeply on spirit.

Human Media 2003 1 HOUR Audio

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Beyond War (part 1)

What War Really Means - Audio Cd

BY DAVID FREUDBERG
Is warfare a necessary evil -- or is it total madness? The true human costs of war are described by patients in a veterans hospital, the author of a history of bombing, a NY Times war correspondent and others Also The Quaker conscience: the social and political witness offered by members of the Society of Friends. Here Friends discuss pacifism and social equality and lastly Viktor Frankl, the late author of "Man's Search for Meaning" who recognized that only by clinging to a higher life purpose could he survive such an atrocity.

Human Media 2003 1 HOUR Audio

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Bible, The Church And The Future Of Friends

Papers From The Quaker Issues Roundtable

EDITED BY CHUCK FAGER
The struggle over the legitimacy of same-sex relationships is used as a lens through which to view differing understandings of the Bible and faith communities.

Pendle Hill 1996 240 PP. Paper

$9.95 (in stock)

Biblical Pacifism (2nd Ed)

BY DALE BROWN
"The only people on Earth who do not see Christ and his teaching as non violent are Christians." - Gandhi. Dale Brown looks at the old and new testament exploring key passages and then looks at the history of Christian thought to see where Christs words "Love they enemies" changed their meaning and emphasis.

Evangel Press 2003 182 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

The Biblical Vision Of Sabbath Economics

BY CHED MYERS
A short, key, text that gives voice to Myers challenging ideas of non violence and liberation theology lived prophetically in the modern world. Culled from articles in Other side and other journals.

Potters House 2001 72 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Bicycles

Love Poems

BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
This is a companion volume to Giovanni's love poems of 1997. Since then Giovanni has experienced losses both public and private. The death of her mother and sister, the massacre at Virginia Tech where she teaches. And just when it seemed life was spinning out of control, Giovanni rediscovered love-what she calls the antidote. Here romantic love-and all its manifestations, the physical touch, the emotional pull, the hungry heart-is distilled as never before by one of our most talented poets.

Morrow 2009 109 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Big Big World

Audio Cd

BY BILL HARLEY
Quaker Bill Harleys' songs with humorous and beautifully observed lyrics, themed on family life and backed by reggae, hand-clapping Cajun and honky tonk music with a decidedly world beat! Includes 'Walk a Mile,' 'Turn the World Around,' and 'Sittin' Down to Eat.'

Round River Records 1996 50 MINUTES Audio

$15.00 (in stock)

The Big Book For Peace And The Big Book For Our Planet

Audio Cassettes

BY VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Big Book for Peace edited by Ann Durrell is sadly out of print, but here on audio are recorded most of its poems and stories about many kinds of peace, peace among people living in different lands, among next-door neighbors, among people of different races, and among sisters and brothers. Understanding among those separated by their beliefs, and those separated by generations. Combined with the ecological stories and poems in Big Book for the Planet. Graet value for 3 hours of listening.

Media Books 1999 2 TAPES Audio

$3.50 (in stock)

The Big Fib

BY MELISSA ANDERSON
A young girl who breaks her mother's cookie jar learns that it is always better to tell the truth and face the consequences than deal with a tiny lie that keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Shadow Mountain 2010 32 PP. Cloth

$17.99 (in stock)

Big Momma Makes The World - Paperback

BY PHYLLIS ROOT, ILLUSTRATED BY HELEN OXENBURY
When Big Momma makes the world, she doesn't mess around. With a baby on her hip and laundry piling up, she demands light and dark, earth and sky, creepers and crawlers, and lots of folks to trade stories with on the front porch. And when the work is done, Big Momma, she is pleased all right. "That's good," she says. "That's real good." With down-home language and infectious rhythms, Phyllis Root spins a creation myth like no other.

Candlewick 2007 40 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

The Big Orange Splot

BY DANIEL MANUS PINKWATER
When Mr. Plumbeans' house is splashed with bright orange paint, he decides a multicolored house would be a nice change and one by one he convinces the nieghbors to follow their hearts and make their homes reflections of their true selves. A very fine book about integrity and the power of dreams.

Scholastic 1993 32 PP. Paper

$4.99 (in stock)

Binding The Wounds Of War

Ayoung Relief Worker's Letters Home 1943-47

BY CLIFFORD BARNARD
Clifford Barnard was a CO in WW2 and joined the Friends Ambulance Unit, the book is a collection of his letters home to his parents and tells of his experiences in training and then in the newly liberated Europe, including the Sandbostel camp for political prisoners that is more fully described in his previous book "Two weeks in May". The letters are delightful, even if the subject matter is often sad, there are elements of biography and the touching romance with his future wife is cataloged

Pronoun Press 2010 198 PP. Paper

$17.00 (in stock)

Biographical Dictionary Of British Quakers

In Commerce & Industry 1775 -1920

COMPILED BY EDWARD MILLIGAN
Many years in the making, the former librarian and archivist at Friends House in London has garnered and written 2,800 biographies of Friends active in industry or commerce. The large double columned pages mean this really is a treasure house of information for historians and genealogists. Indexed by occupation, place, apprentice master, and school attended. 8 appendices and 50 pages of illustrations.

Sessions 2007 605 PP. Paper

$60.00 (in stock)

Bioshelter Market Garden

A Permaculture Farm

BY DARRELL FREY
Darrell Frey, owner of the successful Three Sisters Farm and organic market in Pennsylvania, presents an extensive explanation of a successful permaculture farm in action. Frey discusses diverse aspects, from soil to efficient design to farm education, always with careful stewardship of the environment in mind.

New Society Publishers 2011 463 PP. Paper

$34.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Bird

BY ZETTA ELLIOTT, SHADRA STRICKLAND
Young Mekhai, better known as Bird, loves to draw. With drawings, he can erase the things that don't turn out right. In real life, problems aren't so easily fixed. As Bird struggles to understand the death of his beloved grandfather and his older brother's drug addiction, he escapes into his art. In time, with the help of his grandfather's friend, Bird finds his own special somethin' and wings to fly. Told with spare grace, Bird is a touching look at a young boy coping with real-life troubles. Readers will be heartened by Bird s quiet resilience, and moved by the healing power of putting pencil to paper.

Lee and Low 2008 48 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)

Birdsong

A Novel Of Love And War

BY SEBASTIAN FAULKS
This novel is at once a magnificently erotic love story and a savagely powerful evocation of the carnage of World War I. A young Englishman, devastated by his tragic love affair with a married Frenchwoman, joins the army in 1916 and finds himself behind German lines, transformed into both death's agent and its dispassionate witness.

Vintage 1993 482 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

The Birth Of Christianity

Discovering What Happened In The Years Immediately After The Execution Of Jesus

BY JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN
John Dominic Crossan, expert on the historical Jesus, explores the lost years of earliest Christianity, those immediately following the execution of Jesus. He establishes the contextual setting by an interdisciplinary combination of anthropological, historical, and archaeological approaches. He identifies the textual sources by a literary analysis of the earliest discernible layers within our present gospels, both inside and outside the New Testament. Context and text come together to challenge long-standing assumptions about the role of Paul and the meaning of resurrection, and to forge new understanding of the birth of the Christian church.

HarperOne 1999 653 PP. Paper

$21.95 (in stock)

Black Abolitionists

BY BENJAMIN QUARLES
Black abolitionists introduces us to the many overlooked African Americans who were active in the movement, preaching, writing, guiding and travelling the world to bring an end to the despicable practice of slavery. A reprint of the then groundbreaking 1969 book but still as relevant as ever today.

Da Capo 1990 320 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Black Fire

African American Quakers On Spirituality And Human Rights

EDITED BY: HAROLD D. WEAVER, JR., PAUL KRIESE, STEPHEN W. ANGELL
Black Fire gathers together the voices of 18 remarkable individuals who spoke and wrote as African Americans from within the Quaker community. They testify about their viewpoints on racial justice - both within the Religious Society of Friends and society at large - and they speak of their life in the Spirit. As a collection, these selections exhibit the vitality and wisdom that three centuries of African American Quakers have contributed to and on behalf of Friends. See below for more detail.(Also available as an ebook. Enter "Black Fire" in the search field at left to find electronic editions.)

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 300 PP. Paper

$23.95 (in stock)

Black Fire, Epub Ebook

African American Quakers On Spirituality And Human Rights

EDITED BY: HAROLD D. WEAVER, JR., PAUL KRIESE, STEPHEN W. ANGELL
This is an ePub formatted version of the book. Download to your computer and then upload from there to any E reader device except a Kindle. WE WILL EMAIL YOU A LINK TO DOWNLOADTHE BOOK ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ORDER. Black Fire gathers the voices of 18 individuals who spoke and wrote as African Americans from within the Quaker community. Testifying about their viewpoints on racial justice- both within the Society of Friends & society at large - and they speak of their life in the Spirit. Enter "Black Fire" in the search field at left to find print and mobi editions.

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 300 PP. E Book

$11.95 (in stock)

Who Will Roll Away The Stone?

Discipleship Queries For First World Christians

BY CHED MYERS
Myers exposes the social and spiritual "stones" that impede us in our development and growth as Christians. "In every age," writes Myers, "disciples despair that the story has ended, only to discover that again the stone 'has been rolled away,' reopening the possibility - and imperative - of following the Way of Jesus." He uses three of the most troubling and problematic of recent events - the Los Angeles riots, the Gulf War, the Columbus quincentennial - to demonstrate how the subtle complexities of a culture of technological wizardy, information overload, and short-term memory can be recognized as blocking the first step on the journey of discipleship.

Orbis 1994 495 PP. Paper

$37.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Black Presence In Pennsylvania

Making It Home

BY EMMA LAPSANSKY
Starting with the details of some of William Penn's slaves this little pamphlet makes an excellent introduction to the troubled history of African Americans in Pennsylvania. Quakers are often mentioned in the progress towards equal rights.

Pennsylvania Historical Association 2001 46 PP Paper

$6.50 (in stock)