Blessed Are The Pacifists

The Beatitudes And Just War Theory

BY THOMAS TRZYNA
Thomas Trzyna takes a fresh look at pacifism as a way of life and a practical method of conflict resolution that is grounded in the Scripture, particularly the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's gospel. Based on a study of just war theory and contemporary world events, this book does not rehearse familiar debates about how to justify war. Rather, it approaches the topic from the provocative angle that the work of peacemakers requires setting goals to be measured in generations, not years.

Herald Press 2006 138 PP. Paper

$11.99 (in stock)

Blessed Community

BY MARTY WALTON
Marty Walton expounds upon the many meanings of "blessed community" in Quakerism.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 1994 21 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Blessed Unrest

How The Largest Social Movement In History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, And Beauty To The World

BY PAUL HAWKEN
Hawken has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. "This is first full account of the real news of our time, and it's exactly the opposite of the official account. The movers and shakers on our planet aren't the billionaires and the generals - they are the incredible numbers of people around the world filled with love for neighbor and for the earth who are resisting, remaking, restoring, renewing, revitalizing. This powerful and lovely book is their story - our story - and it's high time someone's told it. Nothing you read for years to come will fill you with more hope and more determination." - Bill McKibben

Penguin 2008 352 PP. Paper

$16.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

A Blessing In Disguise

39 Life Lessons From Today's Greatest Teachers

EDITED BY ANDREA JOY COHEN
Many well known spiritual writers and speakers share personal stories about their most challenging experience - and provide the healing wisdom that helped them emerge from them with a strengthened faith, and a deeper understanding of life, and with inner peace. The cahallenges include death, dying, suffering, Creative expression, Family dynamics, faith and the loss of it. Contributors include Anne Wilson Schaef, Bernie Siegel, Joan Borysenko, Stephen Levine and Thich Nhat Hahn.

Berkeley 2008 302 PP. Paper

$14.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Blessing Of The Lord

Stories From The Old And New Testaments

BY GARY SCHMIDT, ILLUSTRATED BY DENNIS NOLAN
"In a smooth, poetic style, Schmidt retells twenty-five Bible stories, emphasizing the humanity of the characters. For example, he fills out Noah's story with a description of the despair Noah and his family feel, trapped on the Ark not knowing if they will ever see land again. The elaborations retain the tone of the original stories but extend them to explore motivations and emotions. Nolan's handsome paintings are suitably majestic or gentle." - Horn Book

Eerdmans 1997 160 PP. Cloth

$20.00 (in stock)

The Blogging Church

Sharing The Story Of Your Church Through Blogs

BY BRIAN BAILEY
The author is "web director" at Fellowship Church. His book is aimed at pastors, but Friends will also find it useful. It explains blogging and the associated technologies in simple terms and talks about its advantages and pitfalls for outreach and ministry. Bailey gives tips and examples of good blogging practice.

Jossey Bass 2006 199 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

Blue Arabesque

A Search For The Sublime

BY PATRICIA HAMPL
The author of "I could tell you stories" was mesmerized by a Matisse painting: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl. In Blue Arabesque, she explores the allure of this lounging woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the rush of the modern era. Her meditations give her insights into her own early life in Minnesota.

Harvest 2007 224 PP. Paper

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The Blue Parakeet

Rethinking How You Read The Bible

BY SCOT MCKNIGHT
Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings to keep them where we want them. Scot McKnight contends that many, conservatives and liberals alike, attempt the same thing with the Bible. We all try to tame it. Here McKnight challenges al flvors of Christian to rethink how they read the Bible, to see it as a Story that we are summoned to enter and to carry forward in our day.

Zondervan 2008 236 PP. Cloth

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The Body In Pain

The Making And Unmaking Of The World

BY ELAINE SCARRY
A challenging book; by examining how inexpressible one person's pain is to another, Scarry looks at how humankind is a ble to torture one another and go to war. She looks deeply into the language and the philosophy of violence. This book offers a profound analysis that is thought provoking and should be widely read. She goes on to see the potential for creativity arising from these same depths.

Oxford Uniersity Press 1987 385 PP. Paper

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The Body Of God

An Ecological Theology

BY SALLIE MCFAGUE
Plenary Speaker at the 2006 FGC Gathering, award-winning theologian Sallie McFague here develops a striking and novel vision of the universe, one that takes seriously and radically both contemporary science and the incarnational commitments of the Christian tradition.

Augsburg 1993 274 PP. Paper

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Bolivian Food And Friends

Recipes Inspired By Meals And Fellowship With Bolivian Quakers

BY BOLIVIAN QUAKER ED FUND
For several years Bolivian Quakers have been entertaining visitors and volunteers from the north with interesting and distinctive foods. Several of the visitors have collected recipes and photos to share our experiences and to raise money for the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund. BQEF raises funds to support Quaker students attending Bolivian colleges, a residence for rural high school students, alternatives to violence programs and volunteer programs. See sample recipe below!

Bolivian Quaker Education Fund 2010 32 PP. Paper

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Bone By Bone By Bone

BY TONY JOHNSTON
A Friendship between white and black is rare in 1950s Tennessee. David's dad is determined that his son will grow up to be a doctor like himself. David studies the human bones, and secretly teaches them in turn to his black friend, Malcolm. In a rage, Dr. Church forbids Malcolm to ever enter their home and threatens to kill him if he does. David tries to change his dad's mind, but when Malcolm crosses the line, Dr. Church grabs his shotgun.

Roaring Brook Press 2007 184 PP. Cloth

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The Book Of Embraces

BY EDUARDO GALEANO
In an enchanting book of wonders, Uruguayan writer Galeano applies the collage-like technique of "Memory of Fire" to his own life and the contemporary scene. Galeano's surreal drawings complement the text, blending wild imagination, pointed satire and old-fashioned charm. "An extraordinary series of stories and reflections about what it is to be human"- Joseph Gerson, Cambridge.

Norton 1992 288 PP. Paper

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The Book Of Genesis

BY R CRUMB
Envisioning the first book of the Bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. "It's a cartoonist's equivalent of the Sistine Chapel. It's awesome. Crumb has done a real artist's turn here-he's challenged himself and defied all expectation. . . . I've read Genesis before. But never have I found it so compelling. By placing it squarely in the Middle East-and populating it with distinctively Semitic-looking people-Crumb makes it come alive brilliantly." - Susan Jane Gillman, NPR Suggested Retail $24.95

W. W. Norton 2009 224 PP. Paper

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A Book Of Quaker Saints

BY LUCY VIOLET HODGKIN
A reprint of this classic collection of stories of early Friends, originally published in 1917. "It must be remembered that this is not a History of the Early Quaker Movement, but a book of stories of some Early Quaker Saints. I have based my account on contemporary authorities; but I have not scrupled to supply unrecorded details or explanatory speeches in order to make the scene more vivid to my listeners." - the author, from her preface.

BiblioBazaar 2007 384 PP. Paper

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Born On A Blue Day

Inside The Extraordinary Mind Of An Autistic Savant

BY DANIEL TAMMET
Daniel Tammet has severe autism but can live an independent life. He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head, speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man.

Free Press 2007 256 PP. Paper

$15.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Bound For Canaan

The Epic Story Of The Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement

BY FERGUS BORDEWICH
The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Bound for Canaan tells the stories of men and women like David Ruggles, who invented the black underground in New York City; bold Quakers like Isaac Hopper and Levi Coffin, who risked their lives to build the Underground Railroad; and the inimitable Harriet Tubman. Interweaving thrilling personal stories with the politics of slavery and abolition, Bound for Canaan shows how the Underground Railroad gave birth to this country's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for social change.

Amistad Press 2006 576 PP. Paper

$14.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Boy Who Changed The World

BY ANDY ANDREWS
"The Boy Who Changed the World" opens with a young Norman Borlaug playing in his family's cornfields with his sisters. One day, Norman would grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion! Norman changed the world! Or was it Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver?

Thomas Nelson 2010 40 PP. Cloth

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The Boy Who Loved To Draw

Benjamin West

BY BARBARA BRENNER, ILLUSTRATED BY OLIVIER DUNREA
Here in lively and easy to read words and vivid pictures is the story of Friend Benjamin West, the farm boy from colonial Pennsylvania who grew up to be the first world famous American artist and friend to Benjamin Franklin and the king of England.

Houghton Mifflin 2003 48 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Brave Donatella And The Jasmine Thief

BY CAROLINE STRICKLAND, ILLUSTRATED BY DONALD HENDRICKS
Quaker author Caroline McAlister story is based on the Italian bridal tradition of wearing a sprig of jasmine on one's wedding dress. Duke Cosimo de' Medici loved beautiful flowers from far-off lands. So when an explorer delivers the magnificent jasmine plant all the way from India as a present he guards each leaf jealously. When the foolish gardener Antonio, determined to prove his love for Donatella, clips a sprig he is sent to prison. Now brave Donatella is his only hope for freedom. Ages 4-8

Charlesbridge 2010 32 PP. Cloth

$9.00 (in stock)

Bread, Body, Spirit

Finding The Sacred In Food

BY ALICE PECK
Food plays a remarkable role in the daily routine of our lives. Food and how we approach it has the extraordinary power to unite us with others and nurture our connection to the Divine. Drawing from many faith traditions and backgrounds--including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Native American, and Sikh--the words in this volume paint a glorious picture of the sanctity waiting to be discovered in a thing so simple - and yet so divine - as food.

Skylights 2008 195 PP. Paper

$19.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Bride Of E

Poems

BY MARY JO BANG
These new poems explore a contrast between high and low culture. She wrote each of them through the lens of an invented character, rather than through her own eyes and her own emotions. "I tend to reject the notion that poems should somehow reveal something about the poet's life", these poems are lighter and more humorous, with a less elegiac tone. .

Graywolf Press 2009 90 PP. Cloth

$22.00 (in stock)

Bridging The Class Divide

And Other Lessons For Grassroots Organizing

BY LINDA STOUT
This book is a practical and inspirational guide to overcoming barriers of class and race. Again and again social change movements have been run by middle-class leaders. But in order to make real progress toward economic and social change, poor people--those most affected by social problems--must be the ones to speak up and lead. It can be done. Quaker Linda Stout herself grew up in poverty in rural North Carolina and went on to found one of this country's most successful and innovative grassroots organizations, the Piedmont Peace Project.

Beacon Press 1997 192 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Brief Candles

101 Clerihews

BY HENRY TAYLOR
With hilarious irreverence, Quaker Pulitzer Prize winning poet Henry Taylor takes on people usually taken overly seriously - members of the Supreme Court, poet's laureate, literary theorists, Whitewater celebrities and New Testament figures - demonstrating through 101 clerihews that one of the primary purposes of poetry is to have fun, even while holding a high standard of craftsmanship.

Louisiana State University Press 2000 51 PP. Paper

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Brief History Of Spirituality

SHELDRAKE
Tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament to the present day. It charts the main figures, ideas, images and historical periods, showing how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries, drawing out the distinctive themes of Christian spirituality and exploring the historical and cultural events that have changed people's attitudes and practices. Includes all the modern debates on spirituality and Religion.

Wiley Blackwell 2008 272 PP. Paper

$21.00 (in stock)

A Brief Memoir Of Elizabeth Fry

1781-1845

EDITED BY DAVID GOFF
A republication of a document originally published by the London Tract Association of Friends, which tells the story of Elizabeth Fry, often in her own words.

Friends United Press 2008 104 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Bringing God Home

Exploring Family Spirituality - Php 362

BY MARY KAY REHARD
The L'Arche and Taize communities have influenced Quaker Mary Kay Rehard in her vocation as mother and religious educator. In this pamphlet, she writes of those influences and the insights and practices that help create healthy family environments and nurture the spirituality of children and their parents.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2002 39 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Bringing Progress To Paradise

How I Changed Nepal, How Nepal Changed Me

BY JEFF RASLEY
American mountaineer (and First Friends Meeting of Indianapolis attender) Jeff Rasley seeks to give back to Nepal after many successful and life-changing treks there, and in the process learns something about the need for what he calls a mutually-beneficial exchange between East and West.

Conari Press 2010 234 PP. Paper

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Bringing The War Home

On The Road With Eyes Wide Open

BY AFSC
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee's widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War, features a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty, a field of shoes and a Wall of Remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict, and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war. Since January 2005, this simple exhibit of empty boots and shoes has opened eyes and stirred emotions across the country. This short documentary captures the essence of Eyes Wide Open, a stark reminder of the human cost of the Iraq War.

AFSC 2006 12 MINS Disk

$7.50 (in stock)

British Quakers (65)

WIKIPEDIA
Secondhand as new- if you have ever wondered what those books that just reprint Wikipedia entries look like-heres your oportunity. Has many British Friends entries. Kenneth E. Boulding, Scilla Elworthy, Donald Swann, Jonathan Fryer, Kathleen Lonsdale Cedric Smith, Laurence Lerner, Adam Curle and many others- or you could just look them up on the web.

LLC 2010 127 PP. Paper

$15.00 USED - availability checked Feb 8th 9:01am EST