Affirming The Light

Ten Stories Of Quaker Peace Witness

EDITED BY STUART ULLATHORNE
Quaker Peace and Witness interviewed 10 Friends about their lives as active peacebuilders.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2002 78 PP Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

The African American Experience

Black History And Culture Through Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, And Stories

EDITED BY KAI WRIGHT
A wide-ranging archive of more than four centuries of African American history and culture. More than 300 letters, speeches, articles, petitions, poems, songs, and works of fiction tracing the course of black history in America from the first slaves brought over in the 16th century to the events of the present day. All aspects of African American history and daily life are represented here, from the days of abolition and the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement and the current times. Organized chronologically, here are writings from the great political leaders including Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King and Barack. Also Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, James Baldwin, and Bell Hooks.

Black Dog 2009 720 PP. Paper

$22.95 (in stock)

Africana Civil Rights

An A-z Reference Of The Movement That Changed America

BY KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH AND HENRY GATES
An A-Z reference to the civil rights movement that changed America, with entries on the participants, key ideas and events. Much useful information - though surprisingly little on Quakers (just a few paragraphs on Bayard Rustin).

Running Press 2004 528 PP. Paper

$9.50 (low stock)

After Gandhi

One Hundred Years Of Nonviolent Resistance

BY ANNE AND PERRY SIBLEY O'BRIEN
In 1908 Mohandas Gandhi spoke to a crowd of 3,000. Together they protested against an unjust law without guns or rioting. Peacefully they made a difference. Gandhis words and deeds influenced countless others to work toward the goals of freedom and justice through peaceful methods. Mother and son team, Anne and Perry Edmond OBrien, highlight some of the people and events that Gandhis actions inspired. From Rosa Parks to the students at Tiananmen Square to Wangari Maathai, these people have made the world sit up and take notice. The provocative graphics and beautiful portraits accompanying these stories stir the emotions and inspire a sense of civic responsibility.

Charlesbridge 2009 192 PP. Cloth

$24.95 (in stock)

Against Racism - Where Do Quakers Stand?

BY BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING
Where do Quakers stand? "Racism is a barrier that hides what God is doing in those we meet and in ourselves... the core of our Quaker life is about answering that of God in everyone. - Quaker Life Central Committee, (Britain YM) - Minute 28, June 2003." This useful tract from the Quaker Committee for Racial Equality has four sections on Consider, Contemplate, Act, and Your Meeting.

Britain Yearly Meeting 3 PP. Tract

$1.00 (in stock)

The Age Of Possibility

Audio Cd

BY CARRIE NEWCOMER
No one quality attracts a listener to Carrie Newcomer. Rather it is the sum of her talents - some flashingly apparent, some almost indiscreet - they come together and create a work of immense depth, great warmth, and a slow-burn intensity. Armed with keen eyes for detail and keen ears for harmony, Newcomer's performances are always evocative, thought provoking, and moving. The Age of Possibility is the culmination of years of writing, touring, and - most importantly - living. Liner Notes by Barbara Kingsolver.

Philo 2000 13 TRACKS Audio

$16.99 (low stock)

Agenda For A New Economy

From Phantom Wealth To Real Wealth

BY DAVID KORTEN
Today's economic crisis is the worst since the Great Depression. However, as David Korten shows, the steps being taken to address it do nothing to deal with the reality of a failed economic system. It's like treating cancer with a bandage. Korten identifies the deeper sources of the failure: Wall Street institutions that have perfected the art of creating "wealth" without producing anything of real value: phantom wealth. Our hope lies not with Wall Street, Korten argues, but with Main Street, which creates real wealth from real resources to meet real needs. He outlines an agenda to bring into being a new economy - locally based and devoted to creating a better life for all.

Berrett-Koehler 2009 196 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Ahead Of Her Time

Abby Kelly And The Politics Of Antislavery

BY DOROTHY STERLING
In the years before the Civil War, a young white woman from a Quaker background came to embody commitment to the cause of antislavery and equal rights for black people. Abby Kelley became the abolitionist movement's chief money-raiser and organizer and its most radical member.

Norton 1991 436 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Ain't Gonna Study War No More

The Story Of America's Peace Makers

BY MILTON MELTZER
Revised from the 1985 edition Meltzer explores the long list of Americans who have refused to kill from colonial days to the present and includes concerns about nuclear arms and terrorism. The book is a good alternative history of America and the conflicts in which it has engaged. The book is full of inspiring life stories of conscientious objectors, some little known these days. A shiny library cloth edition of this great resource.

Random House 2002 304 PP. Cloth

$7.00 (low stock)

Ain't Nobody A Stranger To Me

BY ANNE GRIFALCONI, ILLUSTRATED BY JERRY PINKNEY
Two Caldecott Honor recipients bring you the incredible journey of one man, as he recounts the story of his passage on the Underground Railroad to his granddaughter. Although he and his family found troubles during their escape, he found that folks, black & white, "helped lift us up when we was down." How, then, could he ever turn his back on another human being? "He talks to her of slavery times, when he carried apple seeds in his pocket and dreamed of planting them in his own soil. Then he escaped with his wife and baby (the grandchild's mama), and he describes how a brave white man, Quaker James Stanton, helped them cross the Ohio River to freedom. ..." - Hazel Rochman

Jump at the Sun 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Albion's Seed

Four British Folkways In America

BY DAVID HACKETT FISCHER
"This cultural history explains the English settlement of the United States as voluntary migrations from four English cultural centers. [Puritans emigrated from East Anglia to Massachusetts; royalist cavaliers and indentured servants emigrated from the south and west of England to Virginia; Quakers of modest social standing emigrated from the North Midlands to the Delaware Valley; and poor borderland families fled to the American back country.] These four cultures, reflected in regional patterns of language, architecture, literacy, dress, sport, social structure, religious beliefs, and familial ways, persisted in the American settlements." -Library Journal

Oxford University Press 1989 945 PP. Paper

$34.95 (low stock)

Alice Paul And The American Suffrage Campaign

BY KATHERINE ADAMS AND MICHAEL KEENE
Past biographies, histories, and government documents have ignored Alice Paul's contribution to the women's suffrage movement, This book details her clever and brave nonviolent strategies promoting Women's Suffrage. Woven into the narrative are accounts of many instances in which women were in physical danger. Also Paul's imprisonment, hunger strikes, and forced feeding, her picketing the White House, and more controversially being the first to burn the president in effigy, are covered in this book.

University of Illinois Press 2007 296 PP Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

All Families Are Different

BY SOL GORDON
Is there such a thing as a 'normal' family? Of course the answer to this question is no, but children are often led to believe otherwise. Young people need to understand and appreciate that when it comes to families, they are all different. Some children live with both parents, while others live with one or with step or foster parents, we also find children being reared by aunts, uncles, or grandparents, as well as same-sex couples. Separations, divorce, abuse, neglect, and sibling rivalries are an unfortunate part of life, but, Gordon emphasizes, they are not the child's fault. The many illustrations show a variety of family situations to stimulate awareness. Ages 4 years and over.

Prometheus 2000 50 PP. Paper

$13.98 (low stock)

All God's Critters

BY BILL STAINES, KADIR NELSON
Big - small - quiet - loud - feathered, flippered, or furred - All God's critters have a place in the choir! And this jubilant and raucous bunch is waiting for you to join in because everybody has a part to sing. It doesn't matter if you sing like a bird - howl like a wolf - or croak like a frog! Ages 4-8.

Simon and Schuster 2007 36 PP. Paper

$16.99 (low stock)

All Kinds Of Families

BY MARY ANN HOBERMAN, MARC BOUTAVANT
In rhyme Mary Ann Hoberman shows readers that families, large and small, are all around us. From celery stalks to bottle caps, buttons, and rings, the objects we group together form families, just like the ones we are a part of. And, as we grow up, our families grow, too. Mary Ann Hoberman gives readers a sense of belonging in this all-inclusive celebration of families and our role in them.

Little Brown 2009 40 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (low stock)

All My Life For Sale

BY JOHN FRYER
Rather a fun book, John Freyer decides to sell everything he owns on ebay -right down to his sideboards. The book shows all his exciting and mundane items, what they sold for and he tells who bought them. He ignores his carbon footprint and heads off to visit some of his possessions again and see who their new owners are and what they have done with them.

Bloomsbury 2002 210 PP Cloth

$6.50 (low stock)

All Of One Peace

Essays On Nonviolence

BY COLMAN MCCARTHY
A Washington Post correspondent for 25 years, Colman McCarthy is a respected pacifist, teacher, journalist and advocate of non violence. This is a collection of his writings, broad cannon of nonviolence, and pacifist thinking on issues from the rights of the unborn child to the Gulf war, with many asides to areas like bicycle riding.

Rutgers University Press 2003 160 PP. Paper

$16.00 (low stock)

All On Fire

William Lloyd Garrison And The Abolition Of Slavery

BY HENRY MAYER
Mayer maintains that William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), a self-made man of scanty formal education who founded and edited the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, not only served as the catalyst for the abolition of slavery, but inspired two generations of activists in civil rights and the women's movement. Through Garrison, tragically torn between pacifism and abolitionist advocacy, we also meet a rich pageant of great 19th-century historical figures, including Frederick Douglass, John Quincy Adams and Harriet Beecher Stowe. A consequential biography.

St Martins Griffin 2000 702 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

All Things Bright And Beautiful

BY CECIL ALEXANDER
This beautifully illustrated picture book interprets a beloved ode to nature, complete with the hymn's music in the back for readers to play or sing themselves. Full color. Ages 4 to 8.

Harper Trophy 2004 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (low stock)

All Things Must Fight To Live

Stories Of War And Deliverance In Congo

BY BRIAN MEALER
Not for the faint of heart. Bryan Mealer travelled extensively in the Congo after the bitter wars that spilled in from Rwanda. He searches for hope and does find some in ordinary courageous people, but he also found madness and senseless slaughter and greed. Its one mans attempt to find what is the truth and the cause as literally millions are overlooked and die in fighting massacres and neglect in the middle of Africa. These are stories that rarely play upon our attention, that should.

Bloomsbury 2008 296 PP. Cloth

$7.50 (in stock)

Allen Jay And The Underground Railroad

BY MARLENE TARG-BRILL, ILLUSTRATED BY JANICE PORTER
"When his father is unable to take on the task, a heroic young Quaker finds the courage to hide a runaway slave. The clearly written narrative, seen through the boy's eyes and based on an actual event of the 1840s, brings the Underground Railroad to life. Young readers will enjoy the excitement and suspense. Color drawings complement the text." - Horn Book. For ages 4-8.

First Avenue Editions 1993 32 PP. Paper

$5.95 (backorder)

Almost Friends

A Harmony Novel

BY PHILIP GULLEY
It's Sam Gardner's sixth full year at Harmony Friends Meeting. He never thought he'd last this long. But when circumstances arise that cause him to take a leave of absence from his post, a young woman minister comes to take his place. The congregation falls in love with her and Sam is unsure they will take him back.

HarperSanFrancisco 2006 224 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (backorder)

Almost Friends - Paperback

BY PHILIP GULLEY
The 7th Harmony book. It's summer in Harmony, but not everything is as sunny as the weather. The good citizens are stirring up trouble as usual. Pastor Sam Gardner must take a leave of absence from the Meeting to take care of his ailing father. But when spunky pastor Krista Riley comes to fill his position, the quirky Quakers seem to fall in love with her, and it begins to look like Sam's sabbatical may be permanent. Krista's resilience is put to the test when Dale Hinshaw and Fern Hampton begin to question whether a woman can faithfully lead their flock, and it looks like the resulting tiff might just be the undoing of Harmony Friends Meeting. Will Sam come to the rescue.

HarperOne 2006 215 PP. Paper

$12.95 (in stock)

Along The Templar Trail

Seven Million Steps For Peace

BY BRANDON WILSON
Following in the footsteps of the legendary first Knights Templar, an American Quaker from Hawaii and a 68-year-old Frenchman embark on the ultimate challenge. Traveling simply, they set off to trek across 11 countries and two continents on a peace pilgrimage from France to Jerusalem. However, once the Middle East erupts in war, everything becomes uncertain - except for their steadfast and perhaps life-threatening resolve. P,Pilgrim's Tales

2008 328 PP. Paper

$7.95 (backorder)

Altruism Equation

Seven Scientists Search For The Origins Of Goodness

BY LEE ALAN DUGATKIN
Darwin was always confused about how altruism seemed to be favored by evolution. Here Dugatkin looks at the life and works of seven scientists who have examined this issue. He concentrates on William Hamilton, but the work and thought of Quaker pacifist and scientist Warder Allee (1913-1955) is also examined.

Princeton University 2007 188 PP. Cloth

$24.95 (in stock)

Always My Child

A Parent's Guide To Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Or Questioning Son Or Daughter

BY KEVIN JENNINGS, PAT SHAPIRO
"Filled with real-life stories, scientific research and practical advice, Jennings' latest .stresses the importance of family acceptance for a child's self-esteem and the need to create a safe haven at home for GLBTQ teens, who often feel depressed, isolated, and harassed by peers and society at large. Drawing from countless anecdotal stories, as well as his own experiences growing up gay in a disapproving Southern Baptist atmosphere, Jennings encourages parents to understand their children's culture, recognize the myths of sexual orientation, identify warning signs., and learn how they may unwittingly be perpetuating gender stereotypes by facing their own prejudices."-PW. Sale copies

Fireside 2002 336 PP. Paper

$10.00 (low stock)

The Amazing Fact Of Quaker Worship

Swarthmore Lecture 1973

BY GEORGE GORMAN
The meeting for worship is the fundamental shared experience in Quaker faith and practice, but it can be hard to explain. George Gorman looks at how Quaker worship will be seen by a newcomer, and approaches religion as human experience, seeking within it signals of transcendence that point beyond and bring a new dimension to life. Quaker worship is spontaneous and flexible in its freedom from credal structure and liturgy. This classic book aims to assist regular Quaker worshippers as well as newcomers to make the most effective use of silent worship.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2008 158 PP. Paper

$15.00 (backorder)

Amazing Grace

A Vocabulary Of Faith

BY KATHLEEN NORRIS
"Norris draws upon her considerable poetic skills to refashion the vocabulary of the church (`judgement,' `faith,' `salvation,' `sinner,' `Christ') into her own religious vocabulary. In each of these medita-tions, Norris uses anecdotes and humor to invest these words with fresh meanings. . . . Norris's lyrical prose rings with clarity and grace." - Publishers Weekly

Riverhead 1999 384 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Ambassadors Of Reconciliation, Volume 1

New Testament Reflections On Restorative Justice And Peacemaking

BY CHED MYERS AND ELAINE ENNS
St. Paul called on followers of Christ to be "ambassadors of reconciliation." In reflections on this and other New Testaments texts, Ched Myers and Elaine Enns offer a lens for re-reading the entire biblical tradition as a resource for the cause of "restorative justice" and peacemaking. The term "restorative justice" refers to a social movement that seeks to repair interpersonal, communal, and social injuries without recourse to violence or retribution. From its origins in the criminal justice arena restorative justice has been applied in schools, homes, and in the workplace. In this volume Myers and Enns offer biblical and theological resources for this vital and growing movement.

Orbis Books 2009 192 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Ambassadors Of Reconciliation, Volume 2

Diverse Christian Practices Of Restorative Justice And Peacemaking

BY CHED MYERS AND ELAINE ENNS
St. Paul called on followers of Christ to be "ambassadors of reconciliation." In reflections on this and other New Testaments texts, Ched Myers and Elaine Enns offer a lens for re-reading the entire biblical tradition as a resource for the cause of "restorative justice" and peacemaking. The term "restorative justice" refers to a social movement that seeks to repair interpersonal, communal, and social injuries without recourse to violence or retribution. From its origins in the criminal justice arena restorative justice has been applied in schools, homes, and in the workplace. This volume focuses on stories of restorative justice in action.

Orbis Books 2009 184 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)