Imaginary Friends

Representing Quakers In American Culture, 1650-1950

BY JAMES EMMETT RYAN
Since their arrival in the American colonies in the 1650s, Quakers' spiritual values, social habits and their example - whether real or imagined-has served as a religious conscience for an expanding nation. Spanning four centuries, Imaginary Friends takes readers through these representations of Quaker life in a range of literary and visual genres, from theological debates, missionary work records, political theory, and biography to fiction, poetry, theater, and film. It illustrates ways that these "imaginary" Friends have offered a radical model of morality, piety, and anti-modernity against which the evolving culture has measured itself.

University of Wisconsin 2009 285 PP. Paper

$26.95 (in stock)

Imagination And Spirit

A Contemporary Quaker Reader

EDITED BY BRENT BILL
From essays about the "mystery at the core of all being" to a murder mystery by Irene Allen, Imagination and Spirit offers some of the "best of the best" of contemporary Quaker nonfiction and fiction, with a brief biography of each author. Includes selections from writings of popular twentieth and twenty-first century Quaker writers: Thomas Kelly, Douglas Steere, D. Elton Trueblood, James Michener, Jessamyn West, Jan de Hartog, Daisy Newman, Tom Mullen, Richard Foster, Phil Gulley, Scott Russell Sanders, Elizabeth Gray Vining, Elfrida Vipont Foulds, and David Yount.

Friends United Press 2002 240 PP. Paper

$19.00 (in stock)

Impassioned Clay

BY STEVIE DAVIES
While digging the grave of her Quaker mother, Olivia discovers a crushed skeleton in a scolds' bridle. She unearths the skeletons' identity and, by so doing, explores her own identity and the lives of early Quaker women. The book reads like an historical detective novel and is based on the research Stevie Davies undertook for her factual (and excellent) history of 17th century religious women Unbridled Spirits.

Women's Press 2000 228 PP. Paper

$9.00 (low stock)

The Impossible Will Take A Little While

A Citizen's Guide To Hope In A Time Of Fear

BY PAUL ROGAT-LOEB
What keeps us going when times get tough? How do we act to create a more humane world, no matter how hard it seems? How do we offer models of involvement for our students when many feel their actions cannot matter? The Impossible Will Take a Little While gathers stories and essays of engagement that range across nations, eras, and political movements. These visionary and eloquent voices include Maya Angelou, Marian Wright Edelman, Jim Hightower, Jonathan Kozol, Tony Kushne r, Nelson Mandela, Alice Walker, Cornel West, Parker Palmer , Howard Zinn, Wendell Berry, Scott Russell Sanders, Walter Wink, Jim Wallis, Joanna Macy, Amos Oz, and Desmond Tutu.

Basic Books 2004 422 PP. Paper

$15.95 (low stock)

Improvisations And Spiritual Disciplines

Php 288

BY CAROL CONTI-ENTIN
The author uses musical improvisation to understand Sabbath observance, Bible reading, journal keeping, tithing, and praying.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1989 30 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

In A Nutshell

BY JOSEPH ANTHONY, ILLUSTRATED BY CRIS ABO
An acorn drops from a great oak and grows. Animals nibble at it, a fire threatens it, but overcoming many challenges it eventually towers high in the forest, observing the changing human scene below. Eventually its energy it falls and decays and passes into many other life forms- even the cherry pie enjoyed by the boy in the house below.

Dawn Publications 2009 32 PP. Paper

$8.95 (low stock)

In Beauty

A Quaker Approach To End-of-life Care - Php 355

BY KIRSTEN BACKSTROM
The author, a Friend and hospice worker, considers Quaker forms of faithfulness which are important to the process of caring for others at the end of life. She finds these forms to be important, too, in exploring and learning from death and facing one's own mortality. This is a moving essay written lovingly through stories.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2001 32 PP. Paper

$7.00 (low stock)

In Defense Of Food

An Eater's Manifesto

BY MICHAEL POLLAN
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Are the seven simple but liberating words that Michael Pollan uses to answer the question "What should I eat?" - With all the problems of ecology, climate change, profiteering, international food injustice and pollution preying on our minds. He shows how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.

Penguin 2009 256 PP. Paper

$15.00 (low stock)

In Fox's Footsteps

A Journey Through Three Centuries

BY DAVID AND ANTHEA BOULTON
Three adventurous journeys through Quakerism; first, a fresh retelling, with much new material, of George Fox's pivotal 1652 walk from Pendle Hill to Swarthmoor Hall; secondly, the Boultons tell how they followed Fox's route 350 years later; and thirdly, the long journey from the intellectual world of the 1650s to that of the 21st century . After 350 years of scientific, political, religious, philosophical and psychological revolutions, how relevant are the insights of Fox and his revolutionary followers today?

Dales Historical Monographs 1998 234 PP. Paper

$25.00 (low stock)

In God We Die

Php 385

BY WARREN OSTROM
The author looks at the prospect of our own death and dying, reminding us that we can trust the Spirit with our lives and deaths. Advances in technologies seem to take our lives out of God's hands. Opportunities or pressures to prolong our own survival and that of the people we care for sometimes lead us down paths contrary to our values and may deprive us of peaceful closure. Warren Ostrum has worked closely with the aging and dying for over two decades. He offers his deeply-considered insights on the end of life, as well as his reflections on the role of spirituality in how we face death, and guidance for finding clarity in our choices about our own final path.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2006 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

In God's Hands

BY LAWRENCE KUSHNER AND GARY SCHMIDT, ILLUSTRATED BY MATTHEW BAEK
David and Jacob live in the same little, ordinary town, but it's almost as if they're from different worlds. David is so poor he can barely feed his family. Jacob is so consumed with staying rich he thinks about nothing but money. But the two men have one thing in common: they both believe that miracles are big, magical things that can only happen somewhere else, to someone else. But when Jacob wakes up from a nap in synagogue one day, sure that God has demanded twelve loaves of bread from him, all this changes in amazing ways you'd never expect. A delightful, timeless legend based on Jewish tradition, In God's Hands tells of the ordinary miracles that occur when we are faithful.

Jewish Lights 2005 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

In God's Name

BY SANDY SASSO, ILLUSTRATED BY PHOEBE STONE
LESSON IN A BOOK AVAILABLE! Modern brightly illustrated fable about the search for God's name. Celebrates the diversity and unity of all the people of the world. For children of all ages.

Jewish Lights 1994 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

In Hovering Flight

A Novel

BY JOYCE HINNEFELD
This novel by a longtime attender (at LeHigh Valley MM) and Pendle Hill sojourner is about Scarlet (34) who has come home for the passing of her famous mother, the bird artist Addie Kavanaugh. Addie has in fact chosen to die at the home of her dearest friend, Cora. Many great reviews in the national press, a wonderful lyrical first novel.

Unbridled Books 2009 263 PP. Paper

$15.95 (low stock)

In Memory - Limited Edition Print

BY EMILY BROWN
IN MEMORY. In an Edition of 11. "In 2008 I made a suite of prints based on Friends testimonies, each with an extract of text from PYM's Faith and Practice. My hope was to convey visually some qualities commonly found in Friends' writings and practices. There are five prints in limited editions. They are 15 x 22 inches on sturdy archival paper, signed and dated on the reverse side. Each print has both an original line etching on gampi paper and a digital print on which it is set. They are for sale unframed. Very suitable for offices, hospitals, retirement communities, colleges, schools, social service agencies, and homes." - - Emily Brown's web site: www.emilybrown.net

Emily Brown 2008 PRINT Blank

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In Our Mothers House

BY PATRICIA POLACCO
Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their beautiful house, they cook dinner together, they laugh together, and they dance together. But some of the other families don't accept them. They say they are different. How can a family have two moms and no dad? But Marmee and Meema's house is full of love. And they teach their children that different doesn't mean wrong. And no matter how many moms or dads they have, they are everything a family is meant to be. Here is a true Polacco story of a family, living by their own rules, and the strength they gain by the love they feel.Ages 4 - 8 ish.

Philomel 2009 48 PP. Cloth

$17.99 (low stock)

In Prison - Yet Free

HERMANN, EVA

1984 Tract

$0.25 (in stock)

In Search Of Paul

How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire With God's Kingdom - A New Vision Of Paul's Words And World

BY JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN
Many theories exist about who Paul was, what he believed, and what role he played Using archaeological and textual evidence, and taking advantage of recent discoveries in Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Syria, Crossan and Reed show that Paul was a fallible but dedicated successor to Jesus, carrying on the mission of inaugurating the Kingdom of God on earth in opposition to the reign of Rome. Against the concrete backdrop of 1st-century Greco-Roman and Jewish life, In Search of Paul reveals the work of Paul as never before, showing how and why the liberating messages and practices of equality, caring for the poor, and a just society under God's rules, not Rome's, were so appealing.

HarperSanFrancisco 2005 464 PP. Paper

$19.95 (backorder)

In The Beginning

A New Interpretation Of Genesis

BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
As the foundation stone of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, The Book of Genesis unfolds some of the most arresting stories of world literature--the Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; the sacrifice of Isaac. Yet the meaning of Genesis remains enigmatic. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly acclaimed bestseller A History of God, brilliantly illuminates the mysteries and profundities of this mystifying work.

Ballantine 1996 195 PP. Paper

$14.00 (low stock)

In The Footsteps Of Gandhi

Conversations With Spiritual Social Activists, Revised Edition

EDITED BY CATHERINE INGRAM, FOREWORD BY ARUN GANDHI, AFTERWORD BY MICHAEL NAGLER
In the spring of 2003 there was a worldwide demonstration for nonviolence that was the largest in history. At a time when eloquent and inspiring voices for peace are relevant more than ever, In the Footsteps of Gandhi, profiles contemporary leaders in this struggle. Here are people whose positive work has been part of international news for decades-in topics ranging from AIDS, to apartheid, to the Israeli-Palestine conflict-all of whom embody the understanding that violence is not stopped by violence. The book contends that violence is only ended by love. This revised edition of Catherine Ingram's book features interviews with Mubarak Awad, Joanna Macy, Thich Nhat Hahn and others.

Parallax Press 2005 272 PP. Paper

$16.00 (low stock)

In The Heart Of The Sea

The Tragedy Of The Whaleship Essex

BY NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
The true story which inspired Melville's Moby Dick. Some of the main characters are Nantucket Quaker whalers.

Penguin 2000 302 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

In The Shadow Of The Civil War

Passmore Williamson And The Rescue Of Jane Johnson

BY NAT BRANDT WITH YANNA KROYT BRANDT
Six years before the onset of the Civil War, two courageous figures - one a free white man and one an enslaved black woman--risked personal liberty to ensure each other's freedom in an explosive episode that captured the attention of a nation on the brink of cataclysmic change. In this deeply researched account of the rescue of the slave Jane Johnson by the former Philadelphia Quaker and fervent abolitionist Passmore Williamson, of the federal court case that followed, and of Johnson's selfless efforts to free the jailed Williamson, journalist Nat Brandt and filmmaker Yanna Kroyt Brandt capture the heroism and humanity at the heart of this important moment in American history.

Univ. of S. Carolina 2007 216 PP. Cloth

$29.95 (in stock)

In The Shadow Of William Penn

Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Of Friends

BY MARGARET HOPE BACON
Much of the story of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting is also the story of Philadelphia Quakers for the last two centuries. The meeting came into existence with the merger of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Race Street) and Twelfth Street Meeting at the time of the reconciliation of the Hicksite and Orthodox branches of Quakerism in 1956. Margaret Bacon, writing about her own meeting, tells us about these two meetings, their schools and meetinghouses, the development of Friends organizations, and their social action that responded to the events around them, that bring us up to the present time.

CPMM 2001 84 PP. Paper

$12.00 (low stock)

The Inclusive Bible

The First Egalitarian Translation `

BY PRIESTS FOR EQUALITY
Seeking to be faithful to the original languages, Priests for Equality have sought new and non-sexist ways to express the same ancient truths. The Inclusive Bible is a fresh, dynamic translation into modern English, carefully crafted to let the power and poetry of the language shine forth - particularly when read aloud - giving it an immediacy and intimacy rarely found in traditional translations of the Bible. Nicely presented. Clear typeface and no show through make it easy on the eye as well.

Priests for Equality 2009 799 PP. Paper

$29.95 (low stock)

An Inconvenient Truth

BY AL GORE
Published to tie in to the documentary film of the same name, "An Inconvenient Truth" is Gore's battle cry about what needs to be done about global warming. 75 illustrations.

Rodale 2006 328PP. Paper

$12.50 (low stock)

Indian Literature, The Tagore Edition (1)

INDIAN LITERATURE MAGAZINE
SECONDHAND. Indian Printing, fair condition as reading copy. Was Elizabeth Watsons copy. A special edition to mark the centenary of his birth. Many articles by scholars of Tagore.

Sahitya Akademi 1961 221 PP. Paper

$4.00 USED - availability checked Mar 19th 2:55pm CDT

Inheriting The Trade

A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy As The Largest Slave-trading Dynasty In U.s. History

BY THOMAS DEWOLF
A trailblazing memoir about one family's quest to face its slave-trading past, and an urgent call for reconciliation. In 2001, Thomas DeWolf discovered that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in U.S. history, responsible for transporting at least ten thousand Africans. This is his memoir of the journey in which ten family members retraced their ancestors' steps through the notorious triangle trade route-from New England to West Africa to Cuba-and uncovered the hidden history of New England and the other northern states. A companion book to the film Traces of the Trade.

Beacon Press 2009 626 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

The Inner Journey

Views From The Christian Tradition (a Parabola Anthology)

EDITED BY LORRAINE KISLY AND RAVI RAVINDRA
This thoughtful anthology collects the Parabola magazine's best writings on Christianity, featuring articles from Thomas Merton, Elaine Pagels, Philip Zaleski, Thomas Keating, and 20 other authors who vividly explore what it means to be a Christian. The collection combines poetry and folklore with incisive interviews and cogent essays on topics such as the search for self, attention and remembrance, transformational knowledge, and worldly and divine works. A lavish, full-color, 16-page set of plates brilliantly conveys the rich variety within the tradition.

Morninglight Press 2006 350 PP. Paper

$22.50 (low stock)

The Inner Reaches Of Outer Space (10024)

Metaphor As Myth And As Religion

BY JOSEPH CAMPBELL
SECONDHAND. Fair condition, good reading copy. Developed from a memorable series of lectures delivered in San Francisco, which included a legendary symposium at the Palace of Fine Arts with astronaut Rusty Schweickart.

Harper Perennial 1988 152 PP. Paper

$12.00 USED - availability checked Mar 19th 2:55pm CDT

Inner Voice Of Love

A Journey Through

NOUWEN, HENRI J. M.

Blank

$11.95 (in stock)

Inquirer's Packet

COMPILED BY FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE
NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. Set of five pamphlets for inquirers, includes: The Gathered Meeting by Kelly, Quakerism: a Religion Meaningful for Today's World by PYM's Outreach Committee, Silent Worship & Quaker Values by Marsha Holliday, Friends & Their Spiritual Message by Brinton, Friendly Answers to Questions about American Quakers by FWCC. All listed below individually. each set $6.00 each set (multiples of 10.$5.00) REGRET Friendly Answers to Questions about American Quakers by FWCC is unavailable pending a reprint, so we have no Inquirers sets available at the moment

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