Home

BY JEANNIE BAKER
A family.A house.A neighborhood.A place to play.A place to feel safe. Little by little, baby Tracy grows. She and her neighbors begin to rescue their street. Together, children and adults plant grass and trees and bushes in the empty spaces. They paint murals over old graffiti. They stop the cars. Everything begins to blossom. In Jeannie Baker's striking, natural collages, an urban community reclaims its land. A drab city street becomes a living, thriving neighborhood - a place to call home.

Greenwillow 2004 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Home - A Novel

BY MARILYNNE ROBINSON
Companion to Robinson's "Gilead", "Home" takes place concurrently in the same town, this time in the household of Rev. Robert Boughton. Glory Boughton has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Her brother, Jack - the family's prodigal son, gone for 20 years - comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with trouble. A ne'er do-well, Jack still remains Boughton's most beloved child. Brilliant, lovable, & wayward, Jack forges an intense bond with Glory and engages painfully with his godfather & namesake. "Home" is a moving & healing book about families, family secrets, and passing generations, about love & death & faith.

Picador 2009 325 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Home Of The Brave

Coming In December!

BY KATHERINE APPLEGATE
In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. Kek is on his own. Slowly, he makes friends: a girl who is in foster care; an old woman who owns a rundown farm, and a cow whose name means "family" in Kek's native language. As Kek awaits word of his mother's fate, he weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country.

Square Fish 2008 256 PP. Paper

$6.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Home To Harmony - Mass Market Edition

BY PHILIP GULLEY
Welcome to Harmony ... In this acclaimed inaugural volume in the Harmony series, master storyteller and Friend Philip Gulley draws us into the charming world of Quaker pastor Sam Gardner in his first year back in his hometown ministering to his flock of outrageous eccentrics. Quakers and family members portrayed in this book convey the essence of small town life with humor and wisdom.

Avon 2006 237 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

Homeschooling And The Voyage Of Self Discovery

BY DAVID ALBERT
"David Albert reaches out to every reader as if he is there with you enjoying a cup of tea. Not a methodology, not a structure to incorporate, but a refreshing way of conceiving of things that liberates you to think freely about how to learn with your children." - Sherry Stacy.

Common Courage 2003 224 PP. Blank

$17.95 (in stock)

Hometown Tales

BY PHILIP GULLEY
In this sequel to his immensely popular bestseller "Front Porch Tales," Gulley envelops readers once again in a rare world of plainspoken and honest values, gathered around the enduring themes of the great spiritual virtues.

HarperOne 2007 224 PP. Paper

$11.95 (in stock)

Homosexuality And Christian Faith

Questions Of Conscience For The Churches

EDITED BY WALTER WINK
Ideal for individual or group use, this is a unique resource which presents short pieces from Christian leaders. Through personal testimony, factual clarification, and moral suasion, they invite the reader to open his or her heart to the Spirit, to Gospel values, and to full acceptance of gays and lesbians into the "family of God." Contributors include Elise Boulding, Richard Rohr, and James A. Forbes.

Augsburg Fortress 1999 133 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Homosexuality And The Bible

An Interpretation - Php 226

BY WALTER BARNETT
This pamphlet examines the evidence that casts doubt on the traditionally negative interpretations of biblical passages concerning homosexuality.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1979 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Hope And History

Why We Must Share The Story Of The Movement

BY VINCENT HARDING
An impassioned call to community activists, and educators to remember and keep alive the story of the black-led freedom movement. Harding argues the importance of knowing for ourselves, incorporating into our lives, and teaching to others the events and goals of this historic movement.

Orbis 2010 223 P. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Hope Dies Last

Keeping The Faith In Difficult Times

COMPILED BY STUDS TERKEL
An alternative, more personal history of the `American century.' For Terkel, these interviews represent a change that has taken place in the last few years of uncertainty in America. From a doctor who teaches his young students compassion, to the now-retired brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, these interviews tell us much about the power of the American dream and the force of individuals who hope for a better world. Terkel's subjects express with grace and warmth their secret hopes and dreams, combining to tell an inspiring story of optimism and persistence that resonates with the eloquence of conviction.

New Press 2005 360 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Hope In The Unseen

BY RON SUSKIND
As an honor student walking the gauntlet of sneers and threats at his crime-infested high school in Washington, D.C., Cedric Jennings achieved the impossible: a 4.02 grade-point average and acceptance into Brown University. Suskind won a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his stories about Jennings and now expands them into this full-length, nonfiction narrative.

Broadway Books 1999 390 PP. Paper

$15.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Hope Indeed!

Remarkable Stories Of Peacemakers

BY N. GERALD SHENK
Shenk tells the stories of "ordinary people" in bad situations, who used courage, inspiration and love to attempt a transformation to a positive outcome. Some examples are the farmer/pastor Ned Wyse beaten nearly to death in a random attack by neighbors, Palestinian parents who gave their young, murdered son's organs to Jewish children, Brother Ivo who kept bringing former Catholic and Muslim neighbors together as war escalated in Bosnia, and the Amish, who subverted the violation of their children in Nickel Mines by refusing to multiply the horror, and instead offered forgiveness and generosity.

Good Books 2008 106 PP. Paper

$9.95 (in stock)

Horace Alexander

1889 To 1989: Birds And Binoculars

BY DUNCAN WOOD

2003 191 PP. Paper

$24.00 (in stock)

The Horse Show At Midnight

And An Afternoon Of Pocket Billiards - Poems

BY HENRY TAYLOR
The poet is clerk of Goose Creek Meeting in Virginia, and, indeed the fifth in a direct line of descendants to hold that same post. This collection of 24 poems reveals the range and power of a young Southern poet whose work is characterized by a tensile strength and a coldly factual style which beneath the surface carries great passion. Some of the poems masterfully employ twists of irony; others utilize grotesque, yet real, characters and situations; others are nimble parodies. All of the poems, however, proclaim Taylor's sensitivity to the rhythms and idioms of everyday speech. All touch the unusual, the comic, the despairing, the hopeful.

Louisiana State University Press 2006 128 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Hostage On The Nighthawk

William Penn - Trailblazer Books #32

BY DAVE & NETA JACKSON
Faith and history come to life for young readers when viewed through the eyes of fictional teens interacting with historical Christian heroes. After crew members come down with yellow fever, Theodoric Wakefield and his family unknowingly board a pirate ship while trying to escape illness. The only chance for Theodoric and his family to escape with their lives is for him to slip away and enlist the help of his uncle William Penn.

Bethany press 2000 184 PP. Paper

$6.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

A House Of Prayer For All Peoples

Congregations Building Multiracial Community

BY SHERYL KUJAWA-HOLBROOK
Contrary to the oft-repeated truism, there are churches in America where Sunday is not the "most segregated day of the week," as Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook convincingly demonstrates in her compelling exploration of congregations tackling racial justice issues. Yet the truism continues to haunt many congregations, and Kujawa-Holbrook reveals, through story and thoughtful analysis, what it means to create and live out multiracial community. Focusing on six congregations from different denominations, geographical regions, and settings, the author shows us the joys and struggles in their intentional pursuits of a more diverse and just community.

Alban Institute 2003 248 PP. Paper

$19.00 (in stock)

How Did The Animals Help God?

BY NANCY SOHN-SCHWARTZ, ILLUSTRATED BY MELANIE HALL
In this playful twist to the Genesis story, God asks all of nature to offer gifts to humankind-with a promise that the humans would care for creation in return. Your child will delight in turning the sturdy pages to see and hear what the many animals wish for us.

Skylight Paths 2004 24 PP, BOARD Cloth

$7.99 (in stock)

How Do I Know It's A Leading?

BY RUTH HYDE-PAINE
This pamphlet gets us to think about how to discern whether we are "on the right track" in our efforts to seek and act on advice and counsel. Includes discussion and reflection on what "waiting on the Lord" has meant to each of us.

SEYM 1992 19 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

How Does God Listen?

BY KAY LINDAHL, ILLUSTRATED BY CYNTHIA MALONEY
How Does God Listen? encourages children to use all five of their senses to explore and develop a personal relationship with God. How does God listen? How do we know God is listening to us? Children will find the answers to these questions as they engage their senses while the story unfolds, learning how God listens in the wind, waves, clouds, hot chocolate, perfume, our tears, and our laughter. The simple yet profound text, accompanied by vibrant, colorful photographs, captures the experiences common to children of all faiths and backgrounds as they begin to understand the many ways God listens to us.

SkylightPaths 2005 32 PP Paper

$8.99 (in stock)

How Does God Make Things Happen?

BY LAWRENCE AND KAREN KUSHNER, ILLUSTRATED BY DAWN MAJEWSKI
A charming invitation for young children to explore how God makes things happen in our world.

Jewish Lights 2001 24 PP. Blank

$7.95 (in stock)

How Does Societal Transformation Happen?

Values Development, Collective Wisdom, And Decision Making For The Common Good

BY LEONARD JOY
This study by Leonard Joy, a veteran of international economic and social development work, is aimed directly at the kind of societal transformation we need. His insights are both necessary and timely. With increasing recognition and implementation, they might also be sufficient.

Quaker Institute for the Future 2011 85 PP. Paper

$9.00 (in stock)

How God Fix Jonah

BY LORENZ GRAHAM, ILLUSTRATED BY ASHLEY BRYAN
"The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister in California, Graham taught in a missionary school in Liberia in the 1920s. He wrote this collection of biblical story-poems, which he published in 1946, in the voices of West African teachers and students. Now the collection has been reissued in a handsome volume with dramatic, new, full-page block prints by Ashley Bryan. The stories, great for reading aloud, have the simplicity and rhythm of the oral tradition. Both colloquial and poetic, they bring the holy into daily life." - Hazel Rochman

Boyds Mill Press 1996 157 PP. Cloth

$17.95 (in stock)

How On Earth Do We Live Now?

Natural Capital, Deep Ecology, And The Commons

BY DAVID CISCEL, BARBARA DAY, KEITH HELMUTH, SANDRA LEWIS, AND JUDY LUMB
A radical re-assessment is underway on what it will take to prevent our industrial-commercial civilization from sliding sideways into the ditch of ecological breakdown and economic collapse. Many folks are now trying to engage this crisis from a footing of ecological integrity and social solidarity. Yet, the web of life is disrespected, degraded, and disrupted on every hand by destructive economic activity. More and more the critical factors of ecological integrity and social equity are compromised and unhinged by an economy that is both dysfunctional and out of control. As economist, David Ciscel, put it in a recent issue of Quaker Eco-Bulletin, "It's the economy, Friends."

QIF 2011 91 PP. Paper

$9.00 (in stock)

How Quaker Meetings Work

A Newcomer Card

FROM QUAKER QUEST
Using lessons learnt in the Quaker Quest process, these simple and attractive cards have been produced for Meetings to have available for visitors and new attenders. You can download and print copies yourself at http://fgcquaker.org/quakerquest/resources or buy these from us. The wording and style is simple, contemporary, positive and welcoming. 9.25 x 4.5 inches approximate size. Price is for a set of TEN.

Quaker Quest 2011 10 LEAFLETS Tract

$2.50 (in stock)

How To Be A Perfect Stranger

The Essential Religious Ettiquette Handbook

EDITED BY STUART MATLINS AND ARTHUR MAGIDA
Lively, straightforward guide to the basic services and ceremonies of all major religions and denominations in the United States. Winner of the best reference book of the year ward. Now available as a single updated volume.

SkyLight Paths Publishing 2006 Paper

$19.99 (in stock)

How To Change The World

Social Entrepreneurs And The Power Of New Ideas

BY DAVID BORNSTEIN
David Bornstein's How to Change the World is the first book to study a remarkable and growing group of individuals around the world - what Bornstein calls social entrepreneurs. These men and women are bringing innovative, and successful, grass roots approaches to a wide variety of social and economic problems, from rural poverty in India to discrimination against gypsies in Central Europe; from industrial pollution in the United States to child prostitution in Thailand. Like business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs are creative, driven, and adventurous. They embrace change, exploit new opportunities, and think big. Bornstein provides vivid profiles of many such individuals.

Oxford Press 2007 368 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

How To Heal A Broken Wing

BY BOB GRAHAM
"No one saw the bird fall." In a city full of hurried people, only young Will notices the bird lying hurt on the ground. With the help of his sympathetic mother, he gently wraps the injured bird and takes it home. In classic Bob Graham style, the beauty is in the details: the careful ministrations with an eyedropper, the bedroom filled with animal memorabilia, the saving of the single feather as a good-luck charm for the bird's return to the sky. Wistful and uplifting, here is a tale of possibility - and of the souls who never doubt its power. "Poignantly told and visually rich, this narrative flies high." - Publishers Weekly

Candlewick 2007 40 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

How To Rent A Negro

BY DAMALI AYO
A satirical look at race relations, premised on the renting of a token negro for events or occasions to gain white folks credibility as racially aware. The book gives insights for both the rental and the rentee based on the authors 30 years of experience. The most awful standard racial gaffes and insensitive comments are illuminated in a novel and memorable way. There are photo dramatizations (The expression on the rentals face as the rentee says "I was black in a previous life" is priceless...)and there are special tip boxes.

Lawrence Hill 2005 196 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

How To Talk Sokids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk

20th Anniversary Edition

BY ADELE FABER AND ELAINE MAZLISH
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk provides all the know-how required for happier, more constructive parent-child relations. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes interaction with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. The Christopher Award-winning authors share their latest insights and suggestions based on feedback they've received over the years. Their real-world methods offer tips on handling children's negative feelings, expressing anger without being hurtful, setting firm limits, and how to resolve family conflicts peacefully.

Quill 1982 286 PP. Paper

$14.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

How To Teach Peace To Children

BY LORNE PEACHEY, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY ANNE MEYER-BYLER
How can parents instill a peacable lifestyle in their children? Do children learn more by words or by actions? How to Teach Peace to Children speaks to issue that are front and center for parents-building family relationships, teaching care for others in the neighborhood and around the world. Guiding children in the way of nonviolence. Anne Meyer Byler provides suggestions to help families pattern their lives after Jesus' words and actions while dealing with modern stresses.

Herald Press 2003 48 PP. Paper

$8.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)