Soldier Of The Great War

HELPRIN
Alessandro Giullani, the young son of a prosperous Roman Lawyer lives in a world of adventure and dreams. Then the 1914 War intervenes. Half a century later, in August of 1964, Alessandro, a white-haired professor, still tall and proud, finds himself unexpectedly on the road with an illiterate young factory worker. As they walk toward Monte Prato, a village seventy kilometers distant, the old man tells the story of his life. How he became a soldier, a hero, a prisoner, a deserter, and finally a wanderer in the hell that claimed Europe.

Harcourt 2005 860 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Change And Preservation In The Same Current

The 2011 Michener Lecture

BY LLOYD LEE WILSON
"In my understanding of Fox, the word Christ is here a pointer, and it points toward God, not toward the many meanings and connotations that Christ has gathered over the past couple of thousand years". Unlike most Christians, Friends have never been Trinitarians-we've never tried to figure out and write down just how God and Christ and the Holy Spirit are related to one another, or which part has what responsibilities or powers. As Fox himself often pointed out, the word Trinity does not appear in Scripture. So let the word Christ serve as a pointer toward God in Fox's remarkable epiphany that Christ has come to teach his people himself.

SEYM 2011 28 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Quaker Racism

The 48th Walton Lecture

BY DONNA MCDANIEL AND VANESSA JULYE
Certainly based on their book, Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship, the SEYM pamphlet Quaker Racism spurs action. First the speakers presented gut wrenching historical information, then how-to information on what an individual and group can do to address the issue today. This is a great introductory discussion book to the topic of present-day, ongoing racism. One participate said, "Vanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel worked with us to explore the ongoing nuances of racism and how it impacts us in insidious ways we would consciously reject if we were aware."

SEYM 2011 30 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Quakers And The Jesus Of History

The 47th Walton Lecture

BY BETSY NEALE, RICHARD MITCHELL
Early Friends sought to recapture Jesus' original message, to return to "primitive Christianity." The Jesus scholars conclude, that instead of a single, early Christianity there were multiple early Christianities in different communities: Jewish and gentile. The Christianities that survived, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, were not necessarily closest to Jesus' vision. From the beginning Friends behaved as if the Kingdom of God had already arrived (. As Fox said, "Christ has come to teach his people himself." God is within, and we answer that of God by trying to live in the Kingdom of God

SEYM 2011 31 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Wobbling Home

A Spiritual Walk With Parkinsons

BY JIM ATWELL
This second collection of columns, "Wobbling Home," is a deeply insightful meditation on his illness, his Christian faith, and his journey's end. Raised a Roman Catholic, Jim has been a Quaker for forty years. Viewing his life as a "Parkie" through the lens of Quakerism, he sees the disease as emanating from the same loving Source that gives him life -- a Source which also manipulates his body and brain at random times and in mysterious ways. He shares not only his own thoughts and reactions, but also those of his loving wife Anne and other Parkies and their spouses as well.

Square Circle 2010 190 PP. Paper

$17.95 (in stock)

Strength In Weakness Manifest

In The Life, Various Trials, And Christian Testimony, Of That Faithful Servant And Handmaid Of The Lord, Elizabeth Stirredge

EDITED T H S WALLACE
Strength in Weakness MANIFEST: IN THE LIFE, Various Trials, and Christian Testimony, of that faithful Servant and Handmaid of the Lord, ELIZABETH STIRREDGE, Who departed this Life, at her House in Hempstead, in Hertfordshire, in the 72nd Year of her Age. Written by her own Hand. Showing her pious Care and Counsel to her Children, and according to their Desire, made Public : Also for the Instruction and Benefit of many other Parents and Children concerned. Phew - along title for a short but impressive spiritual treasury from an early friend. With notes and introduction

Foundation Publications 2011 172 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Faith And Play Downloadable .pdf

Quaker Stories For Friends Trained In The Godly Play (r) Method

BY THE FAITH & PLAY WORKING GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING
Godly Play(R), created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using a method that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker Faith & Practice. This is a resource that will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play methods. This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication. Now includes 2 extra stories (see below)

Quaker Press of FGC 2008 44+6 PP. Blank

$8.00 (in stock)

The Peaceable Kingdom Jigsaw Puzzle

1000 Peice Quality Puzzle

BY EDWARD HICKS AND A SAW
Edward Hicks ( 1780-1849) was a devout Quaker and this subject (which he painted more than 60 times) is his utopian vision of Isaiah "the wolf shall also dwell with the lamb...and a little child shall lead them" . In the background William Penn can be seen presenting a treaty to the Lenape Indians who had just sold him land near Philadelphia for 1,200 pounds. A sturdy bright quality puzzle of 1,000 pieces. Cannot ship Media Mail.

Pomegranite 1846 1000 PIECES Boxed

$12.00 (in stock)

The Ultimate Dimension

An Advanced Dharma Retreat On The Avatamsaka And Lotus Sutras

BY THICH NHAT HAHN
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, presents an advanced new audio learning retreat with this complete series of Dharma talks on two of Buddhism's most beloved texts, the Lotus Sutra and the Avatamsaka Sutra. Here, he discusses: "interbeing" and the transcendence of self, the practice of non-practice, overcoming the fear of death, mindfulness as the key to nirvana, and more.Quite abragain if you had been thinking of buying it for the recomended price of $60.

Sounds True 2004 7 HOURS Disk

$16.50 (in stock)

Woody Guthrie

Poet Of The People

BONNIE CHRISTENSEN
Woody Guthrie spent his life putting into words and music what the rest of America was thinking. He roamed from coast to coast and captured the despair of those displaced by the Great Depression and the dust bowl, eulogized workers, and celebrated the great natural beauty of America. This is an introductory biography presented as a picture book with a brief lyrical text and powerful, hand-tinted, woodcut-like illustrations. It includes the complete lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land" and excerpts from his other songs. A book for all ages, it makes this talented and tragic man accessible to young children and will please his older folksinging fans with its stunning art.

Dragonfly books 2001 32 PP. Paper

$5.50 (in stock)

Freedom Friends Church And Remixing Of Quakerism

BY PEGGY SENGER PARSONS
"When is a schism not a schism?" "Does, in fact, anything go?" Peggy Senger Parsons and Freedom Friends Church found themselves confronted with these questions almost from the church's inception. Peggy shares openings that have arisen from the holy experiment that is Freedom Friends Church.

Beacon Hill Pamphlet 2011 34 PP. Paper

$4.00 (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)

A Quaker Christmas Four Novellas

(the Romancing America Series)

BY LAURALEE BLISS, RAMONA CECIL, RACHAEL PHILLIPS,CLAIRE SANDERS
Four seasonal romantic novellas with a Quaker theme from four different authors: A Quaker run Inn for weary travelers receives a troublesome guest; how to cope with an untimely death in a Quaker community; Will Keturah's love of fun prevent her from finding a Quaker husband; and at a very difficult time Susanna has to step into her husband's shoes in the Underground Railway. Its what Quaker romantics have been waiting for for years, a great step forward from the Amish Romances currently so popular.

Barbour 2011 352 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

Costing Not Less Than Everything

Sustainability And Spirituality In Challenging Times

BY PAM LUNN
The Swarthmore Lecture for 2011. With quiet urgency and deep honesty Pam Lunn addresses the unsustainability of the way we all live in the industrialized West, but this is not a counsel of despair or guilt. Realistic and well informed about the evolutionary basis of cooperation as well as the spiritual dimension, she puts forward and unsentimental argument for the possibility as well as the necessity of community.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2011 147 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Holding Faith

Creating Peace In A Violent World

BY DAVID GEE
By refusing to allow past violations to determine our present and future choices, cycles of violence can be broken. Each choice aimed at stepping out of the cycle, whether successfully or not, is a peace act. What does committing to preach mean in a violent world? How might this commitment shape our relationships with one another, ourselves and the Earth? David Gee argues for a contemporary, practical faith that enlivens our humanity. A powerful and sometimes challenging exploration, Holding faith shows how this "humane passion played out in the world" can enrich the way we live and begin to turn our societies around.

Britain Yearly meeting 2011 143 PP. Paper

$17.00 (in stock)

Friends Calendar 2012

FROM TRACT ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS
A simple calendar with quotes from prominent Friends and from the Bible. Lists the months in traditional plain language, i.e. 'First Month,' 'Second Month,' etc.

Tract Association of Friends 2012 12 Calendar

$2.00 (in stock)

The Price Of Altruism

George Price And The Search For The Origins Of Kindness

BY OREN HARMAN
A pioneer of mathmatical biology, and the discoverer of an equation that could help account for altruism in evolutionary terms. An American, he travelled to London and convinced Quaker mathmatician Cedric Smith of his genius and started his brilliant but troubbled career.

Norton 2011 451 PP. Paper

$18.95 (in stock)

Bushido

The Soul Of Japan

NITOBE, INAZO
In this eloquent work, Japanese Quaker Inazo Nitobe explains the persistence of early Japan's morals, ethics, and etiquette into modern times. He takes a far-reaching approach,drawing examples from indigenous traditions -- Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism, and the philosophies of samurai andsages -- as well as from ancient and modern Western thinkers.

Nuvision 1908 74 PP. Paper

$10.99 (in stock)

Healing The Heart Of Democracy

The Courage To Create A Politics Worthy Of The Human Spirit

BY PARKER PALMER
Friend Parker Palmer builds on his own extensive experience to examine the personal and social infrastructure of American politics. What he did for educators in The Courage to Teach he does here for citizens by looking at the dynamics of our inner lives for clues to reclaiming our civic well-being. He points the way to a politics rooted in the commonwealth of compassion and creativity still found among "We the People." He proposes practical and hopeful methods to hold the tensions of our differences in a manner that can help us restore a government "of the people, by the people, for the people."

Jossey Bass 2011 240 PP. Cloth

$24.95 (in stock)

Lifetimes

The Beautiful Way To Explain

MELLONIE, BRYAN/ ING
A pet . . . a friend . . . or a relative dies, and it must be explained to a child. This sensitive book is a useful tool in explaining to children that death is a part of life and that, eventually, all living things reach the end of their own special lifetimes.

Random House 1983 40 PP. Blank

$14.00 (in stock)

Paul Among The People

The Apostle Reinterpreted And Reimagined In His Own Time

BY SARAH RUDEN
Looks at the letters of Paul against the background of ancient Greek and Roman literature, especially the bawdy and comic works Biblical scholars tend not to know. Quaker scholar & Poet Sarah Ruden translates passages from these works and sets them beside famous and controversial passages of Paul and some modern interpretations. Using the early texts to explain important words, ideas, customs and institutions, she shows what Paul was likely reacting against and trying to say on such subjects as pleasure, homosexuality, women, slavery, the state, and love. She makes Paul real in his own world.

Pantheon 2011 214 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

World Without Fish

BY MARK KURLANSKY ILLUSTRATED FRANK STOCKTON
Kurlansky, award-winning author of "nonviolence: the History of a Dangerous Idea" offers a riveting new book for kids about what's happening to fish, the oceans, and our environment. Interwoven with the book is a 12-page, full-color graphic novel. Full color.

Workman Publishing 2011 183 PP. Paper

$16.95 (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)

Black Fire, Mobi Ebook

African American Quakers On Spirituality And Human Rights

EDITED BY: HAROLD D. WEAVER, JR., PAUL KRIESE, STEPHEN W. ANGELL
This is a mobi formatted version of the book. Download to your computer and then upload from there to a Kindle. WE WILL EMAIL YOU A LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE 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 ePub editions.

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 300 PP. E Book

$11.95 (in stock)

Conversations With Christ, Mobi Ebook

Quaker Meditations On The Gospel Of John

BY DOUG GWYN
This is a mobi formatted version of the book. Download to your computer and then upload from there to a Kindle. WE WILL EMAIL YOU A LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOK ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ORDER. The Gospel of John is sometimes known among Friends as "the Quaker Gospel," because it speaks to the Quaker concern for a here-and-now experience of eternal reality in Christ. Conversation with Christ expores this theme through thirteen conversations from the Fourth Gospel in which the history and mystery of Jesus are revealed. (Enter the title in the search field at left to find print and epub editions.)

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 139 PP. E Book

$11.95 (in stock)

Conversations With Christ, Epub Ebook

Quaker Meditations On The Gospel Of John

BY DOUG GWYN
This is a 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 DOWNLOAD THE BOOK ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ORDER. The Gospel of John is sometimes known among Friends as "the Quaker Gospel," because it speaks to the Quaker concern for a here-and-now experience of eternal reality in Christ. Conversation with Christ expores this theme through thirteen conversations from the Fourth Gospel in which the history and mystery of Jesus are revealed. (Enter the title in the search field at left to find print and mobi editions.)

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 139 PP. E Book

$11.95 (in stock)

Lively Faith, Epub Ebook

Reflections On Iowa Yearly Meeting Of Friends ( Conservative)

BY CALLIE MARSH
This is a 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 DOWNLOAD THE BOOK ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ORDER. The Conservative Friends of Iowa have a unique story of how one group of Quakers has held fast to its roots against the winds of change, while simultaneously grappling with and responding to the modern world. They fit neither into the liberal nor orthodox Quaker camps, yet with connections to both.(Enter the title in the search field at left to find print and mobi editions.)

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 81 PP. E Book

$11.95 (in stock)

A Lively Faith, Mobi Ebook

Reflections On Iowa Yearly Meeting Of Friends ( Conservative)

BY CALLIE MARSH
This is a mobi formatted version of the book. Download to your computer and then upload from there to a Kindle. WE WILL EMAIL YOU A LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOK ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ORDER. The Conservative Friends of Iowa have a unique story of how one group of Quakers has held fast to its roots against the winds of change, while simultaneously grappling with and responding to the modern world. They fit neither into the liberal nor orthodox Quaker camps, yet with connections to both. Callie Marsh entered this community as an adult seeker and made it her home. (Enter the title in the search field at left to find print and ePub editions.)

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 81 PP. E Book

$11.95 (in stock)

Genetically Modified Crops

Promises, Perils, And The Need For Public Policy

BY ANNE MITCHELL, PINAYUR RAJAGOPAL, SUSAN HOLTZ
This Quaker Institute for the Future booklet assesses the record of GM crops and the role of public policy in their regulation. It places biotechnology within an ethical context of concern for equity, the environment, and the common good and presents a framework for understanding the varieties of biotechnologies and for gauging strategic action on public policy. This pamphlet will be helpful for understanding biotechnology issues and for guidance on engaging these issues at the level of public policy for the common good.

Quaker Institute for the Future 2011 68 PP. Paper

$9.00 (in stock)

The Legacy They Gave To Us

Early Quakers In Strang Parish, Norway

BY MATILDA HANSEN
American Friend Matilda Hansen traces the history of many of her Norwegian ancest ors. Woven into this story is the history of these Norwegian Quakers and others, who struggled for religious freedom in Norway for years, and eventually immigrated to America.

Commentary Press of Wyoming 2010 243 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)