Liberty And Conscience

A Documentary History Of The Experiences Of Conscientious Objectors In America Through The Civil War

EDITED BY PETER BROCK
Although the act of conscientious objection entered modern consciousness most strikingly as a result of the Vietnam War, Americans have long struggled to reconcile their politics, pacifist beliefs, and compulsory military service. While conscientious objection in the twentieth century has been well documented, there has been surprisingly little study of its long history in America's early conflicts, defined as these have been by accounts of patriotism and nation-building. In fact, during the period of conscription from the late 1650s to the end of the Civil War, many North Americans refused military service on grounds of conscience.

Oxford University Press 2002 194 PP. Paper

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Liberty, Equality, And Justice

Civil Rights, Women's Rights, And The Regulation Of Business, 1865-1932

ROSS EVANS PAULSON
studies social and intellectual changes in a critical period of American history--from the end of the Civil War to the early days of the Depression--and argues that attempts to achieve civil rights, women's rights, and the regulation of business faltered because so many Americans ranked liberty for themselves higher than equality with others and justice for all. He integrates the experiences of diverse populations--including African Americans, women, Asian immigrants, Native Americans, and working people--and offers a new interpretation of the ways in which social change and political events interact to reframe the many possibilities of American society.

Duke 377 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

Lifesongs, Readings For Milestones

BY PINKY AGNEW
The oddly named Pinky is a New Zealander (not a relation of Spiro T) and specializes in celebrating weddings This is a great selection of poems from all ages but with maybe more living poets. Would be much better if it wasn't silver print on white and a cover that looks scuffed before it even gets scuffed - BUT this is a great anthology for milestone celebrations. Naming baby, to funerals.

Random House - New Zealand 2006 205 PP. Cloth

$3.00 (in stock)

Lift Up Thy Voice - Sale

The Grimke Family's Journey From Slaveholders To Civil Rights Leaders

BY MARK PERRY
"Sarah and Angelina Grimke were privileged [Quaker] white women from a powerful South Carolina slaveholding family who led the antislavery movement. Their nephews Archibald and Francis Grimke were former slaves who took the struggle into the twentieth century as the focus shifted to equal rights. Perry offers the fascinating family history of the Grimkes and the quintessential American racial pathologies that most slaveholders would have denied but which the Grimkes faced head-on. Using letters, speeches, diaries, and sermon s, Perry presents the personalities of messianic figures during a period of great religious and social foment."-Booklist

Penguin 2003 432 PP. Paper

$1.50 (in stock)

Listening For God

Religion And Moral Discernment

BY HOWARD LESNICK
After an autobiographical examination, the author explores issues of how religion can be thought of in a world that has often used religion to justify inhuman acts. Professing a profound respect for other traditions, as well as atheists, he discusses how religious language, metaphor, and images can serve as an aid to finding moral truth, rather than a metaphysical system. A reflection on the power and meaning of religious faith by one who travelled from complete alienation to religion to a reengagement with Judaism.

Fordham 1998 248 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Peace

EDITED BY PATRICIA CHUI
This great little book gathers together over 400 quotes of wisdom from political and spiritual leaders. The words are thought-provoking and comforting, advocating world and inner peace alike. Contributors include Gandhi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Frank, Vaclav Havel, Buddha, Joan Baez, Martin Luther King, Jr. and many, many more. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the American Friends Service Committee.

Lyons Press 2002 233 PP. Paper

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The Lives Of Agnes Smedley

BY RUTH PRICE
Was she a selfless political activist? A feminist heroine? A gifted writer who rose from poverty to become a leading journalist and author of the cult classic Daughter of Earth? A spy for the Soviet Union? Fermenter of armed rebellion? It seems she was all these things. This vibrant book brings to life one of the twentieth century's most fascinating women on her unlikely trajectory from Quaker lineage in a small Missouri town to the coal country of Colorado; to Berkeley, to Berlin, Moscow, and China. Fueled by a fury at injustice, Smedley threw herself headlong into the issues of the time, from Indian independence to birth control, women's rights, and the revolution in China.

Oxford U P 2004 497 PP. Cloth

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Living With Nature's Extremes

The Life Of Gilbert Fowler White.

BY ROBERT HINSHAW
Quaker Gilbert White has been called the most internallionally renown geographer of the twentieth century, and one who personified the ideal of a natural resources scientist committed to stewardship of our planet. He has educated the nation and the world on how to change the ways we manage water resources, mitigate natural hazards, and assess the environment. What was less obvioius was Gilbert's very human approach to life. He worked best at resolving differences behing the scenes, holding a deep belief in the dignity and worth of each individual. This book is both biography and memoir - it s a tribute to a scientist who changed the scientific community and the world.

Johnson Books 2006 338 PP. Paper

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Lovelock & Gaia

Signs Of Life

BY JON TURNEY
A small paperback sized hardback that looks at Lovelock's idea that the Earth is almost a self regulating superorganism, That from bacteria in rain clouds, or deep in the earth to Glaciers and huge forest fires the Earth is a fantastically complex planet that adjusts to keep its biosphere optimized. Now the trouble is that it is optimized for "life" -not for Humanity. Lovelock remains a scientific outsider, but Gaia is now a more mainstream theory.

Columbia University Press 2003 154 PP. Cloth

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Lucretia Mott - Biography

BY DOROTHY STERLING
A reprint of the 1964 biography revised in 1992 - a biography of this most notable of Friends. This biography offers a clear portrait of a remarkable woman, her times and associates. It gives insight into two great movements of the 19th century, the abolition of slavery and the women's movement. Ages 9-16.

Feminist Press 1999 240 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

Mable Riley

A Reliable Record Of Humdrum, Peril, And Romance

BY MARTHE JOCELYN
It's the year 1901, and fourteen-year-old aspiring writer Mable Riley is on her way to fulfilling her dreams, or so she hopes. She's sure that moving with her sister to a faraway town will bring adventures full of peril and romance to write about! At first, it seems that life in the new town is as humdrum as the one she left behind. But then Mable meets a real writer, one who wears daring fashions and enjoys shocking the townsfolk by sharing her opinions. Designed as a vintage journal including diary entries, letters, poems, and Mable's own "Romantic Novel," MABLE RILEY is a reliable record of a young girl's coming of age at a time of women's early struggles for independence .P, Candlewick

2004 268 PP Cloth

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Magnificent Healing

BY EARTH MAMA
We live in a time that cries out for healing - healing of ourselves, our communities and our earth. I offer this music as accompaniment for your spirit-led journey towards healing and peace. 8 songs about such healing 1. All I do Today 2. Bless Our Steps 3. How Would We Live? 4. Just To Be 5. Mending Song 6. Oh Earth 7. Mending Song II - Instrumental 8. Under the Rainbow - Instrumental.

Rouse House 2003 CD Disk

$10.00 (in stock)

Mahboba's Promise

How One Woman Made A World Of Difference

BY MAHBOBA RAWI
An Afghani refugee who found a new life in Australia only to lose her son in a tragic accident, today she is the driving force behind 'Mahboba's Promise', a groundbreaking internationally recognized aid organization that is one of the few that delivers desperately needed food, shelter, medical attention, education and hope to thousands of children and women whose lives have been destroyed by war in her native Afghanistan.

Bantam Books (Australia) 2005 272 PP. Paper

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Make Cakes Not War

BY JUDY HORACEK
Judy Horacek is an Australian-based cartoonist and writer. She has been drawing cartoons for about 20 years and has worked for a multitude of community groups, unions, small magazines, and good causes. Her work often focuses on the environment, feminism, and social justice issues. From pertinent and profound to silly and surreal, Make Cakes Not War is filled with witty, instantly recognizable reflections of our own anxieties, delusions, excesses, and experiences.

Andrews Mcneel 2007 133 PP. Paper

$3.50 (in stock)

Making Peace

One Woman's Journey Around The World

BY JAN PHILLIPS
This book is the journal of Quaker Jan Phillip's peace pilgrimage around the world in 1983. Many Friends have found her prose and photographs inspiring and very special as she recounts her spiritual transformation moving from Western to Eastern culture - and then back to the West. Here are encounters with relatively unknown peace activists and institutions in many countries.

Friendship Press 1989 120 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Manifesto For A New World Order

BY GEORGE MONBIOT
George Monbiot, a noted British journalist on environmental issues has been persona non grata in seven countries, was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in Indonesia, has been shot at, beaten up by military police, shipwrecked, and stung into a coma during 7 years of investigative journeys across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In this book he puts forward his ideas that could get us through our current crises, and improve the lifes of all the worlds people.

Free Press 2003 274 PP. Cloth

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Maria Mitchell

Soul Of An Astronomer

BY BEATRICE GORMLEY
"This fine biography details the life of America's first female astronomer, who was born in 1818 on Nantucket. Gormley explores Mitchell's early years, her struggles with the Quaker doctrines with which she grew up, her discovery of the comet that was named after her, and her careers as a librarian and astronomy instructor. Known for her honesty as well as her nonconformity, Mitchell comes across here as a great seeker who truly loved God and sang his praises." - Booklist

Eerdmans 2003 166 PP. Paper

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Martin Luther King Jr

FRADY, MARSHALL
Re-creating the life and turbulent times of the civil rights movement's inspirational leader, the author offers fascinating insights into his subject's magnetic character and explores the complexities of King's relationships with other civil rights leaders, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover.

Penquin Books 2005 216 PP. Paper

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Means And Ends In American Abolitionism

Garrison And His Critics On Strategy And Tactics 1834-1850

BY AILEEN KRADITOR
Focuses on arguments over the role of women in the Anti-Slavery Society, over religion, and over political action. She sees a struggle between "respectability" and radical action which continues to reverberate. "From first to last this lucid, important book challenges preconceptions. Obviously Professor Kraditor intends to provoke critical reexamination of many points she raises, and in this she is brilliantly successful.... Her book is a fruitful exploration into the history of a great movement."--Harold M. Hyman, Book World. "Original, perceptive, provocative."--American Historical Review

Ivan Dee 1989 311 PP. Paper

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Memories

My Life As An International Leader In Health, Suffrage, And Peace

BY ALETTA JACOBS
A pioneering Dutch feminist, the first woman to gain a medical degree in Holland, she visited America and worked closely with Jane Addams and others. She was with Quakers in Berlin after WW1 helping start the relief efforts for the starving. An organizer of the 1915 Hague conference, world traveler under a concern for birth control and health reforms for prostitutes and the poorer women.

Feminist Press 1996 248 PP. Paper

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Milton, Poet Pamphleteer And Patriot 1608-1674

BY ANNA BEER
The blind poet Milton was a contemporary of the early Quakers, and a great Friend of Thomas Ellwood who would read to him in Latin most afternoons. It was while escaping the plaque in London in a house arranged by Ellwood that he began Paradise lost. A fascinating tale of a great man, and a glimpse into England at time of the beginnings of Quakerism.

Bloomsbury UK 2008 458 PP. Cloth

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Mind The Light

Learning To See With Spiritual Eyes

BY BRENT BILL
This profound little book invites readers to see both their inner and outer lives with spiritual eyes. "To mind the light" is a Quaker practice of learning to see God's light both around and inside us. Depending on its strength, tone, and slant light changes how we perceive the world and other people. Depending on how we respond to it, illumination can help us grow in appreciation of the soulful things of life. Minding the Light invites readers of all backgrounds to explore the connectedness between inner vision and outer perception, between the life of the soul and the every day of life before us.

Paraclete Press 2006 152 PP. Paper

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Miracles

Wonders Jesus Worked

BY MARY HOFFMAN, ILLUS. BY JACKIE MORRIS
From the successful author/illustrator team of Parables: Stories Jesus Told comes a compelling new companion. Miracles: Wonders Jesus Worked, like its predecessor, is especially written to introduce young readers to stories of the Bible in language they can understand and relate to. Soft, lush watercolors by Jackie Morris beautifully illustrate these simple retellings of nine miracles that Jesus performed during his lifetime. each story is related in accessible language and includes a brief introduction for each miracle, encouraging children to see how their lives and needs are not so different from those of people living 2,000 years ago. Ages 4-9.

Penguin 2001 32 PP. Cloth

$4.00 (in stock)

Mirrors Stories Of Almost Everyone

EDUARDO GALLEANO
He uses the past to comment on the present: juxtaposing the origin of the Hindu caste system and the untouchable class, whose members were responsible for cleaning up the wreckage of the 2004 tsunami, revealing how the casualties of the invasion of Iraq were not only human but memory itself, embodied by the destruction of priceless artifacts from the birthplace of writing. These vignettes embrace the exalted and the humble, and consistently privilege the narratives of the dispossessed--indigenous people, women and accounts from the global south.

FSG 2009 400 PP. Cloth

$6.00 (in stock)

The Mission

Waging War And Keeping Peace With Americas Military

BY DANA PRIEST
With interviews, access and insight at all levels of the American military Dana Priest looks at the new role of the US military. Fighting a "war" on "terrorism", and peace keeping in the most difficult situations. Mostly unprepared, unequipped and unable to talk with or understand the locals and with unclear aims. A useful book to understand the present day US armed forces.

Norton 2003 425 PP. Paper

$2.00 (in stock)

Nancy Duncan's Stories Galore

A Five Cd Compilation

BY NANCY DUNCAN
A full set of Nancy Duncan's stories on CD. Contains Favorite stories, Good old Crunchy stories, Coyote, What the Boys did, Gettysburg And Other Ghost Stories. Stories intended audience range from children to adults and topics covered include creation stories, Pet cats with endearing habits, "Poem stories" by William Logan and Robert Frost, to her encounters with the breast cancer that eventually killed her. Some are from her NPR radio show and others are specially recorded for these CDs.

StoryGalore 2002 5 DISC SET Disk

$20.00 (in stock)

Natural Conflict Resolution

BY FRAN DE WAALS, FILLIPO AURELI
Aggression and competition are often assumed to be the natural state of affairs in both human society and the animal kingdom. Yet, as this book demonstrates, our speciesand others rely heavily on cooperation for survival. Inclu des essays by 52 authors with backgrounds in both human andanimal behavoir, as well as brief discussion of Quaker inf luence on arbitration in colonial America. Also addresses the cultural, ecological, cognitive, emotional and moral p erpectives of conflict resolution. "It makes one see conflict resolution among humans through a new and fascinating lens. This is a landmark contribution!" - William Ury

University of California Press 2000 409 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Neither Plain Nor Simple

New Perspectives On The Canterbury Shakers

BY DAVID STARBUCK
"Because the Shakers were a religious group that believed in communal living and celibacy, and because the group was founded in the 18th century, many people have assumed that they were cloistered, rigid or austere . . . But what Starbuck has found suggests that, while they adhered to their principles, their principles may have been different than what most people have commonly believed." - Valley News. From his 25 years of excavating at Canterbury Shaker Village, Starbuck's systematic mapping and inventory program for the entire settlement provide a new, welcome, completely different, and creative interpretation of the Shakers.

University Press of New England 2004 190 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

The New Covenant

Commonly Called The New Testament: The Four Gospels And Apocalypse

TRANSLATED BY WILLIS BARNSTONE
In this new translation of the Four Gospels and Revelation (Apocalypse), poet, translator, and scholar Willis Barnstone returns the bedrock of Christianity to its origins as an outgrowth of Judaism. In place of the Greek names that we are accustomed to, he restores probable Hebrew or Aramaic names to New Testament figures. And in translating Apocalypse in blank verse, he reveals it as the great epic poem of the New Testament. Barnstone places the Christian Bible in new perspective, transporting us back to the pre-Hellenic world and the Jewish tradition from which the New Covenant emerged.

Riverhead 2002 577 PP. Paper

$3.50 (in stock)

The New Q

A Fresh Translation With Commentary

TRANSLATED BY RICHARD VALANTASIS
Valantasis has taken the supposed text of Q, (produced by painstaking academic detective work) - The "missing" gospel on which Mathew Mark and Luke is presumed to be based and put it into a fresh translation, aiming to give the immediacy and challenge of someone writing about Jesus life shortly after his death. He also provides a commentary on what it says, its meaning at that time, and then how it was used by the early Christians.

T & T Clark 2005 238 PP. Paper

$8.95 (in stock)