Friends For 300 Years (276)

Beliefs And Practice Of The Society Of Friends Since George Fox Started The Quaker Movement

BY HOWARD BRINTON
SECONDHAND COPIES, paperback, readable for study but conditions vary. This was the standard history of Quakers till superseded by Friends for 350 years (with the extra 50 years of the modern period added) - a great place to startlearning about Quakers.

Pendle Hill 1994 239 PP. Paper

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Friends In The Delaware Valley (45631)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1681-1981

EDITED BY JOHN M. MOORE
Secondhand Copy. paperback, in OK condition for reading not gifting. An anthology of articles tracing the history , the ending of the separation, women in, the AFSC in, and relations to the Indians of PYM.

Friends Historical Association 1981 262 PP. Paper

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The Fugitives Gibraltar (781)

Escaping Slaves And Abolitionism In New Bedford, Massachusetts

BY KATRYN GROVER
SECONDHAND COPY, fair condition, hardback. Between 1790 and the Civil War, New Bedford, Massachusetts, became known not only as the whaling capital of the world but also as one of the greatest asylums for fugitive slaves. As many as 700 of the city's black residents were said to be fugitives. Among those who found safe haven there were Frederick Douglass, Henry Box Brown, and others whose accounts of escape from bondage were published and widely circulated among reformers of both races. But how did New Bedford come to be seen as a haven for fugitives, and was antislavery truly, as one whaling merchant put it, "the ruling sentiment of the town"?

Mass 2001 349 PP. Cloth

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The Genuine Article (7223)

A Historian Looks At Early America

BY EDMUND S MORGAN
An interesting collection of essays on the history of early America, that somehow includes Andy Warhol but omits Quakers - even William Penn. Useful for its Southern and slavery sections, and if you read carefully about "Puritans" you can also learn much, not least about "Bundling", an unusual approved method of testing a marriage before the vows. SECONDHAND COPY- HARDBACK WITH dUSTJACKET BOTH IN NICE AND FAIRLY NEW LOOKING CONDITION.

NORTON 2004 309 PP. Cloth

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George Hudson (6223)

The Rise And Fall Of The Railway King

BY A J ARNOLD, S MCCARTNEY
George Hudson was the epitomy of a fraudulent British capitalist in the early 1800's but was able to establish a vast railway network that established the future wealth of York. Many British Quakers were involved in the development of the railways and it was Friends who asked some of the awkward questions that caused his downfall in 1849. Little actual Quaker interest, but perhaps his methods have their mirror in many modern day concerns. SECONDHAND in A1 condition with dustjacket.

Hambledon 2004 316 PP. Cloth

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Getting A Grip (6334)

MOORE LAPPE, FRANCIS
SECONDHAND -Good condition. Full title "Getting A Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad" In nine short chapters, Lappe leaves readers feeling liberated and courageous. She flouts conventional right-versus-left divisions and affirms readers' basic sanity--their intuitive knowledge that it is possible to stop grasping at straws and grasp the real roots of today's crises, from hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism.

Small Planet Media 2007 186 PP. Paper

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Gita On The Green (7667)

STEVEN ROSEN
SECONDHAND COPY, paperback in good condition , with unusual lamination on cover that may or may not be intentional. Amazingly another mystical book on golf and in particular the mystical tradition behind Bagger Vance.

Continuum 200 176 PP. Paper

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The "go Ask Alice" Book Of Answers (0778)

A Guide To Good Physical, Sexual, And Emotional Health

BY COLUMBIA UNIV HEALTH ED PROGRAM
SECONDHAND BOOK- some water daamge to last few pages. But readable and looks ok spine on. A gathering workshop recomendation as aresorce on sexuality for young people.In a unique, straightforward style "Go Ask Alice!" delivers hard-to-find answers to your sometimes hard-to-ask questions about sex, STDs, relationships, nutrition, fitness, depression, drugs, eating disorders, and many other personal health concerns.

Owl Books 1998 345 PP. Paper

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Going Back (11156)

Ex-marine Returns To Vietnam

BY W. D. EHRHART
Secondhand Copy. Paperback in very good condition. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. A journal of the combat vet, writer and teacher's Vietnam government sponsored return to Vietnam in 1985. For Ehrhart it is a return to peace and an opportunity for personal apology in that period before normalization of relations between the US and Vietnam. Ehrhart is a keen observer.

McFarland 1987 188 PP. Paper

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Harmless As Doves (7228)

Witnessing For Peace In Vietnam

BY MARY SUE ROSENBERGER
SECONDHAND COPY, fair condition paperback. Jesus once told his followers that they were to "be wise as serpents and harmless as doves." Mary Sue Rosenberger took these words seriously as she volunteered in a hospital during the Vietnam conflict.

Brethren 1988 188 PP. Paper

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Humphry Davy Poet And Philosopher (99)

BY T E THORPE
This is a modern edition of a biography from the late 1890's of Humphry Davy, renowned chemist and accomplished poet,who is famous primarilly for his role in the isolation of iodine and discovery of the Davy Lamp. Throughout his life he used poetry to express his emotional landscape, demonstrating a romantic spirit that was evident in his vision of science as well. Davy acquired his taste for experimental science as a youth , mainly due to his mentor, a Quaker named Robert Dunkin, a saddler and a man of original mind and of the most varied accomplishments. SECONDHAND BOOK in good condition, I think bought from us and returned unread.

Nonesuch Books_ 1896 190 PP. Paper

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I Could Do Anything (5546)

If I Only Knew

BY BARBARA SHER
SECONDHAND COPY, hardback tatty cover, but good condition. Based on the principle that love is what we do best, the bestselling author of Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want offers expert, reassuring, concrete advice on getting to the heart of what we really want in life and dissolving the inner blocks that prevent us from achieving it.

Delacorte Press 1994 322 PP. Cloth

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In The Electric Eden (7223)

Stories

BY NICK ARVIN
SECOND HAND BOOK. reasonably good condition. Writer and former engineer Nick Arvin layers his knowledge of technology, mechanical design, and human character into a collection of emotionally riveting stories. With a subtle hand he transports readers through history and across America to ten poignant and utterly unforgettable places: a traffic accident in the middle of the heartland; the electrocution of Topsy the elephant at Coney Island at the turn of the century; the backyard of an old recluse; a Marine Corps practice invasion of the Florida beaches...

Penguin 2003 207 PP. Paper

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In The Heart Of The Sea (887)

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. Paperback in good condition.

Penquin, 2000 302 PP. Paper

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India Seen Afar (661)

KATHLEEN RAINE
SECONDHAND, fair condition with Dust jacket. In this concluding volume of autobiography, Kathleen Raine reflects on the profound significance of Indian philosophy and wisdom, the 'India of the imagination'. When she visited India for the first time at the age of seventy-four, she brought with her the eye of a poet and the mind of a scholar-philosopher long steeped in the spiritual vision of both East and West. In this vivid and engaging narrative of her travels the poet speaks of those human depths that are beyond all superficial divisions, invoking the timeless order that is the culture of India, and which holds an urgent message for the spiritual renewal of humankind.

Brazillier 1990 294 PP. Cloth

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Intro To Unitarian Universalism (9223)

BY JOHN BUEHRENS
SECONDHAND copy- readable but alittle grubby. Our closest neighbors some would say- and an interesting book! Actual title is "A Chosen faith".

Beacon Press 1989 220 PP. Paper

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Is God Always With Me (946)

BY CRYSTAL BOWMAN
Rather twee little effort, prayers / poems about God being with you, just about everywhere you can think of. Good condition. One of the little blessings series.

Tyndale kids 2006 59 PP. Cloth

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Ishq And Mushq (88)

BYY PRIYA BASIL
SECONDHAND paperback, in scuffed condition. British, described thusly:-Sensuous generational novel about a Sikh mother whose secret past corrodes her life with tragic consequences for all - by a 29 year old first time author.

Doubleday 2007 397 PP. Paper

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James Ramsay (1275)

The Unknown Abolitionist

SHYLLON, FOLARIN
SECONDHAND COPY. Hardback in good condition, with dust jacket showing a little age in its coloring. Reverend James Ramsay was one of the earliest voices of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. Upon the publication of an essay he wrote in 1784 questioning and criticizing the slave trade, Ramsay endured many personal attacks and abuses from his enemies. Despite this, he continued to write on the subject and act as an inspiration for future abolitionists in their fight to end slavery in Britain.

Cannongate 1977 128 PP. Cloth

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Jewish Life In Philadelphia 1830-1940 (1281)

FRIEDMAN, MURRAY, ED
SECONDHAND COPY. Hardback in fine condition except for a small tear in the dust jacket. Philadelphia Jews, in the last half of the twentieth century, became a force to reckon with in the cultural, political and economic life of the region. From the poor neighborhoods of original immigrant settlement, in South and West Philadelphia, Jews have made, as Murray Friedman recounts, the move from "outsiders" to "insiders" in Philadelphia life. Essays by a diverse range of contributors tell the story of this transformation in many spheres of life, both in and out of the Jewish community.

Ishi Publications 1983 313 PP. Cloth

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John H. Dillingham 1839-1910 (6592)

BY J HENRY BARTLETT
SECONDHAND COPY. Hardcover in very nice condition, privately published and very scarce. Th life of John Dillingham, his time at Harvard, his teaching, his religious conviction and life as a minister and editor in the Society of Friends.

Knickerbocker Press 1911 190 PP. Cloth

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John Horsch Memorial Papers (45)

BY HAROLD BENDER,EDWARD YODER, JOHN WENGER,ERNST CORELL
SECONDHAND. Good condition large flat hardback copy. Not entirely sure who this Mennonite was, but gather he was a notable historian of anabaptism. Long apendix at rearof letters to hinm from ludwig Keller in German with an English translation.

Mennonite Publishing House 1947 100 PP. Cloth

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John Woolman (344)

Quaker (video)

LOSKOUTOV, ANDREW
SECONDHAND video from New England Historical Society. Produced by Andrew Loskoutov; with Glenn Chenny; Joseph Mathews; Michael Heller. Discusses the life and legacy of John Woolman, especially concerning the beginning of Quakerism and abolitionism.

NEHS ???? 31 MINS Video

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Keeping God's Silence (277)

Towards A Theological Ethics Of Communication

BY RACHEL MUERS
The British Quaker theologians 800,000 word PhD thesis on Silence. This is indeed written in very dense theological language, based on three themes, Feminist philosophical reflection on silence, a reading of Bonheoffer's ethics and the author's life as a Quaker. She tellingly quotes Gemma Fiumara paraphrasing Wittgenstein "Only when we know how to be silent will that of which we cannot speak begin to tell us something". The central theological claim explored in the book is that God listens, and that God's listening is integral to who God is.SECONDHAND COPY IN GOOD CONDITION. NEW ITS $50 plus so this rare example of quaker Theology is abargain.

Blackell 2004 272 PP. Paper

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King & The Corpse (776)

EDITED BY J CAMPBELL
2ND HAND COPY,slightly tatty paperback. Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth.

Princeton 1993 333 PP. Boxed

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Legend Of Bagger Vance (834)

STEVEN PRESSFIELD
SECONDHAND COPY, cloth with dust jacket in really nice condition. Our only book on Golf- and mysterious one at that. In 1931 Savannah, a mesmerizing 36-hole match is taking place, in which two legends face off against a troubled former war hero. The key to the outcome lies with Bagger Vance, a caddie who carries the secret of the Authentic Swing. His mysterious powers guide the play and leave a lasting imprint on everyone around him--and on someone 60 years in the future.

Morrow 1995 242 PP. Cloth

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Life In A Penal Battalion Of The Imperial Russian Army (522)

The Tolstoyan N. T. Iziumchenko's Story

EDITED BY PETER BROCK
SECONDHAND COPY-god condition. "The Tolstoyan N. T. Iziumchenko's Story" A unique account by a young peasant conscript in the Imperial Russian army who was sentenced to serve two years in a penal battalion as a result of his refusal to bear arms.

Sessions 2001 63 PP. Paper

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Living A Connected Life (8817)

KATHLEEN BREHONY
SECONDHAND COPY- Now out of print. Subtitled "Creating and Maintaining Relationships That Last a Lifetime" and in which: A psychotherapist provides a prescription for creating and strengthening the essential relationships that give our lives meaning, presenting research that underlines both the importance of social connections and the difficulties caused by their absence. Paperback in OK condition for redaing.

Owl Books 2003 272 PP. Paper

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Living In Godless Times (994)

EDITED BY ALISON LEONARD
Alison Leonard, a writer and popular radiobroadcaster on issues of spirituality, interviews a group of modern, independent thinkers on their paths to a more spiritual life. Drawn from a variety of spiritual and religious backgrounds, these contributors offer insights into their search for a deeper meaning through personal experience in the face of a seemingly godless modern culture. Contributors include Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Adam Curle, and Raficq Abdullah. SECONDHAND COPY- a little careworn around the edges.

Floris 2001 256 PP. Paper

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Long Walk To Freedom (622)

The Autobiography

NELSON MANDELA
SECOND HAND -paperback looking a little scruffy but quite readable in public.In classically elegant and engrossing prose, he tells of his early years as an impoverished student and law clerk in Johannesburg, of his slow political awakening, and of his pivotal role in the rebirth of a stagnant ANC and the formation of its Youth League in the 1950s. He describes the struggle to reconcile his political activity with his devotion to his family, the anguished breakup of his first marriage, and the painful separations from his children.

Back Bay 1995 634 PP. Paper

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