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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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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Indomitable Friend (88)

Corder Catchpool

BY WILLIAM HUGHES
Library hardback fair condition. Corder Catchpool refusing any service when the Compulsory Military Service Act was passed in 1916 in Great Britain. Heserved slightly more than two years in prison after which he published On Two Fronts: Letters of a Conscientious Objector, a memoir about his experiences during the war and in prison. After World War I, Catchpool became a relief worker, secretary for the Friends International Centre in Berlin, and peace worker. He performed reconciliation work with the Friends War Victims Relief Committee in Berlin and eventually became secretary of the Quaker Centre there....

Housmans 1956 236 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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The Involved Man (549)

Action And Reflection In The Life Of A Teacher

BY KENNETH BARNES
SECOND HAND: Good condition hardback with dustcover.Quaker founder of the progressive Wennington School and frequent broadcaster on the BBC, examines education, child rearing and discipline, science art, religion in his easy to understand style.

Allen & Unwin 1969 241 PP. Cloth

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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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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 Woolman, Child Of Light (924)

CATHERINE PEARE
SECONDHAND, very good condition hardback with good dustjacket. Second printing. Not a book I have ever seen before a handsome volume. The author describes herself as a "Concerned person" and became a Quaker in 1948.

Vanguard 1954 253 PP. Cloth

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Journal Of George Fox Secondhand (907)

NICKALLS
SECONDHAND- various editions in states of some decrepitude. These are acheap way to read the Nickalls edition. Not pretty, and may need careful opening to preserve binding. These are the joint British American Reprints of the 1952 Cambridge University Press edition.

RSOF 1975 786 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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Language Of Life A Festival Of Poets (751)

BY BILL MOYERS
SECONDHAND, paper, almost as new condition, Poets live the lives all of us live, says Bill Moyers, with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen. In a series of conversations with 34 American poets, The Language Of Life celebrates language in its most exalted, wrenching, delighted, and concentrated form.

Doubleday 1995 440 PP. Paper

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Laughter In Quaker Grey (90)

W H SESSIONS
SECONDHAND- looks ok- but has broken spine when opened-you can still easily read all these "quaint" and ancient examples of Quaker Humour from the 30's to the 50's- and emerge with a possible chuckle.

Sessions 1966 135 PP. Cloth

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Lead, Kindly Light (99)

Gandhi And The Way To Peace

BY VINCENT SHEEAN
SECONDHAND. From a large donation of books on Gandhi and his philosophy. All are well read, many are delicate, especially those printed in India. Buy for the contents not appearance or durability. An early biography of Gandhi, in good c0ndition for a 1949 book-no dustcover.

Random House 1949 374 PP. Cloth

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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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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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Living In The Light Vol 1 (994)

Some Quaker Pioneers Of The 20th Century In The Usa

BY LEONARD KENWORTHY
Self published paperback- buy for contents not appearance. SECONDHAND. Contents: 1. Emily Greene Balch / Leonard S. Kenworthy -- 2. Kenneth and Elise Boulding / Cynthia Kerman and Carlene Bagnall -- 3. Howard and Anna Brinton / Dan Wilson -- 4. Henry J. Cadbury / Margaret H. Bacon -- 5. Mary Steichen Calderone / David Mace -- 6. Everett L. Cattell / Donald R. Murray, Jr. -- 7. Rachel Davis DuBois / Elizabeth Cattell -- 8. Rufus M. Jones / Leonard S. Kenworthy -- 9. Thomas E. Jones / Paul A. Lacey -- 10. Thomas R. Kelly / T. Canby Jones -- 11. Frederick J. Libby / E. Raymond Wilson -- 12. Clarence E. Pickett / Lewis M. Hoskins -- 13. Bayard Rustin / Leonard S. Kenworthy -- and 5 more

,SP 1984 284 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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The Lost Swords (102)

Endgame

BY FRED SABERHAGEN
Some nice Science Fiction hardbacks - not that quakerly - but these and murder mysteries are pretty popular among Friends!. These books are all in pretty good condition hardback with tidy dustjackets.

Various Publishers 1992 378 PP. Cloth

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Love Stargirl Hardback Secondhand (032)

BY JERRY SPINELLI
Picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. The novel takes the form of "the world's longest letter," in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year's time. In her writing, Stargirl mixes memories of her bittersweet time in Mica, Arizona, with involvements with new people in her life. ages 9-12 or 105. SECONDHAND COPY IN A1 condition with dustjacket.

Knopf 2007 288 PP. Cloth

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Lucretia Mott, The Story (88)

OTELIA CROMWELL
SECONDHAND fair condition, fair dust jacket. A rarely see biography of Lucretia Mott. Otelia Cromwell (April 8, 1874 - April 25, 1972) was the first African-American graduate of Smith College. The college later began the tradition of canceling afternoon and evening classes in her honor every November as a venue to talk about race and diversity. Cromwell went on to become an educator, teaching in a public school in Washington D.C. She eventually earned a master's degree from Columbia University in New York City, then went to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and received her Ph.D in 1926. In doing, so she was the first African-American woman to receive a Yale degree.

Harvard UP 1958 241 PP. Cloth

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The Man With The Silver Oar (8667)

BY ROBIN MOORE
SECONDHAND COPY, as new and mercifully unread. The catain of the ship is the Quaker- and my goodness he is not a nice man!!

Harper 2002 183 PP. Cloth

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Margaret Fell And The Rise Of Quakerism (6678)

BONNELYN KUNZE
SECONDHAND- but in almost new condition. Now out of print and not that easy to find. Focusing on the formative period of Quakerism in seventeenth-century England and the role of one vigorous and authoritative woman, this study offers new insights into the religious, social, and family life of Margaret Fell. The book probes Fell's pivotal role, in close relation to George Fox, in the architecture of the early Quaker church order. It investigates Fell's role in the development of the Quaker women's meetings, a unique seventeenth-century Quaker institution.

Stanford UP 1994 327 PP. Cloth

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The Married Land (1272)

BELL, CHARLES
SECONDHAND COPY. Hardback in poor condition; the cover binding is quite loose. The first in a trilogy, The Married Land is a fictitious novel about heredity and origin. It follows a married couple who return to their native homes to care for ailing relatives. Lucy Woodruff, the wife, goes back to her childhood Quaker home in Pennsylvania. The author, Charles Bell, did extensive research in his construction of these families, including taking inspiration from the journals of his own fore-bearers.

Houghton Mifflin 1962 430 PP Cloth

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Masked Gods, Navaho & Ceremonialism (44)

BY FRANK WATERS
SECONDHAND. Fair condition hardback, readable but with scratched cloth binding. As a preface has a brief history of the Navajo and Pueblo Indians. This classic work studies their tribal ceremonialism and its influence upon everyday life. "Providing deep insights into the wisdom of the Native Americans of the American Southwest. Reading whet these native people knew decades ago puts our present superficialities to shame."

University of New Mexico Press 1950 435 PP. Cloth

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The Matchless Weapon (994)

Satyagraha

BY JAMES K MATHEWS
SECONDHAND, good condition, Indian printing. In his volume Dr. Mathews shares the fruit of his Gandhian studies which have extended over many years. He claims to have read virtually everything that Gandhi wrote. The title The Matchless Weapon, comes from Gandhi's own phrase.

Bhavans Book University 2004 230 PP. Paper

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The Meaning Of The 21st Century (943)

A Vital Blueprint For Ensuring Our Future

BY JAMES MARTIN
SECIOND HAND -hardback with dustjacket and remainder mark on pages. In this provocative and prophetic book, Martin argues that we can use our intelligence and technology to transform the world rather than destroy it. Drawing on decades of experience as one of the world's most widely respected authorities on technology's impact on our lives, Martin outlines specific, achievable solutions for solving a wide array of problems, from repairing ocean ecosystems to lowering the birthrate to coping with advances in nanotechnology.

Riverhead Books 2006 432 PP. Paper

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