Home About Us
Search by author, title or key word
Get email updates! Sign-up for the QuakerBooks eNewsletter, Book Musings. List Management by VerticalResponse
Get the catalog
Book List:Basic QuakerismCorporate Discernment
A Poem About William Penn
BY DANIEL HOFFMAN A long poem which evokes William Penn's luminous vision of America and shows what has become of it as the intractable conflicts of our history-struggles over land, keeping faith with the Indians, the uses and abuses of power-threaten Penn's ideal. "Though grounded firmly in historical fact, [this poem] is very original in conception and quite effectively expresses the dreams and despairs of those who lived this history as well as our own contemporary need to understand the past as 'we clatter down the rigid rails into the future.'" - Library Journal.
University of Pennsylvania Press 2000 178 PP. Paper
$15.95 (in stock)
While Visiting Holland And Germany, In 1677
BY WILLIAM PENN William Penn's firsthand account of his 1677 travels in Holland and Germany visiting Quaker congregations and preaching his message of religious toleration. This document is historically significant for understanding Penn's early years, before he obtained the charter for Pennsylvania in 1681. This is a reprint of the 1879 edition.
Penn State University Press 2006 189 PP. Paper
$21.95 (in stock)
Modern English Translation
BY WILLIAM PENN, EDITED BY RONALD SELLECK Outlining a life of discipleship in Christ, William Penn addresses topics such as "bearing the cross daily", the nature of worship and our inner character. Selleck's modern English translation makes this classic (written in 1668) easily readable in the 21st century.
Friends United Press 2007 156 PP. Paper
$16.00 (in stock)
BY WILLIAM PENN An abridged version of the book on one audiocassette read by Bruce Bush. William Penn's confession of faith, his blueprint for a just society, his explanation of Quaker practices and testimonies, and his epistle to those of the Community of Faith, whatever the denomination.
Audiologos 1994 80 MIN. ABR. Audio
$5.00 (in stock)
BY ELIZABETH GRAY VINING Penn's life emerges from this classic biography as a story of courage, honesty and faith.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1986 298 PP. Paper
$9.00 (in stock)
ELIZABETH JANET GRAY Secondhand hardback with damaged dust jacket.1962 edition of a book first published in 1938. A good simple nonacademic biography of William Penn. SECOND HAND BOOK
Viking Press 1962 298 PP. Cloth
$9.00 USED - availability checked Mar 15th 12:02pm CDT
INTRODUCTION, ANNOTATIONS BY ANDREW MURPHY A large selection of Penn's writings. Part 1 focuses on liberty and religious toleration; Part 2 addresses general arguments to specific events in British politics; and Part 3 presents the essay "Toward the present and future peace of Europe."
Liberty Fund 2002 439 PP. Paper
$12.00 (in stock)
BY WILLIAM PENN No Cross No Crown tends to be one of Quakerism's great unread books, but here are some selections of its most profound passages, selected by Sarah Miller and beautifully printed on archival paper by Patrick Burns.
Tract Association 2000 22 PP. Paper
$1.00 (in stock)
Wise Sayings On The Conduct Of Human Life, In Today's English
BY WILLIAM PENN, EDITED BY ERIC TAYLOR Written whilst Penn was in hiding, falsely accused of treason, these aphorisms have been well loved for 300 years. Eric Taylor provides a 30 page historical introduction to them and has put them into an easy and accessible modern English.
Herald Press 2002 167 PP. Paper
$8.99 (low stock)
Writings On The Faith And Practice Of The People Called Quakers, In Modern English
BY WILLIAM PENN, TRANSLATED BY PAUL BUCKLEY This work by Paul Buckley makes available in modern English five key texts by William Penn. Buckley's extensive footnotes further increase the value of this work to persons who are interested in understanding Penn's works. Texts translated into modern English include "The Sandy Foundation Shaken," "Innocency with her Open Face," "The Christian Quaker and his Divine Testimony Vindicated," "Primitive Christianity Revived" and more.
Earlham School of Religion 2003 415 PP. Paper
$19.95 (in stock)
Penn's Vision For P
KASHATUS, WILLIAM C.
1997 Paper
$15.00 (in stock)
Video
BY PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING A video from PYM Outreach Committee, highlighting the life and work of William Penn.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1995 17 MINUTES Video
$20.00 (in stock)
BY BARBARA SOMERVILLE With its appealing presentation, many illustrations, maps and drawings, timeline of world events during William Penn's life, complete index, bibliography, concise informational insets, and readable text, this biography is a worthy addition to any library or Friends bookshelf. Designed for grades 5-7, but adult readers wanting a short biography would also find this useful.
Compass Point Books 2006 112 PP. Paper
$9.95 (in stock)
BY JAMES MICHENER Written for Pennsbury Manor, which operates from the reconstructed 17th-century plantation of William Penn, Michener writes not about the idealized hero, but the true "dictator, really," who never lived in Pennsylvania very long.
Pennsbury Manor 1994 14 PP. Paper
$7.00 (low stock)
BY RICHARD WOOD A retrospective of Penn's life and work.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1961 28 PP. Paper
$2.25 (in stock)
BY WILLIS RIVINUS This book tells the story of the relations between the original settlers of the Delaware Valley and the white colonists of Pennsylvania. Most of the story is recounted through the eyes of Penn who tried to reconcile the interests of the two groups.
Rivinus 1995 92 PP. Paper
Penn
William Penn - Founder Of Pennsylvania
Some Fruits Of Solitude
Twenty-first Century Penn
The Political Writings Of William Penn
Selected Quotations From No Cross No Crown
No Cross, No Crown
The Journal Of William Penn