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Quaker Book Sales
About Quaker Book Sales
The Quaker Books Manager selects the books and journals for sale, handles book and subscription sales and will also provide Events or Meetings with ‘sale or return’ book boxes with selections appropriate to their gathering, e.g. books for newcomers.
If you wish to buy a Quaker publication not in this catalogue, email the details.
This website does not support on-line sales.
When ordering a book, please pay by direct bank transfer to the Quaker Books bank account 02-0792-0448080-00 (give your name to identify the payment).
POSTAGE IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF BOOKS EXCEPT FOR SALE BOOKS OR DELIVERY TO RURAL DELIVERY ADDRESSES. Rural Delivery is $5.50 extra per parcel due to incresed costs. Sale books incur a postage charge of $9 for one to three books, and $9 for each one to three books thereafter. All other books have postage and handling included in the price. Books available and prices may change without notice given supply chain issues.
FOR EMAIL CONTACT please use sales@books.quakers.nz
On This Page
On this page you will find books on Quaker basics, exciting new books and the full Quaker Books Catalogue.
Quakers 101
| Quakers Do What! Why? | |
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| Rhiannon Grant | $30.00 |
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Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2020, 73pp Covers all the bases, wriiting in a friendly and accessible style. Great for enquirers or new-comers. |
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A COLLECTOR’S ITEM OR A BARGAIN OR BOTH!!
QUAKER FAITH AND PRACTICE, Britain Yearly Meeting
printed backwards eg when you lift the front cover you get the last page of the index upside down!!
Usual price $51 this special edition just $30!!
One only, so get in quick!! --email sales@books.quakers.nz
New Books
| OUR BIGGEST SELLER!! AGING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE | |||||||
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| Lewis Richmond | $45.00 | ||||||
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Avery (Penguin) US, 2013, 243pp 2022 Swarthmore Lecture. Contains the lecture, plus workshops and the responses Contemplative guide to growing older Has science, doctors and psychologists facts plus guided reflections
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| Quaker Shaped Christianity | |
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| Mark Russ | $30.00 |
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Christian Alternative Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2022 Telling the Jesus story through Quaker eyes, this is rich, readable theology that is both contemporary and rooted in tradition. |
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| Quaker Testimony: What We Witness to the world | |
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| Paul Buckley | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 481, US, 2023, 34pp Explores some historic and more recent roles played by Testimonies, how have things changed, and the dangers to Quakerism |
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| Tending sacred Ground: Respectful parenting | |
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| Pamela Haines | $26.00 |
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Christian Alternative, Britain and US, 2022, 81pp Quaker Quicks series. From a Quaker perspective shows how to cultivate respect, resilence, humility, connection, discernment, and joy, with wider inclusion. |
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| Radical Transformation Long Overdue for the Religious Society of Friends |
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| Vanessa Julye | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 476, US, 2022, 37pp The systems of White supremacy, racism, colonisation and capitalism prevent people of colour joining and remaining in Friends. This can change |
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A SIMPLE FAITH IN A COMPLICATED WORLD
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| Kate McNally | $27.00 |
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Christian Alternative Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2023, 59pp Another in the excellent Quaker Quicks series Kate came from mainstream faith, but struggled, tried science and psychology, then at a low point found Quakers and a simple faith of Jesus and love one another
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| TRAVELING IN THE DARK: A MEMOIR | |
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| Donna Eder | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 482, US, 2023, 25pp Uses metaphors to bring understanding of her own darkness and our spiritual journeys and the importance of being unique rather than just having to conform |
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| QUAKERS IN POLITICS | |
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| Carl and Margery Post Abbott | $27.00 |
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Christian Alternative, UK, 2023, 82 pp A Quaker Quick. Establishes the roots of political activisim in Quakerism surveyingthe political involvement of Quakers today
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| Listening As Quaker Practice | |
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| James McCarthy | $15.00 |
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The Kindlers, Britain, 2021, 59pp Listening is integral to Quakerism, in Meeting, with each other, making decisions. We are not always good at it and need to improve |
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| QUAKERS AND SCIENCE |
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| Helen Holt | $28.00 |
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Christian Alternative, UK, 2923, 87pp From the Quaker Quick series. Strikingly orginal contribution to the science and religion debate and the distinctive approaches that Quaker Scientists have brought including social justice
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| Quaker Meeting and Me / Taku Noho Ki Te Hui Tūhauwiri |
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| Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting | Free |
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| In Search Of Stillness Using a simple meditation to find inner peace |
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| Joanna Godfrey Wood | $23.00 |
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Christian-Alternative/Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2021, 104pp Calls on early Quaker’s advice to go within & wait, adapting it to a modern method for finding stillness & peace. |
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| EXPLORING ISAAC PENINGTON | |
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| Ruth Tod | $28.00 |
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Christian Alternative Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2023, 69pp Another in the excellent Quaker Quicks series. Seventeenth Century Quaker mystic, teacher and activist. Builds a bridge between his time and now with examples to explore the beliefs and habits that shape our lives |
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| That Clear And Certain Sound Finding Solid Ground in Perilous Times |
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| Pamela Haines | $24.00 |
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Christian Alternative/Quaker Quicks, US, 2021, 80pp On being alive in these wonderful & perilous times encourages us to stay alert to truth even in unlikely places |
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| Kinder Ground Creating space for truth |
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| Thomas Penny | $25.00 |
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Quaker Books, London, 2021, 99pp 2021 Swarthmore Lecture. Recommit to truth & shed prejudice & create kinder ground to help nurture honest discourse |
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| The Atheist's Guide To Quaker Process | |
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| Selden W Smith | $25.00 |
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(no cover image) Pendle Hill Pamphlet 472, US, 2021, 32pp Can nontheist participate in religiously rooted "sense of Meeting" Quaker process? Here is a practical guide. A model for all? |
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| The Search For Truth | |
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| Verica Ruper | $10.00 + $5 postage and packing |
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The 2022 Aotearoa Quaker Lecture Aotearoa New Zealand Quakers, 2022, 36pp Information, disinformation, and the algorithms of social media |
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| Creating Hope Working For Justice In Catastrophic Times |
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| Yarrow Goodley | $19.00 |
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The 2022 Backhouse Lecture Australia Yearly Meeting, 2022, 32pp As well as the rapidly warming planet we need to address the injustice of the rich polluting and the poor sufferi |
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The Quaker Books Catalogue
AGING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Avery (Penguin), US, 2013, 243pp
Contemplative guide to growing older & wiser. Has science, doctors, psychologists facts plus guided reflections too
$45.00
ANIMATING FREEDOM: Accompanying Indigenous struggles for self determination
Australia Yearly Meeting, 2019, 62pp Illus
Learning about accompanying Aboriginal people in struggle for self determination & how this might speak to Quakers
$20.00
ANSWERING THAT OF GOD: discovering Spirit Within
The Kindlers, Britain, 2012, 43pp
What do we mean when we say "that of God" and what if we lived that way every minute?
$20.00
APPROACHING THE GOSPELS
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 219, US, 1978, 32pp
Intended for use in studying the life of Jesus
$2.00
ATHEIST'S GUIDE TO QUAKER PROCESS, THE
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 472, US, 2021, 32pp
Can nontheist participate in religiously rooted "sens of Meeting" Quaker process? Here is a practical guide. A model for all?
$22.00
BAD OIL AND ANIMALS
Onepoto Press, NZ, 2016, 127pp
16 year old Heidi, dreamed of the rich & famous but becomes a teenage protester about animals & environment
$22.50
BARCLAY'S APOLOGY IN MODERN ENGLISH
Sessions, Britain, 1967, 464pp
Journey from Calvinism to Roman Catholicism and then Quakerism.
$65.00
BE PATTERNS reflections on words of George Fox
Pendle Hilll Pamphlet 473, US, 2022, 27pp
Ideas on contemplation from George Fox, & ideas from Rex Ambler and Edgar Cayce, guidance on being a "spiritual pattern"
$22.00
BEYOND CONSENSUS
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 307, US, 1993, 32pp
Salvaging the sense of the Meeting
$20.00
BEYOND WITHIN, THE
FeadaRead Publishing, Woodbrooke, Britain, 2017, 86pp
Commentary on Through A Glass Darkly, David Boulton's response to A Man Looks on Glass
$25.50
BOSNIAN STUDENT PROJECT A RESPONSE TO GENOCIDE, THE
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 334, US, 1997, 40pp
A response to the evil of genocide in Bosnia
$2.00
BRIGHT ACOUSTIC, A
Bloodaxe Books, Britain, 2017, 94pp
Quaker poet Philip Gross's latest collection contemplates space and sound. Even silence reveals itself
$20.00
CAN RELIGION SPEAK TRUTH?
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2018, 35pp
2018 Quaker Lecture
$13.00
CARE FOR THE PLANET: Toward A Quaker story
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2021, 36pp
" Without spiritual conviction clearly articulated, the question is does Quakerism has anything particular to offer or relevance"
$7.80
CELEBRATING THE QUAKER WAY
Quaker Books, London, 2009, 28pp
Pocketbook devotional book for Quakers - hard to get now
$15.00
CERTAIN GRACE, A
Anthony Maturin, NZ, 2006, Hardcover Sepia photos and text
Not about Cambodia, it is about the spirit of people, about poverty from the inside, heavy book so includes extra postage
$20.00
CHANGING OURSELVES,CHANGING THE WORLD- 2018 Swarthmore Lecture
Quaker Books, Britain, 2018, 30pp Illus A4 size
Radically different than its predecessors. By young artist, create change through art, make protest fun & with hope
$27.00
CHRISTIANITY AND THE INNER LIFE
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 402, US, 2009, 36pp
21st Century Reflections on the words of Early Friends
$18.00
COMING INTO FRIENDSHIP AS A GIFT
Quaker Press (FGC), US, 2008, 28pp
The Journey of a young adult Friend into Quakerism
$2.00
COMING TO LIGHT
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 446, US, 2017,34pp
Cultivating Spiritual Discernment through the Quaker Clearness Committee
$18.00
CONCHIE: What my father didn't do in the war
Lion, Britain, 2016, 235pp
A son finds out why his father did what he did and a different kind of courage
$23.00
CONFIDENT QUAKERISM
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 410, 2010, US, 35pp
Personally driven reflections on early Friends spirituality applied today with discussion questions
$18.00
CONFLICT IN MEETINGS
Quaker Home Service, London, 2005, Second Edition, 82pp
Eldership handbook on this important real topic
$16.00
CONSCIENCE: A World War 1 Critical Thinking Project
Britain Yearly Meeting, 2014, 33p A4 size, Illus
A primary school focused teacher resource
$14.00
COVENANT CRUCIFIED, THE
Quaker Books, Britain, 1995, 403pp
Quakers and the rise of capitalism- provocative and controversial.
$30.00
CREATING HOPE: WORKING FOR JUSTICE IN CATASTROPHIC TIMES
Auustralia Yearly Meeting, 2022, 32pp
2022 Backhouse Lecture. As well as the rapidly warming planet we need to address the injustice of the rich polluting and the poor suffer
$19.00
CULTURE OF FAITHFULNESS,A
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 462, US, 2020, 32pp
Becoming more open again to the Spirit for the impetus for major changes and healing in this world today
$18.00
DARK QUEST OF COUNTESS X
Onepoto Press, New Zealand, 2021, 276pp
The tensions, cheats, romance when a billionaire invites the world's youth to present their plans to challenge abuse
$28.00
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN QUAKER MYSTICISM AND TAOISM IN EVERYDAY LIFE, AN
Australia Yearly Meeting, 2018, 30pp
2018 Backhouse Lecture. Bringing different aspects together. Influenced by Ham Sok Hon, Korean Quaker activist
$17.50
ENOUGH! The Challenge of a post growth economy
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2013, 27pp
2013 Quaker Lecture. "A willingness to say I have enough now, the rest is for others, or Nature?"
$10.00