Contemplative guide to growing older & wiser. Has science, doctors, psychologists facts plus guided reflections too
Quaker Book Sales
Quaker Book Sales is a ‘virtual’ book store with a catalogue accessed through this page.
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 name to identify the payment).
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.
NEW BOOKS
(please use the search function in the main catalogue below to order)
JANUARY TO MARCH 2022
BE PATTERNS reflections on words of George Fox 22.00
John Andrew Gallery
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"
QUAKER MEETING AND ME/TAKU NOHO KI TE HUI TUHAUWIRI Free
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting 2022, Illus
A guide for children to Quaker Meeting for Worship/Maori and English/simple, lovely colour illustrations/all ages/pocket size
OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2021
IN SEARCH OF STILLNESS-Using a simple meditation to find inner peace 23.00
Joanna Godfrey Wood
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.
LIVING FELLOWSHIP NEEDS FRESH FORMS 22.00
Daphne Clement
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 471, US, 2021, 30pp
at tension between authority of traditon & continuing revelation. Looks at recent experiment with daily Zoom worship
THAT CLEAR AND CERTAIN SOUND: Finding Solid Ground in Perilous Times 24.00 Pamela Haines
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
KINDER Ground: Creating space for truth 25.00
Thomas Penny
Quaker Books, London, 2021, 99pp 2021 Swarthmore Lecture. Recommit to truth & shed prejudice & create kinder ground to help nurture honest discourse
ATHEIST'S GUIDE TO QUAKER PROCESS, THE Selden W Smith 22.00
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?
SEEDS OF SILENCE 40.00
R Melvin Keiser
Christian Alternative, US and Britain, 2021, 306pp Questions modern world addiction to instant gratification & leads us back to contemplative thinking. A Quaker classic
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
AWAKEN YOUR SENSES
IVP Books, US, 2012, 208pp
We have been missing out. Our brain has two sides, not just the logical left brain process from Quaker author
$5.00
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
BAREFOOT BOOK OF EARTH TALES, THE
Barefoot Books, Britain, 2009, Large Format, Illus
Colourful children's book about protecting the earth. Different cultures presented. Includes fun activities
$5.00
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
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
DISCERNMENT AND INNER KNOWING
FeadaRead Publishing, Woodbrooke, Britain, 2017, 126pp
A Quaker compares Quaker discernment & Theory U of decision making - aids understanding of Quaker process
$23.00
ELBERT'S BAD WORD
Voyager Books, US, 1996, Illus Hardback
Humour and insight tells a tale for anyone shocked to hear a child utter a bad word; & Elbert’s ingenious solution.
$5.00
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