Humour and insight tells a tale for anyone shocked to hear a child utter a bad word; & Elbert’s ingenious solution.
Quaker Book Sales
About Quaker Book Sales
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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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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, Briain, 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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| Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay A Graphic Novel |
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| David Lester with Marcus Rediker & Paul Buhle | $37.00 |
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Beacon Press, US, 2021,118pp Illus Graphic novel. Lester's raw visual approach perfectly delivers. Using shocking guerrilla theater tactics Lay is a compelling figure against slavery |
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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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PLAIN TALK ABOUT DYING THE SPIRITUAL EFFECTS OF TAKING MY FATHER OFF LIFE SUPPORT |
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| Shulamith Clearbridge | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet479, US, 2023, 25pp Understanding spiritual repercussions of such decisions may help us prepare or better support each other. |
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| FORGIVENESS FREED TO LOVE | |
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| Christine Betz Hall | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 480, US, 2023,30pp Offers paradigm to set people free of hurt & bitterness Experience forgiveness as release into the Spirit liberates & prepares us to heal & transform |
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| Hillbilly Quaker | |
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| Jennifer Elam | $22.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 475, US, 2022, 34pp Jennifer a rural Appalachian who discovered she was a hillbilly when she left. Calls on Friends to better live testimony of equality |
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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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| Be Patterns reflections on words of George Fox |
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| John Andrew Gallery | $22.00 |
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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" |
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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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| Living Fellowship Needs Fresh Forms | |
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| Daphne Clement | $22.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 471, US, 2021, 30pp At tension between authority of traditon & continuing revelation. Looks at recent experiment with daily Zoom worship |
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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
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
EVERYDAY GOD
Canterbury Press, Britain, 2012, 139pp
The spirit of the ordinary, the riches and power of such time
$19.00
EVERYDAY PROPHETS
Australia Yearly Meeting, 2016, 43pp
2016 Backhouse Lecture. Interplay of faith and action, from a scholar, activist, sailor and Quaker
$15.00
EXPERIMENT IN FAITH, AN
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 323, US, 1995, 31pp
Evangelical and liberal women transcending difference
$18.00
FACING DEATH
Friends Book Centre, London, 1979, 77pp
Meet and listen to people face their own and others' deaths.
$5.00
FAITH IN THE FAITH OF EMPIRE- Sale price to clear
Orbis Books, US, 2014, 166pp Fourth printing
The Bible through Palestinian eyes. Gives us a different challenging perspective on the issues and Jesus
$5.00
FAITHFUL VOICES
Friends General Conference, US, 2006, 98pp Illus
Oral Readings. Exploring beliefs in action. A biography, some quotes and queries on a range of wellknowns
$5.00
FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY, THE
Beacon Press, US, 2017,212pp Illus Hardcover 2017 edition
From distinquished historian who brings to life wide ranging activism of this extraordinary Quaker vegatarian dwarf and his fight against slavery
$29.00
FIRE KEEPER'S GIRLS, THE
Onepoto Press, New Zealand, 2018, 317pp
A novel of the coming of age characters gain courage, hope and insight from real life influential women from history
$26.00
Forgiveness: Freed to Love
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 480, US, 2023, 30pp
Offers paradigm to set people free of hurt & bitterness Experence forgiveness as release into the Spirit liberates and prepares us to heal & transform
$25.00
FORGIVING JUSTICE (Revised Edition)
Quaker Home Service, London, 2000, 160pp (Revised 2007)
Swarthmore Lecture. Quaker vision for criminal justice
$10.00
FOUR LEGS BAD, TWO LEGS GOOD
Houghton Muffin, US, 2007, Illus CLOTH SALE PRICE TO CLEAR
A joyful transformation to Animal Farm-for children of ages
$5.00
GATHERED MEETING, THE
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 444, US, 2017, 34pp
The essence of the Quaker way. Historical and current state of this and how to foster it today
$18.00
GETTING ROOTED
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 391, US, 2007, 35pp
Living in the Cross, looking at our Quaker roots, a path to joy and liberation
$11.00
GOD CREATED
Augsburg Books, US, 2003, Illus. CLOTH
A positive non Fundamentalist creation story for all ages
$5.00
GOD'S INVITATION TO CREATIVE PLAY
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 468. US, 2021, 34pp
By reconnecting with the ease of creativity we know as children we connect with the ease of knowing God
$20.00
GOD, WORDS AND US
Quaker Books, London, 2017, 98pp
Britain Yearly Meeting publication. Quakers in conversations about religious differences
$22.00
GRIEF, FORGIVENESS, & REEMPTION AS A WAY OF TRANSFORMATION
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 416, US, 2012, 35pp
Traumatic loss of a loved one, spiritual aspects of grief and blessings of acceptance
$14.00
GROUP SPIRITUAL NURTURE: The Wisdom of Spiritual Listening
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 373, US, 2004, 32pp
Intimacy develops over time in Spiritual Nurture Group members connect to the Spirit
$18.00
GUIDED LIFE, THE
Quaker Quicks, Christian Alternative, UK, 2019, 69pp
Quaker wisdom for finding an inward source of purpose in everyday life in a time of complex challenges
$26.00
HEARING THE LIGHT- the Core Of Quaker Theology
Christian-Alternative/Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2021, 80pp
Gathering to wait & listen is at the heart of Quakerism & essential to understanding Quaker theology & a distinctive practice
$23.00
HEART OF ONENESS
Christian Alternative, Britain, 2017, 71pp
We find it hard to live together in the world. Oneness the heart of existence and how we can act in the world
$21.00
HILLBILLY QUAKER
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 475, US, 2022, 34pp
Jennifer a rural Appalachian who discovered she was a hillbilly when she left. Calls on Friends to better live testimony of equality
$22.00
HONOURING THE OTHER
New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2010, 32pp Illus
2010 Quaker Lecture: Quest for respect, equality and small goodness's in Aotearoa New Zealand
$8.00
HOPE AND WITNESS IN DANGEROUS TIMES
Christian-Alternative/Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2021, 72pp
Invites us to consider how personal & communal faith practices should bring us to a fresh engagement with today's world
$20.00
IN SEARCH OF STILLNESS-Using a simple meditation to find inner peace
Christian-Alternative/Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2021, 104pp
Calls on early Quakers advice to go within & wait, adapting it to a modern method for finding stillness & peace.
$23.00
IN STEP with Quaker Testimony
Christian-Alternative/Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2021, 74pp
Using a modern adaption of Margaret Fell writing on Simplicity, Truth, Equality & Peace with author's personal response
$21.00
INVENTING HEAVEN
Sowle Press & Bedfordshire General Meeting, UK, 1999, 122pp
Quakers confront the challenges of genetic engineering
$5.00
INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND THE PLANET
Robert Howell, NZ, 2017, 68pp
In a world of ecological disaster & inequality, how can we make a difference? Our investments influence others
$29.00
INVITATION TO QUAKER ELDERING, AN
Inner Light Books, US, 2022, 220pp
This book will help guide, enrich & nourish elders both seasoned in the gift & new to it. There is a yearning for a book about ministry & eldering
$50.00