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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 $4.80 extra per parcel. 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.
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
JOHN WOOLMAN
Friends United Press, US, 2013, 164pp
A Nonviolence and Social Change source book- will help us today with injustice
$32.00
JOURNAL OF GEORGE FOX (NICKALLS)
London Yearly Meeting, London, 1952, 789pp
English version of the Journal.
$70.00
KEEPING UP WITH THE GOAL POSTS
Christabel Jackson, NZ, 2020, 223pp Illus
Life story of Christabel from NZ who spent 27 years working in Lesotho through the dangerous years of Apartheid
$20.00
KINDER Ground: Creating space for truth
Quaker Books, London, 2021, 99pp
2021 Swarthmore Lecture. Recommit to truth & shed prejudice & create kinder ground to help nurture honest discourse
$25.00
KING OF THE SKY
Walker Books, Britain, 2018,56pp, Paperback, Illus.
Children's book. 5- 8 age. Being in a new country. in aid of Amnesty International moving timeless story about "home"
$28.00
KIWI DRAGON
New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2009, 48pp Illus
Quaker Centennial Lecture 2009. The Chinese in Aotearoa New Zealand:History, Culture, Hope
$10.00
LEAF
Flying Eye Books, Britain, 2018 ,Illus
Children's book. Heart warming tale of helping others and not fear, and the plight of polar bears"
$24.00
LET'S MAKE YOGA MAGIC
Familius Com, US, 2019. Illus Hardbound
Primary age children. Pull the levers, turn the wheels, watch thirteen children come to life and learn life skills
$10.00
LIGHT THAT IS SHINING, A
Quaker Home Service, London, 2003 (New Edition) 96pp
A very good general introduction to Quakers for newcomers.
$18.00
LIGHT TO LIVE BY: an exploration in Quaker Spirituality
Quaker Books, London, 2002, 60pp
Companion volume to "Truth of the Heart"
$25.00
LISTEN TO THE WIND
Penguin, US, Illus Large Format
The story of Dr Gregg and three cups of tea- a story for children on positive working in the world
$5.00
LISTENING As Quaker Practice
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
$15.00
LITTLE BOOK OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, THE -Revised and Updated
Good Books, US, 2015, 106pp
From the founder of Restorative Justice, revised and updated in the advances in the field
$15.00
LITTLE BOOK OF VICTIM OFFENDER CONFERENCING, THE
Goodbooks, US, 2009, 89pp
Victim offender restorative justice dialogue- practical manual
$15.00
LIVING FELLOWSHIP NEEDS FRESH FORMS
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 471, US, 2021, 30pp
Looks at tension between authority of traditon & continuing relevation. Looks at recent experiment with daily Zoom worship
$22.00
LONG ROAD, A
Barclay Press, US, 2017, 310pp
How Quakers make sense of God and the Bible. A long, rocky, even muddy road which is still debated in Quakers today
$38.00
MAN THAT LOOKS ON GLASS, A
FeedAReading Publishing, Britain, 2015, 266pp
Standing up for God in the Religious Society of Friends
$38.00
MEETING JESUS AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Harper SF, US, 1995, 150pp
Inspirational account of historical Jesus, not doctrines but relationship with the Spirit
$30.00
MIND OF CHRIST,THE
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 406, US, 2010, 34pp
Bill Taber on Meeting for Business
$11.00
MIND THE ONENESS
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 463, US, 2020, 44pp
The mystic way of the Quakers. Explores historical and present day mysticism in Quakers
$18.00
MINDING THE FUTURE
Quaker Books, London, 2008, 98pp
2008 Swarthmore Lecture. Stewardship-insights from the past. What are we passing on to the future?
$17.00
MISFITS, THE
Aladdin, US, 2003, 274pp
Names will break our spirit, sensitive tale of adolescence
$2.00
MONEY AND SOUL
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 450, US, 2018, 34pp
Our troubled relationship with the economic system, our values and the shift from common welfare to private gain
$26.00
MONEY AND SOUL
Quaker Quicks, Christian Alternative, UK, 2018, 68pp
If money troubles your soul, try this down to earth Quaker perspective on economies large and small
$26.00
NEEDLE'S EYE, THE: A Philippine Experience
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 275, US, 1987, 28pp
Reflections of involvement with tribal people and war
$2.00
NO ROYAL ROAD TO RECONCILIATION
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 321, US, 35pp
Healing through the gift of compassionate listening.PHP 321.
$2.00
NO-NONSCENSE GUIDE TO RELIGION
New Internationalist, 2010, Britain, 133pp
a modern view of the positives and negatives
$5.00
NOTSO HOTSO
Farrar Strauss, US, 2001, 92pp Illus Hardbound
Why do bad things happen to good dogs?
$2.00
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Quaker Books, London, 2019, 143pp
2019 Swarthmore Lecture. Looking at Quaker's contemporary witness to climate change, its spiritual roots & today
$23.00
ONE CAREGIVER'S JOURNEY WITH DEMENTIA
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 477, US, 2022, 28pp
How a Quaker found deep peace & joy through a spiritual dimension during her journey with her husband who was diagnosed with dementia
$25.00