Christian-Alternative/Quaker Quicks Britain, 2023, 78pp
Lessons in transformation through travel.Mindfulness through travel, including the author's visit to New Zealand
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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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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
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Avery (Penguin) US, 2013, 243pp
Contemplative guide to growing older Has science, doctors and psychologists facts plus guided reflections
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| THE WORLD IN A SENTENCE | |
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| Sue Williams | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pampphlet 486, US, 2024, 29 pp " Every once in a while someone says something that stops me in my tracks" Author gives examples of this in her thirty years peace making around the world
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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 | $29.00 |
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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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WAIT AND WATCH SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, REHEARSAL, AND PERFORMANCE
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| John Andrew Gallery | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 485, US, 2024, 30pp Using the analogy found in theatre, music concerts and sports, describes how Meeting for Worship or Worship for Business can develop seven skills to transform |
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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Insights and STORIES FROM MY JOURNEY
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| Howard Zehr | $40.00 |
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Walnut Street Books, US, 2023, 218pp Illustrated
The founder of Restorative Justice? Interviews with and essays by Howard Zehr, plus, for the first time, details and photos from his personal journey
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| ALL CREATION WAITS | |
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| Gayle Boss Illustrated by Sharon Spitz | $50.00 |
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Paraclette Press, US, 2023, 64 pp, Illustrated, Hardcover
Hear the refrain "The dark is not an end. It's a door. It's the way a new beginning comes" and reinforces the practice of waiting for creation something all ages can benefit from doing A delightfully illustrated Childrens Edition (5 to 10 year olds) of the story of Advent and the mystery and blessings of new beginnings. Although a Childrens Edition it would appeal to adults even recognising that it features only Northern Hemisphere animals |
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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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| DO QUAKERS PRAY? | |
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| Jennifer Kavanagh | $29.00 |
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Christian Alternative Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2023, 64 pp From the very popular Quaker Quick Series. What is prayer and when and how Quakers might pray
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| QUAKERS AND SCIENCE |
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| Helen Holt | $28.00 |
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Christian Alternative, UK, 2023, 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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| InNER HEALING, INNER PEACE a QUAKER PERSPECTIVE |
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| John and Diana Lampen | $30.00 |
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From the popular Quaker Quicks Series. What do Quakers have to offer when there is pain and distress, in body, mind and Spirit? Includes practice exercises readers can do for themselves
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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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ThE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF QUAKER SPIRITUALITY: LIGHT IN THE CONSCIENCE |
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| David Johnson | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 483. US, 2023, 27pp
First Quakers rediscovered the early Christian experience that we can access divine guidance through our conscience |
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| OPEN TO NEW LIGHT Quakers and Other FAITHS |
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| Eleanor Nesbitt | $30.00 |
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Christian Alternative/Quaker Quicks, London, 2023, 83pp From the popular Quaker quicks series. Relates Quaker history and faith to other faiths, and the relationship between them |
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| Helen Holt | $50.00 |
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Christian Alternative/Quaker Quicks, London, 2023, 79pp From the very popular Quaker Quicks series. Rufus Jones was a Quaker who controversally reshaped the way of thinking about God and humans. He talks also about his spiritual practices |
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"A GREETING OF THE SPIRIT" Spiritual Counseling and Creative Encounter |
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| Ben Tousley | $25.00 |
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Pendle Hill Pamphlet 484, US, 2023, 26pp Aotearoa New Zealand Quakers, 2022, 36pp The "soul frind/counsellor" can foster a relationship with your inner guide, nature, other people and the Spirit, with dreams, fragments and memories
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| THE PROMISE OF RIGHT RELATIONSHIP |
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| Pamela Haines | $30.00 |
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Christian Alernative/Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2024, 79pp Challenges us to reach for right relationships, in all aspects of our lives. Do we nourish ourselves and others, strive for equality, simplicity, peaceful? as our pathway forward
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The Quaker Books Catalogue
ROOTED IN CHRISTIANITY OPEN TO NEW LIGHT
Woodbrooke, Britain, 2009, 115pp
Quaker spiritual diversity
$31.00
RUFUS JONES AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD
Christian Alternative/Quaker Quicks, UK, 2023, 79pp
Quaker Quicks series.Rufus Jones was a Quaker who controversially reshaped the way of thinking about God and humans and talks about his spiritual practices 978 1 80341 342 6
$50.00
SAM PEEL A MAN WHO DID DIFFERENT- sale price to clear
Wells Local History Group, Britain, 2013, 149pp
Set against backdrop of early 1900's, Sam, motivated by strong Quaker faith, transformed lives and injustice
$5.00
SEARCH FOR TRUTH, THE
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting (Quakers) 2022, 36pp
Aotearoa New Zealand Quaker Lecture 2022. Information, disinformation and the algorithms of social media
$15.00
SEEDS OF SILENCE
Christian Alternative, US and Britain, 2021, 306pp
Questions modern world addiction to instant gratification & leads us back to contemplative thinking. A Quaker classic
$40.00
SEEKING UNION WITH SPIRIT: EXPERIENCES OF SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS
Australia Yearly Meeting, Australia, 2020, 43pp
2020 Backhouse Lecture. How to integrate spiritual being in all aspects of our lives. A personal reflection to share
$16.00
SIMPLE FAITH IN A COMPLICATED WORLD,A
Christian Alternative Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2023, 59pp
Kate came from mainstream faith but struggled, tried science & psychology, then at low point found Quakers & a simple faith of Jesus and Love one another
$27.00
SIMPLE FAITH IN A COMPLICATED WORLD,A
Christian Alternative Quaker Quicks, Britain, 2023, 59pp
Kate came from mainstream faith but struggled, tried science & psychology, then at low point found Quakers & a simple faith of Jesus and Love one another
$27.00
SIMPLE GIFTS
Copy Press, Nelson, NZ, 2019, 150pp Illus
NZ Quaker. Reflects on the joy of her quiet life. Only needs a few minutes to dip in- for images & ideas to ponder
$25.00
SNAKES AND LADDERS
Quaker Books, London, 2012, 105pp
2012 Swarthmore Lecture. A personal exploration of Quaker work on human rights at the United Nations
$20.00
SOUL OF SUPERVISION, THE- Sale Price to Clear
Morehouse, US, 2010, 204pp
Integrating practice and theory, and bringing a spiritual dimension to supervision
$10.00
SPIRIT-LED ELDERING
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 392, US, 2007, 35pp
Integral to our faith and practice
$18.00
STANDING IN THIS PLACE
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2014, 60pp
2014 Lecture. An example, how in NZ many Quakers have been involved in supporting Maori self determination
$10.00
STARS BENEATH US; Finding God in the evolving Cosmos
Fortress Press, US, 2015, 153pp
A Christian scientist brings faith & science together to inspire reading of the natural world in new ways & God
$5.00
STORIES OF BELONGING: A Journey Across Aotearoa
ANZYM (Quakers), NZ, 2021, 24pp
2021 Quaker Lecture. Leader of Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tahono, for all Kiwis. She is an Islamic media spokesperson
$15.00
SUM: Forty Tales from the afterlives Audio CD
Cannongate, Britain, 2009
A new idea about heaven. Fills contemporary longing for a secular holy book
$5.00
TANGLED ROOTS
Quaker Book Sales, NZ, 2008, 63pp
Collection of poems by a New Zealand Friend
$5.00
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD
Quaker Quicks, Christian Alternative, UK, 2019, 75pp
Quakers say we know not very much about God & are in a constant process trying to improve saying what we do know.
$25.00
TENDING SACRED GROUND: Respectful Parenting
Christian Alternative, US and Britain, 2022, 81pp
Quaker Quicks From a Quaker perspective shows how to cultivate respect, resilience, humility, connection, discernment and joy wider inclusion
$29.00
THAT CLEAR AND CERTAIN SOUND:Finding Solid Ground in Perilous Times
Christian Alternative/Quaker Quicks, US, 2021, 80pp
Meditations on being alive in these wonderful & perilous times encourages us to stay alert to truth even in unlikely places
$24.00
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF QUAKER SPIRITUALITY: LIGHT IN THE CONSCIENCE
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 483, 2023, US, 27pp
First Quakers rediscovered the early Christian experience that we can access divine guidance through our conscience
$25.00
THE INNER LEVEL
Allen Lane, Britain, 2018, 325pp Hardback
From "The Spirit Level" - how to make more equal societies, reduce stress, restore sanity and improve wellbeing
$39.00
THE MEETING
Faber and Faber, London 2018, 103pp
Rachel & her deaf mother find a Quaker silent community but then war & a stranger changes all. A play.
$5.00
THE QUAKERS: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford, Britain 2008, 142pp Illus
History and beliefs in very readable format from well known Quaker writer and tutor
$26.00
THE TIME IS NOW
Convergent, US, 2019, 139pp Hardback
Invites us all to be a prophet, calling on us to have a vision greater than the way the world is now. Practical and powerful activisim for today
$15.00
THE WORLD IN A SENTENCE
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 486, 2024, US, 29pp
"Once in a while someone says something that stops me in my tracks" Author gives examples of this in thirty years of her work in peacebuilding around the world
$25.00
THIS WE CAN SAY: Australian Quaker Life, Faith and Thought
Australia Yearly Meeting, 2004, 352pp Illus
Australian Faith and Practice
$52.00
TO BE BROKEN AND TENDER: A Quaker theology for today
Western Friends, US, 2010, 242pp
Quaker history and theology- willingness to risk being tender and broken allows the Light to move within us
$41.00
TOUCHED BY GOD in Quaker Meeting
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 338, US, 1998, 32pp
Title says it all
$6.95
TRANSCENDING NEOLIBERALISM
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2017,32pp
2017 Quaker Lecture. Moving from a state of denial to progressive transformation
$14.00
TRAVELING IN THE DARK: A MEMOIR
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 482, 2023, US, 25pp
Uses metaphors to bring understanding of her own darkness and our spiritual journeys and the importance of being unique rather than having to conform
$25.00