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Some New Titles

If the Church were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus

PHILIP GULLEY, who will be addressing the FGC Gathering in Bowling Green Ohio this summer has a new book out. Provocatively titled “IF THE CHURCH WERE CHRISTIAN”. His contention is that Jesus had no intention of “founding” a church or indeed so many different churches after his death. And that the doings and machinations of the churches have gotten in the way of his message and his life. Like his previous books this can be expected to upset some folks as well as inspire others

Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and your Street

Another of our customer’s favorite authors is JIM WALLIS and his new book REDISCOVERING VALUES: ON WALL STREET, MAIN STREET, AND YOUR STREET asks some very simple questions like “How does spending money we don't have for things we don't need make for a good foundation for an economy or a family.” He finds answers that might improve the economic well being of Americans (and the whole world) more than the conventional Wall Street wisdom.

Flowers From The Storm

Lastly something more than a tad lighter FLOWERS FROM THE STORM is a mass market romance novel, but I have now found three blogs that think it one of the best romance novels ever written. The notorious “Rakehell” the Duke of Jervaulx has a mental breakdown and finds himself recovering in a Quaker Asylum being nursed by the timid Quaker girl Maddy Timms. Don’t ask me if it is really that good as I have yet to read it, but if you do – please let me know.

Posted by QuakerBooks on February 2, 2010

Author Interviews

The Vocation and Soul of an Educator: An Interview with Parker J. Palmer

By Chel (Michel) Avery:I reached Parker Palmer by phone at his Wisconsin home after several false starts trying to schedule an interview. He travels much of the time. And I had been inconsistent about my readiness for our conversation. When Angelina at Quakerbooks first asked me to interview Parker Palmer, I was delighted. I had first encountered his voice in the 1980's, when a colleague recommended To Know As We Are Known (Harper), one of his early books that spoke to my interest in how to create meaningful learning environments for adults. Later, when I worked at Pendle Hill and when I became involved with Quaker schools, I found that his pamphlet Meeting for Learning (Friends Council on Education) was a classic, frequently-quoted guide among those involved in Friends education. I am always interested in accounts of how people's lives and vocations unfold, and I was quick to read and profit from his own personal story when Let Your Life Speak (Jossey-Bass) was published. So it was with high expectations that I purchased The Courage to Teach (Jossey-Bass) when it came out just over a decade ago. The book was stimulating much discussion among Quaker educators and I looked forward to reading it. Read more

Posted by QuakerBooks on April 12, 2008 | Comments (0)

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Book Musings

Spiritual Awakening - We are all connected

Posted by QuakerBooks on December 18, 2009

Waking to the Earth - March 2009

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Staff Picks

Graham Garner's Picks

These are a few books we stock that Friends haven’t seemed to notice yet... Read more

Posted by QuakerBooks on September 28, 2006 | Comments (0)

Laird Holby's Picks

Looking for language to illuminate the "inner light" and for the encouragement to live it. Read more

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