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| PRICE (NZ$) | TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65.00 | BARCLAY'S APOLOGY IN MODERN ENGLISH | Dean Frieday (Ed) | Sessions, Britain, 1967, 464pp | Journey from Calvinism to Roman Catholicism and then Quakerism. |
| 13.50 | BEFORE BUSINESS BEGINS | William B Watson | New England Yearly Meeting, US, 1996, 59pp | A very straightforward practical reference |
| 7.50 | BEFORE THE MEETING | Keith Redfern | Quaker Home Service, London, 1994, 28pp | A very practical Handbook for Clerks |
| 16.80 | BEING TOGETHER | Margaret Heathfield | Quaker Home Service, London, 1994 | Swarthmore Lecture 1994: our corporate life in the Society of Friends |
| 23.00 | BEYOND THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE | Jonathon Dale | Quaker Home Service, London, 1996 | 1996 Swarthmore Lecture- Q. social responsibility at end of 20th C. |
| 23.00 | CALL OF THE BELL BIRD: A Quaker Travels The World | Jennifer Kavanagh | Quaker Books, Britain, 2004, 205pp Illus | Tradition of Quakers in travelling encounters with remarkable people of all faiths &none |
| 15.50 | CARING CONVICTION COMMITMENT | Alastair Heron | Quaker Home Service, London, 1992, 84pp | What stops regular Attenders becoming Members? |
| 15.00 | CATECHISM AND CONFESSION OF FAITH | Robert Barclay (new edition) | Barclay, US, 2001, 144pp | New modern English edition of Barclay's classic work Great study to deepen our Quakerism |
| 24.00 | CERTAIN KIND OF PERFECTION, A | Margery Abbott | Pendle Hill, US, 1997, 305pp Illus | Anthology of 31 Quakers over 3 centuries illustrates the common thread in Quaker heritage |
| 25.00 | CHRISTIAN THOUGHT: A Brief History | Adrian Hastings and others (Eds) | Oxford, Britain, 2000, 176pp | Journey through Christianity to help understand its vitality &diversity in one compact book |
| 33.00 | COMMITTED TO QUAKERISM | Sylvia and Barry Sutcliffe | Religious and Moral Education Press, Britain, 1995, 48pp Illus | Quakers views and feelings about themselves: great introduction. A4 Format |
| 10.00 | CONVINCED QUAKERISM | Ben Pink Dandelion | Southeastern Yearly Meeting, US, 2003, 25pp | Why this Quaker was convinced |
| 7.00 | CREEDS AND QUAKERS | Robert Griswold | Pendle Hill Pamphlet 377, US, 2005, 35pp | Challenge to not use Testimonies as ends in themselves but direct communion with the Spirit |
| 29.00 | DRIVING BY MOONLIGHT | Kristin Henderson | Seal Press, US, 2003, 309pp Illus | Quaker on a journey to explore her reaction to 9-11&her Lutheran partner going to war |
| 12.00 | DYNAMICS OF AN UNPROGRAMMED MEETING FOR WORSHIP | Mary R Hopkins | Friends General Conference, US, 1999, 24pp | An introduction to Meeting |
| 5.95 | EXERCISE OF THE SPIRIT, AN | Leila Ward | Quakers and prayer. A moving record of 24 present day Friends. | |
| 39.00 | FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE QUAKERS, THE | Rufus Jones | Friends United Press, US, 1927 (rept2002), 181pp | Classic spiritual and historical explanation |
| 23.00 | FAITH FOR LIVING, A | A S Maney | Sessions, Britain, 1992, 74pp | From doubt in orthodox beliefs to a faith credible in light of modern knowledge |
| 7.00 | FELLOWSHIPS, CONFERENCES, AND ASSOCIATIONS | Elizabeth Cazden | Beacon Hill Friends House, US, 2004, 36pp | The limits of the Liberal Quaker Reinvention of Meeting Policy |
| 40.00 | FOR THE INWARD JOURNEY | Howard Thurman | Friends United Press, US, 2002, 302pp | The writings of Howard Thurman, African American teacher, philosopher, minister. |
| 25.00 | FOSTERING VITAL FRIENDS MEETINGS | Jan Greene and Marty Walton | FGC, US, 1999, 114pp | Handbook for working with Quaker Meetings |
| 4.00 | FRIENDLY AUDITS | Elizabeth Muench | FGC, US, 2004, 7pp | Guidance for those asked to review Quaker accounts and for those who keep them |
| 11.00 | FRIENDLY BIBLE STUDY | Joanne and Larry Spears | FGC, US, 1990, 12pp | A practical Quaker approach to Bible study |
| 35.00 | FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, THE | Hubert Lidbetter | Sessions, Britain, 1995, 84pp Illus. | Comprehensive survey of Meeting Houses from many countries with photos |
| 14.00 | FUNDAMENTALISM: the challenge to the secular world | Lloyd Geering | St Andrews Trust, Wellington, 2003, 60pp | Analysis of Christian, Muslin and Jewish Fundamentalism, &why they act as they do |
| 10.00 | FUTURE OF BRITISH QUAKERS, THE | Alastair Heron | Britain, Revised Edition 2004, 14pp | Discuss why Quaker membership falling |
| 29.00 | GEORGE FOX SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF | Hugh McGregor Ross | Sessions, Britain, 1991, 153pp | Texts on the personality of George Fox. |
| 37.00 | GEORGE FOX'S BOOK OF MIRACLES | Henry J Cadbury | FGC, US and Quaker Home Service, London, 2000, 146pp | Accounts of the healing George Fox provided |
| 22.00 | GO AND THE LORD GO WITH THEE! | Sue Glover | Sessions, Britain, 1997, 67pp | "Travelling in the ministry under concern", can it be done in this modern age? |
| 41.00 | GOSPEL OF THOMAS, THE | Stevan Davies (Translator and Annotation) | Skylight, US, 2002, 141pp | The recently discovered mystical sayings of Jesus with commentary to bring it to life |
| 36.00 | GREAT CODE, THE | Northrop Frye | Harvest, US, 1982, 261pp | The influence of culture on the Bible |
| 6.25 | GUIDE TO QUAKER PRACTICE | Howard Brinton | Pendle Hill, US, 1955, 64pp | Useful summary, invaluable for new meetings. PHP 20 |
| 10.00 | HANDBOOK FOR THE PRESIDING CLERK, A | David O Stanfield | North Carolina Yearly Meeting, US, 1989, 20pp | More than minutes, the skills of a clerk |
| 21.00 | HANDBOOK ON RECORDS | Committee on Records | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, US, 1996, 61pp | Their creation, maintenance and preservation |
| 28.00 | HEAVEN ON EARTH | Ben Dandelion, Douglas Gwyn &Timothy Peat | Curlew Productions, Britain, 1998, 271pp | Quakers and the second coming |
| 58.00 | HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. QUAKER WOMEN'S WRITINGS 1650-1700 | Benefiel, M.,Meredith, D et al (Eds) | Pendle Hill, US, 1996, 540pp | Varied writings of early Q. women incl. 5 letters from Margaret Fell |
| 37.00 | HISTORY OF GOD, A | Karen Armstrong | Ballentine, US. 1993, 460pp Illus | Does Judaism, Christianity and Islam shape each other and the concept of God? |
| 26.00 | IF GRACE IS TRUE | Philip Gulley and James Mulholland | Harper Collins, US, 2003, 224pp | Why God will save every person, a Quaker view?. Has Quaker quotes |
| 50.00 | IMAGINATION &SPIRIT | J Brent Bill (Ed) | FUP, US, 2002, 257pp | A contemporary Quaker reader |
| 10.00 | INTRODUCTION FROM QUAKER SPIRITUALITY | Douglas V Steere | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, US, 1998, 56pp | Introduction from his book |
| 55.00 | JESUS UNTOUCHED BY THE CHURCH | Hugh McGregor Ross | Sessions, Britain, 1998, 146pp, CLOTH | His Teachings in the Gospel of Thomas. Beautiful calligraphy text |
| 47.00 | JOHN WOOLMAN 1720-1772 | David Sox | Sessions, Britain &FUP, US, 1999, 147pp Illus | Places Woolman in historical context and today |
| 47.00 | JOURNAL AND MAJOR ESSAYS OF JOHN WOOLMAN | Phillip Moulton (Ed) | Friends United Press, US, 1989, 336pp | New edition, all relevant manuscripts, some newly found. |
| 32.35 | JOURNAL OF JOHN WOOLMAN AND A PLEA FOR THE POOR, THE | F B Tolles (Ed) | Citadel Press, US, 1961, 249pp | First published 1774. Does not contain his letters. |
| 36.00 | KNOWING THE MYSTERY OF LIFE WITHIN | R Melvin Keiser and Rosemary Moore | Quaker Books, London, 2005, 322pp | Selected writings of Isaac Penington in their historical and theological context |
| 35.00 | LEADINGS: A Catholic's Journey through Quakerism | Irene Lape | Brazos Press, US, 2003, 160pp | A way to look at ourselves, and at the challenge that a lot of Quakers are not Christians |
| 15.70 | LEARNING OF ONE ANOTHER | Richard Meredith | Australian Yearly Meeting, 1997 | The Quaker encounter with other cultures and religions. Backhouse Lecture 1997 |
| 15.00 | LITTLE BOOK OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, THE | Howard Zehr | Goodbooks, US, 2002, 74pp | Great precis of philosophy and the process from the guru |
| 22.00 | LITTLE JOURNAL OF DEVOTIONS OUT OF QUAKER WORSHIP, A | Francis D Hole &Ellie Shacter | Quaker Press, FGC, US, 2001, 105pp Illus | 104 entries to pick up, read one, and reflect |
| 27.00 | LIVES THAT SPEAK | Religious Committee of FGC | Religious Committee, FGC, US, 2004,168pp Illus | Stories of Twentieth Century Quakers |
| 13.50 | LIVING THE WAY | Ursula Jane O'Shea | Australia Yearly Meeting, 1993 | 1993 Backhouse Lecture. Traces life cycle of Soc.of F's and points to future. |
| 11.00 | MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER | Thomas Gates | Pendle Hill Pamphlet 371, US, 2004, 40pp | Dynamics of membership in Quaker Meeting |
| 11.00 | MILK FOR BABES | James Nayler (modernised by Evamaria Hawkins) | Evamaria Hawkins, US, 2004, 30pp | A modernised version of the writings of James Naylor on the Spirit while he was in prison |
| 9.00 | MOVING INTO MEMBERSHIP | Quaker Books | Quaker Books, Britain, 2003, 71pp | Vol 8 of Eldership and Oversight handbooks for pastoral care in assisting in this area |
| 20.00 | NO EXTRAORDINARY POWER:PRAYER, STILLNESS AND ACTIVISM | Helen Steven | Quaker Books, London, 2005, 112pp | Swarthmore Lecture. Asks what power enables ordinary people to change the world. |
| 18.00 | ON BEING A QUAKER | Alastair Heron | Curlew, Scotland, 2000, 73pp | Membership Past Present Future |
| 30.00 | OPENING DOORS TO QUAKER WORSHIP | FGC | FGC, US, 1994, 144pp, Illust A4 Format | A resource for spiritual development in our meetings. |
| 10.00 | OPENING THE QUAKER TIME CAPSULE | Thomas D Hamm | Beacon Hill Friends House, US, 2004, 28pp | Weed Lecture. A review of Quaker thought and mores at turn into 21st Century |
| 2.20 | OUTREACH MANUAL, THE | Harvey Gillman (Ed) | Quaker Home Service, London, 23pp Illus. A4 FORMAT | A4 Format. Helps Meetings consider approaches. |
| 29.00 | PASSING ON THE COMFORT | An Keuning-Tichelaar and Lynn Kaplanian-Buller | Good Books, US, 2005, 186pp Illus | The Second World War, the Patchwork Quilts and the Women who made a difference |
| 30.00 | PLAIN LIVING: A Quaker Path To Simplicity | Catherine Whitmire | Sorin Books, US, 2001, 192pp | More than simplicity,an unprogrammed tradition daily reader in style of Quaker F &Practice |
| 22.00 | PLAYING IN THE PRESENCE | Jackie Scully | Quaker Books, London, 2002, 116pp | 2002 Swarthmore Lecture on genetics, ethics and spirituality |
| 14.00 | POSTERS | FGC | ||
| 30.00 | PURE PRINCIPLE, THE | Jim Pym | Sessions, Britain, 2000, 116pp | Quakers and other faith traditions |
| 22.00 | QUAKER JOURNALS | Howard H Brinton | Pendle Hill, US, 1972, 130pp | Varieties of religious experience among Friends |
| 21.25 | QUAKER QUOTATIONS OF FAITH AND PRACTICE | Leonard S Kenworthy | Friends General Conference, US, 1983, 181pp POCKET SIZE | Pocket size, US development of Christian Faith &Practice. |
| 28.00 | QUAKER READER, THE | Jessamyn West | Pendle Hill, US, 1992, 540pp | Extracts from the writings of faithful friends from 1650. |
| 48.00 | QUAKER STRONGHOLDS | Caroline Stephen | Wind and Rock Press, Britain, 1995, 180pp Cloth | Selections from valuable essays on Quaker strengths. |
| 26.00 | QUAKER WOMAN'S COOKBOOK, A | William Woys Weaver | Stackpole Books, US, 2004, 355pp, Revised Edition | Turn of the century Quaker domestic cookery with lots of hints/interest today |
| 16.00 | QUAKERISM IN THE 21st CENTURY | Philip Rack | Sessions, Britain, 2002, 49pp | The author's review of Quakerism and how it might be in the future |
| 25.00 | QUAKERPSALMS: A Book of Devotions | T H S Wallace (Ed) | New Foundation, US, 2002,76pp | Remarkable Psalms of Faith from George Fox |
| 13.00 | QUALITY AND DEPTH OF WORSHIP AND MINISTRY | Committee on Oversight, Britain YM | Quaker Books, London, 2001, 44pp, Illus | How to sustain and support your Quaker community in this core area |
| 35.00 | QUIET YOUR MIND | John Selby | Rider, London, 2004, 250pp | How to calm upsetting thoughts and regain inner harmony, a good base for Meeting |
| 25.00 | REAL LIKE THE DAISIES OR REAL LIKE I LOVE YOU? | David Boulton | Quaker Universalist Group, Britain, 2002, 128pp | Essays in radical Quakerism |
| 57.00 | REASONS FOR HOPE: Faith and Future of the Friends Church | John Punshon | Friends United Press, US, 2001, 375pp | Mini course in evangelical Friends theology, arguing that it can be the growth in Friends |
| 13.00 | REFLECTIONS ON QUAKER WORSHIP | Esther Greenleaf Murer | Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, US, 2002, 30pp | Lots of pearls to thinks about here |
| 25.00 | RESISTANCE AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD | Martha Paxson Grundy (Ed) | FGC, US, 2001, 145pp Illus | Memoirs David Ferris (1707-1779) a contemporary of John Woolman which gives another view |
| 36.00 | RUFUS JONES: Essential Writing | Kerry Walters (Ed) | Orbis Books, US, 2001, 160pp | A great selection of his well known writings |
| 16.00 | SANCTUARY OF THE SOUL, THE | Keith Beasley-Topliffe | Upper Room, US, 1997, 72pp | Selected writings of Thomas Kelly |
| 45.00 | SCIENCE, SPIRIT, WHOLENESS | Calvin Schwabe | Borders Personal Publishing, US, 2004, 245pp | Quaker scientist's sense of God |
| 32.00 | SEARCHING THE DEPTHS | Harvey Gillman &Alastair Heron (Ed) | Quaker Home Service, London, 1996, 110pp | Essays on being a Quaker today, Friends saying what is important today |
| 32.00 | SEEKERS FOUND | Douglas Gwyn | Pendle Hill, US, 2000, 420pp | Atonment in Early Quaker experience |
| 10.00 | SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF JAMES NAYLER | Brian Drayton | Mosher, New England Meeting, US, 2001, Second Edition,79pp | Selections plus a sketch of his life |
| 32.00 | SILENCE AND WITNESS: The Quaker Tradition | Michael L Birkel | Darton, Longman &Todd, London, 2004, 164pp | Describes Quakerism's origins &the distinctive practice of group silent worship &relates today |
| 39.00 | SIMPLICITY: The Freedom of Letting Go | Richard Rohr | Crossroad, New York, 1991, 186pp | More knowledge or analysis will not bring happiness, this is the challenge from simplicity |
| 18.00 | SPOONFUL… , A | Anne Ord | Sessions, Britain, 2003, 119pp Illus | A biography and an understanding of Islam |
| 42.00 | STONE BRIDGE NORTH, A | Kate Maloy | Counterpoint, US, 2002, 313pp | Learning to be guided by Quaker faith thought she never had in midlife crisis |
| 48.00 | STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS | Gil Skidmore (Ed) | Altamira Press, US, 2003, 187pp | Writings by Eighteenth Century Quaker Women |
| 33.00 | SUN OF QUAKER LAUGHTER, THE | William K Sessions | Sessions, Britain, 2002, 118pp Illus | Laughter for all Quakers |
| 55.00 | TENDERING PRESENCE, THE | Mike Heller (Ed) | Pendle Hill, US, 2003, 340pp | Wide ranging essays on John Woolman |
| 30.25 | TESTAMENT OF DEVOTION (PAPER) | Thomas Kelly | Quaker Home Service, London, 1979, (rept 1989), 114pp | A book of devotional readings. Very popular Quaker classic. |
| 13.00 | TESTIMONY TO THE GRACE OF GOD AS SHOWN IN THE LIFE OF JAMES NAYLOR,A | Dorothy Nimmo | Sessions, Britain, 1998, 40pp | Experience the spiritual power of Nayler's words |
| 40.00 | THAT THY CANDLES MAY ALWAYS BE BURNING | Max Skinner and Gardiner Stillwell (Eds) | New Foundation, US, 2001, 246pp | Nine Pastoral Sermons of George Fox |
| 36.00 | THE CLOUDED QUAKER STAR: JAMES NAYLOR | Vera Massey | Sessions, Britain, 1999, 113pp Illus | Naylor's story in a play, articles and talks |
| 32.00 | TIMELESS SIMPLICITY | John Lane | Green Books, Britain, 2001, 107pp | Creative living in a consumer society |
| 11.00 | TO ALL THAT WOULD KNOW THE WAY TO THE KINGDOM | George Fox (Joseph Pickvance, Ed) | George Fox Project Trust, Britain, 2001, 18pp | Reproduction of original work |
| 16.50 | TO DO JUSTLY,AND TO LOVE MERCY: LEARNING FROM QUAKER SERVICE | Mark Deasey | Australia Yearly Meeting, 2002 Backhouse Lecture, 70pp | In the Spirit we have to let go of certainty and be led where it takes us |
| 10.00 | TRANSCENDING TRADITION | Martha Dart (Ed) | Sessions, Britain, 1995, 106pp | Excerpts from writings of Marjorie Sykes on many topics |
| 28.00 | TRUTH OF THE HEART | Rex Ambler | Quaker Books, London, 2001, 202pp | |
| 36.00 | TWENTY FIRST CENTURY PENN | William Penn (modern english by Paul Buckley) | Earlham School of Religion, US, 2003, 415pp | Writings on the faith and practice of the people called Quakers |
| 70.00 | UNDAUNTED ZEAL: the Letters of Margaret Fell | Elsa Glines (Ed) | Friends United Press, US, 2003, 509pp | Her clear letters are a wonderful picture of early Quakerism and the glue that bound it together |
| 16.00 | UNDER THE QUILT OF NIGHT | Deborah Hopkinson and James E Ransome | Aladdin, US, 2002, Illus | Ages 5-10. Sequel to Sweet Clara &The Freedom Quilt, Underground Railway,real Quakerism |
| 10.00 | UNFORESEEN JOY | Damon D Hickey | North Carolina Yearly Meeting, US, 1987, 35pp Illus | A Good guide and reflection on minute writing |
| 32.00 | WALK CHEERFULLY THE MIDDLEROAD | Stand Banker | Friends United Press, US,1994, 159pp Illus. | Seriously light look at life in an every day church -"I mean Meeting" |
| 27.00 | WALK WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING | Margery Abbott and Peggy Parsons (Eds) | Friends United Press, US, 2004, 312pp | Quakers and travelling ministry, the stories of many |
| 18.00 | WALKING HUMBLY WITH GOD | Keith Beasley-Topliffe (Ed) | Upper Room Books, US, 2000, 150pp Pocket Format | Selected Writings of John Woolman |
| 36.00 | WESTERN QUAKER READER, A | Anthony Manousos | Friends Bulletin, US, 2000, 340pp | Writings by and about Independent Quakers in the Western US 1929-1999 |
| 12.00 | WHAT DID GEORGE FOX TEACH ABOUT CHRIST? | Lewis Benson | New Foundation, Britain, 1976, 44pp | Title says it all. Fox's principal teachings. |
| 25.00 | WHERE THE WIND BLOWS | Jay Marshall | Earlham, US, 2005, 162pp | Research into what brings about vitality among Friends. |
| 29.00 | WHOSE RELIGION IS CHRISTIANITY? | Lamin Sanneh | Eerdmans, US, 2003, 138pp | See the true face of world Christianity not just in the West |
| 50.00 | WILT THOU GO ON MY ERRAND? | Margaret Hope Bacon (Ed) | Pendle Hill, US, 1994, 416pp Illus. | Journals of 18th C. Quaker women ministers- Morris, Hudson and Moore. |
| 0.0 | WISDOM'S DAUGHTERS | Elizabeth Watson | Pilgrim Press, US, 1997, 167pp | Stories of Women around Jesus |
| 48.00 | WORKS OF JAMES NAYLOR Volume 1 | Licia Kuenning | Quaker Heritage Press, US, 2003, 566pp CLOTH | Edited edition in more modern readable English |
| 48.00 | WORKS OF JAMES NAYLOR Volume 2 | Licia Kuenning | Quaker Heritage Press, US, 2004, 604pp CLOTH | Edited edition in more modern readable English |
| 23.00 | YOUR MEETING'S RECORDS | Library Committee, British Yearly Meeting | Quaker Books, London, Second Edition 2004, 50pp A4 Ringbound | A Handbook for clerks and custodians of records |
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