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PRICE (NZ$) TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION
PRICE TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION
18.00 1688: A Global History John E Wills Granta, London, 2001, 330pp 1688 was an extraordinary year in history- read about the Quaker influence
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
34.50 BUDDHISM Vajragupta Windhorse Publications, UK, 2007, 180pp Tools for living your life
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
46.00 CASE FOR GOD, THE Karen Armstrong Alfred Knopf, US, 2007, 406pp CLOTH From author of History of God and many other top books - reduced to the clear fundamentals and well put
31.00 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 CATHOLIC QUAKERISM Lewis Benson New Foundation, Britain, 2007, 98pp Universal Quakerism throughout the world in its different forms. Formerly called "Catholic Quakerism"
70.00 CERTAIN GRACE, A Anthony Maturin Anthony Maturin, NZ, 2006, Hardcover Sepia photos and text Not about Cambodia, it is about the spirit of people, about poverty from the inside, special price for Quakers
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
36.00 CLOUDED QUAKER STAR: JAMES NAYLOR, THE Vera Massey Sessions, Britain, 1999, 113pp Illus Naylor's story in a play, articles and talks
13.00 COMING INTO FRIENDSHIP AS A GIFT Christina Van Regenmorter Quaker Press (FGC), US, 2008, 28pp The Journey of a young adult Friend into Quakerism
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
5.00 DRIVING BY MOONLIGHT Kristin Henderson Seal Press, US, 2003, 309pp Illus Quaker on a journey to explore her reaction to 9-11& Lutheran partner going to war/SALE PRICE TO CLEAR
12.00 DYNAMICS OF AN UNPROGRAMMED MEETING FOR WORSHIP Mary R Hopkins Friends General Conference, US, 1999, 24pp An introduction to Meeting
22.00 ENCOUNTERING THE LIGHT Martin Lynn Sessions, Britain, 2007, 92pp A Journey taken
21.00 ENGAGING SCRIPTURE Michael L Birkel Friends United Press, US, 2005, 123pp Reading the Bible with Early Friends
21.00 ENGAGING WITH THE QUAKER TESTIMONIES: A TOOLKIT Peace & Social Witness Testimonies Committee Quaker Books, Britain, 2006, 78pp Spiral Bound A4 Format. Illus A toolkit of activities for use in groups for new and experienced Quakers and those outside of Quakerism
22.00 ETERNAL PROMISE, THE Thomas Kelly FUP, US, 1966, reprinted 2006, 183pp Sequel to Testament of Devotion.
29.00 EVERYDAY ACTIVIST, THE Michael Norton PanMacMillan, London, 2007, 192pp Illus From two minutes a day to make a difference
5.95 EXERCISE OF THE SPIRIT, AN Leila Ward Quakers and prayer. A moving record of 24 present day Friends.
15.50 FAITH & PRACTICE Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, US, 263pp (revised 2002, rept 2007) Philadelphia's Book of Faith and Discipline
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
15.00 FAITH HOPE & DOUBT IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY George Ellis Australia Yearly Meeting, 2008, 57pp 2008 Backhouse Lecture. A moral reality as well as a physical reality from a scientific point of view
18.00 FAITHFUL VOICES Ed Schwartz Friends General Conference, US, 2006, 98pp Illus Oral Readings. Exploring beliefs in action.A bio, some quotes and queries on a range of wellknowns
35.00 FINDING GOD IN EACH MOMENT Carol Smith and Eugene Merz Ave Maria Press, US, 2006, 222pp From a Christian God centred & Catholic approach but many valuable insights and methods for Quaker use
35.00 FIRSTLIGHT Sue Monk Kidd Guidepost Books, US, 2006, 227pp CLOTH The Early Inspirational writings from a best selling author
25.00 FOSTERING VITAL FRIENDS MEETINGS Jan Greene and Marty Walton FGC, US, 1999, 114pp Handbook for working with Quaker Meetings
29.00 FRESH WINDS OF THE SPIRIT Alan Kolp Friends United Press, US, 1991, Second Edition 2007,143pp A fresh look at the core of Fox's reason for living.
28.00 FRIEND Jane Yolen Friends General Conference, US, 2006, 179pp The story of George Fox and the Quakers. Easy to read great but introduction with detail
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
31.00 GEORGE FOX & THE QUAKERS Cecil W.Sharman Quaker Home Service, London, 1991, 256pp Illus. Place key George Fox events within their historical setting.
29.00 GEORGE FOX SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF Hugh McGregor Ross Sessions, Britain, 1991, 153pp Texts on the personality of George Fox.
36.00 GEORGE FOX: The Founder of The Quakers Jean Hatton Monarch Books, Britain, 200, 416pp Illus Biography, his story which explains his influence
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
16.00 GO MAD: 365 Daily Ways To Save The Planet Think Publishing, Britain, 2001,176pp Go make a difference! Publication sponsored by Quakers
32.00 GREAT AWAKENING, THE Jim Wallis Harper One, US, 2008, 336pp Seven ways to cahnge the world-reviving fath & politics- New York Times best seller
36.00 GREAT CODE, THE Northrop Frye Harvest, US, 1982, 261pp The influence of culture on the Bible
14.00 GREENING OF CHRISTIANITY, THE Lloyd Geering St Andrews Trust, Wellington, 2005, 56pp A challenge to Christianity to change for the good of the environment and our survival
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
29.00 HAPPINESS Richard Layard Penguin, London, 2005, 210pp Lessons from science about happiness
33.00 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?
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
34.00 JESUS TODAY Albert Nolan Orbis, US, 2007, 220pp Followup to Jesus Before Christianity, and focuses on the spirituality of Jesus & its relevance today
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.
40.00 JOURNAL OF WILLIAM PENN WHILE VISITING HOLLAND AND GERMANY William Penn FUP, US, 1878, 189pp Read it like it was and learn the Quaker way and history
10.00 KIWI DRAGON Bill Willmott New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 2009, 48pp Illus Quaker Centennial Lecture 2009. The Chinese in Aotearoa New Zealand:History, Culture, Hope
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
15.00 LITTLE BOOK OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, THE Howard Zehr Goodbooks, US, 2002, 74pp Great precis of philosophy and the process from the guru
25.00 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
34.00 LITTLE QUAKER SOCIOLOGY BOOK Lyn Cope-Robinson Canmore Press, US, 1995, 219pp, Illus A sociological and historical study of the Quakers
58.00 LITURGIES OF QUAKERISM, THE Pink Dandelion Ashgate, Britain, 2005, 138pp Forces Quakers to look at their liturgies but it is all positive
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.
24.00 MEANING OF JESUS, THE: Two Visions Marcus Borg and N T Wright Harper, US, 1998, 288pp The leading liberal and consverative Jesus scholars present the heart of the Jesus debate
20.00 MEETING TIPS Martha Smith Martha Smith, US, 2007, A4 format Illus. Thirteen short introductions for Meeting for Worship to help primary age understand
11.00 MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER Thomas Gates Pendle Hill Pamphlet 371, US, 2004, 40pp Dynamics of membership in Quaker Meeting
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
29.00 NEW ATHEISTS, THE Tina Beattie Darton, Longman and Todd, London, 2007, 209pp Leading British feminine theologian challenges both extreme fundamentalists and secular fanaticism
26.00 NO CROSS, NO CROWN William Penn Friends United Press, US, 1981 edition, 155pp Penn's philosophy of death & Jesus.
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
5.00 ONE HEART AND A WRONG SPIRIT: The Religious Society of Friends and Colonial Racism Polly Walker Australia Yearly Meeting, 2006, 71pp SALE TO CLEAR Backhouse Lecture.Interviews to illustrate the damage and distress to Indigenous peoples
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
31.00 PLAIN & PLENTY Quaker Life, US, 2003, 286pp, Illus, Spiral Bound A Quaker Cookbook
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
30.00 POWER OF NOW, THE Eckhart Tolle Hachette Australia, 2004, 233pp How to be in the present, clear your mind and develop your (Quaker) spirituality in Meeting
15.00 PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY Marshall B Rosenberg Puddledancer Press, US, 2004, 42pp Using a belief and practice of non violent communication to get in touch with others, ourselves & the Divine
34.00 PRACTICING DISCERNMENT TOGETHER:Finding God's way forward in decision making Lon Fendall, Jan Wood and Bruce Bishop Barclay, US, 2007, 146pp From a Christian God centred approach but many valuable insights and methods for Quaker use
19.00 PRESENCE IN THE MIDST, THE Peter J Eccles Quaker Books, London, 2009, 156pp 2009 Swarthmore Lecture. How do we discern well together and make sense of our world and experience
30.00 PURE PRINCIPLE, THE Jim Pym Sessions, Britain, 2000, 116pp Quakers and other faith traditions
33.00 QUAKER BASICS Australia Yearly Meeting, 2005 AYM, 2005, A4 Format Spiral Bound A distance learning resource with heaps of all manner of Quaker gems
24.00 QUAKER QUOTES Sessions Sessions, Britain, 2008, 74pp Ilus Chosen by a group of present day Quakers
44.00 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
36.00 QUAKERISM:A Theology for Our Time Patricia Williams Infinity Publishing, US, 2008, 198pp Written for general reader and for our time now, the first substantial work of Quaker theology since Barclay
24.00 QUAKING MEETING, THE Helen Gould Australia Yearly Meeting, 2009, 69pp (2009 Backhouse Lecture) Individual and communal practices of Waiting Worship, transforming ourselves, our Meetings and the World
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
19.00 RESURRECTION John Shelby Spong
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
16.00 SCIENCE IN FAITH AND HOPE: an interaction George Ellis Quaker Books, Britain, 2004, 44pp Physics alone cannot account for intentional factors in everyday life so faith must be considered
45.00 SCIENCE, SPIRIT, WHOLENESS Calvin Schwabe Borders Personal Publishing, US, 2004, 245pp Quaker scientist's sense of God
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
49.00 SENSE OF THE MEETING, THE Jack L Willcuts Barclay, US, 1992, 179pp CLOTH How to have hope in dark times and make sense of some things Quaker we all struggle with
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
22.00 SINCERE AND CONSTANT LOVE, A Terry Wallace FUP, US, 1992, 142pp Selected writings from Margaret Fell with commentary.
18.00 SPOONFUL… , A Anne Ord Sessions, Britain, 2003, 119pp Illus A biography and an understanding of Islam
31.00 STEPPING INTO THE LIGHT Howard R Macy FUP, US, 2007, 153pp Individual and group study format on the Quaker way from a Christian centred perspective
48.00 STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS Gil Skidmore (Ed) Altamira Press, US, 2003, 187pp Writings by Eighteenth Century Quaker Women
55.00 TENDERING PRESENCE, THE Mike Heller (Ed) Pendle Hill, US, 2003, 340pp Wide ranging essays on John Woolman
25.00 TESTAMENT OF DEVOTION (PAPER) Thomas Kelly Quaker Home Service, London, 1979, (rept 1989), 114pp A book of devotional readings. Very popular Quaker classic.
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
19.00 THIS HEBREW LORD John Shelby Spong
31.00 THIS I BELIEVE Jay Ellison and Dan Gediman (Eds) Holt, US, 2008, 266pp The personal philosopies of remarkable men and women as recommended by Quaker publishers
36.00 THROUGH FLAMING SWORD: The life and legacy of George Fox Arthur O Roberts Barclay Press, US, 2008, 143pp concise summary of history of Friends as well as to demonstrate relevance today
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
28.00 TRUTH OF THE HEART Rex Ambler Quaker Books, London, 2001, 202pp examines writings of George Fox& puts them into day's context and develops our spirituality- very popular
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
10.00 UNFORESEEN JOY Damon D Hickey North Carolina Yearly Meeting, US, 1987, 35pp Illus A Good guide and reflection on minute writing
25.00 UN-FRIENDLY PERSUASION Chuck Fager Kimo Press, US, 1995, 177pp Quaker mystery novel
5.00 UNIVERSAL CHRISTIAN FAITH (CATHOLIC QUAKERISM) Lewis Benson SALE PRICE TO CLEAR
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
26.00 WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT Marcus J Borg Quaker Press (FGC), US, 2007 CD Elizabeth Watson Memorial Lecture from Quaker Universalist Fellowship
20.00 WHERE SHOULD I STAND? Elizabeth Boardman Quaker Press (FGC), US, 2008, 132pp A field guide for Monthly Meeting Clerks
25.00 WHERE THE WIND BLOWS Jay Marshall Earlham, US, 2005, 162pp Research into what brings about vitality among Friends.
45.00 WHO ON EARTH WAS JESUS? David Boulton O Books, Britain, 2009, 419pp The modern quest for the Jesus of history
16.00 WIDER VISIONS Mike Hoyle Quaker Books, 2005, Illus 48pp Photographs by Mike Hoyle (a Quaker photographer) Words from Quaker Experience such as QFP
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.
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
14.00 WORSHIP "THE GATHERED MEETING" REVISITED Tom Gates Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, US, 2008, 30pp Understanding the gathered Meeting
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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