Quaker Bestsellers 2015
Source: QuakerBooks of FGC
October 1, 2015
From the 2015 FGC Gathering in Cullowhee, North Carolina
1. A Sustainable Life: Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal of Creation
By Douglas Gwyn. QuakerPress of FGC, 2014. 166 pages. $14.95/paperback; $6.50/eBook. (Reviewed in FJ Jan. 2015.)
2. Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit
By Parker J. Palmer. Jossey-Bass, 2011. 236 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $17.95/paperback or eBook. (Reviewed in FJ Nov. 2012). Palmer was a plenary speaker at this year’s Gathering.
3. Renewable: One Woman’s Search for Simplicity, Faithfulness, and Hope
By Eileen Flanagan. She Writes Press, 2015. 200 pages. $16.95/paperback; $9.95/eBook. (Reviewed in FJ Mar. 2015.)
4. Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow: An Organizing Guide
By Daniel Hunter. Hyrax Publishing, 2015. 80 pages. $9/paperback; $2.99/eBook. (Review in FJ forthcoming.)
5. Bayard Rustin: The Invisible Activist
By Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, and Michael G. Long. QuakerPress of FGC, 2014. 166 pages. $16/paperback. (Reviewed in FJ Mar. 2015.)
6. Tracking Down Ecological Guidance: Presence, Beauty, Survival
By Keith Helmuth. Chapel Street Editions, 2015. 284 pages. $20/paperback. (Review in FJ forthcoming.)
7. Jack Jones—A True Friend to China: The Lost Writings of a Heroic Nobody
Edited by Andrew Hicks. Earnshaw Books, 2015. 383 pages. $50/paperback. (Review in FJ forthcoming.)
8 With a Tender Hand: A Resource Book for Eldership and Oversight
By ZĂ©lie Gross. Britain Yearly Meeting, 2015. 432 pages. $20/paperback. (Review in FJ forthcoming.)
9. Breathing Light: Accompanying Loss and Grief with Love and Gratitude
By Julie Hliboki, photography by David Foster. Transilient Publishing, 2014. 86 pages. $24/paperback. (Reviewed in FJ Sept. 2015.)
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