September 2015 Books

Quaker Book Reviews

Breathing Light: Accompanying Loss and Grief with Love and Gratitude

By Julie Hliboki, photography by David Foster. Transilient Publishing, 2014. 86 pages. $24/paperback. As a certified hospice chaplain in Atlanta,… Reviewed by Elizabeth Boardman
Quaker Book Reviews

Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment

By Robert K. Musil. Rutgers University Press, 2014. 328 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $23.95/paperback; $15.98/eBook. Silent Spring author Rachel Carson is credited… Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson
Quaker Book Reviews

Educating for Insurgency: The Roles of Young People in Schools of Poverty

By Jay Gillen. AK Press, 2014. 178 pages. $15.95/paperback; $10.99/eBook. A forward by civil rights leader Bob Moses gives Educating… Reviewed by Rosalie Dance
Quaker Book Reviews

Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference

Edited by Sarah van Gelder. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014. 168 pages. $16.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. It’s not often that I read a book… Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
Quaker Book Reviews

Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

By Anne Lamott. Riverhead Books, 2014. 287 pages. $22.95/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Sitting down to read one of Anne Lamott’s books is… Reviewed by Ellen Michaud
Quaker Book Reviews

Tiger Heron

By Robin Becker. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014. 65 pages. $15.95/paperback; $10.99/eBook. Like the elegant Costa Rican wading bird of… Reviewed by Catherine Wald
Quaker Book Reviews

There Is a Light

By Tribe 1. Self-released, 2014. 11 tracks. $15/CD; $9.99/digital. CD and download available at cdbaby.com. Philadelphia-based Tribe 1 has been… Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews

Sapling Grove Secrets

By Errol Hess. Wetknee Books, 2014. 46 pages. $5.99/paperback; $0.99/eBook. On the About the Author page at the back, Hess… Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews

My Conversation with Sophia: Reflections on Wisdom’s Contemplative Path

By William Z. Shetter. iUniverse, 2014. 152 pages. $14.95/paperback; $3.99/eBook. One of the most comforting things in life would be… Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews

In Parallel Light: A Prose Collection

By Jeanne Lohmann. Fithian Press, 2015. 91 pages. $14/paperback. Jeanne Lohmann is a well-loved Quaker poet. This collection of prose,… Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews

Deepening Down: Mid-life Poems

By Elizabeth Boardman. Self-published, 2014. 62 pages. $10/paperback. Another offering, this time of poems, comes from Boardman’s “paying close attention… Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews

The Sauntering Eye: Kansas Meditations and other titles

The Sauntering Eye: Kansas Meditations. By Elizabeth Schultz. FutureCycle Press, 2014. 101 pages. $15.95/paperback; $2.99/eBook. Mrs. Noah Takes the Helm.… Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
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Breathing Light: Accompanying Loss and Grief with Love and Gratitude

September 1, 2015

Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment

September 1, 2015

Educating for Insurgency: The Roles of Young People in Schools of Poverty

September 1, 2015