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February 2019 Books

The Beauty Queen of Bonthe and Other Stories of West Africa

By Gregory A. Barnes. FriendsPress, 2018. 194 pages. $12/paperback. It was a pleasure to read some of this collection and…

Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

April 2017 Books

A Centennial History of the American Friends Service Committee

By Gregory A. Barnes. Friends Press, 2016. 498 pages. $24.95/paperback. At the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists in 1994,…

Reviewed by Thomas D. Hamm

October 2020 Books

In Brief: Living into the Faith: A Quaker Diary, 2007–2015

By Gregory A. Barnes. Friends Press, 2019. 255 pages. $10/paperback; $6.99/eBook. There will be a lot more storytelling in this…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

November 2023 Books

The Peace Corps: Early Days

By Gregory A. Barnes. Friends Press, 2023. 252 pages. $12/paperback; $6/eBook. Friend Gregory Barnes was a member of the early…

Reviewed by Katie Green

Books June/July 2014

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Lillian's Choices

A family council took place in a large Manhattan loft on December 26, 2003. George and Lillian Willoughby were discussing…

Gregory A. Barnes

The Willoughbys on Pacifism

Ironically, few issues have divided Quakers more than war-making and peacemaking. A favorite image of Quakers in the wider world…

Gregory A. Barnes

Anne Parrish: Unsung Friend

The ministries of Quaker women who notably served the Religious Society of Friends have received well-deserved attention. In most cases,…

Gregory A. Barnes

October 2022 Books

Quaker Service: A Report from Philadelphia

Edited by Gregory A. Barnes. Friends Press, 2022. 172 pages. $12/paperback; $8/eBook. This “Report from Philadelphia” might also be entitled…

Reviewed by Thomas D. Hamm

Quaker Book Reviews

In Brief: Quaker Quests: A Second Report from Philadelphia

Edited by Gregory A. Barnes. Self-published, 2024. 158 pages. $10/paperback; $3.99/eBook. This slim volume, a follow-up to Barnes’s 2022 Quaker…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi