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Books April 2013

Why Can’t We Talk? Christian Wisdom on Dialogue as a Habit of the Heart by John Backman. Skylight Paths Publishing,…

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A Contemporary Mysticism: Support on the Spiritual Path

By Michael Resman. Zumbro River Press, 2015. 282 pages. $14.95/paperback; $3.49/eBook. It can be lonely on the spiritual path if…

Compiled by Karie Firoozmand

The Prayer Game

Created by Jennifer Kavanagh, designed by Brian Homer. Self-published, 2018. Deck of 55 cards. £13.30/deck sent to North America (about…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

Voices from a Trunk: The Lost Lives of the Quaker Eddisons, 1805–1867

By Sara Woodall. Blackthorn Press, 2014. 260 pages. $9.99/eBook. UPDATE, August 2016: Voices from a Trunk is now available in…

Compiled by Karie Firoozmand

Living on Automatic: How Emotional Conditioning Shapes Our Lives and Relationships

By Homer B. Martin and Christine B.L. Adams. Praeger, 2018. 187 pages. $37/hardcover or eBook. Quaker doctor Christine B.L. Adams…

Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

June/July Books 2012

A Lively Faith: Reflections on Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative) By Callie Marsh. FGC QuakerPress, 2011. 102 pages. $14.95/paperback. Reviewed…

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Jack Jones, a True Friend to China: The Lost Writings of a Heroic Nobody

Collected and edited by Andrew Hicks. Earnshaw Books, 2015. 370 pages. $50/paperback. This is an expensive book, and it’s obvious…

Compiled by Karie Firoozmand

We Face the Dawn: Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and the Legal Team That Dismantled Jim Crow

By Margaret Edds. University of Virginia Press, 2018. 424 pages. $29.95/hardcover or eBook; $24.95/paperback. Friend Margaret Edds, a journalist by…

Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

Godless: Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs

By Jeff Rasley. Midsummer Books, 2014. 280 pages. $12.95/paperback; $4.45/eBook. Although its title sounds confrontational, Godless is about freedom from…

Compiled by Karie Firoozmand

Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries

Directed by Janet P. Gardner. Gardner Documentary Group, 2018. 108 minutes. See Quakersthefilm.com for more information. Friend Janet Gardner and…

Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand