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In Brief: Choosing Life: My Father’s Journey in Film from Hollywood to Hiroshima

By Leslie A. Sussan. Self-published, 2020. 350 pages. $16.99/paperback; $4.99/eBook. This is a book with a complicated origin. For the…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

Friends Past and Present: The Bicentennial History of Cincinnati Friends Meeting (1815–2015)

By Sabrina Darnowsky. Self-published, 2015. 334 pages. $18.15/paperback; $0.99/eBook. Fortunate indeed are those meetings with a published history for new…

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Live Like You Give a Damn!: Join the Changemaking Celebration

By Tom Sine. Cascade Books, 2016. 195 pages. $24/paperback; $9.99/eBook. The acorn, you may say, can be very afraid when…

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In Brief: Born East-West: Stories of a Quaker Hippie Jesus Freak

By Sarah McClelland McMullen. Self-published, 2020. 296 pages. $14.99/paperback; $6.99/eBook. I have a fondness for memoirs, and for ones that…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

The Angel of Har Megiddo

By Mike King. Stochastic Press, 2014. 447 pages. $15.85/paperback; $5/eBook. British Quaker Mike King, who also wrote the non-fiction Quakernomics,…

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Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World

By G. Scott Brown. Collins Foundation Press, 2016. 197 pages. $19.95/paperback. I learned about this book through the Metta Center…

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In Brief: My Life Is a Quilt: A Book of Quaker Messages

By Wendy Clarissa Geiger. Southeastern Yearly Meeting Publishing, 2020. 133 pages. $15/paperback. This little book is square in shape, which…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

Salt Runs in My Blood

By Susan Schmidt. Kakapo Press, 2015. 70 pages. $10/paperback; $3.99/eBook. Susan Schmidt gets inspiration from lowlands and water bodies; even…

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Reunion: The Good News of Jesus for Seekers, Saints, and Sinners

By Bruxy Cavey. Herald Press, 2017. 207 pages. $21.99/hardcover; $18.99/eBook. This book has a conversational writing style that made me…

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In Brief: Facilitating Group Learning: Strategies for Success with Diverse Learners (Second Edition)

By George Lakey. PM Press, 2020. 320 pages. $20/paperback; $8.95/eBook. Teaching is a space of perennial interest, and in this…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand