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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

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

The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age, and a Brave Wooden Boat; Mum: The Conscience, Courage, and Compassion of Barbara Reynolds

The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age, and a Brave Wooden Boat. By Jessica Reynolds Renshaw. Self-published, 2017. 278 pages. $12/paperback;…

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In Brief: The Life of Richard Cadbury: Socialist, Philanthropist, and Chocolatier

By Diane Wordsworth. Pen and Sword History, 2020. 176 pages. $39.95/hardcover; $24.95/paperback (available in August); $19.99/eBook. Richard Cadbury was one…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

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

Coming to Light: Cultivating Spiritual Discernment through the Quaker Clearness Committee

By Valerie Brown. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 446), 2017. 27 pages. $7/pamphlet. In this short pamphlet, Valerie Brown introduces readers…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

In Brief: Sabbath Economics: A Spiritual Guide to Linking Love and Money

By Judith L. Favor. Self-published, 2020 (available on November 4 at readersmagnet.com). 263 pages. $14.52/paperback; $4.99/eBook. Judith Favor’s most recent…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

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

What Love Can Do: Following the Way of Peace, Justice and Compassion

By Gerard Guiton. Wipf and Stock, 2016. 164 pages. $21/paperback. Gerard Guiton describes his calling as “spiritual counseling,” and the…

In Brief Compiled by Karie Firoozmand

In Brief: It Made My Heart Thump: Rebecca’s Letters from Iran, 1951–1953

Edited by Os Cresson. Morning Walk Press, 2019. 284 pages. $16/paperback. This book is based on the letters and other…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand