ISSUE R 03/4/2021 Ashburton Quaker Meeting Library Books and Publications Welcome to the library catalogue of Ashburton Quaker Meeting. For a small Meeting, we hold a surprisingly wide range and large number of books and other publications, now in excess of 200, across a range of subjects touching on Quaker history, testimony and concerns and interests. The collection is held in the Meeting House in Foales Court, and there is a simple borrowing and return system. You are most welcome to browse or borrow books, using the loans booklet. - Stephen Sterling, and Stephen Isitt, Co-librarians 1 | P a g e LAST REVISED BY ISSUE LAST PRINTED PAGE 3/04/2021 SRS R 2 of 17 - 2 -Page 2 of 19 Key CATEGORIES A ARTS B BIBLE, CHRISTIANITY, ECUMENISM C CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE Ed EDUCATION & SCIENCE Env ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINIBILITY H HISTORY (incl. BIOGRAPHY) J PEACE, JUSTICE AND THE PENAL SYSTEM M MATERIAL FOR ENQUIRERS O OTHER FAITHS Q QUAKERISM QG QUAKER GOVERNANCE AND PROCEDURAL Sw SWARTHMORE LECTURES T TESTIMONIES (incl. PEACE) U UNCLASSIFIED LAST REVISED BY ISSUE LAST PRINTED PAGE 3/04/2021 SRS R 3 of 17 - 3 -Page 3 of 19 LENT BY/ KEY 2 PUBLISHER DATE KEY 1 TITLE AUTHOR CONTENT COPIES A The Quiet Eye: a Way of Looking Selected by Sylvia A selection of illustrations and brief quotations Regnery 1954 at Pictures Shaw Judson demonstrating how a visible outward form can Publishing express the spirit within. A A Light to walk by: An anthology compiled Short quotations, some poetry, some prose suitable Moorleys print 1990 by Elisabeth Alley for all ages and times of life. and publishing A ‘Sing in the spirit’ A song book anthology for Quakers Leaveners 2005 S.I. Press A Poetry and Quakerism Friends Quarterly A collection of articles by Quaker poets and others Headley Bros. 2013 Ltd. A H ‘There is a spirit’ – the Nayler Kenneth Boulding 26 sonnets written by Kenneth Boulding in 1945 Quaker Home 1992 Sonnets based on words spoken by James Nayler, an early Service Quaker a few hours before his death A Breaking the Spell George Monbiot and CD;a collaboration between the journalist (G.M). and Alan Bearman 2016 Ewan McLennan folk singer (E.McL.) on the theme of social isolation Music and how it can be overcome by community A The Message – Poems to Read to Jay Ramsay and Karen A collection of the authors’ poems on issues of David Paul 2002 the World Eberhardt Shelton human rights, and social and environmental justice B The New English Bible The New Testament. OUP/CUP 1961 B Letters from an Extreme Pilgrim: Peter Owen Jones Describes the writer’s reflections on spending a Rider Books 2010 reflections on Life, Love and the period of time in a hermit’s cell in the Sinai Desert. Soul B I am with you Fr. John Woolley A companion to selected quotations fro the Bible The ‘I am with’ 1996 you foundation B Q Twenty Questions about Jesus John Lampen A Quaker view of Jesus Quaker Home 1985 (2 copies) Service C Q The Worship Kit John Lampen A young person’s guide to Quaker worship, but Quaker Books 2010 helpful for anyone. C Env Here We Are – Notes for Living on Oliver Jeffers Beautifully illustrated. Simple words but impactful. Harper Collins Not Planet Earth For young people. shown C Env The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein A fable about a tree that gives her all to a boy Particular 2010 Books LAST REVISED BY ISSUE LAST PRINTED PAGE 3/04/2021 SRS R 4 of 17 - 4 -Page 4 of 19 C Relative Experience: a Keith Redfern and Sue Some thoughts on being a parent and a Quaker. QHS 1991 M&MB contemporary anthology of Quaker Collins family life. C Opening Minds Sue Collins Some thoughts on work with children & young Q.H.S. Service 1994 people in the Religious Society of Friends. C When the wind changes: young Children and Young Accounts by young people about how they have QHS 2001 M&MB people’s experiences of divorce People’s Committee been affected. and changing family patterns C Trespass and trust. Quaker Daphne Glazer A collection of people’s stories and reflections on Quaker Books 2004 Meetings and sex offenders them. C In and out of silence + Elizabeth Brimellow For adults concerned with the spiritual nurture of children and young people in Quaker meetings LAST REVISED BY ISSUE LAST PRINTED PAGE 3/04/2021 SRS R 5 of 17 - 5 -Page 5 of 19 Env Ed Sustainable Education Stephen Sterling Suggests a new educational framework for Schumacher 2001 sustainability is needed based on ecological thought Society/Green Books Env Q Towards a modern Quaker eco- Tony Stoller (ed) An issue of The Friends Quarterly with articles The Friends 2017 theology centering on Quakerism, the Earth and sustainability Quarterly, vol 45, no 2 Env Q/T A Living Quaker Witness to the The Earth: Our Creative Personal accounts of thirty-f our Quakers of their QPSW/Quaker 2003 Earth Responsibility Group engagement with nature and environment Books Env A Women’s Guide to Saving the Karen Eberhardt An anthology of contributions by women writers on Austin 2016 World Shelton ‘putting into practice the harmony needed for co- Macauley existing with each other and everything on earth’. Env Q/T Heart of Oness – a little book of Jennifer Kavanagh Reflections on interconnection and wholeness Christian 2017 connection Alternative Env The Trembling Warrior Gill Coombs A guide to campaigning for environment and social Kindle Direct 2019 Don. by justice for those reluctant to do so. Publishing StephenS Env No one is too small to make a Greta Thunberg Collected speeches from climate rallies Penguin 2019 difference H James Parnell: Quaker Martyr Charlotte Fell-Smith An Antiquarian book describing the life of James Kessinger 2010 Parnell. Publishing’s Legacy Reprints H Q George Fox and the Quakers Cecil W Sharman An accessible history of Fox’s life, with some Quaker Home 1991 illustrations Service H Q Authority and the Early Quakers Jack P Dobbs A detailed study based on a D Phil concerning the Frenchay 2006 question of the meaning of authority as the inward Village Museum light amongst early Quakers. H T, Q The Journal of George Fox Revised by John Edited journal, with a preface by William Penn Cambridge 1952 2 copies? Nickalls University Press H Q George Fox and the Children of the Ed. Jonathan Fryer An edited version of exerpts from Fox’ Journal and Kyle Cathie 1991 Light Epistles H Q The British Quakers 1647-1997 – Alastair Heron Booklet providing a ‘readable introduction to the Curlew 1997 highlights of their history story of British Quakers’ Productions H The Quakers Otto Zarek An early history (ie 1943) written by a non-Quaker Religious Book 1943 refugee from the Nazis Club H The Quakers in English Society Adrian Davies A historical account of Quakers’ interaction with Oxford 2000 1655-1725 society over a key seventy year period Historical LAST REVISED BY ISSUE LAST PRINTED PAGE 3/04/2021 SRS R 6 of 17 - 6 -Page 6 of 19 Monographs H Q The Story of Quakerism Elfrida Vipont A history of Quakerism up to the mid 20th C Bannisdale 1954 Press H Q The Light in their Consciences – Rosemary Moore To quote the back cover endorsement: ‘a masterful Pennsylvania 2000 the Early Quakers in Britain 1646- exploration of early Quaker life and thought’. State University 1666 Press H Q ‘The Power of the Lord is Over All’ Ed T. Canby Jones ‘The essence of Fox’s pastoral teaching to the early Friends United 1989 – The Pastoral Letters of George Quakers’ as contained in his edited letters. Press, Indiana Fox H Q Herbert G Wood – A memoir of his Richenda C Scott A biography of leading 20th century Quaker and Friends Home 1967 life and thought theologian Service Committee H Q The Wisdom of John Woolman Reginald Reynolds An account of the influential eighteenth century Friends Home 1948 American Quaker, including some of his writings Service , Committee new editi on 1972 H Plymouth Friends A D Selleck A history of Quakers in Plymouth in the 17th and 18th Religious Und centuries Society of ated Friends (196 0s?) H Quakers in Plymouth Martin Wyatt Based on original records, the book looks at the part Quacks Books 2017 Plymouth Quakers played in the life of the town H The Peculiar History of the Sect Jim McNeill A short account of Quaker history in Bristol Bristol Radical 2011 Known as the Quakers History Group H Q Barclay’s Apology Dean Freiday (ed) Robert Barclay (1648-1690) wrote his classic Dean Freiday 1967 exposition and defense of Quakerism in Latin and published it in 1676. This is a rendering into modern English. H T On Two Fronts T.Corder Catchpool Letters describing C.C’s experiences as a Headley bros. 1918 M&MB conscientious objector during the First World War. H John Woolman, Quaker Janet Whitney A biography. George G. 1943 M&MB Harrap H ‘Women’s speaking justified’ Ed. Christine Trevett 17C. Quaker writings about Women Headley 1989 Brothers H A Quaker Adventure A.Ruth Fry Quaker relief work during the First World War Nisbet and Co. 1926 H Quakers Visit China British Quaker Mission An account of Quaker service during the first half of Friends House ? to the People’s Republic the 20th century of China LAST REVISED BY ISSUE LAST PRINTED PAGE 3/04/2021 SRS R 7 of 17 - 7 -Page 7 of 19 H The Wisdom of John Woolman Reginald Reynolds A book on his life with some of his writings Quaker Home Service 1948 H Elizabeth Fry * Janet Whitney A biography, written to commemorate the centenary George G 1945 of Elizabeth Fry’s death.