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"A love affair between Quaker Susanna and merchant's son Will plays out against the persecution of Friends in seventeenth-century England. . . . An engrossing plot and a moving love story." — THE HORN BOOK An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year A Richie's Picks Best Book of the Year "The complexities of social order and religious persecution... (more)

Flowers from the Storm

by Laura Kinsale

The Duke of Jervaulx was brilliant -- and dangerous. Considered dissolute, reckless, and extravagant, he was transparently referred to as the "D of J" in scandal sheets. But sometimes the most womanizing rakehell can be irresistible, and even his most casual attentions fascinated the sheltered Maddy Timms. Then one fateful day she receives the shocking news -- the duke is lost to the world. And Maddy knows it... (more)

The Friendly Persuasion

by Jessamyn West

A quintessential American heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to keeping her faith and caring for her family and community. Her husband, Jess, shares Eliza's love of people and peaceful ways but, unlike Eliza, also displays a fondness for a fast horse and a lively tune. With their children, they must negotiate their way through a world... (more)

Forged in the Fire

by Ann Turnbull

London, 1665. Cast out by his father for becoming a Quaker, the newly independent Will leaves his beloved Susanna to travel from the countryside to London to earn a living. As they wait patiently to be reunited and married, Will is unjustly thrown into jail and the pair's future becomes uncertain. With the plague spreading closer and the scent of smoke on the wind, can their love still bring them... (more)

Quaking

by Kathryn Erskine

Don’t call her Matilda. Her name is Matt. And don’t even think about getting close to her. She doesn’t need anyone. Can’t you tell by looking at her, dressed all in black with a spider painted on her face and her ice-cold stare? But most of all, do not bully her. She has been through it all already. But everything changes for fourteen-year-old Matt when she moves in with peaceful Quakers Sam and Jessica Fox,... (more)

Story of William Penn

by Aliki

The Duchess and the Dragon

by Jamie Carie

Rising romance novelist Jamie Carie’s second book, The Duchess and the Dragon, tells the epic story of two unlikely soulmates who live worlds apart but soon meet and turn each other’s world upside down. Drake Weston, Duke of Northumberland, is accustomed to a life of royalty until a tragic mistake followed by murderous rage results in his darkening character and sudden flee from England. With a hoarde of... (more)

Voyageurs: A Novel

by Margaret Elphinstone

Voyageurs has garnered praise for its historical versimilitude and its exacting character portraits, as well as the story's contemporary relevance. Margaret Elphinstone's magnificent sixth novel gives us Mark Greenhow, a naive and peaceful Quaker who lands on the shores of North America on the eve of the War of 1812, thinking only of finding the missing sister he has always admired for her adventurous spirit. ... (more)

Flowers from the Storm

by Laura Kinsale

1992 Avon Books BCE, 471 pages. ISBN 0-380-76132-7. From her first sizzling best seller, Seize the Fire, to her award winning The Prince of Midnight, "Laura Kinsale delivers powerful, unique romance laced with passion, danger and compelling characters" (Amanda Quick). Now, the renowned author brings her legions of fans this spectacular new novel--a poignant, sensual and unforgettable love story. Christian... (more)

Notes from an Exhibition

by Patrick Gale

The Peaceable Kingdom (The Children Of The Light 1652-1653), Part 1.

The Peaceable Kingdom (The Children Of The Light 1652-1653), Part 1.

by Jan De Hartog

Arrow over the Door (Puffin Chapters)

by Joseph Bruchac

For young Samuel Russell, the summer of 1777 is a time of fear. The British Army is approaching, and the Indians in the area seem ready to attack. To Stands Straight, a young Abenaki Indian scouting for King George, Americans are dangerous enemies who threaten his family and home. When Stands Straight's party enters the Quaker Meetinghouse where Samuel worships, the two boys share an encounter that neither will... (more)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1867. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give... (more)

Dear America

Standing in the Light

The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan

by Mary Pope Osborne

A Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.

Finishing Becca: A Story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold (Great Episodes)

Finishing Becca: A Story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold (Great Episodes)

by Ann Rinaldi

A fourteen-year-old maid witnesses the events that lead to General Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the American forces during the Revolutionary War.

William Penn: Politics and Conscience.Mary Maples. PENN. DUNN

William Penn: Politics and Conscience.

by Mary Maples. PENN. DUNN

The American Religion: The Eemergence of The Post-Christian Nation

The American Religion: The Eemergence of The Post-Christian Nation

by Harold Bloom

The author of The Book of J analyzes the American religious imagination to produce this brilliant examination of a national soul. His consensus: America is a nation of Gnostics, believers in a pre-Christian tradition of individual divinity.

Howard Zinn on War

by Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn is the author of numerous books, including his epic masterpiece, A People's History of the United States, as well as many recent books published by Seven Stories Press: Voices of a People's History of the United States and Terrorism and War, and The Zinn Reader. He is a professor emeritus of political science at Boston University. Historian and activist Howard Zinn is the author of the best-selling A... (more)

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The familiar characters of Hawthorne's dark tale of pride and guilt in colonial New England are given new and added immediacy in the 24 wood engravings by master illustrator Barry Moser.

Quaker Testimony (An Elizabeth Elliot Mystery)

Quaker Testimony (An Elizabeth Elliot Mystery)

by Irene Allen

A simple life...a deadly interruption. Widow Elizabeth Elliot leads a modest life. As Clerk of the local Quaker meeting, she not only handles the congregation's daily activities, but also is their moral and inspirational leader. So when murder strikes this nonviolent community, suddenly Elizabeth's life gets very complicated. Facing certain IRS eviction for refusal to pay war taxes, pacifist Quakers Sheldon and... (more)

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by Ann Turnbull

by Laura Kinsale

by Jessamyn West

by Ann Turnbull

by Kathryn Erskine

by Aliki

by Jamie Carie

by Margaret Elphinstone

by Laura Kinsale

by Patrick Gale

by Jan De Hartog

by Joseph Bruchac

by Elizabeth George Speare

The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan

by Mary Pope Osborne

by Ann Rinaldi

by Mary Maples. PENN. DUNN

by Harold Bloom

by Howard Zinn

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Irene Allen