Bookstore
Our store is open during normal office hours 12 – 5 pm Monday through Thursday. We focus on materials related to nonviolence, war and peace, racial and economic justice issues, and fair trade items from Palestine.
Please stop by to grab a present for a friend or for yourself, check the bulletin board, or borrow a documentary or movie from upstairs. The following items and books are just a few of our stock that you probably won’t find anywhere else.
 Help support Palestinian farmers with Holy Land Olive Oil for $15. A portion of the proceeds will directly benefit Palestinian children in the communities where this olive oil is produced. |
 Hurriya Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil for $15. Proceeds from the sale of this oil benefit the International Solidarity Movement, which sends volunteers to Palestine for nonviolent resistance against Israeli land confiscation and military occupation. |
POSTERS:
Cesar Chavez
“I am convinced that the truest
act of courage, the strongest act of manliness,
is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally
non-violent struggle for justice…
Non-violence is not inaction.
It is not discussion.
It is not for the timid or weak…
Non-violence is hard work.
It is the willingness to sacrifice.
It is the patience to win.”
- Cesar Chavez
Photo by Bob Fitch. $14 plus $4 shippping. (Inquire about bulk orders.)
Duotone poster of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Eutaw, AL church, 1966 — “Hate cannot drive out hate…only love can do that.” Produced in response to terrorist attacks of 9/11/01, this 18×24″ poster affirms the necessity and power of nonviolence. Photo by Bob Fitch. Perfect for personal use and educational settings. $10 + $4 shipping (inquire about bulk orders)
“Emergence” stunning full color depiction of a Monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, with quote from Danilo Dolce – “A midwife helps us give birth to the new life that is within us. Wondering together, asking questions like what is hope, love and life. The seeds of the answer are already within us.” Painting by Anita Heckman. 21″x19″, $8 + $4 shipping (inquire about bulk orders)
New Arrivals
Kefiyyehs from Palestine, Made in Hebron by the only remaning Palestinian manufacturer of the traditional Palestinian head scarf.
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS:
NOBODY LEFT TO HATE, TEACHING COMPASSION AFTER COLUMBINE, by Elliot Aronson. $12.95, Owl Books. Brilliant social psychological analysis of the Columbine High School massacre… offers a root cause solution based on decades of scientific psychological research and wise theory.
THE FRIENDLY CLASSROOM FOR A SMALL PLANET, by Prutzman, et al, $14.95. New Society Publishers. Developed by the Creative Response to Conflict Program to help children gain insight into the nature of human feelings, to share their own feelings and become aware of their own strengths and to help develop self-confidence about the ability to think creatively about solving problems.
CREATIVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION, by William J. Kriedler; Scott, Foresman and Co. $12.95 This book will help you respond creatively and constructively to the conflicts that occur in all K-6 classrooms. Offers over 20 conflict resolution techniques with examples, reproducible worksheets, and over 200 activities and cooperative games.
WHO’S CALLING THE SHOTS? HOW TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO CHILDREN’S FASCINATION WITH WAR PLAY AND WAR TOYS, by Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Diane E. Levin; New Society Publishers. $12.95. Offers a wealth of suggestions, practical ideas and resources for helping children reclaim control over their own play, avoid rigid gender and racial stereotypes, combat consumerism, and learn the skills for building a less violent future.
BECAUSE WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO BUILDING COOPERATIVE, INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES, by Mara Sapon-Shevin. $31.00, Allyn and Bacon. Offers theory and practice so teacher can build a caring, inclusive community in their own classrooms. Large variety of literature, games, activities and songs.
The Kid’s Guide to Social Action, by Barbara Lewis. $16.95, Free Spirit
Publishing. Real stories about real kids and teens who are making a
deference at home and around the world. Step-by-step guides to skills;
how to solve the social problems you choose– and turn creative thinking
into positive action.
KIDS CAN COOPERATE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TEACHING PROBLEM SOLVING, by Elizabeth Crary, $12.95. Describes how to teach children the skills they need to solve conflicts themselves with step-by-step process and activities.
All Ages
RISE UP SINGING, edited by Peter Blood-Patterson; New Society
Publishers, $17.95. Splral-bound, includes more than 1200 of the most
popular and singable songs with chords in North America, drawn from a wide range of artists, traditions and styles. 35 categories include America,
Ecology, Women, Oldies, Miners and Mountain, Spirituals, Play, Work and
more.
PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 1492- Present, by Howard Zinn. $18.00, Perennial. The only volume to tell America’s story from the point of view of, and in the words of, America’s women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers.
GANDHI
All Men Are Brothers. Life & Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi as told in his own words. M. K. Gandhi, 7.95
The Year of the Phoenix: Gandhi’s pivotal year: 1893-94. T.K. Mahadevan. $5
Gandhi as a Political Strategist. Gene Sharp. Introduction by Coretta Scott King, 7.95.
Gandhi, A Memoir. William L. Shirer, $7.95.
ONGOING EDUCATION
In Your Hands: Community Action Guide for Human RIghts Year & Beyond. Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UDHR50, $15.
“IRREVY”: An Irreverent, Illustrated view of Nuclear Power. John W. Gofman, $3.95
Writings on Civil Disobedience & Nonviolence. Leo Tolstoy, $12.95.
A People’s History of the United States 1492-Present. Twentieth Anniversary Edition, 1999 paper. Howard Zinn. $29
MILITARY DRAFT-ALTERNATIVES
Winter Soldier: iraq and Afghanistan, eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations by Iraq Veterans Against the War and Aaron Glantz. $16.00
Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say NO to Iraq (2006) $14.00
US Soldiers Say NO to Iraq