Conflict Resolution/ Peace

Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools

This book presents enlightening empirical studies and reviews of the literature on peer harassment, bullying, and victimization

Sale! $4.98 (Joseph E. Zins and Maurice J. Elias,Jan 15, 2004. Hardcover, oversize.)

The Compassionate Classroom

The Compassionate Classroom will help teachers and students practice communicating nonviolently. Its message is crucially important, and its activities provide both fun and instruction.

Sale! $9 (Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson, Puddledancer Press, Sep 1, 2004. Paperback, oversize.)

Convicted in the Womb: One Man's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker

Once Carl Upchurch was an elementary-school dropout fighting for survival on the streets of South Philadelphia, a gang member wedded to a life of violence, a bank robber facing a future in federal penitentiaries. Now he is a respected community organizer and one of the most compelling and visionary leaders of the civil rights movement. Catapulted into the national spotlight following his organization of a summit that brought together the country's most notorious gangs, Upchurch has found himself in direct conflict with other African American civil rights leaders. This is his scathing critique of the established civil rights movement and his bold manifesto for solving the critical problems facing today's urban America. And this is his own unforgettable story - a moving tale of conversion, a timely, hard-hitting look at the reality of urban crime, gang warfare, and racial injustice from one who know firsthand what it is like.

Sale! $3.49 (Carl Upchurch, Bantam Books, 1996.)
2002 Westheimer Peace Symposium Speaker

Deadly Consequences: How Violence is Destroying Our Teenage Population & a Plan to Begin Solving the Problem

This book provides a way to comprehend the epidemic of violence that is decimating a generation of young men, especially young black men living in poverty, and offers concrete strategies to stem its tide. Saturated by distorted media images of violence, lacking nonviolent male role models, filled with rage and self-hatred, and surrounded by the brutal tactics of gangs and drug dealers, ghetto kids are learning before they even reach double digits to carry weapons - and to use them to settle even the most trivial of disputes. The solution? Make violence prevention a public health issue. Mount a public awareness campaign like that waged so successfully against smoking. Require emergency-room physicians to refer young men obviously at risk for violence to appropriate mental health agencies - and fund those agencies. Introduce an antiviolence curriculum in schools.

SALE! $4.00 (Deborah Prothrow-Stith, HarperPerennial, 1991.)
2000 Westheimer Peace Symposium Speaker

Educating for a Just Society

This manual is an attempt to look at peace and justice themes that have a specific domestic focus, the kinds of issues that are rooted in the cultural, political, social, and economic fiber of U.S. culture and economy.

Sale! $3 (Kathleen McGinnis, Crossroad Pub Co, May 1993. Paperback.)

Education and the Inward Teacher

The book develops more fully themes examined in “Quakers and the Use of Power”. The author believes the Inward Teacher is a powerful metaphor for understanding the experience of leading and being led and thus the order of power Quakers should use in shaping their institutional lives.

Sale! $3 (Paul A.Lacey, Pendle Hill Publications,1988, Paperback.)

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute explains that empowerment is not “giving power to people.” Rather, it is “releasing the knowledge, experience, and motivation they already have.” In this new edition of one of the most effective business fables ever written, coauthors Blanchard, Carlos and Randolph illustrate three keys that you can use to create a culture of empowerment that truly works.

Sale! 2.71 (Ken Blanchard, John P Carlos, Alan Randolph, and John P. Carlos, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 2nd ed. edition, Oct 10, 2001. Paperback.)

Ghandi and Beyond: In an Age of Terrorism

“Ghandi and Beyond is a marvelous book, admirably researched and accessibly written, suitable for courses in nonviolence and peace studies, or for anyone wanting to learn more about this crucially important topic.” – David P. Barash

Sale! 6.24 (David Cortright, Paradigm Publishers, 2006. Paperback.)

Hebron Journal: Stories of Nonviolent Peacemaking

Gish recorded a moving story of the turmoil and suffering of the Palestinian people, the agony experienced by Israelis, and a vision of hope and new possibilities of reconciliation between Jews, Muslims, and Christians. From 1995 to 2001, Gish lived with Muslim families, engaged in nonviolent actions with Israelis and Palestinians, and struggled to find creative responses to injustice. Selected excerpts from his journal tell of the Christian Peacemaker Teams work and vision of how small peacemaking groups can make a difference in violent conflicts.

Sale! $4.50 (Arthur G. Gish, Herald Press, 2001.)

Iraq: A Journey of Hope and Peace

Peggy Gish went to Iraq as an attempt to prevent war. But on March 20, 2003, the bombs began falling on Baghdad. In this book, she recounts the moving experiences of Christian Peacemaker Teams' work in Iraq, before, during, and after the 2003 war and occupation. Told as her personal account, Gish makes real the story of prisoner abuse, the character of the Iraqi people, and a passionate vision for peace.

Sale! $4.50 (Peggy Faw Gish, Herald Press, 2004.)

John Woolman: A Nonviolence and Social Change Source Book

The source book was designed with Peace Studies classes in mind. This book can also be useful in study groups or in a wider range of college sources.

$7 (Edited bySterling Olmstead and Mike Heller, Wilmington College Peace Resource Center, 1997. Paperback.)

Making Peace Prevail: Preventing Violent Conflict in Macedonia

Ackermann offers the first in-depth account of how Macedonia - one of the few examples of successful preventive diplomacy - held onto peace during the violence breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Faced with ethnic tensions and the threat of the Bosnian war, this republic was spared the fate of Croatia and Bosnia. Ackermann furthers our understanding of the challenge in conflict prevention in multiethnic and newly democratized societies.

SALE! $6.25 (Alice Ackermann, Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution, Syracuse University Press, 2000.)
2000 Westheimer Peace Symposium Speaker

Making It Better: Actives for Children Living in a Stressful World

This book offers a bold, new information about the physical and emotional effects of today’s stresses, trauma, and violence on children. The 70+ practical classroom activities presented in the book are based on sound research and offer guidance on how to seize opportunities to reach children and help them survive, thrive, and heal.

Sale! $4.48 (Barbara Oehlberg, Redleaf Press, Oct 1996. Paperback, oversize.)

Making the Peace

Making the Peace presents a way to help young people understand and heal from violence, and come together as a community to make the peace.

Sale! (Paul Kivel, Allan Creighton, and Oakland Men's Project, Hunter House; 1st ed edition, May 10, 2002. Paperback, oversize.)

Planting the Good Seed: Letters from a Quaker Relief Worker

This book tells the story of Robert, a young farmer and Quaker, searching for his place in the world. As World War II and his draft obligation ended, he faced a choice between returning to the family farm and joining the Quaker relief effort underway in Europe. Choosing the latter, he embarked on a three year journey to improve the lives of those touched by war.

$19.95 (Robert McCoy, Wilmington College Peace Resource Center, 2007. Paperback)

The Secret

It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and ought for vast sums of money. This centuries-old Secret has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie, and Einstein-along with other inventors, theologians, scientists, and great thinkers. Now the The Secret is being revealed to the world.

“As you learn The Secret, you will come to know how you can have, be, or do anything you want. You will come to know who you really are. You will come o know the true magnificence that awaits you in life.”  from the Introduction.

This book helps readers find inner peace.

Sale! $5.99 (Book, Rhonda Byrne, Beyond Words Publishing, 2006)
Sale! $7.49 (Audiobook, Rhonda Byrne, Simon & Schuster Inc., 2006)

Servant Leadership

This is a leadership book with a different approach from the usual leadership book, and one that is intellectually stimulating and thought-provoking.

Sale! $6.14 (Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears, and Stephen R. Covey, Paulist Press, Nov 2002. Hardrback.)

Soviet Laughter, Soviet Tears

“The authors of this book take the reader straight to the heart of the Soviet people…no other reporting on the Soviet Union succeeds in unraveling the mysteries of the Soviet System and its people as thoughtfully, thoroughly, or warmly”- Virginia Baron

Sale! $2.50 (Christine Dull and Ralph Dull, Stillmore Press, Jan 1992. Hardcover.)

Swords Into Plowshares

A unique anthology of 27 skits and one-act plays on topics such as: Jesus as Prince of Peace, Early Anabaptist and Quaker Peace Heroes, Gandhi and Nonviolence, and many more.

Sale! $3 (Ingrid Rogers, The Brethren Press, 1983. Paperback)

Unlocking Horns

“In this book, these Quaker scholars grapple with the challenges that God’s plan of peace and the good news of reconciliation pose to the violence and chaos of central Africa.

Sale! $3.24 (David Nivonzima, Len Fendall, and Debbie Ellingsworth, Barclay Press, Sep 1, 2001. Paperback.)

We Are Neighbors

These are the stories from children of Guatemala.

Sale! 2.94 (Children of Guatemala,Michael Stanford Memorial Fund, 1987. Paperback)