Location & Hours
We are located downstairs under the peace flag and rainbow flag at 804-C East Broadway (map), in downtown Columbia. Our hours are: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday noon-6 p.m. For more information, call us at 573-875-0539 or e-mail us at mail@midmopeaceworks.org.
About the Nook
The Peace Nook is a non-profit, volunteer-based community resource center operated by Peaceworks. The Nook is an information and social change activism referral center. It is also a storefront offering books, music, environmental products, fair trade imports, posters, jewelry, T-shirts, natural foods and much, much more!
All proceeds from the Peace Nook support the educational work of Mid-Missouri Peaceworks. As an educational non-profit, we charge no tax.
Nook volunteers are always needed. If you have a couple of hours a week to spare and would like to lend a hand in our wonderful non-profit store and community resource center, we'd love to have your help.
We invite you to visit the Peace Nook and help us promote a socially just, peaceful world as well as a sustainable future.
Vote With Your Dollars: Each purchase we make is a vote. Whenever we shop, we transfer dollars--green energy--to the business or organization we buy from. If you support Peaceworks' mission, we urge you to check out the opportunities to manifest this support in a substantial fashion, while pleasing many on your list with wonderful, unique gifts. We feature:
Alternative Bookstore: Offering readers a multi-cultural mix, The Peace Nook stocks more than 3,000 titles, including progressive literature and politics, feminist, African American, LGBT, Native American, personal growth and spirituality, holistic health, sustainable living and vegetarian cooking.
The Peace Nook regularly saves you 17 percent on books (no tax + 10 percent book club credit). We also save you 27 percent immediately on best sellers and staff picks.
Fair Trade Import Headquarters: You can trust out imported products are not made in sweatshops. We have a wide array of imports that are made by cooperatives and imported by fair trade distributors that ensure the craftspeople earn a decent living wage.
Progressive Message Products: T-shirts, posters, buttons, stickers, patches and more feature progressive messages.
Music of the World: World, women's, new age, Native American, Celtic, meditation, acoustic and folk.
Natural Foods & Environmental Products: Compact fluorescent bulbs that save energy and money make good gifts, as well as eco-friendly products, natural foods and body products. Fair Trade and organic chocolate bars make good stocking stuffers.
Tell a Friend: Most businesses allocate a substantial amount of money for advertising. We hope that word of mouth can help us keep our prices low. We thank you in advance for helping us to do this.
For our part, we will continue to provide diverse reading, fair trade imports, holiday cards and calendars, environmental products, music, jewelry, etc. at affordable prices with no tax. All the proceeds support Peaceworks.
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER BESTSELLERS & STAFF PICKS--SAVE 27%+ ON 41 DIFFERENT BOOKS: As usual we have on sale at 20%-off the Peace Nook's 15 best-selling books, two picks from each staff member and one each from volunteers of 6 months or longer tenure. We also offer the "One Read" book at 20% off. This, plus no sales tax, means that you save a bit more than 27% on these 41 books (and, with the savings from our book club, you save more than 17% on all the other books we sell). All this, while supporting Peaceworks' work for peace, justice and a sustainable future.
The following are on sale through September 15, 2010:
Nook 15 Best Sellers:
Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills Raleigh Briggs
Marijuana Horticulture, Indoor/ Outdoor Jorge Cervantes
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Peoples History of the U.S. 1492-Present Howard Zinn
In Defense of Food Michael Pollan
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual Michael Pollan
Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children Richard Louv
from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Hot Damn and Hell Yeah/The Dirty South Cookbook Ryan Splint & Vanessa Johnson
Urban Homestead Kelly Coyne & Erik Knutzen
Witches Bible, The Complete Witches Handbook Janet & Stewart Farrar
Freedom Manifesto Tom Hodgkinson
Feminism is For Everybody Passionate Politics Bell Hooks
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence Inga Musico
Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig
Hopes & Prospects Noam Chomsky
One Read Selection:
Await Your Reply Dan Chaon
25 Staff & Volunteer Picks:
Staff Picks:
Kim:
Abortion and Life Jennifer Baumgardner
Red Tent Anita Diamont
Mark:
In Utopia J.C. Hallman
Story of Stuff Annie Leonard
Meghan:
Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson
The Holographic Universe Michael Talbot
Samuel:
Winter’s Bone Daniel Woodrell
Virgin Suicides Jeffery Eugenides
Zora:
Lessons from Freedom Summer Kathy Emery et. al.
Queers in History Keith Stern
Volunteer Staff Picks:
Colin:
A Language Older than Words Derrick Jensen
Care:
V for Vendetta Alan More & David Lloyd
Bob:
Stud Terkel’s Working: Graphic Novel Harvey Pekar
Dick:
Our Choice Al Gore
Josh K.:
The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
John K.
Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh
Kyle:
Trees of Missouri Don Kurz
Laura:
The Teachings of Don Juan Carlos Castaneda
Mary:
Our Bodies Ourselves The Boston Women’s Health Collective
Molly:
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future Jennifer Baumgardner & Amy Richards
Stranger:
The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life Drunvalo Melchizedek
Wren:
Mastery of Love Miguel Ruiz
Peace Nook Picks:
What Every Person Should Know About War Chris Hedges
Small Farms are Real Farms John Ikerd
Crisis & Opportunity John Ikerd
