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Peacemakers
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Ann T. Keene |
An essay describing the establishment of the Nobel Peace Prize precedes chronologically organized profiles of all the individuals and organizations that have received the award since 1901. |
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Blood on the tracks
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S. Brian Willson |
After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life … |
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Doing time for peace
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Rosalie G. Riegle |
"In this compelling collection of oral histories, more than seventy-five peacemakers describe how they say no to war-making in the strongest way possible--by engaging in civil disobedience and paying… |
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Testament of experience
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Vera Brittain |
In *Testament of Youth*, one of the most famous and best loved autobiographies of the First World War, Very Brittain wrote both a heartbreaking record of those agonizing years and a loving memorial t… |
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Testament of youth
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Vera Brittain |
A vivid and passionate record of the years 1900 to 1925, this is Vera Brittain's haunting autobiography - a portrait of a young girl's life in prewar England and a heartbreaking document of the holoc… |
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No destination
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Satish Kumar |
Autobiography of a Jaina monk. |
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Peace warriors
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Andrea Davis Pinkney |
Profiles six men and women who have embraced peaceful solutions to violent conflicts. Includes a timeline and glossary.
This book features six men and women who have worked passionately to pioneer p… |
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Gandhi
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Juhi Saklani |
A biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political and spiritual leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance. |
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Simon Adams |
In 1888 Mohandas Gandhi was an unknown law student. By 1947 he had helped create an independent India. How did this come about? |
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Crossing the line
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Rosalie G. Riegle |
More than sixty-five peacemakers have contributed oral narratives to this compelling history of those who say no to war making in the strongest way possible: by engaging in civil disobedience and pay… |
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Vera Brittain
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Berry, Paul |
"Controversial writer, pacifist, and feminist, Vera Brittain (1893-1970) is best known as the author of Testament of Youth, the eloquent memoir of her World War I experiences that gave voice to a gen… |
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Non-Combatants and Others
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Rose Macaulay |
Non-Combatants and Others is scathing and heart-breaking, yet finds a way for pacifists to work for an end to conflict.
Witty, furious and despairing in turn, Macaulay’s forgotten magazine columns… |
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The Conscientious Objector’s Wife
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Kate Macdonald |
The Conscientious Objector’s Wife, edited by Kate Macdonald, is the letters of Frank and Lucy Sunderland, written during the First World War. They were English pacifists and fervent supporters of Lab… |
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Beatrice
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Fiona Joseph |
"Beatrice Cadbury, daughter of the world-famous chocolate empire, grew up with all the privileges: a fine mansion with servants, a well-rounded education and the chance to travel the world and see al… |
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Captivity
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James Loney |
"The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forc… |
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In search of peace
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Edith Patterson Meyer |
Presents information about the individuals and organizations who have been recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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And all her paths were peace
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Emil Lengyel |
A biography of the first woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Quest for liberty
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Robert H. Rowe |
"New Hampshire's revolutionary fervor begins early in 1774 when citizens of the province establish a people's government of royal authority. Then on December 14, 1774, the first American attack on a … |
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Early morning
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Kim Stafford |
"A prolific writer, famous pacifist, respected teacher, and literary mentor to many, William Stafford is one of the great American poets of the 20th century. His first major collection - Traveling th… |
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Rurouni Kenshin
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Nobuhiro Watsuki |
As Kenshin's battles Raijuta to decide the fate of the Mieji school of swordsmanship, it becomes apparent that Raijuta will do anything to ensure the supremacy of his school of sword fighting. Meanwh… |
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