Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Global Governance and the Lesser Peace	Foad Katirai D.Phil (Oxon)	xii, 148 p. ; 19 cm	OL10334055W
Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell	Bertrand Russell	"Bertrand Russell was one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. His astonishingly productive life spanned nearly a hundred years (1872-1970) and his contributions to global thought - in p…	OL1088530W
Break new ground	Sue Brown	32p. : 21cm	OL11538504W
Black mass	John Gray	Philosopher John Gray examines the history of utopianism, links it to apocalyptic religious beliefs, and argues that utopianism currently dominates mainstream politics, discussing its impact in Iraq …	OL12344W
Peace, Locomotion	Jacqueline Woodson	Twelve-year-old Lonnie is fi nally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the "rememberer"—and write down ev…	OL14952466W
Christmas and the Second World War	Abhijit Dutta	Celebration of Christmas in the inter-war years, 1939-1944. The celebration of a happy occasion in the most unhappy of times with reference to both adults and children of western Europe finds promine…	OL15121238W
Joseph Rotblat	Reiner Braun	Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005), British physicist and one of the most prominent critics of the nuclear arms race, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 in conjunction with the Pugwash Conferences on…	OL15171778W
A ruined land	Michael Golay	In a fascinating approach that allows the voices of those touched by the Civil War to speak for themselves, gifted writer Michael Golay shows the impact of victory and defeat on the ordinary American…	OL15216562W
Rites of peace	Adam Zamoyski	Traces the epic events following Napoleon's exile in 1814 and the subsequent Treaty of Paris, examining how the eight-month Viennese carnival brought thousands of aristocrats to the Austrian capital …	OL15832915W
Crystal mask	Roberts, Katherine	Renn, a novice Singer, and Shaiala, a girl raised by centaurs, battle against a great evil and try to restore harmony to the world.	OL16070317W
1973 nervous breakdown	Andreas Killen	Tumultuous and exciting, 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the o…	OL16070559W
Illegal peace in Africa	Jeremy I. Levitt	"This volume examines the legal and political efficacy of transitional political power-sharing between democratically constituted governments and the African warlords, rebels, or junta that seek to v…	OL16117799W
Blood on the tracks	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 …	OL16175323W
Laying Down the Sword	Philip Jenkins	Commands to kill, to commit ethnic cleansing, to institutionalize segregation, to hate and fear other races and religions -- all are in the Bible, and all occur with a far greater frequency than in t…	OL16266994W
Hanoi's war	Lien-Hang T. Nguyen	"While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietn…	OL16416535W
Dead line	Stella Rimington	MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is summoned to a meeting with her boss Charles Wetherby, head of the Service's Counter-Espionage Branch. His counterpart over at MI6 has received alarming intelli…	OL16420165W
Shortcuts to inner peace	Ashley Davis Bush	"Finding serenity every day ... in the everyday things we do. It can be a challenge to reach a calm and relaxed mindset, especially in our modern world. But in Shortcuts to Inner Peace, Ashley Davis …	OL16450944W
Some reasons for war	Sue Mansfield	Presents theories based on human psychology of why we have wars, tracing the history of war from neolithic times to the present.	OL3848640W
Perspectives on Peace	Marcel Lewinski	138 p. : 28 cm	OL4459627W
Peacezone	Jon Oliver,Joseph M. Chery,Deborah Prothrow-Stith	Curriculum which increases the ability of children to promote peace, make positive decisions, and avoid risk-taking behaviors.	OL4484483W