Great peacemakers : true stories from around the world

Great peacemakers : true stories from around the world / Ken Beller and Heather Chase.

Author/creator	Beller, Ken
Other author/creator	Chase, Heather, author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Sedona, Ariz. : LTS Press, ©2008.
Description	xii, 195 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Pacifists--Biography. Civil rights workers--Biography. Animal rights activists--Biography. Environmentalists--Biography.

Contents	Pt. 1. Choosing nonviolence -- 1. Henry David Thoreau : living deliberately -- 2. Mahatma Gandhi : nonviolent resistance -- 3. Martin Luther King, Jr. : daring to dream -- 4. Anderson Sá : an instrument of change -- Pt. 2. Living peace -- 5. Mother Teresa : love in action -- 6. Thich Nhat Hanh : being peace -- 7. Colman McCarthy : teaching peace -- 8. Oscar Arias : "us" refers to all of humankind -- Pt. 3. Honoring diversity -- 9. Bruno Hussar : interfaith harmony -- 10. Desmond Tutu : all belong -- 11. Riane Eisler : partnership, not domination -- 12. The Dalai Lama : universal compassion -- Pt. 4. Valuing all life -- 13. Henry Salt : the creed of kinship -- 14. Albert Schweitzer : reverence for life -- 15. Astrid Lindgren : a voice for the voiceless -- 16. Jane Goodall : realizing our humanity -- Pt. 5. Caring for the planet -- 17. Rachel Carson : the balance of nature -- 18. David Suzuki : redefining progress -- 19. Nader Khalili : sustainable community -- 20. Wangari Maathai : planting seeds of peace.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.
Awards note	International Peace Writing Award, 2007.
LCCN	2006910059
ISBN	9780980138207 (hbk.)
ISBN	0980138205 (hbk.)

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Joyner	TRC Nonfiction	327.172 B4163G	✔ Available	Place Hold