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Author Beller, Ken.

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

Publication Info. Sedona, Ariz. : LTS Press, [2008]
©2008

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  327.172 B442G    Check Shelf
Description xii, 195 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
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.
Awards International Peace Writing Award, 2007.
Summary Profiles twenty people who have promoted peace in their lives from a Vietnamese monk to a Brazilian musician. Explores five approaches to peacemaking: choosing nonviolence, living peace, honoring diversity, valuing all life, and caring for the planet.
Subject Pacifists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Animal rights activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Environmentalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pacifists -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- Biography.
Animal rights activists -- Biography.
Environmentalists -- Biography.
Animal rights activists. (OCoLC)fst00809378
Civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00862721
Environmentalists. (OCoLC)fst00913554
Pacifists. (OCoLC)fst01050133
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Chase, Heather, aut.
ISBN 9780980138207 (hardback)
0980138205 (hardback)
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