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We've all asked, "What is the world coming to?" But we seldom ask, "How bad was the world in the past?" In this startling new book, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker shows that the past was much worse. Evidence of a bloody history has always been around us: genocides in the Old Testament, gory mutilations in Shakespeare and Grimm, monarchs who beheaded their relatives, and American founders who dueled with their rivals. The murder rate in medieval...
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English
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Though it defies consensus, between 1900 and 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts. Attracting impressive support from citizens that helps separate regimes from their main sources of power, these campaigns have produced remarkable results, even in the contexts of Iran, the Palestinian Territories, the Philippines, and Burma. Combining statistical analysis with case studies of these...
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PuddleDancer Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
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"¿Qué es la comunicación violenta? Si ser "violento" significa actuar de forma que lastima o daña, una buena parte de nuestra comunicación - cuando incluye juzgar a otros, hacer bullying, tener prejuicios raciales, echar la culpa, acusar, discriminar, hablar sin escuchar, criticar a otros o a nosotros mismos, insultar, reaccionar cuando tenemos rabia, usar retórica política, estar a la defensiva o juzgar a otros de "buenos / malos" o de actuar...
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2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements-from the freedom of India from British rule to...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Are you my enemy? Am I yours? Violent stories surround us. Brutal beginnings, horror-filled middles, despair-inducing endings. We need better stories: stories forged in the furnace of conflict, narratives that kindle compassion and ignite hope. In the pages of I Am Not Your Enemy, writer Michael T. McRay visits divided regions of the world and interviews activists, peacebuilders, former combatants about their personal stories of conflict, justice,...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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The first collection of King’s essential writings for high school students and young people
A Time to Break Silence presents Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by teachers across a variety of disciplines—in an accessible and user-friendly volume. Now, for the first time, teachers and students will be able to access Dr. King's writings not only electronically
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Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Offers a practical training in Kingian Nonviolence, a step-by-step approach to conflict inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement, which transforms not only unjust systems but all broken relationships; combines Kingian Nonviolence with the author's experience in activism, prison work, mindfulness, and Buddhist studies to present a holistic view of social change"--
9) The kingdom of God is within you: Christianity not as a mystic religion but as a new theory of life
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English
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Initially banned in his home country The Kingdom of God Is Within You is Leo Tolstoy's great non-fictional work. The zenith of Tolstoy's thirty years of Christian thinking, it sets out a plan for a new society guided by a literal Christian interpretation. Christ conceived of a society based on love, compassion and tolerance, and Tolstoy believed this was incompatible with violence. Tolstoy's response is the principle of nonresistance in
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Modern Library
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Examines the effectiveness and potential of nonviolence for effecting social change and ending wars, studies its uses in the past, and discusses nonviolence as a "dangerous" idea and questions such as whether a "just war" can exist and whether nonviolence could have worked against the regimes of Hitler and others.
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Mark was the most dangerous killer-for-hire in the world. But after learning the hard way that his life's work made him more monster than man, he left all of that behind, and joined a twelve-step group for reformed killers. When Mark is viciously attacked by an unknown assailant, he is forced on the run. From New York to Singapore to London, he chases after clues while dodging attacks and trying to solve the puzzle of who's after him. All without...
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PuddleDancer Press
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English
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"Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, and diagnose--to think and communicate in terms of what is 'right' and 'wrong' with people. At best, communicating and thinking this way can create misunderstanding and frustration. At its worst, it can lead to anger, depression, and even emotional or physical violence. [This book] uses stories, role-plays, and real-world examples to introduce the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process....
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Nation Books
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English
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"Strategic nonviolent action has reasserted itself as a potent force in shaping public debate and forcing political change. Whether it is an explosive surge of protest calling for racial justice in the United States, a demand for democratic reform in Hong Kong or Mexico, a wave of uprisings against dictatorship in the Middle East, or a tent city on Wall Street that spreads throughout the country, when mass movements erupt onto our television screens,...
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on Good Friday, April 12, 1963: he was arrested. Alone in his cell, reading a newspaper, he found a statement from eight "moderate" clergymen who branded the protests extremist and "untimely."
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Verso
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Situating non-violence at the cross-roads of the ethical and political, The Force of Non-Violence brings into focus the ethical binds that emerge within the force field of violence. Non-violence is very often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the soul, or as an individualist ethic with an unrealistic relation to existing forms of power. This book argues for an aggressive form of non-violence that struggles with...
16) Unbreakable
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Series
Road to Kingdom volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Language
English
Description
"As her Mennonite town is shaken by strange incidents and outright attacks on its residents, Hope Kaufmann is forced to question all she knows and believes"--Provided by publisher.
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Civil resistance is a form of collective action that seeks to affect political, social, or economic status quo without using violence or the threat of violence against people to do so. It is organized, public, and explicitly nonviolent in means and ends. This book will introduce you to some of the main takeaways from history about the ways that civil resistance campaigns have formed, strategized, organized, and mobilized. This chapter will introduce...
18) Mahatma Gandhi
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of social activist Mahatma Gandhi in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter"--
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Parallax Press
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English
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"A collection of essays written by world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh at crucial moments of social transformation, Love in Action is an essential resource for anyone engaged in social work, community organizing, political action, and cause-oriented movements"--
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