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Art and the Bibleby Francis A. SchaefferISBN 0877844437 (0-87784-443-7)
Softcover, InterVarsity Press
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Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truthby Mohandas K. GandhiISBN 0486245934 (0-486-24593-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth'Book summary:Gandhi's nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation, and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. Although accepting of his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence, and, just then, colonialism, Gandhi feared that enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding. He says that he was after truth rooted in devotion to God and attributed the turning points, successes, and challenges in his life to the will of God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices (he called himself a fruitarian), celibacy, and ahimsa, a life without violence. It is in this sense that he calls his book The Story of My Experiments with Truth, offering it also as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps. A reader expecting a complete accounting of his actions, however, will be sorely disappointed.
Although Gandhi presents his episodes chronologically, he happily leaves wide gaps, such as the entire satyagraha struggle in South Africa, for which he refers the reader to another of his books. And writing for his contemporaries, he takes it for granted that the reader is familiar with the major events of his life and of the political milieu of early 20th-century India. For the objective story, try Yogesh Chadha's Gandhi: A Life. For the inner world of a man held as a criminal by the British, a hero by Muslims, and a holy man by Hindus, look no further than these experiments. --Brian Bruya [via]
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- Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth: ISBN 0807059099 (0-8070-5909-9)
Softcover, Beacon Pr - Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth: ISBN 0899667465 (0-89966-746-5)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books - Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth: ISBN 0486245934 (0-486-24593-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
- Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth: ISBN 0807059099 (0-8070-5909-9)
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An Autobiography: Or the Story of My Experiments With Truthby M.K. Gandhi, Mahadev DesaiISBN 0934676682 (0-934676-68-2)
Softcover, Greenleaf Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Autobiography: Or the Story of My Experiments With Truth'Book summary:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life. [via]
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Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, Americas's First Civil Rights Movementby Fergus BordewichISBN 0060524316 (0-06-052431-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Bound For Canaan: The Underground Railroad And The War For The Soul Of Americaby Fergus M. BordewichISBN 0060524308 (0-06-052430-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bound For Canaan: The Underground Railroad And The War For The Soul Of America'Book summary:An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change
The civil war brought to a climax the country's bitter division. But the beginnings of slavery's denouement can be traced to a courageous band of ordinary Americans, black and white, slave and free, who joined forces to create what would come to be known as the Underground Railroad, a movement that occupies as romantic a place in the nation's imagination as the Lewis and Clark expedition. The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion arose a fierce clash of values that was nothing less than a war for the country's soul. Not since the American Revolution had the country engaged in an act of such vast and profound civil disobedience that not only challenged prevailing mores but also subverted federal law.
Bound for Canaan tells the stories of men and women like David Ruggles, who invented the black underground in New York City; bold Quakers like Isaac Hopper and Levi Coffin, who risked their lives to build the Underground Railroad; and the inimitable Harriet Tubman. Interweaving thrilling personal stories with the politics of slavery and abolition, Bound for Canaan shows how the Underground Railroad gave birth to this country's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for social change.
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Bread and Water: A Spiritual Journeyby Jennifer HainesISBN 157075098X (1-57075-098-X)
Softcover, Orbis Books
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A Christian Manifestoby Francis SchaefferISBN 1581346921 (1-58134-692-1)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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Civil Disobedienceby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1406501778 (1-4065-0177-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civil Disobedience'Book summary:One of the most important texts of American political thought, Civil Disobediance eloquently states a position that has influenced the thinking of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and many figures of the protests in the 1960s against the Vietnam War. Thoreau argues that "the progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual." "There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly."[via]
Author of Walden, Thoreau is one of the 19th century's great American thinkers.More editions of Civil Disobedience:
- Civil Disobedience: ISBN 1892295938 (1-892295-93-8)
Softcover, Green Integer - Civil Disobedience: ISBN 1557094179 (1-55709-417-9)
Hardcover, Applewood Books - Civil Disobedience and Other Essays: ISBN 0486275639 (0-486-27563-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Civil Disobedience: ISBN 1406501778 (1-4065-0177-8)
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- Civil Disobedience: ISBN 1892295938 (1-892295-93-8)
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Civil Disobedience And Other Essays the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreauby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1420925229 (1-4209-2522-9)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civil Disobedience And Other Essays the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau'Book summary:Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry David Thoreau's most important essays. Contained in this volume are the following essays: Civil Disobedience, Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachusett, The Landlord, A Winter Walk, The Succession of Forest Trees, Walking, Autumnal Tints, Wild Apples, Night and Moonlight, Aulus Persius Flaccus, Herald of Freedom, Life Without Principle, Paradise (to be) Regained, A Plea for John Brown, The Last Days of John Brown, After the Death of John Brown, The Service, Slavery in Massachusetts, and Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum. [via]
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Civil Disobedience and Readingby Henry David Thoreau, Michael MeyerISBN 0146001958 (0-14-600195-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civil Disobedience and Reading'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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The Civil Disobedience Handbook: A Brief History and Practical Advice for the Politically Disenchantedby James TracyISBN 0916397769 (0-916397-76-9)
Softcover, Manic d Pr
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Civil Disobedience, Solitude and Life Without Principleby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1573922021 (1-57392-202-1)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civil Disobedience, Solitude and Life Without Principle'Book summary:Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) championed the belief that people of conscience were at liberty to follow their own opinion. In these selections from his writings, we see Thoreau the individualist and opponent of injustice. "Civil Disobedience" (1849), composed following Thoreau's imprisonment for refusing to pay his taxes in protest against slavery and the Mexican War, is an eloquent declaration of the principles that make revolution inevitable in times of political dishonour. "Solitude", from his masterpiece, "Walden" (1854), poetically describes Thoreau's oneness with nature and the companionship solitude offers to those who want to be rid of the travails of the world to discover themselves. "Life without Principle" (posthumously published 1863) decries the way in which excessive devotion to business and money coarsens the fabric of society: in merely making a living, the meaning of life gets lost. [via]
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Civil Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Actionby Anne Waldman, Lisa BirmanISBN 1566891582 (1-56689-158-2)
Softcover, Coffee House Pr
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Crises of the Republicby Hannah ArendtISBN 0156232006 (0-15-623200-6)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics, Civil Disobedience on Violence, Thoughts on Politics, and Revolutionby Hannah ArendtISBN 0151230951 (0-15-123095-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Crucify Him: A Lawyer Looks at the Trial of Jesusby Dale ForemanISBN 0310512115 (0-310-51211-5)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Democracy and Disobedienceby Peter SingerISBN 0198750277 (0-19-875027-7)
Softcover, Clarendon Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy and Disobedience'Book summary:Asking, "Why, or in what circumstances, ought we to obey the law?", this work focuses on the common view that disobedience to the law, while justifiable in a dictatorship, is much more difficult to justify in a democracy. It then develops a theory of political obligation in an ideal democracy. After discussing various forms of disobedience, the author wonders to what extent systems of government approximate to this ideal and why Western democracies fall short of it. The book concludes with a brief case study: the development of disobedience in Northern Ireland. [via]
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Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenchingby Dave ForemanISBN 0963775103 (0-9637751-0-3)
Softcover, Abbzug Pr
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- Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching: ISBN 0933285019 (0-933285-01-9)
Softcover, Earth First! Books - Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching: ISBN 0933285035 (0-933285-03-5)
Softcover, Bookpeople - Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching: ISBN 0963775103 (0-9637751-0-3)
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Electronic Civil Disobedience & Other Unpopular Ideasby Critical Art Ensemble StaffISBN 1570270562 (1-57027-056-2)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflictby Peter Ackerman, Jack DuvallISBN 0312240503 (0-312-24050-3)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict'Book summary:"In a contest of violence against violence," the philosopher Hannah Arendt observed, "the superiority of the government has always been absolute." When confronted with nonviolent resistance on the part of the downtrodden, however, governments have often crumbled--witness the fall of South Africa's apartheid regime and the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia.
The worldwide spread of democracy in the 20th century, documentary writers Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall maintain, "would not have come to pass without the power of ordinary people who defied oppressive rulers not by force of arms, but by nonviolent action." By way of example, they cite the collapse of the Argentine military regime following peaceful protests by the mothers of men and women who had been murdered by the secret police; the eventual undermining of the Polish Communist regime by the nonviolent Solidarity labor movement; the refusal of the Danish people to comply with the laws of their Nazi occupiers during World War II; and the exemplary work done in India (and, earlier, South Africa) by Mohandas Gandhi, who took pains to emphasize that nonviolence does not imply passivity.
Ackerman and DuVall's book, the companion volume to a PBS television series, will be of much interest to political activists of all stripes, as well as to students of contemporary history. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Gandhi Reader: A Source Book of His Life and Writingsby Homer A. JackISBN 040403540X (0-404-03540-X)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writingsby Gandhi, Homer A. JackISBN 0802131611 (0-8021-3161-1)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings'Book summary:The Gandhi Reader collects the significant writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi, culled form 500 volumes, newspapers, and magazines. Here is Gandhi in his own words and those of his closest associates, including selections from his autobiography; descriptions of Gandhi by Romain Rollard, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Louis Fischer; Gandhi's letters to Roosevelt, Hitler, Chiang Kai-shek; and many of his most famous addresses.[via]More editions of The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings:
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Gandhi's Autobiographyby Mohandas Karamchand GandhiISBN 0818302232 (0-8183-0223-2)
Hardcover, Public Affairs Pr
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Grass Roots: An Anti-Nuke Source Bookby Fred WilcoxISBN 0895940310 (0-89594-031-0)
Softcover, Crossing Press
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Henry Climbs a Mountainby D. B. JohnsonISBN 0618269029 (0-618-26902-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Henry David Thoreauby Elizabeth Hall WitherellISBN 1883011957 (1-883011-95-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry David Thoreau'Book summary:America's greatest nature writer and a political thinker of worldwide impact, Henry David Thoreau's remarkable essays reflect his speculative and probing cast of mind. In his poems, he gave voice to his private sentiments and spiritual aspirations in the plain style of New England speech. Now, The Library of America brings together these indispensable works in one authoritative volume.
Spanning his entire career, the 27 essays gathered here vary in style from the ambling rhythm of "Natural History of Massachusetts" and "A Winter Walk"to the concentrated moral outrage of "Slavery in Massachusetts" and "A Plea for Captain John Brown." Included are "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau's great exploration of the conflict between individual conscience and state power that continues to influence political thinkers and activists; "Walking," a meditation on wildness and civilization; and "Life Without Principle,"a passionate critique of American materialism and conformity. Also here are literary essays, including pieces on Homer, Chaucer, and Carlyle; the travel essay "A Yankee in Canada"; the three speeches in defense of John Brown; and essays such as "Autumnal Tints," "Wild Fruits," and "Huckleberries" that explore natural phenomena around Concord.
Seven poems are published here for the first time, and others are presented in new, previously unpublished versions based on Thoreau's manuscripts. [via]More editions of Henry David Thoreau:
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The Life of the Mindby Hannah ArendtISBN 0156519925 (0-15-651992-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Life of the Mind: Thinkingby Hannah ArendtISBN 0151518955 (0-15-151895-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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A Matter of Principleby Ronald DworkinISBN 0674554612 (0-674-55461-2)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Matter of Principle'Book summary:This is a book about the interplay of urgent political issues and hotly debated questions of moral philosophy. The controversies it joins are old; but history has given them fresh shape. For example, whether judges should and do make law is now of more practical importance than ever before, as recent presidents have appointed enough justices to the Supreme Court to set its character for a generation.
With forceful style, Ronald Dworkin addresses questions about the Anglo-American legal system as protector of individual rights and as machinery for furthering the common good. He discusses whether judges should make political decisions in hard cases; the balancing of individual rights versus the good of the community; whether a person has the right to do what society views as wrong; and the meaning of equality in any framework of social justice. Dworkin strongly opposes the idea that judges should aim at maximizing social wealth. It is his conviction that the area of discretion for judges is severely limited, that in a mature legal system one can always find in existing law a right answer for hard cases.
Dworkin helps us thread our way through many timely issues such as the rights and privileges of the press under the First Amendment. He reviews the Bakke case, which tested affirmative action programs. These essays also examine civil disobedience, especially in nuclear protests, and bring new perspective to the debate over support of the arts.
Above all, this is a book about the interplay between two levels of our political consciousness: practical problems and philosophical theory, matters of urgency and matters of principle. The concluding essay on press freedom expands the discussion of conflict between principle and policy into a warning. Though some defenders of the press blend the two in order to expand freedom of speech, the confusion they create does disservice to their aim and jeopardizes the genuine and fragile right of free speech. We stand in greater danger of compromising that right than of losing the most obvious policy benefits of powerful investigative reporting and should therefore beware the danger to liberty of confusing the two. The caution is general. If we care so little for principle that we dress policy in its colors when this suits our purpose, we cheapen principle and diminish its authority.
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The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracyby Lani Guinier, Gerald TorresISBN 0674010841 (0-674-01084-1)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy'Book summary:Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. Addressing these issues is essential. Ignoring racial differences--race blindness--has failed. Focusing on individual achievement has diverted us from tackling pervasive inequalities. Now, in a powerful and challenging book, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a radical new way to confront race in the twenty-first century.
Given the complex relationship between race and power in America, engaging race means engaging standard winner-take-all hierarchies of power as well. Terming their concept "political race," Guinier and Torres call for the building of grass-roots, cross-racial coalitions to remake those structures of power by fostering public participation in politics and reforming the process of democracy. Their illuminating and moving stories of political race in action include the coalition of Hispanic and black leaders who devised the Texas Ten Percent Plan to establish equitable state college admissions criteria, and the struggle of black workers in North Carolina for fair working conditions that drew on the strength and won the support of the entire local community.
The aim of political race is not merely to remedy racial injustices, but to create truly participatory democracy, where people of all races feel empowered to effect changes that will improve conditions for everyone. In a book that is ultimately not only aspirational but inspirational, Guinier and Torres envision a social justice movement that could transform the nature of democracy in America.
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Night Thoreau Spent in Jailby Robert E. Lee, Jerome LawrenceISBN 0809012235 (0-8090-1223-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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If the law is of such a nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law." So wrote the young Henry David Thoreau in 1849. Three years earlier, Thoreau had put his belief into action and refused to pay taxes because of the United States government's involvement in the Mexican War, which Thoreau firmly believed was unjust. For his daring and unprecedented act of protest, he was thrown in jail. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a celebrated dramatic presentation of this famous act of civil disobedience and its consequences. Its poignant, lively, and accessible scenes offer a compelling exploration of Thoreau's philosophy and life. 
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jailby Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. LeeISBN 055327838X (0-553-27838-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Obligations: Essays on Disobedience, War and Citizenshipby Michael WalzerISBN 0674630254 (0-674-63025-4)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Obligations: Essays on Disobedience, War and Citizenship'Book summary:In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern state and members of political parties and movements as they respond to and participate in the most crucial and controversial aspects of citizenship: resistance, dissent, civil disobedience, war, and revolution. Walzer approaches these issues with insight and historical perspective, exhibiting an extraordinary understanding for rebels, radicals, and rational revolutionaries. The reader will not always agree with Walzer but he cannot help being stimulated, excited, challenged, and moved to thoughtful analysis.
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedienceby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1406809756 (1-4068-0975-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Walden)'Book summary:His classic polemic, with a new Introduction by George Woodcock. "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison". [Henry David Thoreau [via]
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Placeby E. L. KonigsburgISBN 0689866372 (0-689-86637-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place'Book summary:Twelve year old Margaret Rose Kane is incorrigible. Not only does she refuse to bend to the will of her manipulative cabin mates at Camp Talequa, she stands up to and inadvertently insults the camp director and Queen-in-residence, Mrs. Kaplan. The intimidating and cruel confrontations that threaten to break Margaret's spririt only serve to strengthen her resolve, and everyone is happy when Margaret is finally banished/rescued from Camp Talequa. Luckily for her, with her parents in Peru, this means she can spend the rest of the summer with her delightfully eccentric Hungarian great-uncles, Alexander and Morris Rose. Margaret adores her great-uncles, and loves the house at 19 Schuyler Place--especially the three peculiar clock towers (tall painted structures covered in pendants made from broken china, crystal, bottles, jars, and clock parts) that the Rose brothers have been building for as long as she can remember. For Margaret and the Rose brothers, the towers represent beauty for beauty's sake--they sparkle in the sun and sing in the wind--they exist only to spread joy. Not everyone loves the towers however, and forty-five years after the birth of the project, the city council declares the towers "unsafe," and demands that they be dismantled and destroyed. Filled with the same fiery resolve that helped her survive Camp Talequa, Margaret (with the help of a handyman named Jake, a loyal dog named Tartufo, and few other unexpected allies) launches a plan to save the towers in the name of art, history, and beauty.
A companion novel to the award-winning author's acclaimed Silent to the Bone, Outcasts is strikingly unique, incredibly interesting, and, with references to "Bartleby the Scrivener", and the rose windows of Notre Dame, exceptionally literary. In other words, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place is vintage Konigsburg. This quirky masterpiece will be enjoyed by young fans of Konigsburgs other erudite works, and Polly Horvaths The Canning Season.. (Ages 10 and older) [via]
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The Philosophy of Lawby DworkinISBN 0198750226 (0-19-875022-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Political Writingsby Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. RosenblumISBN 0521476755 (0-521-47675-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Serviceby Laura KaplanISBN 0226424219 (0-226-42421-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service'Book summary:An extraordinary history by one of its members, this is the first account of Jane's evolution, the conflicts within the group, and the impact its work had both on the women it helped and the members themselves. This book stands as a compelling testament to a woman's most essential freedom--control over her own body--and to the power of women helping women. [via]
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That Girl Lucy Moonby Amy TimberlakeISBN 0786852984 (0-7868-5298-4)
Hardcover, Disney Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'That Girl Lucy Moon'Book summary:Lucy Moon is the kind of girl who loudly supports animal rights - during hunting season. She wears a woven cap made of hemp in support of third world workers. Lucy Moon is the kind of girl who spots injustice and isn't afraid to fight it. So when two of her classmates are caught sledding on Wiggins Hill and the local paper refuses to report it - or the role of Ms. Ilene Viola Wiggins, richest woman in town, in the arrest - Lucy begins a campaign to fight against corruption in her hometown - and for sledding rights on Wiggins' hill. [via]
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Tolstoy's Writings on Civil Disobedience and Non-Violenceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0720687012 (0-7206-8701-2)
Hardcover, Owen
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V for Vendettaby Alan Moore, David LloydISBN 1401207928 (1-4012-0792-8)
Hardcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'V for Vendetta'Book summary:V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which was the future back then!) and a Fascist government has taken over the UK. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone terrorist who is systematically killing all the government personnel associated with a now destroyed secret concentration camp. Codename V is out for vengeance ... and an awful lot more. V feels slightly dated like all past premonitions do. The original series was black and white and that added to the grittiness of the feel while the colouring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skilfully plotted, V is an essential read for all those who love comics and the freedom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. The graphic novel contains all the V series plus two additional stories concerning V that were originally considered "interludes". This edition also contains an essay from Moore dating from 1983 explaining the creation process. For any comic fan it's a must-have. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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V for Vendettaby David Lloyd, Alan MooreISBN 0446391905 (0-446-39190-5)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc
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The Variorum Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Walter HardingISBN 0829002154 (0-8290-0215-4)
Hardcover, Irvington Pub
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1414505396 (1-4145-0539-6)
Softcover, Pavilion Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:Illustrated. This book established the credentials of Thoreau to forever speak for America's love of natural beauty. Walden is about a man, a pond, and the great woods of the country By Henry Thoreau. [via]
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Walden And Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan LevinISBN 1593082088 (1-59308-208-8)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden And Civil Disobedience'Book summary:[via]Walden and Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover of nature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiograophical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience is the classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty, and is considered one of the most famous essays ever written. This newly repackaged edition also includes a selection of Thoreau's poetry.Jonathan Levin is Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of Literature and Culture at SUNY-Purchase. His research interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature and culture, modernism and modernity, and environmental studies. He is the author of The Poetics of Transition: Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism, as well as numerous essays and reviews.
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Walden and Civil Disobedience: ISBN 0534522068 (0-534-52206-8)
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Walden and Resistance to Civil Governmentby Henry David Thoreau, Owen Thomas, William RossiISBN 0393959058 (0-393-95905-8)
Softcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden and Resistance to Civil Government'Book summary:On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into the cabin he had built on the shore of Walden Pond, thus beginning the most famous experiment in simple living in American history. On the 150th anniversary of that event, Houghton Mifflin, successor to Thoreau's original publisher, is proud to publish a new edition of Walden, annotated by the distinguished Thoreau scholar Walter Harding and illustrated with Thoreau's own drawings. Even those who have read Walden many times will find much that is new in this edition, and those reading the book for the first time will discover why it has changed the lives of generations of readers. [via]
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Walden on the Duty of Civil Disobedienceby PearsonISBN 0030093201 (0-03-009320-1)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"by Henry David Thoreau, Charles R. AndersonISBN 002054720X (0-02-054720-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden, or Life in the Woods, and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience'Book summary:Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover of nature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiograophical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience is the classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty, and is considered one of the most famous essays ever written. This newly repackaged edition also includes a selection of Thoreau's poetry. [via]
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Walden, or Life in the Woods, and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience: ISBN 002054720X (0-02-054720-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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War Tax Resistance: A Guide to Withholding Your Support from the Militaryby Ed HedemannISBN 0940862158 (0-940862-15-8)
Softcover, War Resisters League
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We Must Obey God: The Biblical Doctrine of Conscientious Disobedience to Human Authority With Special Reference to Operation Rescueby Samuel E. WaldronISBN 0962250899 (0-9622508-9-9)
Hardcover, Simpson Pub Co
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Why Not Every Man?: African Americans And Civil Disobedience In The Quest For The Dreamby George Hendrick, Willene HendrickISBN 1566636450 (1-56663-645-0)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Within Four Walls: The Correspondence Between Hannah Arendt and Heinrich Blucher, 1936-1968by Hannah Arendt, Heinrich Blucher, Ltte Kohler, Peter ConstantineISBN 0151003033 (0-15-100303-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolenceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0865711100 (0-86571-110-0)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracyby Howard ZinnISBN 1888363541 (1-888363-54-1)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy'Book summary:No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn. It is rare that a historian of the Left has managed to retain as much credibility while refusing to let his academic mantle change his beautiful writing style from being anything but direct, forthright, and accessible. Whether his subject is war, race, politics, economic justice, or history itself, each of his works serves as a reminder that to embrace one's subjectivity can mean embracing one's humanity, that heart and mind can speak with one voice. Here, in six sections, is the historian's own choice of his shorter essays on some of the most critical problems facing America throughout its history, and today. [via]
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Autobiografia Mahatma Ghandi/ Mahatma Ghandi Auto Biographyby M GhandiISBN 8489897492 (84-89897-49-2)
Softcover, Arkano Books
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