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  • Brueggemann, Walter: Peace
    Peace
    by Walter Brueggemann
    ISBN 0827238282 (0-8272-3828-2)
    Softcover, Chalice Pr

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  • Diamond, Louise: The Peace Book: 108 Simple Ways to Create a More Peaceful World
    The Peace Book: 108 Simple Ways to Create a More Peaceful World
    by Louise Diamond
    ISBN 1573247707 (1-57324-770-7)
    Hardcover, Conari Press

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  • Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
    by Thich Nhat Hahn
    ISBN 0553351397 (0-553-35139-7)
    Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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    Thich Nhat Hanh's writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He'll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he'll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he'll suggest looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat Hanh is "a cross between a cloud, a snail, and piece of heavy machinery." Sooner or later, it begins to sink in that Nhat Hanh is conveying a depth of psychology and a world outlook that require nothing less than a complete paradigm shift. Through his cute stories and compassionate admonitions, he gradually builds up to his philosophy of interbeing, the notion that none of us is separately, but rather that we inter-are. The ramifications are explosive. How can we mindlessly and selfishly pursue our individual ends, when we are inextricably bound up with everyone and everything else? We see an enemy not as focus of anger but as a human with a complex history, who could be us if we had the same history. Suffice it to say, that after reading Peace Is Every Step, you'll never look at a plastic bag the same way again, and you may even develop a penchant for hugging trees. --Brian Bruya [via]

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  • Peace or Apartheid in Palestine
    by Jimmy Carter
    ISBN 0786294086 (0-7862-9408-6)
    Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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    The crowning achievement of Jimmy Carter's presidency was the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, and he has continued his public and private diplomacy ever since, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his decades of work for peace, human rights, and international development. He has been a tireless author since then as well, writing bestselling books on his childhood, his faith, and American history and politics, but in Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, he has returned to the Middle East and to the question of Israel's peace with its neighbors--in particular, how Israeli sovereignty and security can coexist permanently and peacefully with Palestinian nationhood.

    It's a rare honor to ask questions of a former president, and we are grateful that President Carter was able to take the time in between his work with his wife, Rosalynn, for the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity and his many writing projects to speak with us about his hopes for the region and his thoughts on the book.

    A big thank you to President Carter for granting our request for an interview.

    Amazon.com's interview with US President Jimmy Carter

    Q: What has been the importance of your own faith in your continued interest in peace in the Middle East?
    A: As a Christian, I worship the Prince of Peace. One of my preeminent commitments has been to bring peace to the people who live in the Holy Land. I made my best efforts as president and still have this as a high priority.

    Q: A common theme in your years of Middle East diplomacy has been that leaders on both sides have often been more open to discussion and change in private than in public. Do you think that's still the case?
    A: Yes. This is why private and intense negotiations can be successful. More accurately, however, my premise has been that the general public (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim) are more eager for peace than their political leaders. For instance, a recent poll done by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem showed that 58% of Israelis and 81% of the Palestinians favor a comprehensive settlement similar to the Roadmap for Peace or the Saudi proposal adopted by all 23 Arab nations and recently promoted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Tragically, there have been no substantive peace talks during the past six years.

    Q: How have the war in Iraq and the increased strength of Iran (and the declarations of their leaders against Israel) changed the conditions of the Israel-Palestine question?
    A: Other existing or threatened conflicts in the region greatly increase the importance of Israel's having peace agreements with its neighbors, to minimize overall Arab animosity toward both Israel and the United States and reduce the threat of a broader conflict.

    Q: Your use of the term "apartheid" has been a lightning rod in the response to your book. Could you explain your choice? Were you surprised by the reaction?
    A: The book is about Palestine, the occupied territories, and not about Israel. Forced segregation in the West Bank and terrible oppression of the Palestinians create a situation accurately described by the word. I made it plain in the text that this abuse is not based on racism, but on the desire of a minority of Israelis to confiscate and colonize Palestinian land. This violates the basic humanitarian premises on which the nation of Israel was founded. My surprise is that most critics of the book have ignored the facts about Palestinian persecution and its proposals for future peace and resorted to personal attacks on the author. No one could visit the occupied territories and deny that the book is accurate.

    Q: You write in the book that "the peace process does not have a life of its own; it is not self-sustaining." What would you recommend that the next American president do to revive it?
    A: I would not want to wait two more years. It is encouraging that President George W. Bush has announced that peace in the Holy Land will be a high priority for his administration during the next two years. On her January trip to the region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for early U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. She has recommended the 2002 offer of the Arab nations as a foundation for peace: full recognition of Israel based on a return to its internationally recognized borders. This offer is compatible with official U.S. Government policy, previous agreements approved by Israeli governments in 1978 and 1993, and with the International Quartet's "roadmap for peace." My book proposes that, through negotiated land swaps, this "green line" border be modified to permit a substantial number of Israelis settlers to remain in Palestine. With strong U.S. pressure, backed by the U.N., Russia, and the European Community, Israelis and Palestinians would have to come to the negotiating table.

    1/18/2007
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  • Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
    by Peace Pilgrim
    ISBN 0943734290 (0-943734-29-0)
    Softcover, Ocean Tree Books

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    The silver-haired woman walked away from her name and vowed to "remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace". On New Year's Day, 1953, she walked ahead of the Tournament of Roses parade handing out peace messages. It was the beginning of a pilgrimage that would last eighteen years [via]

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  • HarperCollins Staff: Peace Prayers : Meditations, Affirmations, Invocations, Poems, and Prayers for Peace
    Peace Prayers : Meditations, Affirmations, Invocations, Poems, and Prayers for Peace
    by HarperCollins Staff
    ISBN 0062504649 (0-06-250464-9)
    Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

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  • The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics
    by Stanley Hauerwas
    ISBN 0268015546 (0-268-01554-6)
    Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr

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    Stanley Hauerwas presents an overall introduction to the themes and method that have distinguished his vision of Christian ethics. Emphasizing the significance of Jesus life and teaching in shaping moral life, The Peaceable Kingdom stresses the narrative character of moral rationality and the necessity of a historic community and tradition for morality. Hauerwas systematically develops the importance of character and virtue as elements of decision making and spirituality and stresses nonviolence as critical for shaping our understanding of Christian ethics.

    "Hauerwas restores our confidence that at its best theology need not fail those whose vision of the world has the integrity of the best novelists and critics." Alasdair MacIntyre, America [via]

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  • The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict
    by Ken Sande
    ISBN 0801064856 (0-8010-6485-6)
    Softcover, Baker Pub Group

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    Attorney Ken Sande, executive director of Peacemaker Ministries, lays out biblical principles for managing conflict and reconciling differences between individuals, following Christ's admonition that we live in peace and harmony. [via]

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  • Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated
    by Gore Vidal
    ISBN 156025405X (1-56025-405-X)
    Softcover, Nation Books

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    The United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called "perpetual war for perpetual peace." The Federation of American Scientists has cataloged nearly 200 military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to publish in this country until now) Gore Vidal challenges the comforting consensus following September 11th and goes back and draws connections to Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. He asks were these simply the acts of "evil-doers?" "Gore Vidal is the master essayist of our age."  Washington Post "Our greatest living man of letters."Boston Globe "Vidal's imagination of American politics is so powerful as to compel awe."Harold Bloom, The New York Review of Books
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  • The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster
    by John Howard Yoder
    ISBN 0802807348 (0-8028-0734-8)
    Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co

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    Tradition has painted a portrait of a Savior aloof from governmental concerns and whose teachings point to an apolitical life for his disciples. How, then, are we to respond today to a world so thoroughly entrenched in national and international affairs? But such a picture of Jesus is far from accurate, argues John Howard Yoder.

    Using the texts of the New Testament, Yoder critically examines the traditional portrait of Jesus as an apolitical figure and attempts to clarify the true impact of Jesus' life, work, and teachings on his disciples' social behavior.

    The book first surveys the multiple ways the image of an apolitical Jesus has been propagated, then canvasses the Gospel narrative to reveal how Jesus is rightly portrayed as a thinker and leader immediately concerned with the agenda of politics and the related issues of power, status, and right relations. Selected passages from the epistles corroborate a Savior deeply concerned with social, political, and moral issues.

    In this thorough revision of his acclaimed 1972 text, Yoder provides updated interaction with publications touching on this subject. Following most of the chapters are new "epilogues" that summarize research conducted during the last two decades -- research that continues to support the insights set forth in Yoder's original work.

    Currently a standard in many college and seminary ethics courses, The Politics of Jesus is also an excellent resource for the general reader desiring to understand Christ's response to the world of politics and his will for those who would follow him. [via]

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  • Zinn, Howard: The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace
    The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace
    by Howard Zinn
    ISBN 0807014079 (0-8070-1407-9)
    Softcover, Beacon Pr

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  • Practicing Peace in Times of War
    by Pema Chodron, Sandy Boucher
    ISBN 1590304012 (1-59030-401-2)
    Hardcover, Random House Inc

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    With war and violence flaring  all over the world, many of us are left feeling vulnerable and utterly helpless. In this book Pema Chödrön draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression, hatred, and war, explaining that they lie nowhere but within our own hearts and minds. She goes on to explain that the way in which we as individuals respond to challenges in our everyday lives can either perpetuate a culture of violence or create a new culture of compassion.

    "War and peace begin in the hearts of individuals," declares Pema Chödrön at the opening of this inspiring and accessible book. She goes on to offer practical techniques any of us can use to work for peace in our own lives, at the level of our habits of thought and action. It's never too late, she tells us, to look within and discover a new way of living and transform not only our personal lives but our whole world. [via]

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  • McAllister, Pam: Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence
    Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence
    by Pam McAllister
    ISBN 0865710163 (0-86571-016-3)
    Softcover, New Society Publishers

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  • Small Wonder
    by Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Mirocha
    ISBN 1410400913 (1-4104-0091-3)
    Softcover, Walker Large Print

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    Readers familiar with Barbara Kingsolver will find that Small Wonder, a collection of 23 essays, shows the same sensitivity and thoughtfulness, the same rich knowledge of and love for the natural world, as her spellbinding novels. In "Knowing Our Place," she describes the two places in which she writes: a tin-roof cabin in Appalachia and her home in the Tucson desert. In "Setting Free the Crabs," she uses her daughter's decision not to take home a beautiful (and occupied) red conch shell from a Mexican beach to illustrate our own need to give up our sense of ownership of the earth, to resist "the hunger to possess all things bright and beautiful." Many of these pieces, like the lovely title essay, were written (or rewritten) in response to the events of September 11, which threw into relief the growing social and economic inequities that are so little remarked on in the American media. These are political essays, although Kingsolver is not a natural rhetorician; her prose is too supple and inclusive. She is more inclined to follow the turns of her mind, like water in a curving stream bed, than to hammer home a point or two. But she has a rare gift for apt allusion (from sources as wide-ranging as Robert Frost to Beanie Babies) and for the elegant use of facts and figures. And she is highly quotable. It is easy to imagine the speechwriters and activists of the next 10 years dipping into Small Wonder for inspiration and the perfect phrase. --Regina Marler [via]

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  • Steps Toward Inner Peace: Harmonious Principles for Human Living
    by Peace Pilgrim
    ISBN 094373424X (0-943734-24-X)
    Softcover, Ocean Tree Books

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  • Story of Ferdinand
    by Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson
    ISBN 0140502343 (0-14-050234-3)
    Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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    What else can be said about the fabulous Ferdinand? Published more than 50 years ago (and one of the bestselling children's books of all time), this simple story of peace and contentment has withstood the test of many generations. Ferdinand is a little bull who much prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree-- just smelling the flowers--to jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. This cow is no coward--he simply has his pacifist priorities clear. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, until the day he meets with the wrong end of a bee. In a show of bovine irony, the one day Ferdinand is most definitely not sitting quietly under the cork tree (due to a frightful sting), is the selfsame day that five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid.

    Ferdinand's day in the arena gives readers not only an education in the historical tradition of bullfighting, but also a lesson in nonviolent tranquility. Robert Lawson's black-and-white drawings are evocative and detailed, with especially sweet renditions of Ferdinand, the serene bull hero. The Story of Ferdinand closes with one of the happiest endings in the history of happy endings--readers of all ages will drift off to a peaceful sleep, dreaming of sweet-smelling flowers and contented cows. [via]

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  • A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King Jr.
    by Martin Luther King, J.M. Washington
    ISBN 0062509314 (0-06-250931-4)
    Hardcover, Harpercollins

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  • Three Guineas
    by Virginia Woolf, Jane Marcus, Mark Hussey
    ISBN 0156031639 (0-15-603163-9)
    Softcover, Harvest Books

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    This prestigious new edition of the most controversial of Woolf's works includes an illuminating introduction and full annotations by the editor. [via]

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  • War and Peace
    by Leo Tolstoy, SparkNotes Staff
    ISBN 1586638149 (1-58663-814-9)
    Softcover, Spark Publishing Group

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    War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, 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:
    All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
     
    The most famous—and perhaps greatest—novel of all time, Tolstoys War and Peace tells the story of five families struggling for survival during Napoleons invasion of Russia.
     
    Among its many unforgettable characters is Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, a proud, dashing man who, despising the artifice of high society, joins the army to achieve glory.  Badly wounded at Austerlitz, he begins to discover the emptiness of everything to which he has devoted himself.  His death scene is considered one of the greatest passages in Russian literature.
     
    The novel's other hero, the bumbling Pierre Bezukhov, tries to find meaning in life through a series of philosophical systems that promise to resolve all questions. He at last discovers the Tolstoyan truth that wisdom is to be found not in systems but in the ordinary processes of daily life, especially in his marriage to the novel's most memorable heroine, Natasha.
     
    Both an intimate study of individual passions and an epic history of Russia and its people, War and Peace is nothing more or less than a complete portrait of human existence.

     

    Joseph Frank is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Princeton University and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Slavic Languages and Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of a five-volume study of Dostoevskys life and work.

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  • Brimlow, Robert W.: What About Hitler?: Wrestling With Jesus's Call to Nonviolence in an Evil World
    What About Hitler?: Wrestling With Jesus's Call to Nonviolence in an Evil World
    by Robert W. Brimlow
    ISBN 1587430657 (1-58743-065-7)
    Softcover, Brazos Pr

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    • Ferdinandus Taurus
      by Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson, Elizabetha Hadas
      ISBN 1567921272 (1-56792-127-2)
      Softcover, David R Godine Pub

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      Once upon a time, there lived in Spain a bull named Ferdinand. While his brothers liked to charge around the field, butt their heads together and to generally act ferocious, Ferdinand liked nothing better than to sit under the cork tree and smell the flowers. He was, you see, a placid and a gentle bull whose only desire in life was to be let alone. And his life would have proceeded very nicely had he not one day placed his considerable rump on a bumblebee on the very same day that five men arrived from Madrid searching for a new star for the corrida.

      This classic tale by Munro Leaf, which has enchanted children for over fifty years, is here translated for the first (and certainly the last) time into (mirabile dictu) Latin. It comes with a complete glossary of words, and, of course, with the wonderful, appropriate, and droll drawings from the pen of the inimitable Robert Lawson (for whom the book was originally written). [via]

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