Great peacemakers
Subtitle: true stories from around the world
By: Ken Beller and Heather Chase
Contributors: Chase, Heather, aut
Publisher: LTS Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sedona, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780980138207
Subjects: Environmentalists; Pacifists; Animal rights activists; Biography; Civil rights workers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.

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