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North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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"Based upon talks given by Gandhi between February 24 and November 27, 1926 at the Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad, India. During this time--a period when Gandhi had withdrawn from mass political activity--he devoted much of his time and energy to translating the Gita from Sanskrit into his native Gujarati. As a result, he met with his followers almost daily, after morning prayer sessions, to discuss the Gita's contents and meaning as it unfolded before...
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Assembled with skill and sensitivity, this selection of brief and incisive quotations range from religion and theology, personal and social ethics, service, and international and political affairs, to the family, education, culture, Indian problems, and Gandhi's most original concept, satyagraha - group nonviolent direct action.
Some quotes from this book:
# Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly.
# Eating...
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English
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This anthology of Gandhi's writings offers a revealing look at his life and philosophy, focusing on subjects of enduring interest - rather than day-to-day political matters - and the development of the philosophy of Satyagraha - defense of and by the truth. This collection also features significant excerpts from the Mahatma's speeches, correspondence, and diaries.
17) Boy oh boy
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Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Meet 30 positive male role models from throughout history. From activists like Mahatma Gandhi and Frederick Douglass to creative innovators like Prince and David Hockney, these men have fought conventional stereotypes to prove that modern-day masculinity can be defined freely. This book offers 30 stories of people whose lives demonstrate that there are endless possibilities--that boys and men can do and be so much more than what we think of when...
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Beacon paperbacks ; 35
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English
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"My purpose," Mahatma Gandhi writes of this book, "is to describe experiments in the science of Satyagraha, not to say how good I am." Satyagraha, Gandhi's nonviolent protest movement (satya = true, agraha = firmness), came to stand, like its creator, as a moral principle and a rallying cry; the principle was truth and the cry freedom. The life of Gandhi has given fire and fiber to freedom fighters and to the untouchables of the world: hagiographers...
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In 1948, just after Gandhi's assassination, Martha Houghton receives a letter from the legendary man's son, who himself lies dying of tuberculosis in Bombay. Having found a stash of her letters to his father, he asks to meet her. The request sends Martha into a tailspin, for her husband knows nothing of her lifelong friendship with Gandhi.
Martha and her husband, a retired ironmonger, are suddenly forced to reevaluate their long marriage, and she...
20) Gandhi: a life
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English
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The Internationally Acclaimed Biography of One of History's Monumental Figures Gandhi: A Life The first biography of this important figure in over twenty years, Gandhi: A Life rescues the man from the myth, revealing the transformation of an ordinary, timid young man into a leader whose stand against a mighty empire brought millions together.
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