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Books on Nonviolence

Change the World Without Taking Power: The Meaning of Revolution Today
Holloway, John, Pluto Press, 2002, Paperback, $24.95
Domination and the Arts of Resistance
Scott, James C., Yale University Press, 1992, Paperback, $18.00
Gandhi, the Man: The Story of His Transformation
Easwaran, Eknath, Nilgiri Press, 1997, Paperback, $15.95
La Place de La Concorde Suisse
McPhee, John, Noonday Press, 1985, Paperback, $14.00
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion
Rosenberg, Marshall, PuddleDancer Press, 1999, Paperback, $17.95
The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace
Zinn, Howard, Beacon Press, 2002, Paperback, $15.00

Books on Peace

Being Peace
Hanh, Thich Nhat, Parallax Press, 1988, Paperback, $11.00
The Courage for Peace: Daring to Create Harmony in Ourselves and the World
Diamond, Louise, Red Wheel/Weiser, 2000, Paperback, $15.95
The Courage to Hope: From Black Suffering to Human Redemption: Essays in Honor of James Melvin Washington
Dixie, Quinton H., Beacon Press, 1999, Paperback, $21.00
Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History
Boulding, Elise, Syracuse University Press, 2000, Paperback, $24.95
Every Life is a Story: The Social Relations of Science, Ecology and Peace
Knelman, Fred H., Black Rose Books, 1999, Paperback, $24.99
Path Without Destination: The Long Walk of a Gentle Hero
Kumar, Satish, Quill (HarperCollins), 2000, Paperback, $13.00
A Peace Reader: Essential Readings on War, Justice, Non-Violence, and World Order
Fahey, Joseph J., Paulist Press, 1992, Paperback, $21.95
Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Hanh, Thich Nhat, Bantam Books, 1992, Paperback, $13.95
Peace is the Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation
Wink, Walter, Orbis Books, 2000, Paperback, $20.00
Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living
Hanh, Thich Nhat, Parallax Press, 1992, Paperback, $10.00

Books on Conflict Resolution

Creating Harmony: Conflict Resolution in Community
Jackson, Hildur, Gaia Trust, 2000, Paperback, $30.00
Creative Collaboration
John-Steiner, Vera, Oxford University Press, 2000, Hardback, $14.95

Books on the Origins of Violence

Emotional Intelligence
Goleman, Daniel P., Bantam Books, 1997, Paperback, $16.95
Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Baumeister, Roy F., W.H. Freeman & Company, 1999, Paperback, $15.95
For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
Miller, Alice, Noonday Press, 1990, Paperback, $14.00
Preventing Violence
Gilligan, James, Thames & Hudson, 2001, Paperback, $12.95
Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence
Beck, Aaron T., Perennial (HarperCollins), 2000, Paperback, $14.00
Rage and Reason
Tobias, Michael, AK Press, 1998, Paperback, $10.00
Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860
Slotkin, Richard, University of Oklahoma Press, 2000, Paperback, $29.95
Remaking a World: Violence, Social Suffering, and Recovery
Das, Veena, University of California Press, 2001, Paperback, $19.95
Violence and Its Alternatives: An Interdisciplinary Reader
Steger, Manfred B., St. Martin's Press, 1999, Paperback, $29.95
Violence and Subjectivity
Das, Veena, University of California Press, 2000, Paperback, $21.95
Violence: Our Misunderstood Epidemic
Gilligan, James, Vintage Books USA, 1997, Paperback, $14.00

Books on Justice

Books on Love

All about Love: New Visions
Hooks, Bell, Perennial (HarperCollins), 2001, Paperback, $13.00
The Awakened Heart: Finding Harmony in a Changing World
Robbins, John, H.J. Kramer, 1997, Hardback, $14.00
The Better World Handbook: From Good Intentions to Everyday Actions
Jones, Ellis, New Society Publishers, 2001, Paperback, $18.95
Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential
Hubbard, Barbara Marx, New World Library, 1997, Paperback, $14.95
The Discipline of Hope: Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching
Kohl, Herbert, New Press, 2000, Paperback, $16.95
Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change
Hanh, Thich Nhat, Parallax Press, 1993, Paperback, $13.50
Strength to Love
King, Martin Luther, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1986, Paperback, $17.00
Teachings on Love
Hanh, Thich Nhat, Parallax Press, 1998, Paperback, $16.00
The Power of One
Courtenay, Bryce, Ballantine Books, 1996, Paperback, $14.95

Books on Policing

No Greater Threat: America After September 11 and the Rise of a National Security State
Michaels, C William , Algora Publishing, September 2002, Paperback, $29.95
Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago
Jones, LeAlan, Scribner Book Company, 1997, Paperback, $13.95
Police Brutality: An Anthology
Nelson, Jill, W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, Paperback, $14.95
The Politics of Force: Media and the Construction of Police Brutality
Lawrence, Regina G., University of California Press, 2000, Paperback, $18.95

Books on Prisons

Are Prisons Obsolete?
Davis, Angela, Seven Stories Press, April 2003, Paperback , $9.95
The Celling of America: An Inside Look at the U.S. Prison Industry
Burton-Rose, Daniel, Common Courage Press, 1998, Paperback, $19.95
Crime and Punishment in America
Currie, Elliott, Henry Holt & Company, 1998, Paperback, $15.00
Criminal Injustice: Confronting the Prison Crisis
Rosenblatt, Elihu, South End Press, 1996, Paperback, $18.00
Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
Prejean, Helen, Vintage Books USA, 1994, Paperback, $13.00
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience
Abu-Jamal, Mumia, Plough Publishing House, 1997, Paperback, $12.00
Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison
Foucault, Michel, Vintage Books USA, 1995, Paperback, $14.00
The Drowned and the Saved
Levi, Primo, Vintage Books , 1989, Paperback, $12.00
The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison
Gordon, Robert Ellis, Washington State University, 2000, Paperback, $14.95
Live from Death Row
Abu-Jamal, Mumia, Perennial (HarperCollins), 1996, Paperback, $12.50
Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
Parenti, Christian, Verso, 2000, Paperback, $17.00
Malign Neglect--Race, Crime, and Punishment in America:
Tonry, Michael, Oxford University Press, 1996, Paperback, $15.95
No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System
Cole, David, New Press, 2000, Paperback, $15.95
The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society
Morris, Noval, Oxford University Press, 1997, Paperback, $19.95
The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits from Crime
Dyer, Joel, Westview Press, 2001, Paperback, $18.00
Race to Incarcerate: The Sentencing Project
Mauer, Marc, New Press, 2001, Paperback, $14.95
Race, Crime, and the Law
Kennedy, Randall, Vintage Books USA, 1998, Paperback, $16.00
Search and Destroy: African American Males in the Criminal Justice System
Miller, Jerome G., Cambridge University Press, 1997, Paperback, $18.00
A Sin Against the Future: Imprisonment in the World
Stern, Vivien, Northeastern University Press, 1998, Paperback, $18.95
Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned Into the Eyes and Ears of the State
Redden, Jim, Feral House, 2001, Paperback, $14.95
The Soul Knows No Bars: Inmates Reflect on Life, Death, and Hope
Leder, Drew, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000, Hardback, $23.95
Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity
Levi, Primo, Touchstone Books, 1995, Paperback, $12.00

Books on Militarism and Terrorism

Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
Chomsky, Noam, Metropolitan Books, November 2003, Hardcover, $22.00
No Greater Threat: America After September 11 and the Rise of a National Security State
Michaels, C William , Algora Publishing, September 2002, Paperback, $29.95
The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo
Chomsky, Noam, Common Courage Press, 1999, Paperback, $15.95
The New Nuclear Danger: George W Bush's Military-Industrial Psychosis
Caldicott, Helen, New Press, 2002, Paperback, $16.95
The Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda
Herman, Edward S., South End Press, 1998, Paperback, $19.00

 

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