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How to Befriend People You Don’t Like

By Allison Briscoe-Smith — 2004

One successful way to combat prejudice, it seems, is by serving as a model to others.

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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts.

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Peniel E. Joseph
2020
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Mandela: An Illustrated Autobiography

Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country.

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Nelson Mandela
1996
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The Struggle Is My Life

“My political beliefs have been explained in my autobiography, The Struggle Is My Life.” —Nelson Mandela.

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Nelson Mandela
1990
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

Organized chronologically and divided by the four venues in which he was held as a sentenced prisoner, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela begins in Pretoria Local Prison, where Mandela was held following his 1962 trial.

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Nelson Mandela, Sahm Venter (editor), Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela (foreword)
2018
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Conversations with Myself

Conversations with Myself draws on Mandela's personal archive of never-before-seen materials to offer unique access to the private world of an incomparable world leader.

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Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama (foreword)
2011
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Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet

Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and a Buddhist teacher.

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Joan Halifax, Rebecca Solnit (foreword)
2019
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Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society

In Good Citizens, Thich Nhat Hanh lays out the foundation for an international solidarity movement based on a shared sense of compassion, mindful consumption, and right action. Following these principles, he believes, is the path to world peace.

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Thich Nhat Hanh
2008
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The Consciousness Revolution

Three pioneers at the cutting edge of Western thought reflect on the chances of peace in the world, on how society is changing, and on the changes we can make ourselves.

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Ervin László, Stanislav Grof, Peter Russell, Ken Wilber (foreword)
2003
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Ethics for the New Millennium

Only during a time when we have so little faith in one another, so little confidence in the willingness of others to do what is right, can a strong voice emerge to dispel disillusionment and show us hope.

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The Dalai Lama
2001
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The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate

The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice.

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Harriet Lerner
2002
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