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Songs, oral histories, maps, and more than eighty archival illustrations help trace the history of sugar and the sugar trade.

Details the history of the nonviolent resistance movement begun by Mohandas Gandhi and reveals how he and his followers used this technique to oust the British Empire from India.

Discusses the philosophies and activities of the various youth movements in the sixties and their efforts to bring about reforms in the American establishment.

Presents the full text of nineteenth-century American writer Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"; selections from "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," "Cape Cod," and "The Maine Woods"; and five significant essays by Thoreau.

Includes the complete text of Walden, selections from A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, A Plea for Captain John Brown, and Civil Disobedience.

Kamala, a young peasant woman from West Bengal, is drawn into a forbidden romance in 1930s Calcutta and is caught between the country's independence movement and the British colonial society in which she lives.

Retells true-life stories of women who were dedicated to nonviolent action.

Describes the author's search for the historical presence of Mahatma Gandhi and the meaning of the Indian leader's teachings.

"In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-year-old Anjali is devastated to think of her father risking his life for the freedom struggle.

From the shouts of the common people in Ancient Rome to modern protests organized through social media, citizens the world over have taken to the streets to demand their freedom.

Thanks to leaders such as Rachel Carson, John Muir, and Gaylord Nelson, the planet is a healthier place.

This book celebrates how courageous individuals and organizations in the American civil rights movement achieved their greatest victories through peaceful protests.

Presents a selection of writings on nonviolent resistance and activism by social and religious reformer Mahatma Gandhi.

A non-fiction look at how activists and artists throughout history have used peaceful protests to change the world for the better.